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.

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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.

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.

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
WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

CRANBROOK BAPTIST CHURCH income £105k
VICTORIA PARK BAPTIST CHURCH income £119k
STANMORE BAPTIST CHURCH income £160k
WOODBRIDGE QUAY CHURCH income £248k
MARKET HARBOROUGH BAPTIST CHURCH income £128k
SELSDON BAPTIST CHURCH income £272k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BARROW BAPTIST CHURCH	£224k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CRANBROOK BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£105k	—	within	—	no doubt
VICTORIA PARK BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£119k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STANMORE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£160k	unclear	unclear	—	no doubt
WOODBRIDGE QUAY CHURCH FY2024	£248k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MARKET HARBOROUGH BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£128k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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