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← Queensberry Baptist Church

2025-02-28-accounts

Charity Registration Number 114391

QUEENSBERRY BAPTIST CHURCH UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDING 28 FEBRUARY 2025

CONTENTS

Reference and Administrative Information

Trustees Annual Report

Independent Examiner’s Report

Statement of Financial Activities

Balance Sheet

Fund Movements

Analysis of Income and Expenditure

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Government Document Charity Constitution
Registration Number 1134391
Registered O�ice Queensberry Baptist Church
Queensberry Street
Old Basford
Nottingham
NG6 0DG
Operating Name QBC
Trustees Rev. Claire Roberts
Jonathan Kearney
Nsipa Siwale
Sally Lees
Jane Graham
Russell Lees
Kirsty Gledhill
Bankers Yorkshire Bank
Solicitors Ellis-Fermor & Negus
2 Devonshire Avenue
Beeston
Nottingham
NG9 1BS
Independent Examiner Mr Brian Jones – Chartered Accountant

Trustees Annual Report 2025

for the year ending 28 February 2025.

Structure, Governance and Management

The Charity is governed by a Board of Trustees. New Trustees are appointment at the Annual General Meeting and approved by the members of the Church.

The Board of Trustees meet regularly to discuss and plan the activities of the Church.

The Board of Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees Annual Report and the Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law in England & Wales.

Queensberry Baptist Church is a member of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and holds to their Declaration of Principle.

Objectives and Activities

Queensberry Baptist Church has a Vision & Values Statement which highlights 3 main objectives:-

Queensberry Baptist Church achieves its objectives by providing a range of services at Queensberry Baptist Church, Old Basford, Nottingham NG6 ODG.

Membership Review

Last year at the AGM we had 77 members, this year we have 71 members.

Sundays

We continue to meet together each Sunday and have looked at a range of topics including:-

We love to welcome new people to QBC and hope that those who have joined us in the last year feel really welcome here. We want to make sure this isn’t just a service to attend but a community to belong to.

We’ve tried di�erent things to help us to get to know each other better and build community. We ran ‘Knowvember’ again in November 2024 which included opportunities to learn names and centrally organise social events including shared meals, QBC community BBQ, walks, a quiz night, etc.

Discipleship

We have a few home groups that meet throughout the week. These groups spend time reading the Bible, praying, encouraging each other and just being friends.

Thursday Fellowship continues to meet each week in the lower hall. This is a great place to deepen friendships, find encouragement and support.

In January 2025, we started our three thirds Sundays where we split into smaller groups and spend time looking back, looking up and looking forward. This allows space to discuss bible passages together, listen to each other and equip us all to read the Bible and put its teachings into practice. And we celebrated a baptism in February 2025.

Ignite Review

The 3-12 yr old group has been running for 3 years now and numbers vary each week between 10-21 children attending with 8 new/retuning children since September.

6 visitors have join us for a session or two.

Since September we decided to create 3 groups within Ignite:

Sparks – Nursery-yr 2

Fuse – yrs 3-5

Blaze – yrs 6-7

This has been working really well for all groups. Having separate age groups enables the team to plan and deliver more appropriate activities based on age/stage of development.

We have also introduced the Three Thirds approach and it’s working well with the children. We have also added 4 new team members as well as joining together with the youth team.

Children at Community Meal

We have a group of children who have been attending the community meal since the beginning – approx. 11 children aged between 2 – 15 yrs. Some of the children come to our church, some do not attend church, or they may attend another church.

Some weeks we can have as many as 14 children. It’s lively, busy and a little bit crazy – but so much fun and extremely rewarding. The children meet in the Community Room after school, they engage in activities – sometimes very messy activities, sometimes their parents join in too! After food we explore a story from the bible – with craft, a film, a worship song or a game. One of the favourite games is ‘Bingo’ and we recently introduced a ‘fruit of the spirit Bingo.’ It has now become known as ‘The God Bingo.’ a�ectionately named by one of the children.

There’s a lovely sense of community spirit within the room, friendships are growing, and we just love it and want it to continue to grow and go wherever God leads.

Community Meal

The community Meal was started almost 2.5 years ago after discussing and praying together as a Church. God has been so good to us. In summary, it is a place where strangers can become friends and friends can become family.

We continue to welcome between 50 – 70 people each Tuesday now. Friendships and trust have grown over this time between team and the community. There are a lot of regulars, but we see new people every week as well.

