the
ANNUAL REPORT
2024

Pastor's Re
ort 2024 - Anthon
Smith
Isoioh 40..30-31
But those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles,.
they will run and not grow weary,
they will wolk and not befoint.
I can't deny I have very mixed emotions as I write this report being the last one as
your paid Pastor. I started my ministry here with those words above from Isaiah
ringing in my head. Indeed, they are, if you hadn't noticed, the words above the
doors as you enter the church.
Those words have been a constant source of encouragement, challenge and refuge
when times have been tough. However, looking back over the last year, l am so
encouraged with all that has happened.
We are blessed with an amazing preaching team, worship team, Trustees and Elders.
God is indeed good.
My specific thanks also must go to Rachael for all she has done for the church over
the last year.
So many who faithfully volunteer in so many other areas. Forgive me for not
mentioning you all but you know who you are. We couldn't do it without you and
you have my thanks for all you do.
The main theme I felt God was leading u5 into was a call to prayer for renewal. Thank
you to everyone who has faithfully prayed particularly on the days in the month you
committed to.
As a result towards the end of 2024, we saw a significant number of people
exploring baptism. Praise God! That will continue into 2025, Please keep praying.
There is more to do!
We saw our membership grow with not only new people being added to the
fellowship but as a consequence new and varied gifts being added as well.
Finances throughout the year have been secure so Thank you to all who give so
faithf ully.
We have continued to support specifically"Every Life" and "Tek Ura".
We have sought to build the kingdom not only locally but further afield and it has
been an absolute blessing to hear from those organisations and others about how
God is being faithful to their calling.
The last year has in many ways been a year of securing the foundations we alreadv
had but preparing for an expansion of Hi5 kingdom. l am really excited for the church
for 2025 as someone new comes to lead you on into the next season. HGBC is not a
building it Is a community and we go forward from 2024 united in our calling.

A signifi'cant part of 2024 has been looking for a new pastor. Whilst that may seem
challenging my encouragement is that we must not become desperate but with such
spiritually talented people in our fellowship to keep moving forward and trust God
and wait for as long as He determines. He has a plan. We are simply called to Trust
and Obey.
l am not sure what 2025 holds for me but l am so encouraged by all that has
happened in 2024. In particular our desire to reach out more into the community.
The planning for the new "Sunflower" group which started fully in 2025 was a
fulfilment of a vision I felt God laid on my heart pre Covid and it is finally happening.
I promise that until I leave I won't give up on my passion for all of you and this
church community.
Finally Thank you to all of you who have prayed for me, put up with all my faults and
continually encourage me. Many of you know that I regularly sing when in the office
the words below which are my testimony to God's faithfulness.
However, just before I finish, I want to pay tribute to Adele for her continual support,
guidance and encouragement particularly when things have been tough not only in
2024 but throughout the years. I couldn't have done this ministry without her. Thank
vou l Apparently, she has plans to keep me busy when I retirel
God sent His Son, they called Him Je5U5
He came to love, heal andforgive
He lived and died, to buy my pardon
An empty grove is there to prove my 5ovior lives
CHORUS..
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow
Becouse He lives, ollfeor is gone
Because I know, He holds thefuture
And life is worth the living
Just because He live5
How sweet to hold o newborn Boby
Andfeel the pride ond joy He gives
But greater 5ti11 the calm os5urance
This Child can face uncertain days because He live5
And then one day, I'll cross the river
I'llfvght life'sfvnal war with pain
And then 175 de¢7th gives woy to victory
I'llsee the lights of glory
And I'll know He lives
Blessings and prayers as you move forward.
Life IS worth the living! Just because He lives
Anthony (Pastor and Friend)

