Friends of Bethlehem UK
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The object of the CIO is to promote Palestinian arts and culture for the public benefit by supporting Alrowwad Cultural & Arts Society in Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem as well as other cultural institutions and artists in Bethlehem and Palestine - through the Bethlehem Cultural Festival of arts and culture of the Eastern Mediterranean and other activities organised throughout the year.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 October 2024
Total income includes £4,000 from 1 government grant(s)
People
3 Trustee(s)
1 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Children/young People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Throughout England And Wales
Governance
- 11 October 2019: CIO registration
- Friends of Alrowwad UK (Working name)
- FRIENDS OF ALROWWAD UK (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
3 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| Melissa Scott | Chair | 11 October 2019 |
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| Cairistiona Russell | Trustee | 28 March 2023 |
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| Rachel Mooney | Trustee | 07 February 2023 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/10/2020 | 31/10/2021 | 31/10/2022 | 31/10/2023 | 31/10/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £15.96k | £33.76k | £49.79k | £95.46k | £65.10k | |
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Total expenditure | £11.26k | £28.93k | £51.05k | £82.42k | £83.16k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £4.00k |
Accounts and annual returns
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 October 2024 | 27 August 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 October 2024 | 27 August 2025 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 October 2023 | 20 August 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 October 2023 | 20 August 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 October 2022 | 03 August 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 October 2022 | 03 August 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 October 2021 | 12 September 2022 | 12 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 October 2021 | 12 September 2022 | 12 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 October 2020 | 24 May 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 October 2020 | 24 May 2021 | On time | Download Open in new window |