WOODBERRY DOWN BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1189018 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOODBERRY DOWN CHAPEL

General charitable purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention or Relief of Poverty, Religious Activities, Other Charitable Purposes

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE:- 3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. 3.1.2 THE CHURCH MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. 3.2 [NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHURCH FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.]

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income fell to £141,063 from £159,028 in the previous year due to reduced tithes and donations. Total expenditure rose to £104,217, driven by increased utility bills, building maintenance, and programme costs. The trustees report that the church sustained its activities through its own membership and congregation.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Charles Mugenyichair
• Bienvenu Nsukisa
• Bryan Sycamore
• Ernest Tenesee Toquie
• Trevor Davis
• Victor Fernando Riofrio Piedro

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

Operates in: Burma · Enfield · Germany · Ghana · Hackney · Haringey · Jamaica

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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