THE CHURCH YEAR 2024: Church Secreta
Derek Brown
As church secretary l am aware of almost all the elements of church life both
physical and spiritual. The exercise of writing an annual report focuses the mind on
all the blessings we have received in the past year
One of the most exciting of these is to see the growth in membership and those
attending the services. However the baptistry being used for a double baptism on
Easter Sunday made it a real celebration of the ressurection of Jesus!
Rachael continues to work tirelessly to reach out to the children and families who
are part of our church family both within and without the church building. The
school work and term parties together wih events including Christmas Unwrapped
and Easter Cracked continue to be a blessing to many as well as those atten(ling our
Tuesday Toddlers group. Thank you to all those who regularly support her together
with all the children and parents that the fellowship comes into contact with.
Who Let the Dads out? once a month on a Saturday for Dads and their children is
also an initiative which continues to grow and enables us to reach and support those
within the community.
As I said last year our building is a tremendous resource and an asset to have at
our disposal. 25 years after the initial construction. a number of major repairs
have been necessa ry to maintain its integrity as a safe facility. Electrical re wiring
including replacing the car park lighting and the refurbishment of the vestibule has
been carried out to make a more welcoming space to those entering the building.
These works have obviously involved a considerable financial investment but, as our
treasurer has stated many times'God is good, and we have been able to cover these
costs via the generosity and commitment of the fellowship.
Attendance at our worship services on a Sunday and a Wednesday continues to
grow and our Sunday online presence is enjoyed by those who are unable to attend
in person. Life Groups, Oasis Toddlers, Pop in Lunches and Women's fellowship
continue to attract good numbers as does Simply Walk who use the church building
on a Monday morning. All these activities enable us to continue to share the Good
News and at the same time make real friends with those living around us.
On behalf of the church I would like to thank all members of the fellowship who give
so much of their time and commitment to ensure the Gospel continues to be shared
with those around us. Whatever area that 15, Children and youth work, Audio Visual
support, Stewarding. Tea and Coffe dutie5, Leading and preaching plus many other
things remember, to paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 11-1, 'if you cast your bread upon
the waters it will return to you on every wave,.
In June 2025 Anthony will be retiring after over 10 years as pastor here at Holmer
Green. I would like to take thi5 Opportunity to thank him for his commitment to the
fellowship over this time. Much has been achieved which can be attributed to his
passion to establish and grow the Kingdom

Not only has he overseen the spiritual growth of the fellowship but he has also
encouraged many individuals to 'step up to the plate, and fi'nd the calling of God on
their lives.
Through the team ministry model that has developed under his guidance the
leadership has been strengthened and a variety in the way God's Word is delivered
on a Sunday and Wednesday has been established.
His managerial skills enabled the fellowship to face and survive the trauma of Covid,
which many other churches sadly failed to do, by encompassing new technology to
'keep the flock together,.
Financially the fellowship is also in a healthy place due to his practical guidance
especially in relation to the Pension fund deficit and in so many other ways where
he has used his 'bargaining skills, to achieve the best result in building the kingdom
both spiritually and practically.
I trust he will indeed enjoy his retirement when it comes in June and he will take the
time to relax and reflect on a job well donel
Thank you Anthonv.
This brings us to the future. As we continue to seek the way ahead for the fellowship
and the right person to lead us forward l am reminded of a hymn l used to sing in my
youth the chorus of which says,
I know Who holds thefuture, And He'll guide me with his hand.
With God things don't just happen,. Everything by Him is plonned.
So os Ifoce tomorrow, With it5 problems lorge ond small,
I'll trust the God of mirocles, Give to Him my all.
One new initiative I havent mentioned is the regular Friday evening 'Pray for revival,
meetings and the Prayer days. CH Spurgeon said 'prayer is the powerhouse of the
church, and l am convinced that the blessing we are currently enjoying are as a
direct result of these meetings.
In 2 Chronicles 7:14 we read..
If my people. who are called by my name, will humble themselves
ond proy and seek myfoce and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hearfrom heaven, and I willforgive their sin and will
heol their lond.
We live in a very needy world but praise God. Jesus is the answer!
God bless you
Derek

