BEWDLEY BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1195043 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As well as its Sunday Services, the church provides the following activities/ services:* Prayer meetings* Alpha Courses* Visiting Group providing pastoral care to those in the community* Home Groups- meet to pray and study the bible* Stay and Play Group* Youth Groups* Distributing food parcels * Groups for those who live alone or who are retired or are generally feeling isolated

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION.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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £16,556.32 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £121,369.73 and total expenditure of £104,813.21. The net assets held at the end of the year were £93,177.58, primarily funded by bank deposits. The independent examiner reported that no matters came to their attention regarding compliance with accounting records or Charities Act requirements.

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 3 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jeremy Frank Datson
• Joanne Rebecca Lane
• John Maile
• Linda Iles
• Lynne White
• Pete Williams
• Sara Pelham
• Susan Ruth Blyth
• Wendy Harper

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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