Shepherd Drive Baptist Church

Analysis

Shepherd Drive Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in May 2019, 7 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 other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shepherd Drive Baptist Church reported income of £143k and spending of £175k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £216k to £143k (-34%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Shepherd Drive Baptist Church sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redeemed Christian Church of God Kingdom-Life Assembly (£143k), Dunham Hill Trust (£143k) and Shaolin Temple UK China Cultural Funds (£143k).

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.