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Gorse Hill Baptist Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1127294SwindonReligion
Income£281k2025-12-31
Spending£200ksame year
Spent / received72%5-year average
Size in its cause85th pctReligion
Registered2008Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Gorse Hill Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Gorse Hill Baptist Church reported income of £281k and spending of £200k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £146k to £281k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 156%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Gorse Hill 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 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lakechance Limited (£281k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Brockenhurst (£282k) and Mint Methodist Church (£281k).

Income and spending

£0£92k£185k£277k£370k2021 Income: £145,5972021 Spending: £140,92120212022 Income: £119,5372022 Spending: £94,93120222023 Income: £306,1322023 Spending: £194,78820232024 Income: £369,6942024 Spending: £248,54020242025 Income: £281,3542025 Spending: £200,2432025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Church seeks to be a friendly and welcoming community and anybody is free to attend any of our Sunday Services. The church provides a variety of activities both to its membership and to the community generally as set out in the Constitution. The aim is to show the love of Jesus Christ in both word and deed and to bring people into a closer relationship with Him as living Lord.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Lakechance LimitedLondon£281k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of BrockenhurstBrockenhurst£282k
Mint Methodist ChurchExeter£281k
Opus Dei Charitable TrustLondon£282k