ASHLEY BAPTIST CHURCH
TRUSTEES REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS
(RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS BASIS)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

ASHLEY BApfIsT CHURCH
CONTENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Page
Legal and Administrativ¢ Inforn]ation
Trustees, Report
Independent Examiners Report
Receipts and Payments Account
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Notes to the Accounts
10- li
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ASHLEY BAPTIST CHURCH
LEGAL AI¥D ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Trustees
Rev Andrew P¢nynan
Elders:
Catherine Bates
Gcoffrey Coop - appointed 26.11.24
Malcolm Dale- appointed 26.11.24
Leslie Wael¢nd - retired 26.11.24
Deacons:
Ian HyThd - Treasurer
Pearl Blencowe - Church Secretary
Diane Shinn - retired 26.11.24
David Watern￿ll
Trevor Sti¢kland
Janet Riddy
Christine Douglas
Lorant Padar
Matthew Kisler
Christine Wraight
Gregory Rogers
Anthony Ellis - appointcd 26,11.24
Governing Document
Constitution dated 18 July 2019
Amended 31 st March 2022
Cbarity Registration Number
1132840
Correspondence Address
3 Lower Ashley Road
Ashley
New Milton
Hampshire
BH25 SAA
Independent Examiner
Hope Jones
Chartered Accountants
Dunlop House
23a Spencer Road
New Milton
Hampshire
BH25 6BZ
Baukers
CAF Bank Limited, West Malling, Kent
Lloyds Bank PLC. New Milton, Hampshire
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Ashley Baptist
CHURCH
Lower Ashley Road, Ashley. New Milton, Hants, BH25 SAA
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Trustees have pleasur8 in submitting the Report and Accounts for the year.
Purpose
The Ghurch is a charity and its principal purpose is the advancement of the Christian Faith.
Mission
To Know Christ- To Make Christ Known
Vision
Our Community Discovering Church
Government
The policy and operating decisions of the charity rest with the Trustees who regularly meet to
monitor the activities of the charity.
Review of Activitios
Our activities continue to reflect our mission statement: "To Know Christ-To Make Christ Known"
We have been able to meet together for worship throughout 2024. Our main serviGe is at 10.30, is
well attended and we have held one baptismal service this year. A Silver Service is held
periodically on a Sunday aftemoon with a more traditional seNice. This is a short time of worship
with a message and is followed by tea and cake, and is well attended, reaching those we do not
regularly se8 on a Sunday morning. An occasional Fumace Service is held on a Sunday evening
which allows more time for sung worship and Ihe opportunity to hear from each other about what
God is doing in our lives.
We continue to live stream the moming service each week.
The twice weekly prayer meetings continue to be held on Zoom. The Deacons rneet monthly and
we continue to hold hybrid Church Meetings which allow those with young children, or who are
unable to come out to attend the meetings.
A Church Camp, which was well attended. was held over the Summer Bank Holiday Weekend at
Headlands near Ringwood. On the Sunday around 60 people from the church who weren't
camping attended the moming service and stayed to eat their picnics sitting around the lake, some
even stayed for the aftemoon activities. It was great to all meet together to worship in the beautiful
surroundings. For those that couldn't get to the camp a more traditional Servi￿ was held at Ashley.
At Christmas we joined with local churches for a Nativity Trail, this was due to be held on the on
the local recreation ground but due to inclement weather was moved to New Life Church, around
40 children and their families attended. We also sang Carols outside a local supermarket
accompanied by The Salvation Army Band.
We held our Annual Carols by Candlelight, a Family Activity aftemoon and Nativity Service on the
Saturday before Christmas and Christmas Moming Worship, all three services were well attended.
Connect Groups
Our Connect groups meet regularly and an annual review was held at the end of July this year.
This meant that some people changed groups and a couple of extra groups have been fomied.
The focus of the groups is connecting with one another for spiritual growth.

Youth and Children's Work
Leader- Kate Perryman, Youth, Children's and Schools Worker
The Ark. a parent and toddler group goes from strength to strength and we regularly get between
35 and 40 families through the door.
Sunday groups have been going well. All groups run weekly and opportunities are given to our
older young people to take a more active role in our services and give them the opportunity to use
their gifts.
Core Group. for the young people providing them with Bible based teaching to continue their
Christian Journey continue to meet on a Monday Evening. This has been positive with up to 12
young people attending each week.
Focus, this extra group has been formed to accommodate a large group moving up from Rooted,
as they are younger it was thought that it would upset the balance of Core Group. Both Core Group
and Focus have a social time together during the evening so that they get to know each other.
There are currently up to 15 young people attending Focus.
Rooted, for youngsters in school years 3-6, has good attendance and is aimed at bringing on these
younger people into a deeper understanding of the Christian faith.
