Shirley Baptist Church, Southampton

Analysis

Shirley Baptist Church, Southampton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and 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 March 2025, Shirley Baptist Church, Southampton reported income of £182k and spending of £563k, spending 309% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £163k to £182k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Shirley Baptist Church, Southampton sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Esher Green Baptist Church (£182k), Missional Generation (£182k) and Redeemed Christian Church of God - Winners House Lewisham (£182k).