GORSE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1127294 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Church seeks to be a friendly and welcoming community and anybody is free to attend any of our Sunday Services. The church provides a variety of activities both to its membership and to the community generally as set out in the Constitution. The aim is to show the love of Jesus Christ in both word and deed and to bring people into a closer relationship with Him as living Lord.

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 OUTOTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

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.

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Latest income

£281k

Latest spending

£200k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted general fund balance was £337,604.66, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of six months of regular expenditure. The charity reports that overall income exceeded expenditure for the year, maintaining a healthy financial position despite a fall in income due to fewer grants and a lack of major bequests.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The Church raises the funds that it needs to continue with its activities from donations provided by the Membership and congregation.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months of regular expenditure (held: £338k)

“The Church Reserves Policy is that it will maintain funds equivalent to 6 months of regular expenditure, and action needs to be taken should the reserves drop below this level.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“On 1 January 2026 the charity changed its charity structure from an unincorporated charity to a CIO and therefore, although these cessation accounts are not prepared on a going concern basis, no accounting adjustments are required.” — page 13

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Abigail Rachel Corry
Elizabeth Grace Mildenhall · trustee of 1 other charity
Gary Prictor · trustee of 1 other charity
Gilbert Ngwaneh Miki · trustee of 1 other charity
Jonathan Ivan Murphy
Julie Dawn Harris
MARK HARRIS · trustee of 1 other charity
Matthew David Wright
Peter Jonathan Morris · trustee of 1 other charity
Rebecca Louise Tromans · trustee of 1 other charity
Victoria Payn · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£281k	£200k
31/12/2024	£370k	£249k
31/12/2023	£306k	£195k
31/12/2022	£120k	£95k
31/12/2021	£146k	£141k

Common questions

Is GORSE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted general fund balance was £337,604.66, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of six months of regular expenditure. The charity reports that overall income exceeded expenditure for the year, maintaining a healthy financial position despite a fall in income due to fewer grants and a lack of major bequests. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/07/2024	£110k	Stepping Stones
UK government	27/07/2020	£5k	VSCE CMC Fund

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
BASINGSTOKE COMMUNITY CHURCHES	1	£0

Charities like this

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

GORSLEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £463k
GUISELEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £210k
HORLEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £248k
HERNE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH income £190k
WINCHMORE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH income £140k
GORLESTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £103k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GORSE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH	£281k	—	above	—	not going concern
GORSLEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£463k	—	within	—	no doubt
GUISELEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£210k	—	above	—	no doubt
HORLEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£248k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HERNE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£190k	—	above	—	no doubt
WINCHMORE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£140k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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