## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/01/2025 Period start date To 31/12/2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Appledore Baptist Church CIO** ## **Charity registration number: 1181638** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The primary purpose of the charity is to
share the love of Jesus Christ within our
community and further afield and to bring
people into a closer relationship with Him. To
achieve this, we work closely with other local
Christian Churches and organisations, our
local Primary School, local councils and
voluntary groups like the RNLI. We are
involved with Community projects and
support local businesses whenever possible.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The Church, while not being exclusive in any
way, encourages Christian beliefs, practices
and values. These are all centred around the
Lordship of Jesus Christ.
Sunday worship forms an important part of
meeting our objectives as a Christian Charity
and our services are designed to meet all
ages. We have up to 12 children of Primary
school age, who attend “The Catch” and we
also run a youth Alpha for the children of
Secondary school age. Under the Power of
the Holy Spirit, we have grown in Sunday
morning attendance to between 80 and 90
on a regular basis.
The Church is a community of believers and
as such mid-week activities are crucial. We
have a lively Mum’s & Toddler group
meeting on Tuesday mornings in term time
with up to 30 families with under 5’s children
attending. Each meeting ends with a short
Christian time.
Powerhouse Prayer meets on a Wednesday
evening for worship, praise and prayer with
up to 30 church partners attending.
Thursday evening sees our Youth group
FUEL meet. We have 30+year 5 & 6’s from
15.45 t0 17.45 with supervised games and| |||craft activities. The children are given a hot
meal free of charge and there is a short
gospel message is shared each week. From
18.00 to 19.30, we have another 30+year 7
& 8’s for a more structured time, again
concluding with a gospel message. This
year we added a third group for school years
9 onward from 19.30 to 21.00.
Mid-week day time and evening activities
include Homegroups which are an important
part of growing as a Christian community,
with Bible teaching in small groups now
numbering 7.
Oasis is a lady’s group with meets on a
monthly basis on a Wednesday afternoon
attracting over 40 ladies from the village,
most of whom are not Christians. They play
games, have craft activities, tea and cakes
and of course a short Gospel message.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|All Trustees receive all communications from
the Charity Commission.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|We support a number of Christian Charities
and other organisations, some on a regular
basis and others when there is a need. We
support CEP, which is providing spiritual and
practical help for the people of Ukraine and
for Israel in their fight against Hamas| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|We could not operate as we do without our
dedicated team of Volunteers.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference Summary of the main Para 1.20 achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **----- Start of picture text -----**
Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives Para 1.41
set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|We have seen significant expenditure in the
last financial year, both in terms of
supporting Christian Charities, setting up
Fuel Youth and in maintaining our church
building. All this has been funded from our
reserves, and at the end of the financial year
were in a good position.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We aim to hold £25,000 cash reserves, to
support the work of the Church and to
safeguard paying our Pastor should the
unexpected occur.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£25,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
The vast majority of our income comes from
the generous contributions from our
Partners. Second only to this is the Gift Aid
refunds we receive.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Our Church was founded in 1888 and has
during this time face numerous challenges.
There is only one risk, should a future
Governments pass anti-Christian laws which
would drive the church underground.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||Constitution as a CIO adopted in October
2018| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|As a CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are elected from among Church
Partners, having been in Partnership for a
minimum of 12 month. The initial term in
office as Trustee is for three years, followed
by a second term of three years if re-elected.
After serving two consecutive terms in office
Trustees’ must stand down for 12 months
before seeking re-election.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|New Trustees are inducted into their role
with a half day training, which covers the
legal responsibilities for the Charity as
deemed by the Charity Commission.| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|As a Baptist Church, we are an independent
entity, with Jesus Christ as our Head. We fall
under the umbrella of the Baptist Union of
Great Britain but not subject to their
decisions. Likewise, we are also part of the
South West Baptist Association.