We also provide emergency food parcels which those who need them can have every 3 weeks. The team are amazing and work hard to ensure all those who come feel welcome, valued and loved. Some help most weeks, some for one or 2 Tuesdays a month. Anyone is welcome to come or to help as a one o� (like at Christmas or Easter) or more regularly. Please chat with us if you are interested.

Ages range from toddlers to 90+, wide variety of ethnic backgrounds, di�erent faiths, families, people who live alone, friends, people from the local community in Basford and other areas of the city as well as some folks from Queensberry. People chat, do jigsaws, play cards, games or dominoes.

We have had visits from local Councillors, Alex Norris our local MP visited, and the Jericho Road team come every couple of weeks to connect with women they know who live locally. Thanks to the community meal team and invited any members of the congregation to come along and see what we do or get involved.

Prayer

We recognise the importance of prayer and the Leadership have been reading a book together called ‘On This Rock’ which highlights churches up and down the country that have seen significant growth and new people coming to know Jesus. The one thing all the churches have in common is a commitment to prayer. Based on this principle, the Leadership team are trying to weave this into the fabric of QBC in various ways. Wednesday prayer focus – started in July 2024 meeting on zoom. Sunday morning – 9.45 in the vestry

Leaders meeting to pray once a month The Lord’s prayer – Teaching series

Prayer room – In the process of being refreshed

Mission Giving

are:- Baptist Union Home Mission, BMS World Mission (Pastor J in Cambodia), Tek Ura in Albania, Friends International (Susan Caddy) and Jericho Road.

Safeguarding

We are committed at QBC to ensure that everyone feels safe and our Safeguarding Trustee read out our Safeguarding Policy Statement at the AGM.

Trust Deeds

Trust Deeds for the Manse and Church are kept at Ellis-Fermor & Negus Solicitors, 2 Devonshire Avenue, Beeston Nottingham, NG9 1BS. Ben Bourne is the named Solicitor. The 2 deed filing references are; B2064 - Deeds for 154 Vernon Avenue, Basford (the Manse)

B2065 - Deeds for Queensberry Baptist Church

Finances

Income: Total - £106,174

This represented an increase in giving of 11.7% since last year, which is fantastic!

Expenditure: Total - £109,073

Resems Poilcy The minimum reserve for operation matter should be £30.000 in Ilnewiththe reserves policy. Fund18véI8 are reviewed monthly and a report is submitted o the Trustees. At 28 February 2025 the total unrestricted reserv6s were £100.797 The Trustea8 declarè they havé appnw8d the Trustees report above. sign•d on behalf of the Charlty's Trustees:. signatures Full Name Posltlon ¥vL)Sfee Dato

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trustees Aq 6 MFiiSf On accounts for the year ended I g f£6 Charity no (if anyl Set out on pages jremembei Its Inciiidè tne "e fjumbers 91 addill0.nal $hee:s I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ( the Trust") for the year ended J i MIVI I Y Y Y Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent IThe charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to examiner's ststement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed bodyll. Delete I l if not applicable. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act, or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records.. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 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. 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. Please delete Èhe words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: l.£. + Js Name: W. Objé Relevant professional qualification(sl or body A CCCL)bllhtrJT IER Oct 2018

(if any): Address: K]DTf IKI Section B Disclosure Only Gotnplete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the exarniner wlshes to disclose. IER Oct 2018

Statement of Financial Activities

Income
Donations & Legacies
Investments
Other Income
Total Income
Expenditure
Charitable Activites
Other Expenditure
Total Expenditure
Net income / (expenditure)
resources
Net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Unrestricted
Funds
Designated
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Endowment
Funds
Total Funds
2025
Total Funds
2024
91,670
1,693
93,363
84,615
2,610
2,610
980
10,201
10,201
23,663
104,481
0
1,693
0
106,174
109,258
107,597
1,476
109,073
105,617
107,597
0
1,476
0
109,073
105,617
-3,116
0
217
0
-2,899
3,641
-3,116
0
217
0
-2,899
3,641
118,835
115,191
115,936
118,835

Balance Sheet

Total Funds 2025 Total Funds 2024

Assets
Cash funds Current Account 52,373 57,882
Deposit Account 63,563 60,953
Total Cash Funds 115,936 118,835
Assets retained for Charity's own use
Land and Buildings

Land and buildings comprise of a church building and a manse. These have been stated at their recent insurance value as the Trustees are unable to reliable estimate their current value. This insurance value may differ materially from current value

