WEST WICKHAM AND SHIRLEY BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1166796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WWSBC

All activities associated with a church within the Baptist Union of Great Britain

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£306k

Latest spending

£282k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a strong financial position with total net assets of £2,245,264 and free reserves of £118,486 at the end of the year. The trustees confirmed that income is expected to meet expenditure in the coming year, supporting a going concern basis. The charity is heavily dependent on volunteers, whose contributions are not accounted for in the financial statements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three month’s average expenditure (held: £118k)

“The Trustees have established a Reserves Policy which aims to maintain a level of reserves approximately equivalent to three month’s average expenditure.” — page 13

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — West Wickham and Shirley Baptist Church (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/09/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jonathan Peter Hillschair
Clifford John Underhay · trustee of 1 other charity
John Nightingale
June George
Marilyn Anne Boggust
Neil Christmas Selby Mr · trustee of 2 other charities
Paul Warren Bradbury
Rev Sara Jodi Kennett

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£306k	£282k
31/12/2023	£262k	£330k
31/12/2022	£206k	£210k
31/12/2021	£227k	£235k
31/12/2020	£203k	£207k

Common questions

Is WEST WICKHAM AND SHIRLEY BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a strong financial position with total net assets of £2,245,264 and free reserves of £118,486 at the end of the year. The trustees confirmed that income is expected to meet expenditure in the coming year, supporting a going concern basis. The charity is heavily dependent on volunteers, whose contributions are not accounted for in the financial statements. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, WEST WICKHAM.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, WEST WICKHAM income £147k
SHIRLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTHAMPTON income £182k
WEST CROYDON BAPTIST CHURCH income £199k
WHETSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH income £623k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SHIRLEY, CROYDON income £143k
BECKENHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £135k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WEST WICKHAM AND SHIRLEY BAPTIST CHURCH	£306k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, WEST WICKHAM FY2025	£147k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHIRLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTHAMPTON FY2025	£182k	—	above	—	no doubt
WEST CROYDON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£199k	—	above	—	no doubt
WHETSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£623k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SHIRLEY, CROYDON FY2024	£143k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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