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CE020396 CHARrrY REGISTrATION NUMBEIL. 1187499 BETHEL BAPIISTCHURCH poiifYcwN Company Llmlt•d by Guarant UNAUDITED RIIANCIALSTATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AiIGUST2024 BETHEL BAPTISTCHURCH PONTYCUIN Companyumlltd by Guarantee FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Yearended 31 August 21M4 PAGES Tyustees, annuaireport(incorporatlngthe ditectofs rÈpt#t) Independent ¢xamlne¢s teNirttothetustees ststementof flnanclal activltles Ilnduding Income and expÈndttureaccountl statement of tinancia posltion Notestothe flnanclalststements 8-14 BETHEL WTISTCHURCH PONTYCWN Company Umltsd by Guarante• TRUSTEES, ANMUAL REPORf(INCORPORATINGIHE DIRECToifs REPORT) Year •b)d￿ 31August2024 Thetrustees. who are alsothe dlrectors fortr* purposes of companylaw. piesentthelrreportand the unaudited tinancialstatements of Ihe charityfor the year ended 31 AWt20 Reference and admInl$trau￿ d•tsHs Regist•red ¢harftynam• Bethel Bwist Church Pontyclun Chwlty reiistr8tlor• wn*er 1187499 Companyrnitstratlon numb•r CE￿20396 Prth¢lpaloffl¢e and re8lstered offl Heol Miskin Pontyclun CF72 Board olTwsl•¢¥: Drptya Davld Jeffreywoodirrft Kefi Riggs Re¥John Robert Hall Scott RlngTose Stephen John Dths Timothyjames En￿'sh Cu51odlan Trnstee5 The Baptist Unim Cwporation Ltd Baptist House 129 Broadway Oxlordshire OXII 8RT Independènt examln ClearSighlAccountl￿ Llmlted Regus House MathouseA¥enue Cardmf CF23 8RU structurn, gov•mance and manapment The charity Is controlled by its grfftmingdocumenL a conslitution and constltutes a CIO. vthich was registered atthe Charlty Commlsslon In England and Waleson22January2020. NewTnths we appointed tythe Church Membersatchurch Members Meetlngs. NewTrustees are recruited when members become part Ot￿rc01e LeadwshipTeam ofthe Church. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH PONTYCWN Company Llmlted by Guarants? TRUSTEES, ANNUAL IIEPIJRT(INCORPORATINGTHE DIRECTOR% REI¥ORD Yearended 31AUV￿ 2024 Oblectl¥•* and actmlles The prlmary purpose of Bethel Baptlstchurch lstOpr(x￿te tho Chii5ban faith and to both exercise and encouragethe development of Chrfsllan belief arml beh￿Oura5 a coMM￿lty ofdlsclpLes and dlsdple-makers. Ourpufpose is bes1 summarised by'Lthp God. Lw4e Others." Lost people matterto God and must matterto us The church shouLd be Blbllcally based and alm to be culiuraity rel￿a￿L Fdlowern of Christshould Ir￿ thelTlr4es in a w￿that Isconsistentwlththe BlbLe. Each memberwlll be encouragedto dlscowand use theif SpiritualGifts LO￿ng relatlonships should be In every aspect of church Ilfe. Smallgroupsare an essentlalpartof church Ilfeforspirliualgrty*ffji disclpleshlp and reiattonshlp bulidlng. Excellence honours God andYAtt￿u4Irn to Khieve It Fulldevoilon to chri￿ and His catse is normaL The church must be a unlfied b￿led bythe Holysplrlt. These included". Publlc Worshlp & ChrlstlanTexhlng Givingtothose in need Foodbank Children andytyjth Acti￿leS One week Holidayclubftychildren in Augusi The feilowshlp has contlnued lo meet on Sunday momin8s fora wotshipseTrice whlch Is broadcast on both yoUT￿e and Faceb(MJLWe aisolntroduced a r4ular¢￿Ing prwr5ervice all￿d prfmarllyat teens and yOLmgaduits althouth the serbices are open tothewlderfelLothBhlp. An Alpha Coursewas wn In Llantris&K Golf Club and pe(yle newto thechurch have been Inhiied to NewAttenders' coutsesMthere th￿ are Inlroducedto Bethet*th membership. Our pastorhad a one month sabbatical duringt•thich he ￿$fjted clwrches in England. Scotland and Wales to see howotherythngchurches managechange. We moved ourchildren'swofkèrfrom a temporaryto permanent contractand also took ona part-tlme pastoral care worker. The children's ￿Tk¢(￿tinueS to thrfve vlth regularsunday andwednesdayactivities as *pilas a chIld￿n.