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Boston Baptst Church Annual General Meetng 26th February 2026 AGENDA

Devotions

Apologies

Members Present

Minutes of the previous AGM

Election of Deacons

Jill Massey and Adrian Went due for re-election.

Election of Church Secretary & Church Treasurer

Secretary – Adrian Treasurer – Pete

Review of Church Members list.

Review should be done every 3 years.

Church Reports:

Time for questions about the Reports presented and Acceptance of Reports Any proposals for church development and advancement of activities.

Finance:

Safeguarding:

Boston Baptist Trust - Nomination of Trustees to be appointed by the Church?

New Minister – Matthew Champion applied to be appointed as our Minister. He visited us and conducted services a couple of times and was interviewed by the Deacons. A Church meeting was held on the 23[rd] October where, following discussion and prayer it was unanimously decided by all the church members present that we should invite Matthew Champion to become our Minister. We plan for him and his wife, Abi, to join us from 13[th] July 2026. A service is planned for Saturday 1[st] August for Matthew to be Ordained.

Pastoral.

Any Other Business – Please let Adrian know as soon as possible before the meeting. Date of next meeting.

Close of AGM.

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BOSTON BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORTS

To be presented to the Annual General Meeting on 26[th] February 2026

Boston Baptst Church Secretary’s Report

We’ve had a busy year as I have been learning about being a Church Secretary. Definitely different to organising MAF flights of essential staff and supplies to a remote place or arranging a medical evacuation from a conflict area.

It is great to see our membership numbers increase to 25. (Meaning we currently need 10 members at least to attend each of our church meetings to be quorate.) We have also had a request from 2 more people who want to become members. Baptism classes are progressing for another person who we hope to baptise soon. We are in the process of starting another ‘Christianity Explored’ course. I note from Shane’s report that the visits to our website have increased from about 10,000 in 2024 to over 16,000 last year. I also see this growth in the Romanian Church who meet every week and we now welcome the Filipino community church, as from this month they will meet every 1[st] and 3[rd] Sunday at our church. We look forward to working and meeting with all these people as they grow in faith and numbers.

We praise God for the growth we can see happening and pray for more to join our Sunday services, the courses, Prayer Meetings and Bible Studies and other events we run at church, but mostly that we will see more people responding positively to Jesus’ call on their lives by accepting the love, care and salvation He offers.

We are pleased that the safeguarding review we carried out has led to the changes we have made, as recommendations have been implemented. The time and effort invested has helped us refine the way we do our best to look after the children and vulnerable adults we meet. It has also helped us to look at our Fire Safety procedures that we are currently working through. We are having a new Fire Alarm fitted, putting fire evacuation procedures in place and volunteer Fire Marshalls will need to be trained. (Yes, another chance to volunteer please.) When all this is completed, hopefully fairly soon, we will need to carry out at least one practice evacuation to make sure the procedures work and do really ensure the safety of all who use our church buildings.

We are also very grateful to the Boston Baptist Trust for the work carried out on our Church building and car park to make it a pleasant place for people attending. We thank them as well for the support for Ministry at our church. (More on that later.) I know some of the intensive work, particularly on the car park, meant some disruption over the past few months, but we are starting to see some of the benefits now. I note the comments in the RoadHog report below on the better arrangements for access. I need to comment on the difficult time when we could not access the church while the car park was dug up. We had several challenges preparing for and holding our services and meetings in different places. I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who arranged and helped, in any and every way, for our Services to be held at Blackfriars Theatre and meetings at members homes. This work did at least prove we could overcome the challenges and

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with prayer, individual and team efforts - make our way out of the church building to hold events elsewhere when needed! For now we look forward to continuing to welcome anyone and everyone joining us at High Street.

I must say thank you to those people who have been doing extraordinary things, by the grace of God. Patrick and others who have been preaching for so many of our services, teaching us from the Bible and leading our prayers. For those who arrange the preachers, songs and audio/visual equipment for our services and streaming to those who can’t attend in person. For all the people welcoming on the door, providing the flowers, tea and refreshments and clearing up afterwards. For people who have opened their homes for meetings, particularly when the church building was inaccessible. For those who visit, befriend and keep in touch with our visitors and members, who look after the children and reach out the young people from the bus or older people who can’t get out and those who are unwell. We must remember that each contact showing Jesus’ love for people is important and makes a difference, maybe the difference that will lead to people finding Jesus – that is the extraordinary work you are doing, led by the Holy Spirit.

