BARROW BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1129860 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARROW ON SOAR BAPTIST CHURCH

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.

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: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Charnwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£224k

Latest spending

£209k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintains unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover three months of staff costs and mortgage payments plus one month of running costs, meeting its stated policy target. The trustees confirm that anticipated ongoing income and current reserves are adequate to enable the church to function effectively in the coming year. The charity is heavily dependent on volunteer labour and membership contributions to fund its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The document states additional interest-free loans were received from church members, but does not specify if any were trustees or related parties.

“Additional interest free loans totalling £23,000 were received from church members, of which £10,222.50 has been repaid or gifted, giving a balance of £12,777.50 at 31/12/2025.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 80

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 55
Government income: £1,520 — grants £1,520 (1); under 1% of the £198,087 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 50
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Neil Joneschair
David Sydney Knott
Davina Lucy Smith
Dominic Andrew Boston
Edward Andrew Kendall Dring
Reuben Sneller
Sharon Bradwell

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£224k	£209k
31/12/2024	£198k	£179k
31/12/2023	£167k	£169k
31/12/2022	£171k	£167k
31/12/2021	£257k	£283k

Common questions

Is BARROW BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintains unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover three months of staff costs and mortgage payments plus one month of running costs, meeting its stated policy target. The trustees confirm that anticipated ongoing income and current reserves are adequate to enable the church to function effectively in the coming year. The charity is heavily dependent on volunteer labour and membership contributions to fund its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

CRANBROOK BAPTIST CHURCH income £101k
HASLAND BAPTIST CHURCH income £34k
BRAMHALL BAPTIST CHURCH income £66k
MARKET HARBOROUGH BAPTIST CHURCH income £128k
BOURTON ON THE WATER BAPTIST CHURCH income £66k
TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH, PONTYPRIDD income £92k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BARROW BAPTIST CHURCH	£224k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CRANBROOK BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£101k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HASLAND BAPTIST CHURCH FY2026	£34k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRAMHALL BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£66k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MARKET HARBOROUGH BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£128k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BOURTON ON THE WATER BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£66k	unclear	0	unclear	—	noted

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