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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Bar Hill Church

Bar Hill Church Single Congregation Local Ecumenical Other names charity is known by Partnership Registered charity number (if any) 1170176 Charity's principal address Hanover Close Bar Hill Cambridge Postcode CB23 8EH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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12 Hannah Wright Members of the charity
13 Pam Vendy Members of the charity
14 Sue Hilson From 23/05/2024 Members of the charity
15 RosemaryPryke From 25/05/2024 Members of the charity
16 Jonathan Chatfield Ex officio From 01/07/2024 Members of the charity
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
None

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
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Address
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Un-incorporated Charity How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by Church Members Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Youmay chooseto 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.		 The charity is a Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP) of the five founding
denominations: the Baptist Union, the Church of England, the Methodist Church, the
United Reformed Church and the Society of Friends. In 1990 the original LEP
expanded to include the Roman Catholics who remain in association with the LEP.
It was a charity linked to Shared Churches Ely until 2016 when it re-registered in its
own right. The church buildings are owned by Shared Churches Ely Ltd but all
maintenance is the responsibility of the Charity. The arrangement is governed by two
Sharing Agreements dated 1976 and 1990.
Management of the Charity is carried out by the minister and trustees who are also
members of the Church Leadership Team (CLT) which is the executive leadership body
(its senior officers are the Minister, Lay Moderator, Church Secretary and Treasurer).
The trustees are responsible for all decisions on matters of general concern and
importance to the church including deciding on how the funds of the church are to be
spent. They are elected by the church members at annual congregational meetings in
accordance with the constitution.
An appointed trustee is responsible for the church buildings but day to day they are
managed by the Church Centre Manager who reports to a Trustee. The Centre
Manager is the main point of formal contact of the Church with users, hirers and local
agencies. Supported by a small property committee, the manager administers daily
property matters (bookings, cleaning etc.) and coordinates use of the buildings.

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Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its
governing document
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)		 To advance the Christian faith in the area of benefit in accordance with the
principles and practices of the participating churches. In achieving its purpose,
the charity will engage in a range of activities, either on its own or with others,
including (but not restricted to):
A) The celebration of public worship;
B) The teaching of the Christian faith;
C) Mission and evangelism;
D) Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and the bereaved;
E) The provision of facilities with a Christian ethos for the local community,
including (but not restricted to) the elderly, the young and other groups
with special needs; and
F) The support of other charities in the UK and overseas
Having regard to the Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular,
the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion we see our
mission to be:
“As servants of Christ, we commit ourselves to worship, work and witness
together in his name to establish his kingdom in our village and beyond.”
[Church Profile 2011]
As a community that is open to God and everyone in our surrounding villages,
we organise services for adults, children and young people on a regular basis,
following a pattern of traditions and styles richly resourced by material from our
founding denominations and in keeping with our ecumenical roots.
We also enable our communities to celebrate and thank God at the milestones
of their journeys through life. Through baptism we thank God for the gift of life, in
marriage public vows are exchanged with God’s blessing and through funeral
services friends and family express their grief and give thanks for the life which
is now complete in this world and to commend the person into God’s keeping.
This work is supported by our pastoral team who make prayer chain offers and
provide prayer support to anyone requesting it.
There are usually regular activities organised by Bar Hill Church for the benefit of
its members and surrounding villages. The building is widely used for community
activities such as an art and craft group, a community market, exercise classes,
pre-school children’s groups, several uniformed groups and our local school. It is

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also often the venue for local concerts and occasionally conferences, as well as one-off commercial and community organisation hire.

Rising initially out of the Covid-19 pandemic, our Community Hub provides ‘wellbeing for all’ through a Coffee Stop, advice, Foodbank, Carers Café, Parish Council Surgery, Health and Wellbeing group and 5 Aside Chess; providing weekly engagement at the heart of our community.

Helping those in need and contributing to the wider community is a demonstration of our faith, and the Church also supports the regional activities and missionary work of our founding denominations.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Section D Achievements and performance

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Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

2024 marked the first full year of ministry for our new Minister, the Reverend Wendy Wale. In July we warmly welcomed a new Anglican curate, Jonathan Chatfield, and his family, and in December we were also delighted to welcome Azeem Bakhsh to join us for around 6 months on a placement from Westminster College, where he is training to be a minister in the United Reform Church. It has been an honour to continue to welcome the ministry of our Ecumenical Partners, with visiting speakers during the year from all denominations. We are also richly blessed by (and grateful for) our own licensed Ministry Team.

Bar Hill Church has continued to warmly welcome and support asylum seeker families housed within the village hotel in a variety of ways; each focused on enabling them to feel their quest for safe sanctuary is understood and embraced. Several of the hotel guests have become regular worshippers and have participated in a wide range of church and community activities.

Services of worship have been held on every Sunday throughout 2024, along with a small number of weekday services. Following on from the Covid-19 pandemic, those services have continued to be delivered through hybrid worship, with the majority of attendees in person, but with those unable to attend in person still be able to join most services online (accessed through the church’s website). Sunday Services have an average attendance of around 80 adults and up to 20 young people and are ably supported by the Stewards, Worship Group and Refreshment Team as well as those who plan and lead our services. We have continued our monthly service pattern to include denominational communion services and All-Age Worship plus Café Church, with Quaker meetings on the fifth Sundays. In October, we began a monthly informal evening service on the first Sunday of each month. These have become a powerful space to reflect, pray and worship for all who attend.

