Bethshan Sheltered Housing Association

Analysis

Bethshan Sheltered Housing Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newtown. It was registered in September 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03324634). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bethshan Sheltered Housing Association reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.7m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.7m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bethshan Sheltered Housing Association sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Listening Place (£2.7m), The Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth Charitable Trust (£2.7m) and Beva Limited (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,043. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £468k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 46 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.