Thornhill Baptist Church
Reports & Accounts
Financial Year Ending 3111212024
Contsnts
, Legal & Adminlstrati%• Deta118
Trustees. Report
' Independent Examlne¢8 Report
Statement of Flnand81 Acllviles
| 8alarKo Sheet
Note8 - ACC￿nting Poliaes
i Notes- Analy818 of Incoffe & Expenditure
,' Notes. Analysis of Net Assets Belween Funds
Note8- Other
10-12
13-14
15
16-20

Legal & Administrative Details
Charity Name:
Thornhill Bap￿St Church
Charity Number. 1128884
Chanty Address.. Thomhill Bapts'st Church
Thomhill Park Road
Southampton
S018 5fR
Trustees..
Rev Paul Vssw￿l
Rev Astrid Vaswani
Kerstin Goodall
Dr Sar8 Sealey
Eve Carter
Gina CrO￿rOfi
Karen Clarke
Anne-mafle Lee-cann
Sandy Ainslie (Apwnted 2110512024)
Stacey Dalipè (Resign￿1 1510412024)
Key
Managemènt
Personnel:
During 2024 tho church wa8 run on day to day bad$ by the Mini8ty
Team whid) ¢on8i8t8d d:
Ministry Team Laeder and Youth Mini8tsr
Communrty arKI Pastoral Minister
Children's and Famlly Worf(er
The Children's and Famity Worker reslgned In September 2024 and th18
post femained vacant for the remainder of the year.
Th8 Ministy Team are aC￿￿ntaNe to the Trustees. The Ministry Team
Leajer arKI Youth Minister and the Communty and Pastoral Minister are
also Trustees.
Name &
Address of
Primary Banker.
Uoyds Bank PLC
413 BFtterne Road
8itteme
Southampton
S018 1DA

Independent
Examiner.
Ja80n Foxwell FCCA FCIÉ
PO 8ox 9846
Poole
BH15 9JZ

Trustees, Report
ObJocts of the charlty
The obje(ts of the chaiity are 88 belfm and 88t out in more detail in the GovemirKJ Document.
The prinaw purpose of lh8 Church is the adv￿ceMent of the Christian faith according to the
prfnciples of the Baptist denomination. The Churth may also adva￿ education and carry out
other charitable purposes in ts United Kingdom andlor other parts of Ihe worfd. The aim is to
sh¢yw the love of Jesus Christ in both Y￿rd and deed and to bn'ng peotAe into a doser relats'onship
with Him as living Lord.
The mission state￿Ent a￿UratelY refie(as the actiyibes that en(Jmpass the lulfilment of the charlty
aims. The mission state￿￿nt is". "Ordinary people. ma￿.ng an extraordinary Gryj knuwn. Come as
you are. Join in. Be transformed."
The Trustees confim) that they have taken into ar£ount the Chanty Commission's general
guidance on wblic bemfrt when rnMebYitYJ the mission, purp08e and objectives and in carying out
the Church actilthies. They have cOThJ￿1ed that tho Church operate8 in compliance wlth the88
guSdelinos.
summary of th• charws maln actlvlll•s and •Ghl•vemonts
As a churth li 18 not our pr*ice to ertt*r sat or focus on quanffiable expre38ion8 of performance.
Instead, we prefer lo describe progre8s in terns of largely quallfiable expressions Such a8 the
transfomiation of individuals, liv88 a8 they leam more aboui the love of Jesus and *art to want to
follow His exampl6 in they live. Any degree of Ch￿ge 18 dep8nd*tt on the vivwpoint of the
Obsep￿r.
In addition to Sunday 8érvlc•8, both in person 8nd onlinè, and associated chlldren's provislon
wlde range of midweek ￿t[kn￿be8 are fimily esiabli8hed and o)ntinue to flourish. Many of these
actiwtios are open to anyone from our l¢xal comrThJnty, irrespxts.ve of whether they wou
con8ider themsdves to be affiliated with the church or not. As well as the wular weekly activiti'es
for children and young people we al80 ran our annual Youih Weekend Away event, an Easter
Holiday Club for primary W children. a Family Fun Day and facilrtataj young people in attendlng
Christian Summer Camp8.
