Society of the Sisters of Bethany

Registered charity 226582 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SISTERS OF BETHANY, SOCIETY OF THE SISTERS OF BETHANY (ANGLICAN RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY)

The work of the Sisters of Bethany has always been prayer for the Unity of the Church, hospitality and retreat work. Whether residential or daily the retreat creates space both individually or in groups to stand back from their daily lives and be with God in a quiet and prayerful atmosphere.We have a Novena each year for more Vocations to the Religous Life and intercede every Thursday for Unity.

Objects

FOR ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE POOR AND AGED

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £102,861 for the year, primarily due to the loss of visitor income following the closure of the Southsea house. The trustees note that this situation is expected to be short-term and resolved once the future of the Southsea house is settled, having drawn down from investments to cover outgoings. Free unrestricted reserves are held at approximately £59,000, which the trustees consider broadly in line with their policy of holding reserves to cover emergency situations and future nursing home expenses.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £780k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Giles Harry Lovell Chapman · trustee of 1 other charity
• JACQUELINE REDSTONE
• MOTHER RITA-ELIZABETH M.SSB
• Rev Robert White
• SISTER MARY JOY SSB

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Norfolk · Portsmouth City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SISTERS OF THE CHRISTIAN RETREAT.

• SISTERS OF THE CHRISTIAN RETREAT income £327k
• SOCIETY OF THE SACRED CROSS income £336k
• CONGREGATION OF LA RETRAITE CIO income £866k
• THE SOCIETY OF MARY AND MARTHA income £649k
• TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF BORDEAUX income £1.5m
• THE RELIGIOUS OF ST ANDREW income £158k

Side by side with its peers

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