HARROGATE BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1140798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at HBC and to support people to live out their faith. This is done through Sunday services, worship and prayer, small groups, communion, fellowship, preaching and teaching as well as the provision of pastoral care for people within the church and community and mission within the community and throughout the world.

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Latest income
£103k
Latest spending
£87k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the church experienced a significant reduction in gas costs and secured an advantageous gas contract, allowing more funds to be directed toward ministry. However, the trustees anticipate needing to spend money on building repairs in the coming year due to discovered dry rot and potential drain issues.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Minister employed by Yorkshire Baptist Association
“We continue to be involved with the Yorkshire Baptist Association (YBA) through the work of our minister, Rev. Ann Chesworth who is employed part time as the Association's Legal and Trust Officer, and through her ongoing involvement with other Association and Baptist Union initiatives.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£103k£87k
30/09/2024£87k£85k
30/09/2023£73k£87k
30/09/2022£71k£69k
30/09/2021£72k£60k

Common questions

Is HARROGATE BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the church experienced a significant reduction in gas costs and secured an advantageous gas contract, allowing more funds to be directed toward ministry. However, the trustees anticipate needing to spend money on building repairs in the coming year due to discovered dry rot and potential drain issues.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/09/2019£9kHarrogate Baptist Accessible Toilets

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 CO-MISSION INITIATIVE TRUST1£173k
THE SOLA TRUST1£9k
THE LONDON GOOD STEWARDS TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST. PAUL'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, HARROGATE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HARROGATE BAPTIST CHURCH£103k—0unclear—no doubt
ST. PAUL'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, HARROGATE FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER HIGH HARROGATE FY2024£384k—0above—no doubt
HOPE CHURCH HARROGATE FY2025£267k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK'S HARROGATE FY2024£476k—0above—no doubt
HARROW BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024£187k—0unclear—no doubt

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