Chapel Allerton Baptist Church
Charity number 1174113
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025
Chapel Allerton Baptist Church
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Contents | Page |
|---|---|
| Trustees' report | 2 to 4 |
| Examiner's report | 5 |
| Receipts and payments account | 6 |
| Statement of assets and liabilities | 7 |
| Notes to the accounts | 8 to 10 |
Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
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Chapel Allerton Baptist Church
Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2025
Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: Name Position Dates
Position Fiona McGill Chair Robert Hambourg-Floyd Treasurer Miguel Pinedo Treasurer Vivienne Hatton Fiona Heap Rachel Hirst Beth Turner Rob Thomson Catherine Upton Rick Walker Rev Natalie Hughes
Appointed 1 August 2024 Resigned 2 May 2024 Resigned 31 December 2024 Resigned 21 May 2024
Appointed 3 June 2025 Appointed 3 June 2025 Appointed 11 August 2025
Charity number
1174113
Registered in England and Wales
Registered and principal address
Bankers
506 Stonegate Road The Co-operative Bank plc Leeds P.O. Box 101 LS17 6AR 1 Balloon Street Manchester M60 4EP
Independent examiner
Rhys North ACA West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
Structure, governance and management
The Charity is governed by an Approved Governing Document. Members of Chapel Allerton Baptist Church ('Chapel A') are accepted in accordance with its Constitution, adopted on 16th March 2017.
The Ordinary Members Meeting normally takes place at least four times per year and has responsibility for the overall policy of Chapel A. Extraordinary and Special Church Meetings will occur when required. In accordance with the Constitution, the members appoint trustees, who together with the Minister(s), are responsible for the day to day running of Chapel A’s work and witness, and the financial and legal aspects of the charity. 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 the Church Meeting by appropriate majorities, Chapel A seeks to work by consensus wherever possible.
Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at a church meeting.
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Chapel Allerton Baptist Church
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025
Objectives and activities
The charity's objects
The principal purpose of the church is the advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist Denomination. The church may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and/or other parts of the world.
The charity's aim
Our aim at Chapel A is for people to come to know God and follow Jesus. We want to show God's love to our local community and the wider world through supporting various projects both locally and further afield.
The charity's main activities
Chapel A holds regular public services which include worship, prayer, teaching and age-appropriate activities for children and young people. Chapel A seeks to be a friendly, welcoming and inclusive community and anybody is free to attend any of these services.
Chapel A runs various Small Groups to encourage its members and community to grow in faith. Some of these groups are set up around a particular concern or issue. Details of these small groups are publicised through our website/social media and at Sunday morning services.
The Church has a Pastoral Team, consisting of its Minister (when in post), two members of the Leadership Team and other delegated members. The Pastoral Team offers support to members of the congregation within the remit of the Safeguarding Policy.
The Church is part of 'Chapel Allerton and Meanwood Churches Together' and also actively supports the Thrive Youth Project, alongside Chapel Allerton Methodist Church, St Matthews Church of England Church and Stainbeck United Reform Church.
Chapel A engages with the local community throughout the year, including running a community Christmas Choir, open to anyone, which performs in different venues in the locality.
Chapel A operates systems to ensure that all people working with children and vulnerable adults are appropriately vetted with regard to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Public benefit statement
Chapel A has read the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and is satisfied that the activities outlined above clearly demonstrate that the charity is providing a benefit to the public.
Achievements and performance
During the financial year from 1[st] April 2024 to 31[st] March 2025 we had no paid minister in post. We were in conversation with several candidates and have since appointed Natalie Hughes in August 2025. During the time without a minister the leadership team continued to lead the church with assistance from church members and external speakers.
We continued to meet in different ways - the first Sunday is an all age communion service, the second and fourth Sundays are celebration services and the third Sunday is cafe church. Any month where there is a fifth Sunday we focus on pastoral issues at an extra cafe church meeting. Our preaching theme over the year included ‘Responding to God’s love’, ‘Resurrection appearances’ and ‘Justice: Jonah, Amos and Micah’. We received teaching from a range of people, both from within our congregation and from visiting preachers. We have benefited from the expertise and preaching from Dr Charlotte Naylor-Davies who has led a great deal of our services and has helped us plan our sermon series’.
In June we enjoyed another Church Weekend Away at Scargill House in North Yorkshire with Dave Steele from Brighton as a visiting preacher, which was a great time to worship and spend time together.
During the summer we meet in different ways - sometimes with a walk together, a picnic or a prayer walk. We also went to Leeds Pride along with our friends from Revive Church. These were valuable opportunities for people to meet up during the summer and share their lives together.
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Chapel Allerton Baptist Church
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025
Achievements and performance continued
We continued in the vein of the last two years and hosted a Christmas Community Choir led by two members of the congregation. This choir was very successful, attracting many people from the local community as well as from our church, and sounding wonderful! The choir performed in various local venues, cafes, bars and care homes with a final performance in a Barn as part of a joint service with another local church. The choir members thoroughly enjoyed their experience with the choir, inviting families and friends to the performances and many new friendships were formed.
Both our weekly house groups have grown in number and meet regularly to pray and study the bible. We continue to have a monthly prayer meeting on the last Sunday evening of the month as well as a regular prayer meeting to pray for peace in the world.
