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The Bethany Children's Trust

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £143k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Rwanda, Congo (Democratic Republic), Zambia
Website
www.bethanychildrenstrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1999

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£143k£135k
  • 2024£135k£145k
  • 2023£133k£143k
Earlier years
  • 2022£142k£152k
  • 2021£168k£144k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS PARTICULARLY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE INCLUDING (THOUGH NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) ESTABLISHING, OPERATING OR ASSISTING IN THE OPERATION OF ONE OR MORE ORPHANAGES OR OTHER SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS TO PROVIDE CARE FOR CHILDREN IN NEED.TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE INCLUDING BY MEANS OF ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

5.2y median 6y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£143k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1073817
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 23 DECEMBER 1998, AS AMENDED 5 DECEMBER 2003.
Contact on the register
02089777571 · admin@bethanychildrenstrust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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