**The Annual Trustees Report for Financial year ended 31/03/2024.**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION**
Charity Name: Balham Pentecostal Church (BPC) 'the Church' Charity Registration Number: 1015671 Registered address of the Charity: 18 Balham New Road, Balham, SW12 9PG
## **Board of Trustees:**
Mrs Beryl L Brown
Miss Patricia E Maxwell
Miss Barbara S.M Richards
Miss Simone A Patterson
## **STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE**
## **Officers**
Overseers: Beryl Louise Brown Evangelists: Patricia E Maxwell Simone A Patterson Donna-Marie S Dawson Malcom **Management** Chairperson: Beryl Louise Brown Treasurer: Simone A Patterson Secretary: Patricia E Maxwell
## **Bankers**
Barclays Bank PLC, 188 Clapham High Street, Clapham, London, SW4 7UF
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## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
The Balham Pentecostal Church (BPC) or **'the Church'** is a registered Christian charity and has been in operation since 1972. The Aim of the Charity is the advancement of the Christian Religion as declared by our Lord Jesus Christ and His Apostles.
The BPC's objectives are to promote the evangelical, pastoral and social agenda of the Church: to establish a place of worship accessible to Born Again Christians and those who wish to practise the Christian Religion in the community of Balham and surrounding communities.
The BPC plan to achieve this through:
- The promotion and advancement of the Christian Religion through personal and street evangelism.
- To provide assistance wherever and whenever with the spiritual financial and personal needs of the community.
- To encourage and build up the spiritual needs of fellow Christians.
- To promote Christian fellowship
- To provide a place of worship for Christians and members of the community who wishes to practice the Christian faith.
- To assist in the relief of poverty whenever and wherever necessary.
## **Activities**
The BPC facilitates a centre for Christian worship. During the period of 2023/24 The Church offered a range of activities of which the trustees considered to be beneficial to the spiritual needs of its members and to the wider community. These activities includes
## **Word in Life**
Word in life sessions are aim at challenging the believer towards spiritual maturity. These sessions last for approximately two hours on Sunday mornings between the hours of 11am and 1pm, and are design to help individual in the advancement of their spiritual growth.
## **Bible Studies**
Bible study classes are run every Thursday night between the hours of 6pm and 9pm. These classes are open to fellow Christian as well as non-Christians. All lessons are
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based on the Holy Scriptures and are taught by the Pastor of the church, and are designed to bring about Christian maturity.
## **Prayer Meetings**
Prayer meetings are held every Tuesday night between the hours of 6pm and 9pm, and are open to Christian and non-Christian members of the community. They can of course present their personal needs by means of prayer.
## **Worship Services**
Sunday mornings from 1:15pm to 3pm and again from 6:30pm to 9pm and are open to Christian and those who would like to come in and worship the Lord Jesus as their Saviour.
## **Evangelism**
Evangelism is the main channel of propagating the Christian religion, it is also the great commission given to the Christian church by our Lord Jesus
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
The Charity’s combined income for 2023/24 was £54,752.00 this largely made up of Tithe and offering. The combined expenditure for this period was £49,691.88of which £32,016.11 is relating to refurbishment work both at the Church and at 154 Frant.
## **PLANS FQR THE FUTURE**
- To continue to work with all members of the community to educate them on how to be responsible citizens.
- To continue to minister the Gospel through personal and group evangelism, which is the charity’s primary objectives.
- To have the housing project at 154 Frant Road completed, as this is earmarked for accommodation for the homeless.
- To offer aid and support where necessary to members of the community suffering hardship through poverty.