After more than three years now without a Minister at High Street, remember that this time last year we were still waiting for God’s provision of a Minister. At that time the Deacons had received a tentative enquiry from Matthew Champion, who was studying in Bristol, about becoming our Minister. Discussions followed and visits to the church, followed by more discussions, as his calling to Boston Baptist Church became clearer. We praise God that in October, following prayers seeking God’s guidance, that we as a church unanimously decided to call Matthew as our Minister. Matthew is planning to start on the 13[th] July 2026, after his studies have finished. We plan his Ordination Service to be held on Saturday 1[st] August 2026. We now praise God for His timing and provision and wonder where God - through His Holy Spirit and studying His Word - will lead us, as we look forward to Matthew and Abi joining us, and we all move forward with God’s plans for His church here in Boston.

May God bless us all.

Adrian.

BOSTON BAPTIST CHURCH – TREASURER’s REPORT 2025

Here we are again at that pivotal point of another new year in which to look forward and the close of another year in which to look back in reflection. Doing just that reminds me of two big events of 2025 for the church. After three years since our Minister Steve retired, we have by God’s leading and grace called a new minister to our church – an event due to be fulfilled in the summer when Matt and Abi Champion take up residence following completion of ministry training and qualification.

The second big event which has been long in the planning stages and after much other work to the grounds and drains including filling in a large sink hole the new church car park has been built and laid in a work which has almost doubled the size of the area fit for use.

As in previous years however I would not be able to testify to these achievements without acknowledging the Boston Baptist Trust who have certainly paid the lions share of this project and then some!

Once again it has been a pleasure and privilege to work with the Trust in sorting out who pays for what and how funds should be allocated. Without the Trust we

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would not be where we are now and I am indebted to them for their constant love, support and assistance in being there for the church and helping at every turn as the church continues to serve its members, friends and the local community.

I would like to extend my grateful thanks and acknowledge Shane who took the bold step to take on the Chairman of the Trust and to see him doing such a brilliant job in that role. He certainly gets on with it and a lot of his time is chasing up admin, suppliers and contractors to get things moving and jobs completed. I am indebted to him for his help this year along with the rest of the Trust members who have supported the church throughout this year of building renovations, future-proofing and the completion of the car park project which has been a huge upgrade.

Once again as in previous years there were moments when I wondered how things would go as expenses increased – quite dramatically in some cases – and unavoidable rising costs begin to spiral. But as always the Lord has been gracious as my guide with juggling the treasury. He has ensured we have met all our costs and obligations. One example being the church projector which broke down and could not be repaired. It had to be replaced at a cost of just over £5,400 including incidentals, new cables and specialist equipment with an engineer who installed it. Just at that time the delayed payment of the Gift Aid claim arrived from HMRC and dropped just under £6,400 in our lap – so the invoice was paid and the near £1000 left over went into church funds.

God - in a manner of saying chill man, I’ve got this - reminded me again this year that He’s in control and I just need to trust Him.

Throughout 2025 money continued to come in although Sunday morning offerings have dropped off somewhat. Numbers attending have levelled and been sustained and we’ve had many visitors who have generously supported the church via bank payments. This is also along with the faithful who have again upheld their support in giving regularly as covenant giving for which I thank you from the heart and trust you will be blessed for serving God in this way. On top of that it’s been a blessing once again to receive as already mentioned £6,400.00 in our annual Gift Aid claim.

I’ve held the Office of Treasurer for 13 years – during which we’ve always paid all our bills and costs and our share of the renovations which have future proofed the church and provided a building in excellent condition - ready for the future. Our church tithe this year was £2,350 which was allocated to support the Baptist Union and Baptist Missionary Society, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Open Doors for persecuted Christians, RoadHoG youth ministry and our local homeless support organisation Centrepoint.

Our additional support for Centre Point has continued in the form of donations of food and provisions for their outreach programme.

