GOLD HILL BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1147984 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOLD HILL

The principal purpose of the Church is the advancement of the Christian Faith according to the principles of the Baptist Denomination. Activities of the Church include regular public worship; pastoral work; teaching the Christian faith; reaching out to people in the community; small groups and youth work. In addition the Church supports other mission partners both in the UK and overseas.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves increased to £143,590, which is in line with the trustees' policy target of holding three months' General Fund expenditure. The charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £34,634 for the year, largely due to significant capital expenditure on the Hub building, while maintaining adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Wenn Townsend. 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £2.7m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 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 (90% 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 (25/09/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alfred Biehler
• MARK DAVID RAYNER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Stephen Walker-Williams

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• MARK DAVID RAYNER — trustee here and at GOLD HILL CHURCH TRUST

Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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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 BRIGHTON, ST PETER.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BRIGHTON, ST PETER income £1.5m
• CAERWENT EVANGELICAL BAPTIST CHAPEL income £125k
• BOVEY TRACEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £114k
• CAVENDISH GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £1.4m
• STAFFORD GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £188k
• SOUTHEND CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £424k

Side by side with its peers

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