SHEPHERD DRIVE BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1183504 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SDBC

Religious Activities

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO BAPTIST PRINCIPLES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH AS STATED IN SCHEDULE 1. THE CHARITY MAY ALSO 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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Latest income

£143k

Latest spending

£175k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a year-end deficit of £6,272 against unrestricted funds, resulting from increased expenditure on new equipment. However, the general fund remains in a healthy position with a surplus of £21,841, and total assets stood at £30,185. The trustees confirm the financial position has remained stable and there are no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of expenditure (held: £22k)

“The Trustees have determined that the appropriate level of reserves to be set aside is in the range of £20,000, which represents approximately 3 months of expenditure.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Simon Robinson, Christine Robinson and Peter Newton were paid as full or part-time workers.

“During the past year Simon Robinson, Christine Robinson and Peter Newton are the only trustees who have been paid as full or part-time workers for the church.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Loan liability to related party

“Liabilities £37,500 — remaining loan payable to Association of Grace Baptist Churches (EA) Ltd.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Simon David Robinsonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alan Patrick Durrant
Christine Audrey Robinson
Deborah Ruth Cook
Gary David Haseman
Peter James Newton · trustee of 1 other charity
Sheryl Elaine Brett

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£143k	£175k
31/03/2024	£140k	£158k
31/03/2023	£255k	£317k
31/03/2022	£342k	£429k
31/03/2021	£216k	£105k

Common questions

Is SHEPHERD DRIVE BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a year-end deficit of £6,272 against unrestricted funds, resulting from increased expenditure on new equipment. However, the general fund remains in a healthy position with a surplus of £21,841, and total assets stood at £30,185. The trustees confirm the financial position has remained stable and there are no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SHEPHERD DRIVE BAPTIST CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHEPHERD DRIVE BAPTIST CHURCH as a grant recipient include The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	FY2023	£2k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	FY2022	£2k	General charitable donations

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
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	1	£8k
THE JACK PATSTON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

PERSHORE BAPTIST CHURCH income £121k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALDERSBROOK ST GABRIEL income £191k
SHEPHERD'S VOICE MINISTRIES income £161k
QUORN BAPTIST CHURCH income £214k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HUCCLECOTE, ST PHILIP AND ST JAMES income £163k
RODBOURNE BAPTIST CHURCH income £100k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SHEPHERD DRIVE BAPTIST CHURCH	£143k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PERSHORE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£121k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALDERSBROOK ST GABRIEL FY2024	£191k	—	above	—	no doubt
SHEPHERD'S VOICE MINISTRIES FY2025	£161k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
QUORN BAPTIST CHURCH FY2026	£214k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HUCCLECOTE, ST PHILIP AND ST JAMES FY2025	£163k	—	below	—	no doubt

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