Charity Number 1184783 Sutton St James Baptist Church Report and Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2024 Sutton St James Baptist Church Independent Examiner's Report for the ear ended 31st December 2024 I report on the accounts lor the year ended 31 DeCeM￿r 2024 set out in the èttached Accounts. Respective responsibilities of trustees ènd examiners As the choritr¢s trus[e￿ land its directois for the Furroses of comp)ny law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 20061'the 2006 Art'l,. you consider that the audit requirement ol Section 144121 of the Charities A£t 201 J (the 20E I Attl not apply. It Is my responsibility to examine trie accounts (under Section 145 of the 2011 Act) and to sLile on the bè9s ol tre Acr. as amended, whether ￿r[Icular ètters have corne to mv attentK)n. Basis of independent e¥aminer5' ststement ty e&)mination was carried out in accordarKe with the General Directitins given by the Charity CommiSs￿)ers. An ezaThrAtion Includes a ￿VIeW ol the accoun¥,ng recoros kept by the charity 3nd a comparison of the accounts presented ¥itn records. Ir also includes tonsideration ol any unusual items or disdosures iii the accouiits. and seekirig eKJ2-étions from you as trustees concerning any ￿(h mètters. The procedures undertsKaJ do not provide all the ed ceye thal would be required In an audit, and consequeytly I do not exwess an audit opinion on the view given by the Independent examiners. ststement In connecoon with my examination, no matte.r has con'o ro my atteiition- which gives me reasonable cause LO believe that in any mater4al respert the requirements.. (al lo keep accounting reciyds in accordance wth Section 130 01 the 2011 Act and section 386 01 the 2006 Act- and (bl to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements ol the 2011 Act and seCt￿n 386 of the 2006 Att,. or Icl to prepare the accourJts in accos lance with the methLyJs and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practic lor accountsng aThJ reporbno by charit*s have not been met.. or 21 to which, in my opinion. attent4)ri should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. MadK Rose. FFA ma￿ Rose Accountancy FO￿terS Hall High Sireet Long SLJtton Spalding ncolnshire PE12 9DB Oate.. 27.04.25 Sutton St Jarnes Baptist Church-SSJBC 1184783 Annual Report for The Charity Commission For the period 1°, January 2024- 31" December 2024 2024 has been a year of change for Sutton St James Baptist Church. Although our Pastor stepped down. our Trustees have worked hard to minimise the effect this would have across all Oljr activities. SSJBC ended the yeai with 18 Covenant Members and 7 Trustees. Up until October there were 9 Trustees. which included our Pastor and her husband. Our daily Renew SSJ outreach is part ot the National Network of Renewwellbeing centres which is billed as a "quiet shared space where it is ok not be ok." The Outreach activities run by SSJBC continue to be popular and are going from strength to strength. These activities are reliant on our team of volunteers led by our Renew Lead Person. We have wilnessed Inany triendships form and blossom. This common theme of reducing social isolation with the community has proved itself within our four walls. As well as our Sunday Church Family. ur wider family are regularly engaging with our various outreach events as listp.d belo i-. Daily Renew SSJ every weekday 10am- 12 noon. The following optional activities are also available each weekday. Monday- Ch8ir Exercise Group wirh Jake Tuesday- French conversation group Wednesday- Craft group Thursday- Book clur) Friday- Knitting and -rochet group. Weekly Suiidayworship SSJ Village Choir- ￿ >ekly c Thursday evenings Monthly Men's Breakfast for fellas of ani age Community Lunch Special Events Pancake Day Drop-in Flower Festival Pre-christmas singalong The feedback that we received from our auditor for the end of 2024 was that, in his opinion. we kept things steady during 2024. we had a financial plan set down by the previous Pastor which has led us into 2025 with the strengths which have been built up since Covid. We are in the process of attempting to recruit a minister as we were uiiable to recruit a fully ordained minister during 2024. 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