Bethesda Baptist Church Narberth

Analysis

Bethesda Baptist Church Narberth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Narberth. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bethesda Baptist Church Narberth reported income of £74k and spending of £97k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £146k to £74k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bethesda Baptist Church Narberth sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizenship in Christ Fellowship (£74k), Wapping Noorani Masjid and Cultural Centre (£74k) and Rotary Club of Northampton Becket Trust Fund (£74k).

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.