GRANGETOWN BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 500597 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRANGETOWN BAPTIST CHURCH CARDIFF

We hold services for public worship each Sunday. We also run regular youth and children's clubs, language classes, a foodbank, a toddlers group, a sewing class and a night shelter for the homeless through the winter.

Objects

PROVIDING A PLACE OF PUBLIC WORSHIP FOR THE DISTRICT OR NEIGHBOURHOOD KNOWN AS GRANGETOWN. THE SAID PREMISES TO BE USED AS A PLACE OF PUBLIC RELIGIOUS WORSHIP BY THE SOCIETY OF PROTESTANT DISSENTERS CALLED PARTICULAR OF CALVINISTIC BAPTISTS AND ALSO BY SUCHOTHER PERSONS AS SHALL HEREAFTER BE UNITED TO THE SAID SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: CARDIFF

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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Latest income

£179k

Latest spending

£173k

Registered

1971

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £44,284, which represents a decrease from the previous year's £51,986. The trustees report that a drop in grant funding has led to the ending of international outreach workers' employment, and the charity faced a significant unexpected financial burden from boiler replacements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Ian Parry (Trustee) received £47,059; Malcolm Firth (Trustee) received £20,901.

“The Pastor, Ian Parry, who is also a Trustee, was employed and received a salary of £47,059 in his capacity as Pastor of the church. Malcolm Firth, who is a Trustee, was employed and received a salary of £20,901 in his capacity as an International Outreach Worker.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee remuneration

“The Pastor, Ian Parry, who is also a Trustee, was employed and received a salary of £47,059 in his capacity as Pastor of the church. Malcolm Firth, who is a Trustee, was employed and received a salary of £20,901 in his capacity as an International Outreach Worker. Malcolm’s wife was also employed as an International Outreach Worker.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Welsh Government (Social Landlords And Housing Associations). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev IAN JAMES PARRYchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Daniel King
David Fraser Allan
David Llewellyn James
Elizabeth Joy Parry · trustee of 1 other charity
NEIL JOHN HUNT
Obehiri Koloko
Richard Thomas McDonald · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£179k	£173k
31/03/2024	£133k	£146k
31/03/2023	£112k	£104k
31/03/2022	£90k	£89k
31/03/2021	£120k	£103k

Common questions

Is GRANGETOWN BAPTIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £44,284, which represents a decrease from the previous year's £51,986. The trustees report that a drop in grant funding has led to the ending of international outreach workers' employment, and the charity faced a significant unexpected financial burden from boiler replacements. 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 HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£20k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	1	£2k
THE LONDON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION	1	£0

Charities like this

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

BONNY DOWNS BAPTIST CHURCH income £175k
WAKEFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH income £169k
MILL END BAPTIST CHURCH income £195k
SITTINGBOURNE BAPTIST CHURCH income £165k
GABALFA BAPTIST CHURCH AND MANSE income £181k
GARLAND STREET BAPTIST CHURCH income £138k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GRANGETOWN BAPTIST CHURCH	£179k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BONNY DOWNS BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£175k	—	above	—	no doubt
WAKEFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£169k	—	above	—	no doubt
MILL END BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£195k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SITTINGBOURNE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£165k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GABALFA BAPTIST CHURCH AND MANSE FY2025	£181k	£50,586	unclear	—	no doubt

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