And also noteworthy is our ongoing support through Compassion UK of our sponsorship for Dickson – the young man in Uganda who has greatly encouraged us with his letters and expressions of gratitude. Long may that continue. Thank you to the young people who have supported him and helped generate funds

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towards his sponsorship and for all who have donated during fellowship tea and coffee.

I said it last year and repeat it today – all these ministries would not be possible without our generosity of donations, pledges, covenants and love gifts which show care and compassion in a practical way. God is no man’s debtor and - in accordance with His word - will keep us make sure all our needs met.

So – I conclude this year’s report with a hint of sadness this year. My faithful friend and money counting, 50p coin collecting and all round good egg James – passed away recently following a short illness. He was a nice chap, easy going good natured fellow with a good sense of humour. Even in his latter days struggling with his health he remained faithful. I will miss him and the banter we used to share every week when we counted, verified and booked in the offerings received. God Bless you Jim!

Thank you to all of you for your ongoing generosity and service to the Lord and His church at High Street which has made my job a fulfilling and rewarding privilege.

Also thanks once again to Carol Lidget who completed the audit of church accounts so my grateful thanks go out to her. She is a stickler for detail, doesn’t miss anything and spots things I would never have seen! She’s held me to account and helped correct my mistakes to produce an accurate, true, transparent and professional set of accounts which anybody can view anytime.

Finally I thank the Lord for His patience in putting up with me and helping me to prayerfully hold the Office of Treasurer. His patience and provision for this work has inspired me and grown my faith and given me a great deal of joy and encouragement. He really is good! He never fails and His love endures forever!

Much Love in Jesus

Treas!x

Boston Baptst Trust Report

I took over from Kev being the chairman of Boston Baptist trust in March 2025. It has definitely been a learning curve with some difficulties along the line but with God’s help and help from my dad and Kev it’s been great.

The Trust has been mightily blessed over recent years.

We are – of course – indebted to Mr John Saul, who in 1749 felt God leading him so set up the Trust and to donate both a Church Building for Baptists to worship in, and to give a farmhouse and some farmland to provide the Pastor of the Church with an income. Fast-forward a few years (OK Centuries) to the early 21st Century and the income from the farm became - in real-terms – less useful. Prices had gone up and land rental incomes had failed to keep pace. The income to the Trust was now only a few thousand pounds each year.

The Trust became a CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) in 2021 – thanks to a huge amount of work by Rev Steve Holland – and we were up to date and able to administer the Trust in a much easier and practical manner than previously, and the rest, as they say, is history.

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The Trust now owns 6 properties, which are rented out through an independent letting agency and therefore bring in a regular income.

In addition to their generating rental income, the properties are, of course, also gaining value in line with the general increase in property prices – so something of a double win - although the Trust does have to meet the necessary maintenance costs for each of the properties. There is also still one small portion of land bordering Heron Way which the Trust hope to sell in the near future.

In 2025, the trust decided that they would commission Vere Bros to do the new car park, during this process it was found that the drains were no longer in good working order so had to be replaced before the car park work could begin. The trust also put in for planning permission to have the monument relocated but unfortunately this was denied, so we’ve had to put it back where it was. This work should be completed by April 2026, weather permitting.

As the work on the building comes to the end, and we move into maintenance, we hope in the future that we can make grants towards other projects in the South Lincolnshire area.

I would like to say a big thankyou to Rev Steve Holland for he gives so much of his free time to pay the bills, keep the accounts, produce the end-of-year reports for the Charities Commission and regularly sends the Trustees up to date financial reports. Without Steve’s input the Trust would not be so financially “well set” as it now is.

Within the Trust’s Constitution, is an allowance for the Church to appoint two people as Trustees with a view to their ensuring that the Church is fully represented at all Trust Meetings. If you feel that you might be called to that area of service (you do not need to be an official “Church Member”), then have a word with the Church Secretary so that the subject of your nomination can be raised at a future Church Meeting.

Shane Holland

P.A.

I would like to start by saying a big thanks to Matt, Kev and Pete for helping on the sound deck on Sunday’s and Pete Meller for helping put new songs together.

The sound deck is performing well and we hope to do some AV (Audio/Video) training in March If people would like to learn how to use it.

If you have any feedback about the P.A. or songs, please let Shane Holland know.

