CAVERSHAM BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1181257 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. IN FULFILLING THE PURPOSE THE CHURCH ENGAGES IN A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES EITHER ON ITS OWN OR WITH OTHERS THAT WILL VARY FROM TIME TO TIME WITH ACTIVITIES BEING INITIATED, EXPANDED, OR CLOSED, AS APPROPRIATE.

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION.2) 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.

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Registered contact address: Reading, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the church's finances are healthy, with unrestricted reserves of £63,011 held against a policy target of approximately £20,400. The charity reports a significant surplus for the year and holds sufficient cash to meet its obligations, although it plans to build reserves further to support upcoming staff appointments.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Allan Roger Horsman
• Benjamin Alexander Sproule
• Fan Fai Chan
• Mabel Foye
• Richard Wilson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rosemarie Bansair-Lemin
• SUSAN HILARY CANTWELL

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• BALHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £370k
• THE BAPTIST CHURCH, KILMINGTON income £188k
• EVESHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £113k
• CAMBRAY BAPTIST CHURCH, CHELTENHAM income £431k
• HANHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £361k
• COLCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH income £266k

Side by side with its peers

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