**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1187105**
**Report of the Trustees and**
**Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
**for**
**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
C J Bacon BEd.(Hons.), AST, BFP, ACPA, ACA Upper Ground Floor 18 Farnham Road Guildford Surrey GU1 4XA
**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
**Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
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|---|---|---|---|
|**Report of the Trustees**|1|to|3|
|**Independent Examiner's Report**||4||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**||5||
|**Balance Sheet**||6||
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|7|to|15|
**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 5 April 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
The principal purpose of the Church is the advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination. The Church may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and/or other parts of the world.
## Summary of activities
The activities may include but are not restricted to:
*regular public worship, prayer, Bible study, preaching and teaching;
- baptism, as defined in the Union's Declaration of Principle;
- *the Communion of the Lord's Supper which shall be observed at least once a month;
- *evangelism and mission, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally;
- *the teaching, encouragement, welcome and inclusion of young people;
*nurture and growth of Christian disciples;
*education and training for Christian and community service;
*giving and encouraging pastoral care;
*supporting and encouraging charitable social action in the United Kingdom and abroad;
*encouraging relationships with and supporting Baptists and other Christians.
The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities.
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
During the period the Church has sought to meet its objectives by carrying out many of the activities listed above. It has carried out a number of its activities and has also supported other people as they have sought to meet similar objectives.
The Charity continued to support those missionaries serving overseas who are members of the Church and who were sent out through the Ambassadors' Fund.
The trustees feel that over the course of the year, the Charity has been successful in meeting its stated objectives through many of the activities that it has embarked upon.
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**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
During the year under review, the income of the Charity was £384,998 (2024: £138,084). Income this year is higher than usual as it includes a legacy of £241,209 from a church member. Income from donations fell slightly from £85,821 to £84,121 but there was rental income of £19,950 from letting out the manse this year (2024: £nil). However, investment income fell from £24,422 to £7,892, as the funds invested following the sale of the old manse were expended .
Expenditure for the year was £190,057 (2024: £178,188), of which depreciation of £49,022 (2024: £47,493) was by far the major item. Staff costs excluding benefits increased from £18,552 to £24,036, as a result of the new minister starting in February 2025 and salary changes. Major categories of expenditure were grants to institutions, £24,384 (2024: £26,266), and repairs and decorating £30,231 (2024: £34,221).
In total, therefore, the church recorded a surplus of £194,941 (2024: a deficit of £40,104) which, when added to the total funds brought forward, leaves reserves of £2,044,273 to be carried forward.
The trustees are mindful that without the generous legacy of £241,209, the church would have suffered a deficit of £46,268 for the year, although expenditure of £49,022 related to depreciation of the premises and equipment and therefore did not represent a cash movement. The trustees are aware that operating at a deficit is not sustainable in the long-term.They will continue to monitor the financial situation carefully.
## **Reserves policy**
The trustees have established the level of reserves (that is those funds that are freely available excluding designated funds) that the charity ought to have. Reserves are needed to ensure that regular expenditure and donations and grants can be maintained in the short term should there be a reduction in the level of voluntary income received. Reserves are held to cover possible emergency repairs to the Church and other buildings. The trustees consider that the ideal level of reserves is £50,000, approximately three months of regular expenditure. Unrestricted cash balances at 5 April 2025 were £410,598, thus comfortably exceeding the desired level of reserves.
## **FUTURE PLANS**
The church will continue to pursue its Objectives and Activities through its current programme of activities and ministry.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
Godalming Baptist Church is an unincorporated charity governed by its Constitution dated 19 December 2020. It was registered as a charity with the Charity Commission on the same date, receiving charity number 1187105.
## **Appointment, recruitment and training of trustees**
The management of the charity is the responsibility of the trustees who are elected by nomination at the church AGM by the membership of the church under the terms of the Constitution. The trustees (except for those in ministerial office) are appointed for an initial three year term with the opportunity for re-appointment at the end of the three year term. Each trustee is provided with copies of the Constitution on request, as well as accounts and minutes, and is made aware of the legal responsibilities they are accepting on their appointment.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number**
1187105
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**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
## **Principal address**
Godalming Baptist Church Queen Street Godalming Surrey GU7 1BA
## **Trustees**
Mrs Catherine Lawton (deceased 24.10.25) Mrs Stephanie Lucas Mr Andrew Lucas Mrs Maureen Jones Mrs Marion Toombs Mr Peter Barringer Mr Malcolm Bowgett Mr Antony John Bennewith Rev Peter Jackson Mr Jack Samuel Cooke Curtis (appointed 23.2.25)
## **Independent Examiner**
C J Bacon BEd.(Hons.), AST, BFP, ACPA, ACA Upper Ground Floor 18 Farnham Road Guildford Surrey GU1 4XA
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 28 November 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Mr Andrew Lucas - Trustee
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## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Godalming Baptist Church CIO (the Trust) for the year ended 5 April 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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.
