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WESTGATE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Registered charity 1128703 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Christian Church (Baptist)

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Latest income
£474k
Latest spending
£252k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £222,619 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income rising to £474,471 from £197,284 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £70,793, which is above the stated policy minimum of £35,000, and the trustees consider the immediate future of the charity to be secure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months running costs with a minimum level of free reserves of £35,000 (held: £71k)
“The Trustees have agreed to maintain a reserve of three months running costs with a minimum level of free reserves of £35,000.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£474k£252k
31/12/2024£197k£288k
31/12/2023£187k£169k
31/12/2022£188k£136k
31/12/2021£181k£170k

Common questions

Is WESTGATE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £222,619 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income rising to £474,471 from £197,284 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £70,793, which is above the stated policy minimum of £35,000, and the trustees consider the immediate future of the charity to be secure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government05/10/2020£25kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Community Foundation North East16/11/2017£7kFunding of the Rights Advice Service
Community Foundation North East22/11/2016£5kTowards Funding of the Rights Advice Service
Community Foundation North East03/11/2016£10kTowards Rights Advice on asylum, citizenship, housing, work and benefits
Community Foundation North East23/09/2015£5kTowards Rights Advisers salary

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE DERBYSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST LIMITED1£16k
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION1£6k
HOPE CHURCH HARROGATE1£3k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GATEWAY CHURCH - NEWCASTLE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WESTGATE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE£474k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GATEWAY CHURCH - NEWCASTLE FY2025£105k—0unclear—no doubt
CITY GATE CHURCH, UK FY2025£115kUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD ('RCCG') - NEW GATE CHURCH BEDFORD FY2024£157k—0unclear—no doubt
GATEWAY CHURCH FY2025£411k—0below—no doubt
CHRIST CHURCH PADGATE PCC FY2025£292k—0above—no doubt

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