AKEMAN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1133369 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide for the spiritual and pastoral needs of the community

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO BAPTIST PRINCIPLES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH AS STATED IN SCHEDULE 1. THE CHARITY MAY ALSO CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income

£153k

Latest spending

£171k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £18k for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total expenditure of £170k exceeding income of £153k. Despite this deficit, the charity held unrestricted reserves of £95k at year-end, which the trustees note exceeds the policy target of four months' unrestricted expenditure by over 100%. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies

“Income was £153k (a decrease of £25k on the previous year), mainly comprising donations and legacies of £117k, charitable activities of £34k and income from rental investments of £2k.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: approximately four months unrestricted expenditure (held: £95k)

“The policy states that the charity will maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves of the charity, at a level that equates to approximately four months unrestricted expenditure.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: John Heasman participated in a transaction with CCT (likely a related party entity or connected business) regarding facilities, with a provision for bad debts or balance at period end implied by the context of 'CCT transaction' and 'balance at period end' columns being present though amounts are not explicitly detailed in the snippet, the relationship is disclosed.

“CCT transaction was undertaken at arm's length. John Heasman did not participate in the decision to use CCT's facilities given the potential conflict of interest” — page 35

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (02/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Angela Walshe
CHRIS TURLAND
Daniel Nash
David Andrew CRANE · trustee of 2 other charities
David Kight
JOAN ELIZABETH EELEY
JOHN HEASMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
Matt Washington
Philip Edward Dobson
Thomas Edward Copperwheat
Timothy David Gill
Victoria Louise Logan

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£153k	£171k
31/12/2023	£179k	£142k
31/12/2022	£185k	£129k
31/12/2021	£177k	£209k
31/12/2020	£197k	£163k

Common questions

Is AKEMAN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £18k for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total expenditure of £170k exceeding income of £153k. Despite this deficit, the charity held unrestricted reserves of £95k at year-end, which the trustees note exceeds the policy target of four months' unrestricted expenditure by over 100%. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.