Brentwood Baptist Church

Analysis

Brentwood Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in August 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Brentwood Baptist Church reported income of £105k and spending of £132k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £120k to £105k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Brentwood Baptist Church sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Old Moat Youth Outreach Project (£105k), Beacon Evangelical Church (£105k) and Gloria Church (£105k).

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.