We held our usual Easter services, including the annual pilgrimage to Lolworth for an Easter sunrise service, a harvest service in October, our annual Pet Service and Time to Remember Service and a Remembrance Day Service in November, fully attended by the village’s uniformed groups. We held our usual special Christmas services, such as the Gift and Crib Nativity Service, the candle-lit Carol Service and the Christingle Service. The school and local playgroups were invited into the church for Experience Easter, engaging with a series of activities, in small groups, relating to the Easter story in the church grounds, culminating with an egg hunt for the

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younger children. The nativity story was presented to local playgroups using the nativity characters made in 2021, as well the youngest children at Bar Hill School, and Years 3 and 4 were welcomed in to ‘Experience Christmas’ - an immersive telling of the Christmas Story. They wrote us some fantastic letters afterwards, showing their appreciation. Wendy has continued to regularly lead the school’s Collective Worship for Key Stage 1 and 2 and Year 1 and 2 classes came into the church to discover more about the role of the church in the local community. We look forward to building even stronger links with the school over the coming year.

Following an Experience Communion morning, we admitted several of our children and young people to receive communion in June. We celebrated the 100[th] birthday of a member of the congregation over the summer and in December a member of the congregation was awarded The Ethedreda Medal for his services to the community, presented by Archdeacon Alex. It was an honour to hold several funerals and celebrate the lives of those church members and members of the community with their friends and family.

Meeting in smaller groups can provide opportunities to deepen relationships, grow in discipleship and explore faith in different ways. During the course of the past year, we have run an Advent and a Lent Course. The Advent Course followed the book ‘Women of the Nativity’, particularly appreciating the dramatic monologues and discussion provoking images. For the Lent Course we followed a study based on the film ‘The Kings Speech’ (2010 historical drama film based on how King George VI learned to lead with his speech disorder), making use of the screens and technology, alongside discussion and reflection. There is a small but faithful prayer group that meets on Saturday mornings, seeking to encourage the church with words and pictures they sense are given by God as they seek him in prayer. A week-day morning prayer meeting takes place online from Monday to Friday and is led by a different member of the congregation each day, using liturgy from the Northumberland Community, Common Worship and other sources. There is a Prayer WhatsApp group that circulates requests for any situation, without comment or question, to a prayerful, confidential group of intercessors. We have continued to hold Quiet Days in the Hertfordshire countryside as well as a Quiet Morning in the Worship Hall, providing opportunity to take a pause from the routines of life and spend time in prayer, reading and contemplation. We currently have four small groups that meet regularly in people’s homes; some groups meet in person, some continue to meet online, and one is hybrid. Each group chooses its own

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material to study, based on the needs and desires of the group members. This year has also seen the creation of a monthly Book Group, exercising our brains by stimulating discussions around Sam Well’s ‘Humbler Faith, Bigger God’ and more recently Richard Rohr’s ‘Falling Upwards’.

The Church continues to mainly communicate with its members and congregation via electronic methods; a weekly email lists upcoming services and notices, and regular postings on Facebook, where there are both public and community pages, passes on our latest news. Information about the church can also be found on the website (with upcoming events on a news page) and on a full page in the Bar Hill News, which is distributed monthly. Printed notice sheets are now only produced occasionally, as most attendees access the information electronically. However, a list of services is displayed in the front window where it is clearly visible from the spine path. In the run-up to Christmas, we continued our tradition of using volunteers to distribute in-house designed Christmas cards to every house in the village. This lists all of the Christmas services, which often attract people who don’t regularly attend.

The Annual Congregational Meeting (ACM) was held in May with voting for the Church Leadership Team (CLT) and Church Wardens. We welcomed two new Trustees and two Church Wardens, retaining a full complement of CLT members. CLT has met ten times over the year with a good proportion of time spent on the necessary administration of the Church’s business, particularly regarding safeguarding, property and finances, including work on a new hirers’ agreement, significant property work (see below) and associated grant claims, as well as the continuing work on updating polices and safeguarding procedures and processes. To ensure meetings are not only focused on administration, but we have introduced a wider meeting once a quarter which also includes our ministry team, taking the opportunity to discussion mission and vision.

Safeguarding for all remains a priority for the church as a whole and is a significant and integral part of trusteeship. Safeguarding is now embedded into all church activities ranging from pastoral support to finance as well as children’s activities and vulnerable adults. Our children and young people have been learning about what it means to be safe at church through playful sessions. This has been run in parallel to safeguarding reports at congregational meetings and Safeguarding Sunday, as well as other reports back to adult run groups. The church continues to strive to meet the high expectations as laid down by the Church of England and we are constantly

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reviewing policies, procedures and other aspects of safeguarding to ensure safer practices are being followed. Like many other parishes, we receive visits from the Diocese safeguarding team both in person and online to help all aspects of church life be as safe as possible; we are grateful for their ongoing support.

We continue to use the online dashboard system to guide us with all our tasks and job list, including completing the necessary paperwork for safer recruitment and undergoing safeguarding training. We have implemented ‘Safer recruitment and people management’ (SRPM). This has been no easy task, and we continue to learn what this looks like, especially for new volunteers who work with children and vulnerable adults. The biggest development this year has been the introduction of the Church of England National Safeguarding Standards. They are a set of statements that we audit ourselves against to then make improvements to our practise. All DBSs are up to date, and all church activity groups have role descriptions for those in a leadership role and risk assessments for the activity. Our safeguarding lead has offered to be part of a national team of Parish safeguarding officers with Church of England lead practitioners who will be reviewing how people are advised to refer and respond to allegations of abuse. This will be published during 2025/early 2026.

