Shrewsbury Baptist Church

Analysis

Shrewsbury Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in January 2010, 16 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 March 2025, Shrewsbury Baptist Church reported income of £115k and spending of £116k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £96k to £115k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Shrewsbury Baptist Church sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Amina Trust (£115k), The Fountain Trust (£115k) and Broadway Baptist Church, Chesham (£115k).

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.