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2025-12-31-accounts

Stalham Baptist Church – Charity Number 1192914 Annual Report 2024

Registered Address : 146, High Street, Stalham, NR12 9AZ

Correspondence Address : The Manse, 56 Brumstead Road, Stalham, NR12 9DE.

Leadership Team Trustees:

Ron Skivington (Pastor) Jerry Otieno (Assistant Pastor) Diana Gordon (Church Secretary) Stewart Marsh (Treasurer) David Child Henry Nicholson Elaine Smith Daniel Nicholson Maggie Harpur

Bankers: Barclays Bank Leicester LE87 2BB

Independent Examiner: Mr. Jonathan Chaney

Organisational Structure and Decision-making processe s

Objectives and Activities

We have a balance between the things we do that relate to the spiritual life of our fellowship like services and church-based family and children’s events and the things that are more geared to serving our local community.

Objectives: We are delighted to report that we achieved our goal in May 2023 by raising £595,172.00 for the refurbishment of SBC’s Victorian schoolroom. and antirooms. The building work began immediately and was completed in December 2023. The official opening of this new facility took place on Saturday January 13[th] , 2024, with the first Sunday morning worship the following day.

Activities: SBC has very strong relationships in the wider community, service providers local businesses, welcoming people from all social backgrounds and levels of ability. The Church has been open every day of the week at some point for:

Organisations Hosted

Volunteers

SBC have been very blessed over the years with volunteers not only from our church fellowship but also our friends in the community of Stalham and surrounding villages who work so hard to make SBC the vibrant and lively community. It is enabling:

Worship and Prayer

Pastoral Care.

All are welcome to attend our regular services on Sunday Morning 10.45 to 12.00 with Sunday School running at the same time, at present SBC has 68 members the average weekly attendance in December was 90. Some members and friends are unable to attend but do have the opportunity to watch the service online/or have a paper copy delivered with the Bulletin.

As well as regular services we enable our community to celebrate and thank God for the milestones in life through:

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Mission and Evangelism

SBC donated to:

Reserves Policy 2025

The reserves policy of Stalham Baptist Church is to hold three months of all expenditure plus a further three months staffing costs to allow the church to adapt to any changes in the income or expenditure of the church. The trustees currently believe this amount to be £38,998.00 compared to £41,404.00 in free cash reserves held at the 31st of December 2024. The figure of £41,404 consists of £30,404.00 in the General Fund and £11,000.00 in the Contingency Fund.

The financial results for the year together with a summary of the accounting policies adopted are set out in the accompanying financial statements.

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STALHAM BAPTIST CHURCH

Stalham Baptist Church

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENT ACCOUNTS

1[st] JANUARY 2025 to 31[St] DECEMBER 2025

Stalham Baptist Church Statement of Financial Activities

For the period from 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025

RESERVES POLICY 2026

The reserves policy of Stalham Baptist Church is to hold three months of all expenditure plus a further three month’s staffing costs to allow the church to adapt to any changes in the income or expenditure of the church. The trustees currently believe this amount to be £36,563.00 compared to £34,915.00 in free cash reserves held at the 31st of December 2025. The figure of £34,915 consists of £23,915.00 in the General Fund and £11,000.00 in the Contingency Fund.

