BROADWAY BAPTIST CHURCH, CHESHAM

Registered charity 1139508 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Regular public services of Christian worship, including activities for youngsters, small groups in homes and church. Parents/carers toddler group and parents/carers baby group each week. Coffee mornings two days a week. Facilities are used by other charities and community groups in the town.

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.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£115k

Latest spending

£124k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £8,856 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to significant expenditure on new windows. However, the trustees report that general fund reserves stand at over £289,000, which is considerably in excess of the stated reserves policy target of six months' budgeted expenditure. The trustees are satisfied that these reserves, along with anticipated ongoing income, are sufficient to enable the church to function effectively in the coming year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of the budgeted expenditure for the following year (reserves figure: £289k)

“The Trustees have established a Reserves Policy of six months of the budgeted expenditure for the following year.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 58
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 57
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 63
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Alison Celia Drackett
Anne Louisa Dwight
Elanor Vandenbrekel
Martina Karin Alexander
Mary Elizabeth Dendy
Rev Timothy Judson
Sarah Elizabeth Lumby
Stephen Michael Dix

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£115k	£124k
31/12/2024	£91k	£84k
31/12/2023	£128k	£145k
31/12/2022	£97k	£334k
31/12/2021	£224k	£126k

Common questions

Is BROADWAY BAPTIST CHURCH, CHESHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £8,856 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to significant expenditure on new windows. However, the trustees report that general fund reserves stand at over £289,000, which is considerably in excess of the stated reserves policy target of six months' budgeted expenditure. The trustees are satisfied that these reserves, along with anticipated ongoing income, are sufficient to enable the church to function effectively in the coming year. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAUL BASSHAM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k

Charities like this

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

BLOXHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £124k
CHEAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £973k
ROCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH income £199k
DEREHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £308k
THATCHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £162k
NEW PARK ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH income £88k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BROADWAY BAPTIST CHURCH, CHESHAM	£115k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BLOXHAM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£124k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHEAM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£973k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£199k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
DEREHAM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£308k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THATCHAM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£162k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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