BEDFORD GOSPEL HALL TRUST

Registered charity 1159076 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust provides and maintains gospel halls for the religious activities of Christians often referred to as "Brethren". Details of the origins, teachings and way of life of the Brethren can be found on their website - www.plymouthbrethrenchristianchurch.org.Meetings held at these gospel halls include the Lord's Supper (Communion), Gospel preachings, Bible readings and Bible addresses.

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Latest income

£1.4m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is winding up and is no longer a going concern, having sold its Gospel Hall assets. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £593,528, a significant increase from the prior year due to the sale of assets, with the trustees planning to distribute a large proportion of these reserves to similar charities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Profit on Sale of Assets (98% of income)

“Profit on Sale of Assets 1,369,425”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: no requirement to maintain a significant level of reserves (held: £594k)

“In view of winding up the trust, there is no longer any requirement to maintain a significant level of reserves.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“In view of winding up the charity in the near future, the charity is no longer a going concern.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations received from related parties

“During the financial year, aggregated donations of £370 (2024: £1,820) were received. The trust made reimbursements trustees totalling £144 (2024: £476) for expenses paid on the trusts behalf.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2023) → not a going concern (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£1.4m

Total spending

£1.2m

Reserves (reported)

£596k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Stephen Fryer
Brian Parkes
Edward Picton
Ronny Reeves
Thomas Lee Britchford

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£1.4m	£1.2m
05/04/2024	£21k	£74k
05/04/2023	£38k	£69k
05/04/2022	£50k	£51k
05/04/2021	£52k	£79k

Common questions

Is BEDFORD GOSPEL HALL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is winding up and is no longer a going concern, having sold its Gospel Hall assets. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £593,528, a significant increase from the prior year due to the sale of assets, with the trustees planning to distribute a large proportion of these reserves to similar charities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RADEGUND GOSPEL HALL TRUST.

RADEGUND GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £355k
HILLSIDE GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £131k
THE LEEWOOD GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £206k
CHELMSFORD GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £1.1m
EASTBROOK GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £190k
HERTFORD GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £2.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BEDFORD GOSPEL HALL TRUST	£1.4m	—	above	—	not going concern
RADEGUND GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025	£355k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HILLSIDE GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025	£131k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE LEEWOOD GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025	£206k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHELMSFORD GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025	£1.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
EASTBROOK GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025	£190k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.