# BETHANY BAPTIST CHRISTIAN
CHESTER, PA · NCUA charter 24016 · asset band <$50M · latest filing 2019-12 · stopped filing after 2019-12 (departed; for a credit union that is almost always a merger)
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Who the members are: federal charter, associational, organized 1983, low-income designated. 70 members of 150 potential (46.7% of the field); checking penetration 0% (share draft accounts per 100 members); loans per 100 members 3.

**Verdict on the desk:** this could be *stressed*. Composite score 6 of 18 (one point per flag across 17 flags, capital below 7% counted twice).

## What the filing shows

| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Total assets | $42,744 |
| Members | 70 (-12.5% YoY) |
| Full-time staff | 0 |
| Net worth | $6,050 |
| Net worth ratio | 14.2% (p55 of band) |
| ROA (annualized) | -14.31% (p0 of band) |
| Total delinquency | 99.18% (p100 of band) |
| Net charge-offs (annualized) | 0.00% (p17 of band) |
| Loans / shares | 8% (p1 of band) |
| Cash / assets | 95.9% |
| Borrowings / assets | 0.00% |
| Net interest margin | 1.02% (p1 of band) |
| Operating expense / assets | 3.14% (p38 of band) |
| Vehicles % of loans | 0% (p2 of band) |
| Indirect vehicle % of vehicle (all-channel basis before 2022) | – |
| Third-party paper % of net worth | 0% (p45 of band) |
| Vehicle delinquency | – |
| Vehicle NCO | – |
| Repossessed % of vehicle book | – |
| Real estate % of loans | 0% |
| Credit cards % of loans | 0% |
| Unsecured % of loans | 100% |
| Commercial % of net worth | 0% |
| Core shares % of member funds | 100% |
| Certificates % of member funds | 0% |
| Average share balance | $524 |
| Participations bought / yr | $0 |
| Participations sold / yr | $0 |
| Participations outstanding | – |
| Loans outstanding per 100 members | 3% |
| Loans granted per 100 members, annualized | 0% |
| Average loan balance | $1,462 |
| Loans granted, annualized | $0 |

## Flags firing in the latest filing

- **losing money** (`earn_negative`)
- **delinquency 2x band** (`aq_dq_high`)
- **delinquency rising** (`aq_dq_rising`)
- **assets shrinking** (`shrink_assets`)
- **members leaving** (`shrink_members`)
- **loan book shrinking** (`shrink_loans`)

## Warning timeline

| Quarter | Score | Flags that first fired | Flags that cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03 | 1 | delinquency 2x band |  |
| 2016-06 | 2 | losing money |  |
| 2016-09 | 2 |  |  |
| 2016-12 | 2 |  |  |
| 2017-03 | 6 | margin squeeze, delinquency rising, assets shrinking, members leaving, loan book shrinking | losing money |
| 2017-06 | 7 | losing money |  |
| 2017-09 | 3 |  | margin squeeze, assets shrinking, members leaving, losing money |
| 2017-12 | 5 | losing money, members leaving |  |
| 2018-03 | 4 | margin squeeze | loan book shrinking, members leaving |
| 2018-06 | 4 | net worth falling, assets shrinking | delinquency rising, margin squeeze |
| 2018-09 | 3 |  | net worth falling |
| 2018-12 | 4 | delinquency rising |  |
| 2019-03 | 7 | expense trap, members leaving, loan book shrinking |  |
| 2019-06 | 6 |  | delinquency rising |
| 2019-09 | 7 | delinquency rising, charge-offs p90 | expense trap |
| 2019-12 | 6 |  | charge-offs p90 |

## In the news (Google News, unfiltered, newest first; check the city)

- 2020-01-03 [TruMark seeks to complete another acquisition, add four new branches - The Business Journals](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOdzhxcXEyb1kzSHBGalBIZHVMUnRhdVRvLXhlb2hHbFhaWXNKbHlaUmZjRjc5dlE4bjJ0cVNuUExld2ppLXhva0locE5MTEZqS3BDOE95amVWQzhkQnZHYy00UzJ5OVhhYmJOaGs2ZWpKYjU2OWt1WnVIVkl4U1Y3ajQ5NVRzRGVvTV95U2N0NGlCMFFzdE05QmVwSlBoSG41dkF4TC13d3lzNHluYXhkVQ?oc=5) · The Business Journals

## How to verify

- Page: https://getbookiq.com/cu-intel/#cu=24016 (every cell opens its formula and NCUA account codes; the News tab is the same search)
- Latest row, JSON: https://getbookiq.com/cu-intel/data/summary.json · history: https://getbookiq.com/cu-intel/data/h/16.json (key "24016", columns cycle, assets, loans, shares, networth, nwr, roa, total_dq_pct, total_nco_pct, vehicle, veh_pct_loans, indirect, ind_pct_veh, ind_veh, ind_re, ind_comm, ind_other, ind_pct_loans, loans_n, granted_n_ytd, granted_ann, loan_pen, granted_pen, avg_loan_bal, loans_per_fte, veh_part, tp_pct_nw, veh_dq_pct, veh_nco_pct, repo_pct_veh, members_yoy, ltos, cash_pct, borrow_pct, nim_pct, opex_pct, risk_score, members, fte, cash_total, invest_sec, allowance_eff, int_income_ytd, int_exp_ytd, provision_eff_ytd, nonint_income_ytd, nonint_exp_ytd, net_income_ytd, n_flags, re_pct_loans, cc_pct_loans, comm_pct_loans, cert_pct_shares, core_pct_shares, part_buy_ann, part_sell_ann, pot_members, sh_draft_n, chk_pen, fom_pen, flags)
- Participation history: https://getbookiq.com/participation-desk/#cu=24016
- Field definitions: https://getbookiq.com/dictionary/#cu-ltos and the rest of the credit union dictionary
- Source: NCUA 5300 call report bulk files. Income fields are annualized by cycle month (Mar x4, Jun x2, Sep x4/3, Dec x1). Percentiles are within the asset band in the same quarter.

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