Poulner Baptist Chapel

Analysis

Poulner Baptist Chapel is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ringwood. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07448613). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Poulner Baptist Chapel reported income of £417k and spending of £477k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £310k to £417k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Poulner Baptist Chapel sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jet Jobs Education and Training (£417k), Faithlife Centre Ministries (£418k) and Keren Nissuin (Mislonim) (£416k).

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.