Ararat Baptist Church

Analysis

Ararat Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. 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, Ararat Baptist Church reported income of £342k and spending of £392k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £585k to £342k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Ararat Baptist Church sits at the 88th 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Sunningdale (£342k), Chatsworth Baptist Church (£342k) and Nanaksar Satsang Sabha (London) (£341k).

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.