LOUGHTON BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1144136 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our purpose statement is to live and share Jesus in our community and we are finding new and exciting ways to do this as we serve the community we are part of. These activities include monthly day care centre and parent, carers & toddlers club

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: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £105,994.77, which exceeds its stated policy target range of £35,000 to £37,000. The trustees report that the church is heavily dependent on volunteers and membership income, with no wider public appeals made during the year. The charity is a participating employer in a defined benefit pension scheme and is making ongoing deficit payments to cover past service costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Beavis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kevin Campbell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lesley Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Linda Susan Campbell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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