Folkestone Baptist Church

Analysis

Folkestone Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, 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 March 2025, Folkestone Baptist Church reported income of £93k and spending of £83k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £138k to £93k (-32%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Folkestone Baptist Church sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of SS Peter and Paul Stokesley with St Martin Seamer (£93k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Swithun, Sandy (£93k) and Wilford Youth and Children Scheme (£93k).