The pastoral team continue to provide care to our church family, usually behind the scenes and in whatever way is helpful. The pastoral links send names of those with prayer needs via their dedicated WhatsApp group. The group also meets quarterly, discussing relevant themes, such as depression, bereavement care and supporting those who are victims of domestic abuse. The team continue to work with the Safeguarding Lead to ensure we provide care that meets the safeguarding standards to help keep us all safe.

Our Knit and Natter group meet regularly and have attendance of around 35 people, keeping busy with projects that have allowed them to donate blankets, toys, baby clothes and scarves, gloves and hats to Jimmy’s night shelter. They have recently made contact with a local group called ‘Aglow’ based in Huntingdon and run by maternity nurses to provide basic kit for new babies for mothers who cannot afford to buy such things. The Spring Craft Day took place in April, allowing the group to try out new activities and challenge themselves to do crafts they had not done before, or not for a long time, and in the summer there was a seaside outing. At Christmas they went on a coach trip to Springfields Outlet Centre for lunch, some Christmas

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shopping and retail therapy. The group have also welcomed ladies from the hotel, and they happily knit together for the afternoon.

The Olive Tree Bereavement Care group meets every month in the Octagon, also offering individual appointments before the group session. Three of the voluntary leaders are “CRUSE” trained. Individuals come to the group from Bar Hill and surrounding villages, as people who have been bereaved often find it difficult to get the specialist help that they require elsewhere. Each month the group focuses firstly with member’s needs to assist them in finding the path through their grief and secondly a topic for them to engage in and share. As part of our work and service to our members, we keep in touch with similar groups and other organisations in the area, and exchange ideas and support one another. One particular organisation that has been of great help has been the “Addenbrooke’s Bereavement Service” who came to talk to our Pastoral Group and Olive Tree Group, giving much information and encouragement.

The last few years have seen Fair Trade stall sales falling, but 2024 saw a slight increase in sales, for which we are grateful. Unfortunately, there are some price rises in the pipeline, particularly chocolate and coffee due to poor cocoa and coffee harvests caused by climate change.

There are now over 25 children and young people attending children’s activities on a regular basis, aged from toddlers to mid-teens, led by a team of around 12 volunteers on a rota basis. The provision varies from week to week, with one Sunday a month having up to three separate groups to cater for the wide age range and increased numbers. However, the age distribution has changed so on some Sundays, there may be only one or two in the TotZone age range; when this happens, TotZone and KidZone are often merged. Four times a year on the fifth Sunday, instead of morning activities, we provide a ‘Games Afternoon’ aimed at both adults and children, with games and other activities.

YouthZone Plus for the older youngsters continues, now twice a month, on a Sunday evening. This involves an hour of games and social activities followed by a brief reflection and is regularly attended by a group of teenagers.

The Community Hub launched in September 2021, on the back of the Covid-19 Support Scheme. This runs every Monday morning, where people can access a wide range of services:

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both carers and those that they support. The Social Prescriber attends to supports us and is a link to the Maple Surgery.

A highlight this year has been the Europe Challenge, a collaboration between Cambridgeshire Libraries and the Bar Hill community, which meets initially in the Octagon. Under the banner 'Meet, Eat, Art', six events were held from April to September, meeting as a community and eating food together prepared by members of the local community from different traditions, including Iranian, Syrian, Tunisian and ending in September with a traditional English ploughman's lunch. The Art included musical

performances and storytelling with puppets, all held in the library after lunch, with professional performers booked through the Library Presents initiative. As a legacy of 'Meet, Eat, Art', the church has undertaken to continue to host a community meal in the Octagon, a few times a year, under the banner 'Meet & Eat'. The first of these was held in November with the next one planned for May.

We have continued to undertake several pieces of regular maintenance and repair work to our buildings; the two most significant pieces of additional work this year were replacing the flat part of the Octagon roof to help resolve ongoing leaks and installing the ventilation system in the main worship hall in order to allow us to seal the upper-level windows instead of replacing them (which would have been at significantly greater expense). The other significant pieces of work surrounded replacement of the Octagon heating system and other related projects; however, whilst we were successful in our grant application to FCC to add baffles (to help reduce noise), renovate the floor and replace the curtains in the Octagon, we were

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unfortunately unsuccessful in main our grant application to South Cambridgeshire District Council for a replacement net zero heating system. Therefore, we are continuing to seek further contributions towards this work, including from our sponsoring denominations. However, the baffles have been installed and a working party of volunteers from the church have undertaking a significant amount of redecoration of the Octagon, ahead of the floor being renovated and the curtains being replaced in 2025.

The church bell is still not working, but it is thought a more fundamental repair is required to the hardware equipment; this will require scaffolding so we intend to coincide investigations with other work that will require scaffolding. The Quinquennial Report was carried out in September 2023 on the Worship Hall and repairs need to be scheduled over the next five years; however, the architect commented on how well the building has been maintained. The most significant work that still remains from the report relates to the main church roof, windows and guttering.

In January, we requested a review of our audio-visual requirements by a company who have recently installed some of our equipment; this has helped us to identify what areas of AV equipment need removing, replacing or installing which we will feed into future budget setting. We replaced the piano microphone and some cabling during the year, part funded by a donation.