Our Well Belng Calé, F￿)d Hub, Coffee and Bchv18 and the various youth and childrnn's groups all
continue to be popu18r within the local communty. We have extended our caf8 provision to
welcome pafents whilst the Friday evening Child￿,$ aCts'V￿ dub runs and again during the annual
Easter Holiday Club. Ongoing communty relab'onships are continually fostered and advan¢xl
en8bling the church to beco￿￿ a focus for communty-focused events and seNices such as havlng
social prescribers atterKling our Well Being Cafe to probide ad￿￿ and introducing SPEAK
language sessions. Alongside our weekly Food Hub. we introduced a monthly communty lunch
which provides a free t#)t meal to a handtul of pewe in local (x)mmunty. Discussions will be
had in 2025 as to whether to expwld this provision.
We ccmtinue to en￿Urage people to see thern8d￿ as part crf a church family rather than "dients.
of various sep¥ices that we offer. and where possible we en￿Urage nEAyX)￿rS trj join in. serving
within one of our teams or becoming invokved with wider church lrfe and actiiities. The church is
fortunate to have many people who give of their time to volunteer in various aspects of the running
of the church. There is a paid slaff team who undertake the core ministry and administration of the

diurch bul many volunteers help resour(* all aspects of running the church's *ivilies both mid-
week and on Sundays.
The church family grew during the year with a number of new memberyJ and bapti8ms. We
continue to work in partnership wrth other local thurches and have a good relationship with our
local schools, tsking aSSeM￿leS and seasonal services.
During 2024 we Continued to consider a Fossible building project to create mre flexibility in how
the premises may be used and to be able to offer increasing ￿rnMunty focused athvities. The
church membership •3reed to apwnt arthrtects to prepare some fully costed plans to better
infom) the next stage of decision making in this resF*d. This process wbll continue into 2025.
In ￿ann1Nd the acl¢vilies, the tru8tees have appli￿1 the guidance on public benefrt Issued by the
Charity Commission.
Structure, Govomance and Managem•nt
Thomhill Baptist Church was established by a charitable trust deed In 1950 and reg18tered as an
independent charlty in 2008.
The Trustees and Mini8tern (both Mini8tern ar• 8180 Tft￿ for a8 long as the8e role8 arn held)
who $8p4ed during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial 8tatement8 were..
Paul Vaswani
Ministy Team Leader & Y¢xrth Minl8ter
Astrid Vaswani
Community & Pastoral Minister
Kerstin Goodall
S8ra Sealey
Eve Carter
Gina Crowcroft
Karen Clarke
Ann&Marie Le&Cann
Sandy Ainslie
Stacey Dalipe
Treasurer
Secretsry
(Appointed 21 May 2024)
(Resigned15 April 2024)
Tru8tee8 are nominated for election from the membership by a mlnimum of three proposers.
Trustees are apFrf)inted for a tenn of three years by a ￿te of at least 66% of voting members.
Trustees are apwrrted for an initial terni of three years, and b8 reappointed ft)r a further three
y88ts. Other Ihan tha Church Secr•tary and Trea8ur•r po#ition8, all Trustees may 3errfe no longer
than a ￿)ntInuOuS 8ix year period. The TNStees and Minl*ers for the year are 118￿ abova.
The training of Trustees is discussed at their meettngs and ￿ church lyjdget includes prow5￿n
for the costs of 8ny wulred trainir¥J to be mel.
Flnanclal Revlow
The church deriNp8 74% of its income directly from the generosty of its members and regular
worshippers wa fegular donalions. The r&naining 26% comes predominately from Gfft Aid, hall
hire and rental income. Donations 3UPPOrt charitable xtivity at the church . with the main overh8ad
being salaries. Totsl in1￿me in the year was £237.781, 3.3% higher th￿ the premous year {2023 -
£230,212). [jon￿'On and legacy incoThE for the year was £175,186. 1.7%1(y*er than the pre￿ouS
year (2023 - £178.197). There no legaoes re¢xived during the year. charital￿e activity
income comprises hall hire income and other income from mid-week a#ivities (such as the Well
Being cafe, food hub, loddler group) lotalling £22,307 of unrestricled in(x)me and £11,415 of

restricted funds during the year (2023- t19,483 unrestricted and £S,534 restricted). The restrided
income represents amourrts received for SFeafic experKliture such as the youth weekend away
and yOLrth summer camps as VAI as don*'ons received 4)gifically to support other third party
organisations with similar charitable obpdives.
