Registered Charity No. 1206413
St Hild Centre for Baptist Ministry
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 August 2025.
The trustees present their annual report for the year ended 31 August 2025 and confirm they comply with the Charities Act 1993, as amended by the Charities Act 2006; its CIO constitution and the Charities SORP 2005.
Reference and Administrative Information
Charity Name St Hild Centre for Baptist Ministry (CBM) Charity Registration Number 1206413 Charity Address The Mirfield Centre, Stocks Bank Rd, Mirfield, WF14 0BW
Trustees
The trustees of the charity during the period covered by this report (year ended 31[st] August 2025) were:
Rev Graham Ensor (Chair and Yorkshire Baptist Association Representative)
Rev Mark Clay (East Midlands Baptist Association Representative)
Rev Dr Daniel McGinnis (St Hild College Representative)
Lois McGrath (Yorkshire Baptist Association Representative)
Rachel Malyk (East Midlands Baptist Association Representative)
Revd Dr Nick Allan (St Hild College Representative)
None of the trustees receive remuneration or other benefit for their work with the charity.
Governing Document
St Hild Centre for Baptist Ministry is a CIO governed by its constitution (dated January 2024) and registered as a charity with the Charity Commission. Its members are the East Midlands Baptist Association, the Yorkshire Baptist Association and St Hild College. Trustees are appointed as set out in the constitution.
Purpose
The Objects of the CIO are, for the public benefit, the advancement of the Christian faith according to the beliefs and practices of the Baptist Union in particular through, but not limited to, the promotion of theological education and training.
In planning activities, the trustees give consideration to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
Activities
In the period covered by this report (year ending 31[st] August 2025), the Centre for Baptist Ministry (CBM) completed its first full academic year since launch.
The Director, Formation Lead and members of the CIO worked together to continue training Baptist Ministers, to raise the profile of the centre, to maintain and develop relationships within the Baptist Union of Great Britain and beyond, and to identify and develop programmes which serve the needs of
ST HILD CENTRE FOR BAPTIST MINISTRY Registered Charity No. 1206413 rr Signature= Date= 26 June 2026