ALL NATIONS CHURCH BEDFORD

Registered charity 1128500 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRICKHILL BAPTIST CHURCH, BEDFORD

Three meetings for worship every Sunday at two centres, and midweek group meetings for adults and separately for young people. Pastoral care and activities for parents and babies, children, youth, and senior age group. Weekly food parcel distribution. Christmas hampers through local agencies. Pregnancy crisis advice centre. Daily Pre-school. Support to homeless. Support to those in need overseas.

Objects

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN THE SECOND SCHEDULE HERETO ATTACHED IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF BEDFORD, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVEGOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND,INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF BEDFORD, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TOTIME MAY THINK FIT;(C) TO FURTHER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION INCLUDING BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION TO CHILDREN OF PRE-SCHOOL AGE IN SUCH PARTS OF BEDFORD, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(D) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SUCH PARTS OF BEDFORD, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: BEDFORD

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £17,171 for the year ended 30 September 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £298,029, which is significantly above the stated policy target of £170,000. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Collett Hulance Accountants Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~28.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/05/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Ekuban
• Angelina Florio
• Anu-Oluwapo Oyedayo Fagbenro
• Chantelle Aladewolu
• Norma-Ann McGregor Hand
• Norman Bourke Ingle
• Rev RICHARD ANTONY GREEN

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

Operates in: Bedford · Cambodia · Central Bedfordshire · Malawi · Tanzania · Turkey

Income and spending

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