Bethany Care Trust

Analysis

Bethany Care Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tadley. It was registered in September 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bethany Care Trust reported income of £2.6m and spending of £1.8m, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to December 2025, income fell from £7.2m to £2.6m (-64%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bethany Care Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust (£2.6m), Working Well Trust (£2.6m) and Vale of Clwyd Mind Association (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 71%, donations and legacies 24% and investments 4.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £623k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 53 people.