## **Bethel Community Church Report of the Trustees for the year 01/09/2024 – 31/08/2025**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st August 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) Accounting and Reporting by Charities issued in March 2005.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIONS DETAILS:**
Registered Charity Number: 1050244 Principal Address: Pond Lane, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 1BQ.
## **Trustees:**
J Gunn (Lead Pastor). D Wood. D Joynes.
## **Treasurer:**
Ruth Gunn, Nina Charleston, Llandre Pickup.
## **Independent Examiner:**
Keith Lyons Certified Public Accountants, Suite 1b, Gateway Business Centre, Barncoose Industrial Estate, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3RQ
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT:**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, Assemblies of God Model Deed 2 and constitutes an unincorporated charity. There are currently four Trustees. They are responsible for making sure that Bethel Community Church complies with charity law, that proper financial accounts are kept and independently reviewed, that meetings and decisions are recorded and that
policies and procedures are developed and followed. The trustees also ensure that Bethel Community Church adheres to the general tenets laid down by the Assemblies of God of which Bethel Community Church is a member. The trustees continue to comply with their duties having due regard to guidance on public benefit.
## **Risk management:**
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide assurance against fraud and error.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES:**
## **Objectives and aims:**
The principal activity through the period under review was that of the advancement of the Christian Faith. The trustees confirm that they referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance when reviewing the charity’s aims and objectives.
## **Significant activities:**
Between 2024 and 2025 the church had a number of ministries running under the umbrella of Bethel Community Church. They included: Bethel Community Larder, Junior Youth Café and Connect Services. These ministries run through the hard work of both volunteers from the church and the local community.
Bethel had a vision weekend where funds for a new sound desk and equipment.
Bethel ran an Alpha Course which saw over twenty people attend a weekly course at the church. The Alpha Course was designed to reach out to those wanting to explore and find out more about the Christian faith.
The Community Larder and Cafe grew and partnered up with more local community groups and organisations. It received more publicity and support through different groups. The Community Larder continued to combat food waste and supply food to over a hundred local families and individuals most
weeks. The café at the project continued to provide free hot drinks and food to those attending. The café helped to combat loneliness with many attending stated that the café helped them to connect and stay in touch with others. Representatives from other local community groups and agencies regularly attended to provide information on health matters, well being, safety issues and various topics to those accessing the project.
The Junior Youth Café continued to do great work with the local children, with discussions and lessons given on life skills. The café also held discos and barbecues as well sharing the gospel.
In July 2025, we had a maintenance week at Bethel. Where both the inside and the outside of the building were decorated. People from the church and the local community joined together to help get the job done.
Bethel had a really successful bank holiday weekend in August when a team from RiverDee Community Church in North Wales came down for a long weekend sharing their ministry with the church and local community. The Community Afternoon held on Saturday 23[rd] August was particularly successful with hundreds of people from the local community coming along!
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** :
Bethel Community Church, in 2021, had agreed a contingency reserve level of £11000. The church continued to put aside finance at different points of the financial year to work towards this target.
The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees Report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Signature: J.Gunn Full Name: Jason Robert Gunn Position Held: Lead Pastor Date: 12[th] June 2026
## BETHEL COMMUNITY CHURCH
## ACCOUNTS REPORT
## ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025
We report on the accounts to the Charity for the year ended 31st August which are set out on pages 2 and 3.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is our responsibility to:
examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act
to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5) of the Charities Act and
to state whether particular matters have come to our attention
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
Our examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes the review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair' view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent Examiner's statement**
In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attention:
