REIGATE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST

Registered charity 1072718 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REIGATE BAPTIST CHURCH

General church activities, including toddler groups, counselling and outreach and community events.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£651k

Latest spending

£608k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £2,481,625, which is well above the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £85,000. The charity reported a net income of £43,933 for the year, with total incoming resources of £651,483 against total expenditure of £607,549.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“The average monthly number of employees during the year was 20 (2024: 20). Most of the charity's activities are carried out by volunteers. During the year the church's key management were the Senior Pastor and the Operations Manager. The total employment benefits (excluding housing allowance) for those members of staff were £69,198 (2024: £61,451).” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £85,000 (held: £2.5m)

“The trustees have determined that the charity should aim to hold unrestricted cash of no less than £85,000 (which equates to 1.7 months of unrestricted expenditure).” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 2 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£651k

Total spending

£608k

Reserves (reported)

£262k

Employees

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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 JOHN EGLINGTON
IAN CURRY
Lisa Marie Hopkins
Simon Paul Davis

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£651k	£608k
31/12/2024	£617k	£521k
31/12/2023	£506k	£470k
31/12/2022	£433k	£479k
31/12/2021	£527k	£553k

Common questions

Is REIGATE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £2,481,625, which is well above the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £85,000. The charity reported a net income of £43,933 for the year, with total incoming resources of £651,483 against total expenditure of £607,549. 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
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£24k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	1	£5k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

RUGBY BAPTIST CHURCH income £240k
BECKENHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £135k
TONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH income £901k
PINHOE ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, EXETER income £211k
Cornerstone Baptist Church income £453k
CITY GATE CHURCH, UK income £115k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
REIGATE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST	£651k	—	2	above	—	no doubt
RUGBY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£240k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BECKENHAM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£135k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£901k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PINHOE ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, EXETER FY2025	£211k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Cornerstone Baptist Church FY2025	£453k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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