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EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH

(a Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation in England & Wales - Number: 1159628)

Ebenezer Street, Swansea Website: www.ebenezer.org.uk

Trustees’ Annual Report and

Statement of Financial Activities

(Annual Return and Accounts)

for the year ending

31[st] March 2025

Ebenezer Baptist Church (Swansea) – Registered Charity Number: 1159628 Trustees’ Annual Report and Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 31st March 2025

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Contents

Charity Objectives .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Charity Details ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Address of The Charity: ................................................................................................................................. 4 Correspondence Address .............................................................................................................................. 4 Trustees of Ebenezer Baptist Church ............................................................................................................ 4 Holding Trustees ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Independent Examiner .................................................................................................................................. 4 Bank Address ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Organization .................................................................................................................................................. 4 Paid Trustee(s) ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Activities ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 Regular Meetings ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Visiting Speakers ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Support From The Congregation ................................................................................................................... 6 Easter Activities ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Christmas Activities ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Compassion Fund .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Births, Deaths, Weddings and Baptisms ........................................................................................................ 6 Fellowship ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 Mission .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Special collections & Grants .......................................................................................................................... 7 Resignation of trustees .................................................................................................................................. 7 Buildings & Facilities ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Funding .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Safeguarding .................................................................................................................................................. 8 Search for a New Pastor ................................................................................................................................ 8 Accounts 2024 / 2025 ........................................................................................................................................ 9

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EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH, SWANSEA TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT 2024/2025

The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report and financial statements for the year ending 31[st] March 2025. The trustees believe that the financial statements comply with current statutory requirements and the Charity’s governing documents.

Charity Objectives

It does this for the public benefit by means of its main activities which are as follows.

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Charity Details

Address of The Charity:

Ebenezer Baptist Church, Ebenezer Street, Swansea, SA1 5BJ

Correspondence Address

Mr. Daniel Towers, 5 Clos-Yr-Allt, Townhill, Swansea SA1 6RD

Trustees of Ebenezer Baptist Church

At the time of this report:

Elders: Rev. Graham John (Pastor), Mr David Tucker, Dr Emmanuel Owoso.

Rev Graham John stepped down as Pastor and Trustee 1st September 2024. He has served the church faithfully as Pastor and trustee for 17 years. We wholeheartedly thank him for his faithful ministry and service. We celebrated Graham’s pastorate in a thanksgiving service and meal at the end of August.

Deacons: Mr. Jonathan Harvey (Treasurer), Mr. Daniel Towers (Secretary), Mr. Paul Watkins, Mr John Matthews

Holding Trustees

There is no longer a holding trustee. Ebenezer Baptist Church (Swansea) became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (herein referred to as CIO)

Independent Examiner

The independent examiner for Ebenezer Baptist Church at the time of this report is: Michael Jones F. C. C. A

Bevan Buckland LLP, Cardigan House, Castle Court, SA7 9LA

Bank Address

The Co-operative Bank p.l.c., 1 Balloon Street, Manchester M4 4BE

Organization

The CIO is administered by the trustees who are listed above. New trustees are appointed by resolution of the members of the charity in accordance with the constitution. They remain in office until their resignation, disqualification, or until their four-year term of office expires, in accordance with the church constitution.

Paid Trustee(s)

Rev. Graham John (Pastor) (until September 2024)

Note: Our trustee and former cleaner (Mr John Matthews) retired as cleaner in January 2024. Our new cleaner for this period (2024/2025) is not a trustee.

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Activities

The Church has remained active and vibrant, providing charitable benefit locally, nationally, and internationally. We also live streamed our Sunday services, as well as opening our Wednesday bible study and prayer meeting to those who wanted to join via Zoom. The streaming of services and meetings has allowed those who are housebound due to old age or ill-health to continue to worship and fellowship with the Church, as well as providing access to others who do not live locally but derive benefit from joining us online.

Regular Meetings

The regular meetings on a Sunday and during the week, have continued throughout the year.