- (i) which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met; or
- (ii) to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Suite 1b
Gateway Business Centre
Barncoose Industrial Estate Redruth TR15 3RQ
13 February 2026.
Keith Lyons Certified Public Accountants
## BETHEL COMMUNITY CHURCH
## POND LANE, REDRUTH
## RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025
|**Receipts**
Bank balance at 1St September 2024
Donations restricted
AOG HMRC
Offerings:
Wednesday
Sunday
Donations
Coffee morning
Camp
Welfare
Commissioning
Gifts
Personal gift
JG Gift
Ukraine
Bank charges (Net)
Bank Interest||**Restricted**
**Funds**
3,276.37
9,881.66
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13,158.03|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
18,241.53
-
3,441.86
-
42,962.64
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
202.09
64,848.12|**Last Year**
**23/24**
18,029.07
1,309.00
3,768.98
-
40,111.98
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
180.56|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
|||||63,399.59|
## BETHEL COMMUNITY CHURCH
## POND LANE, REDRUTH
## RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025
|**Payments**|||**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Last Year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**Funds**|**Funds**|**23/24**|
|Pastors salary and NIC|||-|31,541.17|30,562.30|
|Gifts to visiting speakers|||-|1,050.00|500.00|
|Donations|||2,319.75|-|611.60|
|Evangelism|||-|1,200.00|1,200.00|
|318|||-|159.24|278.28|
|Heat and light|||-|1,339.47|1,795.00|
|Church maintenance|||-|14,725.24|430.90|
|Telephone and Internet|||-|374.52|287.95|
|Stationery|||-|20.51|-|
|Insurance|||-|-|1,479.70|
|Accountancy fees|||-|388.80|490.80|
|AOG Subscriptions|||-|1,191.72|1,166.72|
|CCLI|||-|511.72|488.30|
|Childrens work|||-|25.99|280.88|
|Gifts|||-|118.00|1,000.00|
|Travel and training|||-|911.24|220.43|
|Advert|||-|110.00|-|
|Outreach|||-|1,784.54|125.27|
|Sundry expenses|||-|2,024.06|963.56|
||||2,319.75|57,476.22|41,881.69|
|Bank balances at 31st August 2025||||||
||Unrestricted|||7,371.90|19,720.02|
||Restricted||10,838.28||9,178.18|
||||13,158.03|64,848.12|70,779.89|
|||||||
||Combined|£|18,210.18
|||
## BETHEL COMMUNITY CHURCH
## POND LANE, REDRUTH
## RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025
|Receipts
Payments
Bank balances at 1st September 2024
Nat West
Net movement in funds as above
No. 05810388
No. 39605264
No. 39605256
**Note 1 movement of funds**||**Restricted**
9,881.66
2,319.75
7,561.91|**Unrestricted**
46,606.59
57,476.22
10,869.63
-|**Total**
56,488.25
59,795.97|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||3,307.72
-|
|||||8,770.90
11,053.23
1,693.77|
|||||21,517.90
3,307.72
-|
|||||18,210.18
£|
Bank balances at 31st August 2025
|Nat West
No. 39605256
No. 05810388
No. 39605264|4,612.99
11,191.23
2,405.96|
|---|---|
||18,210.18
£|
## BETHEL COMMUNITY CHURCH
## ACCOUNTS REPORT
## ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025
We report on the accounts to the Charity for the year ended 31st August which are set out on pages 2 and 3.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is our responsibility to:
examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act
to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5) of the Charities Act and
to state whether particular matters have come to our attention
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
Our examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes the review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair' view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent Examiner's statement**
In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attention:
- (i) which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met; or
- (ii) to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Suite 1b
Gateway Business Centre
Barncoose Industrial Estate Redruth TR15 3RQ
13 February 2026.
Keith Lyons Certified Public Accountants
## BETHEL COMMUNITY CHURCH
## POND LANE, REDRUTH
## RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025
|**Receipts**
Bank balance at 1St September 2024
Donations restricted
AOG HMRC
Offerings:
Wednesday
Sunday
Donations
Coffee morning
Camp
Welfare
Commissioning
Gifts
Personal gift
JG Gift
Ukraine
Bank charges (Net)
Bank Interest||**Restricted**
**Funds**
3,276.37
9,881.66
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13,158.03|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
18,241.53
-
3,441.86
-
42,962.64
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
202.09
64,848.12|**Last Year**
**23/24**
18,029.07
1,309.00
3,768.98
-
40,111.98
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
180.56|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
|||||63,399.59|
## BETHEL COMMUNITY CHURCH
## POND LANE, REDRUTH
## RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025
|**Payments**|||**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Last Year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**Funds**|**Funds**|**23/24**|
|Pastors salary and NIC|||-|31,541.17|30,562.30|
|Gifts to visiting speakers|||-|1,050.00|500.00|
|Donations|||2,319.75|-|611.60|
|Evangelism|||-|1,200.00|1,200.00|
|318|||-|159.24|278.28|
|Heat and light|||-|1,339.47|1,795.00|
|Church maintenance|||-|14,725.24|430.90|
|Telephone and Internet|||-|374.52|287.95|
|Stationery|||-|20.51|-|
|Insurance|||-|-|1,479.70|
|Accountancy fees|||-|388.80|490.80|
|AOG Subscriptions|||-|1,191.72|1,166.72|
|CCLI|||-|511.72|488.30|
|Childrens work|||-|25.99|280.88|
|Gifts|||-|118.00|1,000.00|
|Travel and training|||-|911.24|220.43|
|Advert|||-|110.00|-|
|Outreach|||-|1,784.54|125.27|
|Sundry expenses|||-|2,024.06|963.56|
||||2,319.75|57,476.22|41,881.69|
|Bank balances at 31st August 2025||||||
||Unrestricted|||7,371.90|19,720.02|
||Restricted||10,838.28||9,178.18|
||||13,158.03|64,848.12|70,779.89|
|||||||
||Combined|£|18,210.18
|||
## BETHEL COMMUNITY CHURCH
## POND LANE, REDRUTH
## RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025
|Receipts
Payments
Bank balances at 1st September 2024
Nat West
Net movement in funds as above
No. 05810388
No. 39605264
No. 39605256
**Note 1 movement of funds**||**Restricted**
9,881.66
2,319.75
7,561.91|**Unrestricted**
46,606.59
57,476.22
10,869.63
-|**Total**
56,488.25
59,795.97|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||3,307.72
-|
|||||8,770.90
11,053.23
1,693.77|
|||||21,517.90
3,307.72
-|
|||||18,210.18
£|
Bank balances at 31st August 2025
|Nat West
No. 39605256
No. 05810388
No. 39605264|4,612.99
11,191.23
2,405.96|
|---|---|
||18,210.18
£|