GARLAND STREET BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1131966 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GSBC

Christian religious activities

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Latest income

£138k

Latest spending

£152k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity raised sufficient funds from its own membership and congregation without wider public appeals. The trustees report sufficient reserves and anticipated income to function effectively in the coming year, despite a net decrease in total funds for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months direct running costs (held: £175k)

“The Trustees have established a Reserves Policy (equivalent to 6 months direct running costs)” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Gavin Stephen Henry Walterchair
ADRIAN STUART MUNDELL · trustee of 1 other charity
Adrian Simon Terry Treasurer
Helene Terry
Joan Lesley Anne Warnett
Thomas Mundell

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£138k	£152k
31/03/2024	£134k	£93k
31/03/2023	£302k	£141k
31/03/2022	£82k	£124k
31/03/2021	£70k	£73k

Common questions

Is GARLAND STREET BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity raised sufficient funds from its own membership and congregation without wider public appeals. The trustees report sufficient reserves and anticipated income to function effectively in the coming year, despite a net decrease in total funds for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GARLAND STREET BAPTIST CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GARLAND STREET BAPTIST CHURCH as a grant recipient include The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	FY2022	£2k	General charitable donations

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PARR STREET EVANGELICAL CHURCH.

PARR STREET EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £283k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE income £403k
CARSHALTON BEECHES BAPTIST FREE CHURCH income £320k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, HEATHERLANDS WITH THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD income £259k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lancing with Coombes income £136k
REIGATE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST income £651k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GARLAND STREET BAPTIST CHURCH	£138k	—	above	—	no doubt
PARR STREET EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£283k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE FY2025	£403k	—	above	—	no doubt
CARSHALTON BEECHES BAPTIST FREE CHURCH FY2025	£320k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, HEATHERLANDS WITH THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD FY2024	£259k	—	above	—	no doubt
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lancing with Coombes FY2025	£136k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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