Southcourt Baptist Church
Southcourt Baptist Church Trust
Report and Financial Statements
Year ended: 31 March 2025
Registered Charity No: 287821
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Contents
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Report of the Truste8S
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Independent Examiner's Report
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Statement of Financial Activities
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Balance Sheet
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statement of Cash Flows
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Notes Forming Part of the Financial Statements
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South¢ourt Baptist Church
rt of the Trustee
for the Year End d 3
025
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March
2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of
Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their a¢¢ounts In accordance with the Financial
Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effe￿1Ve 1 January 2015).
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Charity Number
287821
Principal addres$
40 Penn Road
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
HP218HW
Trustees
Rev D Graham
M Roge
M Burridge
L Manktelow
B Foster
G Bithell
E Appenteng
(Lead Pastor) - stepped down February 2025
(Financ8 Vision Leader)
(CLT)
(new CLT recruit from May 19th 2025)
(new CLT recruit from May 19th 2025)
(new CLT reGruit from May 19th 2025)
(new CLT recruit from May 19th 2025)
Custodlan truste•
The Baptist Union C¢)rporation Limited
Baptist House
PO Box 44
129 Broadway
Didcot
Oxfordshire. OX118RT
Bankers
HSBC, 8 Market Square, Aylesbury HP20 1 TW
Lloyds, Old Bank. 1 Market Square, Aylesbury HP20 1TD
Nationwide Building Society, Kings Park Road. Moutton Park, Northampton, NN3 6NW (both accounts
closed from Jun8 2025)
Metro Bank. 45 Market Square, Aylesbury HP20 2SP
Soll¢ltors
Carter Lemon Camerons, 10 Aldersgate Street. London. EC1A 4HJ
Independent Examiner
A J Bennewith FCA, FCPA, FFA, FFTA, FIPA DChA. FRSA
Upper Ground Fl¢)or, 18 Famham Road, Guildford, Surrey. GU14XA

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Structuro, governance and management
The charity is conlrolled by its goveming document. a deed of trust dated 1 Augu$t 1983. and is an
unincorporated charity. The ¢ustodlan trustee. thè Baptist Unlon, delegates total autonomy in the
govèming and running of lh8 church to the trustees, with voting on important decisions taking place at
hurch partners. meetings.
The Central Leadership Team {CLT) is appoin18d by a me8ting of the church partners and together, in
accordance with the church's constitution, are Chosen to assist the Lead Pastor in the spiritual and
operational leadership of the church. The CLT usually become trustees upon appointment and are in
office for three years. Unfortunately, due to financial constraints, w8 havè n88d8d to make our Lead
Pastor redundant. This took place on 6th December 2024. with his notice period ending on 5th
September 2025. In the meantime, he was able lo secure employment at Headington Baptisl Church
and so his employment ended on May 31st 2025. The church is now being run by the CLT as a leam
a￿hOUgh we do have an Associate Pastor, James Henson, who does the majority of the speaking on a
Sunday and leads the CLT when they meet. James, role is changing in September 2025 as he formally
starts his Baptist Minister training. At Ihis point. his rol8 will change to Minisler-in-training.
Trustees must be exSstlng church partners with speclallst leadership skills often demonstrated in roles
outside the church e.g. roles within the business sector. When recruiting new trustees, the existing
trustees must all agree upon the choice.
The church management comprises the Central Leadership Team and the trustees. Currentty. there are
no paid trustees due to Ihe Lead Pastor leaving. There are six unpaid trustees, who. along with the rest
of th8 CLT, cover all th8 diff8r8nt aspects of th8 operations such as administration. safeguarding, IT, and
health and safety-
A separate finance team is responsible for managing and budgeting the church's financial affairs with our
Finance Vision Leader, Mark Rogers having overall oversight of the finances. The annual budget and
any rnajor changes to finan¢e policy arè approv8d by the CLT￿ruStees.
Regular meetings are held with all staff and the CLTltrustees and cover operational as well as longer
term planning relating to the vision and forward strategy of the church. James Henson continues lo be
our Associate Pastor, Liz Zealey is our Operations Manager and Charlotte Baldwin is our Pre-school
Lead6r. Lou and Graham Clarke head up our Bridge the Gap Food Bank, which is fully funded from grant
monies, to run our very busy fcwxl bank. Hannah Lowe 1$ our Fundraiser to ensure that we can continue
this valuable work.
Risk Management
A risk register is operational and is on the agenda at each CLT meeting where appropriate.
Objectives and airns
The charitys object, as stated in its deed of trust, is to further Ihe Christian gospel.
