WOODBRIDGE QUAY CHURCH

Registered charity 1135458 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WQC

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION INCLUDING EDUCATION, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SUCH OTHER GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH SHALL DETERMINE. THE CHURCH PROVIDES INSTRUCTION FOR ALL AGE GROUPS IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND HOLDS PUBLIC CHRISTIAN WORSHIP.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£248k

Latest spending

£230k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the church was budgeting for a deficit at the start of the year but achieved a stable financial position through the generosity of its people. The trustees report that finances have been stable throughout the year and the church is in a promising financial position. The document does not disclose specific unrestricted reserves figures or a reserves policy target.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Amanda Phelan
Debra Scurrell
Dr Jonathan Clive Knight
Emma Grant
Guy Chirstian Mansell
Louis Kamfer
Rev Douglas Stephen Waller
Sarah Joanne Fowler · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£248k	£230k
31/12/2023	£224k	£191k
31/12/2022	£216k	£208k
31/12/2021	£191k	£169k
31/12/2020	£171k	£131k

Common questions

Is WOODBRIDGE QUAY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the church was budgeting for a deficit at the start of the year but achieved a stable financial position through the generosity of its people. The trustees report that finances have been stable throughout the year and the church is in a promising financial position. The document does not disclose specific unrestricted reserves figures or a reserves policy target.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

STANMORE BAPTIST CHURCH income £160k
Andover Community Church income £444k
VICTORIA PARK BAPTIST CHURCH income £119k
WEST WORTHING BAPTIST CHURCH income £159k
BARROW BAPTIST CHURCH income £224k
GUISELEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £210k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WOODBRIDGE QUAY CHURCH	£248k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STANMORE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£160k	unclear	unclear	—	no doubt
Andover Community Church FY2024	£444k	—	above	—	no doubt
VICTORIA PARK BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£119k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST WORTHING BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£159k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BARROW BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£224k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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