God has continued to bless us with ministry on a Sunday which has been a challenge, encouragement, and stimulus to our faith, as well as informative to those who are interested in knowing more and learning about the Christian faith. We are very thankful for our Pastor, Graham John, who faithfully studied and preached God’s word to us week by week. Since Graham’s retirement other men from inside and outside the congregation have filled the pulpit as we be began the search for a new Pastor. We are thankful to all those who have been willing to give of their time and gifts in filling the pulpit.

We have welcomed visitors from different parts of the country, as well as people from our local community, who continue to meet with us regularly. We also enjoy the regular company of students from all over the world who are studying at Swansea’s various universities and colleges.

We offered hospitality to our students, who have the option to join a host each Sunday for a welcome in their home and a home-cooked meal.

Our meetings and events are open to all and were offered free of charge. All were staffed by volunteers. The regular meetings included Sunday School, Ladies’ fellowship meeting, Bible study & prayer meeting, Gladiators (children’s club), Footsteps (children’s club), TAG (youth meeting), and the young people’s bible study.

In January we held a week of prayer to commit the work of the Church to God and pray for His blessing.

We opened the chapel on Friday mornings for free tea, coffee, cakes, snacks etc, as part of the local council “warm spaces” scheme. It has been our pleasure to welcome in many people from the local community. We also provided a mini food / toiletries bank on Friday mornings. Swansea City Council have provided some financial support towards the coffee morning.

Visiting Speakers

It is a privilege to hear the word of God preached by Christians from all over the UK and the wider world, and to hear reports on how God’s work is progressing in other places. This allows us to be aware of the physical and spiritual needs of those outside of our own fellowship, for encouragement and to promote generosity to the needy and our own prayerfulness. Visting speakers included Trystan Hallam (Tredegar), David Hails (Neath Abbey), Paul Gamston, Jeremy Bayley (Sandfields), Adrian Brake, Bejamin Quek (Cardiff), Keith Berry (London), Evan Millership, Dafydd Taylor, Andrew Pitt, Jason Hydon, Alun Johnson, Conrad Pomeroy, Steve Dyer, Andrew Norbury, Mike Gilbart-Smith, Jeremy Walker (Crawley).

We also enjoyed hearing about God’s work around the world from various missionary workers and organisations on various Wednesday evenings.

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Support From The Congregation

Men from our own congregation who supplied the pulpit on a Sunday or Wednesday include: David Tucker, Graham John, David Evans, John Aaron, Alwyn Roberts, Emmanuel Owoso, Jon Harvey, David Bartlett, John Williams, Elliot Zapico, Paul Watkins and Daniel Towers.

Easter Activities

As well as our usual easter services, we were delighted to host several local schools who came to the Church to learn about Easter through our Easter Cracked events. We were delighted to receive positive feedback from the children and staff.

Christmas Activities

We held several activities over Christmas including a morning and evening carol service. We sang carols around a local housing estate (fighting through the rain) and also at Swansea railway station. We held Christmas Wrapped Up! Events for local schools, where the children came to the church to learn about Christmas. We gave out invitations to our carol services. We held a Christmas morning service.

Compassion Fund

Due to the cost-of-living crisis we maintain a discretionary compassion fund (generously financed by the congregation) which could provide restricted Aldi shopping vouchers to regular attendees who genuinely needed help with the cost of groceries. (The restricted vouchers cannot be spent on alcohol, tobacco, or gambling / lottery). Access to this fund was regulated by a set of qualifying criteria and it was administered by a gatekeeper who faithfully ensured it was only used as intended. Money from this fund was also made available to supply the coffee morning food / toiletries bank.

Births, Deaths, Weddings and Baptisms

We were saddened to offer our condolences to Jeff Davies’ family and friends as he was called home to glory in April. Jeff was a long standing member of the Church and is greatly missed.

We also offered our condolences to Margaret Towers on the passing of her father, and to John Aaron at the passing of his sister.

The Church offered their loving and prayerful support to the bereaved.

There were no births or weddings during this period.

