2025-03-31-accounts - Fellowship Baptist Church

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1st April 2024 31[st] March 2025 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Fellowship Baptist Church

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address	Registered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address	Registered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address	Registered charity number (if any)1173883 Charity's principal address 144 Alexandra Avenue Luton Bedfordshire Postcode LU3 1HJ ~~——~~	Registered charity number (if any)1173883 Charity's principal address 144 Alexandra Avenue Luton Bedfordshire Postcode LU3 1HJ ~~——~~	Registered charity number (if any)1173883 Charity's principal address 144 Alexandra Avenue Luton Bedfordshire Postcode LU3 1HJ ~~——~~
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity	Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
1	Stanley Eugene Boelman	Pastor
2	Timothy John Brighton	Trustee
3 Beavin Andrew	3 Beavin Andrew	Treasurer

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

19 Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) ~~——~~ Name Dates acted if not for whole year Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) ~~SSS~~ TAR 1 March 2024

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Constitution (e.g. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (e.g. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

By appointment of the members
(e.g. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

Regarding relationships with related parties, the church is a member of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. This is purely a joining of hearts and minds as opposed to a structural union, the FIEC does not own any of the church’s property and neither does it require a membership fee. The church shares the same theological perspective and annually affirms its agreement with the articles of faith.

relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The objective of the charity is for public benefit, the advancement of the Christian faith, in accordance with the Statement of Faith.

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The main activities fall under the stated objective of advancing the Christian Faith. Specifically, these include:

Regular meetings for Christian worship
Children’s clubs to enhance the Christian faith
Support for the public as available (see below in Section D)

As needed, the trustees have met to review the work of the charity as well as to oversee the financial status. And due to the small size of the Summary of the main charity membership, the trustees have included all members in their activities undertaken for the meetings. 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)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The years previous annual return (2023-24) including some milestones such as the reboot of a children’s club, the re-writing of a safeguarding policy, and the start of a new men’s ministry. By comparison, 2024-25 was a year of maintenance, of building continuity of ministry.

To that degree, the children’s club continues to be a great opportunity to serve families in the community. Most come from a church background but there is scope for further enhancement of spiritual life. Currently, three or possibly four families are involved.

The men’s ministry has been another positive addition. For many years, the women met on Zoom as a group called Servants Hearts. The men’s group, King’s Servants has been meeting every two months. It is not a large group but the fellowship is good and we have enjoyed the input from speakers from both the UK as well as the USA.

Apart from continuity, a new feature was added in the autumn. After a break of four years or more, the church participated in an annual fund raiser organised by Tearfund. It is called The Great Big Quiz Night. We did not have a large turnout but we did have a visitor who was invited. The moneys go to Tearfund’s service to the developing world. We plan on doing this again.

As in other years, the following continues to be our pattern of ministry:

On Sunday mornings, the church worships at Ambleside Centre. It is not a large building and doesn’t have other rooms for children’s work. This is not the best because we are not able to have a separate children’s function during the adult worship.
In the afternoon, the pastor continues to make use of Facebook Live to do sermons for the public. Currently, some 253 people have liked the page. On occasion, some very positive comments are received.
In the week, a prayer meeting takes place on the Zoom platform.
A weekly study group also takes place over Zoom and recently the group has read through Tim Chester’s book, Enjoying God .
The new men’s group, King’s Servants, has been meeting every two months on Zoom.
The ladies group, Servants Hearts, continues to meet on Zoom and includes women from other churches not in Luton.
Much good has been achieved in global Christian work. Our local impact may be small but our global reach can be large.
Whilst not “regular”, the congregation provides an occasional gift to missionaries who are in special circumstances. These might include things such as unexpected health costs. It is to be celebrated that the church has such a wonderful philanthropic spirit.

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Section E Financial review The trustees and the membership have considered the need for a Brief statement of the reserves policy and it has been agreed that no set amount is needed but charity’s policy on reserves that the charity will always agree to meet its financial obligations. Apart from the moneys held in the charity’s current account, there is an unrestricted fund with a value of £29,329.22 at the start of the new financial year (April, 2023) Details of any funds materially No deficit exists. in deficit ~~—~~

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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

the charity’s principal The charity subsists from the donations of its members and other sources of funds (including interested parties. any fundraising);
• how expenditure has Expenditures supported the objectives via payments for rental costs, supported the key objectives literature to Christian work, donations to Christian charities and the of the charity; support of Christian work in other parts of the world.
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
~~_~~ Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Stanley Eugene Boelman Position (e.g. Secretary, Chair, Chair/Pastor etc) Date 3rd September, 2025

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Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from CC16a 1173883 Fellowship Baptist Church 04/01/2024 31/03/2025 ~~<<~~	Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from CC16a 1173883 Fellowship Baptist Church 04/01/2024 31/03/2025 ~~<<~~	Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from CC16a 1173883 Fellowship Baptist Church 04/01/2024 31/03/2025 ~~<<~~	Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from CC16a 1173883 Fellowship Baptist Church 04/01/2024 31/03/2025 ~~<<~~	Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from CC16a 1173883 Fellowship Baptist Church 04/01/2024 31/03/2025 ~~<<~~	Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from CC16a 1173883 Fellowship Baptist Church 04/01/2024 31/03/2025 ~~<<~~	Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from CC16a 1173883 Fellowship Baptist Church 04/01/2024 31/03/2025 ~~<<~~
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £		to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Collections taken duringchurch services	6,670	-	-	-	6,670	6,783
Donation from supporters outside church	-	-	-	-	-
Gift Aid	1,621	-	-	-	1,621	1,332
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	8,291	-	-	-	8,291	8,115
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - *Total receipts* 8,291 - - 8,291 8,115 ~~——————~~
A3 Payments
Support for missionaries	2,520	-	-	-	2,520	2,520
Hire of communitycentre for services	4,431	-	-	-	4,431	3,890
Liabilityinsurance	260	-	-	-	260	247
CCLI music licence	148	-	-	-	148	142
Storage facilties	563	-	-	-	563	450
FIEC membership		-	-	-	-	400
Speaker's remuneration		-	-	-	-
Other
Specialgift to Mosbys	1,000				1,000	1,000
Tearfund	100				100
~~unts (SS)~~ Supplementary gift to missionaires	1,100	~~1~~ -	-	-	1,100	900

CCXX R1 acco

30/08/2025

Sub total 10,122 - - 10,122 9,549

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)	- - - 10,122 573 - - 573	- - - - - - - -	- - - - - - - -	- - - 10,122 573 - - 573
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*Sub total* *Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*	-				-

					9,549

	573	-	-	573	1,434
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	573	-	-	573	1,434

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

2 Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Savings for eventual capital asset purchase Balance at year ended 31 March, 2025 Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 5,822 - - 5,822 "Agreement Error","OK") Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 29,795 - - - - -	Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - -	30/08/2025 Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - OK Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - -
Savings for eventual capital asset purchase	29,795	-
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

		Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets	- - - - - - - - - - ~~—~~
		Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the				-	-
charity’s own use				-	-
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Fund to which Amount due When due Details liability relates (optional) (optional) B5 Liabilities - - - - - ~~—~~ Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name Date of approval Stan Boelman 03/09/20252025025255 3

Date of approval 03/09/20252025025255 30/08/2025

CCXX R3 accounts (SS)