Bethlehem Church Life Centre

Analysis

Bethlehem Church Life Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridgend. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bethlehem Church Life Centre reported income of £44k and spending of £28k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £56k to £44k (-21%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bethlehem Church Life Centre sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woodton United Charities (£44k), The Talking Taboos Foundation (£44k) and The Golden Marigold Club (£44k).