BALHAM BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1131915 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal purpose of the Church is the advancement of the Christian faith. The major ways it has sought to do this are:- promoting and supporting practical projects to alleviate needs and suffering,- promoting the spreading of the gospel,- promoting and developing community cohesion

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net outgoing resource of £47,536 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,939,110 to £1,891,574. Despite the deficit, the charity maintains substantial unrestricted reserves of £1,818,551, which significantly exceed its current liabilities and cash holdings. The trustees have adopted the SORP and the accounts were subject to an independent examination with no matters requiring attention drawn by the examiner.

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.

• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Hassell
• Joanna Herbert
• Maria Brown
• Peter James
• STEVE ROUSE
• Sharon James

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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