## **New Life Baptist Church** 

## **2025** 

## Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025 

## **Table of Contents** 

Statutory Information ...................................................................................................................... 2 Registered Charity Number .................................................................................................... 2 Registered Address ................................................................................................................. 2 Trustees .................................................................................................................................. 2 Property Trustees .................................................................................................................... 2 Bankers ................................................................................................................................... 2 Independent Examiner............................................................................................................ 2 Annual Report for 2025 .................................................................................................................. 3 Charitable Object.................................................................................................................... 3 Organisational Structure and Decision making processes ..................................................... 3 Objectives and Activities ........................................................................................................ 3 Achievements and Performance ............................................................................................. 4 Financial Review .................................................................................................................... 4 Transfer of Activities .............................................................................................................. 5 Approval and declaration ....................................................................................................... 6 

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## **New Life Baptist Church** 

## **2025** 

## Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025 

## **Statutory Information** 

## **Registered Charity Number** 

Registered as a charity in England & Wales with number 1164973 

## **Registered Address** 

37 Abbey Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 5NG 

## **Trustees** 

Mr H Williams (retired 8 February 2026) Mr D Mellen 

Mrs A Williams (retired 8 February 2026) Revd P Muir (retired 29 December 2025) Mrs C Jackson (retired 12 February 2025) Mrs R Handy (retired 12 April 2026) Mrs S Wall 

Mrs K Paterson (appointed 8 February 2026) Mr N Twomey (appointed 8 February 2026) Mr M Godden (appointed 8 February 2026) 

## **Property Trustees** 

East Midland Baptist Trust Company Limited The Baptist Union Corporation Limited Baptist House 129 Broadway Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 8RT 

## **Bankers** 

Cooperative Bank Delf House, Southway, Skelmersdale, Lancashire WN8 6NY 

## **Independent Examiner** 

Debbie Caine 

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## **New Life Baptist Church** 

## **2025** 

## Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025 

## **Annual Report for 2025** 

The trustees present their Annual Report and financial statements for 2025. 

## **Charitable object** 

The Charity is governed by a constitution approved by the members in December 2015 and updated most recently in May 2022.  The constitution states that the principal purpose of the charity is the advancement of the Christian faith. 

## **Organisational structure and decision-making processes** 

Members of the church are accepted in accordance with the constitution which required them to publicly profess their faith in God, Father Son and Holy Spirit. 

The members’ meeting takes place several times a year and has responsibility for the overall policy of the church. In accordance with the Constitution, the members appoint the Minister, Treasurer and Church Secretary and other Leaders who are responsible for the day to day running of the church’s work and witness, and the financial and legal aspects of the charity. The Leaders, Minister, Treasurer and Church Secretary are the Charity Trustees. All members are encouraged to take an appropriate part in the spiritual and practical tasks involved in the furtherance of the charitable objective. 

Relevant matters may be submitted to the church meeting by the trustees for guidance or may be raised by members in church meeting for further consideration by the trustees. Though the constitution permits decisions to be made at church meetings by appropriate majorities, the church seeks to work by consensus wherever possible. 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

In order to achieve the principal objective which is set out above, the church provides a variety of activities both to its membership and to the community generally. The aim is to show the love of Jesus Christ in both word and deed and to bring people into a closer relationship with Him as living Lord. 

The church meets on Sunday mornings for worship and throughout 2025 the church continued to livestream services for those unable to attend in person.  Recordings of most services were then made available through the website. We run a private Facebook group which provides an opportunity for members to share and connect.  The church also runs a public-facing Facebook page with information about our services and events. The church holds monthly breakfast services, to which members are encouraged to invite family and friends. 

The church holds several regular weekly prayer meetings and there are a variety of small groups that meet weekly for Bible study, prayer, fellowship and discipleship. 

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## **New Life Baptist Church** 

## **2025** 

## Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025 

The church’s wellbeing café Renew 37 has continued to provide a safe space for those in the community who are lonely or suffering with mental health problems.  Numbers using the space have reduced slightly during the year.  We received a £500 grant from Talking Therapies to support the work of Renew 37. 

The weekly after-school milkshake bar for teenagers was discontinued in 2025 in order to prioritise support for other user groups. 

