BIDWELL GOSPEL HALL TRUST

Registered charity 1159530 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust provides & maintains gospel halls for the religious activities of Christians often referred to as 'Brethren'. Details of the origins, teachings & way of life of the Brethren can be found on the website - www.plymouthchristianchurch.orgMeetings held at these gospel halls include the Lord's Supper (Communion), Gospel preachings, Bible Readings & Bible addresses.Also see Trustees Report

Causes: Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.6m
Latest spending
£124k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is a Public Benefit Report and does not contain financial statements, balance sheets, or income and expenditure accounts. Consequently, there is no information available regarding the charity's financial health, reserves, or liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£2.6m
Total spending
£124k
Reserves (reported)
£716k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~69.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% 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

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£2.6m£124k
05/04/2024£469k£352k
05/04/2023£317k£1.8m
05/04/2022£366k£93k
05/04/2021£375k£130k

Common questions

Is BIDWELL GOSPEL HALL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document is a Public Benefit Report and does not contain financial statements, balance sheets, or income and expenditure accounts. Consequently, there is no information available regarding the charity's financial health, reserves, or liabilities.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
PBCC Properties UK1£0

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BIDWELL GOSPEL HALL TRUST£2.6m—0unclear—no doubt
LANSDOWNE GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2026£315k—0unclear—no doubt
BRACKLEY FOX LANE GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025£567k—0unclear—no doubt
STAFFORD GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025£188k—0unclear—no doubt
CAVENDISH GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE ST AUSTELL GOSPEL TRUST FY2025£136k—0unclear—no doubt

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