Due to the decision to install the ventilation system instead of replacing the windows, we are now in a position where our restricted and designated reserves are anticipated to be sufficient to cover most of the remaining significant building work (alongside anticipated grant funding). As such, in November 2024 the congregational meeting was delighted to agree to reinstate the annual giving of around 10% of our regular income to charitable causes. Nominations for charities to receive this money will be requested early in 2025. We have continued to support other charities on a more ad hoc basis throughout the year, through prayer, and specific activity such as collections during Christian Aid week, donating harvest goods to foodbanks, providing Christmas gifts to Jimmy’s Night Shelter, providing monetary vouchers to Women’s Refuge for Christmas gifts, collecting items for Christmas Shoeboxes and undertaking a collection for the Children’s Society.

Over the year the church’s activities were supported financially by 68 households that gave regularly. Most contributions were direct monthly

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payments to our account. Our mission is dependent on faithful giving that can be relied on. It provides the underpinning for our activities, encompassing ministry and worship, building repairs and maintenance, internet costs, safeguarding, supporting those in need, teaching resources, and essential supplies. Those who pay income tax are encouraged to complete Gift Aid declarations so that what they give becomes worth 25% more. Overall income for the year was a little higher than budgeted.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The Trustee’s policy is to maintain at least three months of unrestricted/general funds, circa £30,000, to meet operational variations in minor repairs, invoices, salaries and direct debits plus an additional sum for major repairs.

It is the Treasurer’s opinion that our reserves are sufficient for general operating costs including minor repairs, plus essential identified major repairs. However, they are not necessarily sufficient to replace our heating systems with net zero replacements; therefore this work will only be undertaken if match funded grant funding can be secured.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

The Church is managed within an annual budget agreed with the congregation. Sub-budgets for various areas of responsibility are delegated to the Centre Manager and several trustees. The finances are reported annually at a Congregational Meeting, with periodic updates throughout the year to trustees and congregation. The financial team of a Bookkeeper and Regular Giving Secretary is led by the Treasurer.

Expenditure was higher than income at £166,861, and also an increase from 2023, mainly due to the cost of installing the ventilation system, and replacing part of the Octagon roof, plus reinstatement of the church’s charitable giving. This was off-set by a one-off reduction in denominational contributions, due to correction of prior year overpayments that were resolved during 2024. This deficit was planned

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for, with the budget having assumed a planned use of restricted and designated reserves to fund building work.

As a consequence, reserves decreased to £120,388, with the decrease taken from restricted and designated reserves. The trustees agreed to move a further £30,000 from general reserves, £25,000 to replenish the designated property fund in order to fund the remaining large building maintenance costs and £5,000 for a designated audio visual equipment reserve. The Property Fund now sits at £49,670. £62,000 of the Church’s reserves are held in a CCLA interest bearing account.

~~ee~~ Section F Other optional information ~~|~~ Section G Declaration ~~ee~~ | The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Eleanor Tod Full name(s) Reverand Wendy Wale Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Treasurer etc) ~~re—~~ Date 31/10/2025 ~~CY~~

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

Statement of Financial Activities

|||||||||||This Year||||||Last Year| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||General||Designated||Restricted||Sub||2024||||2023| ||Note|Funds £||Funds £||Funds £||Accounts £||Total £||||Total £| |Income from:||||||||||||||| |Donations and Legacies|A1|107,213||0||2,369||0||109,582||||112,791| |Charitable Activities|A2|0||0||999||6,914||7,913||||11,451| |Other trading activities|A3|18,844||0||0||537||19,381||||18,995| |Investments|A4|4,177||0||0||0||4,177||||2,788| |Other income|A5|1,712||0||581||0||2,293||||2,499| |TOTAL
Expenditure on:||131,946
~~Co)~~||0||3,949||7,451||143,346||||148,523| |Raising Funds|B1|481||0||0||481||962||||815| |Charitable Activities|B2|80,872||55,330||15,532||2,785||154,518||||116,729| |Other Expenditure|B3|10,703||0||679||0||11,382||||1,996| |TOTAL
NET INCOME / (EXPENDITURE)
Transfers between funds||92,055
55,330
16,211
3,266
166,861
39,891
-55,330
-12,262
4,185
-23,515
-26,012
30,000
0
-3,988
0
~~Co)~~
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~~|~~||||||||||||119,541
28,983
0| |NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS||13,879||-25,330||-12,262||198||-23,515||||28,983| |RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:||||||||||||||| |TOTAL FUNDS b/fwd 1 January||32,589||82,000||28,245||1,069||143,903||||114,920| |TOTAL FUNDS c/fwd 31 December|E4|46,468||56,670||15,983||1,267||120,388||||143,903|

APPROVED by the Trustees on 31/10/2025 and signed on their behalf

The notes on pages 2 to 11 form part of this financial statement

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

Balance sheet

Notes 31/12/2024 31/12/2023
£ £
Current assets:
Debtors E2 47,517 13,867
Cash at bank and in hand E1 100,742 133,440
Total current assets 148,259 147,307
Liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year E3 27,871 3,405
Total net assets 120,387 143,902
The funds of the charity
General funds E4 47,734 33,657
Designated funds 1, E4 56,670 82,000
Total unrestricted funds 104,404 115,657
Restricted funds 2, E4 15,983 28,245
Total charity funds 120,387 143,902

TREASURER'S STATEMENT

I have prepared the financial statements on pages 1 to 11 for the year ended 31 December 2024 from the accounting records of the church.

