BAGLEY
BAPTIST
CHURCH
ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS
2024-2025

CONTENTS
2 Trustees, ann￿[ report
3 Independent examlner's rekwjrt
4 Recelpts and payments
5 Statement ofAssets
6 Notes

O*y Baptist Churth
Charity number
The charity was ￿￿stered as a Charitable IrKorporated AssOc￿tiL￿1{aoI wfrth Charity Commi5Ston
for Engtand and Wales. number 1199127 on 30th May 2022
BaBley Church transitioned to 00 status 1st Ortober 2023
Governance
The Charily Is govemed ￿ the CIO c¢nstrtution in the appro¥ed fornmt for churthes that are members
of the Baptist Union of Great Britain
Paul Jac Elder
Mark AF Elder
Julle HaiTreasurer
Rose Walker
Wllllam Smart
8enjamln Jacobs
Bagley B3Ptlst Church
Baglev
Wedmore
BS28 4TG
8ank•rs
Lloyd$ Bank PLC
The Ctroperative Bank
P Jacobs
Trustee
For arKI on behalf ofthe Trustees
J Hardi
Trustee

ANNUAL REpoirr FOR 2024. 21125
Bagley Baptist churc￿ Co]dt￿￿ Lan¢, BagJey, BS28 2TG, is in¢orwtrMed U[￿r a Charitable DeeAI of Trust.
The Chur¢h registered &8 a ¢lwity (1199127) with the Charity commi￿on for ET¥land Wales.
The Church Office T¢leplKKK Numlv is 01934 710779.
'IThe Church, which is affiliat￿ io the B4rti5t unt￿ of Great Britain and Ireland and the West of Eng]and
Baptist Associati￿ aims to upb)Id the Decla￿lon of Priwiple of the aforesaid Baptist Union, which is..
That OLf Lord and SaviourJ¢sus ChrisL G(￿ manifest in flesh is the sole aryl absolut¢ authority in a]1
matters pertaining ts) faith and Pwti￿ &8 reveal￿ in the Holy S¢riptwes. and that chU￿h has
litrxrty. under the guidance of the Holy SpiriL to iirtwt and thinister Iris LAWS.
That Christian Baptism is the immetsion in wa*r in the Name of the Father. the Son and the Holy Spirit
of those WI￿ have prOf￿￿j repentance towards G(MJ and faiih in our IA)rd Jesus Christ who died for our
sins accoTding lo the Scriptures: was burioj and rose 288in ￿ th¢ thiThl day.
Every dis¢tple to bear ￿rsOnal Wit￿ to the G(wl of Jes￿$ Christ and lake part in the
evangelisali(N) of the world
Objects
The Cl]arity is governed by an Apwoved Governing tknument which stst<4 that the PrI￿1PaI purpose of
Ihc Charity is the advancemeni of the Christian faith a￿Ording lo the principles of the Baptist denomination
including the advancement of e￿￿ztio￿ c(xnmuniry service a￿1 other general charilable purp(w in 5u¢h
parts of the United Kingdcrfn and the world as th? Church shall deterniine.
Our Vtslon:
To spread the good news of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. We liv¢ to serve Jesu& and for Him to be at
the c¢ntre of all that w¢ are and do. We desire to E¢ a light on a hill. growtng logth and sttvins our lo¢al
communities, founded tx) the Word aThJ loj by ihe Spirit. for the glory of the Father.
Alms
Jesus is [￿rd. We aim for jes￿ to be at the heart of we are and all we do Is a churclL We ￿lIeVe that
Jes￿8 is rey￿ed th￿ug￿t IM)th the Word and the Spirit. prea¢hing and teaching is fouNled on the
scriptLres. We seek io give space for Holy Spirit to oFrr3te freely in our activities
Di8¢1pleJhlp: We aim for tsch p￿n belongs to Bagley to ￿ an apwentice of ￿s￿- To know
jes￿ to IKcome more like Him aThl to do the things He did.
We encourage everyo￿ to Purs￿ their discipleship throW xtiviti￿ that Jesus modelled to the first
disciples such a5 prayer, kTh)wing the 5cTiOwe4 f&4in& building community, ge￿Ity. Itospitality. servin&
solitud< sabbath arKI wiintss
We provide opporhmilies to grow tlwough worship. teachin& ¢olleclive prayer. studying the
scriptiw ￿tnE part of a community of believeT& edting toget￿r. Serving and witness