Investment in(xme was £28,873 in 2024, an Incr￿￿e of 7% compared to the previous year {2023 -
£26,997). The rise was due to an increase in the rental rate on eaf* of the iwo freehold properties
rented oul.
The Trustees keep the inLX)me of the church urKler regular review and ￿ljuSt ex￿ndrtUrO
accordingly as thay are aware that there is a changing econ0￿C derrrfjgrapthic in ffEmbership and
regular worshippers.
Total oparating fJ)sts were £241,978 (2023 - £261.333) a d￿rease of 7.4% resutting in a smdl
operating deficii of £4,197 (after depreciab"on) compared to the premous yearfs operating deficit of
£31,121. staff costs were l(Y4ver in 2024 (£122,082) compared to 2023 {£125.5571 due to the
Children's and Family Worker resigning in September 2024 and the wt remaining vacant for the
remainder of 2024. ft is hopwd Ihat the church will fill thi8 POS￿.0n in 2025. Expenditure on
maintaining the church 8fKI freehold prenMse8 reduced from £72.120 in 2023 to £49,972 durlng
2024. The higher amount in the previou8 year was due to signfficant work undertaken in repairing
the church roof and replaa'ng the church's windryw8. We have made wovision to replace the
windows at one of the rental properties from reserves dunng 2025.
Despite the economic dimale the thurth continued to 8UPPOrt 88veral third paty ¢xu8es with a
signrficant amount 8ent to BMS World Mission, Bethesda, the Indian orphanage chartiy that the
church supports, Dignlty and the Purple Community Fund (PCF) and fvrKIs 8ent to 8UPPOrt
humanrtarian efforts in ar￿ d the worfd sufforing from both natural disasters and conflict
hotSI￿ts. Our financial support to good causes and missionary Work b)th in thi8 country and
abroad totalled £19.478 dunng the year {2023 - £18.559).
We continue to finana8lly support initiative8 whlch have a local (yjmrwnty impact induding our
weekly Well Being Café and Fnday Food Hub. In add￿'On to these we also run cafes for parents
whilst their children are a(£essing bcrth ￿Jr weekly children's dubs and our on&off holiday clubs.
The Trustees and a Éepfirate finance team review the l￿dget arKI finan(aal risks ofthe churd) on a
regular basis.
At the end of the finanlial year the L*urch had £811.997 of restricaed funds (mainly ts church
Properties) and £910,447 of unrestrid8d funds. An ana1￿"S of the funds is detsiled in the notes to
the financial stalen￿nts.
Funds in D•fi¢it
The YWA25 restri(*ed fund 18 in defi¢it at the b85ance sheet date by £1,844. This is due to a
deposit for the 2025 y(xrth weekend aw￿ bw'ng wd in 2024 prior to all funds being received from
attendees. The defiat will be deared during the first quarter of 2025.
Re8eThes Polky
The Trustees consider that the level of free mrves required ty the church should be held at a
minlmum of £58,400. This is delem￿n￿l from an annual as8éssrMnt by the Trugtee9 of the most
signfficant finanoal nsks that the church fa￿5, their size and likelihocxl of coming to fruition. At the
year end, the tharity held unrestri¢*d cash of £128.921.

R•sponslbllltl•$ ol Trusto•s und•r charfty law
The trustees are respomble for preparing the twstees, annua report and the finaneial statements
n accAJrdance with applicab￿ and United Kingdom Ac¥x)untiNJ Standards {United Kingdom
Generally Accepted Accounting Practi¢x).
Charity law requires tr￿ truste8S to prepare financial stateffents for each financial year which give
a true and fair view of the State of the affairs of the charity as at the balance sheet date and of its
Incorning resou￿8 and ap￿iCA￿.0n cl resources. induding income and expendrture. for the
finanrial year. In preparirKJ these financial stateirtnts. the trustees are required to..
