SOUTH WEST GOSPEL PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1126798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The SWGP provides a Ministry Training Course based at St Bart's Church, Bath. This one or two year course aims to equip those who want to be able to teach the Bible and serve in ministry more effectively. The SWGP also co-ordinates a number of other events throughout the year, including the Bristol Men's Convention, Bible teaching and training days and youth-oriented events.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH EVANGELISM, MINISTRY, THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND THE PLANTING AND RESTORATION OF CHURCH FELLOWSHIPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEF APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE AS SET OUT IN CLAUSE 31.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bath and North East Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£74k

Latest spending

£74k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £11,737 as of 31 December 2025, which the trustees confirm is sufficient to meet their stated reserves policy of covering three months' staff costs. The charity reported a net deficit of £504 for the 16-month period, driven by losses in its Ministry Training Course and Men's Conventions, though it received increased donations from churches and individuals.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' staff costs (about £7,200 at current rates ) (reserves figure: £12k)

“The Trustees are committed to maintaining a level of reserves for General Funds that will cover at least three months' staff costs (about £7,200 at current rates ), subject to sufficient funding being available to achieve this, while not hampering the ongoing development of the SWGP's activities.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Safeguarding policy and procedures

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 10

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2022 (received 19/07/2023, 19 days after the 30/06/2023 due date).

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

James Nicholas Walfordchair
Brian Whittaker · trustee of 1 other charity
Christa Jane Moll
Jennifer Rosanne Singh · trustee of 1 other charity
NEIL TODMAN
SIMON JOHN DOWLAND · trustee of 1 other charity
Simon Dowdy
TIMOTHY JAMES HOWLETT

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£74k	£74k
31/08/2024	£45k	£50k
31/08/2023	£55k	£47k
31/08/2022	£39k	£39k
31/08/2021	£25k	£27k

Common questions

Is SOUTH WEST GOSPEL PARTNERSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £11,737 as of 31 December 2025, which the trustees confirm is sufficient to meet their stated reserves policy of covering three months' staff costs. The charity reported a net deficit of £504 for the 16-month period, driven by losses in its Ministry Training Course and Men's Conventions, though it received increased donations from churches and individuals. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUTH WEST GOSPEL PARTNERSHIP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH WEST GOSPEL PARTNERSHIP as a grant recipient include EMMANUEL BRISTOL, SEEDFIELD TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
EMMANUEL BRISTOL	FY2024	£3k
EMMANUEL BRISTOL	FY2023	£3k
EMMANUEL BRISTOL	FY2022	£3k
EMMANUEL BRISTOL	FY2025	£3k
EMMANUEL BRISTOL	FY2021	£2k
SEEDFIELD TRUST	FY2021	£1k

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 BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN	1	£118k
THE LONDON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION	1	£36k
JOHN JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£21k
PARR STREET EVANGELICAL CHURCH	1	£21k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE CAMBRIDGE	1	£20k
HINCHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£16k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, LINDOW	1	£13k
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH WEST GOSPEL PARTNERSHIP.

NORTH WEST GOSPEL PARTNERSHIP income £168k
SOUTH CENTRAL GOSPEL PARTNERSHIP income £48k
SOUTH WALES BAPTIST ASSOCIATION BUGB income £354k
WESTBOURNE PARK BAPTIST CHURCH income £611k
SOUTH WEST YOUTH MINISTRIES income £702k
GOSPEL PARTNERS TRUST income £259k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOUTH WEST GOSPEL PARTNERSHIP	£74k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
NORTH WEST GOSPEL PARTNERSHIP FY2025	£168k	unclear	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH CENTRAL GOSPEL PARTNERSHIP FY2025	£48k	£35,213	0	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH WALES BAPTIST ASSOCIATION BUGB FY2025	£354k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTBOURNE PARK BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£611k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
SOUTH WEST YOUTH MINISTRIES FY2025	£702k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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