HAZEL GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1133951 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. THE CHURCH MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

Area of benefit: THE 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.

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.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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
JEAN BAKER · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN JOSEPH BULMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
Maureen Sylvia Babcock
Michael Stephen Burgess
NIGEL BRUCE TEDFORD

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 £453k
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 £453k

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 FY2025	£453k	—	unclear	—	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.