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HOLLAND ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST

Registered charity 1136471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Baptist Church advancing the christian faith according to the Bible reaching the community making fully committed followers of Jesus Christ in local church and worldwideSunday servicesChildren and youth meetingsMid week prayer and bible TeachingCommunity activitiesPlaygroup activities

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Latest income
£538k
Latest spending
£611k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit on unrestricted funds of £13,019 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reducing its unrestricted fund balance to £1,021,649. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to accumulate adequate cash reserves, with £85,000 specifically set aside as a designated reserve. The charity confirmed it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate level of cash and readily accessible reserves deemed sufficient to meet likely and unexpected capital expenditure needs (held: £1.0m)
“It is the policy of the Church to accumulate only an adequate level of cash and readily accessible reserves deemed sufficient to meet likely and unexpected capital expenditure needs. The Church has specifically set aside the sum of £85,000 as a reserve.” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: D Treneer received £48,149 salary, £5,389 employer NIC, £5,838 pension. S Walker received £36,480 salary, £3,779 employer NIC, £4,422 pension.
“The following were trustees during the year that received salaries and pension contributions in respect of their work as employees of the Church as allowed within the Memorandum and Articles of Association.” — page 21
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loan from Baptist Union Corporation Ltd to cover past deficit of The Baptist Pension Fund.
“This is a loan from the Baptist Union to enable the Church to cover its contributions for the past deficit of The Baptist Pension Fund. The loan is repaid over a 15 year term from 5 March 2018 with interest charged at 4.25% p.a.” — page 26
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £420k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£538k
Total spending
£611k
Reserves (reported)
£502k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~9.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£538k£611k
31/12/2024£565k£553k
31/12/2023£527k£563k
31/12/2022£501k£510k
31/12/2021£482k£512k

Common questions

Is HOLLAND ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit on unrestricted funds of £13,019 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reducing its unrestricted fund balance to £1,021,649. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to accumulate adequate cash reserves, with £85,000 specifically set aside as a designated reserve. The charity confirmed it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 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 BEATRICE LAING TRUST1£8k
THE JACK PATSTON CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST, HOLLAND ROAD, DIOCESE OF KENSINGTON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOLLAND ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST£538k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST, HOLLAND ROAD, DIOCESE OF KENSINGTON FY2024£250k—0above—no doubt
HORLEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£248k—0unclear—no doubt
WHADDON ROAD EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FY2025£136k—0unclear—no doubt
BLACKHORSE ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024£127k£34,7930above—no doubt
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£152k—1unclear—no doubt

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