ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1135133 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rock is an evangelical church, affiliated to the FIEC and meeting at Morley Memorial School each Sunday, working in the community around south Cambridge in particular, whilst supporting workers across the globe.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE:-(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN CAMBRIDGE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT(B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID COUNTY AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT(C) TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE SAID COUNTY AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT5. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE SAID OBJECTS BUT NOT FURTHER OR OTHERWISE THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS:-(I) TO PURCHASE LEASE HIRE EXCHANGE OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE ANY LAND BUILDINGS FURNITURE EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE TRUST AND (SUBJECT TO SUCH CONSENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW) TO IMPROVE RESELL LET UNDERLET OR OTHERWISE DEAL WITH THE SAME(II) TO EMPLOY OR OTHERWISE ENGAGE THE SERVICES OF AND REMUNERATE ANY PERSON OR PERSONS TO SUPERVISE ORGANISE AND CARRY ON THE WORK AUTHORISED BY THE TRUSTEES AND TO PROVIDE SUCH PERSON OR PERSONS WITH ACCOMMODATION AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR CARRYING OUT THEIR WORK AND AS EMPLOYERS OF STAFF TO MAKE ALL REASONABLE AND NECESSARY PROVISION FOR THE PAYMENT OF PENSIONS AND SUPERANNUATION TO OR ON BEHALF OF EMPLOYEES AND THEIR WIDOWS OR OTHER DEPENDANTS PROVIDING THAT NO TRUSTEE SHALL RECEIVE REMUNERATION FROM THE TRUST SAVE AS MAY BE HEREINAFTER SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED(III) TO MAKE DONATIONS TO ANY CHRISTIAN WORKER WHO IS ENGAGED IN SUCH WORK OR ACTIVITY WHICH FURTHERS THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST OR IN ASSISTING EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN THE SAME(IV) TO MAKE DONATIONS OR LOANS TO OTHER CHARITIES HAVING THE SAME OR SIMILAR OBJECTS AS THE TRUST(V) TO CO-OPERATE AND COLLABORATE WITH OTHER CHARITIES HAVING THE SAME OR SIMILAR OBJECTS AS THE TRUST AND TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND ADVICE(VI) TO PRODUCE SELL OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTE LITERATURE AUDIO AND VISUAL AIDS AND OTHER MEDIA OF COMMUNICATION BUT NOT SO AS TO CONSTITUTE PERMANENT TRADING ON THE PART OF THE TRUSTEES EXCEPT WHERE IT IS A DIRECT MEANS OF ACHIEVING THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST(VII) TO ARRANGE AND PROVIDE FOR OR JOIN IN ARRANGING AND PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF MEETINGS LECTURES SEMINARS CONFERENCES AND TRAINING COURSES FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST(VIII) TO RAISE FUNDS AND INVITE AND RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY PERSONS WHATSOEVER BY WAY OF LOAN SUBSCRIPTION DONATION AND OTHERWISE PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES SHALL NOT UNDERTAKE ANY PERMANENT TRADING ACTIVITIES IN RAISING FUNDS FOR THE SAID OBJECTS(IX) TO MAKE REGULATIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ANY PROPERTY WHICH MAY BE ACQUIRED BY THE TRUST(X) TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THINGS AS ARE NECESSARY TO ATTAIN THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST

Area of benefit: CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM, 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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Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £165,540, a level well above the minimum required by the charity's reserves policy. The charity reported a surplus for the year, with income of £168,364 exceeding expenditure of £134,583, resulting in increased cash holdings.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian Hayden-Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cheryl Lancaster · trustee of 1 other charity
• GLENFORD MAPP · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL PARTRIDGE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Selfversparra Corrick
• Philip Griffin · trustee of 1 other charity
• SARAH ACKROYD · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROCK CHURCH.

• THE ROCK CHURCH income £270k
• THE ROCK CHURCH UK LTD income £556k
• ROCKMINISTRY income £28k
• ROCK COMMUNITY CHURCH income £41k
• The Main Rock Baptist Church income £34k
• LIVING ROCK TRUST income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

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