CHISWICK BAPTIST CHURCH TRUSTEEY ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS for the year ended 31 Marth 2025 CHARITY INFORMATION STATUS A charlty rngSstered In England; No. 1207402 TrusrEES The general control and adminlstration of the church Is vested In the Trustees who are the Pastor, treasurer and secretary. During 2024125 and up to the date of thls reporl the Trustees were as follows: Stephen Messersmith (Pastor) Jer4ld Bosco rfreasurerl Haiel stevens Iseuetsry) REGISTERED ADDRESS Chlswlck Baptist Churth Annandale Road Chiswlck London W4 2HF Tel: 07533478918 Emall: inlo Ih1swick.church Vleb: www chiswick.church INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Frantts Wilde FCCA. MBA {OPENI: DCM Warner Wilde Ltd. 4 Marigold DrNe Bisley* Wokin8 Surrey. GU24 95F BANKERS Natwest Bank 22 King's Mall King Street Hammersmith London W6 9HW Pa8elof3 CHISWICK BAPTisf CHURCH TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT & AccouNrs for the year ended 31 Marth 2(125 TRU5tEEg REPORT The rnoin PWFQ5e Oft￿ CP4rity 15 tre dGod and the weath1￿ ￿￿￿n￿lIat￿ THE (>IURCH: rr5 AIMS & 08JECllVES Chwick Baptstchuth seeks to be an authentic comffwity 0fthxi￿a1l9kiry fdkY4￿ d Jesus Chrl WftFth*trtd ty the NO￿ %Art ltrrfuly and God ahd wlth Hlrn In rnachlr* out to the Feople ofChig*K* t•tYKI. Thu4 rts FYif*tsrAI F¥xrA)se istht advarvment Christwn faith c£LYding to tr* its b￿. The thuth rn0Y•i￿ •d¥arKe educat*￿ as well as Lmrt otfrw tt4rtsble pJrp(xes in the UL drfternrt pjrtsofthe TWO B•ptistChuffh is •ffif4ttd totr* Felhy*thtpdEwr¥efKal (huth IFIEQ. 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We cont5nued our fina￿la1 suprrtxt las in the armurrts) to eath ol ourfve Iross￿ tIff￿r1e$ arourd the world. Thry seek to thère their Chrixian fa.th thwh VafiOUS Ir￿nS Ind￿1￿ the rehabslitation ofthose sufferir frtrn andlordw al￿￿K)Th as well asthe of othus trvi￿ in extreffle wwlrty dewp4at>on. Page2of3 RK4NaAL REVIEW The churth dernonstrnted res5X￿S11￿e fina￿￿1 5tew•rdthipthwhtyJt the ￿r. ensurin8 resources •re effectr￿￿ all￿￿ted t05UPFOrt ¢yJr rninlstry. Income frnm donatlM4 tithe4 ind other swrces has rern•iAed stea*. while carehjl mawementol expenditures has allowed us to meet our owatonal costs and in key community inrtiat1￿& We ha¥e maintained • ￿llthY rnsep*è In Une th our &naTKhil ￿r￿v. enyJriry 5ustsiMbdity for future ministry. Deswe thallerys kn ihe wlder ecor￿MiC enYironrr*nl are gratEful forthe continued tenerouty ol ourcor•8rrfatlon and supporter has tfi•bled usto fulfil Abr cornmitrnents •ftd 54anconfidentty f￿ the •head. RESERVES POUC The tnthes eststlished a TeseTh*s toenwrethe thuth rernalns finanth1￿ secure ar*d able to meet its ¢)n8oiry mrnrnitrnentk ChJr ojrrtftt reser4w•re malntsined at a leN*l suffKient to cther three mcffiths of e55entiil expenditure. iDcbJdir* the paxorfs m￿1hty s¥pend IE3.160.6L Irdudlni tax and pen￿￿ contributvJn5) rn￿th￿ utifity b'llsft>r electrlaty. and w•ter1£434.401. Th15 po16cy ensures are equwd to haThJle any unforeseen arvJmstan¢e5 or intemiptions to irKome. pn>Y1dI￿ 5tsbifity for the churth's mlntstry 4Thd OFeraticffial need> The tn￿tee$ regu￿rIV wew the reserves to ensurn they remain idequate and in alignment wittra the thurth's fina￿111 re5pon5ibifities and kn8-tem) rt4*ttfves. RNANCIAL STATEMENT FOR YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 The Independent EUM1￿￿$ Rep>t ar¥J tt* Receipts and Payment accounL together wlth the St4tement of Assets and kn"•ts"filSe& are5h(￿n bth DECLARATION The Trustees dedare that thry apprTh*d the abm Trustee< 58ned on bEhalfof the (hnty'sTntsteeL" SI￿ed Full Narne Strthn Lamont Messersnyth PosStion Pastor & Chairof Tnjstees Date 10 kn 202r Pa8e3of3 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** > **Report to the trustees/** Chiswick Baptist Church **members of On accounts for the year** 31 March 2025 **Charity no** 1207402 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 - 3 - I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/03/25** . - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records - I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Date:** 05/12/2025 **Signed: Name:** FJ Wilde **Relevant professional** FCC DChA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 4 Marigold Drive Bisley Surrey GU24 9SF **October 2018** 1 **IER** ||**Chiswick Baptist Church**