The church has continued to run a friendship group meeting at Morrisons and a study group at Burton Manderfield, a sheltered housing complex in the Meadows.  The church also holds monthly worship services at Burton Manderfield. 

The church has held regular social activities, including coach trips and evening events, which are open to users of Renew 37 and others connected with the church.  They have provided a valued sense of community. 

The church operates systems to ensure that all people working with children and adults at risk are appropriately vetted with regard to the Disclosure Barring Service.  All Renew 37 hosts and small group leaders have attended Level 2 training in safeguarding. 

The church has read the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and is satisfied that the activities outlined above clearly demonstrates that the charity is providing a benefit to the public. 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

The church does not measure the success of its programmes only in numbers, including financial numbers, but also in less tangible areas like fellowship, community involvement and encouragement. 

In 2025 we had no baptisms and retained our membership of 67. 

The church’s wellbeing café, Renew 37, continues to be busy and is well regarded by professional agencies who frequently signpost people to the café. 

A number of our members are involved in other community activities such as Safe Families. The church also actively supports The Friary in West Bridgford, which provides much needed assistance for deprived members of our community.  In March 2024 we held a successful book sale and raised approximately £1000 for The Friary. 

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## **New Life Baptist Church** 

## **2025** 

## Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025 

## **Financial Review** 

The church continues to raise the funds which it needs to carry on its activities from within its own membership and congregation. No wider public appeal was made for funds during the year.  But we are grateful to the Talking Therapies organisation for a grant received during the year to support the work of Renew 37. 

The most significant expenses relate to the renting of premises and the employment of team members. 

We rent a space to meet on a Sunday morning and rent our wellbeing cafe at 37 Abbey Road. 

Our paid team members during the year were: 

Mr P Muir, Minister  (paid until the point at which he resigned in December 2025) Mrs A Williams our church administrator (paid until August 2025) 

The church expressed its part in the life of the wider church by making grants to national and international Christian organisations and societies with Christian aims and objectives compatible with the church’s own charitable purpose. 

The church is heavily dependent on its membership working as volunteers in all aspects of the church’s activities, many of which run with little or no impact on the church’s expenditure, but nevertheless contribute substantially to the achievement of the church’s objectives. 

The financial results for the year, together with a summary of the accounting policies adopted are set out in the accompanying financial statements. 

The Trustees are satisfied that they have sufficient reserves at the Balance Sheet date, together with ongoing income anticipated, to enable the church to function effectively in the coming year. 

## **Transfer of Activities** 

As at 31 December 2025, the financial assets and liabilities of the charity were transferred into a new legal entity.  The new legal entity is New Life Baptist Church CIO and is registered with the Charity Commissioner for England and Wales, charity number 1212691.  There have been no changes to the objectives and activities of the church as a result of this transfer, merely a change in the legal structure, 

