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Bethany Homestead

Bethany Homestead is a registered charity (number 1160448) based in Northampton, governed by 7 trustees. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 7 trustees

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
Where
Northamptonshire
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024£2.0m£2.3m
  • 2023£1.9m£1.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.7m£1.7m
  • 2021£1.6m£1.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 27% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF IN NEED OF SICK OR ELDERLY PERSONS BELONGING TO OR CONNECTED WITH THE BAPTIST CONGREGATIONAL OR UNITED REFORMED CHURCHES IN NORTHAMPTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHIN A CHRISTIAN CARE COMPLEX AND OF SUCH OTHER SICK OR ELDERLY PERSONS NOT BELONGING TO OR CONNECTED TO THE AFOREMENTIONED CHURCHES IN NORTHAMPTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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.

7 trustees on the board

8.7y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

0
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.0m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.9 in 2021

77 from 78 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
28%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1160448
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 11 Feb 2015
Contact on the register
01604713171 · admin@bethanyhomestead.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

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