2024-12-31-accounts - Bethel Evangelical Church Gorseinon

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01/01/24 To 31/12/24

Charity name: Bethel Evangelical Church Gorseinon

Charity registration number: 1154845

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	The purposes of the church shall be: (1) The advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the basis of faith primarily but not exclusively within Gorseinon and the surrounding neighbourhood: and (2) such other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the members of the church in a church meeting, further the work of the church.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	Worship services twice each Sunday. Weekly evening meetings for youth and primary school children in term time. Weekly morning meetings for mothers and toddlers in term time. Prayer Meetings/Bible Studies weekly. Weekly Coffee Mornings. Support for Christian workers at home and abroad. Participation in community annual Lantern Parade. Engagement with local schools.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission guidance on community benefit.

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

	SORP reference
		N/A
	Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
		N/A
	Para 1.38
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment


Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	N/A
Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	Sunday Morning and Evening services each Sunday, open to all. Weekly Monday Club in term time, for younger children: average attendance was 9. Weekly Youth Meeting in term time: average attendance was 10. Weekly meeting for mothers and toddlers in term time: average attendance was 15 children plus an adult for each. Weekly Coffee Morning, open to all: attendance varied from about 15-30. Prayer Meeting/Bible Study/Missionary Meeting every Tuesday, attended mainly by church members. Members continued to donate to local food banks. Participation in the annual Lantern Parade, providing refreshments and literature. School visits – 2 schools visited the church at Harvest (September) and 2 at Christmas. We continued to support 3 families doing Christian work, 2 abroad and one working from the UK. We also started support for one family in Poland.
Additional information (optional) You maychoose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	N/A
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	N/A


Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	N/A
Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of theperiod	Para 1.21	Please see Auditor’s report.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	We do not have a formal policy on reserves. They are monitored by the Treasurer and at each Officers meeting and Members meeting.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£112,532
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	N/A
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	None
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	None

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Voluntary donations from members and other attendees.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	Spare funds are held in an interest bearing account.
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed,royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association,CIO)	Para 1.25	Trust
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	Members elected as deacons automatically become Managing Trustees.

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	All incoming Managing Trustees are required to read the relevant documents, and to attend (whenever possible) the regular Managing Trustee meetings.
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charityname	Bethel Evangelical Church Gorseinon
Other name the charityuses	-
Registered charitynumber	1154845
Charity’s principal address	Bethel Evangelical Church West Street Gorseinon Swansea SA4 4AA

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	Derek Dennis	Deacon and Secretary
	Martyn Keane	Deacon and Treasurer
	Samuel Reeve	Deacon
	Keith Vine	Deacon

Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for wholeyear
Derek Dennis
Martyn Keane
Samuel Reeve

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets Not applicable. held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects

Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of Name Address adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

Other optional information

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Keith John Vine Position (eg Secretary, Deacon and coordinator for Chair, etc) Trustees Annual Report Date 11 September 2025

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| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust’) for the year ended “+
Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

| 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, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have
examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
e the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
e 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.

| 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.

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SectionB

Disclosure.

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Receipts & Payments Account

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||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|Total|Last| |Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|Year| |Al|Receipts| |Collection|£19,556.11|£19,556.11|£14,289.00| |Direct Credit|£39,957.00|£39,957.00|£38,515.00| |Gift|£715.00|£715.00|£4,560.00| |Inland|Revenue|- Gift Aid|£11,423.15|£11,423.15|£10,911.11| |Other income|£2,364.00|£2,364.00|£120.72| |Interest|£1,905.72|£1,905.72|£1,387.25| |£75,920.98|£0.00|£0.00|£75,920.98|£69,783.08| |ee| |A2|Asset &|Investment|Sales|0|0|0| |Total|Receipts|£75,920.98|£0.00|£0.00|£75,920.98|£69,783.08| |A3|Payments| |Business Expenses|£15,493.15|£15,493.15|£11,259.01| |Charitable|donations|£0.00|£0.00|£100.00| |Cleaning|£1,914.01|£1,914.01|£2,443.99| |Evangelism|£1,924.81|£1,924.81|£1,355.25| |Good|news|club|£597.87|£597.87|£516.93| |Missionaries|£7,938.00|£7,938.00|£3,861.00| |Other ministers|£1,170.00|£1,170.00|£4,300.00| |Pension|Payment|£3,116.00|£3,116.00|£2,791.94| |Salary|Pastor|£23,042.39|£23,042.39|£15,163.46| |Stationary|£170.12|£170.12|£91.09| |Subscriptions|£0.00|£0.00|£370.42| |Taxes|Paid|£4,954.24|£4,954.24|£2,967.12| |Domestic|bills|£6,470.41|£6,470.41|£4,338.95| |Youth|Work|£264.43|£264.43|£234.85| |Funeral|expenses|£589.84|£589.84|£626.47| |Pastorial fund|expenditure|£8,623.55|£8,623.55|£1,713.14| |Mothers & Toddlers|£78.55|£78.55|£0.00| |Sunday School|£81.89|£81.89|£0.00| |£76,429.26|£0.00|£0.00|£76,429.26|£52,133.62| |A4|Asset &|Investment|Purchases| |Audio|Equipment|£838.20|£838.20|£0.00| |Computer|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00| |£838.20|£0.00|£0.00|£838.20|£0.00| |aNN|NN|eT| |Total Payments|abt|267.46|S000|£0.00|—£77,267.46||£52,133.62| |Net of receipts/Payments|-£1,346.48|£0.00|£0.00|-£1,346.48|£17,649.46| |AS Transfers between funds|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00| |A6|Cash Funds|last year end|£120,806.73|£0.00|£0.00|£120,806.73|£103,157.27| |Cash|Funds This Year end|£119,460.25|£0.00|£0.00|£119,460.25|£120,806.73| |Cash Movement|-£1,346.48|£0.00|£0.00|-£1,346.48|£17,649.46|

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Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

B1 Cash Funds

Details	Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment
	Funds	Funds	Funds
HSBC Account	£6,928.13
Business money manager	£112,532.12
Total	£119,460.25	£0.00	£0.00

p-Ee5 CHARITY COMMISSION | Independent examiner's report on the | Wie) FOR ENGLAND AND WALES | accounts

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| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust’) for the year ended “+
Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

Independent | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have
examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
e the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
e 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.

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Disclosure.

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Receipts & Payments Account

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Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

B1 Cash Funds

Details	Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment
	Funds	Funds	Funds
HSBC Account	£6,928.13
Business money manager	£112,532.12
Total	£119,460.25	£0.00	£0.00