_Bamber Bridge Pentecostal Church (Charity number 1092795) 214-216 Chorley Road, Walton-Le-Dale, Preston, PR5 4RL Annual report for the year ending 31st December 2023_ ## **Annual report:** **Bamber Bridge Pentecostal Church (Charity number 1092795)** ## **214-216 Chorley Road, Walton-Le-Dale, Preston, PR5 4RL** **Year ending 31st December 2023 (01[st] Jan’23 - 31 Dec’23)** **Report compiled March 2024 and reported to charity commission in April 2024 on line** _Page_ _**1** of_ _**6**_ _Bamber Bridge Pentecostal Church (Charity number 1092795) 214-216 Chorley Road, Walton-Le-Dale, Preston, PR5 4RL Annual report for the year ending 31st December 2023_ ## Table of contents **:** Table of contents........................................................................................................................2 Structure.................................................................................................................................... 3 Activities and Objectives............................................................................................................3 Achievements and Performance.................................................................................................4 Worship and Prayer.................................................................................................................4 Outreach................................................................................................................................. 4 Pastoral Care........................................................................................................................... 4 COVID response......................................................................................................................... 4 Other activities...........................................................................................................................4 Building maintenance.................................................................................................................5 Mission and Evangelism.............................................................................................................5 Future Church Planning..............................................................................................................5 _Page_ _**2** of_ _**6**_ _Bamber Bridge Pentecostal Church (Charity number 1092795) 214-216 Chorley Road, Walton-Le-Dale, Preston, PR5 4RL Annual report for the year ending 31st December 2023_ **Bamber Bridge Pentecostal Church (Charity number 1092795) 214-216 Chorley Road, Walton-Le-Dale, Preston, PR5 4RL Annual report for the year ending 31st December 2023 (01[st] Jan’23 - 31 Dec’23)** ## **Trustees during 2023:** Paul Nuttall – Treasurer Ahmad Saumtally – Chair & Church Secretary John Rogerson David Dobson John Whitham ## Structure Bamber Bridge Pentecostal Church is an independent Pentecostal Church. Trustees are appointed by the membership of the Church, in line with the characteristics set out in the Bible for Church leadership. In addition to the trustees there is a ministry team, who support the Church in its mission to share the Good News of Christ to the community. ## Activities and Objectives The key objective of the charity is the preaching and teaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ, seeking to display the love of Christ through mission and acts of practical application. The Church is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our Church and we have been present in our local community for over 50years. Our services and worship put faith into practice through fellowship, prayer, communion, scripture reading, music, praise and worship. When planning our activities for the year, the Church has considered the Charity Commissions guidance on public benefit and in particular, we strive to serve our community to help people live out their faith through: - Worship - Prayer - Bible teaching - Developing knowledge and trust in Jesus Christ - Pastoral care - Outreach / Mission to the community, local, national and internationally through prayer, practical application and financial giving to help support. - Community events Assets owned by the Charity include a Church building and minibus to facilitate this work. It is important that we maintain the fabric of the building and service of the minibus so the Charity pays costs and expenses for the operation and responsible and essential maintenance of its assets. The Building is used as a place of worship and to provide the various activities. The minibus is used for collecting Church members for Sunday Worship and children for youth work each Sunday and Wednesday, for Sunday School, the Children's group and youth work on Wednesday evening. _Page_ _**3** of_ _**6**_ _Bamber Bridge Pentecostal Church (Charity number 1092795) 214-216 Chorley Road, Walton-Le-Dale, Preston, PR5 4RL Annual report for the year ending 