Westbury Avenue Baptist Church

Analysis

Westbury Avenue Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Westbury Avenue Baptist Church reported income of £127k and spending of £187k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £87k to £127k (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 186% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Westbury Avenue Baptist Church sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rayleigh Vineyard (£127k), Archaeology & Development Foundation (£127k) and Rochford Community Church Trust (£127k).

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.