Cburth Community". W¢ aim to build a PWMJSeful. famity community where everyon¢ feels vall1￿1
and is evthbled to grow and use their gills for the I￿efIt of th¢ wlK)le IM)dy.
We are a gathered group of p￿le Eathul￿ togetkn at Bagley lo be equip￿1 aThJ e[￿oU￿￿g￿ to
se￿¢ our I(￿1 ci)mmunities:
We seek lo build community thr￿ regular opp)rtimities to S￿nd time and eat together su¢h as
¢hurch lunche4 summer BBQ& rnen aNI women's even￿ annual weekend aways and camps
We encowage everyo￿ to Lr C￿￿¢101 to a small
We ¢ncoutage everyo￿ lo use their gifts and talents
Mi&8lon.' W¢ aim to equip each otlw to be effertive ami￿￿$ and witsxsses for God in the
communities we are called to live and work in.
We encourage everyone to be salt aTrJ liglrt in their c(rnunity
We aim for our ser4ices to be a welcoming and safe pl￿e for new cthners
We offer 'open accw, activities i￿ludIng Wednesday Coff¢¢, Hub Youih Club, Alpha courses etc.
We a¢lively support key mission activities I￿1￿11ng Iris Ministries Glastonbury, Aid to Albani￿ CAP.
Chrisltan Institu¢ Kids Club Kam￿14 Compa&s1o￿ IEN and Partnetship in Mission (loca] Baptist mission
projects)
At least of our church inc4xn¢ will go to local. national and world mi&8iOft
We will swrt iTrJividuals F*rticipatin8 tn mission OF1)Qrti￿t1e8
Maln Fo¢uJ of Ae¢fvl¢les
We have been encowaged to see An on going growth tn those ¢ailing Bagley their hom¢ ¢hur¢h. Our
Membership has growrs from 63 l&st year to 71 this y¢ar. We are delightsj to have p)ple of all get￿￿tionS irt
our churth family.
A5 a nr81 church that gathers people from 5urrouThling villages a￿1 tow￿ mid.week small groups are a
priority for LL8 and we ay¢ pleased to see that t￿se groups are well supported ovtt all. This year we hav¢
followed more sys*m￿l¢ teaching on a Sutxlay Morni￿ with many small grow)s disc￿￿1ng this tea¢hing in
their weekly meettn
Ouryouth worker continwj to develop th¢ link with our I{￿ middle f£hool is involvrAJ in mentoring
as well &8 assemblies. The regular church ysxrth gwup enjoyed a resid•)tial weekend at a l(Kal Chrtstian
centre also attended a national Christian youth festival.
Our n]ain building has b¢en open for 18 years and so this year we have had to invest in renewing or updating
some of our tyuipment and facilitie& We aTe also in of rep￿￿)$1￿8 our old church i￿1]dIng into a
youth space.

ey Bamtst Churth
for the year ended 31AB24
I report to the tDJStee5 on my examlnation of the acc￿rrtS of the chanty lor the year ended 31.03.24
Rttponslbllltles and basls of report
A5 the charity's trustees, you arÈ respon5tble for the preparat￿￿ of the accounts in accordance
wlth the requiren*nts of the Charities Art 20111'the Act'l
I report in respect of my examlnation of the T￿￿t'S accounts cathed out under sectlon 145 of the 2011
Art and In carryFng out my examinatlon I ha￿ followed all the applicable Directicffis given by the
Charlty Commission under sertion14515llbl ol
I￿ndent examlnerfs stalem•nt
I have completed my examlnation. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection wlth the examlnation whlch ouse me to believe that. In any material respect=
al the accounting rÈovds were not kept In accordance sertion 130 of the Charlties Act: or
b) the a¢counts dld not accord wt¢h the accounting records.. or
cl the ac¢ounts dld not ¢ornpty wlth the applicable requiren*nts concerning the form and
content of accounts a5 set OLrt in the Charities IAccounts and Reptsrtsl Re8vlatlons 2(N)8
other than any requirement that the a¢¢ounts give a 'irue aNI f&ir' view, which is not a
matter considered as part of an Independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come aCTOSS no other matters in coftrEction with the examrnation to whlch
attention should be drawn in thls report in order to enable a pioper Understandi￿ of the accounts to be
reached.
Sl8ned
14J. ILI 20Lf
Name
LYN8ei S4+pw FCCA