Kate has been going into the infant school regularly as part of the Open the Book team whlch meet
fortnightly. She continues to meet fortnightly with a group of children in a mentoring capacity, They
talk about life. concerns etc while playing a gameldoing a craft and it has been really positive. This
year she has also begun to go into the Junior School to mentor some children.
Thls year Kate has run two events for the local Junior School. "Easter Cracked. which saw year 5
children and their staff explore the events of the Easter Story and "Christmas Unwrapped"
investigated the real meaning of Christmas with year 4 and their staff. Both events were well
received by the school and the plan is to repeat them in 2025.
At the end of the summer term a holiday club was held in the church and garden. Over the week
80 children attended. The Saturday culminated in a BBQ for all the families, this was well attended
and we were blessed with fine weather. The Holiday Club concluded with a service on the Sunday
when the whole congregation could join in the fun and activities of the week.
Following this event Kate took some of the young people to Satellites, a Christan Youth Event held
at the Bath and West Showground over 5 days.
Accessible Groups
The Ten10 group meet regularly in the Sports Hall and provides games and refreshments for those
with learning difficulties. Accessible services take place four times a year, and continue to be well
supported and are run in conjunGtion with other churches in the area. The Discipleship group
continues to provide bible study and prayer for those looking to deepen their Christian Faith., thls
meets once a month,
Care and Support
Christian love and care throughout the week continues to be demonstrated regularly through the
connect groups, pastoral friends and pastoral support. The Pastoral Care Team seek to care for
those who are more vulnerable or going through a difficult time through coordinating phone calls,
visits or notes. Flowers are distributed weekly by a team to those who may be struggling,
celebrating, or making a difficult anniversary. Prayer Ministry is offered at the end of each Sunday
morning service for any who would appreciate it. Coffee Morning meets each week, and a short
Carol Service was organised for those attending the coffee morning.
Community Café & Food Larder
Community Café now meets on a Wednesday afternoon and Tuesday morning. It provides a warm
space. tea, coffee and light ref￿ShMentS for anyone in the community. This has been used by the
mums and carers when they collect their children from school as well as other members of the

community. Grant funding was received and distributed as supemiarket vouchers to families in
need to support with the rising costs of living. fuel bills and the costs of meals during school
holidays.
On Tuesday moming the Food Larder now uses the sports hall and car park with both fresh and
dried food provided by Fareshare. This is op8n to any local residents who require additional food
but whose budget currently does not allow it. This also runs during the School Holidays. Running
the community café alongside Food Larder has been well re￿iVed by those who attend as it offers
a warm place to wait and a sense of community. The cafe is run and manned by volunteers from
the church and all refreshments are provided free of charge.
Ministry
The Church continues to reach beyond the Su￿ound1ng area of Ashley by assisting, on a regular
basis. other smaller Churches in the area. We continue to support financially Baptist Home Mission
and the Baptist Missionary Society, Operation Mobilisation (OM), Hope Now, Wycliffe Bible
Translators and Latin Link. Further afield. Ashley Baptist Church has maintained strong links with
Churches in Bulgaria.
Clubs
We continued to offer activities during the week for church folk and for members of the community.
These include a Sewing Group. Badminton and Basketball.
Other Community Activities
Our Church car park continues to be available during the week for the parents of a local school
during term time and some other local businesses, relieving congestion on the local roads. We
provide parking for a Community First Minibus which allows local groups and charities to access
transport for their activities.
Office Telephone 01425 610415. e-mail en
uires
ashle
Registered Charity No. 1132840
tistchurch.co.uk

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF ASHLEY BAPTIST CHURCH
We report to the Trustees on our examination of the accounts of the Ashley Baptist Church
Trust (the Trust) for the year ended 3 1 December 2024 on pages 7 to I l.
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,).
We report in respect of our examination of the Trust's accounts caLTied out under section 145
of the 2011 Act and in canying out our examination we have followed all the applicable
directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examfiner's statement
We have completed our examination. We confirm that no material matters have come to our
attention in connection with the examination giving us cause to believe that in any material
respect:
l) Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of
the Act. or
2) The accounts do not accord with those records.
We 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.
Hope Jones
Chartered Accountants
Dunlop House
23a Spencer Road
Ncw Milton
Hampshire
BH25 6BZ
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ASHLEY BAPTIST CHURCH
RICEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
General Restricted Designated Total
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
2024
Total
Funds
2023
Receipts
Donations
Gift aid tax
Legacies
Special Gifts
Youth activities
Other church a¢tivitAes
Rental income
Inv¢stment income
Other income
152.017
32,436
152,017 149,161
35,425
32,775
250
30
1,997
12,099
1,063
2,192
5.374
2.989
2,876
5,467
3,265
3,071
3,560
2,876
12,096
18,293
3,071
12,778
6,629
15,028
9,218
Total Receipts
202,692
18,836
15,028 236,556 204,941
Payments
Ministry costs
Mission costs
Establishment ¢osts
Grants paid
Office expenses
Accountancy
Church equipment
47,521
221
49,363
21,256
59,164
2,280
845
21
577
6,066
8.897
559
47,542
798
55,597
30,153
61,268
2,280
2,563
42,327
2,043
76,618
27,662
45,471
2,160
143
168
1,545
1,718
Total Payments
I80,650
17,838
1,713 200,201
196,424
Net Receipts/(Payments)
before transfers
22,042
998
13,315
36.355
8,517
Transfers between funds
Net movement in funds
22.042
998
13,315
36,355
8,517
Balances l January 2024
75,442
7.107
38
82,587
74.070
Balances 31 December 2024
97,484
8,105
13,353 118,942
82,587
The notes on pages 9 to 10 forn] part of th¢sc accounts.
