Bishop's Stortford Baptist Church

Analysis

Bishop's Stortford Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop's Stortford. It was registered in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bishop's Stortford Baptist Church reported income of £445k and spending of £469k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £476k to £445k (-6.5%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 146%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bishop's Stortford Baptist Church sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Exeter Coast and Country Methodist Circuit (£445k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Birmingham Parish Church (St. Martin in the Bull Ring) (£446k) and Islamic Centre Leicester (£445k).

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.