.......................................................
C J Bacon BEd.(Hons.), AST, BFP, ACPA, ACA Upper Ground Floor 18 Farnham Road Guildford Surrey GU1 4XA
5 December 2025
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**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
## **for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
|Notes
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
2
**Charitable activities**
Premises hire
Income from events
Manse rental income
Investment income
3
**Total**
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
4
Ministry costs
Administrative costs
Establishment costs
Mission costs
**Total**
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
**Transfers between funds**
12
**Net movement in funds**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|Unrestricted
funds
£
339,363
15,479
-
19,950
7,892
382,684
20,294
24,583
116,561
12,315
173,753
208,931
(12,216)
196,715
1,846,595
2,043,310|Restricted
funds
£
2,314
-
-
-
-
2,314
-
-
-
16,304
16,304
(13,990)
12,216
(1,774)
2,737
963|5.4.25
Total
funds
£
341,677
15,479
-
19,950
7,892
384,998
20,294
24,583
116,561
28,619
190,057
194,941
-
194,941
1,849,332
2,044,273|5.4.24
Total
funds
£
100,973
12,233
456
-
24,422
138,084
16,134
24,359
109,114
28,581
178,188
(40,104)
-
(40,104)
1,889,436
1,849,332|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
## **Balance Sheet**
## **5 April 2025**
|Notes
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
9
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
10
Cash at bank and in hand
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
11
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS**
12
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Unrestricted
funds
£
1,615,770
25,520
410,598
436,118
(8,578)
427,540
2,043,310
2,043,310|Restricted
funds
£
-
-
1,371
1,371
(408)
963
963
963|5.4.25
Total
funds
£
1,615,770
25,520
411,969
437,489
(8,986)
428,503
2,044,273
2,044,273
2,043,310
963
2,044,273|5.4.24
Total
funds
£
1,662,771
23,666
170,064
193,730
(7,169)
186,561
1,849,332
1,849,332
1,846,595
2,737
1,849,332|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 28 November 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:
Mr Andrew Lucas - Trustee
Rev Peter Jackson - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end date are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:
|Freehold property|Straight line over 26 years. The church was being depreciated over 50 years in|
|---|---|
||the books of the old unincorporated charity and 24 years' depreciation had|
||been provided to the date of transfer.|
|Plant and machinery|25% on the reducing balance basis|
|Fixtures and fittings|25% on the reducing balance basis|
Depreciation is not provided on the manse as the trustees consider that its value exceeds the cost at which it is held in the books of the charity.
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
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**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued**
## **Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits**
The church pays pension contributions for its eligible ministerial staff to the Baptist Pension Scheme, which is not contracted out for State Pension purposes. Contributions to the defined contribution pension element of the pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the year to which they relate. The church also paid deficit contributions to the Baptist Pension Scheme in respect of the closed defined benefit plan for part of the year, but the requirement for contributions ceased during 2024/25. The scheme is a multi-employer pension scheme and it is not possible to identify the assets and liabilities of the scheme which are attributable to the church. In accordance with the SORP (FRS 102) the scheme is therefore accounted for as a defined contribution scheme.
The church also pays pension contributions for eligible non-ministerial staff to a separate defined contribution scheme. These are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the year to which they relate.
## **2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES**
|Donations
Gift aid
Legacies
Designated gifts
**INVESTMENT INCOME**
Deposit account interest|5.4.25
£
84,121
16,347
241,209
-
341,677
5.4.25
£
7,892|5.4.24
£
85,821
14,946
-
206
100,973
5.4.24
£
24,422|
|---|---|---|
## **3. INVESTMENT INCOME**
## **4. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**
|Ministry costs
Administrative costs
Establishment costs
Mission costs|Direct
Costs
£
20,294
24,583
116,561
353
161,791|Grant
funding of
activities
£
-
-
-
28,266
28,266|Totals
£
20,294
24,583
116,561
28,619
190,057|
|---|---|---|---|
continued...
