BEECHEN GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST

Registered charity 1070890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To further the religious and other charitable work of Beechen Grove Baptist Church, and the maintenance of the Grade 2 listed church building and other property.

Objects

TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE BEECHEN GROVE CHURCH, INCLUDING THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE FABRIC OF THE CHURCH AND OTHER CHURCH PROPERTY

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£243k

Latest spending

£220k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £20,756 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £205,606. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and holds unrestricted reserves of £205,606, which exceed the stated policy target of £50,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Audit opinion: qualified

“I have identified a matter in relation to payments made to Trustees which are outside of that permitted by the Charity's Governing Document.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Rev'd S Heard received remuneration of £33,303 and pension contributions of £4,374. Loans were provided to Mr K Adams and Mr K Tondoneh.

“During the year, Rev Simon Heard, who was a member of the Trustee body of the charity was employed as Minister of Beechen Grove Baptist Church. During the year he received remuneration of £33,303 and employer pension contributions of £4,374.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Remuneration to Rev'd S Heard who is a trustee.

“During the year, Rev Simon Heard, who was a member of the Trustee body of the charity was employed as Minister of Beechen Grove Baptist Church. During the year he received remuneration of £33,303 and employer pension contributions of £4,374.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Elizabeth Lindsay Mortimer · trustee of 2 other charities
Kelvin Adams
Komba Tondoneh
Marilyn Bengco
Marlene Fox
Paula Cox
Prakash Krishnan Ganesan
Simon Heard · trustee of 1 other charity
Vijayanandhini Sakthivel

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£243k	£220k
31/03/2024	£203k	£206k
31/03/2023	£206k	£167k
31/03/2022	£185k	£122k
31/03/2021	£88k	£129k

Common questions

Is BEECHEN GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £20,756 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £205,606. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and holds unrestricted reserves of £205,606, which exceed the stated policy target of £50,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£10k
BASINGSTOKE COMMUNITY CHURCHES	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GROVE HILL EVANGELICAL CHURCH.

GROVE HILL EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £154k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, GROVE income £261k
BECKENHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £135k
WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH income £459k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE'S BECKENHAM income £205k
UPPER BEEDING BAPTIST CHURCH: THE HUB, BEEDING income £180k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BEECHEN GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST	£243k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GROVE HILL EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£154k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, GROVE FY2025	£261k	—	above	—	no doubt
BECKENHAM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£135k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH FY2025	£459k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE'S BECKENHAM FY2021	£205k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.