We were pleased to baptise Eleri Towers upon her public confession of faith in Jesus Christ as her Lord and Saviour.

Fellowship

One of the saddest aspects of our society is loneliness. Our church provides a warm welcome and friendship to all who seek it. We held a number of events to which we welcomed visitors. A Good Friday service, Christmas morning service, a local walk, a treasure hunt (for the children), games in the park, church-history trips, a light party (in place of Halloween), bonfire on the beach, a New Year’s Eve party and several fellowship meals. Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided after every service (morning and evening).

Our “come together” services provide a format suitable for those who don’t frequently attend chapel, and draw together parents from the various youth meetings as well as other visitors to learn more about the Christian faith, with an opportunity to chat around a buffet afterwards.

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Mission

We have continued to support Christian Organizations and individual Christian workers in prayer and through financial support. Some of this support has been in the form of one-off gifts while others are supported on a regular basis.

As is our practice, several of our men regularly went out to preach in churches in South and West Wales offering support to churches without pastors, or simply as guest speakers.

We coordinated a ladies’ evangelistic dinner in October, held a men’s evangelistic meal in January, went out carol singing at High Street Station and a local estate in December and held our own carol services and other outreach services in the church.

We also, almost every week, are present with a tract stand near High Street station on a Saturday morning. This provides opportunity for local people to take free Christian literature, to be introduced to the Church and to ask questions about the Christian faith.

Special collections & Grants

We collected donated goods for the Waun Wen primary school pop-up shop, supporting local parents, as well as taking donations for our own mini food and toiletries bank.

A church from London used our building for a camp in August, we donated our facilities gratis to this camp.

We made the following one-off grants during this financial year (special collections topped up from our general fund). These are in addition to our regular mission support.

April 2024: Adam Urban (Pastor in Poland) £500
June 2024: Slavic Gospel Association £400
June 2024: UFM, MusaweNkosi project £2,877
June 2024: Support of short term mission expenses to MusaweNkosi project £500
July 2024: EMW Camp activity sponsorship £200
Aug 2024: UFM, Mervyn and Kim Neal £336
Nov 2024: The Soldiers' and Aviators' Scripture Readers Association £350
Nov 2024: Asialink £430

Resignation of trustees

Graham John gave notice of his retirement and resigned as a trustee on the 1[st] of September 2024.

Buildings & Facilities

Various members of the congregation worked on the church buildings during the year to help keep them safe and in good decorative order. We thank all those involved in keeping the buildings safe, in good repair and fit for purpose, especially those who give of their time, skills and energy freely on a voluntary basis.

We continue to strive to make sure the buildings are safe, in good repair and fit for purpose so that we can use them to help carry out our charitable aims and objectives.

The buildings were regularly heated, cleaned, and maintained. As owners of a Grade 2 star listed building, we make every effort to continue with a rolling programme of works to keep it in good order for the benefit of the charity and its work.

We thank our congregation for their generous giving that allows us to maintain our facilities.

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We were delighted to finally make good the middle hall roof adjoining the main hall. It would seem this roof has leaked since the building was constructed owing to a poor design. Lovells Roofing did an excellent job of renewing the lead-work, with thick lead, and re-tiling the crumbling upper portion of the middle hall roof. The hall is now finally dry, something which has alluded us since we purchased the building in the 1970s. Despite several attempts over the years to rectify this issue it took a significant financial commitment from the congregation to put this right once and for all. We are thankful to them for their generosity.

Major works required on the buildings remain as follows. However, we feel we are making good progress on making the buildings sound and can only move at the pace our resources allow.

We are pleased to report that the following jobs have now also been completed, although not during the period of this report:

Funding

Our funds are received mainly from the members and those attending our services. The trustees consider the financial position of the Charity to be satisfactory, and that sufficient and appropriate reserves are held to safeguard the future operations of the Charity.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding is of great importance in the Church. We have a safeguarding team including safeguarding leads and recruiters who are fully supported by the board of trustees. We engage in a rolling programme of training including safeguarding, food hygiene, allergy and first aid training. We are subscribed to Thirty One Eight who support us with our safeguarding.

