BETHESDA METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1188011 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Bethesda Methodist Church serves the Leckhampton community of Cheltenham offering a welcoming and caring approach to church activities both within the building and surrounding areas.

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Latest income

£158k

Latest spending

£223k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £268,642 to £203,509, resulting in a net deficit for the year of £65,133. The reserves policy indicates a shortfall of £8,865 against the required unrestricted funds target. Total cash funds held by the church dropped from £272,017 to £206,855, while land and buildings value increased significantly from £4,611,000 to £7,886,548.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Offerings and Tax recovered (44% of income)

“a6 | TOTAL RECEIPTS 104,587 53,772 158,359 (a7)] 321,336}” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Brian Arthur Allan Gibb · trustee of 1 other charity
Bridget Nye · trustee of 1 other charity
Catherine Elizabeth Gibb
Celia Kidd
Christine Heather Wisdom · trustee of 1 other charity
DAVID BROOKE TERRY
Elaine Bailey
HELEN CLAIRE TAYLOR · trustee of 2 other charities
Heather Sparkes
Helen Claire Davies
JENNIFER MARY RICHARDS
Joanne Reed
John Lee Cox
Keith Andrew Norman · trustee of 1 other charity
Lindsay Williams
Rachel Elizabeth Simpson
Rev Rachel Leather
TERESA ELIZABETH LLEWELLYN GRIFFITHS

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£158k	£223k
31/08/2024	£321k	£141k
31/08/2023	£143k	£137k
31/08/2022	£127k	£150k
31/08/2021	£181k	£136k

Common questions

Is BETHESDA METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £268,642 to £203,509, resulting in a net deficit for the year of £65,133. The reserves policy indicates a shortfall of £8,865 against the required unrestricted funds target. Total cash funds held by the church dropped from £272,017 to £206,855, while land and buildings value increased significantly from £4,611,000 to £7,886,548. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BETHESDA METHODIST CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BETHESDA METHODIST CHURCH as a grant recipient include COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£4k	Older people
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k	Older people

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Cheltenham Borough Council	14/07/2020	£2k	Creative Age Project
Cheltenham Borough Council	—	£2k	To develop the work of Creative Age (CA), by providing arts interventions for those living with dementia (clinically extremely vulnerable) and their carers/partners. It will be used to complement our application to the Barnwood Trust (BT) as one of the Gloucestershire Funders.
Cheltenham Borough Council	—	£5k	Creative Age