Trust Property Held in Connexion with Bethesda Baptist Chapel Royton

Analysis

Trust Property Held in Connexion with Bethesda Baptist Chapel Royton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oldham. It was registered in July 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Trust Property Held in Connexion with Bethesda Baptist Chapel Royton reported income of £50k and spending of £46k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £29k to £50k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Trust Property Held in Connexion with Bethesda Baptist Chapel Royton sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Philharmonic Orchestra Benevolent Fund (£50k), Syed Hamid Charitable Trust (£51k) and Sethington Ltd (£50k).