MINCHINHAMPTON BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1126338 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MBC

Religious activities

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Latest income

£202k

Latest spending

£181k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £20,996 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £169,615. The trustees have established a reserves policy regarding the first £50,000 as an emergency fund, and the independent examiner confirmed that no matters required attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations & legacies (212% of income)

“TOTAL INCOME (A) 163,501 38,768 202,269 166,976” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: the first £50,000 of the charity's resarves as an emergency fund (held: £170k)

“The policy of the Trustees is to regard the first £50,000 of the charity's resarves as an emergency fund with the rest available to spend in furtherance of the charity's aims.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Elizabeth Farley · trustee of 1 other charity
Howard Thomas Scott
IAN WILLIAMS · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Daniel Brown
Scott Coles
Susan Beattie

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£202k	£181k
05/04/2024	£167k	£153k
05/04/2023	£165k	£205k
05/04/2022	£156k	£166k
05/04/2021	£151k	£161k

Common questions

Is MINCHINHAMPTON BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £20,996 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £169,615. The trustees have established a reserves policy regarding the first £50,000 as an emergency fund, and the independent examiner confirmed that no matters required attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts. Its FY2025 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
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£24k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HAMPTON WICK	1	£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Cornerstone Baptist Church.

Cornerstone Baptist Church income £453k
HAMPTON PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL income £246k
SIDCUP BAPTIST CHURCH income £111k
TONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH income £901k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS', HAMPTON income £222k
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH income £453k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MINCHINHAMPTON BAPTIST CHURCH	£202k	—	above	—	no doubt
Cornerstone Baptist Church FY2025	£453k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAMPTON PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FY2025	£246k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SIDCUP BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£901k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS', HAMPTON FY2024	£222k	—	below	—	no doubt

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