TEWKESBURY BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1177154 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a church seeking to engage with our local community through provision of Sunday services, youth work, coffee morning as well as providing a venue for a variety of other community groups. We also support overseas missions as well as those more local.

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Latest income

£177k

Latest spending

£169k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £7,850, bringing total funds to £691,420. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy targeting £7,500 in the General Fund to cover one month of operating and employment costs. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £38,004, which exceeds its stated policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £7,500 (held: £38k)

“The treasurer is authorised to accumulate £7,500 as a reserve.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tewkesbury Baptist Church (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (30/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (28/06/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID MICHAEL HOBBSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Joanne Mary Goodchild · trustee of 1 other charity
Peter Edward Ireland
SARA MARY NAPPER
Teresa Ash

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£177k	£169k
31/03/2024	£120k	£125k
31/03/2023	£113k	£114k
31/03/2022	£107k	£109k
31/03/2021	£102k	£88k

Common questions

Is TEWKESBURY BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £7,850, bringing total funds to £691,420. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy targeting £7,500 in the General Fund to cover one month of operating and employment costs. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £38,004, which exceeds its stated policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TEWKESBURY BAPTIST CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TEWKESBURY BAPTIST CHURCH as a grant recipient include COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k	Families
THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY	FY2024	£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/04/2026	£12k	Battery Power