Spiritualist Church
Charity Regiitration Number 1162530
Report of the Trnstees
Ststrm¢nts
Year Ended 31 D￿ember 2023
Stephen Penny & P*rtneTS limited
Chartered Certified Accountants
and BuslDess Advisors
898-902 Wlmborne Road
Moordown
BH9 2DW
Unlted Kingdo
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BourDeDwuth Spirltsallst Chureb Trust
YeAr Ended 31 Decenknr 2023
CollteDts
Pa%e
Baiallce Sheet
Incolne and ExwMliturE A￿L¥￿t
A¢￿￿1t￿n¥ Poli¢i¢8: Note I
Fixed Assets Lc*l Scl*dule.. N)* 2
Jncojne Account: Note 3
Exp¢nditure Note 4
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Bournemouth spiri￿8118( Cknureh
Financial Aetounts
Year Ended 311)erernber 2023
Trnstees Report
REFERENCEAND
Cknrlty Name:
(refeEred to BSC ifft this rq*)rt)
Reglstered Charity f4wDber.
1162530
Date Ckarity Re8lrtettL"
eJuly 2015
Cbarlty's PrheipleAddrtM:
TruJ¢¢e¥ at31 December 2(J23:
Patri¢io MA￿ Jaod Effjilymae, David L£e afyj Eli7•beth BellIK￿Se
TrusiteAppolntments
during 2023 period:
Phylli% RumDvJ 19 April 2023. Pe￿RuT￿￿ 19AFal 2023. AshLbwD
19 Apnl 21123 and Sarab tkvaEll 19April 2023
Trustee Resil￿tiOnS
dllfin8 2DLI period:
Carol Rottakl 19April 2023 aml M%k F(x*s 19 ApriI 2023
Pr¢iident Appolxts*exts
dving 2023 perfoL.
President Re¥lgn•doDs
during 2023 perlod:

STRUCTURE GOVEILNANCE
Coverning Document:
CoustititsiorL-'Rules for (Yjutthes 2014,. A(knpttsl l¥tAugust 2014
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Chvlty CDnsdtutlO￿.
OrEanls*tiokn:
BSC 1$ Jnanagthl by a wmiiuee of no less than 8 who we known &$
the Trlan8ging Tnjsreu..
RegularTr￿le¢ Meeting5 tske plaLr {currrntly 10 Tnc¢lmgs pa) to ctLsure the
smooth ru￿]ng of BSC enSw1￿ its objectiv&s 8t￿ o￿ationaI ￿ are
impl¢Dth ¢0 the t*nefit of BSC and its attendee8.
. thkgallo￿ fro]ll MaMgiAg T￿￿¢¢$ to wprov4xI Full Membtts of
C volt￿￿e[the1r skills and tim¢ BSC'S deltvUat￿c
of wvices to the ￿e￿al pJbkn¢
athl with the following Lyiteria:
. Full Members of BSC
undetsthdin8 of tbe rquireinents and ￿￿1]Ill¢S of]￿Id￿g office
- With a skill 8et that a&sIs￿sUpE￿L￿Co￿￿￿LeS to the deliverance of sttvices
and 0￿01￿& success of
. Th¢MaDag]￿￿ TDJ51eeS are miTthI of the lryrtanre of 5UffWi(Fn planlling
d aim to Trt]5*E6 that fijlfil BSC5 filt￿ mallagemwtr¢4wr￿¢rtts.
TnuteeAppoffintment
elttkd by meJJ**rs at theAGhL
wh￿￿ tskes plxe th]ring tbe regularmanagllw TDJStee meetsng5 by way of
of the Tr￿1￿$ is theTrnsteesby i￿pIe￿￿ttl
a'wll¢cuve' a¢yoath
Policy o• Rexrvu:
BSC pre$￿thay¢ a fonna￿POlIcY on Re8en¢8
unre6trithl fijllds to me¢t Its 8bortqong needs and to monitor. on a re8ular
basis the of ally d¢￿sI￿ltiN*I￿nellts m*Je with the in*ntion to
com￿]￿l0￿ Scheme (FSCS) prnte£tcd {GoYern]nentbackcd) instilution and
any investtn&Ls *re m*le in line withThe T￿￿tttS Act200Q LY anyotherAct
of Puliame￿I CLrntty in forc£

