Registered charity · Accrington
The Bethany Project (Tanzania) UK
The Bethany Project (Tanzania) UK is a registered charity (number 517995) based in Accrington, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Graham John Pountain. Latest income £219k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as N E T (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £219k (2025)
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, Religious Activities
- Where
- Cumbria, Lancashire, Tanzania
- Website
- www.bethanyfamily.net (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£219k£218k
- 2024£202k£191k
- 2023£164k£199k
Earlier years
- 2022£192k£228k
- 2021£229k£220k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY:- A. PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR PERSONS WHO ARE TRAINING TO BECOME OR ARE ALREADY ENGATED IN FULL TIME PASTORAL AND EVANGELICAL WORK OF A CHRISTIAN NATURE. B. PROMOTING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN. C. WORKING ALONGSIDE VICARS AND MINISTERS AND ELDERS OF ANY CHRITIAN CHURCH IN FURTHERING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 22.8.86).
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Graham John Pountain Chair
- David Borland OBE since 2011
- David Daniel Shaw since 2025
- Heather Elayne Jeffery since 2011
- Paul Pountain since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- David Borland OBE since 2011
- Heather Elayne Jeffery since 2011
- Paul Pountain since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- David Borland OBE since 2011
- David Daniel Shaw since 2025
- Heather Elayne Jeffery since 2011
Portfolio (2)
- Graham John Pountain Chair
- Paul Pountain since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 517995
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 22/08/1986AS AMENDED ON 09/11/2011
- Contact on the register
- 07913522883 · graham@pountain.net
- 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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