Bethesda Community Charitable Trust

Analysis

Bethesda Community Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in October 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bethesda Community Charitable Trust reported income of £143k and spending of £144k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £64k to £143k (+123%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bethesda Community Charitable Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Riverside Foundation Limited (£143k), The Waterbeach Charity (£143k) and Catholic Children's Society (Plymouth) (£143k).