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**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
## **5. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
During the year one trustee, Jack Curtis, received remuneration of £3,292 and pension contributions of £336 in respect of his employment as Associate Pastor. Under the terms of his contract of employment, he was also provided with a laptop and was reimbursed his removal costs, at a total cost to the charity of £611.There were no trustees' remuneration or benefits for 2024.
## **Trustees' expenses**
During the year, expenses totalling £5,091 were paid to one trustee in respect of travel and printing expenses and preaching fees (2024: £5,089 expenses were paid to one trustee in respect of travel and preaching fees).
## **6. STAFF COSTS**
|**STAFF COSTS**|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Wages and salaries
Pension costs
Other benefits|||5.4.25
£
23,391
645
611
24,647|||5.4.24
£
18,248
304
-
18,552|
|The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
Ministry
Administration
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
Unrestricted
funds
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
98,769
**Charitable activities**
Premises hire
12,233
Income from events
456
Investment income
24,422
**Total**
135,880|||5.4.25
1
1
2
Restricted
funds
£
2,204
-
-
-
2,204|||5.4.24
1
1
2
Total
funds
£
100,973
12,233
456
24,422
138,084|
## **7. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
## **EXPENDITURE ON**
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**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued**
## **for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
|**7.**
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
funds
funds
funds
£
£
£
**Charitable activities**
Ministry costs
16,134
-
16,134
Administrative costs
24,359
-
24,359
Establishment costs
109,114
-
109,114
Mission costs
12,288
16,293
28,581
**Total**
161,895
16,293
178,188
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
(26,015)
(14,089)
(40,104)
**Transfers between funds**
(12,624)
12,624
-
**Net movement in funds**
(38,639)
(1,465)
(40,104)
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
1,885,234
4,202
1,889,436
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
1,846,595
2,737
1,849,332
**8.**
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
The net movement in funds is stated after (crediting)/ charging the following:
5.4.25
5.4.24
£
£
Independent Examiner's Remuneration
-
-
Depreciation- owned assets
49,022
47,493|Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
16,293
16,293
(14,089)
12,624
(1,465)
4,202
2,737|Total
funds
£
16,134
24,359
109,114
28,581
178,188
(40,104)
-
(40,104)
1,889,436
1,849,332|
|---|---|---|
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**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
## **9. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
|**COST**
At 6 April 2024
Additions
Disposals
At 5 April 2025
**DEPRECIATION**
At 6 April 2024
Charge for year
Eliminated on disposal
At 5 April 2025
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 5 April 2025
At 5 April 2024|Freehold
property
£
1,741,590
-
-
1,741,590
131,392
35,835
-
167,227
1,574,363
1,610,198|Plant and
machinery
£
2,129
-
-
2,129
720
352
-
1,072
1,057
1,409|Fixtures
and
fittings
£
89,591
2,443
(628)
91,406
38,427
12,835
(206)
51,056
40,350
51,164|Totals
£
1,833,310
2,443
(628)
1,835,125
170,539
49,022
(206)
219,355
1,615,770
1,662,771|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Under the terms of the 1903 Trust Deed, the church must use any proceeds from the sale of the church premises to buy or erect new premises for the furtherance of the Kingdom of God.