Mrs E Tod

31/10/2025

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

NOTES

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the financial reporting standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.

Bar Hill Ecumenical Church meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts and liabilities within the next reporting period.

FUND ACCOUNTING

General Funds: may be used by the church for any of its ordinary purposes.

Designated Funds: unrestricted funds set aside for specific, designated purposes. They can be transferred back into general funds.

Restricted Funds: represent income which may be expended only on those restricted objects provided in the terms of a trust or bequest, or donations or grants received or invited for a specific purpose. These funds can only be spent on the specific purpose for which they were given. Any balance remaining unspent must be carried forward as a balance on that fund for future expenditure on that specific purpose, or returned; it cannot be absorbed into general funds.

Sub-accounts: are cash floats, managed by church groups.

At the year end, budget holders report on transactions during the year. Income and expenditure within the sub accounts are reported gross. Transfers from the sub account are absorbed into general funds but closing balances are carried forward as a balance on that sub account.

See notes 1 to 3 on page 11 for reports on these funds. Values are rounded to the nearest £.

INCOME

Incoming resources are recognised in the year in which the charity is entitled to the receipt, and the amount can be measured with reasonable certainty. Income is only deferred when the charity has to fulfil conditions before becoming entitled to it or where the donor has specified that the income is to be expended in a future year.

EXPENDITURE

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.

DEBTORS

Trade debtors and other debtors are recognised at their settlement amount due after any discounts. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discount due.

CREDITORS AND PROVISIONS

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

NOTES continued

INCOME FROM:
A1
Planned giving (RGP)
Offerings
Donations
Tax recovered through Gift Aid
Legacies
RC Contribution
Total
A2
Adult and Evangelism
Art Group
Craft Group
Senior Fellowship
Holiday at Home
Community Hub incl Coffee stop
Olive Tree
Meet and Eat
CYP
Total
Community Hub was previously included in
A3
Lettings (after deducting catering
income)
Bible Notes
Bookstall
Conference catering (see lettings)
teas/coffees
Flowers
Fundraising
Total
A4
Deposit account
CCLA COIF account
Total
A5
Other income
Charitable collections (see note 2)
Christian Aid
Kigali collection
Christmas collection (Women's
Refuge)
Christmas collection (Refugee
presents)
Collection at A Smethurst funeral
Photocopying income
Weddings, funerals & baptisms
Collections for leaving gifts
Miscellaneous - interest on gift aid
Total
Community Hub now included in note A2
Investments
Donations and Legacies
Other trading activities
Charitable Activities		 General
Funds £
81,408
1,453
1,478
18,975
0
3,900
107,213
(for costs see N
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
note A5
(for costs see N
16,698
136
0
0
945
62
1,002
18,844
116
4,061
4,177
(for costs see N
0
0
0
75
1,178
0
459
1,712		 Designated
Restricted
Funds £
Funds £
1,545
824
0
2,369
ote B2.4; for net figures see N
999
0
999
ote B1; for net figures see No
0
0
0
0
ote B3)
30
500
51
0
581		 Sub
accounts £
0
ote 4)
0
1,581
169
2,776
2,021
206
160
6,914
te 4)
537
537
0
0		 2024
Total £
81,408
1,453
3,022
18,975
824
3,900
109,582
0
1,581
169
2,776
0
3,020
206
160
0
7,913
16,698
136
0
0
945
599
1,002
19,381
116
4,061
4,177
30
0
500
0
51
75
1,178
0
459
2,293		 2023
Total £
Notes
82,707
916
7,346
2
17,922
0
3,900
112,791
0
4
1,040
3
87
3
3,399
2,3,4
0
4
6,766
158
0
0
2,3,4
11,451
16,221
351
4
47
4
0
4
802
2,4
520
3,4
1,054
3,4
18,995
15
2,773
2,788
0
182
465
96
0
50
3
1,593
113
0
2,499
0
182
465
96
0
50
1,593
113
0
2,499

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

NOTES continued

INCOME FROM:
A1
Planned giving (RGP)
Offerings
Donations
Tax recovered through Gift Aid
Legacies
RC Contribution
St Luke's contribution
Total
A2
Adult and Evangelism
Art Group
Craft Group
Senior Fellowship
Holiday at Home
Community Hub
Olive Tree
CYP
Holiday Club
Total
Community Hub was previously included in
A3
Lettings (after deducting catering
income)
Bible Notes
Bookstall
Conference catering (see lettings)
teas/coffees
Flowers
Fundraising
Total
A4
Deposit account
CCLA COIF account
Total
A5
Other income
Charitable collections (see note 2)
Christian Aid
Christmas collection
Kigali collection
Refuge)
presents)
Utilities grant
Photocopying income
Weddings, funerals & baptisms
Collections for leaving gifts
Miscellaneous
Total
Community Hub now included in note A2
Donations and Legacies
Charitable Activities
Other trading activities
Investments		 General
Funds £
82,707
916
2,401
17,555
3,900
107,479
(for costs see N
0
note A5
(for costs see N
16,221
351
47
0
802
1,054
18,475
15
2,773
2,788
(for costs see N
50
1,593
113
1,756		 Designated
Restricted
Funds £
Funds £
4,945
367
367
4,945
ote B2.4; for net figures see N
4,250
0
4,250
ote B1; for net figures see No
0
0
0
0
ote B3)
182
465
96
0
743		 Sub
accounts £
0
ote 4)
0
1,040
87
3,399
0
2,516
158
0
0
7,201
te 4)
520
520
0
0		 2023
Total £
82,707
916
7,346
17,922
0
3,900
0
112,791
0
1,040
87
3,399
0
6,766
158
0
0
11,451
16,221
351
47
0
802
520
1,054
18,995
15
2,773
2,788
0
0
182
465
96
0
50
1,593
113
0
2,499		 2022
Total £
Notes
80,972
1,191
15,304
2
18,937
9,930
3,900
1,201
131,434
0
4
895
3
113
3
3,086
2,3,4
301
4
7,191
206
0
2,3,4
0
4
11,791
17,522
356
4
4
4
0
4
559
2,4
431
3,4
1,478
3,4
20,349
1
167
168
702
42
0
0
0
600
40
3
120
1,150
0
2,654
702
42
0
0
0
600
40
120
1,150
0
2,654