GENERAL FUP40
6 mnths
2024
A￿lpts
Offethn&s
Spedal offerings
Grant from Wedmore Po*r Cw
Sale of assets
Sowreign
Donations
FIT solar
Inte￿st received
.071.41
2.750.
44.509.15
4,770.CKI
s,(￿.
116.17
3.847.33
3.06320
1,685.40
2￿70
98.6￿.71
92.99
MIS￿lIa￿e¢￿S Rec￿￿.
Income for #ctivbtles
shOe￿X sh¢)p
Sale of ￿rdS
Net as$et5 transferred from 8agley B￿st Church
11,170.45
404.35
856.26
39.85
142,525.66
TOTAL INCOME
EXPENDITURE
110,235.51
201,857.41
Gl¥lng
6,856.50
3,964.OJ
urch Property C￿ts
27,434.%)
11,062.52
Mlnlstry
3.335.31
2.283.39
I.￿9.91
3(Kl.22
30,528.27
14,087.92
expendllure for •dMtie5
12.773.PJJ
1,568.68
MlscellaMou&'
672.62
L738.44
83.691.31
35,LI)5.17
NEf IDEFIClfl SURPWS
26.544.20
166.852.24
76.526.40
.325.84
Cash & ba￿(aS at 3113n¥Net 355ets as at3113124
116,870.C
90,325.84

Bqley 8aOi5t Chwth
Statement of assets and liabilities
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I Cash at tran*￿d In hand
Lloyds PLC-current
Lloyds PLC-deposit
Ctrop- current
CTrop deposlt
Cash in hatKt
9,679.91
27.35
80,030.83
25,281 C
2,126.63
117.145.80
275 16
116,870.64
12.258.87
1.017.73
27,153.45
25.(IX).IXJ
2,348.20
67,778.25
180.00
67.598.25
Less owlry re oll loan
Total cash at bank and Sn hand at 31nns
Of the total cash at bank and in hand the T￿￿teeS have agreed to set aside th? following
Unrestrlcted reserves..
Heat pump replacemeni
General working capital ￿Serve
16.OCi)
Other assets and Ilabilltl¢s
Glft Ald to iedairn
23,395.CKI
23,463.44
Ll•bllllles
PAYE
NEST
1.035.21
599.35
136.50
735.85
1.035.21
Net assets as at 3V3n4
.325.84
Capltal re5er¥e
Equipment
Fixtures & fittin8S
46.245.06
30,281.34
76,526.40
46.245.
30.281.34
76.S2&40
Theseflnanc
P Jawbs
Fora
on behalf of theTrust
J Harding
Date".

Notes
Receipts and payments accounts conts¥n a summary of money re￿Ned and money S￿￿￿t
durin8 the perlod. together with a ￿st of assets and liabilities at the end of the period.
2 Trustees, remuner*l¢)n
Trustees received no expenses, remunerdkn.on or benefits during the perk)d.
XJ24
3 61vl
Regular
Specific
3.150.(KJ
3,706.50
864.00
3,100.C()
3.964.
Repairs. renewak and maintenance
Llttle Church retu
Equipment
Electroclty
Water
Cleaning and consumables
Insurance
8,824.01
8,425.50
3,916.52
4.547.01
476.36
1,639.22
3,182.80
27,434.90
6,CQl.96
142.88
I,LKII.16
11,062.S2
5 Mlnlstry
HL*g iosts
Llahthouse
Gifts to speakers etc
In house events
Pastora
Other
219.75
353.88
250.1))
1,861.99
199.69
450.fAI
3,335.31
444.90
9.68
928.81
2,283.39
6 Admlnlstrnkn tosts:
Office
Book5 and resources
Subscriptions
218.89
125.10
1,745.92
25.85
274.37
2,￿ 91
31XJ.22
7 Expendlture foractS¥ltle&'
mitle5s, Hill House etc
12.773.80
1,568.68
8 Mixellaneous:
WEBA Home Mlssion
Baptist Unson
Legal re CIO
Mileage
Training
Bank & card fees
391.C
290 40
19B.88
354 08
4.08
1,738.44
330.th1
270.02
70.(XI
672.62