Stalham Baptist Church

Statement of Financial Activities

For the period from 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025

Totals Totals
2025 2024
Receipts NOTES
Planned giving 17,754.00 1,000.00 — 18,754.00 17,673.00
Collections and other giving 11,040.08 — — 11,040.08 13,536.29
Other voluntary receipts 68,801.86 4,441.52 — 73,243.38 75,597.78
Gift Aid recovered 12,884.02 — — 12,884.02 11,834.38
Other receipts 2,570.89 — — 2,570.89 657.09
Activities for generating funds2 4,308.23 — — 4,308.23 4,519.47
Investment Income 2,298.25 — — 2,298.25 5,132.46
Total receipts 119,657.33 5,441.52 — 125,098.85 128,950.47
Payments
Cost of generating funds 636.07 — — 636.07 605.33
Missionary and Charitable Giving 3 45.00 12,892.13 — 12,937.13 15,417.86
Clergy and Staffing costs 70,358.23 3,150.81 — 73,509.04 63,236.79
Church Running Expenses 4 11,636.76 2,642.56 — 14,279.32 16,714.85
Hall Running Costs 5 2,251.74 — — 2,251.74 3,774.83
Church Repairs & Maintenance 44,055.67 5,165.87 — 49,221.54 30,526.83
Hall Repairs & Maintenance 1,222.01 — — 1,222.01 —
Total payments 130,205.48 23,851.37 — 154,056.85 130,276.49
Net income / (expenditure) (10,548.15) (18,409.85) — (28,958.00) (1,326.02)
Transfers
Gross transfers between funds - in 230.34 11,579.18 — 11,809.52 11,432.15
Gross transfers between funds - out (11,579.18) (230.34) (11,809.52) (11,432.15)
Net income / (expenditure) (21,896.99) (7,061.01) (28,958.00) (1,326.02)
Other recognised gains / losses
Net movement in funds (21,896.99) (7,061.01) (28,958.00) (1,326.02)
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 62,377.09 55,819.57 — 118,196.66 119,522.68
Total funds carried forward 40,480.10 48,758.56 — 89,238.66 118,196.66

Stalham Baptist Church

Statement of Financial Activities

For the period from 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025


Totals 2025
Current assets
6501: Barclays Current Account
6,405.18
6503: Baptist Union 7 Day Deposit account
10,742.29
6506: Barclays Current Acc. No.2
752.87
6507: Baptist Union 1 Month Deposit Account
11,452.34
6510: Baptist Union 90 Day Deposit Account
62,103.40
6590: Cash in hand
—
Total Current assets
91,456.08
Liabilities
6699: Agency collections
2,217.42
Z04: Accounts Payable
—
Total Liabilities
2,217.42
Net Asset surplus (deficit)
89,238.66
Reserves
Excess / (deficit) to date
(28,958.00)
Z01: Starting balances
118,196.66
Total Reserves
89,238.66
FUNDS OF THE
CHURCH
Year2025


Unrestricted
General Fund
23,914.91
Designated
Replacement
Reserve
11,000.00
General Grants
0.00
Groundwork
UK(VCSE)
0.00
John Lewis Grant
225.98
Memory Cafe
664.55
Mothers & Toddlers
365.59
Solar Income
1,850.08

Legacy
2,458.99
Restricted
Warm Space
1,227.05
General Youth Fund
584.84
Building Fund
44,859.31
Shine Project
2,087.36
89,238.66		 Totals 2025
6,405.18
10,742.29
752.87
11,452.34
62,103.40
—		 Prior Year
9,380.95
651.37
9,701.26
1,227.53
100,161.51
—
121,122.62
2,925.96
—
2,925.96
118,196.6
(1,326.02)
119,522.68
118,196.66
Year 2024
30,403.73
11,000.00
2,638.01
15,076.20
225.98
354.18
0.00
0.00
2,458.99
3,191.65
584.84
50,175.72
2,087.36
91,456.08
2,217.42
—
2,217.42
89,238.66
(28,958.00)
118,196.66
118,196.66

For the period from 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025

Stalham Baptist Church Statement of Financial Activities

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

1.These accounts have been prepared on a "receipts and payments basis".

2. Activities generating funds

3. Missionary and Charitable Giving

Janet's Plant and glove sales
Through the Bible
Cliff at Christmas
Worstead Choir
4. Church running costs
Cost of food for events
Church Insurance
Church phone
Church maintenance
Cleaning materials
Church equipment
Cost of services
Web & audio
Administration
Church Electric
Church Water		 30.30
BMS World
Mission
56.00
Home Mission
785.00
Church Mission
110.73
Christian
Agencies
Secular Charities
982.03
5 Church Hall running costs
269.46
1,888.24
Non-domestic
rates
291.24
1,691.92
399.51
2,222.65
2,347.63
443.69
411
3,744.02
569.96
14279.32		 3,179.28
4,107.08
5,277.96
195.65
177.16
12,937.13
2251.74

6. Pension Scheme Liabilities

Stalham Baptist church has no pension scheme liabilities.

7. Assets Held for the Churches own use.

The church is the beneficial owner of the following assets the legal title to which is held by the Church’s custodian trustee’s(The Baptist Union Corporation Property Trustees).

