REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBEIL, 12001811
Report •f the Trusteoj w
UD•udlted FIMw¢lal Ststem¢Dts for the Y¢Ar EAde¢l 31 Mir¢b 2025
f•T
Birrrs FREE CHURCA
B20 LÉmited
Ch¥rt¢Ted certifi￿ Accountyity
Clwwell Hou¥¢
Wilsom Road
Alton
HauJpshir¢
GU34 2PP

BUTIS FREE CFttJliCH
C•nttDts of th¢ Flun¢l*l staten￿nts
for the Ymr Eoded 31 Martb 2025
P¥ie
RtPOTt orth¢ Ththtees
lthpelldeRt ExwMJ•er'$ Report
Stgternent of FlJthDd•l Aetlvlth•
B*1￿¢¢ She•t
otes to the Fth•oth1 Ststements
D¢tAlled Stllement olFln•o¢l*l A¢th4t

BIJTTS FREE CHURCH
Rtyort ofiat Tnute•5
for the Y¢•r Ended 31 MAr¢k 2•23
The trwtees prtttnt their rqm with the financial ststtmems of tbe charity for the ye4T ¢nde4 31 Ma￿h 2025. The
In￿tee5 hav¢ adoplcd the provisioD$ of Accountin8 an(t R¢port¥ng by ChoTitic8'. Statement of R#omm¢Dd¢d Pr4ctice
applicabl¢ to chafÉties prep8rth8 th¢ir aCc￿nts in acufflda￿e with th¢ Ftn&nC1￿ Reportin8 a￿lIcable in the
UK and Republtc of Ire]attd (FRS 102) (effeLtive l JAttvory 20191.
Objerttvey Almi
The PTinripa] objective of the Churcb is to advance the Chtwtiln falth in the Statem¢￿ of f*ith of The
Fel]owsbip of IThdr￿n&￿tE￿i[￿l]Ca1 I)u￿h¢s.
Sl¢nlfl¢Ats¢ *¢¢lvltl
As part of thllreBch illto th¢ local community, the Cltwch holds a term time meetinK w¢¢k for yO￿g people.
and a rnottthly m¢¢¢ing thTougbout th¢ y¢ar. Theye methin85 illc1￿ suitsble ¥iip¢r¥i5cd acltviiies as well as releyznf
t¢xhing iwa•l ¢Jn the Bible. The Church 3180 holds •44•y holiday club during the tsujju￿ holiday.
ID addiiiott kn the nornwi %rvice8 ott A SundAy* Ihe chu￿TrI AE80 holds. 8 w¢¢kly pray¢r wnd BibIe8N￿y. 8nd a bivweekly
meeiing for the retyred The Pastor takes a morJ¢hly s¢N¢¢ in • rerireftJen( homE, attd alAo visits a nULnEer of the lo¢
primary sch¢Jols to le•d Collective Wwship.
membe￿ are itLYit¢d to tyke &ervtCES ill Dthtr ¢hwchcs. Thi5 iDclude8 8 chuwh io a nthy viltage where a couple of
mcmberJ preach sevuol i¢m¢sthTuughoutthe yw.
bl1¢ b¢#¢flt
Ttj plattftin8 th¢ Chw¢h'g ￿tivItie4 the TTU¥tscs have applied ihe 8uidw¢ on publi¢ benefit issur¥J by the Chldty
Commisyion.
ACH￿vEm￿yTs AND PERFORMANCE
ChArft#bk *ctl¥ltks
The Church ¢OEJtinucs to be actively involvrA wth othtt lo￿] clwr¢lLt8 IL the operation of PJlott FO￿£bB￿k which is
&ffili&tcd to th¢ Truseell Tntst king th¢ main natio￿1 8nd respthd FoodbBnk ID ihe UK 80me 1.4(Xl Foodb*Tths
n4tionwide. Alto￿ Foodbank is q>er8*d by Alton CbrI￿ls￿ CaTC Sort￿ of the ar¢ members of ButLS
Fr¢¢ Cthw¢h.
The Cbur¢h tODtinu¢s to provide financial to a Charity th&1 is workiti8 ID the Middle F•st Wit￿ tn particulBr.
diSadVar￿Sed chiEdren Bnd since 2014 kn been pkrti¢vlJrly ictivc in assistin8 thos¢ ith Lr¢ refv8tes from Conflid
W4T, aThJ which *Y)rk is r¢¢ogniacd a￿d supw)rtcd by respectuj intcrnÉtional or8&nisaion8.
The Chur¢h a150tontlnu￿ to gjpport * hi￿1¢ In￿itllte in Porty891.
Bulls Free Clturch now h05 ¢)ne fijll tiJn¢ PD5tor servin8 the atur¢b the wider and he
WAthI)th¢r Churth, Mi#is*n w PmVAde rniaththes within th¢ of Alton and sUrrOts￿i￿ villa8e&
As s¢¢n a￿Ve. thc ch￿￿h continues to havc an intctcM in outreach locaSly. natiO￿lIY, and internationally, andaims tsi
8iVt 25Yo of its income to thiTd parties with sirnil&r aitns to thAt of the Church its¢lf.
FINANCIAL REVJEW
ReRrves pojfi
Th¢ TNst¢¢s' policy to moilltaiti i pnthnt l¢v¢l ofreserve4 with it5 on8oiD8 &etiVLtie
FUTURE PLANS
The TTUStees intent to ¢ontinue ewrnt aims of ￿VIn¢1￿8 the chri￿1￿ fatth it the towts of Alwn and beyottd
STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMEF4T
Governlng docrmellt
Th¢ Ch￿"ty is a CJ]aritsbk ]llcorporat&l 0¢82Ui5atio4 at the Ch￿?ty CommiSSiOD OD 25 Au8u¥t 2022, atsl ts
¢ontrolled by • constitt%tion and ¢hurch balldbook.

