VINE BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1159416 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Church activities including regular public services of Christian worship & communion. Activities for members and the wider community including baby, children and youth groups, fellowship meals, cafe drop in & community hub.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£103k

Latest spending

£97k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with adequate cash resources expected to cover requirements for at least twelve months. The trustees confirmed that all accounting records were made available and that there were no breaches of terms or conditions regarding incoming resources. The charity is eligible for and underwent an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Andrew Diaperchair
Gordon Leung
Hazel Elliott
Jennie Longthorne
Jo Playfoot
Martin Palmer
Tung Wai Ally Leung

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£103k	£97k
31/12/2023	£126k	£108k
31/12/2022	£99k	£90k
31/12/2021	£92k	£91k
31/12/2020	£86k	£107k

Common questions

Is VINE BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with adequate cash resources expected to cover requirements for at least twelve months. The trustees confirmed that all accounting records were made available and that there were no breaches of terms or conditions regarding incoming resources. The charity is eligible for and underwent an independent examination rather than a full audit. 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
INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL	1	£59k

Charities like this

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

GUISELEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £210k
QE Park Baptist Church income £146k
GRACE VINEYARD CHURCH income £101k
BESSELS GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH income £859k
BUNYAN BAPTIST CHURCH, STEVENAGE income £169k
CHRISTCHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH income £410k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
VINE BAPTIST CHURCH	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GUISELEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£210k	—	above	—	no doubt
QE Park Baptist Church FY2025	£146k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GRACE VINEYARD CHURCH FY2025	£101k	—	above	—	no doubt
BESSELS GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£859k	—	within	—	no doubt
BUNYAN BAPTIST CHURCH, STEVENAGE FY2024	£169k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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