The Bethany Project (Tanzania) UK

Analysis

The Bethany Project (Tanzania) UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Accrington. It was registered in October 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Bethany Project (Tanzania) UK reported income of £219k and spending of £218k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £229k to £219k (-4.5%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Bethany Project (Tanzania) UK sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chester-Le-Street Methodist Church (£219k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hailsham (£219k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Stoke by Nayland (£219k).