SOUTH EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1093252 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH EAST BAPTIST PARTNERSHIP

The advancement of the Christian religion, especially by means of and in accordance with the pricipals of the Baptist denomination as set out for the time being in the Declaration of Principals of the Baptist Union of Great Britian. This has been our activity during 2018 and will continue to be so throughout 2020.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION ESPECIALLY BY THE MEANS OF ANDIN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRICIPLES 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: KENT, SUSSEX, SURREY, HAMPSHIRE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Mid Sussex, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £51,028 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,589,134 to £2,481,106. Free reserves stood at £267,771, which the trustees state is just over six months of expenditure and in line with their policy target. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 03/01/2023, 64 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04292136 · Financial health read from its filings

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• LICC — “SEBA are also partnering with a range of other organisations who are have a range of resources supporting churches in their mission. These i…” (source page)
• Everyone Everywhere — “SEBA are also partnering with a range of other organisations who are have a range of resources supporting churches in their mission. These i…” (source page)
• Share Jesus — “SEBA are also partnering with a range of other organisations who are have a range of resources supporting churches in their mission. These i…” (source page)
• The Rooftop — “SEBA are also partnering with a range of other organisations who are have a range of resources supporting churches in their mission. These i…” (source page)
• BMS — “SEBA are also partnering with a range of other organisations who are have a range of resources supporting churches in their mission. These i…” (source page)

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.

• TOMLINSON, David — director, appointed 18/03/2026on trustee list
• DAMASCENA, Luciana Monteverde, Rev — director, appointed 11/11/2025on trustee list
• FISK, Cassandra Louise — director, appointed 01/10/2023on trustee list
• NEWSON, Jeremy, Revd — director, appointed 01/08/2022on trustee list
• HARDWICK, Jonathan Edward, Revd. — director, appointed 22/09/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~43.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev PETER JAMES BUTCHERSchair
• DAVID TOMLINSON
• Rev Jeremy Newson
• Rev Jonathan Edward Hardwick
• Rev Luciana Damascena
• Stephen Graham Powney Mr

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Hampshire · Kent · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

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

• WEST OF ENGLAND BAPTIST ASSOCIATION income £402k
• CENTRAL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION income £586k
• EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION income £406k
• NORTHERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION income £299k
• WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE BAPTIST CHURCH income £152k
• SALISBURY BAPTIST CHURCH income £49k

Side by side with its peers

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