2025-03-31-accounts - Beresford Road Evangelical Church

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Beresford Road Evangelical Church – Registered Charity Number 286941

Trustees annual Report. April 2024 – March 2025

Beresford Road

Without question, it has been a year of seeing how the Lord would provide for the church. We have had a more stable year, in terms of the fact that our regular attendees and members has remained around 15 to 20 on a regular weekly basis. Whilst this has been good to see, regular giving has slowed due to the cost of living, but people have been sacrificial and God has provided to support the activities, the upkeep of the buildings and regular bills.

Cliff Beckett remains our pastor, ministering to the church each Sunday and once a fortnight on a Wednesday for the regular prayer meeting and bible study. He also attends the Monday and Friday coffee mornings to meet and greet and minister to those who attend, particularly those who come to use the pantry on a Friday morning. He does this, whilst still working for himself as a mechanic, supporting himself financially. He continues to invoice us monthly on a self-employed basis.

God has continued to give strength and help to those on the leadership team of the church. The team of four meet monthly to discuss progress and future opportunities. We are still holding our coffee morning drop ins on a Monday and Friday and on a Friday, we still have our community pantry, alongside the coffee morning, which now supports around 50 families.

Sunday morning and evening services have been regularly attended by those in membership and others who are regular attendees, but not members. Meetings continue to be broadcast on zoom, as we still have others away from the fellowship who like to attend; we now have someone in India that regularly comes online to worship with us. The Sunday school continues, but on a reduced basis and only when required. We have very few children in attendance, and this is sporadic at best, but we are always ready for when they are at church, providing them with Biblically based stories and activities.

– Footprints Community Coffee drop in.

This continues at the church on a Monday and Friday morning. It is now well established and well attended. Friday is particularly well attended due to the pantry running alongside.

CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

The formalities of this are now complete and we have officially transitioned into a CIO church. We are now in the process of the solicitors transferring the assets from the old charity to the new. We await the completion of this, which should be done midway through 2025.

A local pantry

We are now supporting nearly 50 families with the pantry. This has been an amazingly positive experience, and we have been able to help many families, not just with food issues, but mental health and spiritual solace. We continue to be blessed by the provision of monetary grants from Government organisations and food donations from local supermarkets and Fair Share. We pray that these will continue, so that we can further help others in need. Saxon House in Ipswich has been a regular, monthly provider of food and non-food items. We have recently learned that their funding will continue, therefore being a source of items for the year ahead.

Building works

We continue to maintain our outside areas and buildings. We have continued to re-decorate areas of the church building to ensure it is welcoming to those who visit. This last year has seen the redecoration of the toilet areas and the entrance and main sanctuary being spruced up, touching in paintwork that has been damaged by furniture etc. We are trying to seek funding to re-surface the

Beresford Road Evangelical Church – Registered Charity Number 286941

car park outside the church. Over the last few years, this has been worn away in patches and is now in need of re-development. We have started a car park fund and have applied for grants to see if we can get help with this. We need around £10000 to complete the work.

Into 2025/26

We continue to seek God’s guidance and leadership as we look forward to another year. We want to explore how, as a church, we can continue supporting the local community and seek guidance as to how we grow and develop as a fellowship, without a full-time pastor.

All matters which should concern the trustees, that are financial, social inclusion, child protection, criminal records bureau, racism and general transparency within the community and in the larger area of Christian unity and fellowship, have been kept continuously under review.

J. Power – Chairman

J. Cartlidge – Secretary _______

cc. All other trustees and Church Pastor

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts •• Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Beresford Road Evangelical Church On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 Charity no {if any) 1210808 Set out on pages One to Three I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust.) for the year ended 3110312025. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible lor the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 1°Ihe 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(51(bl of the A¢1. I have completed My examination. I confirm that no material matters have come lo My attention (other than that disclosed below ') 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 accDunting records Independent examiner's statement 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 oflhe accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the br8ckels if they do not apply. Signed: Date: li Name: io+AK34 LLIV Relevant professional qualificationlsl or body lif any): g( Address: fJkjIl OL 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 brief details of any items that the èxaminer wishes to disclose. IER October 2018

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIANO ANO WALES Ber8sIoTd Road Evangelical Church Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For tho perlod from lApril 2024 To 31th March 2025 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrictsd funds R88tricted funds Endowment funds Total fundB Last year to thg near•5t to ihg near8$t£ to Ihè neare&t£ toth8 ne8ro$t £ to tho ftèarest E Al Receipts Sunday omerings Sale of equipmtrnt Grants 13,308 334 13.308 334 14.184 5,920 6.709 13 5.930 6,709 13 8,000 5,730 Userdordions Olh8rin(y)me 376 Sub total(Gross incomg forAR) A2 Assèt and Investment sales. Ise• table). 13,642 12.652 26,294 28,298 Sub total 13,642 12,652 26.294 2B.298 A3Pa ments Pa$lor 7,2SO 160 2,366 933 7,250 150 7,121 170 Safeguarding Heal. Ilghl, water Telephone F.l.E.C. 2,366 933 2,525 692 547 547 547 Legal fee$ Repairs prernises CCLI LKèn( 1.362 1,362 171 780 466 466 447 In5uraKe Phot(Opy1ng lellowship meal su1Ts Cost of goDds Gifts t,610 72 1,610 72 1,594 1.05$ 203 203 135 135 49 7,008 760 7.QOB 7,550 I.OOD 300 DonalK)n lo mission 325 325 M¥iniènanct 370 370 2.551 840 Travelld4i¥ery Pantry equipment Sundry expense5 8ank charges Chri$imasexp8nse$ Cleanillg otr5ce costs 1,600 32 60 60 50 94 8DO 373 373 Sub total IS,265 9.696 24.961 29,005 A4 As59t and Investment purchases, see table Sub total Totalpayments 15.265 9,696 24.961 29,005

Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers been funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year en 1,623 soo 8.580 7,457 2.956 soo 4,221 6,677 1,333 707 12.801 14,134 13,508 12,801

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrl¢ted funds R68trict8d funds to nearest £ Endowment funds Categorie8 Detalls to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Chuth¢uryenl 8t1 7,457 Footprints 6,678 Total Cash funds 7,467 6.678 lagme baler tECaPtsand payfflgnis attOun$)I Unrestricted funds Restrlcted funds to nearest E Efidowment funds Details to nearest £ to nBare5t £ Fund to whlch 88$etbelong5 Detalls Costloptlonall Cu¥rent value loptlonall Fund to whl¢h as8Ot bplongs DÈtails Cost lopllonall Current value B4 Assets retalned for the Charity's own use SIA Q¢0< Fund to whlch liability r&laie$ Amountdue lopiionall Deta¢ls Whga (Juo loptlonall B5 Liabilities sed by one or iwo trustee5 Oll behalf of all the trustees Date of approval Signature Print Namè

Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers been funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year en 1,623 soo 8.580 7,457 2.956 soo 4,221 6,677 1,333 707 12.801 14,134 13,508 12,801