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Fishponds Baptist Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1131411BristolReligion
Income£396k2025-12-31
Spending£347ksame year
Spent / received80%5-year average
Size in its cause90th pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Fishponds Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in August 2009, 17 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 December 2025, Fishponds Baptist Church reported income of £396k and spending of £347k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £258k to £396k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Fishponds Baptist Church sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Edgware (£396k), Sharing Affection Love and Mercy (£396k) and The Methodist Church, Bury Circuit 06/08 (£396k).

Income and spending

£0£99k£198k£297k£396k2021 Income: £257,9742021 Spending: £233,20420212022 Income: £308,8162022 Spending: £252,38020222023 Income: £353,8042023 Spending: £247,14720232024 Income: £396,1112024 Spending: £291,19120242025 Income: £396,2432025 Spending: £347,3482025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The main aim and objective of Fishponds Baptist Church (FBC) is Spiritual Evangelism. At the heart of the Church is its ministry to the membership, congregation, and the wider community at large in order that the messages contained in Scripture are shared and celebrated and the understanding and acceptance that Jesus Christ is the Lord and Saviour grows.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of EdgwareEdgware£396k
Sharing Affection Love and MercyEssex£396k
The Methodist Church, Bury Circuit 06/08Manchester£396k
Destiny International Christian Assembly Birmingham BranchBirmingham£397k