LYMINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1166376 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

LBC PROVIDES A PLACE WHERE CHRISTIANS CAN MEET TOGETHER FOR WORSHIP, TEACHING & FELLOWSHIP AND UNDERTAKES A WIDE RANGE OF WEEKDAY ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES AND SECTIONS OF SOCIETY AS WELL AS WEEKLY SUNDAY SERVICES.THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH IS: 'TO HELP PEOPLE TO KNOW AND FOLLOW JESUS IN THE WHOLE OF LIFE'.

Objects

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.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£278k

Latest spending

£205k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted income increased by 6.4% to £273,156, resulting in a net incoming resource surplus of £73,656 for the year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds (reserves) stood at £1,677,136, which is significantly above the stated policy target of six months' recurring expenditure. The charity reports adequate resources to continue as a going concern, though it anticipates considerable costs related to a building project in the coming year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months' recurring expenditure (held: £1.7m)

“Unrestricted funds should not normally be less than the equivalent of six months' recurring expenditure.” — page 3

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 policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Mark Timothy Kingston Corcoranchair
Gillian Doel
Helen Elisabeth Farquharson
James Downie Anderson
John Timothy Hilbourne
Nicholas Tsoulli
Paul Richard Caneparo
Rev Darren James Rayner Cooke
Tina Elaine Edwards

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£278k	£205k
31/12/2024	£260k	£208k
31/12/2023	£200k	£220k
31/12/2022	£166k	£126k
31/12/2021	£173k	£194k

Common questions

Is LYMINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted income increased by 6.4% to £273,156, resulting in a net incoming resource surplus of £73,656 for the year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds (reserves) stood at £1,677,136, which is significantly above the stated policy target of six months' recurring expenditure. The charity reports adequate resources to continue as a going concern, though it anticipates considerable costs related to a building project in the coming year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LYMINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LYMINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH as a grant recipient include UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation	FY2021	£30k

Charities like this

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

LYMM BAPTIST CHURCH income £197k
LANSDOWNE BAPTIST CHURCH BOURNEMOUTH income £819k
GUISELEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £210k
LLISWERRY BAPTIST CHURCH income £132k
WELBY LANE MISSION CHURCH income £119k
SOUTHBOROUGH LANE BAPTIST CHURCH income £0

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LYMINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH	£278k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LYMM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£197k	unclear	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LANSDOWNE BAPTIST CHURCH BOURNEMOUTH FY2024	£819k	in excess of £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
GUISELEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£210k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LLISWERRY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£132k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
WELBY LANE MISSION CHURCH FY2025	£119k	£25,667	0	above	—	no doubt

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