Stockton Baptist Church

Analysis

Stockton Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleveland. It was registered in June 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Stockton Baptist Church reported income of £331k and spending of £344k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £553k to £331k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Stockton Baptist Church sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shirley Community Church (£329k), The Gujarati Association, Wolverhampton (£342k) and Bustan E Zahra Association (£327k).

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.