## 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|
|---|---|---|---|
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
£
-
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|
## **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|
|---|---|---|
## **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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