PENTECOST BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1110297 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PBCL · filing overdue (register status)

Charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the United Kingdom, the promotion of love and tolerance, the advancement of education, the relief of poverty sickness or hardship and, the furtherance of the charitable work of the charity by the advancement of such other charitable purposes as the trustees shall from time to time decide.

Objects

2.2.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WORLDWIDE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES SET OUT IN THE STATEMENT OF FAITH CONTAINED IN THE SCHEDULE2.2.2. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH ASSISTANCE

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£190k
Latest spending
£204k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £23,978 for the year ended 31 December 2024, which has been transferred to cumulative funds. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, noting that the charity is addressing the deficit by securing more funding and implementing efficiency strategies. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves with a policy to cover management and administration costs, though specific reserve figures against a numerical target are not explicitly detailed in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations
“Voluntary income - various Donations” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient resources to cover management, administration and support costs and to respond to any unforeseen circumstances (reserves figure: £92k)
“it is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted reserves at a level which provides sufficient resources to cover management, administration and support costs and to respond to any unforeseen circumstances.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 12

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 09/12/2025, 39 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 08/12/2025, 403 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 08/03/2024, 129 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nigeria · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£190k£204k
31/12/2023£13k£26k
31/12/2022£270k£301k
31/12/2021£174k£196k

Common questions

Is PENTECOST BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £23,978 for the year ended 31 December 2024, which has been transferred to cumulative funds. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, noting that the charity is addressing the deficit by securing more funding and implementing efficiency strategies. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves with a policy to cover management and administration costs, though specific reserve figures against a numerical target are not explicitly detailed in the provided text. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government02/10/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION1£80k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH NARBERTH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PENTECOST BAPTIST CHURCH£190k—0unclear—no doubt
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH NARBERTH FY2025£74k—0unclear—no doubt
RETFORD BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£312k—0unclear—no doubt
SELSDON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£272k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHURCH OF PENTECOST - UK FY2025£13.8mmore than £60,0001above—no doubt
BRIDGE STREET PENTECOSTAL CHURCH FY2025£1.6m—0below—no doubt

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