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## W1802/MO
20 August 2025
Welcome Baptist Church Alexandra Road Heathfield East Sussex TN21 8EQ
Sent by E-Sign to: greg.durrant@btinternet.com
Dear Greg
## Welcome Baptist Church
The accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 are now ready for the trustees to approve and I have attached a PDF copy.
Once discussed and approved please would you provide an electronic signature and date the Report of the Trustees on page 3.
After that, director Hakeem Adeleye will sign and date the Independent Examiner’s Report on page 4.
Please also find our invoice attached.
With kind regards,
Yours sincerely
Mandy O’Neill
Client Manager
_Please note our address for correspondence:_
_Grugeon Reynolds Limited Adams & Moore House Instone Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AG_
## **Grugeon Reynolds Limited**
Chartered Certified Accountants and Business Advisors
Registered Office: Adams & Moore House, Instone Road, Dartford, Kent DA1 2AG Telephone Number: 01322 279292 www.grugeonreynolds.co.uk Registered in England Company No 5426221
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**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1127223**
**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 FOR WELCOME BAPTIST CHURCH**
Grugeon Reynolds Limited Adams & Moore House Instone Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AG
E-Sign ID: 9388e199-1b7c-4f86-97b5-4371e136b624
## **WELCOME BAPTIST CHURCH**
## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
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|Report of the Trustees|1 to 3|
|Independent Examiner's Report|4|
|Financial Statements|5|
|Statement of Assets and Liabilities|6 to 7|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|8 to 9|
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## **WELCOME BAPTIST CHURCH**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number**
1127223
## **Principal address**
Alexandra Road Heathfield East Sussex TN21 8EQ
## **Trustees**
A Caldwell (Minister) C Adams (Church Secretary) G Durrant (Treasurer) C Goodsell (Resigned 23/09/24) L Selby J Martin (Resigned 23/09/24) R Stevenson J Selby A Dimon (Appointed 23/09/24) A Taylor D Arnott (Appointed 23/09/24)
## **Independent Examiner**
Grugeon Reynolds Limited Chartered Certified Accountants Adams & Moore house Instone Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AG
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes an unincorporated charity.
The policy and operating decisions of the charity rest with the Trustees who meet regularly to monitor the activities of the Trust.
New Trustees are appointed by the church members in accordance with section 15 of the Church Constitution.
## **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.
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## **WELCOME BAPTIST CHURCH**
**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Objectives and aims**
The Trust seeks to demonstrate the Christian faith in action by being a church in the community of Heathfield, Sussex.
The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities.
## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Review of activities**
2024 has been another encouraging year in the life of Welcome Baptist Church. We began the year with two Sunday services, as attendance remained strong and the need for space continued. Once again, our monthly combined celebration services helped to draw the whole church family together. These were well attended, with between 130 and 200 people gathering—around 35 of whom were children in Children’s Church.
Special services continued to be significant points in the year. Our Christmas Carol service was held in the local secondary school, which enabled us to welcome a larger number of guests from the local area. These moments reminded us of our calling to be a welcoming, outward-facing community.
Work continued on exploring the development of our adjacent property to create more space for mission and ministry. With some funds already donated and an architect working on plans, we prayerfully anticipate next steps as a church.
Our house groups, children’s groups and wider ministries have remained active and fruitful. The baby and toddler groups continue to provide a vital connection point with young families and our group for children with special needs has continued to thrive—meeting a very real need in the community. We also remain grateful for our vibrant children’s and youth work, including our Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme.
The Men’s Weekend in 2024 was another highlight—providing space for deepening faith and friendship. The early morning men’s prayer time, started by Jeff Selby in 2023, has continued and is now a valued part of our rhythm of prayer, alongside the regular Saturday morning gatherings.
Pastoral care has remained a key focus. Sue Lade continues to serve with dedication and compassion in her pastoral role, offering consistent support across the fellowship. Other diligent and faithful members have joined her in this work. Joanne Martin’s work with children and their families continues to be vital and well received. Janet Cole has once again worked hard to keep the church family well connected and informed.
We are grateful to God for His faithfulness through 2024. As we look ahead, we remain prayerful and expectant, seeking to be led by His Spirit in all we do.
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## **WELCOME BAPTIST CHURCH**
**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
In the year to 31 December 2024 the Church received £7,817 more then it spent but £5,513 relates to restricted funds, so the general under spending was £2,304. Likewise the cash resources at 31 December 2024 of £48,459 are split £32,827 for general activities and £15,632 in respect of restricted donations, given for specified purposes and can only be spent for those purposes. The unrestricted cash at 1 January 2025 represents two and a half month’s expenditure (at 2024 levels) which the Elders/Trustees consider to be a reasonable reserve having regard to their plans for 2025.