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

EXPENDITURE ON:
B1
Raising Funds
Bible Notes
Bookstall
Conference catering
Church Catering
Flowers
Fundraising Activities
Total
B2
Charitable Activities
B2.1 Sponsoring Denominations
URC Ministry and Mission Fund
Diocese of Ely inc. house costs
Baptist Union Ministry share
Diocese of Ely - ministry share
Methodist Church - ministry share
URC Ministry share
Total
B2.2 Ministerial Costs
Minister's expenses
Discretionary fund
Visiting Ministers
Total
B2.3 Cost of Worship
Licences and Music
Worship software and small
equipment
Audio-Visual Equipment
Worship/prayer materials
Total
B2.4 Church Activities
Adult and evangelism
Art Group
Craft Group
Senior Fellowship
Holiday at Home
Community Hub incl coffee stop
Olive Tree
CYP
Meet and Eat
Total
Community Hub was included in note B3
NOTES continued		 General
Funds £
(for income see
235
0
35
210
0
0
481
2,515
12,764
6,638
6,703
28,620
1,056
307
1,364
1,378
196
450
253
2,277
(For income see
0
0
452
452		 Designated
Funds £
note A3; for ne
0
0
0
0
note A2; for ne
0		 Restricted
Funds £
t figures see N
0
0
0
498
498
t figures see
2,800
67
2,867		 Sub
accounts £
ote 4)
481
481
0
0
0
Note 4)
582
42
1,647
249
211
54
2,785		 2024
Total £
235
0
35
210
481
0
962
2,515
12,764
6,638
0
6,703
0
28,620
1,056
0
307
1,364
1,378
196
948
253
2,775
0
582
42
1,647
0
3,049
211
518
54
6,103		 2023
Total £
Notes
262
4
34
4
0
3,4
83
2,4
437
3,4
0
3,4
815
0
46,778
65
0
0
4,188
51,031
887
0
575
1,462
1,231
0
4,986
885
7,102
0
905
3, 4
54
3, 4
1,556
2, 3, 4
0
5,241
2
108
3, 4
263
2, 3
0
8,126
2023
Total £
262
34
0
83
437
0
815
0
46,778
65
0
0
4,188
51,031
887
0
575
1,462
1,231
0
4,986
885
7,102
0
905
54
1,556
0
5,241
108
263
0
8,126

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

NOTES continued

Continued EXPENDITURE ON:
B2.5 Running costs
Electricity
Gas
Water rates
Insurance
Cleaning/caretaking
Office expenses
Photocopier
Communications (inc. Christmas card)
Salaries and HR
Telephone/website
Accounts software and examination
Bank Charges
Training
Total
B2.6 Maintenance
Maintenance
Minor works / repairs
Major works
Total
B2
TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
B3
Other Expenditure
Charitable collections (see note 2)
Christian Aid
Solar for Sach
A Smethurst Funeral collection
Kigali collection
Charitable Giving
Christmas collection (Women's
Refuge)
Christmas collection (Refugee
presents)
Miscellaneous
The Lounge
Weddings, funerals & baptisms
Leaving/retirement gifts
Total		 General
Funds £
3,508
6,587
1,917
1,837
1,248
584
1,146
444
21,293
907
634
1
1,014
41,119
5,616
1,425
0
7,041		 General
Funds £
3,508
6,587
1,917
1,837
1,248
584
1,146
444
21,293
907
634
1
1,014
41,119
5,616
1,425
0
7,041		 Designated
Funds £
0
55,330
55,330
55,330
note A5)
0		 Restricted
Funds £
0
270
11,897
12,167
15,532
30
98
51
500
679		 Sub
accounts £
0
0
2,785
0		 2024
Total £
3,508
6,587
1,917
1,837
1,248
584
1,146
444
21,293
907
634
1
1,014
41,119
5,886
1,425
67,227
74,538
154,518
30
98
51
0
10,500
500
0
40
0
163
0
11,382		 2023
Total £
3,823
9,628
486
1,795
1,380
3
749
1,201
434
20,229
207
480
20
236
40,668
3,330
5,010
3
0
3
8,339
116,729
0
0
182
0
465
95
486
0
607
161
1,996
2023
Total £
3,823
9,628
486
1,795
1,380
749
1,201
434
20,229
207
480
20
236
40,668
3,330
5,010
0
8,339
80,872 55,330 116,729
(for income see
10,500
40
163
10,703		 0
0
182
0
465
95
486
0
607
161
10,703 0 679 0 11,382 1,996

