Rye Lane Baptist Chapel
Analysis
Rye Lane Baptist Chapel is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Rye Lane Baptist Chapel reported income of £268k and spending of £352k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £198k to £268k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.
Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Rye Lane Baptist Chapel 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 Cuthbert with St Matthias Earl's Court (£268k), Robert Stewart Memorial United Reformed Church (£268k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Calne and Blackland (£268k).
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To achieve our principal object of the advancement of Christian faith, the church provides a variety of activities both to its membership and to the community generally. The aim is to show the love of Jesus in both word and deed and to bring people into a closer relationship with him as living Lord. Christian worship services takes place each Sunday at both 10:30am and usually at 18:30pm.