SOUTH WEST BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1124938 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The SWBA is an umbrella body for many of the Baptist Churches in the South West. SWBA is largely a service organisation, which means that much of our work is "responsive" - meeting the practical needs of our member churches. These are very wide-ranging. In addition, we also undertake an element of more strategic work.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £111,090 for the year ended 31 December 2024, continuing a planned five-year budget model of annual deficits exceeding £100,000. While unrestricted free reserves are limited to £669,207 in investments, the charity holds significant total assets including property and investments, which the trustees intend to draw upon if cash reserves are depleted. The trustees acknowledge challenging financial times and uncertainty regarding future funding streams within the wider Baptist Union.

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

What the accounts disclose

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 (4 freehold); recorded price paid £933k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~80.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/02/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Christine Frychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Iain Douglas Freeland · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neil Tinson
• REV Nigel Carl Manges · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Carl Smethurst · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Dr Steve Cosslett
• Rev Michelle Parkman

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Dorset · Plymouth City · Somerset · Torbay

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH WALES BAPTIST ASSOCIATION BUGB.

• SOUTH WALES BAPTIST ASSOCIATION BUGB income £354k
• EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION income £406k
• SOUTH WEST YOUTH MINISTRIES income £702k
• SOUTH EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION income £656k
• THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN income £11.1m
• SOUTH WEST COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY LIMITED income £221k

Side by side with its peers

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