All trustees and all volunteers who interact with children or vulnerable adults are subject to DBS checks, and all are required to read and agree to the Church’s safeguarding policy.

Safeguarding information is displayed prominently around the Church, and is publicly promoted to the congregation on “Safeguarding Sundays”.

Every effort is made to ensure that Ebenezer is a safe place for all beneficiaries and volunteers.

Search for a New Pastor

Our search for a new pastor continues. We are thankful to the New Pastor Committee (made up of Elders, Deacons and members of the congregation) who tirelessly work to arrange visiting preachers, and facilitate the process. There is a great shortage of men coming into the ministry, as well as many who approach retirement. We trust God will choose and provide a man to shepherd us and lead the Church, although we must be patient as this has proven to be a long process for many other local Churches.

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Accounts 2024 / 2025

ACCOUNTS 2024 / 2025 EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH SWANSEA (1159628)

Ebenezer Baptist Church (Swansea) – Registered Charity Number: 1159628 Trustees’ Annual Report and Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 31st March 2025

REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 1159628 EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH ISWANSEA} REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Ebenezer 8aptist Church ISw3nseal- Registered Charity Number-. IIS9628 Trusiees, Annual Report and Statemeniof Financial Activitiesfor the year ending 31st March 202S

OFFICERSAND PROFESSIONALADVISERS CHARITY NUMBER 1159628 PRINCIPAL OFFICE Car(Jigan House C8Stle Court LL8nsamlet Swansea SA7 9LA TRUSTEES Jonathan Harvey Dr Ernrnanuel(Moso Freoerick David Tucker Wilfred John Matthews Daniel Philts'p Towers Stephen Paul Watkins INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Bev8n Buckland LLP Chartered Accountsnts Cardigan House Castte Court Swan￿8 Enterprise Park Swansea SA7 9LA APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES Ebenezer 88Ptist Church ISwanse81 is a Ch8rrtsble Incorpor8ted Organisation. The CIO is administered ty the trustees who are listèd above. New trustees 8rè appointèd by resolution ofthe members of the charity in accordance with the constitution. They remain in office until thèir resignation. disqualitication. or until their four-year term of otlice expires. in accordance wrth the chuich constrtution. Ebenezer 8aptist Church ISw3nseal- Registered Charity Number-. IIS9628 Trusiees, Annual Report and Statemeniof Financial Activitiesfor the year ending 31st March 202S

REPORTOFTHE BOARDOFTRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 The tr￿￿eeS have pleasure in preseniing their annu81 reporttogether wr¢h financial ststements forthe year ended 31 March 2025. The financial staternents have been prepared on a receipts and pByThents basis and in accordance with the chartys governingdocurnent. and appkn'cable Lqw. REGISTERED NAME The n8me of the charity registered at the Chanties Commission is Ebenezer Baptist Church ISw8nseal. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY The princip818Ctivtty isth8t ot a Chuich including morning & eveningSund8y Services, Bible Study & Prayer Meeting, Sundayschool, Children's & Young People's meetings, Warm Spaces Coffee Morning, Ladies, Meeting. Vistting and distribution of lrterature to local cornrnuntty. Open Air literature stall. Support (financially, piactic8Lly& in prayer) of other Christian workers/organizations in the UK & overseas. ACHIEVEMENTS a PERFORMANCE: Duringthe year, the church continued its ministry through regular worship services, pastorBI care. and communty outreach. Wè SUen￿hened our volunteer involvement. supported mèmbers in times of neèd. and mainiained our programmes despite limited resources. The trustèes are satisfied thatthe church has used its funds wisely and continued to make a mèaningful spiritual and practic81 impactwthin the congregaiion and WKJercommunity- FINANCIAL REVIEW: These comments appty to the Unrestricted - Gener81tund which is used for most otthe reguL8r church aclNtties. Forthe reported year120241251 the officers agreed an income ￿dget of £146,600". The actual income of £125,7￿ represents a decrease of 6.6% over the previous year. Total income in recent years has been: (Rounded to the nearest £1001 2023-2024 £133,￿0 £109,200 £107,600 £102,800 £100,400 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 Ebenezer 8aptist Church ISw3nseal- Registered Charity Number-. IIS9628 Trusiees, Annual Report and Statemeniof Financial Activitiesfor the year ending 31st March 202S

REPORTOFTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 IConilnu•d} The expenditure budget was £106,200 and the actual expendrture £95.378, representing a (Jecrease ot 28% overthe previous year. The income 8nd reserves allowed for the tin81 £5,500 to be repaid otthe Mi&8ion Hail loans. In addrtion to the expendrture there vlas also transfers between ftJnd5 of the totlowng duringthe yèar: £18,000 to the Middle Hall Roof building fund (comprised of £12,000 Irom the general fund, and £6,0￿ trom the Chapel House Rental fvndl. Total expenditure in recent years has been.. {Rounded to the nearest £1￿) 2023-2024 £131,900 £101.500 £ 94.600 £ 88,800 £107.100 £ 88.100 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 The trustees lofficersl rnonitorthe church finances monthly and aim to achieve a baLance ot income and expendrture over the tinancial year. During ihis financial year. our pastor, Rev. Gr8ham John retired on 31" AuEUSt 2024. As 8 successorwould need to be 80ught and employed 8nd be a signrficant factor in the church's expenses. the Trustees inrtiaLLy only agreed a 6 rnonth budgetfor the 2024125 financial year. to 30" Sept 2024. This proposed an income of £63.518, and expendrture of £65.373 implying 8 small loss situation and reduction in reserves ot £1,855 to £25,082. The budget tor the remaining 6 months of the financi8lye8r (Octoberto March) was estimated In September 2024. RESERVES POLIC. The church holds 8 5m8Li level ot unrestricted reserves as 8 financial $8fegu8rd, excluding restricted funds and fixed assets in line with Charity Comrnission guidance. Trustees aim to maintain reserves to PToieci against unexpected income shorttalls or essents'81 unplanned expendtture, retlecknng common prèctice for smallch8rtties. FUTURE PLANS: The church intends to continue wtth ￿ current obiectrves including r(s 8pirrtU818nd practical endeavours amongst the congregatiorb and wider community. Our ability to find and employ a new pastorwill have a significant impact on this and so remains one of our priorilies. Following Ebenezer 8aptist Church ISw3nseal- Registered Charity Number-. IIS9628 Trusiees, Annual Report and Statemeniof Financial Activitiesfor the year ending 31st March 202S

this appointment, in due course afterthat we would seek to employ a tr3ineelassistsnt ministerlworker lusing funos already set asioe for this role in one of the restricted funds). In the financialyear 2025-26. we intend to commission a 5-ye8r pLan for the premises to try ar foresee and make prowsion tor possible ftftU￿ expenses. GRANTS In adclttion to our regular agreed support itemised in the summarywe have Made grants to: Jun 2024 UFM IMUSAI Special collection £ 2.877.00 Aug 2024 UFM10151 Special collection 335.50 Nov2024 AsiaLink Special collection 430.00 Nov2024 SASRA Special collection 350.00 Ebenezer 8aptist Church ISw3nseal- Registered Charity Number-. IIS9628 Trusiees, Annual Report and Statemeniof Financial Activitiesfor the year ending 31st March 202S

REPORTOFTHE BOARD OFTRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 {Coniinued) TRUSTEES The Trustees who held ottice duringthe year 2024-25 were as follows.. Jonathan Harvey Rev. Graham John Wilfred John M*thews Dr Emm8nuel 0￿￿90 Daniel Phillip Tofftrs Frederick David Tucker Stephen Paul W8tkins No trustee has any financial interest in the charity. The charty is governed by rts charrt8ble rules and is restricted to carryingoLrt acttwties within its ch8rrt8ble objectives. By order of the Board: INDEPENDENTEXAMINERS, REPORTTOTHETRUSTEES OF Ebenezer 8aptist Church ISw3nseal- Registered Charity Number-. IIS9628 Trusiees, Annual Report and Statemeniof Financial Activitiesfor the year ending 31st March 202S

