BROMLEY BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1145850 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a Baptist Church in Bromley, South East London and exist to spread the good news of Jesus Christ and in providing various reliefs to members and those in our community aim to also spread Jesus Love to those around us.

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Latest income

£172k

Latest spending

£225k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £12,744 for the year, bringing total funds to £2,671,497. The trustees report free reserves of £990,129, which significantly exceed their stated policy target of £75,000. The filing confirms the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: voluntary donations

“The majority of the income is made up of voluntary donations through offerings at church services and meetings” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £75,000 (held: £990k)

“The Trustees’ policy on free reserves is £75,000 which represents approximately 3 months’ running costs.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2020)

Total income

£699k

Total spending

£340k

Cost of raising funds

£1k

Reserves (reported)

£2.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~93.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Fawzia Fouad Abd Elnour
Iozeph Okosieme
Janice Tibble
Jemima Aaron
Rev Stephen Langford
Stephen Davis

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

Operates in: Bromley

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£172k	£225k
31/12/2023	£227k	£246k
31/12/2022	£169k	£198k
31/12/2021	£181k	£248k
31/12/2020	£699k	£340k

Common questions

Is BROMLEY BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £12,744 for the year, bringing total funds to £2,671,497. The trustees report free reserves of £990,129, which significantly exceed their stated policy target of £75,000. The filing confirms the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the next 12 months. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£24k
ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND BLOOMSBURY UNITED CHARITY	1	£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	1	£5k

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 ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BROMLEY.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BROMLEY income £138k
BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH income £502k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, BROMLEY income £480k
BROMLEY METHODIST CHURCH income £215k
BROMLEY CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £1.2m
ORPINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £806k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BROMLEY BAPTIST CHURCH	£172k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BROMLEY FY2025	£138k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£502k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, BROMLEY FY2024	£480k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BROMLEY METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£215k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BROMLEY CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2024	£1.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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