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New Life Baptist Church
Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025
2025
Approval and declaration
I declare. in my capacity of charity tntsttt. that..
the Irustees have approved the above report and attached accounts" and
have authorised me to sign them on their behalf
Michael Godden
38 St Austell Drive
Wilford
Nottingham
NGII 7BP
<date>
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New Life Baptist Church
2025
Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2025
[￿le[￿le￿ Lxaminerfs Repon
Re￿ipts and payments accounl
Stslemtni of assds and liabiliiles
Nuivi to accoun
5108
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New Life Baptist Church
2025
Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2025
Independent Examlnerfs Report
I le￿rt on the xcounts for thc cndcd 31 tkcembeT ?O?S set out on pascs 3 to 8
Rtspectii't ￿SPOn41b•l1Ii￿ of irustet% ei¥mincr
'I'hc iharii) s irusicci arc r<sFK)n%iblc lor ihc PfCFtrarJiion of the accounts. The chariry's mLfflCCS
C(￿51der ihai an audit is not rcquired for this )rar u￿1¢r secbon 141 ol'the (Thjrilics Acl ?01 l (the
chariti￿ Act) that an inde￿￿￿￿ exwnination is ncedc(L
li is my Try)onsibility to..
• examine the accounts under 5edion 145 of the Cknantics ACL
' io follow. Ihc prtxcdures laid down in the gcncral ￿"re¢lIonS ￿Ven by the Charily Commsssion
lundcr scciion 14$15llbl of thc CThari¢ics ACL aThJ
' io sla¢c M.kthcr particular mjttcrs hai'c con* lo my atteniion.
Ba￿S of ind¢pendent ex*miDer's ststemenl
.1!. ¢xamination ¢arri¢d oui in a¢cordan¢¢ with g¢nernl Directions 8ib'¢n by the Chan'ty
Commission. An C￿MinaLl0n in¢lud¢s i rn'icN' ol'ih¢ ￿￿nting [C￿rdS k(yi by th¢ charity
c￿nparIS￿￿ orth¢ xcounls presenied with thos¢ r¢cor&. li also includ¢s CLmsidLYilion of any
um15ual ii¢nLS or disclosures in ihc a¢¢ounts. and sttkin8 cxplanations t-rom thc irus1¢<5 ¢on¢crnin8
any matt¢TX. Tk pr￿edUreS und¢rtAk¢n do noi provide all ihe u'NlcrKe that th'ould bc rcquired
Én an audii. Mnd ¢￿S¢9u¢nt1>. no Opini￿ is pi'¢ft as to wh¢th¢r lh¢ a¢¢ounts prescni g 'tru¢ And fair.
'iew a￿* ihe rermxl is limiied io those mattm oul in ihe %w¢nKnt ￿lOw.
Independent tx*miner'$ 51atcmtnl
In <onneciion wilh m). examinaiM>n. no mitl¢r CO￿ lo my allenlion
. kn.hich Bll'cs mc re47.5￿￿blC cau5c lo bclin'c thal in. any mitcrial rc5pc¢¢. the rrquircmems..
• to k¢¢p ic<ouniinB rccortLs in a¢¢onlance u'ith sethion 130 ofthe L'hariiies Aci: ar41
• io prq)Ar¢ ¥¢ounis ￿'hICh xcord w'ith thc 4c(ountins records •nd ¢LYnply with the ￿￿UAlIng
rcquirrmcnts of thr CTharrties A
h*s'c riot bc¢n mrt: or
? io M.hich. in my opinioo Iticniion should be dr4*'n in order w ¢Nblc * propu uNlcr5twKlin8 of
the ￿counts w be rcxhcd.
D¢bbie C'4inc
Inde￿n(kn( Ex#mtner
P¢s'¢nl Dn'%'¢. Bnd¥(or
otlinghThL NC 17 7A
FCCACTII ACA
10 Apnl ?0?6
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New Life Baptist Church
2025
Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2025
Receipts and Payments account
Ytar to
Year to
31 Dec 202S 31 Dec 2024
Noie
General Olfering
Church events iKome
Tax Recovefed
Rcnial income
Grani income
85.970
4.692
30.839
101,362
13.834
2.1(Kl
1,976
274
Investsneiit inLYJme
Fundraisln8
S￿(la1 Olferings
Toial Receiws
1,916
154
135.240
134.882
Paymtnts:
Employnwni cos
7.816
4,256
2.534
?6.862
92.920
5.714
(Xher Lhurlh activities
Oflice & admin cos
3.325
23.1?2
107,107
Reni. Pro￿nY & insUTr￿e costs
Sulrtotal
io
li
11.7?7
118.834
Totsl paymen¢s
106.348
(Deficit) I Surplus
2&892
16.048
Openin8 Funds:
Tra￿$(er w CIO
97.OJS
(125.9)7)
).%7
12
Funds at the end ol thp periDd:
97.ols
Ceneral Furnls:
97.ols
The noies on pages S 10 8 fonn part of this Stsieme
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New Life Baptist Church
