GRACE BAPTIST CHARITIES LIMITED

Registered charity 1172489 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Acts as the Corporate Trustee arm of the Association of Grace Baptist Churches (South East)

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:1. ACTING AS A CORPORATE CHARITY TRUSTEE FOR CHURCHES FOR ANY QUALIFYING ENTITIES;2. PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF THE QUALIFYING ENTITIES;3. SUPPORTING CHURCH MINISTERS AND OTHER PERSONS (WHETHER ACTIVE OR RETIRED) WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH ANY QUALIFYING ENTITY;4. ACTING AS CORPORATE CHARITY TRUSTEE OF BEQUESTS AND LIFETIME GIFTS HAVING THE PURPOSES SET OUT IN SUBCLAUSES 2 AND 3 ABOVE AND OF THE GRACE CHARITIES TRUST.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net movement in funds of £96,998 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven primarily by investment income. Per the trustees' report, the state of the company's affairs is considered satisfactory, with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00096055

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• TATHAM, Martin Christopher, Dr — director, appointed 01/01/2026on trustee list
• JONES, Benjamin Roger Owain — director, appointed 06/01/2024on trustee list
• SMITH, Paul Jonathan — director, appointed 23/01/2023on trustee list
• FUGGLE, Peter Thomas — director, appointed 21/03/2022on trustee list
• KING, Andrew Mark, Dr — director, appointed 01/09/2020on trustee list
• CREEDY, Adrian John — director, appointed 17/07/2018on trustee list
• GARDNER, Abigail Mary — director, appointed 01/07/2017on trustee list
• MORTIMER, David James — director, appointed 07/07/2014on trustee list
• O'MARA, Margaret — director, appointed 05/06/2009on trustee list
• STEWART, David Reginald — secretary, appointed 01/05/2026

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

87 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (80 freehold); recorded price paid £9.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ADRIAN CREEDY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Abigail Mary Gardner · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ben Owain Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colin James Clarkson
• Dr Andrew Mark King
• Dr Martin Christopher Tatham · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARGARET O'MARA · trustee of 2 other charities
• Paul Smith
• Peter Thomas Fuggle · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GRACE BAPTIST TRUST CORPORATION.

• GRACE BAPTIST TRUST CORPORATION income £619k
• GRACE BAPTIST WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION income £3k
• GRACE CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.7m
• GRACE BAPTIST MISSION CIO income £1.9m
• GRACE BAPTIST PARTNERSHIP income £262k
• GRACE CHARITIES TRUST income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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