RODBOURNE BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1200814 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RODBOURNE CHENEY BAPTIST CHURCH

Baptist Church

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

£100k

Latest spending

£106k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £6,264 for the year, with total receipts of £100,014 and total payments of £106,278. The trustees report that they have managed to exceed their stated reserves policy targets, maintaining £10,647 in the current account and £80,954 in the reserve account. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts accord with the accounting records and comply with the Act.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £10,000 in current account and £20,000 in reserve account (held: £92k)

“It is the policy of the church to try and maintain around £10,000 the current Account as an operating amount and a minimum of £20,000 in the Business Reserve Account” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev JAMES REEVESchair
Edmund Everest
Eric Clark
Eunice Akyereko adjei
Harriet Bosomeae Bosu
Janet Eileen Clark
John Kwesi Bosu
Owualata Egonu
Philip Edgell
Sarah Purnell

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£100k	£106k
31/12/2024	£101k	£85k
31/12/2023	£113k	£104k

Common questions

Is RODBOURNE BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £6,264 for the year, with total receipts of £100,014 and total payments of £106,278. The trustees report that they have managed to exceed their stated reserves policy targets, maintaining £10,647 in the current account and £80,954 in the reserve account. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts accord with the accounting records and comply with the Act. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£24k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	1	£8k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	1	£5k
THE JACK PATSTON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GABALFA BAPTIST CHURCH AND MANSE.

GABALFA BAPTIST CHURCH AND MANSE income £181k
Cornerstone Baptist Church income £453k
SIDCUP BAPTIST CHURCH income £111k
TONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH income £901k
CHESTER ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH income £260k
TYNDALE BAPTIST CHURCH, BRISTOL income £167k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RODBOURNE BAPTIST CHURCH	£100k	—	above	—	no doubt
GABALFA BAPTIST CHURCH AND MANSE FY2025	£181k	£50,586	unclear	—	no doubt
Cornerstone Baptist Church FY2025	£453k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SIDCUP BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£901k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHESTER ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£260k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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