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Selsdon Baptist Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1126971South CroydonReligion
Income£272k2025-02-28
Spending£362ksame year
Spent / received95%5-year average
Size in its cause85th pctReligion
Registered2008Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Selsdon Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Croydon. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Selsdon Baptist Church reported income of £272k and spending of £362k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £230k to £272k (+19%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Selsdon Baptist Church sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin East Horsley (£272k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Skipton (£272k) and Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project (£272k).

Income and spending

£0£90k£181k£271k£362k2021 Income: £229,6092021 Spending: £234,06220212022 Income: £226,7092022 Spending: £254,15120222023 Income: £340,8602023 Spending: £202,86820232024 Income: £274,9972024 Spending: £221,22320242025 Income: £272,1392025 Spending: £361,5112025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The principal purpose of the Church is the advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination. The Church may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and/or other parts of the world.

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