31st December 2023_ ## Achievements and Performance ## Worship and Prayer The Church offers a range of services during the week and over the course of the year for Christian spiritual worship of God the Father through His Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. The Sunday Services comprise of a Sunday morning communion service, usually followed by Sunday School and then an evening Gospel Service. Usually, a weekly prayer and bible study is held once per week as well as children's / youth meetings and periodic prayer meetings / outreach. In all services we encourage open audible and quiet individual prayer and worship, as attendees express their living and active Christian faith. As well as our regular services, we give the opportunity for people who attend the church from the surrounding community to celebrate and thank God at key milestones throughout their own personal life. This ranges from infant dedication to God and blessing (we thank God for the gift of life), believers' baptism (by full immersion), marriage as instituted by God in the bible, exchanging vows with God's blessing and at funeral services giving care to grieving family and friends. This is truly a cradle to grave service that is provided. ## Outreach A key aspect of our outreach is through our Sunday Gospel Service and Children’s work. The Church provides a weekly Sunday School and Wednesday youth & children's meeting, where children within the community are invited into the Church to learn about God’s love and the teachings of the Bible through song, prayer, bible stories. games and craft activities. As part of this work we offer annual events to celebrate the Children’s Youth Work through the, Sunday School anniversary, Christmas, Easter and a family service. In addition to our weekly Sunday School and Wednesday Youth meetings we have links with some of our local primary and secondary schools to support assemblies, allowing us to talk to the children about who the God of the Bible is and why he is so important to all of us. Each Christmas we invite members of the local community to a Christmas meal, with the Church youth serving a Christmas meal to elderly adults. This is provided to those who attend as a free gift and blessing. ## Pastoral Care At times, some members of our Church are unable to attend due to sickness or age. Members of our Church seek to provide appropriate prayer and companionship in their own homes to help encourage them and help them in their walk with God. ## Healthy and Safe Environment The church continues to provide a safe environment for all who attend for the services/events mentioned above. We continue to make use of online platforms (mainly zoom) to allow those who are unable to travel or unwell to continue to link into the meetings online. This has been very helpful for them to keep in touch and contact with friends and family. ## Other activities To provide fellowship within the church family, outreach and service to the community, the Church has several other activities that it normally undertakes during a typical year. Our usual activities are as follows:- - Week holiday in Bassenfell Cumbria for the church, youth and children (the charity pays for all food costs for the entire trip and provides transportation). This is particularly helpful to families who struggle to pay/afford. - Bank Holiday walks with transport provided for those that require it. - Mini bus is used on Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the meetings to pick up people on who do not have access to their own or public transport so easily. _Page_ _**4** of_ _**6**_ _Bamber Bridge Pentecostal Church (Charity number 1092795) 214-216 Chorley Road, Walton-Le-Dale, Preston, PR5 4RL Annual report for the year ending 31st December 2023_ - Sunday School trip which is fully funded by the church including Coach Transport, Food & Admission to venue. This is open to Sunday School Children and their families. - Youth summer barbecue, again all costs covered by the church charity. - Craft Day for all children and youth organised during School Holidays materials and food provided by church charity. - Occasional monthly ladies meeting which includes a day trip and Christmas meal funded by the Church. - Trip to Blackpool lights for youth and Church members. A trip to Blackpool, for an evening walk through the illuminations followed by a visit to McDonalds, transport and food snack all paid for by the church charity. - Christmas meal provided for approx. 