ABINGDON BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1201269 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities include: regular worship, prayer, bible study, preaching and teaching; Baptism and the Lord's Supper; evangelism; mission to young people; the nurturing of individuals in the Christian faith;pastoral care and social action; the provision of a drop in centre, cafe and meeting rooms for the use of the local community; provision of community events for all ages.

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH IS 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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,767,149, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining six months of full year Church expenditure. The trustees report that they are satisfied they have sufficient reserves and ongoing income to enable the Church to function effectively in the coming year.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Investment
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Huttchair
• Cyril Saunders
• Derek Morton
• Leslie Douglas Bradshaw
• Rosalie Lorrison
• Victor Bayagbona

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• HORLEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £248k
• HADDON HALL BAPTIST CHURCH income £156k
• ABBEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £119k
• CARSHALTON BEECHES BAPTIST FREE CHURCH income £320k
• CIRENCESTER BAPTIST CHURCH income £646k
• HGBCHURCH CIO income £174k

Side by side with its peers

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