HEATON BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Registered charity 1132252 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEATON BAPTIST CHURCH (HBC)

The mission statement of Heaton Baptist Church is: Loving God and Living for Others; Bringing God to people, leading all to maturity in Christ. The Church's vision is to expand and extend its activities to better serve the locality. It is the aim that the local community will see it as a real resource rather than just a place of worship.

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Latest income
£259k
Latest spending
£261k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £142,055, which is consistent with its policy target of maintaining a minimum reserve equivalent to three months of expenditure cover (around £65,000). The trustees confirm that the budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern for 12 months from the date of authorization.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of expenditure cover (held: £142k)
“The policy is to maintain a minimum reserve equivalent to three months of expenditure cover, which is around £65,000.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£259k£261k
31/03/2024£218k£218k
31/03/2023£299k£239k
31/03/2022£249k£276k
31/03/2021£300k£250k

Common questions

Is HEATON BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £142,055, which is consistent with its policy target of maintaining a minimum reserve equivalent to three months of expenditure cover (around £65,000). The trustees confirm that the budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern for 12 months from the date of authorization. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East20/10/2022£8kGrant to Heaton Baptist Church

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BANBURY CHARITIES1£36k
The Teesside Charity1£10k
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HEATON BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE£259k—0above—no doubt
RUISLIP BAPTIST CHURCH FY2023£442k—0above—no doubt
STOCKTON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024£444k——unclear—no doubt
NEW LIFE BAPTIST CHURCH KINGS HEATH FY2024£286k—0unclear—no doubt
RHIWBINA BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£387k—0unclear—no doubt
CARSHALTON BEECHES BAPTIST FREE CHURCH FY2025£320k—0above—no doubt

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