BtrrTS FREE CHURCH
Rtp>rt of th¢ Trnjte
rw th¢ Year EAd¢d 31 March 2025
STRVCTIJRL COVERTr4ANCE AND MANAGXMENr
OrgjDl￿t5Dn*l strycth
The Churth i$ 8overn¢d by its Mini5tcr. TnEStee$ #NE El¢¢ted Officers w]y) me¢t n8ularly ¢0 s¢t policy aThl review
a¢tiviti¢5 of the Church in th¢town of Alton.
REFERENCK AND ADMINISMTEVE DETAILS
Re815ttred Chgrity ￿mmber
1200180
PAnelp*l *ddre4s
14 NoTthanger Cltsst
Altotl
HAmpshite
GU34 2BH
Trwtees
RCY B Burge
Prof¢ssorJ 8v4ns
Mrs J Taylor
S Wan¥ick
DrP West
Mrs R Wut
P DuDaJ (app)inted 26.11.24)
IBdepeDdemt E¥*wltter
Carolin¢ Scull FCCA
B20 LÉnJitcd
Ch&rteTed certifi￿ A¢cowir•rtts
Cfrarwell Etouse
Wilsom Roxd
Atton
Hampshire
GU34 2PP
Approvedby oknof the IA)trd of tnwteeB s)tt... .
arthl 8t8Otd ¢)n i(5 bchaif by..
Tnty - P.A.Txj￿w1.
P88e 2

IBdtptDdent Ex¥mth¢r'$ Rep•rt t• ¢b¢ TT•ittu of
BUTTS FREE CHURCH
14depend¢nt exirntDeV• report to the truiie¢• ofBwrrs FREE CHbRCII
I rerA)rt to ihe chan.ry trLL8tees on my txamittatitsn of th¢ accouits of BLYTS FREE CHURCH (the Tru811 for th¢ year
31 M￿ch 2025.
R￿POnsIbl￿tIe8 aDd report
8 the charity tnL%tets of th¢ Tn]st you are respDllsibie for the pr¢paraEion of the with thE
tr¢ments of th¢ Charitie8 Affl 2011 {'th¢ Ad'}.
T repjrt tn Tt8PXt of my ex4miMtion of the ac¢ounts c4ftied oui S¢¢iiou 145 of the Act and in c•nyin8
outmy exwMiJWion I have follow￿ 011 •ppJic*ble Directions given by th¢ Chwity Commi#ion ￿der Seaion 145{5)(b)
of th¢ A¢L
I bv¢ comple*d my examin8tion. J cwfirni that no material matters havt c¥)me w my 4tt¢tytion in cormectb)n vrith the
¢xaminattDts 8ivingmc ￿U5¢ to believe ith 4lly mthrial re4pecL
B¢¢OUlltin8 were notkepi in F¢SM of th# Trp]K￿ rpquired by Secrion 130of th¢A¢c or
the a¢¢outsts (k> a￿9Td with those records.. or
th¢ do not cthnply with th¢ applicable requirements concernin8 th¢ forJJ 4nd of xcounts
out iti the C￿￿rItIc¥ IA¢counts Dnd Reports} R£8u18ti0NS 2￿8 other than any lequireme￿I th¥ thr 8iY¢
true and fairvt¢WF4hich i8 TrJt o m&tt¢r ¢onsidcr¢d as part of an independent ex￿￿1￿li1¢￿.
I hllve Do Concffl￿ and]4v¢ actOa5 DO oth¢r mdl¢rn ill CQDD¢Gtsoll wrth thc rxamimtion to Attuiiott 8hwld
be drawn in thi5 let￿ in ord< to enable a prnperundtt*￿8 orth¢ a¢¢￿￿ to btTeached.
CBrolin¢ SKull FCCA
B20 Ltmi*d
Chartered Certified A￿)Untants
ChoTwEII House
Wiknm Road
Alton
GU34 2PP
ID.9. 203S.

