NORTHERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1092595 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£288k

Latest spending

£243k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £300,000 following the sale of the manse and additional support funding from the Baptist Union of Great Britain. However, the Trustees note that the long-term funding position remains uncertain due to the ongoing financial model review by Baptists Together, which may require difficult decisions in the future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a minimum of 50% of the Association’s annual unrestricted expenditure (held: £300k)

“It is the policy of the Trustees to seek to maintain unrestricted reserves in the Association’s General Fund equivalent to a minimum of 50% of the Association’s annual unrestricted expenditure.” — page 19

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Rev L Donaldson received £38,378 remuneration, £7,773 housing expenses, £1,965 travel expenses, and £4,465 pension contributions. Rev J Pozzo received £19,790 remuneration, £8,579 housing expenses, £5,030 travel expenses, and £2,281 pension contributions.

“Rev. L Donaldson acts as one of the Association's Trustees and received remuneration of £38,378, housing expenses of £7,773 and travel expenses of £1,965. In addition, the Charity made pension contributions totalling £4,465. Rev. J Pozzo acts as one of the Association's Trustees and received remuneration of £19,790, housing expenses of £8,579 and travel expenses of £5,030. In addition, the Charity made pension contributions totalling £2,281.” — page 27

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees Rev L Donaldson and Rev J Pozzo received remuneration, housing expenses, and pension contributions.

“Rev. L Donaldson acts as one of the Association's Trustees and received remuneration of £38,378, housing expenses of £7,773 and travel expenses of £1,965. In addition, the Charity made pension contributions totalling £4,465. Rev. J Pozzo acts as one of the Association's Trustees and received remuneration of £19,790, housing expenses of £8,579 and travel expenses of £5,030. In addition, the Charity made pension contributions totalling £2,281.” — page 27

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04340889

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.

SMITH, Karen, Rev — director, appointed 26/04/2025on trustee list
MUNROE, Michael, Rev — director, appointed 14/09/2024on trustee list
DONALDSON, Linda Jane Blackwood, Rev — director, appointed 19/06/2023on trustee list
POZZO, Johnny, Rev — director, appointed 19/06/2023on trustee list
KNIGHT, Paul, Rev — director, appointed 16/05/2023on trustee list
MCBAIN, Mairi — director, appointed 16/05/2023on trustee list
HOLDER, Jennet — director, appointed 12/12/2022not on trustee list
DIXON, Philip Needham — director, appointed 24/04/2021on trustee list
MONUMENT, Gavin Paul — director, appointed 01/09/2020on trustee list
FRIEND, Caroline Jayne, Ms. — director, appointed 02/05/2020not on trustee list
ROWAN, Hannah — secretary, appointed 23/04/2025

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Gavin Paul Monument
Philip Needham Dixon · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev David Peter Tubby · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev Johnny Pozzo
Rev Karen Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Linda Donaldson
Rev Mairi McBain
Rev Michael Munroe
Rev Paul Knight
Rev Roy Searle

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Gateshead · North Tyneside · Northumberland · Redcar And Cleveland · South Tyneside · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£288k	£243k
31/12/2023	£220k	£203k
31/12/2022	£216k	£169k
31/12/2021	£188k	£170k
31/12/2020	£156k	£160k

Common questions

Is NORTHERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £300,000 following the sale of the manse and additional support funding from the Baptist Union of Great Britain. However, the Trustees note that the long-term funding position remains uncertain due to the ongoing financial model review by Baptists Together, which may require difficult decisions in the future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NORTHERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTHERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN, LADY HEWLEY'S CHARITY, THE LONDON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN	FY2024	£219k	Regional Association Operational Funding
THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN	FY2023	£198k	Regional Association Operational Funding
THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN	FY2022	£186k	Regional Association Operational Funding
LADY HEWLEY'S CHARITY	FY2023	£25k
THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN	FY2025	£22k	Regional Association
THE LONDON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION	FY2023	£10k	Material grant included in Note 12; also mentioned in Directors' Report as contribution to financial sustainability
LADY HEWLEY'S CHARITY	FY2024	£8k
THE LONDON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION	FY2024	£7k
LADY HEWLEY'S CHARITY	FY2025	£6k

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
KING'S CHURCH MILDENHALL	1	£96k
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£24k
GRACE BAPTIST CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£20k
REDHILL BAPTIST CHURCH	1	£7k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	1	£5k
THE S M B TRUST	1	£2k

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
THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN income £11.1m
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH NORTH MANCHESTER income £105k
TONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH income £901k
NORTH END BAPTIST CHURCH income £451k
THE BAPTIST UNION CORPORATION LIMITED income £3.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORTHERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION	£288k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION FY2024	£656k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN FY2025	£11.1m	—	2	unclear	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH NORTH MANCHESTER FY2024	£105k	£9,360	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£901k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH END BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£451k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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