2025
Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2025
Statement of assets and Ilabllltles
A15¢ts:
'I'hc balanc¢ retM)rtcd as funds is madc up of the following
Note
l-1)é*21124
1-11rt-21124
01.36?
35J79
73
Cash on de￿$11 ￿'11h the BU
Cash in hand
In Jddition io the pssets thii'e. the followin8 iients shoukl bc inio ¢(midcrniK>n ¢0 uThkts￿d
the finazKial slatus of the church:
Equipment lat insured I'alue)
CRift i&x rccoi'crnblc
R￿tal &p)sii (on 37 Abbey Road
59%
15.Xl)I
Totsl Cash bank and other &ss¢ts
4911
IiAbilitltJ:
At
31-Dec-2025 1-Ikt-1024
Spwial otYer1n￿ ￿ pay on
Sun&} morning rcntsl
Tothl Lthdiues
30
l.U53
Pr¢swrcd by
AssiAcd by
Huw Willian
Ihcl Handy
Rob ¥1054
Ikbbie C'ai
11th￿ndent Examiner
Th¢ ￿¢0￿1￿ w¢r¢ appro%'ed by the on 16 Apnl !0•6
Thc Mie5 on pages 5 10 ¥ forni pprt of this Statcn
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New Life Baptist Church
2025
Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2025
Notes to the accounts
T￿se x(ounts have bM pryred on a and pa)YMits' basis in xr01da￿e with Chariiies
2 Clwth Funds
Aparl Im swai oltetinR5 kn*i(h a￿ ￿id on M'iihin a few weeks or ￿ed fof Specif￿ Church
oiffi% and RraN iKomp recviiyd lor Renew 37 (see )}. all chw(h luNls are unrestyicied
and may be used any ol the church's or(h'nay
3 •v*nts
The Ihurch orRJnisé5 a numbN of sotlal pvems t1ur1￿ tht yw f<* church mtrmbrts and
associaied kniih the church. In addiuon ihe church orRani5es a (hwrh w(ekend every lew Yea￿ wilh
i￿lin￿ speaker and S¢￿&1 alliYiiies- this is also o￿n to Fwle associaed h'ith the (hwth.
For mom (tAJi all) ol I￿$e even￿ the clwjrrh seeks to reCo￿T costs b). C1￿￿'nA a iickei price aThl
the am(Mmts are latRe ert0￿h Lh￿ fi8wts w be s￿ara￿lY in ihe acccwts as can vary
SiRnilicanil)' Irom }ear ts) soar.
The xcowiis are pltpared iffl a rectipts and payn*nb basis so that i￿ome c(fjts alrtady
incuned lor tveNs in 2076 are Incl￿ in the 202) lilur￿ (and the 2024 IiAurts included income
ceived aThl co45 incwrnl in th'a￿e lor 2025 eveni
4 Tax Rt(•b'*rtd
Tai ￿c0￿￿ed tl* Rift aid sd*mè co%vrs permxl J•)uary 2024 to Novvmber 2025 (23
moth). The all￿U￿1 rpcovered in the 2024 arcrA￿ts lia5 lor the Apnl io DeCem￿r 2023 (9
momhs). The balance rectyenble al the ytar end is on the swment ol assets and liabiliiiek
S Grani kncamt
A was rKeiv￿ {and sptt#) tht year. This was Irom Talki￿ TIx*rapies lof the WO￿ wt
(k) al Rcr*M' YI.
In 2024 a numbpr ol were received (•Thl sw*) dwinR Ihp year. Tl* I•￿e* was £l.gJl io
Ip ￿.1¢h onRoinA Edtsca¢ic￿ l¢x the Mini￿tt. 2 ￿an¢S 01 £2(M) from N￿ljnRhafftsh1￿ CJ)uni )' (AMU￿11
ioliards the costs ol milkshakt bar and a lullher f21)J lftxn thp CoLmiy Comcil wwads thè lost
91 wblistJinR the work of w kn'riiinR Rroup ai RenoM' 37.
6 Fundraislni
Althou%h ncrf ofien seek io raise ￿￿eY fr(¥n (xAsbJp the church, have Incl￿ s
fundraisinR for the {hU￿h dyrirtA some ol our ev¢rt
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New Life Baptist Church
2025
Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2025
Notes to the accounts
Year io
31 Dlr 2025
Year (o
311)¢¢ UJ24
7 SpKlal ofl*rln
Paid awa). or io be pald aliay (ste I l)
Breaklasi sor¥'LCQS
(kher 4xcial ollerin
Su1x￿1
1916
470
1076
4.541
Utillsed year
GI1￿ Renew 37 coms
QtheT ollerin
Sale of Surp1￿ assffs •#1 th incomÉ• (wlk¥8inR tyainir4 ¢osts)
l.ois
234
413
5JfA
8 T￿mee ThmU￿ratIOn
DurinR the )Yar we had ￿ uus¢¢¢s Pa￿ by the thw¢trL
Alison Williams was ap￿)inted as a leathr {and iherefore a ty￿lee) in Decern￿r 2018 and ￿0k on
tho wid tole ol administra￿ in Ila). 2019. The role ol administrator cea5Tha to be PaKI kn Augu
)125. In July 2021 wt appointrd Paul Muir as cw miAiSter ht leli in Dtcemt*r 2025.
The church CO￿1¢u￿￿ says that a minis￿1 knill usually be paid and thai trustees can bt paid kn'ith