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

NOTES continued

EXPENDITURE ON:
B1
Raising Funds
Bible Notes
Bookstall
Conference catering
Church Catering
Flowers
Fundraising Activities
Total
B2
Charitable Activities
B2.1 Sponsoring Denominations
URC Ministry and Mission Fund
Diocese of Ely inc. house costs
Baptist Union Ministry share
Diocese of Ely - ministry share
Methodist Church - ministry share
URC Ministry share
Total
B2.2 Ministerial Costs
Minister's expenses
Discretionary fund
Visiting Ministers
Total
B2.3 Cost of Worship
Licences and Music
Worship software and small
equipment
Audio-Visual Equipment
Worship/prayer materials
Total
B2.4 Church Activities
Adult and evangelism
Art Group
Craft Group
Senior Fellowship
Holiday at Home
Community Hub incl coffee stop
Olive Tree
CYP
Holiday Club
Total
Community Hub was included in note B3		 General
Funds £
(for income see
262
34
0
83
0
378
0
46,778
65
0
0
4,188
51,031
887
575
1,462
1,231
1,374
870
3,475
(For income se
0
263
263		 Designated
Funds £
note A3; for ne
0
0
0
367
367
e note A2; for ne
0		 Restricted
Funds £
t figures see N
0
0
0
3,245
15
3,260
t figures see
4,940
4,940		 Sub
accounts £
ote 4)
437
437
0
0
0
Note 4)
905
54
1,556
0
301
108
0
2,924		 2023
Total £
262
34
0
83
437
0
815
0
46,778
65
0
0
4,188
51,031
887
0
575
1,462
1,231
0
4,986
885
7,102
0
905
54
1,556
0
5,241
108
263
0
8,126		 2022
Total £
Notes
310
4
0
4
0
3,4
49
2,4
359
3,4
149
3,4
867
47,354
4,365
3,923
3,102
3,838
3,838
66,420
3,428
0
700
4,128
989.38
279
9,930
302
11,501
0
787
3, 4
38
3, 4
1,888
2, 3, 4
0
2,818
2
158
3, 4
353
2, 3
0
6,042
Total £
310
0
0
49
359
149
867
47,354
4,365
3,923
3,102
3,838
3,838
66,420
3,428
0
700
4,128
989.38
279
9,930
302
11,501
0
787
38
1,888
0
2,818
158
353
0
6,042

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

NOTES continued

Continued EXPENDITURE ON:
B2.5 Running costs
Electricity
Gas
Water rates
Insurance
Cleaning/caretaking
Office expenses
Photocopier
Communications (inc. Christmas card)
Salaries and HR
Telephone/website
Accounts software and examination
Bank Charges
Training
Total
B2.6 Maintenance
Maintenance
Minor works / repairs
Total
B2
TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
B3
Other Expenditure
Charitable collections (see note 2)
Christian Aid
A Smethurst Funeral collection
Kigali collection
Christmas collection (Women's
Refuge)
Christmas collection (Refugee
presents)
Miscellaneous
The Lounge
Weddings, funerals & baptisms
Leaving/retirement gifts
Total		 General
Funds £
3,823
9,628
486
1,795
1,380
749
1,201
434
20,229
207
480
20
236
40,668
3,330
5,010
8,339		 General
Funds £
3,823
9,628
486
1,795
1,380
749
1,201
434
20,229
207
480
20
236
40,668
3,330
5,010
8,339		 Designated
Funds £
0
0
367
note A5)
0		 Restricted
Funds £
0
0
8,200
182
465
95
742		 Sub
accounts £
0
0
2,924
0		 2023
Total £
3,823
9,628
486
1,795
1,380
749
1,201
434
20,229
207
480
20
236
40,668
3,330
5,010
8,339
116,729
0
0
182
465
95
486
0
607
161
1,996		 2022
Total £
4,581
10,808
1,101
1,719
1,264
3
853
1,423
527
17,597
115
470
14
0
40,471
2,359
3,131
3
5,490
134,052
702.00
42.00
0.00
0
0
0
120
0
1,200
2,064
2022
Total £
4,581
10,808
1,101
1,719
1,264
853
1,423
527
17,597
115
470
14
0
40,471
2,359
3,131
5,490
105,238 367 134,052
(for income see
486
607
161
1,254		 702.00
42.00
0.00
0
0
0
120
0
1,200
1,254 0 742 0 1,996 2,064

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

NOTES continued

C Investments held for Church Purposes

Bar Hill Church has funds invested in the CCLA COIF account and has a Santander Business Reserve account, both of which pay interest. Interest paid to the church is detailed in section A4 as operating income.

D Assets Used for Church Purposes

Bar Hill Church does not own any land or buildings. The church and its associated buildings are vested in Shared Churches Ely and the minister's house at 108 Stonefield is owned by the Diocese of Ely.

The church buildings are insured by the church in accordance with its agreement with Shared Churches Ely.

Buildings and contents are insured with a loss limit of £6,650,000.

The trustees of the charity have a policy of not capitalising assets under £1,000.

Routine additions, repairs and replacements to contents are charged to current expenditure.

E1 Monetary Assets

The church monies are not held in segregated accounts, but for the sake of these financial statements the total

of each account is allocated appropriately over the various funds.