**Charity Name**|**Chiswick Baptist Church**
**Charity Name**|**Chiswick Baptist Church**
**Charity Name**|**1207402**
**No (if any)**|**1207402**
**No (if any)**|**1207402**
**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|01/04/2024
Period start date|**To**||31/03/2025
Period end date||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**4,595**
**432**
**8,865**
**73,318**
**-**
**80**
**35**
**87,325**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**87,325**
**11,541**
**8,974**
**12,750**
**11,059**
**4,742**
**33,113**
**3,541**
**778**
**2,095**
**3,766**
**17,497**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**109,856**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**109,856**
**- 22,531**
**-**
**33,256**
**10,725**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**-**
**-**
**-**

**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**4,595**
**432**
**8,865**
**73,318**
**-**
**80**
**35**
**87,325**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**87,325**
**11,541**
**8,974**
**12,750**
**11,059**
**4,742**
**33,113**
**3,541**
**778**
**2,095**
**3,766**
**17,497**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**109,856**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**109,856**
**- 22,531**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Gift Aid|**-**||||||**10,695**| |Love offerings|**4,595**||||||**6,535**| |Miscellaneous-EDF and insurance|**432**||||||**3,684**| |Missions/Christmas special|**8,865**||||||**5,980**| |Tithes & Offerings|**73,318**||||||**58,842**| |Transferred from Covid Fund|**-**||||||**1,690**| |Miscellaneous hall rental|**80**||||||**-**| |Miscellaneous reimbursements|**35**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**87,325**||||||**87,426**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**87,426**| ||||||||| |Utilities|**11,541**||||||**13,375**| |Manse utilities and maintenance costs|**8,974**||||||**3,804**| |Other costs|**12,750**||||||**3,765**| |Maintenance and upkeep|**11,059**||||||**5,396**| |Church insurance|**4,742**||||||**3,564**| |Stipend|**33,113**||||||**32,366**| |Legal andprofessional|**3,541**||||||**1,504**| |Events|**778**||||||**1,348**| |License and subscription|**2,095**||||||**1,707**| |Pension|**3,766**||||||**3,177**| |Giving|**17,497**||||||**17,622**| |Repairs and replacement|**-**||||||**-**| |Website and live streaming|**-**||||||**-**| |Kitchen and food|**-**||||||**-**| |Benovelent|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**109,856**||||||**87,628**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**87,628**| ||||||||| ||**- 22,531**|**-**|
**-**||**- 22,531**||**- 202**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**33,256**|**-**|**-**||**33,256**||**-**| ||**10,725**|**-**|
**-**||**10,725**||**- 202**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 08/01/2026 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
Natwest General
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**10,725**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,725**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Jerald Bosco
Steve Messermsmith|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Jerald Bosco|03/12/2025| |||Steve Messermsmith|**05/12/2025**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 08/01/2026 2