Stalham Baptist Church Complex insured value £3,308,240.00 Manse 56 Brumstead Rd Insured value £412,000.00

Rxommended Ternis of Appointment fry IndepMlent Examlner Name of Church ILq Cthe Churth','U Name of Independent Examl l. Engagement as Independent Examlner The purpose of thls agreement LS to cC￿fiM? the basos ￿ %thich You as the Examiner wil art as independert examlner to prepore a repcrt In respett of the Church's financial statantsts for the year in aC(￿danCe wth Section 145 of the Charities Art 2011 Cthe ￿￿. 2. Regponslbllltles of the Churth The Church and its Chanty TtVStee5 are resrmth a) maintsining proper accounting retyds arKI wepariry aCc￿nts whth compty with the requlrements ofthe Art and the Charities SORP; b) for determining whether, in respert cl the year to be examined, the thurch meets the conditycrt)s for exanpb'on from an audit of the accounts set in Seclion 145(1) the Act. and c) for prwding You with Inf￿atiOn aThJ pJplanèti(ns req￿red fty Y￿r examlnauon. 3. Responslbllltl•s of the Examinar 3.1 As an independent examiner y￿ have a statuth duty to: a) stste in Your reFM)rt whetherany matter has C￿ to Y￿r attenkn In C￿neCtI￿ wlth the examlnatlon ￿lCh gives You reasonable cause to belleve that In any matetlal res￿ accwnt(ng rec¢xds have not been properP kept in accordance with Sectim 130 of the Act ￿ do nc acc(xd with the acc￿nting reoThls ￿ compty the Regulats.￿ ther than in re5pett of the requirement for a true and fair ¥ieYd; b) disdose In Your rewt matters coning to Ytyjr attention duriThJ the examination to vknith, n YoJr qxnion, attentlm should be drawn in order to erkible a woper understarKliw of the accwnts to be reathed. c) make ary Wr￿eTh rep)rt to the tharlty Commlssth In o)mpliance with Sect1￿ 156 of the Act. 3.2 You will plan your work on the bags that an irth￿ert examlrfs report on tr accounts Is requlred for that year. unless we Infomi you In writlng to the contrary. 3.3 You wlll not rdèln ￿ disdose any Snftymatlon obtalDed (knrlng the ctyJrse of your examlnatlon other than to the Trustees, (Y where there Is a Statut￿ (hJty to do so w whtte spedficaty authorlsed to do so In wrttlng by the Trustees. Scope of th• Examlnerfs work 4.1 YLNJr work as an Independent examiner wlll be carried OLrt in aCc￿￿an￿ wlth general dlrertlons of tre Cha￿ty Commissi￿. Your examinatiM will be a less oner(w f(m cl struiiny than an audlt of the accounts In accordarKe with Auditing StsrKlards arKi will ￿d￿de. a) a rewew d the accountir#J records kept by the Churth aThl a cThrlscffi d the accounts wesented with ttr#)se records; b) a revlew of the accc¥Jnts ar1 Con4deraty￿ d any unusual Item(s) or dtsckjsurels) Identtfled. In suth ￿SeS where You Identlfy an unusual ￿em, You wlll seek an explanat1￿ fr(Th us ar#1 may (ary ¥eriflca￿on artd vouchlng w￿￿ureS where You requlre fiJrt￿r clarfification. 4.2 Your wtyk cannot be relled uwn to identsfy C(ca￿(￿l OMI￿On ty in5ignlficant err(, nor to d15C105e breaches of trust or statute, neglert ty fraud whkh have taken t4ace and wlmth the Church has a res￿￿511￿1￿ to guard agalnst, Shoukl You become aware, fty ary reason5, that the accounts may be misleading and we cannot agree approprfate amendments, and You condude that the matttr (annot be adequatety dealt wlth in Y￿r reFth, You wlll not tssue any reFwYt. %%lll wlthdraw frcffi tr eryagement aThl rth Us In writing of the reasons. 4.3 Sh¢yJld Ycdj c(fficlude that the Churth is n( entitkd to exempti￿ fr(Nn an audit of the accounts cff should You be unJtle to reth a condug¢)n on this matter You wlll notify Us in writiThJ of tr* reasc#)& If ap￿ate, sff)u will dixuss with u5 the need to appjint an aLKlitor. 4.4 A5 part of your normal prcKedures, You may request us to written omfimiatkn of any infonnaticffi c eXFAanat1￿S glven by Us cralty duriThJ the C￿jrse d ￿)ur w 5. Fees [EmiER The rok of indeFendent examlrw Is ncrt ￿rnunerated Oli The Churth agrees to pay YUJ £ Up￿ receipt by the Charity Trustees of C(Thp￿ted reFAXt kn the format requwed trrf the tharity Commissi(￿.]. The churth will cover any Lmrt of pctht eynses Incurred In the course of Yow worl(. & Conflrni•tlon This agreement will rem￿Tr effective until it is rethed LY untll Yw cease to hold the prAts￿ of independent examirw. You ￿11 conflrm YcMJr ac￿PtanCe of the teffl￿ rf this agreement ty arrnngry for the Signatu￿ and return of the attathed copy to Us. Examiner,, You., 'Your) Signed on behalf of the Churth 2026 Slgned by or on tehalf ￿ the Examlner Page6of8

