Shoeburyness and Thorpe Bay Baptist Church

Analysis

Shoeburyness and Thorpe Bay Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southend-On-Sea. It was registered in November 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, Shoeburyness and Thorpe Bay Baptist Church reported income of £345k and spending of £451k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £311k to £345k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Shoeburyness and Thorpe Bay Baptist Church sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hertford Baptist Church (£345k), Jamia Khizra Mosque and Islamic Centre, Bury (£345k) and Torath Moishe Viznitz Club (£345k).

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.