EBENEZER BAPTISTCHURCH ISWANSEAI I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 set out on pages seven to nine. Rospacilvé ra$ponsibititias of trustfyos and axaminor The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider th8t8n audrt is not required torthisyear lunder Section 144(21 ofthe Charrties Act 2011 Ithe 2011 Actll and that an independent examinats'on is required. It is my responsibiltyto- examine the accounts under Section 145 of the 2011 Act to follow the proceoures laid down in the Gener81 Directions given bythe Ch8rity Cornrnission (under SeC￿On 1451Sllbl ot the 2011 Act): and to state whether particular matters have come to rny attention. Basis of tho independent examinerfs report My examination was carried out in accordance wth the General Directions gwen bythe Chartty Comrnission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept bythe charityand a comparison of the accounts presented wrth those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual r(ems or Oisclosures in the 8ccounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audrt, and consequently no opinion is gNen as io whether the accounts present a'true and fair wew ' and the reporr is limited to those m8tters sei oui in the statements below. Independent examiner's statement In connection with my ex8min8tion. no matter has come to my arteniion- {11 vthich gives me re8son8bLe cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance Wilh Section 130 of the 2011 Act- and to prepare accounts which accord wrth the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met., or 121 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable B proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Michael Jones F.C.C.A Bevan Buckland LLP Cardigan House Castlecourt Swansea Enterprise Park Swanse8 SA7 9LA Ebenezer 8aptist Church ISw3nseal- Registered Charity Number-. IIS9628 Trusiees, Annual Report and Statemeniof Financial Activitiesfor the year ending 31st March 202S

Ebenezer Baptist Church, Swansea11159628) Unrestricted Funds for the fi'nancial year endin8 on 31° March 2025 Note.. Finanualnurnbe￿ in this Teport are in whole pounds only. leading to some rounding errors Receipts 2024-25 2(Y2>24 Notes Gift Aid IHMRC & Stewordshipl Tax Recovered on GiftAid non-GiftAwJ Totsl Receipts 80560 22,061 22,508 £ 125.129 89.677 22,745 21,498 £ 133,920 2024-25 202>24 Notes PAyments EMWI MEC Asiabnk UFM l Mervyn Neal I EMF I Sandor Keleman I UFM l ￿an Davey I I Postor Training International I UCCF UCCF I Ivrdn Robb. Swansea Stsff Worker I Union IWEsn UFM l Heledd Job I CBW I Christian Book5 lknddwde I PHM I Port Harcourt mis￿0n I other UK Support otheT Non-UK Supkv)rt Howers / Catering Adverhsing Youth Work Salaries- Pastor Mon5e Charge5 Pen5ior kheme Partor/ Elder Expense5 IrLStbnE Speakers Buildings- Maintenance Salaries- Oihers 12CKI 4,410 1,21XJ 4.200 1,50) 1.2C 1.375 1.21x1 1,1 3,150 1.100 2,081 462 714 1.255 1.521 29.861 10.236 3.966 1.106 1,362 10.076 6.757 3.192 1,555 14.054 3,849 2,268 516 4,097 9,645 S,961 3,392 1,326 273 9.598 2.037 5,51M) Premises Insurance Organ Maintenon library v￿li￿e$ Office expenses Loan payment Professional fees Totol pa￿￿entS Net of receipts I payments Tian5feT5 between fund5 Opening cash fund5 ck)s1￿ tash funds 1.036 8.936 2,Tr32 24.500 720 É 95,378 É29,751 1£4.6971 É 26,501 £ 54555 £ 131,9)5 £ 2,015 £3,402 £ 21,084 £ 26501 Ebenezer 8aptist Church ISw3nseal- Registered Charity Number-. IIS9628 Trusiees, Annual Report and Statemeniof Financial Activitiesfor the year ending 31st March 202S

