4111:: BETHEL BAFfisT CHURCH LALESTON TRUSTEES REPORT & ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDING 5th APRIL 2024 Be hel 1st Church Bethel Bapttst Church High Street Laleston CF32 OHP Char&ty No: 1131135 Trustees Report & Statement of Accounts For the Financial Year ending 5th Aprll 2024 CONTENTS:_ Pages 14 Trustees Annual Report. Page 5 Legal & Admkntstrattve Inforniatio Pase 6 Receipts & Payments Account. Page 7 Notes to the Account& Page 8 Statement of Assets and Liabilitie5. Page 9 Independent Examiners Report. Be hel 1st Church Bethel Baptlst Church Trustees Report- 2023-2024 Obiectives and Acti¥itie5 Our stared C￿r￿tablE *irfy lry thE *rwY¢nt of tha Chti5tian Religwjn for the b•bEfft of lh* ￿1¢ N4 ￿￿)rda￿e wlth th• bKls <* fath of the thLYth." ThE trustees worl •lOng￿￿ethe pastW￿0 th•rons of the thurch ts ￿0tethE m￿k#ryol thwth in ￿￿Ery ThSs IndLMIEs p¥tml ministry to fftembers Jnd oth•r evanlellrtk ministry totlw cxatslth thurch mlssltsn mtn15try5WPDrtln8frltnds *ryklnA I Str*eral otherwrts of tht ¥rforltL We are￿¥Thr￿￿ed to folkwng the te¥thln8 of blble In our the bWs of l•llh of thE rrfÈcts that commrtiwt. ubllc Benefit WhEn plinniwourxtrvkkn for ihèyear, tru5¢tts. pastor and dea(￿% h*￿ tonSkapr￿ the Commlsth's wbuc benefft arxa thE specmc 8uld•nce rrfj thJrlikn for tha1br￿>en1 af reli81oTr. l¥kne ork thls ￿ld￿ce ¢Jn be her4.. Wt benefft the Pk*ll¢ è ￿1•. •¢ces5ible Wbd wekomww Wr•IThr￿7l Chr¥sliJn Yxship the of Lalerton. Thbs bs •thI•￿1 thrwth ow r48￿ meetlr¥4 ￿55 fr•qwrrt but regu￿1 artiw￿￿5 al￿ sp•aal Mrt5 at trtt5 th• ￿. 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