Grace Independent Baptist Church

Analysis

Grace Independent Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Folkestone. It was registered in September 2022, 4 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 services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Grace Independent Baptist Church reported income of £31k and spending of £48k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income fell from £66k to £31k (-53%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Grace Independent Baptist Church sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vivekarama Dhamma Fellowship (£31k), London Colney Islami Centre St Albans (£31k) and Rochdale Evangelical Church (£31k).

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.