MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1187005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHAPEL

Sunday worship services, a mid-week prayer meeting, and many other similar meetings and ways of bringing God's help through Jesus to our neighbourhood in Swansea, and through other churches beyond our immediate area.

Objects

3.1. THE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE:3.1.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN SWANSEA AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND3.1.2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS; THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;PROVIDED THAT THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH PURPOSES MUST BE UNDERTAKEN IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES AND ETHICAL STATEMENTS AS MAY BE ADOPTED AND AMENDED BY THE CHURCH FROM TIME TO TIME.

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: Swansea, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£355k
Latest spending
£398k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £42,418 for the year ended 31 December 2025, exceeding its total incoming resources of £355,377. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £11,480, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover temporary short-falls in income. The trustees confirmed that the charity will continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due with no material uncertainties impacting the going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% of income)
“Total incoming resources for the year of £355,377 consist of donations received of £277,922 associated tax refunds of £58,548 and other income of £18,907.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: maintain free reserves sufficient to cover temporary short-falls in income (reserves figure: £11k)
“A policy has been established to maintain free reserves sufficient to cover temporary short-falls in income.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 21
“The aggregate value of unconditional donations made by the Trustees in the year to 31 December 2025 was £45,001 (£56,672 - 2024).” — page 19
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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 185
  • Government income: £1,441 — grants £1,441 (1); under 1% of the £355,377 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 175
  • Government income: £3,482 — grants £3,482 (1); under 1% of the £372,223 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 160
  • Government income: £38,264 — grants £38,264 (2); 10% of the £392,372 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£355k£398k
31/12/2024£372k£348k
31/12/2023£392k£391k
31/12/2022£403k£307k
31/12/2021£325k£382k

Common questions

Is MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £42,418 for the year ended 31 December 2025, exceeding its total incoming resources of £355,377. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £11,480, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover temporary short-falls in income. The trustees confirmed that the charity will continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due with no material uncertainties impacting the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST (2016)1£4k
FIELDSDENE TRUST1£2k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH£355k—0unclear—no doubt
MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£235k—0unclear—no doubt
MILTON FREE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£73k—0unclear—no doubt
TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£85k——unclear—no doubt
DAGNALL STREET BAPTIST CHURCH ST ALBANS FY2025£213k—0below—no doubt
MANSFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH FY2026£185k——unclear—no doubt

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