**REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 06421374 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1122138**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT AND**
**UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **FOR**
## **BESSACARR EVANGELICAL CHURCH**
Xeinadin Sidings House Sidings Court Lakeside Doncaster South Yorkshire DN4 5NU
**BESSACARR EVANGELICAL CHURCH**
**CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
||**Page**||
|---|---|---|
|**Reference and Administrative Details**|1||
|**Trustees' Report**|2 to|3|
|**Independent Examiner's Report**|4||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**|5||
|**Statement of Financial Position**|6 to|7|
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|8 to|13|
**BESSACARR EVANGELICAL CHURCH**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**TRUSTEES**|H V Arnett|
|---|---|
||C N Axelby|
||J A Edmonds|
||M A Harewood|
||S J Mair|
||L G A Potts|
||P Tan|
|**COMPANY SECRETARY**|C N Axelby|
|**REGISTERED OFFICE**|Bessacarr Evangelical Church|
||Bessacarr Lane Bessacarr|
||Doncaster|
||South Yorkshire|
||DN4 7PT|
|**REGISTERED COMPANY**|06421374 (England and Wales)|
|**NUMBER**||
|**REGISTERED CHARITY**|1122138|
|**NUMBER**||
|**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER**|Xeinadin|
||Sidings House|
||Sidings Court|
||Lakeside|
||Doncaster|
||South Yorkshire|
||DN4 5NU|
|**SOLICITORS**|Anthony Collins Solicitors, Birmingham.|
|**BANKERS**|National Westminster, 12 High Street,|
||Doncaster, DN1 1ED|
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**BESSACARR EVANGELICAL CHURCH (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06421374)**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objectives and aims**
The Company’s Object is the advancement anywhere in the world of the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Faith.
## **Public benefit**
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in the section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit. The purpose of the Charity is enshrined in its objects as outlined above. The trustees ensure that this is carried out for the public benefit.
## **BEC Annual Report 2024/25**
In 2025, Bessacarr Evangelical Church joyfullymarked its 50th anniversary. To celebrate this special milestone, we held an anniversary weekend where past and present members of our church familygathered to give thanks and praise to God for His goodness and faithfulness throughout the past fifty years.
Sunday morning services continue to run at Hall Cross along with various Sunday school groups (Crèche, Searchers, Adventurers and Axis). The Bible teaching has included series in Luke, Psalms and Revelation.
The Sunday evening service also continues at BEC. Part of the service includes a ministry update slot where we hear from a mission partner or someone in the church family who is involved in a specific church ministry. We also set aside services from time to time to look at a 'Big Issue' and see how the Bible speaks into it; topics include Addiction and Guidance.
Prayer meetings continue on Wednesday lunchtime, Friday morning via zoom and the last Tuesday of every month for Altogether Prayer. BEC continues to prayerfully and financiallysupport a variety of mission work both at home and abroad.
Small groups continue to meet in a variety of different locations throughout the week. Over the past year we've studied 2 Timothy and Tony Merida's book 'Gather.'
The church continues to seek to connect with and serve the community. The Open the Book team delivers assemblies at four local primary schools. Xcite, Ignite and Crossover, our children's and youth club, continue with a good number of young people from the community and church family. Wednesday Fellowship meets monthly to support seniors within the church family and community. The weekly Community Coffee Morning continues to meet every Wednesday and is attracting more folks from the vicinity.
The staff team, Elders and Deacons remain unchanged from last year. The church continues to take its safeguarding responsibilities very seriously. This includes running safeguarding training sessions for relevant members of the church family. The church's financial position continues to be healthy due to the generosity of the congregation.
In all things we continue to look to God for guidance and seek to honour him in all we do.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Reserves policy**
It is the Trustees’ policy to maintain a general fund equivalent to at least 6 months of anticipated general expenditure. At 31st March 2025, the general funds stood at £228,402 (excluding fixed assets). This represents approximately 12 months of anticipated general expenditure.
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**BESSACARR EVANGELICAL CHURCH (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06421374)**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Going concern**
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governance**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.
The Church’s governing documents are its statement of Faith and the Memorandum and Articles of Association of Bessacarr Evangelical Church.
