PINHOE ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, EXETER

Registered charity 1132000 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Public worship including bible teaching and prayer. Evangelism locally, nationally and internationally. Teaching and encouragement of children and young people. Pastoral care for people of all ages.

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: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Exeter, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£211k

Latest spending

£167k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a small surplus of £13,762 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing from £159,000 to £169,000. The trustees report that the financial position is healthy, with unrestricted funds available in the General Fund of £68,500 plus an additional £101,000 designated for building redevelopment, which is above the policy requirement of £63,500.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of the average expenditure of fixed costs and legal responsibilities relating to paid staff (reserves figure: £169k)

“The financial status at the end of 2025, going into 2026, was to have unrestricted funds available in the General Fund of at least £63,500.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees received reimbursement of expenses

“Our Pastors, George Baker and Mig Partridge, received stipend, heating allowance or housing allowance and reimbursement of expenses and our Treasurer, Chris Gardner, received reimbursement of expenses relating to equipment purchases. Apart from a claim for food at a Christmas social, no contribution or reimbursement of expenses in respect of services provided by the Trustees has been made during the year.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 120
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 118
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 111
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Amanda Louise Grainger
BRUCE MACPHERSON
Jordan Thompson
Malcolm John Partridge
Rev George Peter Baker
Thomas Edgar Salt

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£211k	£167k
31/12/2024	£218k	£140k
31/12/2023	£171k	£147k
31/12/2022	£151k	£126k
31/12/2021	£190k	£415k

Common questions

Is PINHOE ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, EXETER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a small surplus of £13,762 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing from £159,000 to £169,000. The trustees report that the financial position is healthy, with unrestricted funds available in the General Fund of £68,500 plus an additional £101,000 designated for building redevelopment, which is above the policy requirement of £63,500. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE RASCHE FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£60k
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	1	£40k
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

BLACKHORSE ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH income £152k
PARR STREET EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £485k
SKIPTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £495k
BRETTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £270k
CATERHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £216k
MOORTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH income £177k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PINHOE ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, EXETER	£211k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BLACKHORSE ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£152k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
PARR STREET EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2026	£485k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SKIPTON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£495k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRETTON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£270k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CATERHAM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£216k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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