the aFvoval ol the churth in Reneral me(4in%. The church (onsidefed io apwini an
exi51inR trustee 10 a ￿ld position before employin% Alison kn'illAn￿. In particular the tntstL*S
consideTEd the d￿￿1¥an￿Re ol some in￿eeS beinR unable 10 particiwe in &cisions t1￿ a
I1￿￿1￿l inierw in dw"sioits betausp i￿> beiftx paid by rhuicm. thp wy4ees ffmdd n
ideniif>' any siiuaiions in knhKh this miRhi pmve to be a ptthlem.
The liAures sl)oknffl belokn, are (or remuner*ion. P￿￿10n5. and paid Whil￿ ihe ernployeos
Yte also inLStee&
Year lo
Ytar io
31 Dec 2025
31 De( 2024
Re￿w￿rni0n (i(tsl p￿)
Pension5 (iotsl emplo)Yr Payn￿￿)
Manse co￿5
L31.078
£3.421
£15.i86
£1,327
£28.(9
£J.531
£13.834
.517
Expenws are paMI ￿manlY w ihe minimer sIM>wn uThler.￿nPI)Yee costs"
Trainiwi aThl rel*￿1 expen5e5 are a150 paid lor ￿ 00 behalf ol dwrrh Memb0￿ involved in parucul
eas ol chuKh serrict W￿(her ihey are LY noi. The relevaN cosis are skswn urthr the
apwopriaie heath.￿￿ in the expoTr5e aTr]l)'ses. No separ* reCr￿d 15 math of how much ol ihe5e (￿ts
. Or{￿ bthall ol intstt
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New Life Baptist Church
2025
Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2025
Notes to the accounts
Year to
Year to
31 Dec 2025 31 Dec 2024
9 Analysls ol Clwrch Acth4tles
General
(..￿e[lA￿-
933
1282
672
Ev4ngplism- Genefal
Cralt materials for 37 and irlps fTr)m 37
pl￿(￿al (All￿,(￿[d5 linarKial 5￿P￿)
Publkcity
2(K)
231
241
ifa
438
197
438
TTainiog I conlerencts
VisiD￿ Speake
P[ole￿10nal cc6ts (ol iw*ing)
Milkshake Bar
chhff Aeneral paymerts
18
i(K)
12OS
1,7
283
132
("). Training costs iKlude a le*lffs c(•)lffeKt in Jaft￿ry- the bty)ks places in the prtviti
year and con1n1￿(lO￿* ￿WardS the ￿tal CO￿ are received from panicipants. Thiscan meajb the Tr
cost varies coThsMaErably depeJMlmR on knhen lo￿lt￿liOrth are recei¥te
Year l•
31 Dec 2025 31 Def 2024
Yèar to
10 Ren4 property & Insurance costs
111.616
8246
£26062
16.9Afj
6.173
[23.122
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Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2025
Notes to the accounts
Ytar ¢0
31 Dec 2025
Yèar ¢0
31 De( 2024
I l AnW of Gi￿1n% away
2280
2.7f4)
22
2.7￿1
Friary fhop in (￿￿re
Home Mission Fund IENIBA
Tear Fund
OFW Lknrs
OthEf Alvi￿ (•nwrts under £gXI txh)
GivinR from c￿￿ra1 Fw
732
720
720
720
8￿72
Special olftrinxs pald away (set note 7 and below)
4.556
2.767
T(*al GivinA akn4y
£13A28
£11.727
[1> ol spcial oflerinRs werp paid away ift 2026 (pmious wr LIO paid away in 2025)
Inclth in SFocial olferinRS paid awa), wtye alth"iional Rifts io Friao. Drop in Cern￿ ol £1.576 (2024
£449}. Tearlund £1.342 (])24 f546). Open 1kn￿ ¢79212024 r . i Red Cross £- ( ￿24 r536) lor
Var￿￿ crisis arpals aThl Emmanuel House £248 (2024 £S17)
12 TraThsf¢r¢o CIO
For %'anixL5 reasons m(tsdy TrlatinR io the li*ility ol (tha¢ is itthship i*am ol tht
church) slKJuid a serious linancial pmblem arise in the church even il ihe woblem was 0￿Side the
cornrol ol the trusiets. a dtCiSiM kn'as iaktn io ¢ransfer ilxD rhurrh io an I￿a￿d IMI), and
cc¢praiiLm chosen was a Ch)ritable l*aAisaiion {ClO).
Somè timt was taken up in 2024 and 2025 decithni 4 suiiabl• cort4ity¢icm io aThl th
CIO illCOtPLYaiEd in Mazrh 2025.
Wilh the help ol le8al *fvisNs an a￿Tre￿nI was drawn ￿ ts) transler ihe cl￿r(h and (because the
sam¢ inwefs Wffe Involv￿ Sn br*h thi5 exiMinR illLq aThl thp M4. CIO) pernii&sion kn'as miwged
Imm ihe charity Commissio￿ts io nuke the transfer and ￿MIL￿10n M'as Rrarned in ?QS.
Wilh pernii&s1￿ in placè. a church mtetinA in November 2025 decid￿ w make the trartsfef on 31
December 2025- in line with ihe church'5 linaKial year.
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## **New Life Baptist Church** 

