**To** ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date 1[st] June 2025 Period end date 31[st] December 2025 **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1198165 Aintree Baptist Church **Charity's principal address** 96 Longmoor Lane Aintree Liverpool **Postcode L9 0EF** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rev. G Bentley|Minister||| ||Mr A Pevely|Deacon||| ||Mrs A Pevely|Deacon||| ||Mrs S Sillifant|Deacon||| ||Mrs B Bresnahan|Deacon||| ||Mrs P Copland|Secretary||| ||Mrs J Beazley|Deacon||| ||Mrs L Jones|Deacon||| ||Mrs J McGowan|Deacon||| ||Mr G Harrison|Deacon||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) (C.I.O) How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by church members Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** In fulfilling the purpose, the church will engage in a range of activities either on its own or with others in the community. This will vary from time to time with activities being initiated, expanded or closed as appropriate. (see section 5.1 in the constitution) March **2012** **TAR** 2 ## Activities undertaken:- - Regular public worship, prayer, Bible studies, preaching and teaching - Baptism, as defined in the Baptist Union’ s Declaration of Principle - The communion of the Lord’s Supper - • Evangelism and mission, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally - Nurture and growth of Christian disciples - Education and training for Christian community service **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** - Giving and encouraging pastoral care - • Supporting and encouraging charitable social action in the UK and abroad - Encouraging relationships with and supporting others Baptist churches as well as other Christians - (see 5.2 in our constitution) ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** - We have had our plans passed by Liverpool City Council Planning Office and now waiting to raise the capital for this amazing event. - We became a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) in July of 2022 - We made many contribution to our local food back and Salvation Army toy appeal in 2025 - We support the local food bank on a weekly basis - We Baptised 2 people in 2025, - Church has now become an international church hosting many people from different parts of the world - We have trained our Sunday School, Care team working with the latest Safe Guarding Training March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** All charity reserves are put back into the charity **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially** N/A **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** Please see attached accounts for 2025 You **may choose** to include additional information, where Main income come via personal giving relevant about: Home Mission Grants and the charity’s principal Letting our premises - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); Expenditure As seen on the account - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** ## **Signature(s)** ||**s trustees**|| |---|---|---| |||| |**Full name(s)**
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**Date**|Rev G Bentley|Miss Pauline Copland| ||
Minister/Treasurer|Secretary| |||| |||| March **2012** **TAR** 5 |||**Aintree Baptist Church**|**Aintree Baptist Church**|**Aintree Baptist Church**|**Aintree Baptist Church**|**Aintree Baptist Church**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||| ||||Accounts for 2025|||| |||||||| ||||Year End: December 2025|||| |||||||| |||||||| |Balance Brought forward||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |RECEIPTS||||||| |||||||| ||Plate Oferin|g||||| |||GASDS||4,676.36