## **10. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
|Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income|5.4.25
£
16,347
9,173
25,520|5.4.24
£
15,750
7,916
23,666|
|---|---|---|
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**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
## **11. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
|Other creditors
**12.**
**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Church Premises Fund
Legacy fund
Legacy Tithe Fund
**Restricted funds**
Ambassadors' Fund
Pastoral Fund
Other restricted donations
**TOTAL FUNDS**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Church Premises Fund
Legacy Tithe Fund
**Restricted funds**
Ambassadors' Fund
Pastoral Fund
Other restricted donations
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At 6.4.24
£
-
1,610,198
236,397
-
1,846,595
-
2,531
206
2,737
1,849,332
as follows:|Net
movement
in funds
£
220,645
(35,835)
-
24,121
208,931
(12,216)
(1,568)
(206)
(13,990)
194,941
Incoming
resources
£
358,564
(1)
24,121
382,684
-
2,314
-
2,314
384,998||5.4.25
£
8,986
Transfers
between
funds
£
224,181
-
(236,397)
-
(12,216)
12,216
-
-
12,216
-
Resources
expended
£
(137,919)
(35,834)
-
(173,753)
(12,216)
(3,882)
(206)
(16,304)
(190,057)|5.4.24
£
7,169
At
5.4.25
£
444,826
1,574,363
-
24,121
2,043,310
-
963
-
963
2,044,273
Movement
in funds
£
220,645
(35,835)
24,121
208,931
(12,216)
(1,568)
(206)
(13,990)
194,941|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
## **12. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
## **Comparatives for movement in funds**
|Net
movement
At 6.4.23
in funds
£
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
544,505
9,818
Church Premises Fund
1,017,670
(35,834)
Legacy fund
323,059
1
1,885,234
(26,015)
**Restricted funds**
Ambassadors' Fund
-
(12,624)
Pastoral Fund
3,848
(1,317)
Other restricted donations
354
(148)
4,202
(14,089)
**TOTAL FUNDS**
1,889,436
(40,104)
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
resources
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
135,879
Church Premises Fund
-
Legacy fund
1
135,880
**Restricted funds**
Ambassadors' Fund
-
Pastoral Fund
1,998
Other restricted donations
206
2,204
**TOTAL FUNDS**
138,084||Transfers
between
funds
£
(554,323)
628,362
(86,663)
(12,624)
12,624
-
-
12,624
-
Resources
expended
£
(126,061)
(35,834)
-
(161,895)
(12,624)
(3,315)
(354)
(16,293)
(178,188)|At
5.4.24
£
-
1,610,198
236,397
1,846,595
-
2,531
206
2,737
1,849,332
Movement
in funds
£
9,818
(35,834)
1
(26,015)
(12,624)
(1,317)
(148)
(14,089)
(40,104)|
|---|---|---|---|
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**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
## **12. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Church Premises Fund
Legacy fund
Legacy Tithe Fund
**Restricted funds**
Ambassadors' Fund
Pastoral Fund
Other restricted donations
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At 6.4.23
£
544,505
1,017,670
323,059
-
1,885,234
-
3,848
354
4,202
1,889,436|Net
movement
in funds
£
230,463
(71,669)
1
24,121
182,916
(24,840)
(2,885)
(354)
(28,079)
154,837|Transfers
between
funds
£
(330,142)
628,362
(323,060)
-
(24,840)
24,840
-
-
24,840
-|At
5.4.25
£
444,826
1,574,363
-
24,121
2,043,310
-
963
-
963
2,044,273|
|---|---|---|---|---|
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Church Premises Fund
Legacy fund
Legacy Tithe Fund
**Restricted funds**
Ambassadors' Fund
Pastoral Fund
Other restricted donations
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
494,443
(1)
1
24,121
518,564
-
4,312
206
4,518
523,082|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(263,980)
230,463
(71,668)
(71,669)
-
1
-
24,121
(335,648)
182,916
(24,840)
(24,840)
(7,197)
(2,885)
(560)
(354)
(32,597)
(28,079)
(368,245)
154,837|
|---|---|---|
The Church Premises Fund is a fixed asset reserve, maintained (by a transfer to or from general funds) at a level equal to the net book value of freehold land and buildings.
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**Godalming Baptist Church CIO**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
## **12. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
The Legacy Fund was established in order to record separately the income and expenditure relating to the legacies from former members.
The Ambassadors Fund was established to provide financial support for the work of missionaries sent out from the Church.
The Pastoral Fund was established to provide financial assistance to those in need in the church and local community.
Other Restricted Donations relate to specific donations made by church members.
The Legacy Tithe Fund was set up by the trustees to hold 10% of the legacy received during the year ended 5 April 2025. This will be distributed to charitable organisations or individuals whom the trustees decide merit the support of the church.
## **13. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
Tony Bennewith is a director of Bennewith 2018 Ltd, which invoiced the church £6,360 during the year for bookkeeping and accountancy services. The balance outstanding at 5.4.25 was £nil.
Donations totalling £23,510 were received from the trustees during the year and a further £5,300 was received from a charitable trust connected with a church trustee.
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