Registered charity (CIO) · London
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
- 7 trustees
- Income £502k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Camden, City Of Westminster
- Website
- www.bloomsbury.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£502k£418k
- 2024£761k£399k
- 2023£496k£398k
Earlier years
- 2022£365k£381k
- 2021£226k£339k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION.2) THE CHURCH MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Rev DR Simon Woodman Chair since 2017
- Andreea Gherman since 2025
- Judith Gardiner since 2024
- Matthew Streeter since 2019
- Maya Ursula Udoka Okonkwo since 2021
- Nigel Redford since 2018
- Timothy Peter Clifford since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev DR Simon Woodman Chair since 2017
- Matthew Streeter since 2019
- Nigel Redford since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Rev DR Simon Woodman Chair since 2017
- Judith Gardiner since 2024
- Matthew Streeter since 2019
- Maya Ursula Udoka Okonkwo since 2021
- Nigel Redford since 2018
- Timothy Peter Clifford since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Andreea Gherman since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
20.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 19.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1174891
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 29 Sep 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07392297048 · church@bloomsbury.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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