OUNDLE BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1134043 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£90k
Latest spending
£83k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the church's assets and liabilities were transferred to a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 31 December 2025, marking these as the final accounts for the original entity. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £64,174 are held at a level higher than the policy target of two months' expenditure, citing concerns about future income due to the age profile of donors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately two months of known expenditure (held: £64k)
“The trustees continually monitor the level of giving and expenditure and seek to try to maintain reserves that would equate to approximately two months of known expenditure.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“The assets and liabilities of Oundle Baptist Church (reg no 1134043) were transferred to Oundle Baptist Church CIO (reg no 1212830) on 31 December 2025. These are therefore the final accounts of the church.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£90k£83k
31/12/2024£103k£121k
31/12/2023£113k£129k
31/12/2022£112k£108k
31/12/2021£107k£85k

Common questions

Is OUNDLE BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the church's assets and liabilities were transferred to a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 31 December 2025, marking these as the final accounts for the original entity. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £64,174 are held at a level higher than the policy target of two months' expenditure, citing concerns about future income due to the age profile of donors. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OUNDLE ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, PETERBOROUGH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OUNDLE BAPTIST CHURCH£90k—0above—not going concern
OUNDLE ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, PETERBOROUGH FY2025£118k—0above—no doubt
LANSDOWNE BAPTIST CHURCH BOURNEMOUTH FY2024£819kin excess of £60,0001unclear—no doubt
CONNECT CHURCH (NORTH LINCS) FY2025£181k—0unclear—no doubt
RUGBY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£240k—0unclear—no doubt
RODBOURNE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£100k—0above—no doubt

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