NORMANTON BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1208231 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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

Latest income

£38k

Latest spending

£37k

Registered

2024

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,015.62 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income increasing to £38,431.06 from £45,895.71 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £251,483.46, which significantly exceeds the stated policy target of six months' annual expenditure. The charity remains heavily dependent on volunteer labor and community fundraising activities to sustain its operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months of annual expenditure (reserves figure: £251k)

“The Trustees have established that by maintaining a balance in the Church’s General Funds of 6 months of annual expenditure is sufficient to enable the church to function effectively and meet its obligations in the event of a decline in our income or a major cost.” — page 6

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.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

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

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

Volunteers: 15

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Christina Margaret Stuart
Stephen James Pinder

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£38k	£37k
31/12/2024	£46k	£19k

Common questions

Is NORMANTON BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,015.62 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income increasing to £38,431.06 from £45,895.71 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £251,483.46, which significantly exceeds the stated policy target of six months' annual expenditure. The charity remains heavily dependent on volunteer labor and community fundraising activities to sustain its operations. 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 LAWSON TRUST CIO	1	£5k
OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST (2016)	1	£4k

Charities like this

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

NEW DAY BAPTIST CHURCH income £57k
WALLINGFORD BAPTIST CHURCH income £184k
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH income £453k
NEW COVENANT CHURCH BOLTON income £109k
COSHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £239k
ROBERT HALL MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH income £156k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORMANTON BAPTIST CHURCH	£38k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NEW DAY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£57k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WALLINGFORD BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£184k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£453k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NEW COVENANT CHURCH BOLTON FY2025	£109k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COSHAM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£239k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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