BETHANY CHRISTIAN CENTRE

Registered charity 1171176 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Bethany Church

The church operates from premises at Hetton Road, Houghton Le Spring, Tyne & Wear. Church membership is voluntary and free. The aim of the charity is a) To advance the Christian Faith in accordance with the Statement of Beliefs; b) The relief of persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress or who are aged or sick; c) To promote and fulfil such other charitable purposes .

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH 2) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY 3) TO PROMOTE AND FULFILL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sunderland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a modest surplus of £2,607 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased member giving which offset inflationary pressures on expenditure. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £121,152, which is above the stated policy target of £60,000, providing working capital and cover for unforeseen income changes.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10409374 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• OVERMAN, Graeme Gordon — director, appointed 17/08/2026on trustee list
• ROSE, Simon Marc — director, appointed 17/03/2026on trustee list
• HENDERSON, Mark Robert — director, appointed 22/08/2025on trustee list
• RUST, Richard Anthony — director, appointed 08/04/2022on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/07/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Graeme Overman
• Mark Robert Henderson
• Richard Anthony Rust
• Simon Marc Rose

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BETHANY CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

• BETHANY CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £44k
• PRESTON BETHANY CARE income £1.2m
• BETHANY COMMUNITY CHURCH HARPENDEN income £552k
• BETHANY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH income £25k
• BEESTON FREE CHURCH NOTTINGHAM income £601k
• HEATON BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE income £259k

Side by side with its peers

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