DEREHAM BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1127482 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DBC

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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: NORFOLK

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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Registered contact address: Breckland, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £69,577.31 against a policy target of two months' costs plus a £5,000 contingency fund. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £4,768.08 for the year, with total net assets of £1,307,623.24, and the trustees confirmed sufficient resources to function effectively in the coming year.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dereham Baptist Church (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev NIGEL RICHARD JONATHAN BAYLEYchair
• ANITA JANE CLARKE
• Ian Gardner
• Leah Elisabeth Bash
• Matthew Rogers
• Patricia Teresa Emily Waller
• Paul Andrew Taylor
• Paul Hunt
• REV David Matthew Ward
• Rev Paulo Roberto Da Silva Santos
• Ruth Mersh
• Sheila Keats
• Sheila Rosemary Clarke
• Susan Margaret Scarlett

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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• REIGATE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST income £651k
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Side by side with its peers

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