BUTTS FREE CHURCH
St•t¢mentof FI￿￿￿1 Actlvltleg
for tbt Year Ended JI Mgreh 2025
31.3.25
Totsl
funds
31J24
Total
funds
Untestiict¢d R¢¥tric¢
Ixitmtions and lew.
8lJ58
15.049
96,607
83.165
Tothj
99.804
EXPENDITURE ON
69J73
2275
71,848
74.044
370
570
800
Totsl
NET INCOME
14612
12.774
27,386
10369
Gainslllo&wl ott revAIuBtion of fixed awts
Net Iiiovim*Dt kn
14.612
11774
27,386
(31)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Totej ffijnds brow for
96.585
38JOI
134.786
134817
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
111197

BVThS FREE CHURCH
B11￿ce Sheet
31 M*r¢k 21)25
31.3.25
Totkj
fu
31.3.24
Totsl
Unrestrict¢d R¢strtd
funds
CbTrREP4T KSSEIS
Deb￿
Cash aibaok
17,147
17.147
146.402
15.430
120 453
112.469
51.080
163.549
135,883
CREDITORS
Amounts f#lliDg¢th]e within oft¢ y
(12721
(105)
liJ77)
{I,097)
ET CURkKNT ASSETS
162 172
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CUKRENr
LL4BILITIES
111.197
50.975
162,Ir2
134.786
NET ASSETS
b'w¢strittyi fullds
111.197
96.585
38
TOTAL FUNDS
rttwi¢i8
slate￿￿ts w¢r¢ approved by thc BO￿ of and aythori8ed for i&we on
%0 ¥%and were si8kryJ ¢)n its behalfby..
Th￿lee- P. A.r￿N
PaBe S

Birrts FREE CHURCH
0¢¢$ to the FIBAAdal St#tememts
for the Yt4r Ended 31 M4rtb 202S
ACCOUNTINC POLICIES
B*sts ofprepllrkng ihE IlTrand•l #•¢¢ments
The financial 5t8tmenrs of th¢ chariry. whith is a public t£ncfJt wtity under FRS 102, bec￿ pr¢p8red in
8ccord8nc¢ with the Cknritie5 SORP IFRS Its2) 'Accouttting Reportiti8 by Charities.. Stst¢ment of
Recommend￿ PraLuce 4ppJicable to rh4ri¢ies prewiag their acc4)unts io a￿OrdanCe with the FiDaucial
Reportill8 Sthnikni appliabl¢ in the UK And R¢public of Irela[￿ (FRS 102) leff¢ctive l Janu8ry 2019),.
Fin￿¢18[ Reportitig Siandard IQ2 The Financiol Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of
Jr¢J4nd' and th¢ Ch*iti¢s Act 2011. Thc fiDalltiA] $tykm¢n¢s h&ve prewd ullder the cost
onv¢iiiio
ID¢om*
AU ittcome is ￿08￿￿ed in th* Ststsment of FirwDrio1 AttivitieB oll¢e th¢ cknrity h&8 Mtttlmrnt to the fimd4 it
is prob&ble th&t the Èncome will be rettived and the amouDt measurul reliably.
Li#bibties Ère rccogwsed 88 expenditw¢ as ￿ott a8 tb¢re is a legal or C0tt8tyu¢tiv¢ obligation ￿mmItt1n8 th¢
charity to thai exp￿d]hI￿ it 18 wobable that H ttllnjfer ofe£onomi¢ ben¢fit5 will be reqllired in s¢ttlemeDt and
the amount of th¢ obl?8JtiOt2 C4D b¢ meA5ured reliably. ExpendiDJre is aemurtt¢d for on an accruals bksis •nd hAs
b¢£D cjassified uth(kr PL￿1n8$ that a88F¢88r¢ all co81 reJAte4 to th¢ ￿tegOry. Wber¢ c(m ￿nOt be di￿1[Y
attributed lo pAnicuknr hcadings th¢y hllve beell allocated to 8rtsvitk¢5 on a I￿SIS COngi$frpt with the use of
Grants off¢r¢d subject to wndttioDs which not md at the y¢•r ¢rMLdAte llre noted 98 •¢omrnIkn￿t but
nor accrtrd as Cxpenditure.
T*xAthin
Tht Charity 15 • from lax OD its cknit8bkactivitiek
Furtd *cwuntlDg
Unrestricted can be tssed in a￿0[dance with th¢ clwitable objectives at the discretion of th¢ trus*4s.
Restricttd ti2nds cAn only be for tmrtbcu1￿ restrirted purt8)ses within th¢ objects of the ch4tity.
Re$tri¢tions ari3e when 41￿lfi￿{ by the d(Mwor when fLtnd¥ ¥TP i$1Rd for pw¢icu]arTtstri¢tod Pu￿08e&
Furtherexplanalion of themtwe and pu4x)ge of ¢ach fuThl 18 in¢luded in th¢ io the 8th*Mel￿.
LYVESTMEF4T INCOME
31J.25
31.324
tkt#)sit*vcount itimrest
TRUSTEES. REMUNERATION AND BENEFrrs
TheT¢ were no remuftmiioTr OF othtt b¢tt¢fits for the year 31 March 2025 thor for the year ermled
31 Ma￿￿ 2024.
There weTr no ￿￿(ee$, exp¢t￿$ incurr￿1 io the ￿(Orn￿e of th¢ir dutits a$ tru6*es FAid tr ¢be yeaT ende41
31 March 202J wr for the ye•r ¢ndcd 31 M3T¢h 2024.
Pa8e 6