Public bonoflt
When planning the charity's activities for the year. the trustees have considered the Charity
Commission's guidan¢e on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on charit18s for the
advancement of religion. Some of the PLJblic benefit services that we offer as a church, open to all.
include Sunday worship services, children's work (including pre-school education), youth work,

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parenVcar8r and toddler groups, small social groups. a food bank, debt management, and a community
drop-in Cafe to serve the food bank guests. The Sunday Se￿iCe is al$0 streamed on Youtube.
Assoclatlons
The Church Is a member of the Baptlst Union of Great Britain to which it pays an annual subscription.
The Bridge the Gap food bank works very closely with Aylesbury Food Bank (part of the Truss811 Trust)
who provide food boxes for our guests. In addition we work with a number of agencies who provide othèr
support to our gu8Sts such as financial and family support. The church d08s not receive any financial
support from any organisations thaL it is ass(xiated with.
Achlevements and perforniance
Worship and Discipleship
The church has one main Servi￿ that takes place every Sunday at 10.30am which is also streamed
online. We also meet together in small groups (Lifegroups) on a regular basis. This is a very important
part ofour ¢ommunity and we currently have 5 groups in operation. This is in addition to a Men
Gathering group, Tea Break (our monthly group sharing life together through good company, tealcoffee.
cakes and board games} and a womèn's group (Yada). The vision for each Lrfegroup is to grow a
community of people investing in each other's lives with a common passion to seek God, grow together
and reach out to others. In th8 past year, we have seen 6 baptisms and 1 dedication of a young child.
W8 currendy have 63 partners who are asked to recommit 8V8ry November at our AGM. This approach
ensures that our partners are current, active and invested in the lrfe of the church.
Children s Work
Children have been and a￿ayS will be a fundamentsl core part of our life at Southcourt Baptist Church.
As it stands all of our work with children is completely volunteer-led and we are so incredibly grateful lo
all ofour wonderful volunteers who work incredibly hard to do all that they do. We truly could not do any
of this wsthout them. We continue lo pray for a breakthrough in this area of church life, for a new
volunteer leader to support the teams, and release vision and creativity in this area. We run an All Age
Servico once a month where everyone can get involved from the youngest to the oldest. The Ark group
for parents and toddlers continues to run thanks to a brilliant volunteer team. as well as Sunday
momings three times a month across our Iwo Sunday mornin9 children's groups. Finally. we gather for
SBC Family Lunch after the all-age service as a way for the whole church tog8th8r to gather as one big
family. This has been well attended and become a great connection point for many. as well as a great
way to do lrfe together as a church family.
The Treehouse Pre•s¢hool stsff have continued to work realty hard to ensure the setting is Constantly
moving forward, striving to provide outstandin9 Care for all the children and their families.
To ensure we dèliv8r th8 Utmost care and SUPFQrt for our children and their families. w8 are constantly
updating our training profiles, and conducting monthly meetings to ensure all staff are aware of any new
govemrn8nt guidelines.
We are at our maximum capacity for the summer temi with a waiting list should any children decide io
withdraw théir place at the prevschool. We already havè 10+ children confirmed to start with us in
Septembèr. With the new guidelines coming into place for 2-year olds to re¢elve 30 hours in September
2025 we will be monitoring our intak8 closely.
To accornmodate our 30-hour funded 3-yearwolds we started a breakfast club from 8.30am. This has
been extremely successful.. the number of children has increased even more in the moming with our
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Buckinghamshire Council, and Sharon from the Eady year's advice team have really helped the team
gfow in ¢onfiden¢e. wth regards to Ofsted readiness (receiving a GOOD in Feb 2024).
One of our Deputy Managers attends PIP group meetings where she has re¢8ived lots of guidance and
support whi¢h she feeds back lo the team regarding new ideas, CPD and updates on the curriculum.
As we continue to have a large intske of children with SEND and sp88ch and language d81ays. the
SEND advice team has been available to help support the team with regards to paperwork and funding.
Due to receiving extra funding through the SENIF we have set up a 'SEN Group Time Shed. to support
the chiklr8n on their individual18aming pumeys. Not only has this provided a quiet space for some of the
children, it has also helped the team condud group times in a smaller area. giving all the children extra
learning resources to promot8 th8ir development.
We continue the arrangement whereby the Holiday Acttvities and Food Programme (HAF) use our
Setting to do arts and crafts as well as soft sports for young children. We are grateful for this partnership
which is in line with the elhos of our s8tting as well as bringing in valuable income.
