BEVERLEY BAPTIST

Registered charity 1203988 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEVERLEY BAPTIST CHURCH

A Christian faith-based organisation professing the love of Jesus through meaningful worship and biblical teaching at The Armstrong Centre, Beverley. Reaching out to the local community by providing for the marginalised, befriending the stranger and where resources allow, feeding the hungry, assisting the destitute and providing a safe space for all.

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, INCLUDING SUPPORTING LOCAL CHARITABLE AND NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£91k
Latest spending
£126k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £85,284 at year-end, which is above its stated policy target of £27,000. However, the trustees report that the charity has been running an expected deficit and is actively exploring avenues such as increased giving and grant funding to secure its longevity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £27,000 (held: £85k)
“The charity aims to hold a minimum of £27,000 (which is approximately 4 months of expenditure) as unrestricted cash” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: One trustee employed as Community Chaplain, cost £18,183 for the duration 2025.
“Beverley Baptist employed one of the trustees as a Community Chaplain for several years. This cost £18,183 for the duration 2025.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee remuneration
“Beverley Baptist employed one of the trustees as a Community Chaplain for several years. This cost £18,183 for the duration 2025.” — page 10
“The charity supported the business by funding its outreach to the value of £6,989.35.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Related company funding
“Beverley Baptist employed one of the trustees as a Community Chaplain for several years. This cost £18,183 for the duration 2025.” — page 10
“The charity supported the business by funding its outreach to the value of £6,989.35.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Related company donation
“Beverley Baptist employed one of the trustees as a Community Chaplain for several years. This cost £18,183 for the duration 2025.” — page 10
“The charity supported the business by funding its outreach to the value of £6,989.35.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: The Armstrong Centre (Beverley) Ltd
“Beverley Baptist has close ties with The Armstrong Centre (Beverley) Ltd, a company limited by guarantee.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £1,701 — grants £1,701 (1); 2% of the £91,433 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 2 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 05/12/2025, 35 days after the 31/10/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£91k£126k
31/12/2024£216k£96k

Common questions

Is BEVERLEY BAPTIST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £85,284 at year-end, which is above its stated policy target of £27,000. However, the trustees report that the charity has been running an expected deficit and is actively exploring avenues such as increased giving and grant funding to secure its longevity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BEVERLEY BAPTIST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BEVERLEY BAPTIST as a grant recipient include TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kZero Hunger

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
FOWLER SMITH AND JONES TRUST1£40k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BEVERLEY BAPTIST£91k——unclear—no doubt
WATERLOOVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£32k——unclear—no doubt
SHIRLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTHAMPTON FY2025£182k—0above—no doubt
HORLEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£248k—0unclear—no doubt
BRETTON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024£270k—0unclear—no doubt
WARLEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£137k—0above—no doubt

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