BASINGSTOKE BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1130871 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Worship services each Sunday, together with activities for children. Tuesday morning distribution of free food to anyone in need. Tuesday community cafe at lunchtime, open to all. Wednesday morning food distribution in partnership with Basingstoke Foodbank (by referral only). Outreach work with local community, schools and chaplaincy to the local hospital.

Objects

The principal purpose of the Church is 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.

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 unrestricted reserves increased from £68,460 to £82,485 during the year, supported by a General Fund surplus of £12,529. The charity reports no amounts owed and holds cash with its bankers and the Baptist Union Corporation, indicating stable liquidity.

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 4 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev David Bishopchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Dilley
• Israel Ogbole
• Janet Ann Marie Green-Bennett
• Jenny Knight
• John Hetherington
• Kok-Yee Wong
• Meeghan Ronwen Kumse
• Nana Kwabena Amoafo
• Rachel Julia Hill
• Sally-Anne Spooner

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• BONNY DOWNS BAPTIST CHURCH income £175k
• THE PARISH OF BASINGSTOKE DOWN income £228k
• DISS BAPTIST CHURCH income £154k
• BASINGSTOKE COMMUNITY CHURCHES income £1.0m
• STALHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £125k
• WAKEFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH income £169k

Side by side with its peers

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