Anderson Baptist Church, Reading

Analysis

Anderson Baptist Church, Reading is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in May 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Anderson Baptist Church, Reading reported income of £69k and spending of £74k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £89k to £69k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Anderson Baptist Church, Reading sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Good News Broadcasting Association (Great Britain) Limited (£69k), Limoges Charitable Trust (£69k) and Southam Community Church (£69k).

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.