GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTHPORT

Registered charity 1204759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The primary activity is to maintain the work of a local church in the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with its Basis of Faith, in the area of Southport. The charity also operates through its members in other areas, including missionary activity overseas. The charity also carries out other charitable purposes such as the relief of the poor but these are not the primary activity.

Objects

1. THE OBJECTS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THECHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO BAPTIST PRINCIPLES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OFFAITH AS STATED IN SCHEDULE 1. THE CHURCH MAY ALSO CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLEPURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.2. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEEDOF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, PROVIDED THAT THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH PURPOSES IS UNDERTAKEN IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES AND ETHICAL STATEMENTS AS SET OUT IN THE CHURCH HANDBOOK, WHICH MAY BE ADOPTED OR AMENDED BY THE CHURCH FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 generated a deficit of £42,492 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by expenditure of £206,962 against income of £164,470. Per the trustees' report, this deficit arose partly from committing funds to building maintenance projects taken from the Legacy Fund. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £63,197, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£42,500).

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• MACIEK MARK STOLARSKIchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• David George Sutton
• Zelda Janine Bentham

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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