HOOLE BAPTIST CHURCH CHESTER

Registered charity 1131495 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HBC

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Latest income
£373k
Latest spending
£332k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £40,838 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £287,291. The trustees confirm that the level of reserves is sufficient to support the charity going forward and that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis. No material uncertainties or serious governance issues were disclosed in the filing.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: Crossroads Community Hub CIC
“This arm of HBC’s work is now part of a Community Interest Company (CC Hub C.I.C. Company No: 14114550) set up under the management of HBC trustees and members” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

CC HUB C.I.C. — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Profit before tax: £-1.4m
  • No intra-group transactions or balances disclosed.

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£373k£332k
31/03/2024£329k£320k
31/03/2023£299k£282k
31/03/2022£249k£234k
31/03/2021£236k£213k

Common questions

Is HOOLE BAPTIST CHURCH CHESTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £40,838 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £287,291. The trustees confirm that the level of reserves is sufficient to support the charity going forward and that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis. No material uncertainties or serious governance issues were disclosed in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/06/2021£10kCrossroads Community Hub
UK government30/09/2020£5kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOOLE BAPTIST CHURCH CHESTER£373k—0unclear—no doubt
UPTON BAPTIST CHURCH, CHESTER FY2025£250k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS', HOOLE FY2024£339k—0unclear—no doubt
TRINITY CHURCH CHESTER FY2024£116k—0above—no doubt
Cornerstone Baptist Church FY2025£453k—0unclear—no doubt
HORLEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£248k—0unclear—no doubt

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