THE WELL SHEFFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1163291 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WELL

Christian Baptist Church

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE:-1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION.2) THE CHURCH MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

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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Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £21,331 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total unrestricted funds carried forward of £1,324,451. Per the trustees' report, this actual unrestricted reserve level significantly exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £120,000. The charity maintains a going concern basis, citing adequate resources and a stable donor base to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

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.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £785k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Dr Nicholas Allanchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Angela Star
• Anthony Peter Brown
• Charles Matthew Gascoigne
• Judith Alexandra Ford
• Latifah Makuyi
• Nicola Ennis
• Stephen John Spendlove

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WESTGATE BAPTIST CHURCH (FUNDS HELD IN CONNEXION WITH).

• WESTGATE BAPTIST CHURCH (FUNDS HELD IN CONNEXION WITH) income £40k
• WALLINGFORD BAPTIST CHURCH income £184k
• CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH income £453k
• TONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH income £901k
• GREENFORD BAPTIST CHURCH income £173k
• WESTGATE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE income £474k

Side by side with its peers

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