Shane Holland

LIVE STREAMING

The live streaming on YouTube is going well with a average 5/7 viewers watching live on the Sunday morning, whilst a further average 35 folk are viewing the recording during the following weeks.

Shane Holland

WEBSITE

The church website address is www.bostonbaptistchurch.co.uk, and it has had 16,546 views from 01/01/2025 to 01/01/2026. Shane keeps the website up to date by upload the video, mp3, thoughts for the week and noticeboard on a weekly basis.

Shane Holland

NEWSLETTER & PUBLICITY

The Newsletter is working well and I would just like to remind people that they need to get information to Shane Holland about upcoming events by the Wednesday of the week prior to the Sunday on which they wish it to be published.

We have a publicity group if you would like to help, please let Shane know.

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The publicity group are putting together weekly meetings, special adverts and items for the noticeboard outside church.

Shane Holland

FABRIC OFFICERS REPORT

We have now had the Foyer painted thanks to Andy and his son.

I would like to say a big thanks to the Trust for doing the work to the car park and building as well.

Over the next month Shane Holland will be coming up with a schedule of works to keep the building in good condition.

The annual electrical PAT has been completed.

We still have some works to do that were picked up by the Quinquennial inspection of 2022 which will be reviewed in the coming months .

Shane Holland

Sonseekers Report February 2026

Our children's group "Sonseekers" continues to meet for about 30 minutes each Sunday during the second half of the service.

Caz, Hannah and Jacqueline take it in turn to teach. Each week we also have a helper/2nd adult in the group with us. The folk who kindly help at the moment are Jill, Brian, Ionel and Dorothy and Matthew B.

As you will have noticed the number of children varies from week to week. Last year we were averaging 5-6 but for the last 2 months the numbers have been lower. We have very few “regular” children at the moment.

We try to vary what we do each week, to keep them involved, enjoying themselves and learning from God's word. We use the projector to show videos and other online teaching, we have games, crafts, worksheets, quizzes and discussions and to name but a few.

Planning for each Sunday has become more difficult as we have no idea how many, what age, and what previous experience of Sunday School the children may have. We have to have alternative plans ready to use depending on who is there each week.

Sonseekers support Dickson, a child in Uganda through Compassion. The children periodically communicate with him via letters. (See the Notice Board)

We had a Toy and Cake Sale in May in the Church car park. Many of the then regular children enthusiastically helped and raised £174.

Donations are welcome each week via the jar on the coffee table after the service on Sundays. At the moment as we have so few regular children, we are not in a position to arrange any other fundraising involving the children so are relying on support from the church.

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We had one social event in August this year at Jacqueline and Adrian’s home. Though the weather was awful and we were confined to the house, it was well attended and enjoyed by all. Patrick concluded the event with a short time of bible teaching.

Please continue to pray for us as we plan what to do each week and as we interact with the children on a Sunday.

Finally, if you feel that you could help in teaching or helping on a Sunday, please speak to one of us.

Thanks

Caz, Hannah and Jacqueline.

The Wednesday Prayer Meetng

The Wednesday Prayer Meeting has continued to meet regularly, usually with between six and ten attending. We have had a couple of guest sessions, with the Hallidays visiting one day and a young Hungarian student worker another time (Berci). Patrick passed the lead to Malcolm while he was with us, and Robert and Jill have also led occasional meetings. We normally start by reading Scripture (usually a Psalm) and turning to praise God, before turning to other concerns.

Our great encouragement has been the progress we have seen towards finding a new Minister, and praying for Matthew as he comes to us will continue to be a focus for the group in the coming months.

It has always been encouraging to spend time praying together: Prayer is the powerhouse of the church. Why not try coming if you can?

Patrick

Afernoon Tea

We still meet on the first Wednesday of each month and enjoy a time of fellowship and getting to know each other better, in an informal friendly setting, with the added pleasure of sharing food and tea or coffee.

Numbers vary from between ten and fifteen but there is plenty of room for more.

We have been entertained recently by Bill on the piano.

We meet in the lower school hall between 2 and 4 pm so please come and join us.

