FRESSINGFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1166572 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sunday morning and evening worship servicesSunday bible study and prayer timeMid-week bible studies and prayer meetingEvangelistic activities to all age ranges in the communityPastoral work, including visiting the sick and bereavedYoung people's youth groupsParent and toddler groupLadies meetingsMen's groupsSupport of MissionsSchool assembliesChristianity Explored Course

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO BAPTIST PRINCIPLES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH AS STATED IN SCHEDULE 1. THE CHARITY MAY ALSO 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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has budgeted for the first time due to the cost of a new chapel and increased paid ministry, having previously relied on being 'singularly blessed financially'. The trustees report that they can meet all financial demands and have repaid personal loans used for building costs through the sale of residential plots. The organization is a member of the FIEC, which provides support for legal and financial matters.

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.

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.

• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (72% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ADRIAN STEPHEN MARFLEET
• Dr MARTIN RICHARD AYLETT
• Graham David Browne
• Pastor Stuart John Balmer
• Willem Daniel Grobler
• William David Horrex

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• SHREWSBURY BAPTIST CHURCH income £115k
• LIFESPRING CHURCH income £1.2m
• OLTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £134k
• ABINGDON BAPTIST CHURCH income £141k
• WAKEFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH income £169k
• WOODLEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £229k

Side by side with its peers

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