## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **Day Month Year** Day Month Year **From 1st Jan 2025 To** 31st Dec 2025 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Bere Regis Congregational Church Other names charity is known by Bere Regis Chapel Registered charity number (if any) 1144980 Charity's principal address Butt Lane Bere Regis Wareham Dorset Postcode BH20 7HZ** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||I Stevens|Treasurer||Appointed bymembers| ||G Gee|Elder||“| ||R Kirk|Elder||“| ||P Jackson|Deacon||“| ||G Bennington|Deacon||“| ||S Morris|Deacon||“| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution dated 12[th] October 2011 - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Trust How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by Church members Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** The advancement of the faith in accordance with the basis of faith primarily but not exclusively within Bere Regis and the surrounding neighbourhood. Such other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the members of the church general meeting further the work of the church **TAR** March **2012** 2 We have provided the opportunity for people to worship within our church buildings and have continued live streaming on You Tube to spread the Good news of the Gospel to a wider audience. We have also sought to reach out to the wider community offering guidance and help to any seeking to live a Christian life or who are in need of comfort and help. When considering the churches activities consideration was given to the commission’s guidance on the public benefit and in particular to the guidance for charities for the advancement of religion **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 3 Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** We continued to hold weekly Sunday services which were open to all and have welcomed new members this last year. Two adults asked for baptism as believers and it was a time of rejoicing as they publicly demonstrated their faith in Jesus. The services continued to be live streamed on the internet for those unable to physically attend and the recorded weekly messages are available to all via You Tube. Two house groups continued to meet weekly in members’ homes for fellowship and Christian teaching. The Mother and Toddler group met weekly in the church, offering help and fellowship to any mothers in the village. Door to door visitation has been carried out within the village offering spiritual support and guidance to any seeking help. During the year some special public meetings have been held dealing with the wonders of creation and the work of various missionary organisations. During the August bank holiday, a well-attended residential conference was held under the banner of “Truth 4 Youth” which attracted young people from around the country who wanted fellowship and in-depth teaching on Christian subjects. Some street evangelism has been carried out in Dorchester in the Christmas period where Christian literature was handed out and a Christmas carol service was carried out in a local retirement home. **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** It is the policy of the church to hold sufficient reserves to cover the normal running costs but also to cover any emergency repairs **Details of any funds materially** No Funds in Deficit **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**|Ivan R Stevens|Graham Gee| |---|---|---| ||Ivan Richard Stevens|Graham Gee| ||

Treasurer|Elder| ||12/04/2026|| ||12/04/2026|| **TAR** March **2012** 5 ||||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Bere Regis Congregational Church**|||||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|01/01/2025|**To**|31/12/2025||| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**19,767**
**-**
**4,930**
**14,107**
**383**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**39,187**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**39,187**
**12,990**
**4,460**
**8,844**
**2,880**
**924**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,098**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,098**
**9,089**
**-**
**-**
**9,089**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**19,767**
**-**
**4,930**
**14,107**
**383**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**39,187**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**39,187**
**12,990**
**4,460**
**8,844**
**2,880**
**924**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,098**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,098**

**9,089**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**19,767**
**-**
**4,930**
**14,107**
**383**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**39,187**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**39,187**
**12,990**
**4,460**
**8,844**
**2,880**
**924**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,098**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,098**

**9,089**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |WeeklyOfferings|**19,767**|||||**19,719**| |Donations|**-**|||||**105**| |Tax Return|**4,930**|||||**4,809**| |Rental Income|**14,107**|||||**7,620**| |Bank Interest|**383**|||||**516**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**39,187**|||||**32,769**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**32,769**| |||||||| |Ministry|**12,990**|||||**4,525**| |MissionaryGiving|**4,460**|||||**9,555**| |Maintenance of Church Premises|**8,844**|||||**13,928**| |Electricity/Gas/Oil|**2,880**|||||**2,042**| |General Expenses|**924**|||||**751**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**30,098**|||||**30,801**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**30,801**| |||||||| ||**9,089**|**-**|**-**|
**9,089**||**1,968**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**9,089**|**-**|**-**|**9,089**||**1,968**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 13/04/2026 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Ivan Stevens**
**Details**
**Details**
Church Manse /Buildings
Church Contents
Current Account
Deposit Account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**24,509**
**-**
**41,095**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**65,604**
**-**
Agreement Error
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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Print Name
**Ivan R Stevens**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| ||**Ivan Stevens**|**Ivan R Stevens**|**17/02/2026**| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 13/04/2026 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the truste members of Bere Regis Congregational Church On accounts for the year ended 31st De￿rnber 2025 Charity no lif any) 1144980 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chartty (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended Responsibilities and As the chartty trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts tn accordan￿ with the requiremerrts of the Chartties Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). I report in reskEd of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under sedion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable DirectK>ns given by the Chaiity Commission under sec*on 145{5)(b) of the Ad. I have COFnpteted my examination. I confinm that no matertal matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to belivrfe that in, any material Independent examinerfs statement aGcounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of theAdor the accounts do not accord y￿th the accounting records I have no cOn￿mS and have come across no otrter matters in connection with the examination to which attention should LE dravm in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body {rf any): Address: RT rT IER October 2018