DOWNTON BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1131186 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sharing God's love in the local community, through word and action. Being an inclusive, welcoming, worshipping community centred on the Holy Scriptures. Our Mission statement motto is 'Knowing Jesus Christ and making Him known' and we seek to encourage a faith journey for young and old, male and female regardless of previous experience or none.

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 the charity had total funds of £275,003 as of 31 December 2024, with unrestricted general fund reserves of £142,973. The trustees believe this net asset position provides a sound base to continue meeting objectives, and the independent examiner reported no material issues with the accounting records or accounts.

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 3 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Naomi Michaela Lloyd-Joneschair
• Amanda Jean Ivens-Smith
• Charlotte Rose Devereux
• Ian Douglas MITCHELL
• James Edward KING
• Nichola Louise Head
• REV PHILIP RHOADES
• Rev Katy Margaret ULLYATT

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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