WIDCOMBE BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1118796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£531k

Latest spending

£399k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted general funds stood at £1,918,917, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated reserves policy target of two months' core expenditure (planned to increase from £60,000 to £65,000). Per the trustees' report, net income increased substantially due to growth in membership and gifts, while expenses reduced compared to the prior year, resulting in a strong financial position with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months’ General Fund Core Expenditure (held: £1.9m)

“General Funds not designated for a specific purpose (“the Cash Reserves”) should be able to meet two months’ General Fund Core Expenditure.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £775k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£531k

Total spending

£399k

Reserves (reported)

£185k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% 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).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/02/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ROSS LEVICK EVANSchair
ALAN CAMERON BARNETT
Andrew Warren Battle
Christopher Peter Hope Hutchison
Clive Robert Todman
Daniel William Vaux Halliday
James Thomas Pollard
Neil Willoughby · trustee of 1 other charity
ROGER HENWOOD
Rebekah Ellen Thomas
Sebastian Marc Walker
Thomas Heasman

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£531k	£399k
31/12/2023	£460k	£467k
31/12/2022	£436k	£423k
31/12/2021	£727k	£395k
31/12/2020	£545k	£424k

Common questions

Is WIDCOMBE BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted general funds stood at £1,918,917, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated reserves policy target of two months' core expenditure (planned to increase from £60,000 to £65,000). Per the trustees' report, net income increased substantially due to growth in membership and gifts, while expenses reduced compared to the prior year, resulting in a strong financial position with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL	1	£59k

Charities like this

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

HILLINGDON PARK BAPTIST CHURCH income £126k
FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST) income £536k
CHRISTCHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH income £410k
ICHTHUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £1.5m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALCOT, BATH income £260k
THATCHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £162k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WIDCOMBE BAPTIST CHURCH	£531k	—	above	—	no doubt
HILLINGDON PARK BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£126k	—	above	—	no doubt
FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST) FY2025	£536k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£410k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ICHTHUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2024	£1.5m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALCOT, BATH FY2024	£260k	—	unclear	3.0%	no doubt

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