Under charity law, the Elders and Ministers of the church are Trustees and are elected by the church membership. The elders continue to serve in this capacity until they resign by virtue of age or illness.
The Company members are the Trustees, the elected deacons of the church and one co-opted church member. Deacons serve for three years and are then eligible for re-election.
The Board meets monthly chaired by the joint Pastors and the company members meet annually and this meeting is chaired by the Church Secretary.
## **Charity constitution**
Bessacarr Evangelical Church was incorporated as a Limited Company on 8th November 2007 (Company No: - 6421374) and registered as a Charity on 31st December 2007 (No:-1122138).
## **Staff and volunteers**
The company employs four staff and the Trustees make gifts available to individuals engaged in work in the UK and abroad who are involved in advancing the Christian Faith.
## **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 reasonable assurance against fraud and error.
## **BOARD MEMBERS**
In addition to the above trustees the Company members are:
Howard Wickham Treasurer Timothy Lawrence Charles Mitchell David Fawkes Katherine Wright Raymond Leggett Ryan Price Simon McConway
Nov 10, 2025
Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by:
Chris Axelby Chris Axelby (Nov 10, 2025 19:42:32 GMT)
.....................................................................
C N Axelby - Trustee
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**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF BESSACARR EVANGELICAL CHURCH**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Bessacarr Evangelical Church ('the Company')**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligiblefor independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicableto charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## Claire Docherty
Claire Docherty (Nov 11, 2025 09:41:39 GMT)
Claire Docherty FCCA
Xeinadin Sidings House Sidings Court Lakeside Doncaster South Yorkshire DN4 5NU
Nov 11, 2025 Date: .............................................
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**BESSACARR EVANGELICAL CHURCH**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**fund**
Notes
**£**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations & offerings
**259,109**
Investment income
3
**3,132**
**Total**
**262,241**
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
Ministry, Youth work & other
**234,909**
Exceptional
**-**
**Total**
**234,909**
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
**27,332**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
**348,858**
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**376,190**|2024
Total
funds
£
205,972
1,575
207,547
223,303
8,292
231,595
(24,048)
372,906
348,858|
|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**BESSACARR EVANGELICAL CHURCH (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06421374)**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 31 MARCH 2025**
|Notes
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
10
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
11
Investments
12
Cash at bank
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
13
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS**
14
Unrestricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|**2025**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**147,788**
**14,763**
**99,674**
**115,707**
**230,144**
**(1,742)**
**228,402**
**376,190**
**376,190**
**376,190**
**376,190**|2024
Total
funds
£
149,060
10,156
96,542
94,885
201,583
(1,785)
199,798
348,858
348,858
348,858
348,858|
|---|---|---|
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
(a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
- (b) preparing financialstatements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **BESSACARR EVANGELICAL CHURCH (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06421374)**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION - continued 31 MARCH 2025**
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on Nov 10, 2025............................................. and were signed on its behalf by:
## Chris Axelby
Chris Axelby (Nov 10, 2025 19:42:32 GMT)
............................................. C N Axelby - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**BESSACARR EVANGELICAL CHURCH**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **1. STATUTORY INFORMATION**
Bessacarr Evangelical Church is an independent evangelicalchurch. It is a private company limited by guarantee and without a share capital, registered in England and Wales. The registered office is at Bessacarr Evangelical Church, Bessacarr Lane Bessacarr, Doncaster DN4 7PT.
## **2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicablein the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The FinancialReporting Standard applicablein the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of FinancialActivities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Freehold property - not provided Fixtures and fittings - 25% on cost
## **Taxation**
The Charity is exempt from corporation tax on income and gains falling within Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010, to the extent that these are applied to its charitable purposes.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits**
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
## **Current asset investments**
Current asset investments comprise of cash deposits held at cost.
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**BESSACARR EVANGELICAL CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **3. INVESTMENT INCOME**
|Deposit account interest
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
Auditors' remuneration
Depreciation - owned assets
**TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
Trustees' salaries
Trustees' pension contributions to money purchase schemes|**2025**
**£**
**3,132**
**2025**
**£**
**1,140**
**1,272**
**2025**
**£**
**69,000**
**2,822**
**71,822**|2024
£
1,575
2024
£
1,140
1,735
2024
£
66,390
2,696|
|---|---|---|
|||69,086|
## **4. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
## **5. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
Two directors are also employees and were remunerated under powers in the governing documents.
