THOMAS COOPER MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1129923 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. The advancement of the Christian Faith in the City of Lincoln2. To relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship

Objects

A TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN LINCOLN AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNTIED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUSTB TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Area of benefit: LINCOLN

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the Church reported a surplus of £12,843 for the year ended 31 March 2026, following a deficit in the prior year. Free reserves stood at £106,808, which is below the Trustees' stated policy target of £140,000. The Trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern and noted that the accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05731136

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.

• HARRIS, John — director, appointed 28/09/2025on trustee list
• SHERRY, Richard Scott — director, appointed 05/12/2018not on trustee list
• KIRKBY, Ian Gerard — director, appointed 13/09/2017on trustee list
• MOOMBA, Rodger — director, appointed 23/05/2007on trustee list
• KIRKBY, Ian Gerard — secretary, appointed 17/05/2007

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £85k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN GERARD KIRKBY
• JOHN HARRIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• RODGER MOOMBA

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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