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.

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Latest income

£266k

Latest spending

£229k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £659,944, an increase from the previous year. The Trustees report that sufficient reserves and anticipated ongoing income exist to enable the Church to function effectively in the coming year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between £25,000 and £75,000 in the General Fund (held: £56k)

“The policy of the Trustees is to have between £25,000 and £75,000 in the General Fund at the end of any accounting year so as to provide a reserve against a sudden drop in the general income of the Church.” — page 11

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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
Rev Terry Tennens
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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£266k	£229k
31/12/2024	£216k	£214k
31/12/2023	£200k	£233k
31/12/2022	£177k	£159k
31/12/2021	£207k	£159k

Common questions

Is COLCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £659,944, an increase from the previous year. The Trustees report that sufficient reserves and anticipated ongoing income exist to enable the Church to function effectively in the coming year. Its FY2024 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 NORWOOD AND NEWTON SETTLEMENT	1	£30k

Charities like this

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

UPTON BAPTIST CHURCH, CHESTER income £250k
ROCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH income £199k
WOODSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH income £161k
CHERTSEY STREET BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST income £812k
NEWPORT PAGNELL BAPTIST CHURCH income £777k
KENSINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £387k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COLCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH	£266k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UPTON BAPTIST CHURCH, CHESTER FY2025	£250k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£199k	—	above	—	no doubt
WOODSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£161k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHERTSEY STREET BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST FY2025	£812k	—	below	—	no doubt
NEWPORT PAGNELL BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£777k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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