Chirirfj k¢Jlth:
Trwees twta forthc fiwKial yearof £4J73. which utos¢
princjpauy &% a re￿It of an ][K￿a8¢ itKome gcnetatcda￿d are4bJction in
expenditure. the previ￿15 year1t￿rE additional CxpeDdits￿C onupJ&tinB the
church work OD the thivmy rede¢orntion.
regular *H>s to geDetate itLCOrnQ minimise levels of expenditLwe.' review knw to
best Jwinw retsun on investi￿ (wllllst still prottttiDg fimd8) in ordertLI
proTride the nK¢&sary fwnees to ￿ out the spintLEal ond clwitable activities
of BSC. The tnL4tt8 are satisfied the Church sulTKieDt reserves to meet its
¢WT¢llt oblisuvoJ&g QDd to nAointQiD its cborioLble LL*ivititra.
¥¥
The Trnstres Confi￿ they Thave regard, to the Cljarity Com]lli￿,5 guidallce oll ￿￿blIC benefi¢. ar￿ catry out the
Clwitys puryoses fOr￿blIC benefit in lille with the S￿￿Ja￿e
Charlty's Objeetivu:
To advanc¢ and diffuse th¢ knowl￿£¢ of the religithLS phil05r￿bY of Spiritidism.
Aedidtles undertakem ttt jllert
the Cb*rAty's obj¢clivu •Md
for pubmt bellefitr.
Boun)emouth SpirttyalirtCbw¢h wvides a comprehensive and programtne
of adtvitses and evwts foi the beth of a cros8 section of the pubLit:
Spirityalist t¢a¢bu]g phdog)phy is available tbrou8h th¢ w¢rkby way
Splrlw￿ HeAJing is available on avewe five days a week
All of the above are provid￿ to the s￿￿al public and ￿n￿leS wsitive vatues,
VEMEf¥T
and activitic8. lvbicb are a￿116b￿ to the dIffi￿tt tu
visitors during tlK yrar ba5 risk Th¢ ¢0￿mIttee will ￿llIn￿ iti with ita
mernEKr4 to rrvivw shoubj be knpi in plxc goitig l¢xwaNI.
The Church's Tc8cr¥o Trcre&cd 15 a of IILC TtU5t¢e6 nw)lli￿ll￿ of iEKOllLe 8Ad eFooyh'tura Th¢ TnkstE¢
currclltly coDsid¢r]n8 the iysi use of there6erYes to best maio¢aify the fatn"¢ of rhe Clwrckn and ￿ enable the to
contiTHK to ffApaThd its *tiTritte6 and meet its dwitable obtsxtsve
The Trusw de¢iatr that tbey have approved tbe Trustee$R4x)rt atq
Sisned In Edwlf oEthe C1￿1￿$TrUsteeS
Jxuet EmllyThae
President and Truste¢
Dalul: IIIIW2024

Jttlnelal Aeeollnts
tttdependent Euthrs Report to the Trty%tees of Bo•rnuwuth Splrltualtst
I ryrton mYeX&rniDts￿ ofthe*&xttysofthe CllllldL ftrts)Y4r¢¥thl 31 D￿nFa2013. kMges3 t* 8.
The charitigs tsiJ*ee5 are Nswnsibi¢ ftrtrprqxTaMD of Th¢dwn/s Inlst¢¢S(mSbtstsan4￿1lf is
rwir¢*l for this y¢4TuDdff ￿loll 1412}rftheCharithsArt 2011 lthe 2011 ALX) ardthat4n UMIq￿ja*eKslttUK￿ 18
e￿￿1]￿ethe*￿)%S 145 rfthe201I Act
thepn¥edutEJ 14wJO)wll Dre¢trWii%Yllbythe￿rynffjItsmts I4￿5xb)
ofthr 2011 xi
set in the nex¢ sM¢r
k￿a¢¢OU*re￿￿lS with 130 ofthE2011 A¢t*¥l
2011 Art atyj withFRS 102
hive been
121 w wht¢h. ifl myopinNA4 sIxxLbj￿¢tr8￿ iti c*&stoeJMbi¢ theaLxYxuts to
tah Pettny FCCA
Strphem PeDlly and hrtDtrs Ll]Ntttd
ch8rter￿ CaEifigJ Accoutytartts
alld Advisors
898.￿)2 WirnlryneRLwL
Mwrthw
Da￿.. IV•4ll024
BH9 2DI

