ROSS-ON-WYE BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1175785 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Include but are not restricted to: public worship, prayer, Bible study, preaching & teaching; baptism; communion; evangelism & mission; inclusion of young people; nurture & growth of Christian disciples; education & training for Christian & community service; pastoral care; charitable social action; and, encouraging relationships with & supporting Baptists & other Christians.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION.THE CHURCH MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND 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.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £205,443, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £50,000 (three months of expenditure). The charity reported a net income surplus of £40,489 for the year and holds no long-term investments, with cash reserves held in deposit 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.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from unclear (FY2024) to £47,647 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Peter Downingchair
• IRENE ELIZABETH ROTHWELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Gauntlett
• MICHAEL NKANSAH AGYEMAN
• MR MARTIN SKIRROW
• MR NICK WARDALE
• Peter Barton Brown
• Philippa Jane Moore
• Rev Ian Olliver
• Rev PETER WADE

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• GUISELEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £210k
• WEALDSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH income £195k
• BRETTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £270k
• LLISWERRY BAPTIST CHURCH income £132k
• RUGBY BAPTIST CHURCH income £240k
• CIRENCESTER BAPTIST CHURCH income £646k

Side by side with its peers

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