CHESTERFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1207894 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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

£110k

Latest spending

£86k

Registered

2024

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that as of 31 December 2024, the charity held unrestricted funds of £116,326, comprising current and deposit accounts. The trustees note that reserves are held to ensure the ability to employ a full-time minister and to cover significant building costs, including lift refurbishment and ceiling replacements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to ensure that we can employ a full-time minister to further achieve our aims as a charity. In addition, there were plans for significant building costs, including the refurbishment of the lift to enable full access to the building, replacement ceilings and other costs related to the upkeep of an old building. (held: £116k)

“Reserves are held to ensure that we can employ a full-time minister to further achieve our aims as a charity. In addition, there were plans for significant building costs, including the refurbishment of the lift to enable full access to the building, replacement ceilings and other costs related to the upkeep of an old building.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting 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

Trustees · trustee networks

Marcia Carterchair
Ian Ainslie Hardwick
Laura Jane Brown
Lynne Margaret Braithwaite
Philip Raymond Herrick
Rev Margaret Judith Gibbs
Robert John Hall

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£110k	£86k
31/12/2024	£102k	£68k

Common questions

Is CHESTERFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that as of 31 December 2024, the charity held unrestricted funds of £116,326, comprising current and deposit accounts. The trustees note that reserves are held to ensure the ability to employ a full-time minister and to cover significant building costs, including lift refurbishment and ceiling replacements.

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
FIRST IPC PRESBYTERY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM	1	£119k
GOSPEL PARTNERS TRUST	1	£11k
THE SOLA TRUST	1	£3k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
CHURCH BY THE BAY, MORECAMBE	1	£0

Charities like this

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

CHESTER ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH income £260k
HOOLE BAPTIST CHURCH CHESTER income £373k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTER, CHRIST CHURCH income £114k
UPTON BAPTIST CHURCH, CHESTER income £250k
TRINITY CHURCH CHESTER income £95k
CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHESTERFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH	£110k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHESTER ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£260k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOOLE BAPTIST CHURCH CHESTER FY2025	£373k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTER, CHRIST CHURCH FY2025	£114k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UPTON BAPTIST CHURCH, CHESTER FY2025	£250k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRINITY CHURCH CHESTER FY2025	£95k	£31,013	above	—	no doubt

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