Gospel Standard Bethesda Fund

Analysis

Gospel Standard Bethesda Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in June 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 13651153). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Gospel Standard Bethesda Fund reported income of £1.4m and spending of £2.1m, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £804k to £1.4m (+73%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gospel Standard Bethesda Fund sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wessex Cancer Support (£1.4m), European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (£1.4m) and Redthread Youth Limited (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, investments 7.2% and donations and legacies 1.6%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £2.1m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.

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.