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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £3,197,935, while the trustees note that projections indicate an annual deficit of approximately £250,000 for the foreseeable future, excluding unpredictable property sales. The trustees consider the charity has sufficient reserves to mitigate these risks and maintain going concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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 2 other charities
• Peter Ewart Walls
• Rev Adrian Michael Wood · trustee of 1 other charity
• 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
• Rev Timothy Stanley Edworthy
• 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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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• SOUTH EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION income £656k
• CRANBROOK BAPTIST CHURCH income £105k
• MARKET HARBOROUGH BAPTIST CHURCH income £128k
• VICTORIA PARK BAPTIST CHURCH income £119k
• DIDCOT BAPTIST CHURCH income £226k
• BARROW BAPTIST CHURCH income £224k

Side by side with its peers

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