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CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1195098 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Baptist Church

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Latest income
£453k
Latest spending
£352k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £101,410 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £212,985. The trustees consider that the minimum reserves necessary are 6 weeks of staff costs (£22,205), and the current reserves would finance charitable activities for 32 weeks. The charity maintains adequate free reserves to meet liabilities as they fall due, with funds not immediately required deposited with the Baptist Union Corporation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 weeks of staff costs (held: £213k)
“The Managing Trustees consider that the minimum reserves necessary with no reliance on bank financing are 6 weeks of staff costs, that is £22,205 (2024: £19,571) at the year end.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The custodian trustee of all the Church properties is the Yorkshire Baptist Association (YBA) (Charity number 247173).
“The custodian trustee of all the Church properties is the Yorkshire Baptist Association (YBA) (Charity number 247173). Both the Church and the YBA are members of the Baptist Union of Great Britain. Donations made to the Baptist Union Home Mission Fund by the Church are shown in note 18, there were no outstanding balances at the year-end (2024: £Nil). Related party transactions relating to the ministers are shown in note 7.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£453k£352k
31/12/2024£350k£330k
31/12/2023£329k£324k
31/12/2022£353k£336k

Common questions

Is CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £101,410 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £212,985. The trustees consider that the minimum reserves necessary are 6 weeks of staff costs (£22,205), and the current reserves would finance charitable activities for 32 weeks. The charity maintains adequate free reserves to meet liabilities as they fall due, with funds not immediately required deposited with the Baptist Union Corporation. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL1£59k
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST1£24k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Cornerstone Baptist Church.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH£453k—0above—no doubt
Cornerstone Baptist Church FY2025£453k—0unclear—no doubt
Cornerstone Bath FY2025£133k—0above—no doubt
TYNDALE BAPTIST CHURCH, BRISTOL FY2025£167k—0above—no doubt
TONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£901k—0unclear—no doubt
SIDCUP BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt

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