Jill Massey

Pastoral Care

The team which continues to try to support and care for all folk who have contact with the Church are Patrick, Debbie, Caz, Kev, Matthew (Cheer), Josie, Robert, Dorothy and Jill.

Each person associated with the Church is allocated to one of these team members and we hope to keep closer contact and get to know each other better, so that at any time we are able to pick up if a person has a particular need for support and help , and perhaps inform others in the congregation who may be able to also help . This may be an acute situation or a long term issue.

The exchanges should be confidential, and permission to be shared with others always sought.

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In recent months God has blessed us with several new attenders at Church and writing this report reminds me that it is some time since we met to share our experience of how the system is working, so I plan to call a meeting in the near future to see if we can improve ways to care for and help all members of the fellowship.

Jill Massey

Safe Guarding

As a Church we take the responsibility of safe guarding very seriously. The safe guarding officers are Jill and Robert., but all the Fellowship are expected to bring any situations which they think might be presenting a safe guarding issue to their attention.

We check certificates of training and DBS checks are up to date.

We have not had any reports of issues of concern over the past year, apart from observations that some of our older members may be vulnerable when living alone, with problems of frailty, sometimes memory issues, and coping with everyday situations .We have on occasion reported this, with the individual's permission, to Social Services to get professional assessment and help.

Members who have agreed to undertake specific roles in the Church are supplied with a description of their expected responsibilities and conduct to perform their duties.. Jill Massey

Church Rotas

These are produced three monthly but can be changed if unexpected circumstances occur making one unable to fulfil the rostered commitment.

We should love to involve extra people on the rotas for arranging flowers, serving refreshments after the Sunday morning service, teaching and helping in Sonseekers, welcoming people at the door, cleaning the Church etc..

we are very grateful to those who faithfully undertake these roles. Please consider whether you would be able to join them. Jill Massey

RoadHoG Group (Tuesday Evenings)

So. 2026, you say. Write a report, you say. What could go wrong: you say. Don’t say I didn’t warn you looking at the below…

The below is a brief report of the House of God on the road, known as the RoadHoG bus, at High Street in 2025. For the RoadHoG youth project, 2025 was quite the year of challenge versus God’s provision. In terms of the big purple girl, she’s had a few bouts of being poorly recently. Apparently, it’s all to do with the gear change switch. I’m not going to pretend to understand, I am going to tell you that the Lord ensured the bus broke down in John Cropley’s yard, so LYM - the charity that run RoadHoG - didn’t have to lay out the expense of vehicular recovery. Thanks to John and his team, both times that this occurred, it was resolved very quickly. The Lord only gave two stops a break, before having us back at his project.

On that note, RoadHoG really has some similar to tales to the Bible, in all honesty. Yes, you read that correctly. RoadHoG is all about unsung heroes, from the person that refills the ‘tuck shop’ (which includes going to the discount stores to find the crisps or sweets that the young persons love), the person that designs all the crafts and slides to the quizzes, to the people that keep the bus healthy; just using their gifts to serve God’s ministry to younger folk. So, if us weird yet wonderful people can do it, I’d question why anybody else thinks they can’t. Another challenge felt throughout the

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RoadHoG family in 2025, was simply decreasing numbers of team members. We felt that profoundly with Heather who used to be able to attend regularly, had to stop. She did need hospital treatment, so we will let her off. In that, I speak for the whole team when I say, I praise the Lord for her recovery. He will know who you’re talking about, please pray for Heather.

As mentioned prior, God’s provision always shone through, we’ve always had enough of a team of called people to be able to run the stop when it is here at High Street. Both Debbie in addition to Robert have agreed to become team members here at High Street, for RoadHoG. I pray they both know God’s blessing for stepping into this for him. However, even with those two - we are short of two people. If you are reading this, consider prayerfully whether you are called to give two hours a fortnight to minister to Boston’s young people. Even if only as holiday and sickness cover.

An additional challenge was our Church’s car park was closed for tarmac-ing works, from October for a number of weeks. Of course, this was another case of God’s providing for us, as doing so has now eliminated the ongoing challenges of cars parking in the carpark, blocking access for the bus. In January 2026, we were able to return.