## **Signature of Trustee:**
|**Signature**
~~a~~|**Print Name**|**Date of Approval**|
|---|---|---|
||Pastor B.L Brown|31/01/2025|
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## **BALHAM PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Combined Statement of Income and Expenditure For 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024**
|
**A1**
**Receipts**
**Tithes and Offering**
_Tithes_
_General Offering_
_Mission Offering_
_Donations_
_Fundraising_
_Special Meetings_
_Loan repayment_
_Refund_
_Gift Aid_
**TOTAL RECIEPTS**
**A2**
**Payments**
_Mortgage - 154 Frant Road_
_Building Insurance_
_Water_
_Gas_
_Electricity_
_Printing Stationaries Website_
_Travel_
_Pastor Tithes_
_Mission /Gift_
_Repair/Maintenance_
_Payment to GOSHCC_
_Business Rates/ Council Tax_
_Item Purchased for Fundraising_
_Loan Repayment_
_Building Works_
_Planning Cost_
_Legal Cost_
**TOTAL PAYMENTS**||**Unrestricted Fund**
**Church**
**WIT**
**Branch**
**Branch**
**£**
**£**|**Unrestricted Fund**
**Church**
**WIT**
**Branch**
**Branch**
**£**
**£**|**Total**
**2024**
**£**|**Total**
**2023**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||0.00
17,405.43
33,967.00
1,515.00
1,667.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
197.57
0.00
**54,752.00**
18,967.04
467.19
0.00
1,196.78
1,888.97
359.40
1,306.64
0.00
2,458.09
70.2
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
22,780.00
0.00
0.00
197.57
**49,691.88**|0.00
140.00
0.00
0.00
3,650.00
3,762.00
0.00
1,400.00
0.00
0.00
**8,952.00**
0.00
0.00
339.05
0.00
2,358.78
0.00
0.00
0.00
100.00
454.58
0.00
5,813.56
124.35
0.00
9,236.11
650.00
1,020.00
0.00
**20,096.43**|0.00
17,545.43
33,967.00
1,515.00
5,317.00
3,762.00
0.00
1,400.00
197.57
0.00
**63,704.00**
18,967.04
467.19
339.05
1,196.78
4,247.75
359.40
1,306.64
0.00
2,558.09
524.78
0.00
5,813.56
124.35
0.00
32,016.11
650.00
1,020.00
197.57
**69,788.31**|45,559.90
0.00
0.00
0.00
6,226.94
3,257.00
1,726.70
3,800.00
0.00
17,697.97
**78,268.51**
17,069.68
475.00
607.53
973.80
3,320.43
359.40
700.00
0.00
180.00
476.00
30.00
3,743.46
341.36
0.00
30,885.13
1,100.00
5,600.00
**65,861.79**|
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|**A3**
**Assets and investment sales**
0.00
**TOTAL**
**0.00**
**A4**
**Asset and Investment Purchases**
0.00
**TOTAL**
**0.00**
**A5**
**Transfers and movements**
**TOTAL**
**0.00**
_TOTAL Year Movement_
**104,443.88**
**A6**
**Cash Fund balance brought forward at 1st April**
**2023**
**Cash Fund balance carried forward at 31st March**
**2024**
**_Difference_**|0.00
**0.00**
0.00
**0.00**
0.00
**0.00**
**29,048.43**|0.00
**0.00**
0.00
**0.00**
0.00
**0.00**
**(6,084.31)**
**51,776.27**
**45,691.96**
**---- **|0.00
**0.00**
0.00
**0.00**
0.00
**0.00**
**12,406.72**|
|---|---|---|---|
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**BALHAM PENTECOSTAL CHURCH**
## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st March 2024**
|||||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||**Funds**|**Funds**|||
||||||**2024**||||
||||||**£**||||
|||**Assets**|||||||
|**B1**||**Cash Funds**|||||||
|||Bank Current Account|||45,066||||
|||Bank WIT Account|||||626||
|||**Total Assets**|||**45,066**||**626**||
|**B2**||**Other Monetary Assets**|**Other Monetary Assets**||----|----|||
|**B3**||**Investments Assets**|||||||
||||||**0**||**0.00**||
|**B4**||**Assets retained for Charity own use**||**Fund to which asset belongs**|||||
|||Freehold Property-**18 Balham New Road,**|||||||
|||**Balham SW12 9PG**|||Church||||
|||Freehold Property- 154 Frant Road, Thornton|||||||
|||Heath, Surrey, CR7 7JW|Heath, Surrey, CR7 7JW||Church||||
|||Keyboards|||Church||||
|||Guitars|||Church||||
|||Microphones and Stands|Microphones and Stands||Church||||
|||Personal Address System|||Church||||
|||Projector|||Church||||
|||Computer|||Church||||
|||Cameras|||Church||||
|||Television|||Church||||
|||Furnishing|||||WIT||
|||**Liabilities**|||||||
|**B5**||Mortgage - 154 Frant Road||£120,593.53|||||
|||Loan - Faith United COG|Loan - Faith United COG||||1,000||
|||**Total Liabilities**|||**0**||**1,000**||
||**Signed by Trustee on behalf of the BPC Charity**||||||||
||~~BUBrowm~~|**Signature**
**Print Name**
**Date of Approval**
Pastor B.L Brown
31/01/2025
~~aOO~~
~~BUBrowm |~~|||||||
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees**
Charity Name
The Balham Pentecostl CXhurch
**On accounts for the year ended**
**Set out on pages**
2024
**Charity no** 1015671 **(if any)** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 **/ 03 / 2024** .
**Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** [The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to **examiner's statement** undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. _Delete_ [ ] _if not applicable._
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed:**
**Date:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**Oct 2018**
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**IER**
## **qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Address:**
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**Oct 2018**
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**IER**