MARKET HARBOROUGH BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1132945 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEW HORIZONS COFFEE SHOP

The advancement of the Christian faith according to the principle of the Baptist denomination. The Church may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and other parts of the World.

Causes: Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£128k

Latest spending

£109k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £19,026 for the year, resulting in total funds increasing to £1,307,587. The Trustees report that the Church is in a financially healthy position and self-sustaining, with general unrestricted reserves of £63,347, which exceeds their stated policy target of approximately £23,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Martyn Lyndon Brownchair
Elizabeth May Sherwood
Luke Nathan Smith
Mark Edmund Jones
Patricia Jane Harding
Rev CHRISTOPHER SHENTON BROWN
Simon James Chew
Yvonne Antionette Durrant

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£128k	£109k
31/12/2024	£121k	£136k
31/12/2023	£116k	£125k
31/12/2022	£154k	£102k
31/12/2021	£79k	£93k

Common questions

Is MARKET HARBOROUGH BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £19,026 for the year, resulting in total funds increasing to £1,307,587. The Trustees report that the Church is in a financially healthy position and self-sustaining, with general unrestricted reserves of £63,347, which exceeds their stated policy target of approximately £23,000. 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
WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

VICTORIA PARK BAPTIST CHURCH income £119k
BARROW BAPTIST CHURCH income £224k
STANMORE BAPTIST CHURCH income £160k
CHRISTCHURCH MARKET HARBOROUGH income £124k
WOODBRIDGE QUAY CHURCH income £248k
HIGH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH income £127k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MARKET HARBOROUGH BAPTIST CHURCH	£128k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
VICTORIA PARK BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£119k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BARROW BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£224k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STANMORE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£160k	unclear	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH MARKET HARBOROUGH FY2025	£124k	—	above	—	no doubt
WOODBRIDGE QUAY CHURCH FY2024	£248k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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