SKELMERSDALE BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1175628 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Worship services: Sunday at 10:30am and 6pm and Wednesday at 7pmA community minded church that desires to serve God and Skelmersdale and the surrounding areas.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY TEACHING, PREACHING AND PROPAGATING THE DOCTRINES, PRINCIPLE BELIEFS AND TEACHING OF GOD AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BIBLE, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD.

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 prepared its financial statements on an 'on going' concern basis, indicating no immediate risk of closure. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue operations, with unrestricted reserves increasing from £37,296 to £41,772 during the year. There are no disclosed material uncertainties or dependencies that would threaten the charity's continuity.

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 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Hetherington
• Brian Robert Baker
• Joel Hetherington
• Paul Kevin Barrington Randell

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

Operates in: Wigan

Income and spending

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