King's Baptist Church
Analysis
King's Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hitchin. It was registered in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.
In the financial year ending December 2025, King's Baptist Church reported income of £49k and spending of £68k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £86k to £49k (-44%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, King's Baptist Church sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fraternity Evangelic Pentecosts Church in UK Good God (£49k), The Hunting Horn General Charitable Trust (£49k) and Pentecostal Sanctuary Bible Ministries (£48k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
Provision of Sunday worship services, work with children and young people, help to the poor (The Need Project), support to local schools (CIS), aid to overseas missions - Tear Fund, BU BMS plus Home missions - BU HMF.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Fraternity Evangelic Pentecosts Church in UK Good God | London | £49k |
| The Hunting Horn General Charitable Trust | Cambridge | £49k |
| Pentecostal Sanctuary Bible Ministries | Northampton | £48k |
| Prevailing Word Ministries (London) | London | £49k |