GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTHPORT

Registered charity 1130672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The primary activity is to maintain the work of a local church in the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with its Basis of Faith, in the area of Southport. The charity also operates through its members in other areas, including missionary activity overseas. The charity also carries out other charitable purposes such as the relief of the poor but these are not the primary activity.

Objects

The principal object of the charity is the advancement of the Christian faith according to Baptist principles and in accordance with the Basis of Faith as stated in Schedule 1. The charity may also 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a deficit of £42,492 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in total net assets. However, unrestricted reserves stood at £61,697, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £42,500 (equating to three months of expenditure).

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Paying staff
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Sutton
• Maciek Stolarski
• Nathan Ward
• Zelda Bentham

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

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