1. select suitable ac¥x)untino tM)licies and atply them um￿1$tentIy.
2. observe the methods and pri1￿1p188 in the Charilies SORP;
3. make judgements aThJ estimates that are re880nable and prudent.
4. state whether the 4)plicable ￿￿Unting standards have been lollo•RI, subpct to any
material departur88 dKlosed and explained in the financ4al statements; and
5. prepare financial 8iaiements on a golng crn basi8 unless rt is inappropriate to
presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The tru8tees are responsible for keeFxng proper ￿)Unting records that disd¢)8e *ryth reasonable
accur8cy al any time the finanual posilion of the charty and enable them to ensure that the
financial statements ￿MplY with the Charities Act 2011 and the Charity (Accounts and Repoits)
Regulalons 2008. They are 8180 re8ponsible for safeguarding the assets of the chanty and henc
for taking reasonable 8tep8 for the Pre￿ntIOn and d8tedlon of fraud and other irregularitie8.
Slgnatur•
Thi8 report was approved by the trustees. 8nd Is slgned on thelr behdf by:
Nam•
gnobJr•
Date

Independent Examinerfs Report
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of TI￿rnhil1 Baptist Churth ('the charity,)
for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Rè$pornlbllltl•s and Ba815 of Report
As the trustees of the tharity you are responsible for the preparation ofthe accounts in accordan
with the requirements of the Charilies Act 2011 (Ihe 2011 Ad).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity's acxxlunts canied out under seclion 145 of the
2011 Act and in carryirKJ out my examinatton I have follobved all the applicable Directions given by
the Chanty Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Ad.
Ind•pndont Examln•f• Statsm•nt
I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have coffe to my attention in
connection with the examlnation gfvlng me cause to believe that in any material r8SP8Ct'.
1. accounting rncord8 w)re nol kept in acco￿larth with 8edion 130 of Ihe 2011 Aci: or
2. the accounts do not accord with the accounting record8; or
3. the a￿oUnts do not CAynply wilh the applicable requirnrnnts concemlng the fomi and
content of accounts set out in the Charities {Accounts and Rep)rts) Regulation8 2008 other
than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fa'r vlew which 18 not a matter
consider8d 8s part of an ind8pendent WA￿inatIOn.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examinatlon to
which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the aL%ounls to ba
ached.
Ind•p•nd•nt Ex•mln•Vs Dotalls
Name..
Ja8on Fox¥vell FCCA FCIE
Addre88: PO Box 9846
Poole
BH15 9JZ
Signabx
Date

Statement of Financial Activities
Toia
E&JnthrbS & L49Hd•B
1T&786,'
176.18e
178,197
33.722
25.018
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1,787,n2
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887.181
gJl,713
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217
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1,113

Balance Sheet
Currbntp.:
731.433
-LS12.
128.921
1Ce,422
18,CeS'
,. ProF•yn*n
{155.
Toty
Non-cwrent A
771.494
817.$44
751.815
812.379
1.610.044
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nt
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1187.184
1.713.
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217
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(p••￿￿￿dI
IS,148
10.148
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1.149
1.149
1,119
1.f13D
These accourrts have been app￿Ved by the trustee3, arml are signed on their behalf by..
Namè
Date
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Notes - Accounting Policies
1. Basls of Prnparallon
These finanaal statements h8v8 been prepared in accordance wryth th8"Statement of Recommendad Practice..
Accounting and Reporting by Charitses preparing their accounts in accordance with Ihe Financial Reporting
Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) ￿h0 Chartbes SORP,), with Ihe Financial
Reporting Standard applicatrAe in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland ("FRS 10f) and with the
Charities Act 2011. The chanty nwts the definition of a PU￿1¢ benefit entity as Set out in FRS 102.
