OLD BAPTIST UNION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received Late
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 19 October 1965
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 00646527
Financial period: 1 March 2024 – 28 February 2025
Latest income: £26,944
Latest expenditure: £3,017
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 74 Warescot Road, BRENTWOOD, Essex, CM15 9HE

Website recorded by the regulator: theOBU.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The spread of the gospel according to the tenets of the Old Baptist Union, the maintenance of churches of the Old Baptist Union and the support of the ministers and members of the Union churches.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 31 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 31 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £26,944
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,017

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2023
Fin Period End Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 29 December 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 12 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £8,658
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,550

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 12 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £7,043
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,971

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 21 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £6,768
Total Gross Expenditure: £11,729

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2020
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2021
Date Annual Return Received: 13 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £7,075
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,567

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £26,944
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,017
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: OLD BAPTIST UNION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1965-10-19T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 7 JANUARY 1960, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED 13TH OCTOBER 1990.
Charitable Objects: THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE TENETS OF THE OLD BAPTIST UNION; THE MAINTENANCE OF CHURCHES OF THE OLD BAPTIST UNION, AND OF ITS MINISTERS.
Area Of Benefit: NATIONAL.

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures