EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH SCARBOROUGH
## 2025 Annual Report
**Ebenezer Baptist Church, Columbus Ravine, Scarborough YO12 7QZ Website:** https://www.rockofhelp.org.uk Email: ebenezer@rockofhelp.org.uk
## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period**
**From: Period start date 1[st] January 2025 To: Period end date 31[st] December 2025 Charity name: Ebenezer Baptist Church Scarborough**
**Charity registration number: 1202746 Company number: CE032015**
## **Objectives and activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The principal purposes of the Church are:-
The advancement of the Christian faith
according to the principles of the Baptist
denomination.
The Church may also advance education and
carry out other charitable purposes in the
United Kingdom and/or other parts of the
world.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The charity provides and maintains Ebenezer
Baptist Church and its church hall for the
purposes of holding regular public acts of
worship, including religious instruction for
children, young people, people with learning
difficulties and adults of all ages in the main
services.
General pastoral
support,
discipleship,
teaching and encouragement are through our
home groups and fellowship groups and we
offer prayer support through our Prayer Chain
and Prayer Ministry Team.
Through our Missionary Support programme,
we help finance those training for and
working in evangelism both at home and
abroad, and local charities working to support
those in need.
Our church hall is made available to local
residents and community groups at a modest
rent.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that they have had due
regard to the guidance published by the
Charity Commission on public benefit|
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Mission Support Policy**
Ebenezer Baptist Church Scarborough will
give 20% of voluntary income (offerings plus
gift aid) to Mission outside our own church
setting and ministry.
Our aim is to advance the Kingdom of God,
as envisioned by Christians, locally, in the
UK and worldwide. We will do this by giving
to organisations and individuals that:
a) Preach the Christian gospel and
bring people to Christ
b) Support people practically where
they are in need|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Not applicable|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|None of our activities could run without the
dedicated volunteers who give generously of
their time, talents and money to carry on the
ministry of the church.
We are so grateful for those doing practical
jobs like making tea, cleaning and
maintaining the buildings, operating
audio/video and streaming services,
maintaining the website and FaceBook
pages, producing the newsletter,
accountancy, banking and other
administration work; also those preaching,
leading services and leading worship; those
teaching and leading groups, those
welcoming, pastoring, discipling others and
all of us supporting one another in our
Christian journey.|
|Other||.|
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## **Achievements and performance**
||Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|We believe that this has been a successful
year for Ebenezer Baptist Church because
there have been several significant
achievements:
1. Increase in membership: The number
of members has declined in recent
years due to several factors including
the COVID pandemic. However, in
2025 we reversed this trend by
increasing the numbers from 76 to
85, an increase of 9 (12%) which is
very pleasing. Having more members
means of course that we can reach
out to our community with greater
effect.
2. Our members have always been
most generous in their giving and this
has enabled us to increase our
financial support for Christian
outreach/mission both at home and
abroad. It is particularly pleasing that
we can give strong financial backing
to The Rainbow Centre in
Scarborough which offers help to the
most deprived residents of
Scarborough.
3. A great deal of work has been carried
out to the Church building, the
Church Hall and the Manse to ensure
that the premises are safe, attractive
and fit for our members and guests to
use.
4. The Leadership Team consisting of
Elders and Deacons has grown so
that we now have three Elders and
six Deacons. The number of planned
Leadership meetings that support the
running of the church and the
important quarterly Members’
Meetings has increased.
5. There has been an increase in the
use of the Church Hall for social
activities supporting mission. These
activities include:
•
Friday Supper Club
•
Faith on Friday lectures
•
Men’s breakfasts
•
Barn Dance
•
Crazy Golf|
|---|---|---|---|
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||Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|6. Junior Church, (often called Sunday
School) offered during our Sunday
worship service (10.30 to 12.00 ) to
younger people in the congregation,
has three age groups. There is a 0 to
5 group and a 5 to 11 group that both
meet in the refurbished hall. The 11
to 17 group has returned to The
Underground. We are praying for an
increase in the number of
children/youth to regularly attend.
There is also a newly formed youth
group meeting from 4.30 pm to 6.00
pm in the Church.
7. Members meet during the week in
house groups to further sustain their
mission. The number of groups
increased in 2025 which is very
pleasing.|
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## **Financial review**
|**Financial review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Our reserves are comfortably above the
minimum reserve, and voluntary income
increased by 12.7% this year.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Because the church relies on donations, its
income cannot be guaranteed, so it is
important to have some working capital to
meet its regular expenditure. As employers
of staff, the church needs to be able to
guarantee that they can be paid, even if
income dips temporarily.
It is unlikely that the church’s income would
cease completely within a short space of
time. There may however be various
circumstances under which it could be
reduced.
In the event of the church having to make
staff redundant, the church should have
sufficient funds to pay any office holders
and/or employees made redundant their
salaries and associated costs for the full
term of their notice.
The reserve is currently set at £25,000|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|The reserve at 31.12.2025 was £36,437|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|None|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|We are an independent church, dependent
on our congregation for finance. £121,225,
which represents 93% of our income, came
from individual donations and Gift Aid.
Additional income comes from the letting of
church premises to local groups &
individuals.|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Our investment policy is to invest any
surplus funds in deposit accounts which
provide benefits to support the Baptist
Church, the wider Church family, or the local
community.|
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|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|We believe that our Safeguarding & Data
Protection policies, employment contracts,
volunteer agreements and risk assessments
for activities are sufficiently robust to protect
employees and volunteers and the people to
whom we are ministering. We also have
Health & Safety and Counter-Terrorism
Policies min operation.
We have Trustee Indemnity Insurance cover
to protect personal liability for actions carried
out in accordance with their constitutional
responsibilities|
|---|---|---|
|Other||None|
## **Structure, governance and management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document:|Para 1.25|Trust Deed and Constitution last amended
on 22nd January 2025|
|How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|The Trustees of the church are elected by
the Church Members, as set out in the
Church Constitution.|
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|New trustees are trained according to the
guidelines issued by the Baptist Union and
the Charity Commission. Training for
Trustees, paid staff and volunteers continues
through attending suitable courses and
events arranged by the Baptist Union of
Great Britain, Yorkshire Baptist Association
and others.|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|We are an independent church.
The Trustees of the church are the Minister
(ex officio), Church Secretary, Treasurer, the
Elders and the Deacons, all of whom are
elected by the Church Members.|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|We are members of the Baptist Union of
Great Britain and the Yorkshire Baptist
Association, and are affiliated to the
Evangelical Alliance.
EBC is a member of Churches Together in
Scarborough and we join with the local and
regional networks of New Wine for prayer,
training and equipping events.|
|Other||None|
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## **Reference and administrative details**
|Charity name|**Ebenezer Baptist Church Scarborough**|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|**1202746**|
|Charity’s principal address|**Ebenezer Baptist Church, Columbus Ravine,**
**Scarborough YO12 7QZ**|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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10|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Rev. John
Gleghorn|Minister|||
||John Games|Elder|||
||Joanne Baker|Elder|23.04 to 31.12.2025||
||William Holmes|Secretary (Chair)|||
||PhillipGott|Treasurer|||
||Jane Taylor|Deacon|||
||Anna Welford|Deacon|||
||Billa Duggal|Deacon|23.04 to 31.12.2025||
||PhilipNixon|Deacon|23.04 to 31.12.2025||
||Janet Wilson|Deacon|01.01 to 23.04.2025||
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
> **Director name** None
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
|---|---|
|**Yorkshire Baptist**
**Association Incorporated.**||
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity
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## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||
|Accountant|Anna Wiffen FCCA
FMAAT|Ashby Berry Coulsons Chartered Accountants,
2 Belgrave Crescent, Scarborough YO11 1UB|
|Legal
Property &
Trust
Officer|Ann Chesworth|Yorkshire Baptist Association Incorporated
17-19 York Place, Leeds LS1 2EX|
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**Not applicable**
## **Other optional information**
**None**
## **Declarations**
**The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**
|**gned** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**|**e charity’s trustees/directors**|**e charity’s trustees/directors**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Signature(s)**_W.Holmes_
_Phillip R Gott_
**Full name(s)**William Paul Holmes
Phillip Raymond Gott
**Position (for example**
**Secretary, Chair, etc) **Chair & Church Secretary
Treasurer
**Date**25thMarch 2026|_W.Holmes_||_Phillip R Gott_|||
||||Phillip Raymond Gott|||
|||Chair & Church Secretary||Treasurer||
|||25thMarch 2026||||
|||25thMarch 2026||||
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||**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Ebenezer Baptist Church**
|||||**1202746**
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||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||||||
||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date||**To**|Period end date||||
||||1st January2025|||31st December 2025||||
|||||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
||**to the nearest**
**£**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||
|Donations|**100,187**||**-**||**-**||**100,187**||**94,968**|
|Gift Aid|**21,038**||**-**||**-**||**21,038**||**21,627**|
|Grants Received|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**7,899**|
|Income from Charitable Activities|**2,418**||**-**||**-**||**2,418**||**638**|
|Other TradingActivities|**5,406**||**-**||**-**||**5,406**||**4,986**|
|Investment Income|**182**||**-**||**-**||**182**||**2,948**|
|Other Income|**1,190**||**161**||**-**||**1,351**||**1,094**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**130,421**||**161**||**-**||**130,582**||**134,160**|
|||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**_Total receipts_ **|**130,421**||**161**||**-**||**130,582**||**134,160**|
|||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||
|RaisingFunds|**417**||**-**||**-**||**417**||**205**|
|Paid Staff and Volunteers|**47,291**||**-**||**-**||**47,291**||**82,826**|
|Other MinistryExpenses|**4,559**||**-**||**-**||**4,559**||**8,194**|
|Mission Support|**23,890**||**-**||**-**||**23,890**||**21,000**|
|Premises and Equipment|**42,760**||**-**||**-**||**42,760**||**88,335**|
|Administration|**6,465**||**-**||**-**||**6,465**||**6,563**|
|Governance|**874**||**-**||**-**||**874**||**2,016**|
|Other expenditure|**-**||**260**||**-**||**260**||**475**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**126,256**||**260**||**-**||**126,516**||**209,614**|
|||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**_Totalpayments_ **|**126,256**||**260**||**-**||**126,516**||**209,614**|
|||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**4,165**||**- 99**||**-**||**4,066**||**- 75,454**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**- 99**||**99**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**32,371**||**-**||**-**||**32,371**||**248,826**|
|**Manse Sale and Purchase**|||||||**-**||**- 118,572**|
|**Transfer to Hope Whitby CIC**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**- 22,429**|
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_**|**36,437**||**-**||**-**||**36,437**||**32,371**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Categories Details funds funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds CAF Bank Current Account 3,336 - -
CAF Bank Gold Deposit Account 12,994
Community First Credit Union 20,036 - -
Petty Cash 71 - -
Total cash funds 36,437 - -
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s)) OK OK OK
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets None - - -
Fund to which Current value
Cost (optional)
Details asset belongs (optional)
B3 Investment assets None - -
Fund to which Current value
Cost (optional)
Details asset belongs (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Columbus General Fund - -
charity’s own use Ravine, Scarborough
Ebenezer Baptist Church Hall, General Fund - -
Columbus Ravine, Scarborough
Manse at 25 Scardale Crescent, General Fund - -
Scarborough
Note: The above properties are held in - -
trust by Yorkshire Baotist Assocation
Furniture, Fixtures & fittings in Church General Fund - -
& Hall buildings
Computers, audio/visual, musical and General Fund - -
other equipment in church premises
Fund to which Amount due When due
Details liability relates (optional) (optional)
B5 Liabilities None -
Signed by one or two trustees on Date of
Signature Print Name
behalf of all the trustees approval
Phillip R Gott Phillip Raymond Gott
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## **Fund Reports**
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Income & Expenditure by Fund
Year ended 31st December 2025 General Fund Church Lights Mustard S Others TOTAL 2024
Income and Endowments
Donations and Legacies 99,532 300 355 100,187 94,968
Gift Aid 21,038 21,038 21,627
Grants 0 7,900
Income from Charitable activities 2,164 253 2,417 638
Other trading activities 5,407 5,407 4,986
Investments 182 182 2,947
Other Income 1,190 161 1,351 1,094
Total Income and Endowments 129,513 300 608 161 £130,582 134,160
Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities
Fundraising Trading costs 417 417 205
Ministry: Paid staff & volunteers 47,291 47,291 82,826
Ministry: other expenses 4,141 419 4,560 8,194
Mission Support 23,890 23,890 21,000
Premises & Equipment 42,593 135 32 42,760 88,334
Administration 6,431 34 6,465 6,564
Governance 873 873 2,016
Other Expenditure 260 260 475
Total expenditure 125,636 135 485 260 £126,516 209,614
Surplus/Deficit for the year 3,877 165 123 -99 4,066 -75,454
Brought forward balance 29,704 2,667 0 32,371 248,826
Transfers to/from -99 99 0 0
Manse Sale/Purchase 0 -118,572
Transfer to Hope Whitby CIC 0 -22,429
Carried forward balance 33,581 165 2,691 0 £36,437 32,371
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## **General Fund**
Our total income was £20,513 more than was budgeted. Donations increased by an amazing 12.7%, giving us an extra £15,290 this year. Receipts from events were £1,964. Letting of premises earned £5122. We received a £1,190 insurance claim for storm damage.
Our total expenditure was £16,636 more than was budgeted, mainly due to the roof replacement and refurbishment of the church hall upper floor, which cost £15,948. We also had storm damage to the guttering, which cost £1,290 (£1,190 received from Baptist Insurance).
The work to upgrade the manse was completed with UVPC Fascia, Soffit & Gutter costing £660 and a new Electrical Consumer Unit £527.
Fellowship events cost £1,460 and Outreach Events £769 (ticket sales of £1,964 received).
Thanks to the increased giving, we were able to increase our Mission Support from £21,000 to £23,890, giving an extra £770 each to Baptist Mission Society and Home Mission, £200 each to The Rainbow Centre and Westway Open Arms, and £1,000 to the fund to support Baptist ministry students displaced from Spurgeons College when it closed suddenly.
Equipment purchases included a mobile scaffolding tower £880 and an additional coffee machine £252. The cost of lighting and heating was £9,754.
Administration costs included Church broadband £1,058, Software £762, Licences £2,111, printing costs £1,308 and subscriptions £666.
Governance costs included auditors’ fees £828 and Trustees’ expenses £50.
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## **Church Lighting Fund**
This fund was created to provide illumination for the church at night at an estimated cost of £610. This is being achieved through internal floodlights.
Donations of £300 were received, and the floodlights cost £135.
Wiring and installation costs are yet to be invoiced; any deficit will be met from the General Fund.
## **Mustard Seed**
We were grateful for legacy of £350 from the late Janet Gordon, a former member and Mustard Seed leader. Members’ subscriptions for the Saturday meetings were £253.
Ministry expenses were: meals & refreshments £362 and resources £57. Equipment purchases were £32. Administration costs were: Stationery £6 and Postages £28.
## **Collections for Other Causes**
Mustard Seed support a child at the Stepping Stones Orphanage in India, a charity based in Scarborough, giving £20 per month (plus an additional £20 this year). Members are invited to make a contribution to the cost, and any shortfall is made up from Mustard Seed funds.
This year, £161 was collected and £260 was donated to Stepping Stones. The difference of £99 was transferred from Mustard Seed to balance the fund.
**Budget for 2026, as approved by the Church Members’ Meeting on 21[st] January 2026**
|**Overall Charity**|**Overall Charity**|**General**|**Church**|**Mustard**|**Charity**|**Budgeted**|**Actual**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Budget for 2026**||**Fund**|**Lighting**|**Seed**|**TOTAL**|**2025**|**2025**|
|**Income**||||||||
||Donations andLegacies|95,640|0||**95,640**|85,200|**100,187**|
||Gift Aid|21,360|0||**21,360**|19,800|**21,038**|
||Grants||||**0**|0||
||Income from Charitable activities|0||150|**150**|150|**2,417**|
||Other trading activities|4,300|||**4,300**|3,900|**5,407**|
||Investments|100|||**100**|100|**182**|
||Other Income|0|||**0**|0|**1,351**|
||**Total Income**|**121,400**|**0**|**150**|**121,550**|**109,150**|**130,582**|
|**Expenditure**||||||||
|**Expenditure on charitable activities**||||||||
||Raising funds||||**0**|0|**417**|
||Ministry: Paid staff & volunteers|50,500||50|**50,550**|47,550|**47,291**|
||Ministry: other costs|4,400||600|**5,000**|6,100|**4,559**|
||Mission Support|23,400|||**23,400**|21,000|**23,890**|
||Premises & Equipment|43,000|315||**43,315**|26,700|**42,728**|
||Administration|7,000||100|**7,100**|7,100|**6,463**|
||Governance|1,300|||**1,300**|1,300|**907**|
||Other Expenditure||||**0**|0|**260**|
||**Total Expenditure**|**129,600**|**315**|**750**|**130,665**|**109,750**|**126,515**|
|||||||||
||**Surplus/Deficit for the year**|-8,200|-315|-600|**-9,115**|**-600**|**4,067**|
||Transfers to/from|-150|150|0|**0**|0||
||Brought forward balance 1 January|33,581|165|2,692|**36,438**|32,371|32,371|
|**Carried forward balance at 31 December**||**25,231**|**0**|**2,092**|**27,323**|**31,771**|**36,438**|
As our reserve carried forward from 2025 is £11,438 above our minimum reserve, the Trustees have authorised the go-ahead for the refurbishment of the church toilets in 2026, at an estimated cost of £20,000. We also need to replace the large screens in church, which have served us well for nearly 10 years and lay new flooring in the upstairs rooms and steps in the hall.
To pay for these projects and to cover the general running costs of the church, I estimate we will need to see an increase in regular donations of around 2.5% this year to maintain our reserve at £25,000.
Phillip Gott, Treasurer
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## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Ebenezer Baptist Church Charitable Incorporated Organisation (‘the CIO’)**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 December 2025
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in
accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the CIO’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the
Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity
Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## Signed: _Wiffen_
Name: Anna Wiffen
Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies (if any): FCCA, FMAAT
Address: Ashby Berry Coulsons Chartered Accountants, 2 Belgrave Crescent, Scarborough YO11 1UB
Date 26/03/2026
Ebenezer Baptist Church Scarborough Annual Report 2025
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