The Charities {Attounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 (th8 '2008 Regulati(Jns') requires d￿rItieS to prepare
their accounts in accordan￿ with 'Acc£)unttng and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended
Practice eff￿tIVe from 1 April 2005, but thig accounting Standard has since been withdrawn and has been
replaced by the Charltles SORP mentioned in the precediThJ paragra￿. The chanty has prepared these
flnanaal statements in accordance wrth the new Chanties SORP,. this departure from the 2008 Regulthons 18
believed to be nec&88ary for the8e financiaE statements to giya a'true and fair view.
The principles adopled In the preparation of the fInan¢￿1 statemerrts are s•t oul in the actounts'ng polici•s
below.
2. Golng Concom
The Trustees consider Thomhill Bapti8t ChuKh a 90iTha con￿rn at the date for approving the aLtounts. There
are no material Un￿rtainl188 that the thsrlty can (yJntinue as 8 gaiTrJ Can￿M for the naxt year.
3. Key Rl8ks & Unc•rtalntlos
The charity is exposed to varlou8 rf8ks, induding opernts'onal. financial arKI repU￿1"On￿ ri8k8. The trustees
review the chariWs acliNI￿e$ regularfy to identify 8lgn4ficant risks and. whern possible, they take approprlate
measur88 to mkn'gate tho88 ri8k8.
4. Fund Accountlng
Unrestrfcted Income funds o)mwi8e those funds whlth the Iru8tee8 are free to U8e for any purpose in
furtherance of the chaiitable objects. Unrestrid8d lund8 include deaignated funds where the trustees, al their
discretion, have set aside resour￿ for a speofic purpose. Restricted ftjnds are funds which are to be used in
ac(x)rdance wilh spectfic restrictions imposed by the donor or the temi of speafic appeal. Further ewanation
of the nature and purpose of exh fund is induded in the notes lo the al￿ounts.
6. Incomlng Resources
All incoming r&sources are recA)gnised once the d￿rity has entitlement to the resources. ri Is prob8ble thal the
resources will b8 received, and the monetsry value of incorrANJ resoum ￿ be measured wth sufficient
reliability.
All voluntary incoTh from members oflhe charity are recogni*J as donations and are induded in full,
with a&8ociated Grfi Aid receivable in the Statement d Finan(xal AdiMtie8.
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Grants where entitlem￿rt is not condiknorkgl on the delivery of wific perf0m￿nCe by the charity are
recognised when the charity be(x)mes uncondth'onally entiued to the grant.
Income resour￿ from charitat￿e trading activities suth as the letttng of the building are 8(munted for
when invoices are drawn up (as at the wnt of entrtlement).
Donated servic8s and faalities are induded at the value to the charity W￿re this can be quantified.
Gifts in lQnd are aCc￿nIed for at a reasonable 8Stimat8 of their value to the tharity or the amount
actually realiwl.
Volunteer time, the vaiue of voluntary support for the work of the chanty. 1$ not induded in the accounts
but 18 descrfbed in the Trustees Annual Repo
Investment Income 18 included in the aCcI￿nts when receivalse
6. R•source8 Expended
Expenditure Is recognised on an *crual basis as a Ilabillty 1$ In￿Thed. Llabllltle8 are reccKJnl8ed where It18
more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation comnith'ng the charity to pay OLrt the
resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with r8880nable certainty.
7. Govemanco Co•ts
Govemance cost8 indude costs as8oc¥ated with the independent examination of the financial statement8,
compliance with constitutional and ststutory requirements and any other eX￿nditure incurred on the Strategic
man&3ement of the ch8rity. Govem8nce costs are shown within 'Analysis of Expenditure. note.
8. Llablllty Rocognltlon
Liats'liti88 arn recognised as soon as thern is a legal or constTUCtive obligats.on commthing the chan'ty to pay out
re80urce8.
9. Tanglblo Flx•d A￿1*
Assets over the value of £500, with a ugeful life of more than year8, are Ca￿taIlS8d. Depr8cAation is
Ided on tanglble fixed assets at rates calculated to write off the cost of an 8sset, less its estimated residu81
value. over the expect￿* useful ecorn)nyc lrfe of th81 asset. as follows:
FreelKld propety- 1% on cost on a stwlrt line basis
Church impr0￿Ments- 1% on ry)st on a straigm line basis
FreelKJld improven￿nts. 5% on cosl on a straght hne b￿8
EqUip￿n1- &20% on cost on 8 straight line basis
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is detemiined as the difference between the sale proceeds
and the carrying value of the asset. and is recogniS￿l in the Staternnt of financial ￿l￿ryties.

