SHIPLEY BAPTIST CHAPEL

Registered charity 227924 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious activities

Objects

FOR USE AS A CHAPEL.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£56k
Latest spending
£56k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is healthy, with income slightly exceeding expenditure for the period. Reserves are held at £30,000, and the trustees note that while there is no specific target amount, the situation is reviewed if reserves fall below six months of committed expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no specific target amount, but review if below 6 months' committed expenditure (held: £30k)
“The church does not aim to keep a particular amount in reserves but if the reserves go below the level of 6 months’ committed expenditure, the financial situation will be kept under constant review by the deacons.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shipley Baptist Church (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£56k£56k
30/11/2024£73k£55k
30/11/2023£57k£59k
30/11/2022£52k£58k
30/11/2021£37k£35k

Common questions

Is SHIPLEY BAPTIST CHAPEL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position is healthy, with income slightly exceeding expenditure for the period. Reserves are held at £30,000, and the trustees note that while there is no specific target amount, the situation is reviewed if reserves fall below six months of committed expenditure.