TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH BETHESDA BAPTIST CHAPEL ROYTON

Registered charity 502464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Christian worship and social action.

Objects

TRUST PROPERTY TO BE HELD BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE AS A RESIDENCE FOR THE MINISTER OR PASTOR FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE BETHESDA BAPTIST CHAPEL ROYTON.

Area of benefit: ROYTON

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Oldham, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£50k

Latest spending

£46k

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total receipts of £50,482 against payments of £46,284, resulting in a net cash inflow of £4,198 for the year. Reserves increased to £21,167.96, with the trustees noting that income is adequate to cover financial responsibilities. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner confirming no material matters required attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Grant to Family Aid Direct, a charity with the same trustees.

“During the year transactions were made between ‘Trust Property held in connexion with Bethesda Chapel Royton’ and ‘Family Aid Direct (Registered Charity Number 1110147)’ which has the same trustees as the ‘Trust Property held in connexion with Bethesda Chapel Royton’. Unrestricted (general) funds of £5,377.56 were paid to ‘Family Aid Direct’ during the year.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Complaints handling
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 9
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 12

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREA ROSE · trustee of 1 other charity
DENISE DEBRA WALTON · trustee of 1 other charity
ELEANOR LILY POTTER
FRASER THOMAS ROSE
GEOFF GOODWIN · trustee of 1 other charity
JANET NOLA GOODWIN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Oldham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£50k	£46k
31/12/2024	£68k	£77k
31/12/2023	£30k	£28k
31/12/2022	£30k	£31k
31/12/2021	£29k	£36k

Common questions

Is TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH BETHESDA BAPTIST CHAPEL ROYTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total receipts of £50,482 against payments of £46,284, resulting in a net cash inflow of £4,198 for the year. Reserves increased to £21,167.96, with the trustees noting that income is adequate to cover financial responsibilities. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner confirming no material matters required attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MOORE KINGSTON SMITH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BETHESDA CHURCH (BC).

BETHESDA CHURCH (BC) income £50k
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH UPPER CHAPEL income £214k
ROOTED COMMUNITY CHURCH income £85k
RIVERSIDE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £66k
REIGATE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST income £651k
RAVENSIDE TRUST income £458k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH BETHESDA BAPTIST CHAPEL ROYTON	£50k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BETHESDA CHURCH (BC) FY2025	£50k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH UPPER CHAPEL FY2025	£214k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROOTED COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£85k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RIVERSIDE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025	£66k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
REIGATE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST FY2025	£651k	—	2	above	—	no doubt

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