RUGBY BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1126606 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1) Worship and prayer 2) The teaching of the Christian Faith 3) The pastoral care of individuals, and 4) service to the local community and the wider world

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Latest income
£240k
Latest spending
£188k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves total £128,168, which is held in General and Reserve funds. The trustees report indicates a reserves policy ensuring between three and six months' core expenditure is ring-fenced, with £50,000 specifically lodged with the Baptist Union Corporation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three- and six-months’ core expenditure (held: £128k)
“The Church has a reserves policy which ensures that between three- and six-months’ core expenditure is ring-fenced.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£240k£188k
31/03/2024£200k£153k
31/03/2023£271k£247k
31/03/2022£154k£144k
31/03/2021£144k£144k

Common questions

Is RUGBY BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves total £128,168, which is held in General and Reserve funds. The trustees report indicates a reserves policy ensuring between three and six months' core expenditure is ring-fenced, with £50,000 specifically lodged with the Baptist Union Corporation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RUGBY BAPTIST CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RUGBY BAPTIST CHURCH as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kCommunity Projects and Integration

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/11/2022£10kProject RUFUS

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
INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL1£59k
THE NORWOOD AND NEWTON SETTLEMENT1£30k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RUGBY BAPTIST CHURCH£240k—0unclear—no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£410k—0unclear—no doubt
REIGATE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST FY2025£651k—2above—no doubt
ROSS-ON-WYE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£219k£47,6470above—no doubt
ROCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024£199k—0above—no doubt
NEWPORT PAGNELL BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£777k—0unclear—no doubt

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