Liabilites

Liabilites
Accounts payable 0 0
Total Liabilities 0 0
Net Asset surplus (deficit) 115,936 118,835
Reserves
Excess / (deficit) to date -2,899 3,643
Starting balances 118,835 115,191
Total Reserves 115,936 118,834
Represented by funds
Unrestricted 100,904 104,441
Designated
Restricted 15,032 14393
Endowment 0 0
Total 115,936 118,834

Fund Movement by Type

Unrestricted
General Fund
Total
Designated
Catering
Manse Electricity
Total
Endowment
Total
Restricted
Community Meal
TKSG 2020
Thanks Giving 2018
Thanks Giving 2019
Youth Works Rock Group
Total
Total Funds		 Opening
In
Out
Transfers
Closing
104,339
104,481
-107,597
-423
100,800
104,339
104,481
-107,597
-423
100,800
100
100
-380
380
0
-280
0
0
380
100
0
0
460
1,693
-1,476
677
1,781
1,781
5,734
5,734
6,841
6,841
-42
42
0
14,774
1,693
-1,476
42
15,033
118,833
106,174
-109,073
0
115,936

Analysis of Income and Expenditure

Income
Donations & Legacies
Offering
Legacies
Community Meal Donations
Donations to other projects
Thanks Offering 2024
GASDS
Gift Aid
Total
Investments
Bank Interest
Total
Other Income
Gift Aid Return
Rental Income
Grants
Cashback
Misc
Refunds
Total
Total
Expenditure
Charitable Activites
Minister
Student Loan
Wages
Tax
NI
Pension
Caretaker
Wages
Tax
Childrens and Families Worker
Wages
Tax
Pension
Operations Coordinator
Wages
Tax		 Curr Year
Prev Year
Unrestricted Designated
Restricted Endowment
2025
2024
77,814
77,814
69,479
4,300
1,693
1,693
3,584
449
449
31
31
5,252
2,000
13,376
13,376
91,670
0
1,693
0
93,363
84,615
2,610
2,610
980
2,610
0
0
0
2,610
980
3,429
3,429
14,427
5,517
5,517
6,172
1,000
1,000
2,500
4
4
5
3
3
248
248
559
10,201
0
0
0
10,201
23,663
104,481
0
1,693
0
106,174
109,258
Unrestricted Designated
Restricted Endowment
2025
2024
326
326
442
20,939
20,939
19,137
3,236
3,236
2,854
1,321
1,321
1,659
6,808
6,808
5,830
5,171
5,171
4,826
1,291
1,291
1,206
9,259
9,259
4,409
2,346
2,346
1,110
120
120
21
3,541
3,541
124
124
NI 50 50
Pension 17 17
Employer NI & Pension 68 68
Stewardship & HR 666 666 629
Sundry Expenses 248 248 805
Catering 790 790 554
Christmas 344 344 347
Outreach 429 429
Travel Expenses 36
Childrens Work 659 659 422
Youth Work 153 153 188
Community Meal 1,476 1,476 3,302
Missions 256 256
Homegroups/Discipleship 176 176 22
Jericho Road 1,464 1,464 1,212
International China Concern 1,627
Tek Ura 1,549 1,549
Gifts 110
BMS 4,004 4,004 4,056
BUGB Home Mission 4,475 4,475 4,500
Friends International 1,464 1,464 2,022
Cleaning costs 713 713 692
Office Supplies 87 87 75
Stationery 84 84 192
Church
Gas 11,443 11,443 15,304
Gas Service 0 465
Electricity 4,944 4,944 6,109
Water 37 37
Insurance 5,384 5,384 5,175
Phone 132 132 85
Internet 634 634 580
Maintenance 2,208 2,208 1,752
Maintenance Projects 1,825 1,825 4,471
Manse
Water 299 299 244
Broadband 346 346 316
Council Tax 1,493 1,493 1,265
Insurance 400 400 428
Maintenance 406 406 816
Gas & Electricity 304 304 485
Sunday Services 442 442 717
Minister Expenses 588 588 444
Social Events 390 390 421
Minister Training/Conferences 760 760 469
Technical Dept 690 690 628
Training and Conferences 165 165 142
Church Suite 91 91 273
Licences/Subscriptions/website
Safeguarding
Misc
Total Expenditure		 2,384
2,384
2,386
54
54
335
0
22
107,597
0
1,476
0
109,073
105,617