South Eastern Baptist Association

Registered charity 1093252 · since 2002seba-baptist.org.uk·East Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex·Updated 31 October 2026

At a glance

£83,489

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2024

From filed accounts

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

South Eastern Baptist Association suits Baptist churches and church-planting or mission projects in Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire, but it does not fund organisations outside those counties.
The annual report gives total giving of £83,489 for its latest year, and no grant range is stated, so a grant writer should not assume a particular request size and should ask the association what would suit.
Partnerships are individually shaped and prayerfully discerned by the local church, so the best first step is to speak to your Regional Minister or contact the association, since it accepts applications on a rolling basis.
The building loan fund is only for member churches, so a church that is not a member cannot use it.

Overview

South Eastern Baptist Association is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1093252).

South Eastern Baptist Association exists to advance the Christian religion, especially through the principles of the Baptist denomination, with a stated purpose of growing healthy churches in relationship for God's mission. It is a family of around 150 churches across Kent, Sussex, Surrey and a small part of North East Hampshire. Its two programmes are Partners in Mission, for churches that would value support from the wider association in a variety of ways, and a building loan fund that helps member churches with property purchase, major improvements and major repairs.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The association supports Baptist churches and pioneering and church-planting initiatives in their local mission, including through church growth and project grants. Its Partners in Mission work is for local churches seeking to become more effective in mission, new pioneering and church-planting initiatives, churches at risk of closure, and churches that want to support others. Partnerships are individually shaped and prayerfully discerned by the local church; the association walks alongside each church with support and advice to help it find suitable mission tools. A building loan fund also assists member churches with property purchase, major improvements and major repairs.

Themes

Church growth
Mission projects
Church property

Geographic Focus

SEBA region.

What they don't fund

Organisations outside Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire
Building loan fund only: churches that are not members of the Association

How to apply

Churches interested in becoming a Partner in Mission Church should support the three core values and speak to their Regional Minister or contact the association.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Each partnership is unique and prayerfully discerned by the local church.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to South Eastern Baptist Association.

Grace Baptist PartnershipNo public processGave £13,500 Saint John’s EghamNo public processGave £39,521 Purley Baptist ChurchNo public processGave £73,557 Heart of England Baptist AssociationInvitation onlyGave £80,107 Grace Baptist AssociationInvitation onlyGave £72,001 Waypoint ChurchNo public process St Thomas LymingtonNo public processGave £18,806 South West Baptist AssociationInvitation onlyGave £107k St Andrew's ChurchNo public processGave £20,377 Emmanuel ChurchInvitation only

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£662,688	£442,049	£68,436	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 December 2021	£524,669	£397,910	£52,998	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£399,166	£711,148	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£567,060	£506,475	£135,396	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£656,207	£454,169	£83,489	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2020

£68,436 grants

YE 2021

£52,998 grants

YE 2023

£135k grants

YE 2024

£83,489 paid

Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2020; year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2023: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 December 2024: grants paid out in the year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.