WESTBOURNE PARK BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1143988 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WESTBOURNE PARK BAPTIST CHURCH IS A MULTICULTURAL CONGREGATION WORKING IN WEST LONDON. THE CHURCH RUNS WEEKLY SERVICES FOR WORSHIP AND BIBLE TEACHING, AND RUNS WEEKLY SMALL GROUPS FOR PRAYER AND BIBLE STUDY. THERE ARE ALSO FOCUSED GROUPS SUCH AS MEN'S MINISTRY AND WOMEN'S MINISTRY. THE CHURCH HAS A PASTORAL CARE TEAM TO SUPPORT MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small net expenditure of £1,559 for the year, a significant improvement from the £112,956 deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £23,657 were maintained within the established policy target of holding between two and four months of committed operating expenses. The charity holds substantial total funds of £7,034,396, largely comprised of fixed assets, while managing liabilities including loans from the London Baptist Property Board.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Stuart Elmeschair
• Abena Boateng · trustee of 1 other charity
• ELIZABETH WELCH
• GEOFF BIGGS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ken Asiedu

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with QE Park Baptist Church.

• QE Park Baptist Church income £146k
• WORCESTER PARK BAPTIST CHURCH income £255k
• WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH income £459k
• PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF CHRIST CHURCH WESTBOURNE income £559k
• SITTINGBOURNE BAPTIST CHURCH income £165k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, WEST WICKHAM income £147k

Side by side with its peers

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