RUSSELL PARK BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 235182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Three Rivers Church

We are a diverse and growing family of people who gather together from across Bedford. We love to praise, worship and learn about Jesus, because we have experienced God's amazing love and grace. We get excited about sharing Him with others through His compassion, righteousness and courage.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£262k

Latest spending

£227k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 are unaudited and subject to an independent examiner's report. The trustees have adopted the provisions of FRS 102 and the document does not disclose specific financial figures for reserves, income, or expenditure in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

NICHOLAS WOODBURNchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Darren Chubb
Dr STEVEN MURPHY
Janet Cox
Rev PAUL SANDS · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£262k	£227k
31/12/2024	£218k	£204k
31/12/2023	£204k	£231k
31/12/2022	£260k	£281k
31/12/2021	£247k	£280k

Common questions

Is RUSSELL PARK BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 are unaudited and subject to an independent examiner's report. The trustees have adopted the provisions of FRS 102 and the document does not disclose specific financial figures for reserves, income, or expenditure in the provided text. 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 EARLEY CHARITY	1	£5k
WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES	1	£3k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

WESTBOURNE PARK BAPTIST CHURCH income £611k
QE Park Baptist Church income £146k
VICTORIA PARK BAPTIST CHURCH income £119k
PARK UNITED REFORMED CHURCH income £159k
RUGBY BAPTIST CHURCH income £240k
GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH BEDFORD income £688k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RUSSELL PARK BAPTIST CHURCH	£262k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTBOURNE PARK BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£611k	—	within	—	no doubt
QE Park Baptist Church FY2025	£146k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
VICTORIA PARK BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£119k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PARK UNITED REFORMED CHURCH FY2025	£159k	—	above	—	no doubt
RUGBY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£240k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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