Southcourt Baptist Church Trust

Analysis

Southcourt Baptist Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aylesbury. It was registered in September 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Southcourt Baptist Church Trust reported income of £569k and spending of £544k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £336k to £569k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Southcourt Baptist Church Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Women's Engineering Society (£569k), Lewisham Donation Hub (£570k) and The East Looe Town Trust (£569k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 63%, donations and legacies 32% and trading 4.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2,343. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £111k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.