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ASHLEY BAPTIST CHURCH
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2024
2023
l. Fixed Assets
The insurance re-instatement values of the assets owned by the church were:
Church Building - endovnnent fund
3,404,298
Church Contents
284,255
High Ridge Crescent property - endowrnent ￿nd
621,241
Willowdene Close property - endovrn]ent fvnd
359,380
3,298,738
281,162
600,000
350,000
4,669,174
4,529,900
The church buildings at 3 Lower Ashley Road, Ashley, New Milton, Hampshire. BH25 SAA and
the manses at High Ridgc Crescent and Willowdene Close arc h¢ld by the Baptist Union on
behalf of the Baptist Church congregation at Ashley and are within an endowment fvnd.
2. Debtors
Tax recoverable - unrestricted fund
Tax recoverable - ￿strICted funds
Total tax recoverable urAd¢r HMRC gift aid scheme
Prcpaymcnts
2,696
2,817
2,696
1,397
4,093
2,819
347
3,166
3. Bank Balances
Bank operating accounts
Bank deposits
Petty cash
12,251
120,779
2,942
79,645
133,030
8,105
82,587
7,107
Of which relating to restricted funds
4. Livdbilities
Share of Baptist pension scheme deficit. See note 4
HMRC PAYE
Other creditors
Acctuals
20,100
150
3,274
59
4,201
3,424
24,360
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ASHLEY BAPTIST CHURCH
APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The accounts were approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf on
by
P Blencowe
Secretary
The notes on pages l O to I I forn] part of these accounts
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ASHLEY BAPTIST CHURCH
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
l. Funds
The restricted fijnds represent amounts received for specific pu￿Oses.
Movements in the year across all cash funds were as follows:
Balance at
l January
2024
Balance at
31 December
2024
Receipts
Payments Transfers
Restricted Funds
Youth niinistcr
Evangelism
Plovdiv
Birthday Scheme
Grants
Building fijnd
Pastoral and benevolent fund
2,668
39
2,205
6,443
310
2,000
5,566
1,314
463
6,404
310
2,000
10,728
1,394
5,162
2,480
2,400
7,107
18,836
17,838
8,105
Designated Funds
Specials
NISA
38
15,028
1,713
13,353
Manse maintenance
38
15,028
1,713
13,353
General Funds
75,442
202,692
180,650
97,484
Total Funds
82,587
236,556
200,201
118,942
2. Agency Funds
Thc church holds £14,089 that has been excluded from income within the Receipts and Payments
account, and from the bank balance on the Statement of Assets and Liabilites, as these are
agency funds held on behalf of the Bailey Trust. This has arisen as a bequest to be administered
by the Bailey Trust during the lifetime of the remaining legatee before rcverting to the church.
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ASHLEY BAPTIST CHURCH
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR TItE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
3. Related Parties
Ministry costs include the stipends paid to the minister and assistsnt minister as pernlitted by the
governing document. Travel and training costs paid to ministers who were Trustees is included in
ministry costs. Heating allowance paid to ministers who were Trustees is included in
establishment costs as were moving expenses.
Donations from Trustees and related parties amounted to £35,440.
4. Pension Schenje
The Church is an employer participating in a pension scheme known as the Baptist Pension
Scheme ("the Scheme"). The Scheme is a separatc legal entity which is administcred by the
Pension Trustee (Baptist Pension Trnst Limited).
Benefits in respect of service prior to l January 2012 are provided through the Defincd Benefit
(DB) Plan within the Schcmc. Thc main benefits for prc-2012 service were a defined bencfit
pension of one eigthieih of Final Minimum Pensionable Income for each year of Pensionable
Service, togeth¢r with additional pension in respect of premiums paid on Pensionable Incomc in
cxcess of Miniumum Pensionable Income. The Scheme, previously known as the Baptist
Ministers, Pension Fund, started in 1925, but was closed to future accrual of defined benefits on
31 d¢cember 2011.
The Baptist Pension Scheme have provided an estirnate of the debt of the church at the year end
on the assumption that the church ceased to make contributions towards the liability arising. This
amount is shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Pagell