DRONFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1184178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Christian Church of the Baptist denomination. Providing place of worship and community resource.

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH IS 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total cash balances decreased by £6,971 during the year, ending with £63,291 in unrestricted and restricted funds. The charity operates on a receipts and payments basis and is a participating employer in a defined benefit pension scheme, for which it is making ongoing deficit payments. The trustees consider the current cash holdings to be above their established reserves policy target of £30,000 to £35,000.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Andrew Charles Gorechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Simpson
• Don Brennan
• Moyra Elwood Cameron
• Rev simon Russell
• Ruth Anna Rattigan
• Thembelihle Jones
• Verity Lidgett · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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