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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 2024

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Bamber Bridge Pentecostal Church (Charity number 1092795)

214-216 Chorley Road, Walton-Le-Dale, Preston, PR5 4RL Year ending 31st December 2024 (01[st] Jan’24 - 31 Dec’24)

Report compiled Apr-May 2025 and reported to charity commission in June 2025 on line

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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 2024

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 Healthy and Safe Environment ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Other activities .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Building maintenance ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 Mission and Evangelism .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Future Church Planning..................................................................................................................................................... 5

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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 2024

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 2024 (01[st] Jan’24 - 31 Dec’24)

Trustees during 2024:

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:

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.

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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 2024

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:-

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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 2024

Building maintenance

Maintenance to the building during 2024 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 2024 up to Dec’24:-

Mission Gifts paid in 2024 equals £3,908.00 (three thousand, nine hundred and eight 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

Chair and Church Secretary

For and on behalf of the Trustees

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BAMBER BRIDGE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024

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INCOMING RESOURCES
Church offerings
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
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		 2024
Unrestricted
Funds
£
58283
765
12642
300
71990
3237
3908
0
2637
3405
1111
1115
4221
0
600
494
0
1256
1606
4696
967
0
3837
1594
1816
628
835
228
38190
33800
0
33800
88
262734
0
296622		 2024
Restricted
Funds
£
0
0
0
0
-88
88
0		 2024
Designated
Investment
Funds
£
2228
2228
0
2228
0
2228
184403
186631		 2024
£
58283
2993
12642
300
74218
3237
3908
0
0
2637
3405
1111
1115
4221
0
600
494
0
1256
1606
4696
967
0
3837
1594
1816
0
628
835
228
0
38192
36028
0
36028
447224
0
483253		 2023
£
50726
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
739
997
304
0
41756
21789
0
21789
425435
0
447224

BAMBER BRIDGE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2024

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NOTES
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
4
Investments
5
Total fixed assets
CURRENT ASSETS
Bank
Cash
Debtors - HMRC Gift Aid tax refund
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		 £
£
174240
186631
360870
110925
1568
9350
1138
122981
600
122382
483253
0
186631
296622
483253
2024		 £
£
175931
184403
360334
79617
2235
8120
917
90888
4000
86889
447224
88
184403
262734
447224
2023		 £
£
175931
184403
360334
79617
2235
8120
917
90888
4000
86889
447224
88
184403
262734
447224
2023
360334
86889
447224
88
184403
262734
447224

BAMBER BRIDGE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024

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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 fixtures and equipment - 15% on written down value
Motor vehicles - 25% on written down value

2. EXPENDITURE

These include:

These include:
Accruals
Independent Examination fee
Mission Gifts
Christmas Expediture & cleaning		 2024
£
600
0
0
600		 2023
£
550
3450
0
4000

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
fund
£
71990
-38190
88
0
33888
262734
296622		 Restricted
funds
£
0
0
-88
-88
88
0		 Investment
fund
(designated)
£
2228
0
0
2228
184403
186631		 Total
£
74219
-38190
0
0
36029
425435
483253

Transfers continue to be made for the purposes referred to above.

BAMBER BRIDGE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PAGE 7 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024

4. TANIBLE FIXED ASSETS Freehold Fixtures Computers Motor Total land & & vehicles buildings equipment

£
£
£
Cost or valuation:
At 1st January 2024
170000
28637
4984
Disposals
Revaluation
0
Additions
0
0
As at 31st December 2024
170000
28637
4984
Depreciation:
At 1st January 2024
24451
4149
Disposal / Revaluation
Charge for year
628
835
At 31st December 2024
0
25079
4984
Net book value:
At 31st December 2024
170000
3558
0
At 1st January 2024
170000
4186
835
Cost or valuation includes:
At cost
27762
4984
At valuation
170000
875
170000
28637
4984
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 2024
Deposits
Withdrawls
Interest
Balance at 31st December 2024		 £
24654
24654
23744
228
23972
682
910
24654
24654
2024
£
184403
0
0
2228
186631		 £
228275
0
0
0
228275
52344
0
1691
54035
174240
175931
57400
170875
228275
2023
£
182378
0
0
2025
184403

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