2025-03-31-accounts - Balham Pentecostal Church

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THE BALHAM PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

The Annual Trustees Report for the financial year ended 31/03/2025

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

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 plans to achieve this through:

The promotion and advancement of the Christian Religion through personal and street evangelism.
To assist 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 wish 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 2024/25. The Church offered a range of activities which the trustees considered to be beneficial to the spiritual needs of its members and to the wider community. These activities include

Word in Life

Word in life sessions are aimed at challenging believers towards spiritual maturity. These sessions last for approximately two hours on Sunday mornings between the hours of 11 am and 1 pm and are designed to help individual in the advancement of their spiritual growth.

Bible Studies

Bible study classes are run every Thursday night between the hours of 6 pm and 9 pm. These classes are open to fellow Christians as well as non-Christians. All lessons are

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 6 pm and 9pm and are open to Christian and non-Christian members of the community, where they can present their personal needs by means of prayer.

Worship Services

Sunday mornings from 1:15 pm to 3 pm, and again from 6:30 pm to 9 pm 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 cash balance has reduced by 13%, which is in part due to a fall in Tithes and general offering of 22%. No Gift Aid claim was made during 2024/25. The Charity’s combined income for 2024/25 was £55,518.58, which was largely made up of Tithe and offerings. The combined expenditure for this period was £59,948.69, of which

PLANS FOR 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 objective.
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:

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~~|~~|Pastor B.L Brown|30/01/2025|

BALHAM PENTECOSTAL CHURCHCombined Statement of Income and Expenditure For 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025

Unrestricted Fund Church WIT Branch Branch £ £	Unrestricted Fund Church WIT Branch Branch £ £	Total 2025 £	Total 2024 £
14,186.35 25,411.10 2,675.00 960.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 43,232.45 20,905.26 529.74 0.00 1,257.53 5,233.35 359.40 581.00 425.68 260.00 3,950.20 0.00 1,128.14 13,875.00 0.00 0.00 1,500.00 0.00 50,005.30 0.00 0.00	0.00 520.00 0.00 3,200.00 7,066.13 1,500.00 0.00 12,286.13 0.00 0.00 757.61 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,785.78 0.00 3,400.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9,943.39 0.00 0.00	14,186.35 25,931.10 2,675.00 4,160.00 7,066.13 1,500.00 0.00 55,518.58 20,905.26 529.74 757.61 1,257.53 5,233.35 359.40 581.00 425.68 260.00 3,950.20 5,785.78 1,128.14 17,275.00 0.00 0.00 1,500.00 0.00 59,948.69 0.00 0.00	17,545.43 33,967.00 1,515.00 5,317.00 3,762.00 1,400.00 197.57 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 5,813.56 124.35 32,016.11 650.00 1,020.00 0.00 197.57 69,788.31 0.00 0.00

A4 Asset and Investment Purchases

0.00 TOTAL 0.00 A5 Transfers and movements 1,500.00 TOTAL 1,500.00 TOTAL Year Movement 94,737.75 A6 Cash Fund balance brought forward as of 1st April 2024 Cash Fund balance carried forward as of 31st March 2025 *Difference*	0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 22,229.52	0.00 0.00 0.00 1,500.00 (5,930.11) 45,691.96 39,793.44 31.59 ----	0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (6,084.31)	0.00 0.00
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BALHAM PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of 31st March 2025

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|||| |---|---|---| |Unrestricted|Restricted| |Funds|Funds| |2024| |£| |Assets| |B1|Cash Funds| |Bank Current Account|36,825| |Bank WIT Account|2,969| |Total Assets|36,825|2,969| |B2|Other Monetary Assets|----| |B3|Investments Assets| |0|0.00| |Fund to which asset| |B4|Assets retained for Charity own use|belongs| |Freehold Property-|18 Balham New Road,| |Balham SW12 9PG|Church| |Freehold Property- 154 Frant Road, Thornton| |Heath, Surrey, CR7 7JW|Church| |Keyboards|Church| |Guitars|Church| |Microphones and stands|Church| |Personal Address System|Church| |Projector|Church| |Computer|Church| |Cameras|Church| |Television|Church| |Furnishing|WIT| |Liabilities| |B5|Mortgage - 154 Frant Road|107,826.02| |Loan towards the purchase of the nursing home-| |1,000| |Faith United COG| |Total Liabilities|107,826|1,000| |Signed by Trustee on behalf of the BPC Charity| |Signature|Print Name|Date of Approval| |po||| |Pastor B.L Brown|30/01/2026| |||Bitbrowe |PO|

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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 Pentecostal Church On accounts for the year 31 March 2025 Charity no 1015671 ended (if any) Set out on pages (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 DD / MM / YYYY . 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 examiner's statement

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: 30/01/2026 Name: Derek Gyateng Relevant professional ACCA qualification(s) or body (if any):

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Address: 145 Henniker Gardens, London, E6 3HT

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 .

The church cash balance has reduced by 13% which is in part due to a fall in Tithes and general offering of 22%. The treasurer has explained that this is due to “Members leaving the fellowship, as well as some members have reduced their giving”. This is currently not drastic cause for concern as the church has sufficient reserves, however the church governing need to take steps to address this issue now, to ensure the future financial sustainability of the church

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