UCKFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1191028 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Uckfield Baptist Church promotes the Christian faith through corporate worship, including prayer, communion and biblical teaching. It also provides Christian education for children. It holds small groups at other times for Bible study & prayer. The Church runs a parent and toddler group for young families. The Church supports several organisations in the UK and beyond that have similar objectives.

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.

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
£61k
Latest spending
£63k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with one paid staff member and relies on volunteers. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring three months' maximum expenditure to cover legal obligations, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“We have one paid member of staff. Steve Jenkins, our minister has been with us since February 2018, and we rely on volunteers in all aspects of the church’s life.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months' maximum expenditure
“The trustees consider that the level of free reserves held in the General Fund at the end of the financial year 2024/5 should cover three months’ maximum expenditure in order to enable the church to fulfil its legal obligations with respect of employees and creditors in the event the church ceases to exist.” — page 5
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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£61k£63k
31/03/2024£94k£95k
31/03/2023£0£0
31/03/2022£0£0
31/03/2021£0£0

Common questions

Is UCKFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operates as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with one paid staff member and relies on volunteers. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring three months' maximum expenditure to cover legal obligations, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.