THORNHILL BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTHAMPTON

Registered charity 1126884 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TBC

To provide a place of Christian worship for the preaching of God's word and to extend the Kingdom of God by sharing the Christian faith with those who are not believers and by providing both financial and practical help to people in need.

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: UNDEFINED, IN PRACTICE

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southampton, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£246k

Latest spending

£237k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £8,829 for the year, with total income of £246,115 and total operating costs of £237,286. The trustees report unrestricted reserves of £923,075, which significantly exceeds their stated minimum policy target of £77,650.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations & Legacies (72% of income)

“The church derives 72% of its income directly from the generosity of its members and regular worshippers via regular donations and the gift aid associated with those donations.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £77,650 (reserves figure: £923k)

“The Trustees consider that the level of free reserves required by the church should be held at a minimum of £77,650.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses 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: 100
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 100
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 99
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Paul Tolaram Vaswanichair
Anne-Marie Lee-Cann
Karen Clarke
Kerstin Goodall
Samantha Paula McLaughlin

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

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£246k	£237k
31/12/2024	£238k	£242k
31/12/2023	£230k	£261k
31/12/2022	£227k	£225k
31/12/2021	£177k	£204k

Common questions

Is THORNHILL BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTHAMPTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £8,829 for the year, with total income of £246,115 and total operating costs of £237,286. The trustees report unrestricted reserves of £923,075, which significantly exceeds their stated minimum policy target of £77,650. 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 BEATRICE LAING TRUST	1	£25k

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

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THORNHILL BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTHAMPTON	£246k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THORNBURY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THORNHILL CHURCH TRUST FY2025	£325k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AMPTHILL BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£300k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CUCKFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£178k	—	within	—	no doubt
MOORTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH FY2026	£177k	—	above	—	no doubt

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