HENLEY BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1151864 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Running a Baptist church to serve the community of Henley on Thames and environs

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION AND THE CHARITY MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£292k

Latest spending

£342k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £49,926 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. However, unrestricted reserves remain substantial at £2,007,535, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£30,000).

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three month’s expenditure (held: £2.0m)

“it has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets and held in reserve by the charity should be sufficient to cover three month’s expenditure. This has been reached and is now £30,000 in the accounts.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

DOUGLAS ULLAH
Jeremy Francis Bray · trustee of 1 other charity
Joanna Mary Gunnell · trustee of 1 other charity
Michael Parker

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£292k	£342k
31/03/2024	£395k	£295k
31/03/2023	£251k	£287k
31/03/2022	£259k	£235k
31/03/2021	£195k	£230k

Common questions

Is HENLEY BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £49,926 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. However, unrestricted reserves remain substantial at £2,007,535, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£30,000). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/06/2022	£8k	Covid friendly chairs