The Baptist Union Corporation Limited

Analysis

The Baptist Union Corporation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in February 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00032743). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Baptist Union Corporation Limited reported income of £3.8m and spending of £3.8m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £3.8m (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Baptist Union Corporation Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru - the Presbyterian Church of Wales (£3.8m), The Christian Institute (£3.8m) and Release International (£3.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 57% and investments 43%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £4.4m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.