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Charlton Kings Baptist Church Cheltenham

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1131551GloucestershireReligion
Income£219k2025-12-31
Spending£241ksame year
Spent / received101%5-year average
Size in its cause81st pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Charlton Kings Baptist Church Cheltenham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in September 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, Charlton Kings Baptist Church Cheltenham reported income of £219k and spending of £241k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £333k to £219k (-34%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Charlton Kings Baptist Church Cheltenham sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wentworth Charity (£219k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Brighton (£219k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Philip, Cambridge (£219k).

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

£0£83k£166k£250k£333k2021 Income: £332,9542021 Spending: £204,94320212022 Income: £170,1772022 Spending: £226,21320222023 Income: £168,2512023 Spending: £211,89720232024 Income: £215,4772024 Spending: £237,43920242025 Income: £218,8902025 Spending: £240,7992025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We are a Baptist church gathering together for worship, prayer and reading the Bible. We seek to use our presence in the centre of Charlton Kings to provide a community hub forexperiencing the love and presence of God, serving local people's needs, helping people come to faith and discipleship, encouraging people to serve others in wider mission and providing social opportunities

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Wentworth CharityRotherham£219k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Church of the Good Shepherd, BrightonBrighton£219k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Philip, CambridgeCambridge£219k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Stoke by NaylandColchester£219k