50 guests – all paid for by the church charity. - Sunday School & Children’s Club Christmas Parties with gifts for each child attending. - Supported all transportation costs for older youth visiting bible conference in Scotland, which normally spans over a weekend in October. ## Building maintenance Maintenance to the building during 2023 has been minimal. We have carried out minor improvements including some internal painting and general cleaning / tidy up and the church remains in a good state of repair. In 2023, we replaced the gas combi boiler as the old one was problematic. ## Mission and Evangelism Helping those in need is a demonstration of our faith. The total gifts donated by the Church during 2023:- Mission Gifts paid in 2023 equals £9,967.00 (nine thousand, nine hundred and sixty seven pounds). All income recited is paid on an entirely voluntary basis via the church members through the church offering. ## Future Church Planning The Church continues to operate from its present location and building on Chorley Road, to carry the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the community in which it has been for over 50years. The Church continues to grow and the trustees and church as a whole agree how to best manage the finances and where the need is most. God has blessed us with good and healthy finances which we hope to use in the coming years to continue to operate as we have been doing, blessing our community and others further a- field as well as to consider building development/growth to either purchase new, a new site, or to develop the existing site we are on. We commit this The LORD God in prayer and see how he will lead us in the coming years. Mr A Saumtally _Page_ _**5** of_ _**6**_ _Bamber Bridge Pentecostal Church (Charity number 1092795) 214-216 Chorley Road, Walton-Le-Dale, Preston, PR5 4RL Annual report for the year ending 31st December 2023_ Chair and Church Secretary For and on behalf of the Trustees _Page_ _**6** of_ _**6**_ ## **BAMBER BRIDGE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** ## **PAGE 4** |**INCOMING RESOURCES**
Church oferings
Donations HOPE
Interest received
HMRC - Gift Aid Tax
Hall hire
Total incoming resources
**EXPENDITURE**
**Direct charitable expenditure:**
Childrens welfare
Missionary Gifts
Donations to appeals
**Management and administration:**
Advertising
Catering
Cleaning
Insurance
Ministry
Motor & travel
Pastoral
Accountancy
Repairs & maintentance
Stationery & books
Computer costs
Sundries
Sundries - church holiday contribution
Fire Conference
Telephone
Utilities
Professional Fees - Building
Premisies expenses
Hall Hire
Depreciation:
Fixtures & Equip
Computers
Motor Vehicles
HOPE expenditure
Total expenditure
Net incoming resources
TRANSFER OF FUNDS
NET INCOMING RESOURCES
after transfer of funds
FUND BALANCES BROUGHT FORWARD
Property revaluation adjustment
FUND BALANCES CARRIED FORWARD|**2023**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
49069
10793
0
59862
2272
8310
70
2592
2891
1054
1740
3912
0
550
2449
31
1056
1126
3430
0
216
3990
2274
95
0
739
997
304
40099
19763
0
19763
242971
0
262734|**2023**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
1657
0
1657
1657
1657
0
0
88
88|**2023**
**Designated**
**Investment**
**Funds**
**£**
2025
2025
0
2025
0
2025
182378
184403|**2023**
**£**
**50726**
**0**
**2025**
**10793**
**0**
**63544**
**2272**
**8310**
**1657**
**70**
**2592**
**2891**
**1054**
**1740**
**3912**
**0**
**550**
**2449**
**31**
**1056**
**1126**
**3430**
**0**
**216**
**3990**
**2274**
**95**
**0**
**0**
**739**
**997**
**304**
**0**
**41756**
**21789**
**0**
**21789**
**425435**
**0**
**447224**|**2022**
**£**
42105
0
205
9051
0| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||51361| ||||||2141
5350
0
57
1169
2620
940
1030
4189
0
550
1096
34
1391
1018
2996
675
270
2756
2754
64
0
0
869
997
405
4500| ||||||37872| ||||||13489
0| ||||||13489
411946
0| ||||||425435| **BAMBER BRIDGE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2023** |**BALANCE SHEET**||||||**PAGE 5**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2023**|||||||| ||||**2023**|||**2022**|| ||**NOTES**|**£**||**£**|**£**||**£**| |**FIXED ASSETS**|||||||| |Tangible assets|4|||**175931**|||177971| |Investments|5|||**184403**|||182378| |Total fxed assets||||**360334**|||360349| |**CURRENT ASSETS**|||||||| |Bank||**79617**|||55856||| |Cash||**2235**|||3285||| |Debtors - HMRC Gift Aid tax refund||**8120**|||6782||| |Prepayments
Total current assets
**SHORT TERM CREDITORS**
Accruals
2
Net current assets
**NET ASSETS**
**RESTRICTED FUNDS**
3
**DESIGNATED INCOME FUNDS**
3
**UNRESTRICTED INCOME FUNDS**
3|**917**
**90888**
**4000**|**86889**
**447224**
**88**
**184403**
**262734**
**447224**|1313
67235
2150|65085| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||425435| |||||88
182378
242971| |||||425435| |**BAMBER BRIDGE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH**|| |---|---| |**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**|**PAGE 6**| |**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023**|| |**1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**|| These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP and Regulations (2011) ## **Gifts** These are included in the accounts only when distributed by the charity. ## **Tangible fixed assets** Tangible fixed assets are included at cost or valuation less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided at the following rates in order to write off assets over their estimated useful lives: |Freehold buildinds|-|n/a| |---|---|---| |Computer equipment|-|20% on cost| |Other fxtures and equipment|-|15% on written down value| |Motor vehicles|-|25% on written down value| ## **2. EXPENDITURE** |These include:
