CHERTSEY STREET BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST

Registered charity 1071401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHERTSEY STREET BAPTIST CHURCH

(i) to advance the Christian faith in general in accordance with the Strict Baptist Affirmation of Faith (1966)(ii) to relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship or who are aged or sick and to relieve the distress caused thereby(iii) to promote and fulfill such other charitable purpose beneficial to the community

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN GENERAL (THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY PRECISE) ACCORDANCE WITH THE STRICT BAPTIST AFFIRMATION OF FAITH AS ADOPTED ON THE 21ST MAY 1966 (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AFFIRMATION OF FAITH") IN SURREY AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FORM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT (B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID COUNTY AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT (C) TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE SAID COUNTY AND IN SUCH OTHER PART SOF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: SURREY, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £63,646 are below the trustees' stated policy target of six months of expenditure, although the total available resources including a loan facility exceed this level. The charity reported a slight deficit in the general fund for the year, driven by increased staff and building costs, while total net assets rose to £4,882,541.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr KLAUS GREENchair
• ADRIAN CREEDY · trustee of 1 other charity
• HUGH GRIFFIN
• JAMES PETER SOUTHCOMBE
• Russell John Trenchard

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH WALTHAMSTOW.

• CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH WALTHAMSTOW income £126k
• HIGH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH income £127k
• NORTH CHEAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £131k
• RUGBY BAPTIST CHURCH income £240k
• UPTON BAPTIST CHURCH, CHESTER income £250k
• ST ANDREW'S STREET, BAPTIST CHURCH - TRUST FUNDS AND PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH income £342k

Side by side with its peers

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