RETFORD BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1129771 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the christian faith both locally and worldwide and as an expression of christian love to relieve sickness and financial hardship, to promote and preserve good health and to advance education.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£312k
Latest spending
£355k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £43,256 for the year ended 30 June 2025, driven by increased costs and stagnant income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,355,729, providing a buffer despite the current financial pressure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: enough reserves are held to meet all liabilities in the event of closure of the Church (held: £1.4m)
“The Trustees aim to ensure enough reserves are held to meet all liabilities in the event of closure of the Church.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments to Fresh Streams Network Ltd (common trustee Rev P Everitt)
“During the year the Church paid £355 to Fresh Streams Network for conference fees.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

THE WELL COMMUNITY PROJECTS — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £29k
  • Profit before tax: £2k

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£312k£355k
30/06/2024£328k£315k
30/06/2023£280k£308k
30/06/2022£312k£288k
30/06/2021£338k£356k

Common questions

Is RETFORD BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £43,256 for the year ended 30 June 2025, driven by increased costs and stagnant income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,355,729, providing a buffer despite the current financial pressure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2024£20kThe Well Debt and Financial Support Centre

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 Teesside Charity1£10k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RETFORD BAPTIST CHURCH£312k—0unclear—no doubt
HERTFORD BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£345k—0within—no doubt
BROADWAY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£134k—0above—no doubt
RICHMOND HILL ST. ANDREWS UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025£121k—0unclear—no doubt
STOCKTON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024£444k——unclear—no doubt
TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, PENARTH FY2025£240k—0unclear—no doubt

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