Bethesda Evangelical Church

Analysis

Bethesda Evangelical Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in October 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bethesda Evangelical Church reported income of £193k and spending of £80k, leaving 58% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £80k to £193k (+141%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bethesda Evangelical Church sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stamford Methodist Church (£193k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mark with St Luke, Oulton Broad. (£193k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement, Sandwich (£193k).