CENTRAL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1090606 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of the Christian Religion especially by the means of and in accordance with the principles of the Baptist denomination

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION ESPECIALLY BY THE MEANS OF AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION AS SET OUT FOR THE TIME BEING IN THE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLE OF THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL.

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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Registered contact address: Milton Keynes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £3,093,901, representing a decrease from the prior year. The trustees report an anticipated annual operating deficit of approximately £250,000 for the foreseeable future, excluding unpredictable proceeds from property sales. Despite this deficit, the trustees consider the charity has sufficient reserves to mitigate risks and continue operating as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04319194

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.

• BUGG, Karen Joyce, Rev — director, appointed 27/06/2026on trustee list
• CARVER, Simon John, Rev — director, appointed 27/06/2026on trustee list
• DUNNING, Philip James — director, appointed 27/06/2026on trustee list
• WOOD, Adrian Michael, Rev — director, appointed 09/11/2023on trustee list
• GRIFFITHS, Barbara — director, appointed 01/07/2023on trustee list
• WALLS, Peter Ewart — director, appointed 01/07/2023on trustee list
• EDWORTHY, Tim Stanley, Rev — director, appointed 20/05/2023on trustee list
• KERRY, Lisa Katherine, Reverend — director, appointed 02/07/2022on trustee list
• HIDER, Maureen Catherine, Revd — director, appointed 02/07/2022on trustee list
• HAINES, Timothy Lloyd, Rev — director, appointed 31/03/2022on trustee list
• JOHNSTON, Francis William — director, appointed 28/01/2021on trustee list
• FARRANT, Roy David — director, appointed 27/06/2020on trustee list
• OPENSHAW, Andrew John, Reverend — secretary, appointed 03/01/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £1.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~56.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (65% 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

• Barbara Griffiths
• Francis William Johnston · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marjorie Johnston · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Ewart Walls
• Rev Adrian Michael Wood · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev David Gregory
• Rev Karen Joyce Bugg
• Rev Lisa Katherine Kerry · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev MAUREEN CATHERINE HIDER
• Rev Philip James Dunning · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev SIMON JOHN CARVER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Roy Farrant · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy Lloyd Haines

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

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire · Luton · Milton Keynes · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• NORTHERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION income £299k
• BARNSTAPLE BAPTIST CHURCH income £90k
• WEST OF ENGLAND BAPTIST ASSOCIATION income £402k
• DIDCOT BAPTIST CHURCH income £255k
• CROHAM ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH income £290k
• CROXLEY GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH income £173k

Side by side with its peers

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