DIDSBURY BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1199278 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DIDSBURY BAPTIST CHURCH (BEAVER PARK)

The church holds weekly Sunday services, which are also streamed live on YouTube. It runs a Young Church and related children's and young people's activities, as well as Christian education for all ages through Bible study. The church offers a Christian environment for celebrating and marking life events - infant dedications, weddings andfunerals. It is also involved ecumenically.

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. 3.2 [NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHURCH FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.]

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £50,000, a figure set by the trustees to cover approximately 50% of budgeted annual expenditure. Total net assets increased significantly to £682,902, driven largely by an £180,000 revaluation of the manse property and a reduction in expenditure due to a pastoral vacancy. The trustees confirmed that assets in each fund are available and adequate to fulfil obligations.

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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~8.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (87% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANNA ELIZABETH WRIGHT
• Anitha Janjanam
• Anna Elizabeth Wright · trustee of 3 other charities
• Bertha Chongwain
• Dr Minsung Kim
• Elizabethe Campos Marshall
• Ian Timothy Sheldrake
• Rev Catriona Julie Mae Gorton
• Ruth Sheldrake
• Sabrina Beatrix Campos Marshall
• Stephen Elliott

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

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