Registered charity 1172841

Bethel Community Church (Newport)

What it does

The charity advances the Christian Faith, primarily in the Newport, South Wales area. The church also provides services and facilities to improve the life of the residents of the Newport area and seeks to provide education and relieve sickness and financial hardship by the provision of goods, funds or services in the UK or the wider world.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WIDER WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.2) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF BANESWELL AND OTHER AREA OF NEWPORT, WALES. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES BEING SUBJECT TO COMPATIBILITY WITH THE OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES3) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.4) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.5) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Religious activities
Recreation
Who it helps: Children and young people
Older people
Disabled people
Other charities and voluntary bodies
The general public
How it works: Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations
Provides buildings, facilities or open space

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Monmouthshire
Newport City
Torfaen

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £229,047 and spent £384,232.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£229,047	£384,232	Not reported	48
31 March 2024	£119,020	£144,917	Not reported	35
31 March 2023	£138,534	£310,742	Not reported	32
31 March 2022	£379,765	£127,201	Not reported	28
31 March 2021	£164,308	£141,486	Not reported	20

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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 39%, from £164,308 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £229,047 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 168% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £40,000 from 1 grant. Government contracts: Not reported.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
31 March 2025	£40,000 from 1 grant	Not reported
31 March 2024	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2023	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2022	£249,365 from 1 grant	Not reported

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £15,000, awarded in 2020.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
4 Dec 2020	Garfield Weston FoundationMain Grants award	£15,000

Payments from public bodies, from their spending data

Public bodies' published spending shows 2 payments to this charity worth £289,365 between 23 February 2022 and 27 March 2024.

Payments from public bodies, from their spending data
Public body	Paid	Payments	Financial years
Welsh Governmentits spending data	£289,365	2	2021/22, 2023/24

Councils and Welsh Government publish what they pay suppliers and grant holders above a threshold, usually £500 for councils and £25,000 for Welsh Government, so smaller payments are missing. A payment is shown only when OpenEconomy matched it to this charity with certainty. These figures come from the payer's records. They are a separate measure from the charity's own accounts, 360Giving grants and its annual return, and are never added to them.

Trustees

6 trustees run the charity.

Pastor Andrew CleverlyChairAppointed 8 May 2017
Jonathan CroftAppointed 8 May 2017
Pauline GouldAppointed 8 May 2017
Robert James BurtonAppointed 31 July 2022
Sarah CroftAppointed 8 May 2017
Steven ArmsteadAppointed 8 May 2017

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 6 January 2026, 25 days early	Received 6 January 2026
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 28 January 2025, 3 days early	Received 28 January 2025
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 30 January 2024, 1 day early	Received 30 January 2024
31 March 2022	31 January 2023	Received 31 January 2023	Received 31 January 2023
31 March 2021	31 January 2022	Received 20 January 2022, 11 days early	Received 20 January 2022

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1172841
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 2 May 2017
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 02 May 2017
Website: www.bethelnewport.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Newport

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. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.

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Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£229,047

£384,232

Not reported

31 March 2024

£119,020

£144,917

Not reported

31 March 2023

£138,534

£310,742

Not reported

31 March 2022

£379,765

£127,201

Not reported

31 March 2021

£164,308

£141,486

Not reported

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 March 2025

£40,000 from 1 grant

Not reported

31 March 2024

Not reported

31 March 2023

Not reported

31 March 2022

£249,365 from 1 grant

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

4 Dec 2020

Garfield Weston FoundationMain Grants award

£15,000

Public body

Paid

Payments

Financial years

Welsh Governmentits spending data

£289,365

2021/22, 2023/24

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 6 January 2026, 25 days early

Received 6 January 2026

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 28 January 2025, 3 days early

Received 28 January 2025

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 30 January 2024, 1 day early

Received 30 January 2024

31 March 2022

31 January 2023

Received 31 January 2023

31 March 2021

31 January 2022

Received 20 January 2022, 11 days early

Received 20 January 2022