**Accruals**
Independent Examination fee
Mission Gifts
Christmas Expediture & cleaning|**2023**
**£**
**550**
**3450**
**0**
**4000**|**2022**
**£**
550
1600
0| |---|---|---| |||2150| ## **3. DESIGNATED AND UNRESTRICTED FUNDS** The charity maintains a designated investment fund. Such funds are held in a bank investment. The purpose of this fund is to enable the charity to acquire another building or extend the current one and to replace a motor vehicle. ## **Fund movements** |**Fund movements**||| |---|---|---| |Incoming resources
Expenditure
Transfers
Asset revaluation
Net movement
Opening balance
Closing balance|**General**
**Restricted**
**Investment**
**fund**
**funds**
**fund**
**(designated)**
**£**
**£**
**£**
59862
1657
2025
-40099
-1657
0
0
0
0
19764
0
2025
242971
88
182378
262735
88
184403|**Total**
**£**
63545
-41756
0
0| |||21789
425435| |||447224| Transfers continue to be made for the purposes referred to above. ## **BAMBER BRIDGE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** ## **PAGE 7** ## **4. TANIBLE FIXED ASSETS** |Cost or valuation:
At 1st January 2023
Disposals
Revaluation
Additions
**As at 31st December 2023**
**Depreciation:**
At 1st January 2023
Disposal / Revaluation
Charge for year
At 31st December 2023
**Net book value:**
**At 31st December 2023**
At 1st January 2023
**Cost or valuation includes:**
At cost
At valuation|**Freehold**
**land &**
**buildings**
**£**
170000
0
**170000**
**0**
**170000**
170000
170000
170000|**Fixtures**
**Computers**
**&**
**equipment**
**£**
**£**
28637
4984
0
0
**28637**
**4984**
23712
3152
739
997
**24451**
**4149**
**4186**
**835**
4925
1832
27762
4984
875
28637
4984|**Motor**
**vehicles**
**£**
24654
**24654**
23440
304
**23744**
**910**
1214
24654
24654|**Total**
**£**
228275
0
0
0| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**228275**| |||||50304
0
2040| |||||**52344**| |||||**175931**
177971
57400
170875| |||||228275| Valuations are based on those carried out by Charles Parker Bennett in Novemeber 2019 ## **5. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENT (designated fund)** |**Bank deposit (U.K.)**
Balance at 1st January 2023
Deposits
Withdrawls
Interest
Balance at 31st December 2023|**2023**
**£**
**182378**
**0**
**0**
**2025**
**184403**|**2022**
**£**
182173
0
0
205| |---|---|---| |||182378| )vrl to ihc"I"ruslec'% q>f Ihc 'Il:i iii l)I r Ilriil i, l)cn IL'L ¢151411 C'h li rch I rLP()rt i)n IhL &iLciiuni% i)i- IhL l-rust for IIiL !'Lar LndL(I .1 I, I)L'cem￿r 2023. V¥hiLh arc sct oul (In pagL.s I ti) 7. Rc4peclii'c re*pon%ihilitic$ of tru$lec5 and eiamincr "hL charil!"'S Iru%lees arc rLsponsiblL' for th¢ prcparation i)r IhL' acL()unls. Tl)L Lliarils s Inistccs ci)n%idir ili.ll an audil 1% nol ri4uirLd for Ihis ) ear unJL'r seclion 144121 of Il)L ('hariliLs ALI 2011 IIIIL 11) I l ..Icl) and ihai an indcpL'ndcnl examination is ncLdcd. li 1% ni!, rL'sponsibilit!" lo: examine ihc accounls under seclion 145 of ihe ?01 l Act; to follom. Ihc procLdures laid dO￿n in ihc g¥cncral Direclions gii'en b). Ihe L haril) Commission undcr sL"clion 145(i)Ib) of the 2011 Act: and to slate ￿hether particular matters hai-e come lo m)" allenlion. Basis of independent examiner's report li. eNaminalion ilas Ca￿led out in accordance il'iih ihe gcneral Directions given b) IhL (."harilJ' Q onimission. An ciaminaiion include5 a rei'iei4' of ihe accounting records kept bN' Ihc charitN' and a comparison of thL accounts prL"senled ￿.]lh thosc rLx()rd5. li also includcs consideration oran), unusual ilems or di%closures in the accounts. and sccking c.xp1￿atI0nS from l'ou as IrustLes conccmingi an! SULh mailers. The procedures undertaken do not proi'idc all the ei'idenLL ih¢il ￿"Ou]d be rLquired in an audit and conscquenil!, no opinion is gii.en &s lo ii'heiher ihe accounls presenl a 'Irue and fair Vie￿ and ihe reprt is limiied io ihose mallers set oul in th¢ slalement belov¥'. Independent examiner's slatement In connection ￿"1th my examinalion. no mailer has come lo my attention: I l ) ￿.hiC17 gil'es me reasonable cause lo b¢liei'e that in an). malerial respect ihe requirements.. io keep accounling records in accordance ii'ith section 130 of the 2011 Act. and to pr¢par¢ accounls ii,hich accord i%'ith the accounting records and compl!, ￿1th the accounling requiremenls of the 201 l Acl have not been met; or 12} to M hich. in my opinion. aiiention should be drdwn in order to enable a proper understandingj or th¢ accounts to be reach¢d. I r P Dug,dale IMAAT PND Accounlin&' Collon Court. Church Street. PrL¥lOn. L￿L&L5h1r¢ PRI 3BY Dalc: 15 March 2024