Society of the Sisters of Bethany

Analysis

Society of the Sisters of Bethany is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southsea. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Society of the Sisters of Bethany reported income of £175k and spending of £220k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £245k to £175k (-29%), an average of -8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Society of the Sisters of Bethany sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include In Touch Ministries of the UK (£175k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Broadstone, Poole (£175k) and Trinity-Henleaze Bristol United Reformed Church Charity (£175k).

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.