Th8 orfglnal cost ot the church premises is not known. However. the depreciated cost of the major
Improvements made since 2007 is con&'dered to adequately provide a net tM)ok value of the current buildings.
Investment property, which is property held to eam rentals andlor for captial 8ppreoation, is initially recognised
at cost, which indudes the purch&8e cost and any diredy aiiributable experKliture. Subsequently it is
measured at fair value at the reporting end date. The surplus or deficit on revaluation is recognised in profrt or
loss.
10. Penslo
The charity operates a defined contribulion plan lor its employees. A defined contributlon plan is a penslon
Plan under which the charty pays fixed (x)ntribulions into a separate erttty. Once the contributions have been
paid the charty h88 r￿ further payments obligab"on3. The ccMrtributs'on8 are recognised as an expense when
they are due. Amounts not paid arn sh(y*n in accrua18 in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held
8eparately from the charity in an independently administered furKI.
Prior to 2012 penslon provFsion was made through multl•mployer defin8d benefit pension plans. )Miere It Is
not PO88ible for the charity to obtsin suffiaent inf0M￿lI0n to enatle it to ac0￿nI for a plan a8 a defined benefit
plan, il accounts for tho plan a8 a defined contribution plan.
iere the plan is, or was, in defiiit and where the L*anty has agreed, with the plan, to pa1￿cAPa18 in a deficit
funding arrangement. the charity reo)gnises a liability for this O￿lgation. The amount recognised is the net
pr8sent value ol the contributions payable under the agreement that relate to the defictt. The unwinding of the
dis￿Unt is recognised as a finance cost and any other change in the measurement of this Ilablllty 18 expensed
to the Statement of FinarKial Activitie8.
11. Oporntlng L•a•
Rentsl charges payable under operating lea808 are charged on a sts'ght Ilne baw'8 over the temi8 of the
lease.
12. Taxatlon
The tharity is exempt from tax on Its charltable aclfvitles.
13. Judgements and Key Sourcas of Estlmallon
The tru8tee8 do not consider that there are any materid S￿r¢88 of estsmaticm or urKertainty at Ihe balance
Sheet date that could result in 8 material ajjustrnent to the carrwng values of assets and liabilitie8 in the next
reporting period.
In preparing finane481 statements certain judgements. eslimates arKI assumw'ons have to be made that affect
the amounts recognised In the fina￿￿81 Statements. The tNstees LX)nsider fv foll<Ming to be signfficant..
The annual depreciation charge for property. plant and equipment is sensiti¥* to changes in the
estimates for useful ec<Jnomi¢ life residual value. These estimates are reasses￿ annually and,
when necessary, adjusted to refiect ojrrent arcumstances.
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Notes - Analysis of Income & Expenditure
14. Analysls of Income
Current Year
Prftyyov
DOna￿On￿ & L•gJc1•5
£I)nDI￿ll1
1411C6
143.5￿,
148.￿5,
31m
31.878
31.W2
. Oran1•
I chIr￿b* R•n*l Inwm•
11,eD7F
12,452
Ewnt
21.•5
12J36
Inv••tm•ntS
1.51>
1,519.
' Prop•rty R•ntsl IrK*JrM
R•ntyi In(*mi
Oth•r Incon
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?1
Prior Year
Linrnstrici•d
R•slneie
To¢il
Prlor Y•w
Don£ltlon5 & Ley.)¢itS
Don•fjon•
146.JS
144,02e,
31.gy2 1
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12.42
11482
11,828
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12>38,
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, Pr¢wty R•rt•l knDJm
25437.
23,3
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Sal
other
' Othtsr IrK¢mè
70
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16. Analysls of Expendliurn
Current Year
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0.707
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7.17T
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16.137
19h78
18.SS9
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13m
10218
23.491
20.1
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915
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mln
8,￿8
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151
10¢
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10204
15,137
13.972
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47
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1]5.