$ Ufegroup.There were Easter and Summer hoilday clubsvknl¢h were ¥eryweUattended. BETHEL WTIST CHURCH POIIYYCLUN Company Umlted by¢knranl•e TRUSTEES, ANNIIALREPORTIIIICORPORATTrIGTHE DIIIECTOWSHEPORTI Yoar endod 31AU￿20 Notto ts8 outdone. the Senl(Ysh•ld a Frfendship*Yek Inthe Sumn￿WIth *ltles aThl a lunch for senlorswrytNn thè feliimship a￿1 Ihg wi(letcomM￿tty. There were a Nmber ofNerfwn nlghts forwung peoplelffkn localsecondaryschoois with an 0pp0rtur￿ty1orlheM to hearthe GospeL These attracted sowt l(fr people foreach event. The dayto dayadministration ofthe church has been Carried outvery efficlentyby ourchurch Admlnislrator, MrMarkPen*ilLwts) sadtyann￿nced htseOFIy￿ti￿efflentaIthe erMI ofthe flnanclalyear. Flnandalievlew The Trustees determlned thatlree reser￿1￿1￿ tythe.cl￿rch should be equivalent to3 months operational costs. Atthe balance S•￿etdate the level of reseryes had (lecreased to ÉL935y35. However. available funds. l.e. those eMciudirEfixed assets amwntedto £201.575 Thefree reserves excludi reslrlcted funds was£l334.452. TheTrustees actively revlew the m4orii*s facingthe Church. fvAicie5 were adopted atthe IlrstAnnual General Meeting ofthe Chaiityheid on 10 September 2020. bthich manage minimi5e the ii5ks faeed bythe Charity. Sm¥ll eompanypro¥lslons Thls report has been p￿pared In accordance*ththe PT(wislons a￿￿.CabIetO¢oMpanIeS entttled to the small companies exempt￿￿. Theiwstees. annualrekK)rtwas apwobrd ￿....-.... and sl d on behalfof the board ofIn￿leeS ty. Mrs Rlntrosq Twst•e CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent 8xamlnerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Roport to th• trustoesldlrectorsl mombers of 6ErpiEL 6i111sr IMNrfll4 foAJrqiL trAJ 31 Ai&MJr 2024 On accounts for th• y•ar •nd•d Charfty no.: 111741 q Company no.: E0213fl 3•t out on pages {_1¥ I report to the trustees on my examlnalK)n of the accounts of the Company for the year ended ResponslblllUg5 and basls ol roport As the chwws trustees of the Company (wh) are also the directors of the ompany for the purposes of company law). you tn responsible for the preparation of the ac(X>￿ts In accordance Mth th8 raquirements of the Companl8s A(￿ 2CA)6 (Ihe 2006 Acr). Having satisfied myself that the a￿)Unts of the Cornpany arè not required to be audiled for this year under Part 16 ofthe 2￿6 Act and aré eligible for independent &xanlnati(m. I report in respad of my examination of your charivs acc(xmts as tarried out under se(*K)n 145 of thé Charitles Act 2011 (Ihe 2011 Act.). In ￿ry[ng out my examination. I have followed the Oredons given by the Charity Comrnission (undèr section 1445Xb) of the 2011 Ad. Inde￿ndant examlnevs stat•ment tri￿ inc(xne exceeded £250.OCWJ and I qualified to undert*e the examinalion by ber￿ a qualified membar of [Insert name of applKable Ilsted tx)dy]]. Delete [ J If not applicabl8. I have ¢(ynpleted my ex*nlna￿n. I confmi that no materfal matters have come to my attention (olher than thal disclo￿ beknv.) *thlch gives rno cause to belleve thal: b accountry records nol kept in acc(Ydance sectlon 386 CA the Companies Act 2(K16: or • th8 accounts do not accord I￿1h such rec(ffds; or • the aceounts do not comply with relevant act￿nti￿a requirements uTrJer se¢11￿ 396 of the Companies Act 2LTh other than any r6quwement that the accounts gr4e a 'trne and fairf vM¥ *tMch b not a matter ￿nsidered as part of an irKlepwMlent examinatK)n: or •the aCccm￿ts have not b￿7 w8pwed in xcordance with th8 Charlties SORP (FRS102). IER October 2018 I have no concem and have come across no other matters In connedlon ith the examinatim to vthlch attentKfi sh￿Id be drawn in this report In der to enablo a Fyoper underst*Kling cl the ac(x)unts to be re￿ed, ' Please d8lete th8 wonts In th8 brackets rfthey do not appty. Slgned: 21 Narno.. IMEJ R•levant prnf•88lon•l qualmcatlon(8) or body (If any): ftoR 152 Soction B Disclosure Onty ￿mplets rf the examiner needs to highllght material matters of concém {see CC32. Independent wAynInatic￿ of charity accounts: olrections and guidance for 8xamwws). GI￿ h0r• brlof detall• of any items that the •xamlner wlshes to dlsclose. IER October 2018 BETHEL BAPTISTCHURCH popifYcLIIM Company Llmlted tyGuarantee STATEMENI OF FINANCIALAciivillE51INCLUDING INCOMEAIIJ EXPEP4XTUREACCOUNTI Yearended 31Aiwst 2024 2024 R¢strlcted funts Total funds Total funds Nol• funds Income and endownwnts Donatlons and Legacles In￿Stment Incoff 17,426 284.125 2,203 3.111 3.111 Totsllncom• 269.373 17.426 286.799 286.328 Expendltur• CharltatAe actI￿tIeS 321.108 35.578 356.686 289.318 Tolal Expendlture 321.108 35.578 289,318 Net lexpendllure)nKom¢ 51.735 18.152 69,887 Reconcluatlon of funds Totsl funds brought fo￿ard Prloryear adjusiment 1.986.187 2.005.822 2.008.409 403 Totsiiunds broughtfomard lJ86.187 19.635 2,005,822 1008,812 Total lunds Carried forniard 1.934.452 1.935,935 2.005,822 The ststement of flnanclalactmttes Indudes all galns lossesrecwised In the￿r. ALI income and expenditure deri￿ from conllnulng acdthles. Th• not•s on paits 9t0 1410rn1 partof these flnaKlalstatW￿TrI BETHEL BAPTIST CHIIRCH PONTYCWN Company Umned ty Guarantee STATeMEMTOF F114ANCIALposmoN Yearended aiAugust2024 Note Flxed As$•ts Ta￿￿ble11xed assels li 1.734.*1 1.759.234 CurrentAs•¢ts Debtors Cash ai t￿k and In hand 8.354 195.621 2Q3,975 243.583 249.468 c￿dI10r$. amountfaWrfdueTAllhknQney￿r 2,4LKI 2.880 Nel Cuirent Assets 201,575 246,588 TotslAssets Less Cuff¢M Uablllles 1,935.935 2.005.822 NetAss•ls 1.935.935 2.005.822 Funds ofthe Charlty Restrlcted funds Unre51ricted funds 16 19.635 1,986.187 2,005.822 1,934.452 1.935.935 Fortheyearending31August2O24the¢haritywas￿1lI1ed toexemwion from audituTh1ersection 477of the CompaniesAct20{￿ ￿lati￿t0 small companies. DlrectOTS' Tesponslbliitses: The members have not required ihe comparyto obtain an audltotitsfinanelal slatementsforthe year In question In accordancewlih se￿10n 476: The dlrectors acknovAedge their reSp￿SIbilItieS t￿cOMplYIng￿￿ the rÈquirements oftheActwith r8SPèCt io accountlnÉ recordsandthe prewatfjon offin*(ial ststements. Thesefinanclalstalements been p￿p￿ed in accordance with the prthrysionsappucableto companies 5Ut4ectto the ynall companies. regime. These Ilna I statementswere approved tythe board oltrusiees ￿dauthotse0r￿l$Sue on 9o*.S.... andare sigr￿d on behalf ofthe tjoard ty. Mr S Rlnyose TNS Th• on page5 8t0 18forni wlof thex lth•ndal stal•menl& BETHEL OAPTISTCHURGH poKfYcLUN Company Llmlted byGuaranlee NOTESTO THE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS Year ended 31Augiist2024 I GENERAL INFORMATION The charity is a publi¢ benefitentRyand a prI¥￿e companytimr(ed byguarantee. registered In and a Te8lStered charity in En8land andWales.Theadd￿s olthe regtstered office is Heol Miskin. Pontyelun. CF72 9A1. 