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ORPINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1129995 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OBC

Teaching and preaching the gospel outreach to the community. Teaching young people good Christian standards through girls brigade and boys brigade. Pastoral care kidzone for young children on a Sunday morning.

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Latest income
£806k
Latest spending
£388k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £798,193, which exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £100,000. Although the charity reported a deficit on normal operations of over £20,000, it benefited from restricted legacy funds and asset sales, resulting in a net increase in total funds for the year.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £100,000 (held: £798k)
“The trustees have a reserve policy to hold £100,000 held between a Major Project Reserve for major property events and a General Fund for other major costs.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £18k
“OBC's deemed current share of the deficit at 22 June 2022 was £17,900”
Per its FY2024 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£806k
Total spending
£388k
Reserves (reported)
£100k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (51% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Bromley

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£806k£388k
31/12/2023£319k£355k
31/12/2022£489k£380k
31/12/2021£274k£347k
31/12/2020£274k£331k

Common questions

Is ORPINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £798,193, which exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £100,000. Although the charity reported a deficit on normal operations of over £20,000, it benefited from restricted legacy funds and asset sales, resulting in a net increase in total funds for the year. Its FY2024 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL1£59k
REGIONS BEYOND UK1£24k
NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ORPINGTON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ORPINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH£806k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ORPINGTON FY2025£224k—0above—no doubt
PINHOE ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, EXETER FY2025£211k—0above—no doubt
UPTON BAPTIST CHURCH, CHESTER FY2025£250k—0unclear—no doubt
REIGATE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST FY2025£651k—2above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY'S, OVERTON, DIOCESE OF WINCHESTER FY2025£230k—0above—no doubt

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