West Wickham and Shirley Baptist Church

Analysis

West Wickham and Shirley Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, West Wickham and Shirley Baptist Church reported income of £290k and spending of £297k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £227k to £290k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, West Wickham and Shirley Baptist Church sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Truedene Co Limited (£290k), Blackpool Food Bank (£290k) and Roundabout (West Midlands) Limited (£290k).