None of the above matters without young people coming onboard the bus. For High Street, that means every other Tuesday. Team members arrive about half past six to setup as well as pray prior to letting the young people on at seven, the young people leave at eight, then the team clears up and prays before departing themselves. The largest number of attendees was fifteen, the average number was four and the smallest number of attendees was ZERO. We’ve had this for two stops in a row, now.

Lastly, I’d like to thank a few people, most of all the Lord for his provision, love and blessings to RoadHoG in 2025. I thank everybody who has helped at High Street in 2025, especially those that do other things in the background, at least three of our team come after work. I thank Caz for keeping me on track, as she’s the deputy team leader! To close, please could I ask for prayer on a few things: > Please pray for our ‘usual’ driver Phil. He’s poorly at the moment with a severely bad back. > Please pray for the young people that attend, and the volunteers when it is our night.

Please pray about whether you are being called to be one of Christ’s messengers to Boston town’s youth.

Please pray for an increased number of young visitors. God bless, Brian

High Street Voices

We sang at Easter, Harvest and Christmas in services. We also sang at a Christmas music event which was more of a social/ outreach event. There has been some disappointment at times due to the fact that it's difficult to get sound properly balanced across different microphones and people feel exposed due streaming. The Christmas singing event held on December 22nd (with quiz) was well received and there were 6 or 7 people who don't normally attend the church who came along. Happily we had a pianist and no microphones were needed!!

It's difficult to get people together and allow practice time so we need advance notice if leaders would like contributions to services. We are happy to help with anything if we can and seek God's leading in the development of music at Boston Baptist in 2026. Thanks, Debbie

THANK YOU

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A big thank you very much to everyone who prepared and sent me these reports in plenty of time for circulating for our AGM. There is so much going on involving many people. Well done to everyone who plans, organises and goes to each and every service, event or meeting. We look forward to new people joining us to be involved in planning organising and carrying out our mission to tell others, in and around us, of Jesus love and His message of salvation to them.

God bless. Adrian.

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BOSTON BAPTIST CHURCH GENERAL PURPOSE FUND INCOME / EXPENDITURE STATEMENT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2025

EXPENDITURE
MINISTRY
Stipend PAYE &
NIC
Pension
Rent
Minister's
expenses
EXPENSES
Manse expenses
Church utilities
Church insurance
Church
maintenance
Church cleaning
INCOME
Oferings
Covenants CAF Gift Aid
Baptist Trust
Gift aid claim
Hire of buildings
Donations
Compassion donations
Recycled items
Bank interest received		 12.00
10.00
0.00
299.00
607.94
928.94
0.00
10,422.21
3,638.42
12,747.85
0.00
2024
7,674.54
18,755.00
13,950.00
6,516.24
2,310.00
246.00
0.00
164.32
874.09
50,490.19
26,808.48		 12.00
0.00
0.00
1,047.00
857.00
1,916.00
155.75
3,546.00
3,729.06
4,324.02
0.00
2025
9,511.93
17,655.00
12,000.00
6,357.50
1,250.00
1,008.68
190.04
169.60
778.50
48,921.25
11,754.83		 VARIANCE
1,837.39
-1,100.00
-1,950.00
-158.74
-1,060.00
762.68
190.04
5.28
-95.59
-1,568.94
0.00
-10.00
0.00
748.00
249.06
987.06
155.75
-6,876.21
90.64
-8,423.83
0.00
-15,053.65

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BOSTON BAPTIST CHURCH

GENERAL PURPOSE FUND

INCOME / EXPENDITURE STATEMENT (Continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2025

2024
FELLOWSHIP
Fellowship
Photocopier &
stationery
Tithe
Audio Visual Tech
AV Projector and
flters
Donations
Publicity and
advertising
Sundries
Charges
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
NET
One of restoration
CCLI licence
Baptist Union sub
Evangelical Alliance
Sub		 54,166.87
-3,676.68
1,494.36
630.51
3,000.00
201.46
0.00
384.00
0.00
170.00
60.00
20,391.37
0.00
97.75
0.00
26,429.45		 2025
26,665.06
22,256.19
342.88
705.31
3,000.0
0
476.80
6,495.0
9
849.54
389.33
210.88
60.00
0.00
274.40
100.00
90.00
12,994.23		 Variance
-1,151.48
74.80
0.00
275.34
6,495.09
465.54
389.33
40.88
0.00
-20,391.37
274.40
2.25
90.00
-13,435.22
-27,501.81
26,181.93

