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Zion Baptist Church, Melbourn

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1164945RoystonReligion
Income£114k2025-12-31
Spending£96ksame year
Spent / received69%5-year average
Size in its cause65th pctReligion
Registered2015CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Zion Baptist Church, Melbourn is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Royston. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Zion Baptist Church, Melbourn reported income of £114k and spending of £96k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £142k to £114k (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Zion Baptist Church, Melbourn sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oy Foundation (£114k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity with St Nicholas,weymouth (£114k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bishop Auckland (£114k).

Income and spending

£0£35k£71k£106k£142k2021 Income: £141,6852021 Spending: £88,38420212022 Income: £94,7422022 Spending: £69,72020222023 Income: £92,8862023 Spending: £62,67020232024 Income: £126,5602024 Spending: £78,35820242025 Income: £113,9982025 Spending: £96,4192025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

These include but are not restricted to: regular public worship, prayer, Bible study, preaching and teaching; baptism following Baptist practice; communion; evangelism and mission; nurture and growth of Christian disciples; pastoral care; Christian training; teaching and inclusion of young people; supporting charitable social action; encouraging relationships with Baptists and other Christians.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Oy FoundationManchester£114k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity with St Nicholas,weymouthWeymouth£114k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bishop AucklandBishop Auckland£114k
Bicester Methodist ChurchBicester£114k