The Baptist Missionary Society

Analysis

The Baptist Missionary Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Didcot. It was registered in August 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10849689). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Baptist Missionary Society reported income of £6.5m and spending of £8.0m, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £9.1m to £6.5m (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Baptist Missionary Society sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Northam Care Trust (£6.5m), Bid Services (£6.6m) and The Grange Centre for People with Disabilities (£6.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 91%, investments 6.2% and trading 2.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £781k. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 8.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.2m. Reserves of £3.1m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 88 people.