## **2025** 

## Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025 

## **Table of Contents** 

Statutory Information ...................................................................................................................... 2 Registered Charity Number .................................................................................................... 2 Registered Address ................................................................................................................. 2 Trustees .................................................................................................................................. 2 Property Trustees .................................................................................................................... 2 Bankers ................................................................................................................................... 2 Independent Examiner............................................................................................................ 2 Annual Report for 2025 .................................................................................................................. 3 Charitable Object.................................................................................................................... 3 Organisational Structure and Decision making processes ..................................................... 3 Objectives and Activities ........................................................................................................ 3 Achievements and Performance ............................................................................................. 4 Financial Review .................................................................................................................... 4 Transfer of Activities .............................................................................................................. 5 Approval and declaration ....................................................................................................... 6 

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## **New Life Baptist Church** 

## **2025** 

## Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025 

## **Statutory Information** 

## **Registered Charity Number** 

Registered as a charity in England & Wales with number 1164973 

## **Registered Address** 

37 Abbey Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 5NG 

## **Trustees** 

Mr H Williams (retired 8 February 2026) Mr D Mellen 

Mrs A Williams (retired 8 February 2026) Revd P Muir (retired 29 December 2025) Mrs C Jackson (retired 12 February 2025) Mrs R Handy (retired 12 April 2026) Mrs S Wall 

Mrs K Paterson (appointed 8 February 2026) Mr N Twomey (appointed 8 February 2026) Mr M Godden (appointed 8 February 2026) 

## **Property Trustees** 

East Midland Baptist Trust Company Limited The Baptist Union Corporation Limited Baptist House 129 Broadway Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 8RT 

## **Bankers** 

Cooperative Bank Delf House, Southway, Skelmersdale, Lancashire WN8 6NY 

## **Independent Examiner** 

Debbie Caine 

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## **New Life Baptist Church** 

## **2025** 

## Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025 

## **Annual Report for 2025** 

The trustees present their Annual Report and financial statements for 2025. 

## **Charitable object** 

The Charity is governed by a constitution approved by the members in December 2015 and updated most recently in May 2022.  The constitution states that the principal purpose of the charity is the advancement of the Christian faith. 

## **Organisational structure and decision-making processes** 

Members of the church are accepted in accordance with the constitution which required them to publicly profess their faith in God, Father Son and Holy Spirit. 

The members’ meeting takes place several times a year and has responsibility for the overall policy of the church. In accordance with the Constitution, the members appoint the Minister, Treasurer and Church Secretary and other Leaders who are responsible for the day to day running of the church’s work and witness, and the financial and legal aspects of the charity. The Leaders, Minister, Treasurer and Church Secretary are the Charity Trustees. All members are encouraged to take an appropriate part in the spiritual and practical tasks involved in the furtherance of the charitable objective. 

