COUNTESTHORPE BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1173447 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious Activities

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS 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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Latest income

£33k

Latest spending

£20k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £37,147.13 against total payments of £35,016.50, resulting in a net surplus. Per the Statement of Assets & Liabilities, total monetary assets and investments stood at £83,813.76, with unrestricted reserves represented by current and money manager account balances and investments. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Daniel John Barton · trustee of 1 other charity
Gary James Burchnall
Joseph Bailey
Richard Lawrence

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£33k	£20k
31/12/2024	£32k	£41k
31/12/2023	£35k	£33k
31/12/2022	£36k	£31k
31/12/2021	£23k	£27k

Common questions

Is COUNTESTHORPE BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £37,147.13 against total payments of £35,016.50, resulting in a net surplus. Per the Statement of Assets & Liabilities, total monetary assets and investments stood at £83,813.76, with unrestricted reserves represented by current and money manager account balances and investments. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.