## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|Period end date|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Day|Month|Year||Day|Month|Year| |**From**|**01**|**04**|**2024**|**To**|**31**|**03**|**2025**| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Sladebrook Evangelical Church **Other names charity is known by** Sladebrook Church **Registered charity number (if any)** 1163375 **Charity's principal address** 239 Englishcombe Lane BATH BA2 2ER ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Paul Brind|||| ||TimothyTappenden|||| ||Christopher Martin|Chair||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** March **2012** **TAR** 1 **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by existing trustees 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 object of the CIO is, for the public benefit, the advancement of the Christian faith in Somerset and such other parts of the United Kingdom as the charity trustees may from time to time decide. March **2012** **TAR** 2 The church at Sladebrook exists to: - Promote the Christian faith within our immediate area - Provide opportunities for people to gather to worship - Assist understanding of the faith through teaching of the Bible - • Support outreach and missionary work in our local area, more broadly across the UK, and also around the world The trustees have these objectives in mind when considering and planning activities, giving consideration to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and in particular 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)** The main activities of the charity towards these goals are: - Christian services held weekly for the local community, including the main Sunday morning worship service and various prayer meetings. - Weekly home groups for prayer, Bible study and discussion. - Seasonal special events (e.g. Christmas and Easter) - Weekly coffee morning - Building awareness of Christian ministries in the UK and overseas through visiting speakers and video/DVD, and supporting these ministries by prayer and financial gifts. ## **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. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The pattern of our Sunday morning services has continued as before, with the formal service time preceded by an opportunity to welcome visitors and talk over a cup of coffee. The monthly Cafe Church format has enabled us to be more informal and allows for varied presentations and speakers, as well as discussion of issues raised in an informal setting. Our regular mid-week gatherings have included home groups (supporting one another in fellowship and prayer, alongside Bible study) and an online prayer meeting (seeking God’s guidance and help both locally and for the wider world situation). The weekly coffee morning at the church has welcomed folk from the wider community for a time of chatting and friendship. A monthly Men’s Group has explored various topics and provided further opportunity for mutual support and encouragement. The bi-monthly Messy Church afternoon has seen children and their parents take part in various craft activities, listen to a story from the Bible, and then share a hot meal together. The major development for Sladebrook this year was the appointment of a new pastor, who has moved to Bath and started working on our revitalisation project with support from our brothers and sisters at Widcombe Baptist Church. This will come to fruition on September 2025 and has brought a fresh sense of excitement and optimism about the future. Overall giving through the year increased slightly, and was also bolstered by Gift Aid and generous gifts from Widcombe Baptist Church towards the cost of employing our new pastor. These costs were frontloaded as the church paid for a house rental up-front, but this will not be a recurring cost. Other expenditure stayed broadly the same, and we were again able to support Genesis Trust (working with the homeless and disadvantaged in Bath) and Lux Youth Project, as well as national Christian charities such as Tearfund and the Bible Society. We also continued to have a monthly collection of food items which were donated to the Bath Foodbank. March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section E Financial review The church does not have a formal policy on reserves, but aims to keep sufficienl funds in the General Fund to support expected expenditure for the next few months. Reserves are allowed to accumulate when exceptional future expenditure is anticipated. Brief ststement of the charity's policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about= the chartty's principal sources of funds (including any fundraisingl- 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. Signod on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) Full name(s} Position (eg Secretary, Chair. etcl SL Date ,Iv LOLft TAR March 2012 **Charity Name Sladebrook Evangelical Church** **No (if any) 1163375** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** ## **CC16a** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/04/2024 31/03/2025 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
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Voluntary giving|**26,731**||**-**||**-**||**26,731**||**24,961**| |Income tax refunds|**8,708**||**-**||**-**||**8,708**||**-**| |Interest income|**1,548**||**-**||**-**||**1,548**||**981**| |Gift from Widcombe Baptist Church|**13,109**||**-**||**-**||**13,109**||**-**| |Room hire|**575**||**-**||**-**||**575**||**500**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**50,671**||**-**||**-**||**50,671**||**26,442**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
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**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**26,442**| ||||||||||| |
Heat and light|**2,343**||**-**||**-**||**2,343**||**3,365**| |Insurance|**1,711**||**-**||**-**||**1,711**||**1,710**| |Water rates|**184**||**-**||**-**||**184**||**178**| |Cleaning|**1,938**||**-**||**-**||**1,938**||**2,026**| |Preachers expenses|**2,165**||**-**||**-**||**2,165**||**2,350**| |Sundryoperatingexpenses|**1,426**||**-**||**-**||**1,426**||**3,638**| |Support of Christian ministries and relief|**9,086**||**-**||**-**||**9,086**||**9,125**| |Repairs and maintenance|**592**||**-**||**-**||**592**||**-**| |Pastor salaryand expenses|**34,887**||**-**||**-**||**34,887**||**-**| |Roundingerror|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1**| ||||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**54,331**||**-**||**-**||**54,331**||**22,393**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
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**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**22,393**| ||||||||||| ||**- 3,660**||||||||**4,049**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**94,933**||||||||**90,884**| ||**91,273**||||||||**94,933**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| un￿StriCted funds r**Y¥t £ Restrl¢ted funds Endowment funds to fvar8St £ Detalls to t￿rest£ to which A¥¥•t DetHi15 Ccst ltyttcThill Cwrert valu8 lopticrnll B3 Invèstment assats F￿d to wN¢h as6el Ci6t Icyt14)nall CAwrent value I￿or￿ Details 84 Assets retsined for the charity's own use FuThY lo **i¢h Ilablllty relates knwnt loptlonall Dptails BS Uabilities Signed by one or th tnjstees on beha f all thé trusteès SK)nature Print Nam8 Date of approval 'Zl. CCXX F2 ato)unts ISSI 1010912025 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of SLADEBROOK EVANGELICAL CHURCH On accounts for the year ended 31 MARCH 2025 Charlty no (if any} 1163375 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the y8ar ended 31103 12024. Responsibilities and As the chartty trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act.). I 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, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)Ib} of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention "l in connection with the examinalion which gives me cause to believe that in, any malerial respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the acwunts do not acwrd with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have Gome across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in Ihe brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant Professional quallficationls) or body (if any): Addre35: IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complele if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any Items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018