THE LONDON BAPTIST PROPERTY BOARD LIMITED

Registered charity 249768 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The company exists to serve the work of the Baptist denomination principally, but not exclusively in London by (a) acting as custodian or holding trustee for church and other organisations; and (b) operating a deposit and loan fund in order to make loans available to Baptist churches and organisations for the purchase, repair or improvement of church property.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN PARTICULAR BY THE MEANS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION.

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.

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Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a positive net movement in funds of £17,659 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total funds amounting to £3,948,815. The directors state that net cash reserves significantly exceeded the stated policy requirement, indicating strong liquidity. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

641 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (598 freehold); recorded price paid £27.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~50.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony John Allen Pike
• David Keith Reader
• Monica Wangundiani Sisimayi
• Olusegun Oludipe Obidipe · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Claire Joanne Nicholls
• Rev Joshua Jakee Kane
• Rev Michael Mensah Boadu
• Rev Philip Edward Barnard · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sylvia Carolina Salamanca-Espin

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONDON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.

• THE LONDON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION income £2.3m
• LIMES AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH income £308k
• LEIGH ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH income £514k
• THE EAST MIDLAND BAPTIST TRUST COMPANY LIMITED income £139k
• LONDON ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH income £203k
• LITTLEHAMPTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £136k

Side by side with its peers

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