THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1091066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Southern Counties Baptist Association is a registered charity that exists; for the advancement of the Christian religion especially by 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £12,345,678, which the Trustees state are in line with the policy of holding three months of unrestricted expenditure. The accounts were audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP, who issued an unqualified opinion.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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 £1.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~54.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (68% 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

• Andrew McCullie Johnson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ann Andrews
• Clare Kathleen Hooper · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma Katherine Foster Green ACA
• Janet Miriam Quarry
• REV ANTHONY CLARKE
• Rev Abigail Elizabeth Jane Lintern BTh
• Rev Andrew John Perryman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Christopher John Brockway · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev David Michael ford BA MA · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Jonathan Mark Keyworth · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Matthew Robert Huckle
• Revd Dr Martin David Neville Hobgen MA PhD

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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 SOUTH EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.

• SOUTH EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION income £656k
• Grace Baptist Association income £424k
• SOUTH WALES BAPTIST ASSOCIATION BUGB income £354k
• CENTRAL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION income £586k
• SUTTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £163k
• EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION income £406k

Side by side with its peers

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