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2025-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 10 May 2024 To 31 Mar 2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Union Chapel Bath

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1208198 Charity's principal address

Church Road Combe Down Bath Postcode BA2 5JJ

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Jonathan Ikin Pastor
David Beazer Deacon
Chris Stephens Deacon
Peter Addison Deacon
Russell Smith Deacon
Kerry Long Deacon, Treasurer
and Church
Administrator

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Pastor Jonathan (Jon) Ikin

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)

Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted

Nominated by and voted for by the church members Trustee selection methods

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Our trustees are also the deacons of Union Chapel.

We are a small church struggling to keep its doors open with the help of dedicated church members.

As a church, we are currently members of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC).

Section C Objectives and activities

The purposes of the Church (in summary) are:

1). The advancement of the Christian faith as a church in accordance Summary of the objects of the with the Basis of Faith charity set out in its governing document

2). Such other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the trustees, further the work of the Church

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The main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects are:

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)

The Trustees of Union Chapel Bath have all been issued with the relevant paperwork on running a CIO to the benefit of the public.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Union Chapel Bath receives most of its income from voluntary gifts to the charity. We also receive Gift Aid.

On occasion, we also accept a small payment from the local council to use our facilities as a polling station.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Union Chapel has continued it’s weekly worship services every Sunday (11am and 5pm), which are also recorded and put on our web-site for the benefit of others. The services are live-streamed each Sunday via Zoom as a ministry to those who cannot attend in person.

Each week we also run a small Sunday School. This includes a minibus picking up children to come to the chapel from our neighbourhood, by prior agreement with the parents.

In addition to this, we run a youth Bible Study group during the morning service for teenagers who may not be able to cope with the deeper Bible teaching in the regular sermon.

Tea and coffee are offered after the evening service as a time of fellowship and refreshment for the people who attend.

On Monday we run a group mainly for seniors called, “Monday Meeting” which is well attended and much appreciated by those in the community.

Regrettably, we have had to stop our midweek children’s groups and youth clubs due to volunteer difficulties. Although we would still like to have these activities in our weekly program, they will not be returning in the foreseeable future due to our circumstances.

Our Thursday evening Bible Study and Prayer Meeting continues throughout the year.

Also throughout the year we have conducted weddings, funerals and Christmas carol services, plus extra services at Easter.

And on a personal level, we try to meet with individuals who seek spiritual support and guidance from us.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Union Chapel tries to maintain sufficient running costs while also giving to various charities and Christian workers. Further details are listed below.

Details of any funds materially Union Chapel has no outstanding debts, mortgages or loans. in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

As already stated, Union Chapel Bath receives most of its income from voluntary gifts to the charity. We also receive Gift Aid.

On occasion, we also accept a small payment from the local council to use our facilities as a polling station

The expenditure of our income is a testimony to our objectives as a charity (for full details we have a financial statement sheet for this period available upon request). We support one full time worker (our Pastor) so that he is able to facilitate the running of the church, and prepare the necessary messages and meetings. This is our chief expenditure.

But along side this we also aim to give over 10% of our income to other related charities. One good example of this is our giving to The Genesis Trust which is a local charity in the Bath area, caring for the homeless and needy.

We also have to fund the running costs of a building for meeting in (Union Chapel), as well as a house for the minister’s accommodation (the Manse).

We very occasionally make discretionary gifts to those in need or send flowers to those who are facing difficulties in life as an act of Christian kindness.

Then, we could also mention that we run a church web-site and also subscribe to SermonAudio.com which hosts our weekly church sermons, making them available to a wider audience – including those who are not able to join us on Sundays.

Finally, it is worth noting that the costs of running this small church would be higher still, but for the fact that many church members fund things for the different groups privately, bringing things to the meetings which they have already paid for without making any claims. These acts of generosity reveal how much the members of the church share a mutual concern for this work and the people we are trying to minister to, as well as a desire to spare the church some extra costs.

Section F Other optional information

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Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of Union Chapel Bath On accounts for the year ended 3110312025 Charity no (if any) 1208198 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 31110312025. 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. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have 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 Independent examiner's statement I have no concems 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. Signed: Date: Name: WuCTGi￿Js Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Iq AIDCfL QL>AJ (3i4TrK 5P Section B Disclosure IER October 2018