BirrTS FREE CIIURCH
for the Yt4r Ended 31 m￿ch 2025
DEBTOR&. AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WrTH￿ ONE YEAR
31.3.25
31.324
Odw debtOTi
16.427
720
15,430
CREDITORS: Amour￿[8 FALLING DUE ￿TIll￿ ONE YEAti
31.3.25
31.3.24
MOVEMEP4T IN FUNDS
Not
At
31.3
1.424
Geoeraj fu]Ml
71,585
14,612
86.197
96J85
4.612
111.197
DevelopmeDI
Paswra] fulld
Youth work
hlwion fikod
36.841
75)
780
37,621
750
12.$84
20
20
38
TOTAL FUNDS
134786
movesnent in Ill¢lUd￿ ift the abov¢ fyre ths follows..
Incomin8
R¢xiurc¢$
Ttsollrces rxpmded
Moverneni
in funda
UDrtthkted
84,755
170.143)
14.612
Restrkknd f•ndi
Developnwrt ftslld
Youth work fund
780
69 ￿￿75)
75
TOTAL FUNDS

BufTS FREE CIIURCH
Notm to the Stst¢o)¢llSi- ¢ontknutd
f•r th¢ YeAr End¢d JI 2025
MOVEMENf IN FUNDS- tontlnlled
C•nbPT*tfvu for In fund•
Ne¢
At
31J24
At 1.423
in fiuyjs
u1trestrk¢￿ fttthd8
Gen¢r81 futtd
71.486
99
71.585
96.585
R¢itrlrted fundi
DfjY¢lopment fiffid
P&stora] fLtt)d
Youth wtsrk fimd
Mission ftujd
36.061
750
1.500
20
36.841
750
S90
20
1910)
130
38
TOTAL FUNDS
311
c￿tiVe odmov¢mtnt ity fiwd& iti¢ludtd in ¢b¢ #bove 4t¢ 49 follo￿..
R￿0￿r¢¢$ G4ins MovcryJ¢nt
10s8es
in fvnds
Unrutrl¢t¢4
Genernl
(72305}
{ioJooi
Restrlcted funds
D￿lOPMent fiumt
Ytkuth fund
Missiott futhd
780
780
19101
19101
1639
130
TOTAL FIJNDS
10
74 8441 ￿)
RELATED PARTY DISCU)SURES
Thor¢ wcrt EK* ￿lated psry for thty¢tr ¢￿d 31 March2025.

Burrs FREE CHbRCH
D*talled Statement •f Flmllttsl Acdvlthi
forthe Vt•r ERd¢d31 MArth 2•25
31,3.25
31.3.24
67,WJO
12.280
66.724
780
Don8ti0tss
Gift aid
9&607
83,165
85.113
EXPENDITURE
ChaTtt•bl¢ attlvlth•
Wases
36.870
40,896
iiooo
361
420
372
420
S￿drI
ltst¢rDftuon￿ miuio•
l20
870
71,848
74.044
Gowergthllee colts
Accountsncy and Iwl fe
570
8Tr)
Tothl rr4ource8 ex
N¢t IDtome
io