Our church continues to grow and since the last report we have continued to be blessed by new families with children joining our congregation and further expansion of ministries. Over the past year the group for secondary school age children called Youth Alive has continued to meet regularly and they went on a week long trip during last year.
Our Care Groups have continued to meet regularly every week, with members supporting each other in study of the scripture and discussion and also prayer. We continue to hold our usual weekly Sunday communion services and evening prayer meetings. We also do community outreach via our weekly coffee morning.
Our WoW Group (Women of Wellspring) has continued to flourish and in the autumn, paintings by the Women of Wellspring were put together and the Church opened on a Saturday as an Art Gallery so that the public could view the paintings and buy them if they wanted to do so. The Men of Wellspring have come together for a breakfast.
The Church property in Erith continues to be rented by the tenant who has been in place since 2018. The property is a two bedroom terraced house with a small conservatory and a garden. There have been problems with rent arrears and the tenant has been issued with an eviction notice.
The Church Building needs some repairs, the most significant being a need for electrical rewiring which we still need to get done. Smaller repairs to the lights in the main sanctuary have been carried out. We have needed to update the digital equipment that we use for our Church Services and we took a special offering and managed to raise some money towards this while the remainder was paid from Church funds and a new sound desk is shortly to be installed.
We thank and praise God for the work that he is doing in our church: for the new people that he is bringing in; for those of our congregation who help in Sunday school; those who provide hospitality after each weekly church service by making cups of tea and coffee and providing light refreshments; those who help to keep the church clean and in other ways maintain the building; those who help out with the various ministries. We are very grateful to our worship team.
Wellspring Pentecostal Church
Statement of Receipts and Payments
| Receipts SC Salaries and Related Costs GA Gift Aid GR Gift Aid Tax Reclaims CO Communications OF Offerings CB Church Building Running Costs MB Manse EV Community Outreach WM Church Ministries MT Tithe to Missions OE Office Equipment BA Banking MS Miscellaneous BF Benevolent Fund WC Wellspring Café TR Training and Conferences (of which in respect of restricted income) Reconciliation against sum F01 British Gas F03 Water Rates BR Building Repairs CI Church Insurance TV TV Licence F11 Income from Manse MI Manse Insurance MM Manse Maintenance MU Manse Miscellaneous Net Total Church Building Running Costs |
01/04/2024 31/03/2025 Payments 1,500.00 SC Salaries and Related Costs 28,593.00 LM Licences and Membership 9,392.68 VS Visiting Speakers - CO Communications 8,492.86 OF Offerings - CB Church Building Running Costs 13,401.16 MB Manse - EV Community Outreach 5,332.73 WM Church Ministries 20.00 MT Tithe to Missions - OE Office Equipment 40.87 BA Banking 156.12 MS Miscellaneous - BF Benevolent Fund 69.85 WC Wellspring Café 197.12 TR Training and Conferences PC Petty Cash 67,196.39 5578.73 67,196.39 13401.16 0.00 0.00 0.00 13401.16 13009.10 to 1848.5298 Manse Income and Running Costs Communications |
33,645.41 2,937.68 280.00 1,566.87 - 17,100.40 392.06 22.00 6,202.94 4,105.00 693.85 60.00 3,576.94 - - 1,916.00 - |
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| 72,499.15 | ||
| 72,499.15 3237.22 747.34 11685.80 1258.79 171.25 |
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| 17100.40 | ||
| 0.00 392.06 0.00 0.00 |
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| 392.06 | ||
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| 01/04/2024 31/03/2025 to Statement of Receipts and Payments F02 Telephone & Internet W01 Website W02 Website Address Renewal LE Leaflets and Signs S01 Salary S02 HMRC S04 Pension Contribution S05 Salary advance loan F05 Travel Expenses E02 Magazines E03 Advertising FB Food Bank E01 Literature FC Wellspring Football F10 ACAT Membership CC CCLI Membership FI Fire Inspection CT Churches Together in Welling BV BVSC Membership F07 ThirtyOneEight Membership CP Creation Software ZM Zoom GL Licences F04 AOG Tithe Community Outreach Licences and Membership Training and Conferences Salary Related Costs |
1018.80 385.00 163.07 0.00 |
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| 1566.87 | |
| 23714.64 7733.96 1838.16 -1500.00 358.65 |
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| 32145.41 | |
| 0.00 22.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 |
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| 22.00 | |
| 22.00 436.72 240.32 50.00 0.00 150.00 0.00 311.76 0.00 1726.88 |
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| 2937.68 | |
AC Area Conference
1596.00
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| Wellspring Pentecostal Church | |
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| 01/04/2024 31/03/2025 to Statement of Receipts and Payments TC Training MH Hardware ST Stationery & Office Supplies OP Peripherals OF Office Furniture / Equipment Miscellaneous M01 Accountancy / Legal M02 Music / Worship Items M03 Communion Wine M05 Miscellaneous Items M06 Paypal Giving 0.00 HS Hospitality 0.00 Net Total Office Equipment |
122.88 |
| 1718.88 | |
| 249.71 170.74 273.40 0.00 |
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| 693.85 | |
| 330.00 223.81 208.93 2623.08 0.00 35.00 |
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| 3420.82 | |
| 3420.82 |
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the directors Wellspring Pentecostal Church of ~~Pr~~ On accounts for the year 31 March 2025 Charity 1054381 ended no. ~~eeee ee~~ Set out on pages ~~Ps~~ Respective The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. responsibilities of The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year directors and examiner under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
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to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
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• to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
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Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general directions given examiner’s statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a 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 the 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.
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
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Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
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examiner's statement 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
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have not been met; or
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to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Date: 14/7/25 ~~—~~
Name: Helen Dale ~~Cn~~ Relevant professional ACA qualification(s) or body (if any): ~~a~~
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Address: 10a High Street, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 5AN
Section B Disclosure
Give here brief details of None any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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