BATH CHRISTIAN TRUST

Registered charity 1085602 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

EDUCATION/TRAININGRELIEF OF POVERTYRELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.6m
Latest spending
£2.5m
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free/unrestricted reserves were £376,520, which is significantly above the stated policy target of £150,000. The charity reported a net income increase of £143,438, driven by a 9% increase in trading turnover that offset a 7% decrease in donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
In the band £60,001 - £70,000 1 — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £150,000 (held: £377k)
The agreed level of “free reserves” required to be held by the charity is equal to £150,000 — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments to Life Stream Ministries (Trustee D Reynolds' related entity)
Payments of £65,000 (2024: £64,000) were made to Life Stream Ministries being £53,000 as tithe of revenue and £12,000 as stipend. — page 33
Payments totalling £13,573 (2024: £13,485) were made by the Trust for rental accommodation for D Reynolds and his family during the year. — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rental accommodation for Trustee D Reynolds
Payments of £65,000 (2024: £64,000) were made to Life Stream Ministries being £53,000 as tithe of revenue and £12,000 as stipend. — page 33
Payments totalling £13,573 (2024: £13,485) were made by the Trust for rental accommodation for D Reynolds and his family during the year. — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Remuneration to H Durrant (close family of Trustee S Durrant)
Payments of £65,000 (2024: £64,000) were made to Life Stream Ministries being £53,000 as tithe of revenue and £12,000 as stipend. — page 33
Payments totalling £13,573 (2024: £13,485) were made by the Trust for rental accommodation for D Reynolds and his family during the year. — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Remuneration to E Kinnear (close family of Trustee C Kinnear)
Payments of £65,000 (2024: £64,000) were made to Life Stream Ministries being £53,000 as tithe of revenue and £12,000 as stipend. — page 33
Payments totalling £13,573 (2024: £13,485) were made by the Trust for rental accommodation for D Reynolds and his family during the year. — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bath Christian Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£2.6m
Total spending
£2.5m
Cost of raising funds
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£377k
Employees
28

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.6m£2.5m
31/03/2024£2.5m£2.5m
31/03/2023£2.4m£2.3m
31/03/2022£1.7m£1.7m
31/03/2021£1.3m£1.0m

Common questions

Is BATH CHRISTIAN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free/unrestricted reserves were £376,520, which is significantly above the stated policy target of £150,000. The charity reported a net income increase of £143,438, driven by a 9% increase in trading turnover that offset a 7% decrease in donations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of BATH CHRISTIAN TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BATH CHRISTIAN TRUST£2.6m£60,001 - £70,000aboveno doubt
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£1.7maboveno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH ST. BARTHOLOMEW FY2024£428k0unclearno doubt
THE CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE FY2024£4.3munclearno doubt
REIGATE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST FY2024£617k0aboveno doubt
David and Jeannie Chambers Charity for Mitcham Lane Baptist Church Charitable Incorporated Organisation FY2024£154k0aboveno doubt

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