Bethel Trowbridge Apostolic Church

Analysis

Bethel Trowbridge Apostolic Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Trowbridge. It was registered in June 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Bethel Trowbridge Apostolic Church reported income of £28k and spending of £30k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £26k to £28k (+7.8%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bethel Trowbridge Apostolic Church sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rehema Trust (£28k), Eternal Sacred Order of C & S Church (£28k) and UK Friends of Yeshivas Mekor Chaim (£28k).

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.