We work, as already stated, closely with
local schools, Councils, voluntary groups like
the RNLI and local business.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Appledore Baptist Church CIO| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1181638| |Charity’s principal address|Meeting Street, Appledore, Bideford. EX39 1SF
Communications please via. Rev Andrew Littlejohn, Nethania,
Torridge Road, Appledore, Bideford. EX39 1SF| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||John Kidd|Pastor/Elder||Church Partners| ||Andrew Littlejohn|Elder/ Hon Treasurer||Ditto| ||Robert Deakin|Elder/Secretary||Ditto| ||Ruth McMahon|Elder||Ditto| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Andrew Littlejohn **Full name(s)** John Kidd **Position (eg Secretary,** Pastor/Elder Elder/Hon Treasurer **Chair, etc)** **Date** 18 Mar 2026 ||**Appledore Baptist Church CIO**|**Appledore Baptist Church CIO**|**Appledore Baptist Church CIO**|**1181638**
**No (if any)**|**1181638**
**No (if any)**|**1181638**
**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|01/01/2025
Period start date|**To**||31/12/2025
Period end date||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**73,147**
**3,590**
**1,452**
**814**
**800**
**730**
**15,416**
**4,627**
**1,415**
**1,301**
**271**
**347**
**9,540**
**113,450**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**113,450**
**46,328**
7,307
**1,475**
**2,542**
**6,932**
**7,671**
**5,889**
**1,986**
**8,082**
**6,650**
**6,156**
**3,715**
**104,733**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**104,733**
**8,717**
**-**
**54,910**
**63,627**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**73,147**
**3,590**
**1,452**
**814**
**800**
**730**
**15,416**
**4,627**
**1,415**
**1,301**
**271**
**347**
**9,540**
**113,450**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**113,450**
**46,328**
**7,307**
**1,475**
**2,542**
**6,932**
**7,671**
**5,889**
**1,986**
**8,082**
**6,650**
**6,156**
**3,715**
**104,733**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**104,733**

**8,717**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |StandingOrders|**73,147**||||||**68,094**| |SundayOfferings|**3,590**||||||**2,934**| |Donations|**1,452**||||||**1,707**| |Toddlergroup|**814**||||||**680**| |Bibles for school|**800**||||||**808**| |Hall lettings|**730**||||||**670**| |Gift Aid refund|**15,416**||||||**14,854**| |Fuel Youyh Club|**4,627**||||||**5,321**| |CEP(Ukraine)|**1,415**||||||**1,169**| |Church Events|**1,301**||||||**1,009**| |Refunds|**271**||||||**104**| |Interest|**347**||||||| |Seaman's Mission|**9,540**||||||| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**113,450**||||||**97,350**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**97,350**| ||||||||| |
Salaries|**46,328**||||||**31,536**| |Manse|7,307||||||**8,516**| |Other Ministrycosts|**1,475**||||||**2,892**| |Cleaning|**2,542**||||||**1,494**| |R&M|**6,932**||||||**3,375**| |Utilities|**7,671**||||||**8,024**| |Administration|**5,889**||||||**4,122**| |Equipment|**1,986**||||||**6,591**| |Mission|**8,082**||||||**7,805**| |Children & Youth|**6,650**||||||**5,351**| |Catering|**6,156**||||||**4,206**| |Seaman's Mission|**3,715**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**104,733**||||||**83,912**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**|||||||| |**,**|**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**83,912**| ||||||||| ||**8,717**|**-**|**-**||
**8,717**||**13,438**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**54,910**|**-**|**-**||**54,910**||**41,472**| ||**63,627**|**-**|**-**||**63,627**||**54,910**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 20/03/2026 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Lloyds Bank Plc
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**63,627**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**63,627**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**liability relates**
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**-**
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Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||||16/02/2026| ||||**16/02/2026**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 20/03/2026 2 ## |Reporttothetrustees|AppledoreBaptist Church| |---|---| |Onaccountsfortheyear
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