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Zion Baptist Church

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1162105CambridgeReligion
Income£164k2025-12-31
Spending£193ksame year
Spent / received122%5-year average
Size in its cause74th pctReligion
Registered2015Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Zion Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Zion Baptist Church reported income of £164k and spending of £193k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £105k to £164k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Zion Baptist Church sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of Harnham St George and All Saints (£164k), Thornhill Lees Muslim Welfare Trust (£164k) and Kicc the Fountain of Grace (£164k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£48k£97k£145k£193k2021 Income: £104,7312021 Spending: £180,09020212022 Income: £101,0422022 Spending: £92,51920222023 Income: £91,4632023 Spending: £106,57720232024 Income: £125,6322024 Spending: £143,62020242025 Income: £164,1292025 Spending: £193,4912025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The principal purpose of the Church is the advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination. The Church may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and/or other parts of the world.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of Harnham St George and All SaintsSalisbury£164k
Thornhill Lees Muslim Welfare TrustWest Yorkshire£164k
Kicc the Fountain of GraceEssex£164k
The Hari Prasad Shastri Charitable TrustLondon£164k