NORWICH CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1126847 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Christian Service and Worship in the local community of Central Norwich. Makes grants to organisationsProvides buildings/facilities/open spaceProvides services, counselling, support and encouragement for local people

Objects

The principal purpose of the Church is the advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination. The Church may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and/or other parts of the world.

Area of benefit: NORWICH

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £265,198 from £357,828 in the prior year, resulting in a net incoming resource of £319. The charity reports free unrestricted reserves of £137,193, which exceeds its stated policy target of £66,000, and notes that soaring energy costs continue to significantly affect finances.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Annatrice Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 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 (90% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Beverley Cant · trustee of 2 other charities
• Catherine Luland
• Edward Knight
• Gillian Duffy
• Jennie May Hunte
• Lilas Standage
• Martyn Francis Davey
• Paulo Adriano Azeredo Mussi
• Robert Evans
• Steven Genders
• Suzanne Joy Broom
• Tristan Baldry

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KINGS CHURCH CENTRE NORWICH.

• KINGS CHURCH CENTRE NORWICH income £1.2m
• CITYGATES CHURCH NORWICH income £686k
• CENTRE CHURCH income £167k
• CHURCHCENTRAL TRUST income £671k
• NORWICH CHURCH OF ENGLAND YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY income £323k
• THE NORWICH DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED income £14.3m

Side by side with its peers

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