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2025-12-31-accounts

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 2025

Annual report:

Bamber Bridge Pentecostal Church (Charity number 1092795)

214-216 Chorley Road, Walton-Le-Dale, Preston, PR5 4RL

Year ending 31st December 2025 (01[st] Jan’25 - 31 Dec’25)

Report compiled May/June 2026 and reported to charity commission in June 2026 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 2025

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 2025

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 2025

Trustees during 2025:

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 2025

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 2025

Building maintenance

Maintenance to the building during 2025 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. We made plans to do more maintenance in 2026 as agreed at the AGM and we will update on this in our 2026 year end report.

Mission and Evangelism

Helping those in need is a demonstration of our faith. ’ The total gifts donated by the Church during 2025 up to Dec 25:-

Mission Gifts paid in 2025 equals £6,973.00 (six thousand nine hundred and seventy three 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 2025

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INCOMING RESOURCES
Church oferings
Interest received
HMRC - Gif Aid Tax
Hall hire
Total incoming resources
EXPENDITURE
Direct charitable expenditure:
Childrens welfare
Missionary Gifs
Donatons to appeals
Management and administraton:
Advertsing
Catering
Cleaning
Insurance
Ministry
Motor & travel
Pastoral
Accountancy
Repairs & maintentance
Statonery & books
Computer costs
Sundries
Sundries - church holiday contributon
Fire Conference
Utlites
Professional Fees - Building
Safe guarding checks
Premisies expenses
Depreciaton:
Fixtures & Equip
Computers
Motor Vehicles
Total expenditure
Net incoming resources
TRANSFER OF FUNDS
NET INCOMING RESOURCES
afer transfer of funds
FUND BALANCES BROUGHT FORWARD
Property revaluaton adjustment
FUND BALANCES CARRIED FORWARD		 2025
Unrestricted
Funds
£
73966
2911
15597
150
92624
3956
6973
0
2296
3256
1220
2430
4211
0
600
394
426
1129
1199
4274
590
3382
30
399
0
534
0
171
2316
39785
52839
0
52839
296622
0
349461		 2025
Designated
Investment
Funds
£
605
605
0
605
0
605
186631
187236		 2025
£
73966
3516
15597
150
93229
3956
6973
0
0
2296
3256
1220
2430
4211
0
600
394
426
1129
1199
4274
590
3382
30
399
0
0
534
0
171
2316
39787
53444
0
53444
483253
0
536698		 2024
£
58283
2993
12642
300
74218
3237
3908
0
0
2637
3405
1111
1115
4221
0
600
494
0
1256
1606
4696
967
3837
1594
0
1816
0
628
835
228
0
38190
36028
0
36028
447224
0
483253

BAMBER BRIDGE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2025
NOTES
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
4
Investments
5
Total fxed assets
CURRENT ASSETS
Bank
Cash
Debtors - HMRC Gif 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		 2025
£
£
173535
187236
360771
160807
2430
10051
3793
177082
1156
175926
536698
0
187236
349461
536698		 PAGE 5
2024
£
£
174240
186631
360870
110925
1568
9350
1138
122980
600
122381
483252
0
186631
296622
483252		 PAGE 5
2024
£
£
174240
186631
360870
110925
1568
9350
1138
122980
600
122381
483252
0
186631
296622
483252
360870
122381
483252
0
186631
296622
483252

BAMBER BRIDGE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2025

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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 fxtures and equipment - 15% on writen down value
Motor vehicles - 25% on writen down value

2. EXPENDITURE

These include:

Accruals
Independent Examinaton fee
Gas
Christmas Expediture & cleaning		 2025
£
600
556
1156		 2024
£
60
60

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

Incoming resources
Expenditure
Transfers
Asset revaluaton
Net movement
Opening balance
Closing balance		 General
fund
£
92624
-39785
52839
296622
349461		 Restricted
Investment
funds
fund
(designated)
£
£
0
605
0
0
605
186631
0
187236		 Total
£
93230
-39785
53445
483253
536698

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 2025

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4. TANIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Cost or valuaton:
At 1st January 2025
Disposals
Revaluaton
Additons
As at 31st December 2025
Depreciaton:
At 1st January 2025
Disposal / Revaluaton
Charge for year
At 31st December 2025
Net book value:
At 31st December 2025
At 1st January 2025
Cost or valuaton includes:
At cost
At valuaton		 Freehold
land &
buildings
£
170000
170000
0
170000
170000
170000
170000		 Fixtures
&
equipment
£
28637
28637
25079
534
25613
3024
3558
27762
875
28637		 Computers
£
4984
4984
4984
4984
0
0
4984
4984		 Motor
vehicles
£
24654
24654
23972
171
24143
511
682
24654
24654		 Total
£
228275
228275
54035
705
54740
173535
174240
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 2025
Deposits
Withdrawls
Interest
Balance at 31st December 2025		 2025
£
186631
0
0
605
187236		 2024
£
184403
0
0
2228
186631

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