## **ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD** :
G Durrant
## Greg Durrant
G Durrant – Trustee/Treasurer
20/08/2025
Date: 2025
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF WELCOME BAPTIST CHURCH**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 December 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with Section 130 of the Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Hakeem Adeleye BA (Hons) ACCA Grugeon Reynolds Limited Chartered Certified Accountants Adams & Moore House Instone Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AG
Date: 2025
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## **WELCOME BAPTIST CHURCH**
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
|Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
Note
£
£
**Receipts**
**Voluntary Receipts**
Voluntary income
144,371
Development project
17,219
Give It Away fund
8,732
Children’sand families worker
10,005
HW Parish Council for SEND group
2,500
**Incoming resources from charitable**
**activities**
Welcome “Holiday”
5,340
D of E group
3,952
500
Social events
1,958
Cedars
1,062
Children’s Groups
2,809
**Other incoming resources**
Investment income
317
1
Solar panel tariff
1,064
Other receipts
0
**Total incoming resources**
160,873 38,957
**Payments**
**Church activities**
D of E Group
3,889
General
148,650
10,005
Welcome "Holiday"
5,292
Give It Away Fund
8,831
Development project
12,392
SEND purchases
2,216
Governance costs
738
**Total resources expended**
158,569
33,444
**Net of (Payments)/Receipts**
**Transfers between funds**
2,304
5,513
**Cash funds last year end**
30,523
10,119
**Cash funds this year**
32,827
15,632||2024
Total
funds
£
144,371
17,219
8,732
10,005
2,500
5,340
4,452
1,958
1,062
2,809
318
1,064
0
199,830
3,889
158,655
5,292
8,831
12,392
2,216
738
192,013
7,817
40,642
48,459||2023
Total
funds
£
135,817
10,000
11,521
10,005
0
9,278
3,969
1,647
942
3,601
255
1,077
125
188,237
3,928
149,749
8,716
11,557
0
0
738
174,688
13,549
27,093|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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|||||40,642|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **WELCOME BAPTIST CHURCH**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
|**Cash Funds**
CAF Cash account
CAF Gold account
CAF Give it away account
CAF Mini bus account
Metro D of E
Metro Welcome holidays
Metro Development project
Metro Cash account
**Other Monetary Assets**
Gift Aid recoverable
**Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
Church–Insurance value
Manse - cost
Equipment - cost
**Liabilities**
Accounts and examination
Other creditors
NEST pension contributions|**2024**
**£**
14,559
11,588
21
1,099
3,494
2,861
14,827
10
48,459
**2024**
**£**
1,907
**2024**
**£**
1,390,573
291,494
46,736
**2024**
**£**
762
203
313|**2023**
**£**
12,782
10,231
119
1,237
2,951
2,812
10,000
510
40,642
**2023**
**£**
1,786
**2023**
**£**
1,356,667
291,494
46.159
**2023**
**£**
738
783
300|
|---|---|---|
## **The movements in designated and restricted funds during the year were:**
|Give it away fund - restricted
Development project - restricted
SEND Group - restricted
D of E Grant–restricted
Child/family worker - restricted
Minibus fund- designated|Bal b/fwd
119
10,000
0
0
0
1,237
11,356|Receipts
8,732
17,220
2,500
500
10,005
0
38,957|
Payment
8,831
12,392
2,216
0
10,005
138
33,582|
Bal c/fwd
20
14,828
284
500
0
1,099
16,731|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The “Give it away fund” is to provide a fund from which the Trustees may make donations. The “Minibus fund” is to replace the minibus when this becomes necessary and finance running costs. The Development project is to fund expansion and improvement of worship and community spaces in Alexandra Road, Heathfield. The other three restricted funds were to finance particular aspects of the Church’s work.
