BETHANY CHRISTIAN TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-17 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£630K
-26% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+7% vs 2024
Employees
313
+6.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,825,124 | £9,733,443 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £426,409 | £353,304 | |
| Cash | £851,591 | £630,387 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,567,220 | £6,201,751 | |
| Net assets | £5,083,497 | £5,436,801 | |
| Equity | £5,083,497 | £5,436,801 | |
| Average employees | 295 | 313 | |
| Wages | £5,233,378 | £5,795,920 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 4.8% | 3.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.7% | 20.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.92x | 1.87x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next twelve months and they have not identified any material uncertainties regarding the charitable company's ability to continue. Thus the Trustees' continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BETHANY CHRISTIAN TRUST · parent
- Bethany Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A former Guest House was purchased in Glasgow during the year detailed in the next paragraph... Purchase Price: £800K. Bricks and Mortar value £600K Goodwill £160K, Fixtures and Fittings: £40K. The Goodwill portion...was intentionally written off against the surplus for the year. The remaining £640K was added to Fixed assets. A capital repayment of £100K was repaid to the loan in January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Alasdair | Secretary | 2018-08-01 | — | — |
| GILLESPIE, Sofie Victoria Gwenda | Director | 2020-05-01 | Jul 1989 | British |
| HESKETH, Mark | Director | 2017-05-11 | Apr 1961 | British |
| LAMONT, Derek, Reverend | Director | 2024-06-21 | Jan 1964 | British |
| LAZONBY, Norman Anderson | Director | 2026-03-27 | May 1959 | British |
| LYALL, Ian James Graeme | Director | 2021-09-17 | Apr 1955 | British |
| MACCALLUM, Sonia, Dr | Director | 2016-04-08 | Feb 1981 | British |
| MACNEILL, Colin James | Director | 2025-06-20 | Jul 1968 | British |
| OTOO, Adom | Director | 2024-06-21 | Jun 1991 | British |
| RATTER, Joanne Roberta, Dr | Director | 2020-03-27 | Nov 1977 | British |
| WALKER, Catherine Ruth | Director | 2016-02-05 | Jun 1955 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GORDON, Iain Crichton | Secretary | 2002-03-20 | 2018-06-29 |
| BALFOUR & MANSON | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-02-26 | 2002-03-20 |
| BALFOUR, Jeremy Ross | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2020-06-19 |
| BEATTIE, Nicole Elizabeth | Director | 2021-11-26 | 2023-11-17 |
| BELL, Leslie Stuart | Director | 2002-02-26 | 2009-01-28 |
| BENINGTON, Charles Kenneth, Dr | Director | 2002-02-26 | 2004-07-28 |
| BERRY, Alan Oliver, Reverend | Director | 2002-02-26 | 2013-04-13 |
| BERRY, Norman Stevenson Mclean | Director | 2002-02-26 | 2015-06-26 |
| CAMPBELL, James Malcolm | Director | 2014-11-07 | 2024-06-21 |
| CRAIG, John Ronald | Director | 2019-11-22 | 2024-02-12 |
| GORDON, Robert Smith Benzie | Director | 2005-01-26 | 2020-06-19 |
| MASON, Colin, Professor | Director | 2014-08-19 | 2024-06-21 |
| MCCLELLAND, Samuel Edward | Director | 2002-02-26 | 2005-06-13 |
| PURDIE, Gwendolen Alma | Director | 2003-05-09 | 2004-03-31 |
| SMITH, Colin Grant | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2018-03-23 |
| SMITH, Iain | Director | 2003-01-22 | 2018-06-22 |
| STANGER, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2018-08-13 |
| STORMONT, Angela | Director | 2010-01-27 | 2022-06-17 |
| TWEEDDALE, Patricia Margaret | Director | 2003-03-10 | 2008-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+10.3%
£8,825,124 £9,733,443
-
Cash
-26%
£851,591 £630,387
-
Net assets
+7%
£5,083,497 £5,436,801
-
Employees
+6.1%
295 313
-
Wages
+10.7%
£5,233,378 £5,795,920
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers