Bethlehem Evangelical Church, Sandfields, Port Talbot
What it does
Meeting for Sunday worship services and mid-week prayer meetings. Additional activities for young people, parents with toddlers and older people. The church seeks to meet the needs of its members spiritually, emotionally and practically wherever possible and to extend that help to those living locally and to missionaries in the UK and the world. To promote gospel understanding and gospel living.
Its charitable purposes
(1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN PORT TALBOT AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND(2) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF [THE MANAGING TRUSTEES] FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHURCH.
Causes
- What it works on
- Disability
- Religious activities
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Makes grants to organisations
Where it works
- In Wales
- Neath Port Talbot
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £84,825 and spent £81,243.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £84,825 | £81,243 | Not reported | 10 |
| 31 March 2024 | £49,227 | £52,264 | Not reported | 35 |
| 31 March 2023 | £47,520 | £50,925 | Not reported | 30 |
| 31 March 2022 | £42,103 | £52,900 | Not reported | 46 |
| 31 March 2021 | £48,112 | £66,811 | Not reported | 30 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 76%, from £48,112 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £84,825 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 96% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £1,000 from 1 grant. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1,000 from 1 grant | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Jeremy john BaileyChair
- Andrew Nicholas
- Jonathan Morris
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 23 January 2026, 8 days early | Received 23 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 23 January 2025, 8 days early | Received 23 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 27 January 2024, 4 days early | Received 27 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 31 January 2023 | Received 31 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 27 January 2022, 4 days early | Received 27 January 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1171642
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 16 February 2017
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16 OCT 2012
- Website
- www.bethlehemchurch.co.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Neath Port Talbot
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.