STOCKTON BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1147883 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STOCKTON BAPTIST TABERNACLE

The advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faith primarily but not exclusively within Stockton-on-Tees and the surrounding neighbourhood andSuch other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the members of the Church in general meeting further the work of the Church.

Objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH SHALL BE:- (1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN STOCKTON-ON-TEES AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND (2) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH IN GENERAL MEETING FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHURCH.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stockton-on-Tees, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£331k

Latest spending

£344k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £70,707 are below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£85,984). The charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit for the year, with total income decreasing to £331,341 from the previous year. Despite this, the trustees remain satisfied with the financial position and confident in fulfilling growth objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“Free Reserves at the end of the period were £70,707. This policy will be reviewed annually.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 100
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 125
Government income: £1,900 — grants £1,900 (4); under 1% of the £443,709 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 120

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Total income

£553k

Total spending

£446k

Reserves (reported)

£93k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Adrian Ryszard Korynek
Andrew Rees Davies
Carol Martha Louise Martin
Helen Burns
John Mark Ryder
Rev Timothy Ronald Hyde

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

Operates in: Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£331k	£344k
31/12/2024	£444k	£452k
31/12/2023	£436k	£476k
31/12/2022	£423k	£498k
31/12/2021	£553k	£446k

Common questions

Is STOCKTON BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves of £70,707 are below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£85,984). The charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit for the year, with total income decreasing to £331,341 from the previous year. Despite this, the trustees remain satisfied with the financial position and confident in fulfilling growth objectives. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds STOCKTON BAPTIST CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STOCKTON BAPTIST CHURCH as a grant recipient include The Teesside Charity.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
The Teesside Charity	FY2025	£5k	Direct costs
The Teesside Charity	FY2024	£5k

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 JOICEY TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STOCKTON BAPTIST CHURCH	£331k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
STREET BAPTIST CHURCH FY2026	£184k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
STOCKSFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£259k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
SUTTON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£151k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£68k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HODDESDON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£147k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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