GODMANCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1188171 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Godmanchester Baptist Church's aim is to 'Love God, love each other, make disciples'.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£527k

Latest spending

£500k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £27,258 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £1,470,912. The trustees report that the charity is well placed to continue as a going concern, with unrestricted reserves of £90,343 meeting their policy target of three months of general fund expenditure. However, the trustees note that without further grant funding, the Foodbank could be at risk towards the end of 2026 as its reserves for running costs would effectively be at zero.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of General Fund expenditure or £60,000, whichever is greater (held: £90k)

“The trustees maintain a reserves policy to hold accessible reserves equivalent to at least three months of General Fund expenditure or £60,000, whichever is greater.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from related parties

“received donations totalling £55,709 (2024: £41,235) from related parties (which includes trustees, any other members of key management and anyone closely connected to them). During the year the charity also made the following payments to, or for, related parties: a) Daniel Beckett, who is a trustee received rent of £12,840 (2024: £12,840) from the charity for a property owned and occupied by that individual.” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£527k

Total spending

£500k

Reserves (reported)

£90k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev DANIEL MARC BECKETTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew Paul Shefford
Clifford William Broadhurst
Dr Susan Mary Monk
JOSEPH DANIEL GEORGE
Joanna Miriam Hitchins
Susan Houghton
Varjil Sunil Raj Tatiparti

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£527k	£500k
31/12/2024	£640k	£532k
31/12/2023	£472k	£511k
31/12/2022	£1.1m	£460k
31/12/2021	£410k	£362k

Common questions

Is GODMANCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £27,258 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £1,470,912. The trustees report that the charity is well placed to continue as a going concern, with unrestricted reserves of £90,343 meeting their policy target of three months of general fund expenditure. However, the trustees note that without further grant funding, the Foodbank could be at risk towards the end of 2026 as its reserves for running costs would effectively be at zero. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL	1	£59k

Charities like this

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

BUNYAN BAPTIST CHURCH, STEVENAGE income £169k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH, WESTON, ALL SAINTS income £1.2m
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH NORTH MANCHESTER income £105k
CHRISTCHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH income £410k
GUISELEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £210k
LANSDOWNE BAPTIST CHURCH BOURNEMOUTH income £819k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GODMANCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH	£527k	—	above	—	no doubt
BUNYAN BAPTIST CHURCH, STEVENAGE FY2024	£169k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH, WESTON, ALL SAINTS FY2024	£1.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH NORTH MANCHESTER FY2024	£105k	£9,360	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£410k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GUISELEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£210k	—	above	—	no doubt

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