BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1174891 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

This charity is a Baptist church in central London.

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Latest income

£502k

Latest spending

£418k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the church produced an operating surplus on general funds of £83k for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven mainly by increased building rentals. Free reserves amounted to £704k, which the trustees consider adequate to meet running costs and provide a buffer against future deficits, noting that this exceeds their policy target of one year’s normal expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year’s normal expenditure (held: £705k)

“The trustees have previously determined that free reserves should not fall below one year’s normal expenditure.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£502k

Total spending

£418k

Cost of raising funds

£13k

Reserves (reported)

£705k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~20.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (44% 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: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev DR SIMON WOODMANchair
Andreea Gherman · trustee of 1 other charity
JUDITH GARDINER
Matthew Streeter
Maya Ursula Udoka Okonkwo
Nigel Redford
Timothy Peter Clifford

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

Operates in: Camden · City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£502k	£418k
31/03/2024	£761k	£399k
31/03/2023	£496k	£398k
31/03/2022	£365k	£381k
31/03/2021	£226k	£339k

Common questions

Is BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the church produced an operating surplus on general funds of £83k for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven mainly by increased building rentals. Free reserves amounted to £704k, which the trustees consider adequate to meet running costs and provide a buffer against future deficits, noting that this exceeds their policy target of one year’s normal expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

Who funds BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH as a grant recipient include ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND BLOOMSBURY UNITED CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND BLOOMSBURY UNITED CHARITY	FY2021	£5k	Crisis Grant towards capital project

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
EMMANUEL CHURCH OXFORD	1	£25k

Charities like this

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

BROMLEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £172k
CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH WALTHAMSTOW income £126k
CHURCHCENTRAL TRUST income £671k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE BLOOMSBURY income £235k
CHRIST CENTRAL LONDON income £293k
EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, GRAVESEND. income £161k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH	£502k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BROMLEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£172k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH WALTHAMSTOW FY2024	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHURCHCENTRAL TRUST FY2025	£671k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE BLOOMSBURY FY2024	£235k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRIST CENTRAL LONDON FY2024	£293k	—	above	—	no doubt

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