125.557
118.329
Costs
OmrrpgDce Covio
875
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Notes - Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds
16. Analysls of Not Ass•ts BOtwo￿ Funds
Current Year
Uftre5rrtc
Prlor Ye
1*.ST4
-1512
13J,CO3
131,5T7
81137ti'
1A9Z
1.810,0441
Curr•nt UAE41￿
NOTrC￿ntL￿bl￿￿
gio
Li*¥bpJi
Yi
Prior Year
UvA*S￿G*•d
To
Pikn Yvr
CLYr•ntth•l•
3.124
131.517
I￿.612
on<urr•DtP4•
1,810.044
I,￿ks.877
Cwr•nt
14,
N￿nI
824.lJJU
1.7J7.7
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Notes - Other
17. Voluntsers
Th8 th8rity beneffts greaty from the voluntary COntribut￿n$ of time and monay. Plea8e refer to the trustees,
report for further detail about volunteer contributions in the organisation.
18. Independent Examinallon Fo0S
Fe88 payable to the independent WAaminar for Independent examination were.. £915 (fee payable in the prior
year. £900).
19. Staff Costs
The total staff costs and employee benefit8 forthe rewling perlrxl are anal￿1 a8 follow8:
Gr088 wage8 and salarie3'. £107,649.
Employer8 Nl o)8ts £5,187,
Employer8 Pension c¥)8ts £9.245
nor
Gross wages and $8larie8.' £110,983,
Employers Nl (xJst8 £5.294.
Employer8 Pen8lon costs £9.300)
The average number of employees durlng the year wa8 4 (the averwJe number of employees during the prlor
year was 4>. No employe08 received sdaries at a rate of more than £60,(KIO por annum.
The Church pays pension ￿ntributIonS for its Minister to the defined contributs'on SeC￿.0n of the 88Pti8t
Pension Scheme. For 8eNce up to 2012, the Scheme provided beneffts on a defined benefit basis. The
8cheme is 8 multi-employer stheme, and it is not possible to identfy the assets and Ilabiliti88 of the defined
benefft section which are attribLrt8￿e to the church. Therefore, in accordance wrth FRS102 Section 28, the
scheme is accounted for as a defined contnbutson scheme.
20. Trustso Ramunaratton
During the year 2 trustees received remuneralion. The remuneration paid during Ihe year was for the
employees. role within the charity and not for their role as a trustee.
The total remuneration paid during the y￿r is as follows:
Ministry Team Leader and Youth Minister- Paul Vaswani- £42.488 (induding £3.863 of pension contributions)
Community & Pastoral Minister- Astrid Vaswani - £42.488 {induding £3,863 of p￿lon contribution8).
Amounts in the
nor
ear were:
Ministry Team Leader and Youth Mini8ter- Paul va￿nI - £41.030 Ondudlno £3.730 of pension (xjntributions)
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Community & Pastoral Minister- Astrid Vaswani- £41.030 {induding £3,730 of pen￿on contributions).
21. Trustso Exp•n•
During the year 4 trust888 lrtuffed (xrt-of-poc*et expenses totalling £807 (prior year 6 trustses incurred out-of-
pocket expenses t¢)talling £4,791). All expenges were inajrred for the daY4￿daY running of the charity'8
8divitie8.
22. TfU8tse Donauons
During the year the total aJgregat8d donations made to the tharfty by the tiustees was £41,375. Thero wore
no COnd￿.0nS attached to th8 donth'ons (total aggregate donations in the pn'or year were £36,856).
23. Tanglbl• Flxed AM•ts
Prfortr) 1•tJ•nwry
Additk)n• In y••r
Prforbj 1•tJ4nw a724
Addhkn• h fiMrK*I yqlr
1N213
17m,.
1537 i
24
17.4
197.
BtX).fJA4
to
817.SM
24. Inve•lmonts
R•¥trlEt•(I
orY•
M•rk•tV4&* B¥outhtF¢JrMfti '
751.615 1
AddltbrA
751.815
25. Debtors
Accounts Receivable
ItsfftAd
2.341 '
Trndv Ovbtrn
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Prepayments
. PryywArynts
4,155
26. Credltors
A¢￿unt5 Payable
IAcwJnts Pl￿￿
Deferred Income
tkntsrrod Inwn
27. An4￿1* of Charltable Fund•
U*rMirfot•d
G•nwDI liknr•thcad)
)1,713
219.8￿..
