CHRISTIAN FAMILY SCHOOLS LIMITED

Registered charity 327687 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BETHANY SCHOOL

Provision of Education

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY THE PROVISION OF A SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS RUN IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.

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.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£340k

Latest spending

£286k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £54,211 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted income of £340,214 primarily from donations. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £162,183, which is above the stated policy target of £72,000, and the trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% of income)

“Total income 340,214” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of the resources expended, which equates to £72,000 in general funds (held: £162k)

“The governors have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangile fixed assets (‘the free reserves’) held by the charity should be three months of the resources expended, which equates to £72,000 in general funds.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: The wife of Mr A J Robinson, a trustee, received a salary of £16,405 together with pension contributions of £820.

“During the year under review, the wife of Mr A J Robinson, a trustee, received a salary of £16,405 together with pension contributions of £820.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 11 Trustees

“During the year under review, the wife of Mr A J Robinson, a trustee, received a salary of £16,405 together with pension contributions of £820.” — page 16

“The charity received donations from the trustees totalling £9,980 (2024 - £13,260).” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 11 Trustees

“During the year under review, the wife of Mr A J Robinson, a trustee, received a salary of £16,405 together with pension contributions of £820.” — page 16

“The charity received donations from the trustees totalling £9,980 (2024 - £13,260).” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
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
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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02200050 · 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.

CLARK, Susan Patricia — director, appointed 22/04/2024on trustee list
WILKINSON, Nicola Helen — director, appointed 20/03/2023on trustee list
ROBINSON, Andrew James — director, appointed 18/05/2020on trustee list
JACKSON, Peter George — director, appointed 18/05/2020on trustee list
MONTAGUE, David George — director, appointed 09/10/2017on trustee list
MAGOWAN, Robert John — director, appointed 17/03/2015on trustee list
UDEJIOFO, Benjamin Chinedu — director, appointed 10/02/2014on trustee list
JACKSON, Claire Florence — secretary, appointed 10/02/2014

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). 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

BENJAMIN CHINEDU UDEJIOFOchair · trustee of 3 other charities
Andrew James Robinson
David George Montague
Nicola Helen Wilkinson
Peter George Jackson
Robert John Magowan
SUSAN PATRICIA CLARK · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£340k	£286k
31/08/2024	£318k	£269k
31/08/2023	£243k	£248k
31/08/2022	£244k	£223k
31/08/2021	£247k	£212k

Common questions

Is CHRISTIAN FAMILY SCHOOLS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £54,211 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted income of £340,214 primarily from donations. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £162,183, which is above the stated policy target of £72,000, and the trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.