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Registered charity · Oxfordshire

The Baptist Union Corporation Limited

  • 17 trustees
  • Income £3.8m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.baptist.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Baptist Union Corporation Limited
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.8m£3.8m
  • 2024£4.9m£4.9m
  • 2023£4.1m£4.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.4m£2.4m
  • 2021£2.5m£1.5m
Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND ITS PRACTICE ESPECIALLY BY THE MEANS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM.)

Board analysis for researchers

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.

7.2y median 6y
average tenure
19y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (7)

15
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 17Accommodation/housing 1Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 1Other Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 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.

Other services 24Education 6Hospitality 5

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£4.9m 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.

10.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 17.2 in 2020

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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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
249635
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/11/1890AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/04/1950AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/03/1963AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/11/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/03/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/03/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/05/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22/07/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 JUN 2016
Companies House
Company number 00032743 · Active
Contact on the register
01235517754 · BUCorporation@baptist.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
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