COLCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1127024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH, ELD LANE, COLCHESTER CO1 1LS

The Church has expressed its purpose as being "To follow Jesus Christ and make Him known" and its vision as being "To be a growing, thriving, nurturing family of God".In order to acheive these, the Church provides a variety of activities to its members and to the community generally.

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

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: Colchester, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves (General Fund) stood at £64,040, which falls within the trustees' stated policy target of £25,000 to £75,000. The charity reports sufficient reserves and expects enough ongoing income to operate effectively in the year ahead, with net assets increasing from £659,944 to £692,547.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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 31/12/2022 (received 24/11/2023, 24 days after the 31/10/2023 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aileen Beldina Arike Odongo
• Alina-Mihaela Isac
• Ayotunde Ikuesan
• Christopher John Chapman
• David Emanuel Gubernu
• John Pulford
• Kaoru Magee
• Lesley Ann Walder · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Israel Oluwole Olofinjana
• Robin Harbord
• Timothy ROSE · trustee of 1 other charity
• William Butcher LLB, LLM · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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