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## **WELCOME BAPTIST CHURCH**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
## **Grants Payable**
The total grants paid to institutions during the year were as follows:
||**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|All We Can|0|1,172|
|Ass Guatemal Para El Sindrome De Down|0|1,176|
|Baptist Union Home Mission|2,000|3,308|
|Baptist Missionary Society|383|0|
|Christian Aid|867|1,040|
|Crowhurst Divine Healing Mission|0|657|
|Hailsham Food|0|1,218|
|Hope Lebedyn Ukraine|712|0|
|London City Mission|77|930|
|Mankind|0|646|
|Matthew 25 Mission|0|374|
|Medair|2,281|1,167|
|Mission Aviation Fellowship|0|1,115|
|Open Doors Brother Andrew|602|653|
|Quicken Trust|922|506|
|Salvation Army|603|0|
|Samaritans Purse–Ukraine|652|20|
|Street Kids|580|0|
|Tear Fund|1,185|903|
|Translations Trust|0|500|
## **Related party transactions**
A Caldwell who is also a trustee receives a salary as a minster of £24,014 (2023 £23,082) and a pension contribution of £3,631 (2023 £4,044) and receives a lease back payment of £20,400 (2023 - £19,200) and expense payments of £545 (2023 £566). Joanne Martin, a trustee, received a salary of £ 28,732 (2023 £27,529) and a pension contribution of £862 (2023 £0) as a Children and Families Worker, but none were received in respect of her role as a trustee. The charity receives online mission services amounting to £12,756 (2023 £12,001) from Dragoon Digital a related party via Joanne Martin’s husband.
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## **WELCOME BAPTIST CHURCH**
## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
|**INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Voluntary income**
Donations
Give it away fund (including Gift Aid)
Development project
H W Parish Council for SEND group
Other Gift aid
**Investment income**
Deposit account interest
**Solar Panel tariff**
**Incoming resources from charitable activities**
Welcome “Holiday”
D of E Group
Children and Families Worker
Social Events
Cedars
Children’s Groups
**Other incoming resources**
Other receipts
**Total incoming resources**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**Charitable activities**
Minister's salary & NIC
Minister’s pension contributions
Minister’s lease back payments
Pastoral care
Pension costs
Youth and children's activities
Development project
SEND purchases
Catering
Outreach
On line mission
Worship costs
Carried forward||**2024**
**£**
121,206
8,732
17,219
2,500
23,165
172,822
318
1,064
5,340
4,452
10,005
1,958
1,062
2,809
25,626
0
199,830
24,014
3,631
20,400
11,278
1,523
32,577
12,392
2,216
1,956
2,975
12,756
580
126,298|**2023**
**£**
112,559
11,522
10,000
0
23,257
157,338|
|---|---|---|---|
||||255|
||||1,077|
||||9,278
3,969
10,005
1,647
942
3,601
29,442|
||||125
188,237|
||||23,082
4,044
19,200
11,010
781
31,395
0
0
1,363
2,410
12,001
1,107|
||||106,393|
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## **WELCOME BAPTIST CHURCH**
## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
|2024
£
**Charitable activities**
Brought forward
126,298
Maintenance of buildings and equipment
5,380
Grants to institutions
2,033
**Governance costs**
Accountancy
738
**D of E Group**
3,889
**Welcome “Holiday”**
5,291
**Give It Away Fund**
Grants
8,831
**Total resources expended**
192,013
**Net income/(outgoings)**
7,817
**Support costs**
**Other**
Insurance
2,587
Light, heat, water, refuse and TV
7,461
Telephone
955
Motor and travel expenses
3,362
Admin and support services
12,501
Training and materials
1,484
Professional and membership fees
3,250
Bank charges
140
Bungalow expenses
5,325
Other costs
2,488
173,264||2023
£
106,393
4,246
3,828
738
2,480
7,824
704
2,751
12,638
491
3,044
185
3,414
1,751
149,749|
|---|---|---|
|||3,928|
|||8,716|
|||11,557|
|||174,688|
|||13,549|
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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Invoice Date Grugeon Reynolds Limited TAX INVOICE 20 Aug 2025 Adams & Moore House Invoice Number Instone Road Welcome Baptist Church GR-30134 Dartford Alexandra Road Kent Heathfield Reference W1802 DA1 2AG East Sussex TN21 8EQ VAT Number UNITED KINGDOM 430497596
## TAX INVOICE
|Description||Quantity|Quantity||Unit Price||VAT||Amount GBP|
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|Professional Services :|||1.00||635.00||20%||635.00|
|Review of the Charity Accounts and Reports for the year||||||||||
|ended 31 December 2024.||||||||||
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||||||||Subtotal||635.00|
||||||TOTAL VAT 20%||||127.00|
|||||||||||
||||||||TOTAL GBP||762.00|
## Due Date: 19 Sep 2025
We are pleased to accept payment by the following methods: Cheque
Direct bank transfer: sort code 60-04-02; account number 84070110; quoting the reference on the invoice
## PAYMENT ADVICE
To: Grugeon Reynolds Limited Adams & Moore House Instone Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AG
|Customer
Invoice Number||Welcome Baptist Church
GR-30134|
|---|---|---|
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|Amount Due||762.00|
|Due Date||19 Sep 2025|
|Amount Enclosed|||
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