Restricted Funds for the fi.nancial year ending on 31 March 2025 Receipts 2024-25 202>24 Notes Gift IHMRC & Steward5hipl Tax recovered on Gift Aid non-Gift Ab Rent 24.190 3,717 4.299 9.2C#) 1.258 216 3.241 9.425 Grnnt io Total Receipts £ 42,664 £ 14.727 Pa¥ments 2024-25 202>24 Notes NoTr-UK 9Jpport I Spec. collecboTrs I UK Support I Spec. collection. tnea151 Youth work Building Maintenance l Middle Ploll Roof I ProfesS￿n01 fees I Chapel house I Compassion min￿try offi.ce expenses Flowers/ CaterI￿g I Warm space5 rdated I 3,307 2.511 37 2.116 3.360 44,236 1.518 120 1.638 245 467 554 Total payments Net of receipts I payments Tr&n5fers between fvnd5 Openine cash funds (losirw cash fvjnds £ ￿,803 1£ 8,1391 £4697 £ 38,987 £ 35.545 £ 9.364 £ 5,36J 1£3,4021 £ 37.026 É 38.987 RestiTrrted funds totals at the end of the FY. Chapel House.. £ I,IX)O Asslstant Pastor= £ 31,550 Compassion- £ 2,465 Warm 5pace51 from grant received )- £ 233 TAG: £243 Special colleciions/gifts I. includes travel expense51'. Aprol 2024- Adam Urban, following virtual visit.. £500 June 2024.. SGA, Peter ￿"r￿, following visit.. £ 400 . June 2024.. UFM, Gavin and Elaine from MusaweNkosl project, following wsit.. £2,877 June 2024.. Support of short term mission expenses to MusaweNkosi projecL' £5C(J July 2024: EMW Camp activrty sponsorship. £200 AUE 2024.. UFM, Mervyn and Kim Neal, following visiL' £ 336 Nov 2024.. sAs￿A, following visit.. £ 350 . Nov 2024.. Asialinl following visit.. £ 430 Ebenezer 8aptist Church ISw3nseal- Registered Charity Number-. IIS9628 Trusiees, Annual Report and Statemeniof Financial Activitiesfor the year ending 31st March 202S

Notes to the accounts.. 111 The decrease in Gift Aid is a return to normal due to particular gifts last year Isee prarious notesl- 121 The incorne funds transfer is made up of funds being moved back into the General Fund.. Accumulated rental income from chapel hou5e1£4,564+£6,000. See also note 81; a surplus from the Building Project fund following the completiorh of the roofing project1£3,5201: and contribution from the warm spaces grant towards utilth"es1£5401. 131 Support for Iwan Robb-the UCCF staff worker for Swansea, began in November 2024, £1￿ per month for 3 years. 141 In èddition to the regular catednglmeal events, external caterers were used for the retr"rement event in August. 151 Following Graham's retirernent at the end of August, the lines relating to pastor's renumeration have all seen an expected decrease, and will rernain low until we appoint someone new to the role. 161 The organ required an electrical repair, including the replacement of special fuses. The organ tuners were also able to wsit having not done so for more than a year1£5181. 171 The final mission hall work ￿an repayment was made April 2024. 181 Money transferredfrom the Unrestricted General Fund towards: the middle hall roDf building project1£12.0(K> plus £6,oix) from the Chapel House rent RF transfer).. subsidies for the evangelistic meals,. and top-upslcontributions to special collection gifts. 191 A number of significant gifts tOWdrds the middle hall rooflgully building project were ￿ceIved. Several of these allowed us to claim Grft Aid on them. 1101 We receNed a grant from Swansea Council towards the running of the warm spaces coffee morning. Some additional funds were applied for in order to purchase storage units and krtchen equipment. 27.1.2026 io Ebenezer 8aptist Church ISw3nseal- Registered Charity Number-. IIS9628 Trusiees, Annual Report and Statemeniof Financial Activitiesfor the year ending 31st March 202S