TreasU￿r,5 Re
ort 2024- Ste
hen Box
This report sets out the key figures recording the income and expenditure of the
church from 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024. They have not yet been
audited by an external auditor. However the amount of money we have in the bank
is confirmed by bank statements and will not change. We ended the year with
just over £100 000 in the bank. This is considerably more than the Baptist Union
recommends but that situation will change if we cease to gain income from the
manse.
There are three tables attached.
Balance Sheet
This is in our case not very relevant. It captures what the organization is "worth" at
a particular by listing assets and debts. We do not have any outstanding debts. The
assets are a combination of the cash we have available in our bank accounts and
property.
The properties listed are the manse and the church building. The buildings
technically belong to the Baptist Union so whether or not they should appear on our
balance sheet is debatable. The figures are intended to be rebuilding costs father
than the market value of the manse and church. They were last valued by the Baptist
Union in 2016.
If the buildings are counted as belonging to the church then we are "worth"
£1260 257
The most useful figure on the balance sheet is the cash in hand sum of £100 267.
Income and Expenditure Sheet
As the title suggests this table lists all the income and expenditure for the year.
There are five sections on the financial statements. The first two refer to"Restricted"
giving. This is sums of money that have been given for a specific purpose. In our case
we have two restricted funds. One is called the "Pastor's Fund" This is used to help
to meet the needs of those known to the pastor. The other fund is the proceeds of
recent Gift Days that we have given to Tek Ura. The money has been given to them
so the auditor may well agree to us moving this money into the General Fund. We
will then close that restricted account.
The table summarises our income and outgoings. There are some numbers under a
heading of Notes. Each number refers to seperate table that provides more details.
Finally this sheet sets out the balance carried forward to the start of 2025.
Our regular, faithful giving amounted to £66 027, a small increase on the year 2023.
Overall we have generated a "surplus" in 2024. One large contributing factor to that
has been a full year's rental income form the manse.
We spent nearly £21000 on the church building last year. That includes work on the
guttering, lighting and the refurbishment of the foyer. We will continue to keep up a
high standard of equipping our main worship centre.

Giving to mlsslon
The deacons/trustees have committed us to giving away about IO% of our income to
mission mainly overseas. In addition to that we have received some money that has
been raised for specih'c missions. The table shows that we have reduced the number
of organisations we have supported. Our biggest giving {£10 4341 has been to the
Albanian charity"Tek Ura" We have committed to this level of support for three
years and are working to ensure that our relationship is developing into a significant
partnership with this group who are displaying the love of Jesus in their area. In total
we have given £11612 to overseas mission - well above our IO% target (which
we nominally calculate as £8 0001.
As mentioned above the manse has been rented out for the whole of 2024 and has
produced a net rental lonce maintenance and letting fees are deducted) of £20 511.
We have needed to spend very little on maintenance- installing an extractor fan and
cutknng back some trees. We raised the rental by 5Yo at the start of 2025.
Our Gift Aid tax refund from HMRC of £15 105 is a significant sum of money. Just
about all of our regular giving can trigger a rebate. To make a claim we simply sent to
HMRC the name, address of each Gift Aid donor and the amount that each has given
over the year. We are also able to claim on cash giving up to a value of £30 per gift.
They are very punctual in sending us the refund.
Summary
Our financial position is very sound. We have managed to keep our buildings in
good condition and have made some improvements. We have supported a Pastor
and a part time Families Worker. Other treasurers sometimes tell me they are
surprised that a church of our size can support two minister5 such as ours. It has
been possible as a result of the generosity of our members. Thank you all. We are
grateful to the probation service for including us on their list of sites where people
doing community service can repay their debt to society. They have certainly saved
us some money.
We expect 2025 to bring its own challenges but we have entered the new year in a
Strong position where we have money to support a number of initiatives to extend
God's Kingdom.
God is Goodl
Stephen