Next Steps
We look forward to developing our ministry with our new minister, Natalie Hughes.
We continue to consider the process of becoming a CIO.
Financial review
The net receipts for the year were £20,792, including net receipts of £20,877 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £85 on restricted funds.
Reserves policy
The reserves policy of Chapel Allerton Baptist Church is to hold three months of all expenditure plus a further three months' staff costs to allow the church to adapt to any changes in the income or expenditure of the church. Based on budgeted 2025/2026 expenditure this equates to a minimum reserves target of £36,500.
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £94,708.
The trustees recognise that the reserves held exceed the target level. During the coming year the trustees plan to review the charity's reserves policy and develop plans, as appropriate, to manage the charity's reserves to within the target level of reserves.
Approved by the board of trustees on 23/1/2026
Robert Hambourg-Floyd (Trustee)
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Chapel Allerton Baptist Church
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Chapel Allerton Baptist Church
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 6 to 10.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. 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 statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
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.
Rhys North ACA
26/1/2026
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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Chapel Allerton Baptist Church Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Notes 2025 Unrestricted funds £ Receipts Regular giving 67,935 Gift aid 14,373 Weekend away/Away day 5,798 Activity contributions 300 Earmarked income - Bank interest 844 Total receipts 89,250 Payments Salaries NI and pensions 10,083 Payroll charges 720 Minister expenses - Sunday ministry 917 Speaker fees 4,816 Children's ministry 459 Mission (2) 15,292 Youth ministry 420 Weekend at Home/Away 10,011 Away giving (3) 11,844 Rent 7,268 Licences and subscriptions 1,011 Independent examination 900 Insurance 385 Admin costs including telephone 285 Equipment 3,095 Other expenses 867 Total payments 68,373 Net receipts / (payments) 20,877 Fund balances brought forward 73,831 Fund balances carried forward (4) 94,708 |
2025 Restricted funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 85 - - - - - - - 85 (85) 85 - |
2025 Total funds £ 67,935 14,373 5,798 300 - 844 89,250 10,083 720 - 917 4,816 459 15,292 420 10,011 11,929 7,268 1,011 900 385 285 3,095 867 68,458 20,792 73,916 94,708 |
2024 Total funds £ 67,630 14,187 2,313 1,237 638 444 86,449 25,830 720 2,549 494 4,102 850 15,172 248 728 6,021 5,650 844 720 342 419 - 458 65,147 21,302 52,614 73,916 |
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Chapel Allerton Baptist Church Statement of assets and liabilities
| as at 31 March 2025 2025 Unrestricted £ Cash funds Cash at bank 94,708 Total cash funds 94,708 Debtors and prepayments Prepayments - Away Day and 2026 Weekend Away Other debtors - Gift Aid Assets retained for the charity's own use Simple list - no need for values Liabilities Creditors - Rent Accruals - Independent examination fee |
2025 Restricted £ - - |
2025 Total £ 94,708 94,708 2025 £ 1,220 14,516 15,736 2025 £ 830 720 1,550 |
2024 Total £ 73,916 73,916 |
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The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 23/1/2026
Robert Hambourg-Floyd (Trustee)
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Chapel Allerton Baptist Church
Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2025
1 Accounting policies
Basis of accounting
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
Taxation
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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Chapel Allerton Baptist Church
Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 March 2025
| 2 Mission Thrive - Chapel Allerton Youth Project Volleyball sessions Community choir Carols in the Barn 3 Away giving Baby Bank BMS World Mission Home Mission Leeds Asylum Seekers Leeds Faith in Schools Wren Bakery Baptist Union July Harberd leaving gift Pastoral Fund Rev Graham Conway-Doel leaving gift 4 Restricted funds Balance b/f £ Leaving gifts 85 85 |
2025 Unrestricted funds £ 14,004 811 427 50 15,292 2025 Unrestricted funds £ 1,145 2,000 3,000 1,500 1,145 2,645 409 - - - 11,844 Incoming £ - - |
2025 Restricted funds £ - - - - - 2025 Restricted funds £ - - - - - - - 85 - 85 Outgoing £ 85 85 |
2025 Total funds £ 14,004 811 427 50 15,292 2025 Total funds £ 1,145 2,000 3,000 1,500 1,145 2,645 409 85 - - 11,929 Transfers £ - - |
2024 Total funds £ 14,004 598 425 145 15,172 2024 Total funds £ - 2,000 3,000 - - - 402 263 66 290 6,021 Balance c/f £ - - |
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Fund name Purpose of restriction Leaving gifts
Being monies collected as a gift for the church's former children's worker.
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Notes to the accounts continued
Chapel Allerton Baptist Church
for the year ended 31 March 2025
5 Related party transactions
Trustee expenses
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
Trustee remuneration and benefits
| Details of remuneration and benefits Rev. Graham Conway-Doel Gross pay Pensions Other benefits |
2025 £ - - - - |
2024 £ 6,688 835 2,549 10,072 |
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Reason for remuneration
The trustee was employed in the role of minister to the church.
Legal authority for the payment
The legal authority for the payment is via a provision within the charity's governing document.
No other trustees received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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