HAZEL GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1133951 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£391k

Latest spending

£244k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £390,998 from £300,211 in the prior year, while total expenditure decreased to £244,233. The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £1,075,377, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £65,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Covenanted Giving (40% of income)

“Covenanted Giving 157,540”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £65,000 (held: £1.1m)

“the level of the free reserves should be approximately 4 month’s salary and building costs as a general rule being £65,000” — page 5

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jonathan Paul Bramwellchair
Brian James Needham
Catherine Joanne Mackay
Debbie Edith Mary de Lacy Erskine · trustee of 1 other charity
Denise Edge
JEAN BAKER · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN JOSEPH BULMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
Maureen Sylvia Babcock
Michael Stephen Burgess
NIGEL BRUCE TEDFORD
Uchenna Okoye

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

Operates in: Stockport

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£391k	£244k
31/08/2024	£300k	£290k
31/08/2023	£291k	£312k
31/08/2022	£253k	£272k
31/08/2021	£246k	£232k

Common questions

Is HAZEL GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £390,998 from £300,211 in the prior year, while total expenditure decreased to £244,233. The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £1,075,377, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £65,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Cornerstone Baptist Church.

Cornerstone Baptist Church income £350k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, HESSLE income £303k
GRACE VINEYARD CHURCH income £101k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SYDENHAM AND FOREST HILL, HOLY TRINITY income £125k
GROVE HILL EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £154k
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH income £350k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HAZEL GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH	£391k	—	above	—	no doubt
Cornerstone Baptist Church FY2024	£350k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, HESSLE FY2025	£303k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GRACE VINEYARD CHURCH FY2025	£101k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SYDENHAM AND FOREST HILL, HOLY TRINITY FY2024	£125k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GROVE HILL EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£154k	—	above	—	no doubt

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