The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Baptist Union of Great Britain

Registered charity 1181392 CIO Registered since 2019

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

10 trustees on the board

5.2y median 6y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
11.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (4)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 10Education/training 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 7Other services 4Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£14.7m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.9 in 2020

46 from 42 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
49 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.baptist.org.uk
Emailsupportservices@baptist.org.uk
Phone01235517743
AddressThe Baptist Union of Great Britain, PO Box 44, Didcot, OX11 8RT

Finances

£11,128,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£10,332,000£8,256,000
2022£8,800,000£8,637,000
2023£11,435,129£11,647,188
2024£14,717,000£14,016,000
2025£11,128,000£10,847,000

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE UNION IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND ITS PRACTICE, ESPECIALLY BY THE MEANS OF AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:5.1. TO CULTIVATE AMONG ITS OWN MEMBERS RESPECT AND LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER, AND TO ALL WHO LOVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST; 5.2. TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST BY MINISTERS AND EVANGELISTS, BY ESTABLISHING CHURCHES, FORMING SUNDAY SCHOOLS, DISTRIBUTING THE SCRIPTURES, ISSUING RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS AND BY SUCH OTHER METHODS AS THE COUNCIL SHALL DETERMINE; 5.3. TO AFFORD OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONFERENCE AND FOR UNITED ACTION ON QUESTIONS AFFECTING THE WELFARE OF THE CHURCHES, THE SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY AND THE EXTENSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD; 5.4. TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN BAPTISTS IN THIS AND OTHER COUNTRIES; 5.5. TO OBTAIN AND DISSEMINATE ACCURATE INFORMATION RESPECTING THE ORGANISATIONS, LABOURS AND SUFFERINGS OF BAPTISTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; AND5.6. TO CONFER AND CO-OPERATE WITH OTHER CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES AS OCCASION MAY REQUIRE.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 02 Jan 2019

Trustees (10)

10trustees
64median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (20)

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