BISHOP'S STORTFORD BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1159484 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BSBC

REGULAR PUBLIC WORSHIP, PRAYER, BIBLE STUDY, PREACHING AND TEACHING; BAPTISMS; HOLY COMMUNION; EVANGELISM AND MISSION; TEACHING, ENCOURAGEMENT, WELCOME AND INCLUSION OF YOUNG PEOPLE; NURTURE AND GROWTH OF CHRISTIAN DISCIPLES; EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR CHRISTIAN AND COMMUNITY SERVICE; GIVING AND ENCOURAGING PASTORAL CARE; SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING CHARITABLE SOCIAL ACTION.

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE:- 3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. 3.1.2 THE CHURCH MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. 3.2 [NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHURCH FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.]

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a modest deficit of £23,943 for the year, primarily driven by depreciation charges on property assets. Per the trustees' report, total liabilities outweigh current assets due to significant long-term loans, though the net asset position remains wholly positive with fixed assets valued at over £4 million.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lawrence & Company Accountants Ltd. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Jayne Talbot
• Catherine Church
• Graham Langhorne Page
• James Robert Davidson
• Jennifer Joyce Doohan
• Keith Bintley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kristian Philip Dimond
• Michael John Talbot
• Paul Crispin
• RICHARD PETER JONES · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rupert James Fergus Moore
• Sara Marie Sherlock
• Stephen James Lee
• Timothy David Wingrave Thomas

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

Operates in: Essex · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• SHOREHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £125k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GOLDSWORTH PARK income £334k
• CIRENCESTER BAPTIST CHURCH income £646k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, ROBY income £100k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF OXSHOTT income £316k
• WELTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £333k

Side by side with its peers

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