Template for Inde￿ndent Examlners report (WI￿re IndePU￿ examlner doÈs nrt wish to hlghllght ny issues) Report ofthe I￿dqp￿dQrt Ex•mlnerfs) to the Tntstw o( On the accounts for the ended 31 I l)T Cg(yeL The thurch's Trust&5 ère reSPLY&trle for the &yeparatI￿ d the The thurth's trustees conlder that an audlt is not required for year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) that an independent examlnatlon is needed. It Is my responsibl￿ty to.. examine the attounts under sert1￿ 145 of the ijwrities ACL to follow the procedures laKI down In the LXreCth￿S g1¥￿ by the Owlty Crffimls￿0n (under sectlon 14515Jlb} of the Charities A¢ and Basll of Indep￿dent •xamln•rfi gtat•n¢rt My examlnatlon was carrfed ￿t h acccrfdarKe Dlrectlc¥s gl¥en tythe CThnmlsslon. An examlnatlon includes è review of accounting rec(Kds kept by the thurth aThl a comparison of the accounts wesented with those recryd5. It also indudes Cc￿S1deratOan of any unusual items ￿ d￿re5 in the accounts, arKI seeknng explanations from the trustees conceming any SLKh mètters. The undertaken do not ￿¥￿'de all the e¥idence that wouhj be requlred In an audlt, and ¢¢￿seqUeth no cylnlon Is gwi as to whethtr accwnts wesert a Irue and falrf 4rfew and the rep)rt Is Um￿e￿ to those matters set wt In the ststement belcMT. Independent ex•mlMe stst¢m•rt Snce the thurch's gross inccAne exceeded £250,L￿1 your examlrw nxtst be a member c a btyjy Ilsted In sectlon 145 of the 2011 Act. I conflmi that I am qualtAed to uNtertake the examination because I arn a memter of [Insert named of apF41cable Ilsted body], whlch Is of the liked bc￿5. (Delete rf Inc(wne 65 less than £250,1￿) In connects'on with my examinats'￿, rn material mth cThne to my )tt￿tkffi whlth glves me cause to beliel that in, any maten'al respect: acc￿n￿ng reccds were ncrt kert In KOXOan￿ vAth sectlon 130 (( the 0￿rItIeS Art or the accounts do not aC￿d wlth the ￿nt[r￿j record5 the accounts do not comkly ￿th the aPF4'cable requirements concerning the ftym arml content of accounts set (yJt In the char￿eS (£c￿Jrft5 and R4vts) Regulatkxts 2rJ)8 other than ffj requiremwrt that the aCC￿nts give a'true and fair view whth is not a matter consmlered as part d an Indep￿dent examination. (If accounts prepared on ￿Cn￿LS basls.) I have come acrc6s no cther matttts In ccmneLtkn wlth the examinati￿ to vthlch attenti￿￿ SI￿￿k1 be dravm In order to enable a Fyoper understsndlng of the aCc￿lIts to be reached. Dekn the ￿ In tlxD tra(*ets If theydo Sgned by or on of the Examiner Name Relevant Profesgcfflal IJJalifKatlcrfs) ty iK•ty (rf any) Address Page7rf8