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BOSTON BAPTIST CHURCH

GENERAL PURPOSE FUND

INCOME / EXPENDITURE STATEMENT 31st DECEMBER 2025

SUMMARY

BALANCES BFWD
BALANCES CFWD
MOVEMENT IN THE YEAR
54,905.32
51,228.64
-3,676.68
2024
INCOME
50,490.19
EXPENDITURE
54,166.87
NET
-3,676.68
0.33
8.31
51,228.64
BALANCES REPRESENTED BY
Cash at bank
Current Account
20,06
Deposit Account
31,16		 2025
48,921.25
26,665.06
22,256.19
51,228.64
73,484.83
22,256.19
29,579.76
43,905.07
73,484.83

Accounts approved on

and signed on the Church's behalf

Peter Meller

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BOSTON BAPTIST CHURCH GENERAL PURPOSE FUND INCOME / EXPENDITURE STATEMENT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2025

EXPENDITURE
MINISTRY
Stipend PAYE &
NIC
Pension
Rent
Minister's
expenses
EXPENSES
Manse expenses
Church utilities
Church insurance
Church
maintenance
Church cleaning
INCOME
Oferings
Covenants CAF Gift Aid
Baptist Trust
Gift aid claim
Hire of buildings
Donations
Compassion donations
Recycled items
Bank interest received		 12.00
10.00
0.00
299.00
607.94
928.94
0.00
10,422.21
3,638.42
12,747.85
0.00
2024
7,674.54
18,755.00
13,950.00
6,516.24
2,310.00
246.00
0.00
164.32
874.09
50,490.19
26,808.48		 12.00
0.00
0.00
1,047.00
857.00
1,916.00
155.75
3,546.00
3,729.06
4,324.02
0.00
2025
9,511.93
17,655.00
12,000.00
6,357.50
1,250.00
1,008.68
190.04
169.60
778.50
48,921.25
11,754.83		 VARIANCE
1,837.39
-1,100.00
-1,950.00
-158.74
-1,060.00
762.68
190.04
5.28
-95.59
-1,568.94
0.00
-10.00
0.00
748.00
249.06
987.06
155.75
-6,876.21
90.64
-8,423.83
0.00
-15,053.65

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GENERAL PURPOSE FUND

INCOME / EXPENDITURE STATEMENT (Continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2025

2024
FELLOWSHIP
Fellowship
Photocopier &
stationery
Tithe
Audio Visual Tech
AV Projector and
flters
Donations
Publicity and
advertising
Sundries
Charges
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
NET
One of restoration
CCLI licence
Baptist Union sub
Evangelical Alliance
Sub		 54,166.87
-3,676.68
1,494.36
630.51
3,000.00
201.46
0.00
384.00
0.00
170.00
60.00
20,391.37
0.00
97.75
0.00
26,429.45		 2025
26,665.06
22,256.19
342.88
705.31
3,000.0
0
476.80
6,495.0
9
849.54
389.33
210.88
60.00
0.00
274.40
100.00
90.00
12,994.23		 Variance
-1,151.48
74.80
0.00
275.34
6,495.09
465.54
389.33
40.88
0.00
-20,391.37
274.40
2.25
90.00
-13,435.22
-27,501.81
26,181.93

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BOSTON BAPTIST CHURCH

GENERAL PURPOSE FUND

INCOME / EXPENDITURE STATEMENT 31st DECEMBER 2025

SUMMARY

BALANCES BFWD
BALANCES CFWD
MOVEMENT IN THE YEAR
54,905.32
51,228.64
-3,676.68
2024
INCOME
50,490.19
EXPENDITURE
54,166.87
NET
-3,676.68
0.33
8.31
51,228.64
BALANCES REPRESENTED BY
Cash at bank
Current Account
20,06
Deposit Account
31,16		 2025
48,921.25
26,665.06
22,256.19
51,228.64
73,484.83
22,256.19
29,579.76
43,905.07
73,484.83

Accounts approved on

and signed on the Church's behalf

Peter Meller

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