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2025-03-31-accounts

BRADLEY STOKE EVANGELICAL CHURCH (BSEC)

TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT

For the period 1[st] April 2024 to 31[st] March 2025

Registered Charity Number 1176613

Bradley Stoke Evangelical Church

Baileys Court Road, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS32 8BH

TRUSTEES

Philip Dart (appointed 24[th] April 2024) Peter Muir David Neill MaNhew Peckham (appointed 1[st] September 2024) Paul Shaddick Tim Sunderland (resigned 31[st] May 2024)

CONSTITUTION

The governing document is the ConsQtuQon which was approved by the Charity Commission on 10[th] January 2018. The internal pracQces of the church are set out in the Church Handbook. The church is consQtuted as a Charitable Incorporated OrganisaQon (CIO). The Trustees are the persons appointed as Pastor or Elder in the church in accordance with the Church Handbook.

PURPOSES

The purposes of the church are (a) the advancement of the ChrisQan faith, primarily but not exclusively in Bradley Stoke and the surrounding neighbourhood, and (b) such other charitable purposes which put into pracQce the ChrisQan faith including the prevenQon and relief of need, hardship and sickness, the advancement of educaQon and the provision of faciliQes for the welfare of those in need.

ACTIVITIES

The church aims to introduce people to the love of God shown through Jesus Christ, to encourage those who already know God’s love to keep trusQng in that, and to demonstrate God’s love in pracQcal acts of kindness. To these ends we hold regular Sunday worship services and run midweek bible studies, a toddler group, youth groups, and outreach events; all these events are open to all. We also support charitable organisaQons which seek to advance the ChrisQan faith and relieve need.

The Trustees have had due regard to the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission.

BRADLEY STOKE EVANGELICAL CHURCH (BSEC)

ACHIEVEMENTS

Our Sunday morning worship services were aNended by well over 100 people and are sQll being broadcast on YouTube. As well developing a sermon podcast, we have also added an extra monthly meeQng which has has enabled the church to spend more Qme together. Weekly meeQngs for young people are also well aNended. Community Groups are meeQng weekly for bible study, prayer and fellowship and we have added to their number. Our weekly group for toddlers conQnues to serve the local community.

In September the church celebrated Harvest and organised a special collecQon to support needy causes. As a result we were able to send over 22k to support abandoned women and widows in Uganda and the distribuQon of bibles in Persian.

The church supports financially three missionary families; one is church planQng in France, another is working in North Africa and the other is working with students from Asia who are studying in the UK. We also support a mission organisaQon working to distribute ChrisQan literature in South-East Asia.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

In the unrestricted funds expenditure rose to £154k (from £135k); the increase was expected as we employed a Pastor and Assistant Pastor throughout the year. We also increased our support for missionaries. Unrestricted income rose to 139k (from 128k). As a result, there was a deficit of 15k this year (7k last year).

During the year a non-monetary asset was sold. A loan had been granted to part-finance the purchase of a manse, and this loan was repaid when the manse was sold in July 2024. This resulted in income from asset sales of 137k of which 26k is restricted.

We hold reserves to meet unforeseen conQngencies. Our current policy is to hold unrestricted reserves of at least 6 months’ unrestricted expenditure. At 31[st] March 2025 our unrestricted reserves of 188k represented 14 months’ budgeted expenditure; we expect to use some of these reserves to part-finance the purchase of a new manse.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees:

MaNhew Peckham

[09/07/25]

Bradley Stoke Evangelical Church CIO - Charity No. 1176613

Accounts for 12 Months Ending 31st March 2025

Income & Expenditure Statement

RECEIPTS
Donations
Gift Aid Tax Rebate
Use of Building
Harvest
Missionary
Interest
Other Income
Sub Total
Asset Sales
TOTAL RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
Employees
Speakers Expenses
Mission Support
Utilities
Annual Fees
Maintenance
Supplies
Evangelism
Youth
PA
Cleaning
Other
Harvest Appeal
TOTAL PAYMENTS
INCREASE IN FUNDS		 2024-25
2024-25
2024-25
2023-24
Unrestricted Restricted
Total
Total
111,128
-3,000
108,128
93,950
23,198
3,294
26,492
24,715
1,700
0
1,700
11,987
0
18,965
18,965
20,353
0
450
450
3,500
3,510
0
3,510
1,202
0
0
0
1,150
139,536
19,709
159,245
156,857
111,014
26,738
137,752
0
250,550
46,447
296,997
156,857
104,570
0
104,570
80,123
825
0
825
840
18,000
3,600
21,600
18,500
6,753
0
6,753
5,986
6,693
0
6,693
5,376
5,050
0
5,050
13,526
3,320
0
3,320
2,876
1,264
0
1,264
1,872
4,032
0
4,032
4,791
555
0
555
1,179
3,220
0
3,220
2,530
333
623
956
2,522
0
22,646
22,646
23,728
154,615
26,869
181,484
163,849
95,935
19,578
115,513
-6,992

2024-25 Accounts Q4.xls

04/07/2025

Revenue

Bradley Stoke Evangelical Church CIO - Charity No. 1176613

Accounts for 12 Months Ending 31st March 2025

Balance Sheet

MONETARY ASSETS
Current Account
Deposit Account
Tax Rebate Due
TOTAL MONETARY ASSETS
ALLOCATION OF ASSETS
Manse Fund (Restricted)
CAP Fund (Restricted)
Missionary Fund (Restricted)
Harvest Fund (Restricted)
Building Development Fund (Unrestricted)
General Fund (Unrestricted)
TOTAL MONETARY ASSETS		 Balance
Balance
31/03/25
31/03/24
31,939
29,736
174,704
61,194
10,500
10,700
217,143
101,630
27,953
1,838
0
3,500
962
4,000
0
0
0
30,000
188,228
62,292
217,143
101,630

115,513

04/07/2025

2024-25 Accounts Q4.xls

Balance Sheet

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Elders/Trustees of Bradley Stoke Evangelical Church CIO Charity no. 1176613

I report on accounts of the Church CIO for year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out in the Bradley Stoke Evangelical Church CIO – Statement of accounts as initialled by me.

Respective responsibilities of the elders/trustees and examiner

The Elders/Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Elders/Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is needed. I have based my examination on the Charities Act 1993 guidelines (as amended by the Charities Acts 2006 and 2011). It is the examiner’s responsibility to:

Basis of the Independent Examiner’s Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the church and a comparison of the accounts presented by those records. It also includes consideration of an unusual items or disclosure in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as elders/trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts represent a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to matters set out in the statement below .

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 which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

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.

Paul James FCA 2[nd] July 2025

Fellow Member of the institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales