Cornerstone Baptist Church

Registered charity 1128935 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH PARADE BAPTIST CHURCH

Baptist Church

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Latest income

£453k

Latest spending

£352k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £101,410 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £212,985. The trustees consider that reserves held at the balance sheet date would finance charitable activities for 32 weeks, which is significantly above their stated minimum policy target of 6 weeks of staff costs. The charity reports adequate financial resources and contingency plans to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 weeks of staff costs (held: £213k)

“The Managing Trustees consider that the minimum reserves necessary with no reliance on bank financing are 6 weeks of staff costs, that is £22,205 (2024: £19,571) at the year end.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The custodian trustee of all the Church properties is the Yorkshire Baptist Association (YBA) (Charity number 247173).

“The custodian trustee of all the Church properties is the Yorkshire Baptist Association (YBA) (Charity number 247173). Both the Church and the YBA are members of the Baptist Union of Great Britain. Donations made to the Baptist Union Home Mission Fund by the Church are shown in note 18, there were no outstanding balances at the year-end (2024: £Nil). Related party transactions relating to the ministers are shown in note 7.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 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

Amy Shipley · trustee of 1 other charity
Duncan Stow · trustee of 1 other charity
Mark Silas · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Aaron Elder
Robert Andrew Shepherd · trustee of 1 other charity
Ruth Hughes · trustee of 1 other charity
Sharon Thresher · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£453k	£352k
31/12/2024	£350k	£330k
31/12/2023	£329k	£324k
31/12/2022	£353k	£336k
31/12/2021	£324k	£338k

Common questions

Is Cornerstone Baptist Church financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £101,410 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £212,985. The trustees consider that reserves held at the balance sheet date would finance charitable activities for 32 weeks, which is significantly above their stated minimum policy target of 6 weeks of staff costs. The charity reports adequate financial resources and contingency plans to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 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
INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL	1	£59k
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£24k
ADVANCE MOVEMENT UK	1	£20k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH income £453k
Cornerstone Bath income £133k
SIDCUP BAPTIST CHURCH income £111k
TONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH income £901k
TYNDALE BAPTIST CHURCH, BRISTOL income £167k
CHRISTCHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH income £410k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Cornerstone Baptist Church	£453k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£453k	—	above	—	no doubt
Cornerstone Bath FY2025	£133k	—	above	—	no doubt
SIDCUP BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£901k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TYNDALE BAPTIST CHURCH, BRISTOL FY2025	£167k	—	above	—	no doubt

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