VICTORIA PARK BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1146557 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VPBC

Advancement of Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination. The Church may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in UK and or other parts of world.

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: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£119k

Latest spending

£99k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £19,371 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £118,685 and expenditure of £99,314. The trustees consider the general reserves of £17,456 to be sufficient, noting that cash flow is more important than the net balance reported under accruals accounting and that monthly income regularly exceeds running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months’ operating costs (reserves figure: £17k)

“This is intended to provide a buffer for three months’ operating costs in addition to the balance on restricted funds.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: VPBC purchases coffee at a discounted rate from Three Cords Coffee, a company where Rev Paul Unsworth (a de-facto trustee) is a Director.

“He is a Director of Three Cords Coffee from which VPBC purchases coffee at a discounted rate; £213 in the year”

“In the year an aggregate of £24,080 was donated to the Church by Trustees” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees donated £24,080 to the Church.

“He is a Director of Three Cords Coffee from which VPBC purchases coffee at a discounted rate; £213 in the year”

“In the year an aggregate of £24,080 was donated to the Church by Trustees” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

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 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 18
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 11
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Archie Catchpole
Becky Gbande
JOHN WALTER MORRIS BA HONS
Mobolaji Yoloye
Mrs Olatokunbo Atanda
Neville Reid
Pauline Facey
Wonu Yoloye
Wuraola Atanda

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£119k	£99k
31/03/2024	£112k	£70k
31/03/2023	£103k	£342k
31/03/2022	£109k	£243k
31/03/2021	£79k	£30k

Common questions

Is VICTORIA PARK BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £19,371 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £118,685 and expenditure of £99,314. The trustees consider the general reserves of £17,456 to be sufficient, noting that cash flow is more important than the net balance reported under accruals accounting and that monthly income regularly exceeds running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds VICTORIA PARK BAPTIST CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name VICTORIA PARK BAPTIST CHURCH as a grant recipient include WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES	FY2026	£3k	City and Community Outreach

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	03/03/2022	£3k	Grant to Victoria Park Baptist Church

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 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS, WINCHESTER	1	£20k
MOBBS MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

CHERITON BAPTIST CHURCH income £97k
MARKET HARBOROUGH BAPTIST CHURCH income £128k
WILLINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £35k
WINCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH income £203k
WINDSOR BAPTIST CHURCH income £122k
WATNALL ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH income £202k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
VICTORIA PARK BAPTIST CHURCH	£119k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHERITON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£97k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MARKET HARBOROUGH BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£128k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WILLINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£35k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WINCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£203k	Under £50,000	within	—	no doubt
WINDSOR BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£122k	—	above	—	no doubt

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