BRISTOL BAPTIST COLLEGE

Registered charity 1102280 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Delivering religious education and training to those preparing for Ministry (generally but not exclusively in the Baptist denomination), to others furthering their theological education and to those preparing for service in Children, Families and Youth Ministry (both Christian and secular based).Providing a Christian resource centre for study and development.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall operating loss before investment gains of £36,870, a significant improvement from the £239,068 loss in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,130,808, which is slightly below the stated policy target of £1.2m, but the trustees consider the reserves position healthy enough to withstand future deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £725k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~40.0 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 (47% 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: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (26/11/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dorette Morgan
• Graham John Lewis · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rachel Elizabeth Mary Stone
• Rev Andrew Douglas Caldwell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Kenneth Leonard Benjamin
• Rev Matthew George Bradley
• Rev Michael James Peat · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Peter John Morden · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Peter Thomas Henderson Hatton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Tania Jane Vaughan
• TIMOTHY JOHN WALKER · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Graham John Lewis — trustee here and at TYNDALE BAPTIST CHURCH, BRISTOL

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 TRINITY COLLEGE BRISTOL LIMITED.

• TRINITY COLLEGE BRISTOL LIMITED income £3.1m
• NORTHERN BAPTIST COLLEGE LIMITED income £380k
• SPURGEONS COLLEGE income £1.1m
• CIRENCESTER BAPTIST CHURCH income £646k
• INTERNATIONAL BIBLE TRAINING COLLEGE income £179k
• BRETTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £270k

Side by side with its peers

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