GBC LANCASTER

Registered charity 1191182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Church promotes the Christian faith and spiritual contemplation and provides emotional and spiritual support for any who seek it. It holds public worship and other activities in the building that it uses, and distributes literature in the surrounding area and city centre. It advertises its services via its website and invites anybody who wishes to contact it.

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO BAPTIST PRINCIPLES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH AS STATED IN SCHEDULE 1. THE CHARITY MAY ALSO 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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £10,831 and held cash funds of £78,027. The trustees have established a reserves policy target of £25,000, which is exceeded by the current cash position. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Davies
• David James Walker
• Janet Elizabeth Barlow
• Michael Ernest Jones
• Steven Walker

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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