Holmer Green Baptist Church
Incorne and Expendlture for year ending 31st Dec 2024
2024
2023
Restricted {Pastorf$l Fund
Balance brought forward
Receipts
Direct Charitsble Expenditure
Balance carried forward
745.91
50.00
465.00
330.91
5245.91
(Note 31
4,500 (H)
745.91
Restricted (Gift Day} Fund
Balance brought forward
Receipts
Transfer lo General Fund for Tek Ura
Balance carried forward
6,000.00
2.540.00
8,540.00
0.00
6930.00
930 OQ
6.000.00
General Fund
Receipts
Weekly Offerings
other donations re￿iVed
Other raised income for misE (Notg 21
Other income
(Note 31
Transfer from Restricled Fund (Tek Ural
Total
66,331.50
0.00
3,210.95
49,944 72
8.540.00
128,027.17
63,610.05
2,763 36
34.027.36
100.400.77
Dirgct Choritsblo Expenditure
Cost of services
Ministry
Church l Manse upkeep
Other causes
Other expenses
Total
1,053.84
47,622.06
20,891.18
17,635.79
8,075 68
95,278.55
1,437.87
41,455.65
32.883.34
11.49527
7,791.13
95.063.26
INote 41
(Notg 21
(Note 51
Surplusldeficit for the year
32.748.62
5,337.51
Balance brought fopward
Surplusldeficil for the year
Balance carried forward
68,949.52
32.748.62
101,698.14
63,612.01
5,337.51
68.949.52
All Funds balance ¢arried fovNard
102,029.05
75.695.43

Holmer Green Baptlst church
Notes to the Financial Stat•m•nts
1 Accounling policles
Basls ol aecountlng
These accounts hav8 bÈèn prepa￿ under the historical cost convents.on and applicable accounting
stand8rds. and in accordan￿ with Accounting and Reporting by Charities- Statement of Recommended
Practice ISORP 20051 and the Charth"es Act 1993.
Bas1$ of Property Valuations
The church and manse are revaluecl as per Baptist Union recommende(I figures every 5- 7 years when
they carry out a review The last review was conductèd on 19th De￿rnber 2016
ststU8 of Charity
The charity was fornally registered with thè Charity Comrnissioners in 1996.
Calh Flow Statom•nt
The trustees have taken advantagé of the exemption conferred by th8 Financial Reporting Standard
Number 1 and have not prèpared a cash flow statement on th8 basis that this Is a small charity.
2 Other Caus•8
2024
Raised
2024
Given
2023
Raised
2023
Given
Raised For Missions supported
BMS Wodd Mission
Home Mission
L8prosy Mis510n
Spurgeons
Operation Sami
RopelProj8Ct Pos5ibl8
Wycombe Youth for Christ
Bookslleaflets given away
One Can Trust
Tearfund
Everylile International
Tek Ura Istewardshipl
Wycornbè Homèless Connectson
Restore Hope
1731.19
1186.50
120.00
2070.00
105.00
650 00
330 C()
235 C()
479 09
300.00
76.49
564.31
128850
400 00
000
480 39
100.00
20 C(J
350 00
10434 00
83.38
200.00
Vvho Let the Dads Out
Pop In
Events
Junior Church
Playmates l Toddlers
Schools
Youth Club
Simply Walk lexpl
149.66
232.13
1.547 87
1.596.39
336 35
750 09
197 94
132.89
195 35
96.00
222.36
137801
107427
488 60
709 90
18656
233 26
228.S3
1,230.10
1,386.45
100(KJ
94.41
3.210.95
17,601.37
2,763.36
11,495.27
3 Other Incomo
2024
2023
Pop In Ilncl
Use of Premises Gener81
Events
Inteiest
HMRC Refund
Simply Walk Ilncl
Oth8r Income
Manse Rental
Unexplained surplus Inco￿￿
2.802.20
1.276.64
1.147.66
2,426 42
15,10539
2,1(￿.27
2,796.35
21,646.00
637 79
49,944.72
1,624.60
450.00
821.70
1,882 15
15.464 75
2,070.62
939 50
10,274 04
500 00
34,027.36

