Finchampstead Baptist Church

Analysis

Finchampstead Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wokingham. It was registered in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and amateur sport, 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, Finchampstead Baptist Church reported income of £956k and spending of £976k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £602k to £956k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Finchampstead Baptist Church sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wycliffe Baptist Church (£955k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Stephen Walbrook (£957k) and Leo Baeck College (£952k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 58%, donations and legacies 37% and investments 5.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £30k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £76k. Reserves of £313k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 47 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.