TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH SLOUGH A.K.A TEMPLE DEVINE ENCOUNTER

Registered charity 1130825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HOLDING REGULAR CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICES TO PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND DEMONSTRATE THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT THROUGH PRACTICING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

Objects

3.2 THE OBJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:3.2.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS) IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;3.3 THE TRUSTEES MUST USE THE INCOME AND MAY USE THE CAPITAL OF THE ORGANISATION IN PROMOTING THE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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: Merton, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£33k

Latest spending

£37k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3,908 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total incoming resources of £33,012 against outgoing resources of £36,920. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (free/unrestricted funds) stood at £29,257, which is below the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees attribute the deficit to the need for encouraging member contributions and controlling non-essential expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £29k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)

“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the reserves of the charity at about 3 months of unrestricted expenditure. This provides sufficient funds to cover any emergency expenditures that may arise from time to time.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

REV EMMANUEL TEKYI-ANSAHchair
JAMES DOE NYAHO
PAULINA JOYLAND CRISTIAN

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

Operates in: Slough

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£33k	£37k
31/12/2023	£28k	£28k
31/12/2022	£34k	£43k
31/12/2021	£41k	£39k
31/12/2020	£32k	£32k

Common questions

Is TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH SLOUGH A.K.A TEMPLE DEVINE ENCOUNTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3,908 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total incoming resources of £33,012 against outgoing resources of £36,920. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (free/unrestricted funds) stood at £29,257, which is below the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees attribute the deficit to the need for encouraging member contributions and controlling non-essential expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH income £1.7m
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH NEW ADDINGTON income £45k
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH GLOUCESTER income £212k
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH TENTERDEN income £69k
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH CANTERBURY income £112k
FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH (LONDON) income £233k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH SLOUGH A.K.A TEMPLE DEVINE ENCOUNTER	£33k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£1.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH NEW ADDINGTON FY2024	£45k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH GLOUCESTER FY2025	£212k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH TENTERDEN FY2026	£69k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH CANTERBURY FY2024	£112k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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