Russell Park Baptist Church

Analysis

Russell Park Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in March 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Russell Park Baptist Church reported income of £262k and spending of £227k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £247k to £262k (+6.2%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Russell Park Baptist Church sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the United Parish of Broxted W Chickney, Tilty, Great Easton and Little Easton (£257k), Tariro - Hope for Youth in Zimbabwe (£265k) and Jain Samaj, Manchester (£254k).