FINCHAMPSTEAD BAPTIST CHURCH
Registered charity 1133789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Religious activitiesProvision of facilities for community and sport activities
Causes: Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted net current assets amounted to £233,979, which exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £140,000. The charity reported a small net income of £16,977 for the year, with total income of £888,919 against total expenditure of £889,858.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £234k)
“Our reserves policy is to retain adequate reserves to continue operations for 3 months, currently this is estimated as £140,000.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee connection
“One Trustee of Finchampstead Baptist Church is also a Trustee of Further Faster UK, to which Finchampstead Baptist Church made payments totalling £7,400.” — page 19
“The wife of one of the Trustees of Finchampstead Baptist Church is a Trustee of Innovista, to which Finchampstead Baptist Church made grants totalling £3,500” — page 19
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee connection
“One Trustee of Finchampstead Baptist Church is also a Trustee of Further Faster UK, to which Finchampstead Baptist Church made payments totalling £7,400.” — page 19
“The wife of one of the Trustees of Finchampstead Baptist Church is a Trustee of Innovista, to which Finchampstead Baptist Church made grants totalling £3,500” — page 19
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee connection
“One Trustee of Finchampstead Baptist Church is also a Trustee of Further Faster UK, to which Finchampstead Baptist Church made payments totalling £7,400.” — page 19
“The wife of one of the Trustees of Finchampstead Baptist Church is a Trustee of Innovista, to which Finchampstead Baptist Church made grants totalling £3,500” — page 19
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Wokingham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is FINCHAMPSTEAD BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted net current assets amounted to £233,979, which exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £140,000. The charity reported a small net income of £16,977 for the year, with total income of £888,919 against total expenditure of £889,858. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.
Who funds FINCHAMPSTEAD BAPTIST CHURCH?
Funders whose own accounts filings name FINCHAMPSTEAD BAPTIST CHURCH as a grant recipient include Wokingham United Charities.
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