GILLINGHAM BAPTIST CHURCH, DORSET

Registered charity 1169769 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The church's principal activities are set out publicly on our web site. The main meetings of the whole church are: two services on Sunday, one in the morning and one in the evening, plus a meeting on Wednesday evening. In addition, mainly during school term times, there is a Parent & Toddler Group, a Ladies Fellowship and a Coffee Morning.

Objects

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the church held total monies of £86,974.88 at the end of the year, with unrestricted reserves in the General Fund of £50,748.98. The trustees report that the church has paid its way with no outstanding obligations, although they note that reserves are expected to reduce considerably in the coming year due to building maintenance costs. The Independent Examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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 6 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIMON VIVIAN CHASEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alexander Edward Chase · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID POOLMAN
• GILBERT JOHN MUSPRATT
• John Alexander Oake
• Terence John Grosvenor Hodgkinson

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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