Loving God, living the truth, Serving God in the community **Part of the Baptist Family** ## **Epsom Baptist Church CIO Trustees’ Annual Report for 2025** Epsom Baptist Church is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered with the Charity Commission on 14[th] July 2017. Epsom Baptist Church is also known as Epsom Church. The public address details displayed on the Register of Charities are correct. The address at the foot of this page is the same address that we use as our Charity’s administrative headquarters. Our CIO is a subsidiary body of Baptists Together (formerly the Baptist Union of GB). All our Charity’s members, as well as Trustees, are entitled to vote under our governance document. Excluding Trustees, about 20 Church volunteers carried out charitable activities on behalf of the CIO in the UK. The purpose of the Epsom Baptist Church CIO is the advancement of the Christian Faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination. In addition, the Church may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and / or other parts of the world. We continue to work in close cooperation with other local Churches through Churches Together in Epsom (CTiE). The Trustees in post during 2025 were: Lisa Bell as Minister and Chair appointed at a special Church Members’ Meeting on 3[rd] June 2025, Handley Hammond (Church Secretary), David Waddell (Church Treasurer), until November 2025, Stewart Bowman, Wendy Gonzalez Criollo, until November 2025, Ewen Mackay and XX – Trustee with dispensation, until November 2025, Stella Davies and Steve Lowe. The Trustees are responsible for safeguarding the finances and property owned by Epsom Baptist Church CIO. There were three Ordinary Church Members’ Meetings during 2025, the November one incorporating the Annual General Meeting (AGM). They were held in April, July and November. There was one Baptismal Service with 4 candidates during the year. Average Sunday morning attendance towards the end of the year was 55. During the year several new people joined the congregation. The total formal membership at the end of 2025 was 55. 3 new friends were received into membership: Cheryl Fidler, Margaret Janes and Michael Sturrock. In addition to supporting partners through BMS World Mission and the Baptists Together Home Mission Fund, we provided support for the work of Vision Peoples in Mission UK Trust (registered Charity number 1113819) helping Kenyans who are disadvantaged and poverty stricken, by meeting their practical, medical and spiritual needs. We also supported Spinnaker Trust (registered Charity 1111351) and Dnipro Hope Mission in Ukraine (registered Charity T: 01372 749582 E: admin@epsomchurch.co.uk W: www.epsomchurch.co.uk Minister: Lisa Bell Epsom Baptist Church CIO Charity Reg No: 1173824 6 Church Street, Epsom, KT17 4NY number 1177504). The Church was also involved in contributing to and collecting for Christian Aid Week in May. We were encouraged by some 58 children and teenagers coming to various activities on Sunday and during the week. The toddler group, Giggles, which meets on Thursday mornings during term time offers a range of activities for young children and a welcoming space for their parents and carers. On Thursdays between 5.00 and 6.30 there is a Kids’ Club, and twice a month, between 7.00 and 8.30, there is a Youth Club. At Easter there was a Children’s Holiday Club, and in the Summer eight teens went to New Wine at Shepton Mallet with Lisa Bell, our Minister. Lisa is the local organiser for work in Schools by local Churches using Spinnaker Trust. During the year there was a weekly Thursday afternoon Lunch Hub and Social Club for people in the community. Much of our income is through the regular giving of members. This is augmented by rental income through letting the manse, and through hiring out of the Church Hall and car park. No building project is currently being considered. Instead, we have decided to upgrade the attractiveness of the existing buildings and site. There has been a Comprehensive Fire Risk Assessment of the premises and an Electrical Inspection Risk Requirement (Fixed & Portable) as well as refurbishment to the inside and outside of the church. In the opinion of the Trustees, the Church is financially sound and has adequate resources to finance its operations for the foreseeable future. However, expenditure still exceeds income, and the present substantial reserves are declining. No employee has received more than £60K during this reporting period. The total amount spent on the employee payroll was £55,817 (wages and salaries, £50,637, and pension contributions £5,180. None of our staff have worked on behalf of our Charity outside the UK. All members providing services for children have obtained the required levels of DBS checks. There were no serious safeguarding issues during 2025 that needed to be reported to the Commission. The ‘Policy Statement on Safeguarding of children and young people and the Church’ was formally reindorsed unchanged again during the year. Handley Hammond Church Secretary June 2026 T: 01372 749582 E: admin@epsomchurch.co.uk W: www.epsomchurch.co.uk Minister: Lisa Bell Epsom Baptist Church CIO Charity Reg No: 1173824 6 Church Street, Epsom, KT17 4NY Epsom.Baptist Church CIO- Company No. CE011319- Charity No. 1173824 Annual Report and Accounts Period ended 31/12/2025 CONTENTS Company Information Trustees Report Profit and Loss Account Bglance Sheet Independent Examinerfs Statement Notes to the Accounts page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 Page lof7 Epsom Baptist Church CIO Charity Information Trustees Lisa Bell Barry Francis Stella Elizabeth Davies Steve Lowe Stewart Bowman Ewen.MacKay Handley Charles Dibben Hammond Bankers Metro Bank One Southampton Row, London WCIB SHA Company Registered Number CE011319 Charity Number 1173824 Page2of7 Epsom Baptist Church CIO Trustees Report The trustees present their annual report and accounts for the period end:ed 31 December2025. Principal Artivities The organisation was engaged in charitable and religious activities. Trustees The trustees who served between l January 2025 and the date of this report were as follows: Name Date Appointed Date Resigned Wendy Gonzalez Criollo D,avid James Waddell Handley Charles Dibben Hammond Ewen MacKay Stewart Bowman Lisa Bell Steve Lowe Stella Davies Barry Francis XX- Trustee with Dispensation 17/11/2025 17/11/2025 07/11/2022 22/1112023 22/11/2023 09/09/2024 18111/2024 18/11/2024 17111/2025 17/11/2025 The company is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation so the trustees do not hold any shares in the company or receive any dividend payments. Small Company Special Provisions T.he report of the trustees has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. This annual report was approved by the board on l