01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- New
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 10 July 2025
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- Not supplied – Not supplied
- Latest income
- Not supplied
- Latest expenditure
- Not supplied
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: GORSE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH, CRICKLADE ROAD, SWINDON, SN2 1AA
Website recorded by the regulator: www.ghbc.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The Church seeks to be a friendly and welcoming community where anybody is free to attend any of our Sunday Services. The church provides a variety of activities both to its membership and to the community generally as set out in the Constitution. The aim is to show the love of Jesus Christ in both word and deed and to bring people into closer relationship with Him as living Lord.
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Swindon
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 108
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Religious Activities
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- GORSE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2025-07-10T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 10 Jul 2025
- Charitable Objects
- THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE:- 3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. 3.1.2 THE CHURCH MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures