Upton Baptist Church, Chester

Analysis

Upton Baptist Church, Chester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, 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, Upton Baptist Church, Chester reported income of £250k and spending of £156k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £114k to £250k (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Upton Baptist Church, Chester sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Prittlewell (£249k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Welwyn and Woolmer Green (£251k) and Colwall Community Church (£246k).