## **Trustees' expenses**
Trustee expenses during the financialyear totalled £NIL (2024: £NIL). No other related party transactions were identified.
## **6. STAFF COSTS**
|Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
Staff|**2025**
**£**
**114,148**
**5,830**
**4,484**
**124,462**
**2025**
**4**|2024
£
107,308
5,193
4,265|
|---|---|---|
|||116,766|
|||2024
4|
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
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**BESSACARR EVANGELICAL CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **7. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
||Unrestricted|
|---|---|
||fund|
||£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**||
|Donations & offerings|205,972|
|Investment income|1,575|
|**Total**|207,547|
|**EXPENDITURE ON**||
|**Charitable activities**||
|Ministry, Youth work & other|223,303|
|Exceptional|8,292|
|**Total**|231,595|
|**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**|(24,048)|
|**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**||
|Total funds brought forward|372,906|
|**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|348,858|
## **8. TRANSFER AGREEMENT**
A legally binding agreement between the charity (the transferee) and the trustees of a charitable unincorporated association (the transferors) was entered into, whereby on the"effective date" being the close of business on 31 March 2008, all the property assets and rights held on behalf of the unincorporated association by the transferors were duly transferred to the charity. The agreement provided for this to include the liabilities,but to be otherwise free from all liens, charges, encumbrances, equities and claims of any kind whatsoever.
## **9. GRACE CHURCH**
In the financial year ended 31 March 2023 the charity incorporated Bessacarr Evangelical Church and Grace Church in Doncaster. From 1st April 2024 Grace Church is registered and undertakes its charitable activities independently.
Grace Church's funds totalling £8,292 were transferred as at 1 April 2024. The trustees do not consider this to have any material affect on the Charity continuing as a going concern.
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**BESSACARR EVANGELICAL CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **10. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
|Freehold
property
£
**COST**
At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025
**147,216**
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 April 2024
**-**
Charge for year
**-**
At 31 March 2025
**-**
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 31 March 2025
**147,216**
At 31 March 2024
147,216
**11.**
**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Other debtors
**12.**
**CURRENT ASSET INVESTMENTS**
Unlisted investments||Fixtures
and
fittings
£
**47,684**
**45,840**
**1,272**
**47,112**
**572**
1,844
**2025**
**£**
**14,763**
**2025**
**£**
**99,674**|Totals
£
**194,900**|Totals
£
**194,900**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**45,840**
**1,272**||
||||**47,112**||
||||**147,788**||
||||149,060||
|||||2024
£
10,156|
|||||2024
£
96,542|
At the balance sheet date, the charity held £99,674 (2024: £96,542) as cash equivalents on deposit. The trustees consider the deposits low-risk and liquid, the income generated to be used to support the charity's long term objectives.
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**BESSACARR EVANGELICAL CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
|Accrued expenses
**14.**
**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
At 1.4.24
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**348,858**
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**348,858**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
resources
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**262,241**
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**262,241**
**Comparatives for movement in funds**
At 1.4.23
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
372,906
**TOTAL FUNDS**
372,906
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
resources
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
207,547
**TOTAL FUNDS**
207,547|**2025**
2024
**£**
£
**1,742**
1,785
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.3.25
£
£
**27,332**
**376,190**
**27,332**
**376,190**
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
**(234,909)**
**27,332**
**(234,909)**
**27,332**
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.3.24
£
£
(24,048)
348,858
(24,048)
348,858
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(231,595)
(24,048)
(231,595)
(24,048)|
|---|---|
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**BESSACARR EVANGELICAL CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At 1.4.23
£
372,906
372,906|Net
movement
in funds
£
3,284
3,284|At
31.3.25
£
376,190|
|---|---|---|---|
||||376,190|
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
469,788
469,788|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(466,504)
3,284
(466,504)
3,284|
|---|---|---|
## **15. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2025.
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