TRUSTEE'S REPORT FOR BRAUNSTONE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH
FOR PERIOD 01/04/2024–31/03/2025
As leaders within the church and trustees of the charitable incorporated organisation, we have continued to strive to uphold and advance the purposes of the church over the last twelve months as described in our church constitution (section 3, paragraphs 3.1.1 and 3.1.2).
We are a non-denominational church situated in the heart of a large working-class housing estate on the west side of the city of Leicester.
We are conservative in our theology but retain, as our founding fathers did in the early 1960's, a keen evangelistic zeal to support our area both spiritually and materially.
Our weekly meetings are open to all age groups and backgrounds and Sunday church meals are provided on a semi-regular basis. We seek to entertain and instruct children and young people from the ages of four to eighteen years. We also support a summer camp for disabled children and young people at a well-established camp site in North Wales – some of whom (past and present) attend our church on a regular basis.
An Independent Christian School makes use of our church buildings during term time. Their pupils range from four to sixteen years with a small proportion having special educational needs.
We continue to support a Christian charity based in Loughborough who provide long term help to homeless men with drug and alcohol problems.
During this year, our Pastor of 28 years, Peter Allen, retired and I, Neil Seeds, was inducted as the new Pastor on 16[th] November 2024. Pete and Dawn then moved out of The Manse in March 2025 and Neil, Sarah and family moved in.
Stephen Sutton resigned as a Trustee. He was replaced by James Sutton. The official church membership went down from twelve to eight during the year, as four members resigned. Two of the eight are elders; one is a deacon.
I believe these details represent a true and accurate record of our activities during this last financial year.
Neil Seeds on behalf of the Trustees of Braunstone Evangelical Free Church
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|Braunstone Evangelical Free Church|1173676|
|Receipts and payments accounts|CC16a|
|For the period|1st April 2024|31st March 2025|
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|Section A Receipts and payments|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|
|Total funds|Last year|
|funds|funds|funds|
|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|
|A1 Receipts|
|Offerings|6,491|-|-|6,491|7,666|
|Covenants|13,112|-|-|13,112|15,645|
|Rent - ECSL|3,780|-|-|3,780|3,780|
|Donations|3,376|-|-|3,376|850|
|Donations to Building Fund|1,100|-|-|1,100|8,911|
|Sub total|(Gross income for|
|AR)|[ 27,858 ]|-|-|27,858|36,852|
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|A2 Asset and investment sales,|
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|Total receipts|27,858|-|-|27,858|36,852|
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|A3 Payments|
|Pastorate|5,850|-|-|5,850|9,940|
|Insurance|2,109|-|-|2,109|2,287|
|Light and Heat|9,107|-|-|9,107|9,500|
|Rates|2,993|-|-|2,993|2,404|
|Repairs and Maintenance|1,104|-|-|1,104|867|
|Subscriptions and licenses|394|-|-|394|524|
|Gifts|2,595|-|-|2,595|787|
|Office Expenses|38|-|-|38|-|
|Conferences|80|-|-|80|80|
|Food Costs|71|-|-|71|254|
|Induction Expenses|424|-|-|424|-|
|BF Repairs and Maintenance|2,146|-|-|2,146|3,305|
|BF Planning Permission|-|-|-|-|- 752|
|BF Portacabin|-|-|-|-|16,432|
|Sub total|[ 26,910 ]|-|-|26,910|45,629|
|A4 Asset and investment|
|purchases, (see table)|
|Loan repayments|-|-|-|-|867|
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|Sub total|[ - ]|-|-|-|867|
|SSS|Total payments|26,910|-|-|26,910|46,496|
|Net of receipts/(payments)|948|-|-|948|- 9,644|
|A5 Transfers between funds|-|- -|-|-|
|A6 Cash funds last year end|4,745|- -|4,745|14,389|
|Cash funds this year end|=|5,693|==|-|===|- 5,693|=|4,745|
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
09/01/2026
| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |
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| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Signature Details Bank Current Account Bank Building Fund Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details Church Building Manse |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 2,784 - 2,910 - - 5,693 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - Print Name |
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
09/01/2026
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K Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees
Charity Name Braunstone Evangelical Free Church
| On accounts for the year | 31stMarch 2025 | Charity no | 1173676 | |
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2025 .
Responsibilities and basis As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the of report 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Date: 9[th] January 2026
Signed: Name: Kathryn Ann Marshall
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Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (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 .
Nothing of note
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