TAUNTON BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1209599 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Normal activities of a Christian Church, including services of worship, activities for different age ranges including children, youth, men, women. Activities for the study of the Christian faith. Activities for the benefit of the community including providing services in care homes, support to schools, and a variety of inter-church activities for the community.

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE 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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the entity transitioned from an unincorporated charity to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on 1 May 2025, with the current year comprising four months of the former and eight months of the latter. The unincorporated charity reported a net expenditure of £3,990 for the period prior to the merger, resulting in net assets of £311,788, of which £115,788 were unrestricted funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Ana Williams
• Barbara Ann Wager · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Jonathan fletcher · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Janet Eveline Gillett · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Richard Matcham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Steven James Reed · trustee of 1 other charity
• WILLIAM JOHN VENN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• CHATSWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH income £342k
• HGBCHURCH CIO income £174k
• CARSHALTON BEECHES BAPTIST FREE CHURCH income £320k
• SOUTHBOROUGH LANE BAPTIST CHURCH income £0
• WELTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £333k
• BANBURY COMMUNITY CHURCH income £245k

Side by side with its peers

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