Bethesda Church Swallownest

Analysis

Bethesda Church Swallownest is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bethesda Church Swallownest reported income of £87k and spending of £68k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £47k to £87k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Bethesda Church Swallownest sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jamia Masjid Ghousia Armley (£87k), The Crystal Rogers Animal Welfare Trust (£87k) and The Mothers' Union (Diocese of Oxford) (£86k).