2 STATEMENTOF COMPLIANCE These financial statefflents h￿e been prepared In eompljance FRS 102. The Hnanclal Reportlng Stsndard applicable Inthe UK and the Repubik ofIreL￿d.. the Statement otRecommended Practice appucablé to charftfies prepaiinKtheiraccounts in accordance withthe Finan¢lal Repcrtlngstandard applicable In the UKand Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 (Charltles SORP IFRS 102}) and the CompanlesAct200& 3 ACCOUNnNG POUCIES Thellnanclal statements have been prepared on the historfcalcost basls. as mDdlfied bythe revaluatlon of certaln Ilnandalassets and Uabwties and inveshnent pmperties measured attairvalue through income 01 expenditure. Thefinancial ststsments are prepared in stertTrn& *thich is the fuKtionalcuTren¢y of the entity. There are no materiaiunc•tslntles ab(Mrtthe chathls ablirtytocontinue Un￿StrICted funds are avallable foruse atthe discretlon 0fthe1n￿to turtheranyofthe charws purposes. Deslgnated funds are umestricted fundseamwked tythe trustres forw(icuthrfulure prolector commltmenl. Restrlcted funds are sutyeded to re5tiictions ontheir expen111￿re declared tythe d0T￿rO1thr0Ugh the term5 of an appeal. and fall into or)e of sub-classes: resth¢ted Inccme funds orendo¥Mnent lunds. Allincoming resources are IncI￿led In the ststementolfinanclalacllthes when enttllement has passed tothe charlty: It Is PfobaNe tlwtlhe ecMomi¢ benefits associatedwith the transaction wtLi fLowtothe charity aThJ the amountcan be reliabLymeasured.The foLiowing5pecthc w)Ircies are applled to particular¢atsgories of income: Incomefrom donatlons orgrants Is reco￿lSed*￿nthVe Is evldenceDfenUdementto the iecelpt Is probable and Its amountcan be measured reb'ably. gacylnccrfne Is recognised ￿then receiptis probable and entltLemenl is estsblishod. BETHEL BAPTISTCHURCH POP4TYCUIN Company Llmll¢d byGuarnnt•e NQTE5TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEP Yearended 31 AulN￿ 2024 3 ACCOUNTING POUCIES {conllnuedD Incomefrom donated goods is measured atth•fairvalueof the good5 unless this is In¥Jractlcal to mèasure rellabiy. In Ythlch casethevaiue Isderlved Immthecosttothe dor￿1 orihe estlmated resale value. Donated faclibties and $epAces a￿ ￿OgnISed In the xctyjnts ￿en rece￿ed Ifthevalue Can be Teliably measured. Noamounts are included t￿the contr(buUon ot general ¥olunteers. income from contracts1￿the supptyof seThices is recwised the dell¥ery ofthe contracted seNlce. Thls Is classffled as unresblcredfvnds unlessthere 15 a contractual requ1￿men1 iorlt to be spent on a particular purposeand returned fif unspent, In th*ich case It may be regarded as restslcted. Expendlture Is recognlsed on an accnthis basls as a ilability Is IncuThed. Expenditure Indudes anyVAT vthlch cannot be fullyrecovered. and is classified under headingsof the statementof financlal activities to which it reiales- expendlture on ralsln8furbJs Includes th• costs of all1U￿1[al5Ingactrv1l￿s. e•ents. non