Hockliffe Street Baptist Church, Leighton Buzzard

Analysis

Hockliffe Street Baptist Church, Leighton Buzzard is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leighton Buzzard. It was registered in May 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hockliffe Street Baptist Church, Leighton Buzzard reported income of £704k and spending of £194k, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £279k to £704k (+152%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 219%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Hockliffe Street Baptist Church, Leighton Buzzard sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North East Somerset & Bath Methodist Circuit (£704k), Speak Life (£705k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Peter Farnborough (£703k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 26%, trading 2.5% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £24k. Reserves of £806k would cover about 50 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.