GILLINGHAM BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1169112 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We undertake religious activities in accordance with the Christian Faith, holding services and mid-week activities for children, young people & adults also providing nurturing & support.We also run a Christian Debt Centre, coffee mornings and a Lunch Club. Various Community Groups use our premises including people with learning disabilities, cookery classes, Pre School and mental health needs.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Medway, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of THE BRIDGE NORTH GILLINGHAM'S LOCAL BAPTIST CHURCH (charity 233943) — merger registered 11/12/2024.

Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).

Latest income

£409k

Latest spending

£209k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity repaid a £250,000 loan early and sold a property for £250,000, depositing the net proceeds into a trust account. The filing notes that offerings have continued to rise and rent income is slowly increasing, while the charity also received a grant from the Kent Community Foundation Trust.

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 3 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
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
Volunteer management

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 65

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 80

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 80

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (11/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev STEPHEN GREASLEYchair
Bernard William Thomas Pinner
Cynthia Gloria Nicholls
Dr Ayodeji Olusegun Ibitoye
Dr Simon Collins
Helen Clare Holloway
Ishaku Bature
John David Lownds
Judith Carr
Nicola Jane Lownds
Robert Charles Phipps
Romane Raphael Khelawan
Sharon Margaret Greasley · trustee of 1 other charity
Sumnima Rai

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£409k	£209k
31/12/2024	£359k	£189k
31/12/2023	£232k	£178k
31/12/2022	£213k	£170k
31/12/2021	£250k	£170k

Common questions

Is GILLINGHAM BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity repaid a £250,000 loan early and sold a property for £250,000, depositing the net proceeds into a trust account. The filing notes that offerings have continued to rise and rent income is slowly increasing, while the charity also received a grant from the Kent Community Foundation Trust. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	1	£30k

Charities like this

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

BILDESTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £42k
GODALMING BAPTIST CHURCH income £385k
GRIMSBY BAPTIST CHURCH income £201k
GILGAL BAPTIST CHURCH, PORTHCAWL income £204k
MILTON FREE BAPTIST CHURCH income £73k
WILLINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £35k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GILLINGHAM BAPTIST CHURCH	£409k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BILDESTON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£42k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GODALMING BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£385k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GRIMSBY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£201k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GILGAL BAPTIST CHURCH, PORTHCAWL FY2025	£204k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MILTON FREE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£73k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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