01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC050133
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- IV36 3BT
OSCR note: This charity was established to replace Lighthouse Church Forres (SC031223) Lighthouse Church Forres (SC031223) has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to Forres Baptist Church (SC050133) which is a SCIO
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To glorify God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, through the advancement of the Christian faith primarily in Forres and district but also throughout Scotland, the rest of the UK and the World by all means consistent with the teaching of the Christian Bible including worship, observance of the Lord’s Supper, ministry, mission, prayer, witness, education, community service and the support if agencies and individuals and other charitable organisations involved in Christian missionary work and the relief of poverty or other social needs.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of religion
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Purposes are the advancement of religion, specifically the Christian faith, for the benefit and blessing of the Community (being those persons who profess faith in Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord and have been baptised, and who agree with and are personally committed to the Purposes, including the Declaration of Principle) and also for the benefit and blessing of all people with whom the Church comes into contact in any way, primarily in Forres and neighbouring parts of Moray and also throughout Scotland and the rest of the World to the glory of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, by all means consistent with: 1) The Christian Bible. and 2) The Declaration of Principle (of the Baptist Union of Scotland). including (without prejudice to the foregoing generality) worship, the observance of the Lord's Supper, ministry, mission, witness, prayer, fellowship, networking, education, service to the local community and the provision of activities and facilities for the local community, and the relief of poverty and other social needs, including the support of individuals and other charitable organisations and agencies involved in any or all of these.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £105,970 | £85,257 | 1 | 3 July 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £76,335 | £81,264 | 1 | 8 July 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £62,242 | £69,364 | 1 | 29 July 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £64,067 | £53,375 | 1 | 12 September 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £54,591 | £78,722 | 1 | 1 September 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Forres Baptist Church , Clovenside Chapel , Clovenside Road , Forres , Moray
- Website supplied to OSCR
- forresbaptistchurch.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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