Leominster Baptist Church

Registered charity 237434 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEOMINSTER BAPTIST CHURCH CHARITIES, PARTICULARS BAPTIST CHAPEL IN ETNAM STREET, LEOMINSTER AND ENDOWMENTS

Leominster Baptist Church was founded upon Baptist principles in 1656 to advance the Christian faith. The Trust maintains the property of the Church and oversees all its activities relating to Christian worship, teaching, service to the community and support for Christian ministry throughout the world. Today the Church is affiliated to the EA. It's motto is 'Following Christ, serving people'.

Objects

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Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF LEOMINSTER

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £35,991.41 against total assets of £3,601,508.00, primarily comprising property. The trustees report that regular income is sufficient to cover expected expenditure and that reserves are adequate to cover nearly three years of a major fall-off in income, indicating a stable financial position despite a net incoming resource deficit for the year.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

• Christabel Ricechair
• Andrew Dale
• Brian Paul Beakhouse
• David Margetts
• James Scott
• Marie Gittoes
• Sheila Wilson
• Steven Dickman
• Trevor Dickerson

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• ALCESTER BAPTIST CHURCH income £126k
• STANMORE BAPTIST CHURCH income £160k
• EASTLEIGH BAPTIST CHURCH income £469k
• LYMINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £278k
• BLUNTISHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £172k
• NEWBURY BAPTIST CHURCH income £167k

Side by side with its peers

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