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£ 19,051.75||| |||NON-GASDS||||| |||Gif Aid recei|pts|||| |||||||| ||HMRC Receip|ts||||| |||||||| ||Other Incom|e||||| |||||||| ||Letngs|||||| |||||||| ||Donaton for|Mission Caus|es|||| |||||||| ||Home Missio|n Grant||||| |||||||| ||Transfer from|Deposit Acc|ount|||| |||||||| ||Social Events|||||| |||||||| ||BMS|BirthdaySche|me|||| |||||||| ||BuildingFun|d||||| |||||||| |||||||| |Total Receipts||||||| |||||||| |Total Income||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||| |||||||| |PAYMENTS||||||| ||Cost of Minis|try||||| |||Stpend||£ 29,574.96
£ 7,611.96
£ 3,731.64
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£ 3,306.94
£ -||| |||HousingAllo|wance|||| |||Pension Fund||||| |||NI||||| |||Minister's ex|penses|||| |||Manse Expen|ses|||| |||VisitngSpea|kers|||| |||||||| ||Insurances|||||| |||||||| ||Premises|||||| ||Legal Fees||CIO Set up|||| ||New Building|s Costs||||| |||||||| ||Church Utlit|es||||| |||Gas/Water/E|lectric|£ 3,140.37||| |||||||| |||Gas Services|||£ 108.00|| |||||||| ||Bank Transfe|r to Deposit A|ccount||Bank2|| |||||||| ||Mission|||||| |||Home Missio|n|£ 360.00
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£ 472.74||| |||BMS||||| |||School's mini|stry|||| |||MessyChurc|h|||| |||Youth & Child|ren|||| |||Socials/Festv|als|||| |||Toddlers Gro|up|||| |||Website||||| |||World Vision|||£ 316.00|| ||Other|||||| |||Statonary/pr|intng|£ 211.27
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£ 50.00||| |||Fellowshipne|eds|||| |||Equipment||||| ||Subscriptons|||||| |||(BU,NWBA,Fr|ee Church,C|CLI)||| ||Misc. Expend|iture||||| |||||||| |Total Expenditure||||||| |||||||| |Balance Carried forward||||||| ||31/12/25|Deposit acco|unt Balance||Held byBU|| Building account : Natwest Acc2 HMRC Tax Refund Total Balance ## Depost Account Held with the Baptst Union (see atached statement) |Church Deposit Account|10/1/2025|968.32 £ 984.65| |---|---|---| |Interest Received||£ 1.76| |Drawn from deposit||| |Balance|12/31/2025|£ 986.41| |Building Account: Natwest Account 2||| |Opening Balance||£ 40,530.58| |Paid In||£ 921.40| |Transferred from current Acc.||£ 2,406.03| |Interest Received||| |Withdrawn||| |Balance||£ 43,858.01| ## NOTES TO ACCOUNTS |RECEIPTS||| |---|---|---| |1|Letngs|| ||Healthiness Lung & asthma|£ 494.00| ||ACAL|£ 1,840.00| ||First Class learning|£ 1,344.00| ||Slimmers World|£ 1,180.00| ||ILD Nurses|£ 120.00| ||Park Group|£ 93.00| |2|Building Fund|| ||General Giving|£ 1,375.40| ||Personal Donatons|£ 7,066.30| ## NOTES TO ACCOUNTS |PAYMENTS||| |---|---|---| |3|Cost of Ministry|| ||Gross Stpend|£ 29,574.96| ||Housing Allowance|£ 7,611.96| ||Pension - Churches Share|£ 3,731.64| |4|Minister's Expenses|| ||Travel & Materials|£ 328.50| ||Telephone|£ 360.00| |5|Manse Expenses|| ||Council Tax|£ 2,238.19| ||Water Rates|£ 727.39| ||Manse Insurance|£ 341.36| |6|Premises|| ||JB Heatng (new boiler/Rads)|£ 5,433.73| ||Rentokil|£ 1,217.70| ||Shorrock|£ 241.21| ||B Bresnahan - Towels|£ 53.99| ||Skip Hire|£ 264.00| ||Celtc Fire|£ 246.30| |7|Church Utlites|| ||Gas/Water/Electric|£ 3,248.37| |8|Subscriptons|| ||Baptst Union Subs|£ 190.40| ||ICO Data Protecton|£ 52.00| ||Songpro|£ 90.00| ||CCLI|£ 630.86| ||Free Church Council|£ 25.00| ## AINTREE BAPTIST CHURCH ## ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT 31ST DECEMBER 2023 Monetary Assets:Cash Funds - Bank Current Account Deposit with Baptist union Bank Account 2 Other: Tax recoverable under Gift aid/GASDS Non Monetary Assets (at Insurance Valuaton) Church Building ` Contents Total Assets Liabilites Trsf uncleared through bank Total Liabilites New Building Fund Account Opening Balance Receipts Received Gift Aid £ 6,040.32 Bank Interest £ 191.71 Legasie £ 51,241.78 Transfer of funds to Account £ 5,589.86 Just Giving £ 301.31 Easy Funding £ 32.98 Total Receipts Payments Made Balance C/F |||Deposit Account held by the Baptst Union| |---|---|---| |Opening Balance|1/1/2025|| ||Interest received|Mar| |||Jun| |||Oct| |||Dec| |Balance C/F||| Approved by the Trustees of Aintree Baptist Church on: and signed on their behalf by Rev Geoff Bentley (Minister and Treasurer) |**h**|Notes
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