B*L•Ke Shert
As At 31 December 21n3
2023
Flxed u¥et¥
5.741
6,719
Bwkthil gtttkat tost
51
51
SffKk of hyrnll IM)ok5 aDd(0￿S
S(X)
Lloyd5 CunEDtAccrNllJt
20.457
11218
Lloyds SaviL8Accom
50JiO
45.010
s￿.U. Building Fund Po)1
252
250
S.N.L. f￿1 r•t¢dwltaL￿ts
51,932
61,122
2(M)
11&351
123.702
Surtdry crediiors and ac¢n￿a¢ha￿
Net cU￿t￿l Asffets
iu622
117.271
T•tsl iytt As*ts
l28.363
123.990
CAPITAL ACCOUNT AS AT l JkryL.ARY 2(123
123.
133.456
Iyet*Urplu￿{deffttt) f•r the year
4J73
(9.4661
CAprrAL ACCOUN[ AS AT 31 DECEMBER I•II
128
123,990
APPROVAL CERTIFICATE
Expenditure Atcoullt artd Baiau¢c Sheet. We aCk￿y1￿{Be￿I[w*￿tsib]llty f(x the fts￿￿11] infon￿￿On attd f
pro¥i(knx Sr¢ph¢ll 2ll(I Partnery With ￿ th¢ iiftyr]￿lOtt 8t¥J for i1& c4>n4)letion.
J#net
id¢nt Twste¢
r¢d.. IIPb412024
Patrkts M*thln
Tre8surerAnd T￿￿¢¢
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Bournemfyuth Spiri￿all$t Church
tn¢om¢ Expendhure Aetount
For the Year Ended 31 Deeellthr 2023
2022
tllCOD
33268
26.656
Ewditure
28.895
36,122
SUrylu￿(Defjctr) for the ye*r
4.373

Bourneniouth Spiritualist Chllreh
Notes to the Accounts
For the ye￿ Ended 31 Decenther 2023
OTE I ACCOUNTING POLICIES
set out below aDd CODwty vjith the charitrfs govenllng ¢knllneDL the Cbaritie5 Act2011
applicabk in the UK Republic of frLYn l Decern￿ 2017.
of R￿0￿Mended Pra¢u"¢¢.' A¢c(Amllo8 ard Reporting by ChzTities prepariD8 their accour
accordance tE* Fin￿181 RwbDg Standth applioble ID the UK aml Republic of
tre181￿ {FRS 102) alld the FIti￿CIAl ReporlxD8 Ststtdsrd applicable itt the United Kingdom
and Rcpublic of Ir¢laDd (FRS IQ2) the Ch￿Ill¢S Ad 2011 4￿j UK GED¢rallyA¢ceMvl
Practice &8 it arvli&8 I IyeC¢M￿ 2017.
All iticome is re¢ogm*d ￿ce the has to trt Incon￿ it is eertain that the
Itb ¥ufficient reliability.
The CFyllcb is exetr¥Jt from taxation due to its Lkniknble stats￿ No illcor£ ¢thJe o
Ruources e￿ellded
LiabilitÈ¢s art re¢ogwd as wP¢D the cl￿]"tyhaS leEal or¢(￿Structive obligation
COU￿11ttIng the chan'tyto ts expellditt￿e. All ex￿￿lturt is a¢c&wnwl forottatt accnkls b8sis
and has ¢l*sifiAI urKlerhe*lJng$ agyye all cc*ts related to that catcgory.
Ineome

Bournemouth Splrltualtst Ckn•r¢h
Year Ended 31 Dttember 2023
NOIE 2
Fwnibre
Fitti
Cthntxrttt Anwijficaril￿ aLY
Sys1￿
Cirwt
LTTh
TOTAL
cosr
A5 at I 2023
37.820
1332
744
41.491
Addition5
Disp)sa]5
A¥ at 31 D￿btt 2023
744
DEPRECIATION
As at I13uL]ary 20
31572
1.152
744
(>63
34.772
937
l2
21
977
Ott di4x)sal
A5 at 31 Dwthw2Q23 ￿32 09
7&14
NET ROOK VALLT
As at 31 21)23
122
37
204
5,742
Ay at J JonNGry 2023
0.248
143
44
204
0,7J9

BoUrnem0￿h Splrlthaltst Chur¢h
Income Account
For The Year Ended 31 Decenther 2023
NOTE J
2•23
2022
IDLyiJiie
CknJKh wlltttions
10,961
8.607
Healillg guildand
1997
2,546
Seekm grow) & circits
4237
2.089
1,020
5,956
3,JOI
1.040
S.N.U. Tn￿ intensl
1,148
MisccllaAeous I￿0]￿e
Pri￿te sitLin8S
2.809
2,875
126
120
Events aNI fiwd raising
4.108
3,558
Film shows
324
Profil onbookstall
19
33268

Bournemollth Sptrltudlgt Church
Ex￿ndIt￿re Aetount
For The Year Ended 31 D¢¢ember 2023
OTE4
2023
2022
Expetidittsre
M¢diuttL fees and expenses
7.492
5293
Light, heat and water
1839
620
621
1813
12.557
1,519
l J98
Prof¢58ional fees
5J70
2.557
Telep1￿¢ and bro&lb
596
454
279
621
702
521
AGFA and &le8ate5 exp6
344
116
Subscriptions and do￿tiC
1217
739
Flowers
88
Ad¥¢rti$in8 a￿1
S74
3,807
325
200
Dwe¢1￿10￿ of fixed
1.150
Cleaning matrnals & wages
2,014
1257
EquiFtDeot leasin8
1904
Publi￿tionS
148
EXPENL DITLIIE
36,122