LEIGH ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1169192 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LRBC, LRBC PRESCHOOL

The activities may include but are not restricted to:1 regular public worship, prayer, Bible study, preaching and teaching;2 evangelism and mission, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally;3 the teaching, encouragement, welcome and inclusion of young people;4 giving and encouraging pastoral care;5 supporting and encouraging charitable social action;

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £61,044 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £4,621,777 to £4,560,733. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence, supported by significant tangible and investment property assets valued at over £4.3 million.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Francis James & Partners LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Complaints 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
• 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Leigh Road Baptist Church (LRBC) (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (41% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Smithchair
• Andrew Rotherham
• Cecilia Bell
• Daniel Jago
• Dr Lionel Nagle
• Frances Elizabeth Hardwick
• Heather Pickford
• Joanna Fitsall
• Nicola Claire Palmer
• Priscilla Scott
• Sungwan Sunny Lee
• Timothy John Willcock

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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