Hope of Bethesda

Analysis

Hope of Bethesda is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blandford Forum. It was registered in April 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Hope of Bethesda reported income of £21k and spending of £27k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £41k to £21k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hope of Bethesda sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Richmond Walking and Book Festival (£21k), Compass-Ghana (Compassionate Palliative Services) (£21k) and North Herefordshire Shopmobility Project (£21k).