Grace Baptist Association

Registered charity 276352 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGBC (SE), THE ASSOCIATION OF GRACE BAPTIST CHURCHES (SOUTH EAST)

Objects of the Association are to:1 uphold and promote the Doctrinal Basis2 promote the unity and prosperity of its Member Churches3 assist the Member Churches in their charitable purposes as recognised in English Law4 devise and employ means for the furtherance of the gospel primarily in the Home Counties Geographical Area.

Objects

UPHOLD AND PROMOTE THE DOCTRINAL BASIS. TO PROMOTE THE UNITY AND PROSPERITY OF ASSOCIATED CHURCHES AND TO DEVISE AND EMPLOY MEANS FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL OF GOD, PRIMARILY IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA IS DEFINED AS: LONDON, BEDFORDSHIRE, BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ESSEX, HAMPSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, KENT, OXFORDSHIRE, NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, SURREY AND SUSSEX

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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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £7,706,996, which is above the stated policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported an operating deficit of £210,861 for the year, which was offset by net investment gains of £290,926, resulting in a net increase in total funds. The trustees and auditors confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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 handling
• Complaints 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~167.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (70% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian John Creedy
• Alessandro Miranda Brito
• Andrew James Wigham
• Antony Patrick Rummery
• Ben Owain Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
• COLIN CLARKSON
• Christine Richards
• David Mortimer · trustee of 2 other charities
• David Skull · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Martin Christopher Tatham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Grayson Fuhrman
• JAMES DAVID SAYERS · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Rimes
• MARGARET O'MARA · trustee of 2 other charities
• Matthew Benton
• Matthew John Hodson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Olawale Akintunde Akinrogunde · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Jonathan Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter John Fearnley
• Peter Thomas Fuggle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Barry King
• Ryan Burton King
• Stephen Whitton
• Thomas Copperwheat

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · East Sussex · Essex · Hampshire · Hertfordshire · Kent · Oxfordshire · Surrey · Throughout London · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Ben Owain Jones — trustee here and at GRACE BAPTIST CHARITIES LIMITED
• Dr Martin Christopher Tatham — trustee here and at GRACE BAPTIST CHARITIES LIMITED
• MARGARET O'MARA — trustee here and at GRACE BAPTIST CHARITIES LIMITED
• Peter Thomas Fuggle — trustee here and at GRACE BAPTIST CHARITIES LIMITED

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• GRACE BAPTIST PARTNERSHIP income £262k
• GRACE CHURCH BATH income £207k
• GRACE CHURCH BRIDGEND income £47k
• GRACE INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH income £31k
• GRACE FELLOWSHIP MANCHESTER income £120k
• GRACE TRUST (BRISTOL) income £199k

Side by side with its peers

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