Leigh Road Baptist Church

Analysis

Leigh Road Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leigh-On-Sea. It was registered in September 2016, 10 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 buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Leigh Road Baptist Church reported income of £514k and spending of £575k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £436k to £514k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. 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, Leigh Road Baptist Church sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity with Saint Mary (£513k), Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (UK) (£514k) and Hungarian Reformed Church Foundation (£513k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 41%, charitable activities 39% and investments 20%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £10k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £65k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.

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.