Cash
Santander current account
Santander Business Reserve
CCLA COIF account
Sub Accounts
Total
E2
Debtors and prepayments
Lettings
RGP
Offerings
Donations
Catering
Bible notes
Diocese
Funeral Fees
Taxation
Fundraising
Charitable donations
Licences
Website
Minor Works
Total
E3
Creditors and Liabilities
Charitable donations
Minister's Expenses
Funeral fees
Offices expenses
Consumables and catering
Bible Notes
Baptists
Methodists
URC
Utilities
Bible notes
Photocopier
Minor works
Community Hub
Worship
Total
E4
To reconcile cash at year end against funds car
E1
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the
reporting period
E2
Debtors and prepayments
E3
Creditors and liabilities
Total funds c/fwd		 General
Funds £
218
14,247
12,357
26,822
3,390
43,867
260
47,517
10,598
-263
971
110
65
6,569
6,703
2,515
211
209
126
37
22
27,871
ried forward
26,822
47,517
-27,871
46,468		 Designated
Funds £
10,663
46,007		 Restricted
Funds £
15,983		 Sub
accounts £
1,266		 2024
Total £
218
14,247
23,020
61,991
1,266		 2023
Total £
112
21,488
12,904
97,929
1,006
56,670 15,983 1,266 100,742 133,440
3,390
0
0
0
0
0
43,867
0
0
0
0
0
260
0
2,605
810
199
131
185
78
8,730
261
0
1
0
795
72
0
0 0 0 47,517 13,867
10,598
-263
971
0
110
65
6,569
6,703
2,515
211
209
126
37
0
22		 277
239
607
68
108
62
0
0
0
1,875
0
142
0
26
0
0 0 0 27,871 3,405
56,670 15,983
0
0		 1,266
0
0		 100,742
47,517
-27,871		 133,440
13,867
-3,405
56,670 15,983 1,266 120,387 143,902

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

NOTES continued

See page 3 for descriptions of the various funds and accounts.

1 Designated Funds:

Designated Funds:
Ecclesiastical Prize Money 2016
Property Fund
Equipment Fund
Community Hub
Solar for Sach
Donation - CYP
Piano
Senior Fellowship
Christmas Collections
Charitable collections
Church Building
Piano microphone
Legacy
Total
Restricted Funds:
Fund name & purpose:
Fund name & purpose:*		 Balance
b/fwd £
2,000
80,000
0		 Receipts
in year £		 Payments
in year £
55,330		 Transfers
for year £
25,000
5,000		 Balance
Notes
c/fwd £
2,000
49,670
5,000
56,670
Balance
Notes
c/fwd £
14,912
A2, B2.4
0
0
0
247
1
A5, B3
0
A5, B3
0
0
A1, B2.3
824
A1, B2.3
15,983
82,000 0 55,330 30,000 56,670
Balance
b/fwd £
16,712
98
67
270
247
1
0
10,850
0
0		 Receipts
in year £
999
500
81
1,047
498
824		 Payments
in year £
2,800
98
67
270
500
81
11,897
498		 Transfers
for year £
28,245 3,949 16,211 0 15,983

2 Restricted Funds:

* £147.38 donation plus £100 legacy

3 Sub-accounts are cash floats, managed by church groups.

Art Group
Church office petty cash
Coffee Stop
Craft Group
CYP Float
Flowers Float
Senior Fellowship
Olive Tree
Meet and Eat
Total
Sub account*		 Balance
b/fwd £
502
50
49
47
82
92
145
100
0		 Receipts
in year £
1,581
2,021
169
537
2,776
206
160		 Payments
in year £
582
249
42
481
1,647
211
54		 Net Transfers
for year £
-900
-1,677
-50
-56
-1,129
-70
-106		 Balance
c/fwd £
601
A2, B2.4
50
A5, B1,B2.5.B2.6
144
A2, B2.4
125
A2, B2.4
82
A2, B2.4
92
A3, B1
146
A2, B2.4
25
A2, B2.4
0
A2, B2.4
1,266
1,068 7,451 3,266 -3,988 1,266

Craft group - £15 income from 2023 included here as omitted last year. flowers - 2023 transfer still pending = £62.14

4 Activities with some self-funding

Certain groups generate funds as part of their activities. Income and expenditure within the activity are reported gross within the main accounts but a net figure is shown here to indicate the net surplus/cost for each activity.

Surplus income is absorbed into general funds, whilst expenditure in excess of self funding is met from general funds.

Adult and Evangelism
Art Group
Craft Group
Senior Fellowship
Olive Tree
Bookstall and Bible Notes
Catering - church events
Flowers
Fundraising
Meet and Eat
Total
Activity		 General
Income £
0
1,581
169
2,776
206
136
945
599
1,002
160		 Restricted
Income £		 Total
Income £
0
1,581
169
2,776
206
136
945
599
1,002
160		 Payments
in year £
0
582
42
1,647
211
235
210
481
0
54		 Net
Income £
Notes
0
A2, B2.4
999
3, A2, B2.4
127
3, A2, B2.4
1,129
3, A2, B2.4
-5
3, A2, B2.4
-99
A3, B1
735
A3, B1
118
3, A3, B1
1,002
3, A3, B1
106
3, A3, B1
4,113
7,576 0 7,576 3,462 4,113

5 Trustees

None of the trustees received any remuneration in respect of their role as a trustee, nor did they receive any expenses.

There were no related party transactions in the year that required disclosure.

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