Holmer Green Baptist Church
Notes to the Financial Staternents
4 Church & Manse Upkeep
2024
2023
Water charges '. manse I church
Electric I gas ." manse I church
Telephone I broadband
Insurance
Repairs and purchases Igenerall
Manse Expenses
0.00
2,336 04
588.53
1,895.82
16,070.79
000
20.891.18
295.52
2,772.12
729.86
1.675.71
5.181.49
1.938 77
12,593.47
S Other Expens06
2024
2023
General Adminislralion I Sundries
Fees and subscriptions
Cleaning and catering
Photocopying and printing
CCLI
770.18
2,246.21
2.410.94
1,675.98
972.37
8,075.68
176 85
2,390.72
2,656.33
1,576.05
861.17
7.661.12
6 Non-monetary assets held forthe church's own use
The church is the beneficial owner Isubjecl to relevant Irustsl of the following assets,
the legal lille of which is held by The Charities Custodian Trustee, The Baptist Union Corporation.
These assets are stsled at insured values. Last valuation by Baptist Union 19th December 2016.
2024
2023
Church and contents." Church held for church's own use
Manse.. 6 Weathercock Gardens, Held as investment
980.000
180.000
1,160,000
980,000
180,000
1.160,000
The accounts and slalement of assets and liabilities Ibalance sheet) as set out in
pages 110 6 inclu
e for the year ending 31 st December 2023 are as approved by the Deacons.
Signe
Ichurch Secreta
Date..

Holmer Green Baptist Church
Balance sheet
Dec 31st 2024
Nots
2024
2023
Fixed Inon-monetaryl Assets
Church and Manse
Church Held for ehur¢h'$ ¢)wn use
Manse Held for investment
980,000.00
180,000.00
1,160,000.00
980,000.0
180,000.0
1,160.000.0
Monetary assots
Lloyds current account
Lloyds Instant Access account
Lloyds Instsnl Access Online account
BU Corp 7 day account (opened Jan 20231
BU Corp 3 month account (opened Jan 20231
15,717.99
15.105.39
6.382.3
15,464.7
28.258.76
42.946.91
22,641.4
31.206.9
Cash in hand
102.029.05
75,695 4
Non Monetary *8sets
1,160,000.00
1,160,000.0
Total assets
1.262.029.05
1,235,695 4

HOLMER GREEN BAPTisf CHURCH INDEPENDENTEXAMINER'S REPORTTO THETRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 3111212024
Re8pectlve re8POn81bllltles oltrustees and examlnei
The charity's trustees are responsible foi the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees
consider that an atsdit is not required tor this year under section 144121 of the Charities Act 2011
(the 2011 Act) and that 8n independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to
examine the 8ccounts as set out in the following 4 pages, under section 145 of the 2011
Act,
to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given bythe Ch8rity
Commission,
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Ba81$ of Independentexaminor's statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given bythe Charity
Commission.
The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and
consider th8t an gudit is not required for this year under section 144121 of the Charities Act 2011.
Independent examlner'8 statement
In the course ofmyexamination. no matters. except as disclosed below. have come to my
attention..
I Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirement in the
accounting iequirements of the 2011 acts have not been met.
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act. and
to Prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the
accounting ofthe 2011Act have not been met, or
2 To which in my opinion attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of
the accounts to be reached.
Matter¥ requlrlng dS8¢108ure
The accounting procedures did not make it possible to follow 811 entries to the various categories of
income and expenditure and l understand that a newaccounting system has now been introduced
for2025.
The balances in the 8ccounts attheyearend exceeded the balances shown in the accounts by
£637.79 ofwhich £626.80 mayrelate to a receipt of£626.80 in FebTU8rywhich I cannot see in the
accounts. This difference has been adjusted for by an additional line in income.
l am satisfied that the balances totalling £102 029.35 shown in the accounts represent the true
position at the year end.
Mr P Roberts
21 Partidge Close
Signed.........................................
Chesham
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