SHIRLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, SOLIHULL

Registered charity 1197996 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Church is evangelical Baptist and exists for the advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination. Our purpose is "To demonstrate through our lives a Passion for God and Compassion for People". We are committed to helping people of all backgrounds to discover Jesus and to be committed to growing in faith and serving this community and the wider world.

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

£463k

Latest spending

£491k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds amounted to £3,208,765, with unrestricted net current assets of £119,746. Although total expenditure exceeded total income by £28,076 due to staffing costs during a transition period, the trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with stable medium-term funding sources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum free reserves should be £81,000 (held: £120k)

“The Diaconate reviews reserves each year and resolved that the minimum free reserves should be £81,000”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Payments to trustees in the course of their employment are included in Note 6 of the accounts. Donations by trustees and their close families are reported in Note 6.

“Payments to trustees in the course of their employment are included in Note 6 of the accounts. Donations by trustees and their close families are reported in Note 6.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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
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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alysen Sterling
Hannah Elizabeth Morley
Helen Jane Read
Kathryn Rose
Nicholas Arthur Carter
Peter John Close
Rev Matthew Lloyd Wilson
Sofia Waghmare
Stuart Alexander Fisher

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

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£463k	£491k
31/07/2024	£449k	£428k
31/07/2023	£434k	£428k

Common questions

Is SHIRLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, SOLIHULL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds amounted to £3,208,765, with unrestricted net current assets of £119,746. Although total expenditure exceeded total income by £28,076 due to staffing costs during a transition period, the trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with stable medium-term funding sources.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHIRLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTHAMPTON.

SHIRLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTHAMPTON income £182k
CATSHILL BAPTIST CHURCH income £195k
BLUNTISHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £172k
SURBITON NEW LIFE BAPTIST CHURCH income £108k
EASTLEIGH BAPTIST CHURCH income £469k
SHREWSBURY BAPTIST CHURCH income £115k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SHIRLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, SOLIHULL	£463k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SHIRLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTHAMPTON FY2025	£182k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CATSHILL BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£195k	£82,728	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BLUNTISHAM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£172k	unclear	0	unclear	3.0%	no doubt
SURBITON NEW LIFE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£108k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
EASTLEIGH BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£469k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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