212,052
.21.716
a87.184
8V118
Food Hub
217
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E3r•up It*•bry*tsdl
61
G*rd•n EquWMnt
IDMW•tydl
Bo￿1n• {D•￿￿￿*d)
EqJlprn•nt R•pl•L•rn•rt
{D••Wt•dl
-fOJ
7.165
7.165
Fur
f5.1
{D•dgr•tyd)
5.129
.213
Churth Impwjrrnnts
(R•¥triB￿l
7￿.877
9.1B3
771.494
Fr•9￿d Inytown¥m•
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rhJn4lorAIR•*tsd
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IRq•trirtodl
39,7
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1.149
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Ad Htsoyouth E￿nts
,' (R••tri￿}
-,0t￿d lotsi
28. Fund Transforn
Anityjnt
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11,sc8
DoThgtron Om•rnlfixth*om
Gro
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Trnrmhi X24
3.$37
2024 d•pr•d•lcntr*nd•r
29. Fund De•crfptlon•
G•Mrnl
Fo•d Hub
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rd•n EqulwT•rt
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•rn￿l Youth A￿Y 2024
Dyn1￿1¢
Hocyouth E￿rtI
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Jo. rransactsons to Related Pa
The custodian Trustee of the church is the Bapts"st Union Corpor*'on knmited which is charity number 249635.
and which is controlled by the Baptist Union Council. The church is also a ￿mber of the 8apb.st Union of
Great Britsin, and the Southem Counties Bapb'st A%￿latIOn.
the churth made a donation to both the Baptlsi Un￿n Honx Mission Scheme {£4.832) and the Southem
Countles Bapts'st Association (£6,068).
Remunerati￿ paid to trustees. who are th mini8ter8.18 8et out in the note 20.
31. P•nslon8
The Churth is a participating employerthe Baptist Pension Stheme11he Scheme.). which 18 a separate legal
enttty administered by the Pension Trustee (Bapkn'st Pension Trust Limrted). The Scherre, previously known as
the Baptist Minister8 Pension Fund, started in 1925. At the beginnirYJ of the financAal year, the scheme
comprised of a defined benefrts stheme which was dosed to future on 31 D8c8mber 2011 and a
defined contribution plan whith was opened in January 2012.Th8 assets of the Scheme are held Separately
from those of the Employer and the other p8rtiCApab'na employer8.
For tha current financlal year, the pension pth8lcn for membern of the Scheme 18 being made through the
Defined Contribution (DC) Plan. In general. mernbers pay 8% of their Pen8brm*)le Income and employers pay
6% of members, Pensionable Income irrto individual pension ￿Ounts. whÉch are operated and managed on
behalf of the Pension Trustee by Broadstone Corporate Beneffts Ltd. In addrfion. th8 empbyer pays a further
4% of Pensionable Income to cover Death in servi￿ Beneffts. administrth'on cost8, and an associated
insurance policy which proNrydes income protecb'on for Stheme members rf they are unable to work due to
long-tarm incapacity. This incofffi protection policy has been in8ured by the Baptist Union of Great Brltain wlth
Aviva Limited. FurthenrKJre. m8mber8 of the Baslc Sectlon pay rasuced conbXbutEon8 015% of Penslonable
Income, and their employers 8180 pay a t￿81 of 5%.
In October 2024, the insur8nL* company Ju8t Group cx)mplat8d 8 Ixly of tha liabilitie8 of the closed d8fin8d
benefit scheme. From that date 8ny remaining Siability of the participats'ng xheme members to defined benefft
Scheme ceased and the £1 per month defjcit contributions payable by the participats'ng employers which were
agreed in the recL)very plan approved in August 2022 also caased from that date. Admlni8tration of the d08ed
defined benefrt scheme transferred from the pension trustee8 to Just Group from that date.
The Mlnister8 and somo members of the church *aff are eligible to jain th8 Stheffe.
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