Relevant matters may be submitted to the church meeting by the trustees for guidance or may be raised by members in church meeting for further consideration by the trustees. Though the constitution permits decisions to be made at church meetings by appropriate majorities, the church seeks to work by consensus wherever possible. 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

In order to achieve the principal objective which is set out above, the church provides a variety of activities both to its membership and to the community generally. The aim is to show the love of Jesus Christ in both word and deed and to bring people into a closer relationship with Him as living Lord. 

The church meets on Sunday mornings for worship and throughout 2025 the church continued to livestream services for those unable to attend in person.  Recordings of most services were then made available through the website. We run a private Facebook group which provides an opportunity for members to share and connect.  The church also runs a public-facing Facebook page with information about our services and events. The church holds monthly breakfast services, to which members are encouraged to invite family and friends. 

The church holds several regular weekly prayer meetings and there are a variety of small groups that meet weekly for Bible study, prayer, fellowship and discipleship. 

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## **New Life Baptist Church** 

## **2025** 

## Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025 

The church’s wellbeing café Renew 37 has continued to provide a safe space for those in the community who are lonely or suffering with mental health problems.  Numbers using the space have reduced slightly during the year.  We received a £500 grant from Talking Therapies to support the work of Renew 37. 

The weekly after-school milkshake bar for teenagers was discontinued in 2025 in order to prioritise support for other user groups. 

The church has continued to run a friendship group meeting at Morrisons and a study group at Burton Manderfield, a sheltered housing complex in the Meadows.  The church also holds monthly worship services at Burton Manderfield. 

The church has held regular social activities, including coach trips and evening events, which are open to users of Renew 37 and others connected with the church.  They have provided a valued sense of community. 

The church operates systems to ensure that all people working with children and adults at risk are appropriately vetted with regard to the Disclosure Barring Service.  All Renew 37 hosts and small group leaders have attended Level 2 training in safeguarding. 

The church has read the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and is satisfied that the activities outlined above clearly demonstrates that the charity is providing a benefit to the public. 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

The church does not measure the success of its programmes only in numbers, including financial numbers, but also in less tangible areas like fellowship, community involvement and encouragement. 

In 2025 we had no baptisms and retained our membership of 67. 

The church’s wellbeing café, Renew 37, continues to be busy and is well regarded by professional agencies who frequently signpost people to the café. 

A number of our members are involved in other community activities such as Safe Families. The church also actively supports The Friary in West Bridgford, which provides much needed assistance for deprived members of our community.  In March 2024 we held a successful book sale and raised approximately £1000 for The Friary. 

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## **New Life Baptist Church** 

## **2025** 

## Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025 

## **Financial Review** 

The church continues to raise the funds which it needs to carry on its activities from within its own membership and congregation. No wider public appeal was made for funds during the year.  But we are grateful to the Talking Therapies organisation for a grant received during the year to support the work of Renew 37. 

The most significant expenses relate to the renting of premises and the employment of team members. 

We rent a space to meet on a Sunday morning and rent our wellbeing cafe at 37 Abbey Road. 

Our paid team members during the year were: 

Mr P Muir, Minister  (paid until the point at which he resigned in December 2025) Mrs A Williams our church administrator (paid until August 2025) 

The church expressed its part in the life of the wider church by making grants to national and international Christian organisations and societies with Christian aims and objectives compatible with the church’s own charitable purpose. 

The church is heavily dependent on its membership working as volunteers in all aspects of the church’s activities, many of which run with little or no impact on the church’s expenditure, but nevertheless contribute substantially to the achievement of the church’s objectives. 

The financial results for the year, together with a summary of the accounting policies adopted are set out in the accompanying financial statements. 

The Trustees are satisfied that they have sufficient reserves at the Balance Sheet date, together with ongoing income anticipated, to enable the church to function effectively in the coming year. 

## **Transfer of Activities** 

As at 31 December 2025, the financial assets and liabilities of the charity were transferred into a new legal entity.  The new legal entity is New Life Baptist Church CIO and is registered with the Charity Commissioner for England and Wales, charity number 1212691.  There have been no changes to the objectives and activities of the church as a result of this transfer, merely a change in the legal structure, 

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New Life Baptist Church
Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025
2025
Approval and declaration
I declare. in my capacity of charity tntsttt. that..
the Irustees have approved the above report and attached accounts" and
have authorised me to sign them on their behalf
Michael Godden
38 St Austell Drive
Wilford
Nottingham
NGII 7BP
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