Annual Report 2025
Financial Report
It has been a very positive year within the financial life of Beacon Church. We have been blessed by an increase in planned giving to the work of the church, from people within the church as well as external givers. As a church we have been incredibly blessed by the generosity of 20 external givers and 5 partner churches who have all given financial support and prayer over the last year. As of the end of 2025, just over 50% of the planned giving continues to come from external givers.
As a church this year we have positively benefited from grant income. This has included money towards wages, money towards new windows, money from Love your Neighbour for Love Christmas and a one off grant from Revitalise Trust towards setting up a youth group.
After discussion with Blackburn Diocese, 2025 saw a modest increase in the parish share to £23760 from £21600. Most of the other expenses were in line with last year with the exception of:
o Building work which was just over £18k which was mainly due to replacing 16 external windows and a set of external doors. We plan to spend more money from the building fund in 2026 with work starting in March for a new accessible entrance way and ramp.
o Mission and Evangelism jumped from £14k to £21.5k in the year with this spend covered by income received. This jump included a much larger spend in Love Christmas as we received a large grant towards this, a larger spend for the annual Illuminate event which other churches then gave money towards and the setting up of a youth group. We continue to provide meals at the majority of mission and evangelism projects and events that we run throughout the year. We budget £40-£45 a week for food for families at four and feed anywhere from 30-70 people.
Overall, in both unrestricted and restricted funds we have ended the year with a surplus. The unrestricted fund was over £30k with designated reserves, a buffer of money on top of that of £6k. The PCC have agreed to use some of the unrestricted surplus to increase the church reserves.
This has left the Church with a bank balance at the end of the year of just over £92k (2024, £80k) with the majority of that balance, £56k relating to restricted funds, which is where we expect the spend to be again in 2026.
We are most grateful to the sacrificial giving of those within the Church and plan to continue teaching on the importance of generosity being a
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central part of our worship, as well as being very grateful for the many partners we have outside of the parish who have continued to be generous.
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Financial Statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
| Receipts and Payments Account Receipts Voluntary receipts: Planned giving Collections at services All other giving/voluntary receipts Grant Income Gift Aid recovered Total Activities for generating funds Investment income Sale of shares Church fees & activities Other Income Total receipts Payments Church activities: Parish share Salaries / Honoraria Clergy and Staffing costs Church running expenses Mission and Evangelism Mission giving and donations Building work and repairs Other expenditure Total Payments Excess of receipts over payments Cash held in Bank Account as at 1st January Cash held in Bank Account as at 31st December Statement of Assets and Liabilities Cash funds Bank current account Assets retained for Church use (note 2) 42 Reads Avenue Approved by the PCC on Signed on their behalf by |
Unrestricted Fund £ 49,728 1,083 7,288 6,904 |
Designated Fund £ |
Restricted Total Total Fund 2025 2024 £ £ £ 49,728 35,361 100 1,183 1,770 143 7,431 29,888 35,180 35,180 22,531 13,529 20,433 6,063 48,952 113,954 95,613 10 16 109 109 4,075 11,477 11,477 9,762 60,538 125,550 109,466 23,760 21,600 22,608 32,922 38,987 3,119 5,690 4,012 7,187 6,540 13,985 21,580 14,776 3,741 2,600 17,656 18,204 39,677 532 1,126 57,367 113,615 129,318 3,171 11,935 (19,853) 53,000 80,265 100,118 56,171 92,201 80,265 Restricted Total Total Fund 2025 2024 £ £ £ 56,171 92,201 80,265 179,455 179,455 179,455 |
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| 65,002 10 |
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| 65,012 23,760 10,314 2,571 7,187 7,595 3,741 548 532 |
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| 56,248 | |||
| 8,764 | |||
| 21,266 30,030 Unrestricted Fund £ 30,030 |
6,000 6000 Designated Fund £ 6,000 |
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The notes below form part of these financial statements
Note 1
Note 2
The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis.
During 2023 42 Reads Avenue was purchased using restricted funds for £179,455 including transaction costs. Reads Avenue is retained for Church use and its upkeep funded by the Church and is held in trust by the Diocese.
Note 3
| Designated & Restricted Funds Henry Smith Parish Grants Eden Team Childrens and Families Worker and Youth Building fund - Church & Diocese accounts Warm space XCC/Arise Adminstration and worship Other Church Reserves Restricted funds Unrestricted fund Total funds |
1 Jan 2025 Received Spent 31 Dec 2025 6,839 10,000 8,247 8,591 29,615 12,680 13,054 29,241 4,963 1,500 4,891 1,572 10,372 21,516 17,253 14,636 88 34 54 410 109 58 461 714 11,477 11,075 1,116 3,256 2,755 501 6,000 6,000 |
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| 59,000 60,538 57,367 62,171 21,265 65,012 56,248 30,029 |
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| 80,265 125,550 113,615 92,201 |
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Report to the trustees/ Beacon Church Blackpool, formerly Christ Church with All Saints Blackpool members of
On accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2025 Charity no 1163354
Set out on pages 3 and 4
I report to the trustees on my examinaEon of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2025
Responsibili:es and basis of As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparaEon of the accounts report in accordance with the requirements of the ChariEes Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examinaEon of the Trust’s accounts carried out under secEon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examinaEon, I have followed the applicable DirecEons given by the Charity Commission under secEon 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's
Independent examiner's statement aRenEon in connecEon with the examinaEon which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounEng records were not kept in accordance with secEon 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounEng records
I have no concerns and have come across no other maRers in connecEon with the examinaEon to which aRenEon should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed: Date: 7[th] April 2026
Name: Jonathan Goldthorpe
Fellow of the InsEtute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales Relevant professional qualifica:on(s) or body (if any):
Address: 2 Constitution Hill
Ipswich IP1 3RQ
Suffolk
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