Tnistees as of 31/12r2024.'
Mandy Ashenden
Kate Carver
Owen Goodey
Chris Roberts
Newhaven
Baptlst Chureh
Newhaven Baptist Church General Fund
Charity Registration Number: 247232
Trustees, Annual Report Year Ending 3111212024
Newhaven Baptist Church is a charitable unincorporated association. The Trustees. also
known as Deacons, are chosen from Church Members by a Church Members, Meeting. They
are appointed for an initial three year term with the opportunity to be nominated for
reappointment at the end of each three year term.
During 2024 we continued to pursue our primary objective to spread the message of God's
love and salvation through Jesus, by Christian witness, preaching of God's word and
involvement with and support of members of the local community. Additional activities were
held at Easter and Christmas, including craft mornings and local deliveries of plants and
greeting cards on both occasions. As usual we hosted a Light Stop on October 31 •t
with food
and craft activities, as an alternative to Halloween.
The church Food Bank has continued to expand, which was a blessing in that we could
support the local community in this way, but unfortunate as it indicated ever-increasing need.
We have received a number of generous grants from local organisations. Many individuals
have also donated both food items and money.
We sadly said goodbye to Jac, our Minister, in February this year and started the proc8ss of
seeking a new minister. We trust God to provide us with the right minister, at the right time,
and with sufficient resources to support them adequately.
The church's total income in 2024 was £103,162.88, of which £64,466.73 was donated
directly to the Food Bank. We continue to be grateful to the church members who continued
and even increased their regular offerings during the year, and to the organisations and other
individuals who donated to the work of the churGh.
We were able to let our Manse almost immediately after Jac left, which provided a useful
source of income. and we spent 33% of our general outgoings on improving the propety. A
further 12% was spent on improvement of the church building itself, notably badly-needed
new main doors which were flnanced by a gift from the SEBA Make A Difference (MAD)
project when it was wound up a few years ago. There is still a g￿at need ft)r building
maintenance and improvement, and we are planning this for the near fvture if we can obtain
sufficient grants. Over 46Vo of our total outgoings was spent on local outreach and other
missions, equivalent to 26% of our income. A significant contribution to this achievement was
the large amount of donations to the Food Bank.
As ever, we very much look ft)rward to continued expansion of our activities during 2025,
enabling further Christian witness in the community.
The trustO88 declare that they have approved the report above, which 18 8lgned on
thelr behalf by
2036
Chris Roberts, Treasurer

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Nowhav•n Baptl8t Church
Recei
ts and
ments accounts
To
CC16a
For the period
from
0110112024
3111212024
Section A Receipts and payments
Unr•strictod
funds
Restrictsd
funds
to th• n•ar••t£
Endowment
funds
toth• D••r••t£
Total funds
L••t y•ar
toth• £
fy> th• n•ar••t£
toth• n••r••t£
A1 Recel
Oon4tion•
ForDther cau
Hall use
oth•r
Ofttrln
Tam r•lund8
Man80 ront
360
360
1A10
833
398
833
ross income
AR)
37.71e
6JA47
103,163
89,989
nve8
on
oa
OS,
$80 tablo .
103,163
rn Penslon Contrfbutlon
Contrfbulbn
1,984
S12
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Home MiBBlon P
Lwal Outr•ash
Olhgr Cou$••
Councll Tax
Ef•clddl
Fir¢ Equl
In$uran¢o
Malnlenance. chU￿h
Moinlen•n¢e- Man••
Waterlsowaoe Rale•
Affrfiotion fee$
Other Item8
612
481
212
618
262
2,288
202
4,818
202
2,281
7,191
9,69S
618
m•nt
2S2
618
106
1,229
121
127
1,810
67,978
321
83,737
Sub total
29A24
28.104
Sub total
29,324
28.664
07.978
83,737
Net of rncolpts/(payments)
A5 Transfors bgtwoen funds
A6 Cash funds last y&ar end
Cash funds this year end
8.392
36.793
45,188
13.748
3.247
21.638
2,814
49.606
26,060
71,245
39,807
26.059
CCXX R1 accounts ISS}

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestrlctèd
Restricted
Cat8gorl
funds
funds
to ne•rvJt£
to neare8t£
Endowmant
funds
to nèar8$t£
Detall8
B1 Cash funds
Genar81 Fund
21.638
FO￿ Bank
43,578
Focpj Banwfwkllng don4tion
650
Parents and Toddlaro
Rgstrfcted mffjcelkgneou•
Tea •nd Ch4iGener•l
1.916
Town Coun¢H Grnnt 2021
Unrform 88nk
1.738
Total cash funds
21.638
49.608
bI￿nce0 r•edpti p8ymon
account{811 OK
Unmtrlctod
fund•
to n••r••t£
OK
Re•trf¢ted
fund•
to r¢•ar••t£
OK
Endowment
fund8
to n•aM•t£
00ts118
Fund to whlch
Cuff•ntvilu•
Dotalls
Cosiloptlonall
Fund to vthF¢h
Co•t loptlon•ll
Curr•ntv•lu•
D•talls
B4 A888t8 rotalned for the
charlty's own use
Fund towhlch
Amount du•
Ylh•n du•
Detalls
B5 Llabllltles
Slgned by ono or Iwo trustees on
behaKof 811 the trustees
Signature
Print Name
Date of
ro
al
CH RO rsFJlrs
CCXX R2 8¢counts ISSI

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report
on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Newhaven Baptist Church General Fund
On accounts for the year
ended
31 St December 2024
Charity no
lif any)
247232
Set out in the Receipts and Payments accounts attached.
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3111212024
Responslbllltles and As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
basis of report accounts in accordance with 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 all 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,:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Act. or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter
conSide￿d as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems 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.
Slgned:
Date:
Name:
lan Johnson
Relevant professlonal
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Address:
97 Bevendean Avenue
Saltdean
Brighton BN2 8PE
IER
October 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for
examiners).
Give here detsils of any
items that the examiner
wishes to disclose.
IER
October 2018