With our numbers growing we have had to employ new members of staff, who have fitted into their new
roles tremèndously. We have lots of hope for the future and we will continue to develop our setting with
new ideas, and ways to potentially expand the business to accommodate future childcare changes.
Young People
This year has seen so much exciting growth in the lives of the youth at SBC. We are so thrilled to be able
to share how the youth work has chang8d over the last year and is thiiving.
There have been some interesting changes to the structure of the Youth Ministry this year, with a bit of a
"re-brand. whl¢h we'll take you through in a mom8nt. But all areas of the youth ministry seem to be
thriving. with young people regularfy attending all groups and engaging more and more, whatever their
agè or stage of faith joumey.
Changes Started with the younger youth °Explore° group which had been struggling for some time to
grow. The decision was made to pause this group after Ihe summer of 2024 in order to rethink how the
group could run in a way that would increase engagement. This process then led to rethinking of how th8
youth work as a whole comes across to those not involved in the runnlng of It.
For some time, the tagline of SBC Youth has been: "creating spaces where young people can thrive."
And this is a goal we are certainly fulfilling year after year. There are 6 spaces that we Currently make
available to young people. And each of these spaces is purpose built, yet cohesive within the wider
youlh ministry. And it was felt that this unity should be reflected in the presentation of the spaces.
HUB Netwo￿ is the name given to describe how the youth ministry all links up.
Youth HUB- outward facing communty youth work. For rnany of our young people this is their first taste
of life at SBC. It's simply a fun and safe space to hang out on a Friday night. Through Youth HUB what
we've started to see is that a young person might hear about another of our groups or thè residential,
enabllng relatlonshlps to deepen and splrftual curiosity to grow.
Sunday HUB {previously Sunday youth) - This group hasn't changed much since last year. Our latest
series. however, was incredible fun! Over the last few months we've had a number of guest speakers
from the church community join the youth on a Sunday morning to share their life stories. This was
followed by with the youth. It has been so 8ncouraging to remove generational barriers and fostèr
relationships belween the young people and the adults in the church.
Hollday HUB (Satellites) - fed by several youth groups, so we take a mix of churched and unchurchad
youth. For many this is the highlight of the year, and always a time where we witness huge growth in
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greater crossover. In August 2024 we went to Satellites and had a tremendous time (see picture beb)w).
Over the week we saw the young people really step into their element and open up to each other and to
God. We have seen dramatic lasting effects in many of lh8 group since returning. Th8 silent disco and
fancy dress were also a bonus!
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Blble HUB (previously known as Explore) - This is our in-p8rson younger-youth group. There's food,
games, and group discussion about life and faith. We've been experim8nting with the structu￿. trylng out
limited courses with short tim&frames. We're now at a point where we could have the group running
full-tirn8 during school term dates which is exciting.
Open House- Our in-person youth group for sixth forml¢ollege students (or equivalent) and uni
students. h has continued to be a place of exciting discussions about God, th8 Bible, and faith. There
has been regular opportunity for the young people to take more of a lead in this by taking on the
facilitalion of Bible studies and dlscussions. We were able to put on a training session to enable them to
all thrive and lead these discussions with confidence.
Mentor HUB - this is less 8 $paee and more a programme. In the start of 2025 we started some
intentional mentoring relationships belween some of our k8y youth workers and the young people. tt is a
less official fomi of mentoring and enables the older youth to receive vital spiritu81 input and form
stronger relationships with good adult role models.
Online HUB - There are 2 key aspeds to this newer area of our youth work. We have a youth Discord
server which hasn't grown as much as expeded. but this is partty due to a lack of advertising and
communication around it. There are plans over the summer to revamp this and potentially use a different
media ¢hann81. When we have this online space being used frequently by our young people it will allow
for discipleship to occur all week-long outside of our In-person groups!
The olher side of the youth ministry online is our social media platfoms which are seeing incréased
engagement from those that follow them. We have started posting several times a week on Ihese
platfomis and putting out a range of content such as: mini faith messages, comedic conlenl (both original
and repurposed memes), posts about our youth groups. events coming up, and footage of youth groups

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in action to gNe people a flavour of what they are like. This might be someone's first exposure to any sort
of Christian content, which is why it's designed to be as engaging as possible, and something that young
people especially would be interested in watching.
Finally. we are looking forward to some exciting prospects in the pipeline fow our youth. We have plans to
involve young people in content creation as a way of making the youth ministry more student driven and
letting our young p80pI8 take ownership. Additionally. we have a Young Leader programme up and
running being supported by regular training days. After a recent training day, we now have plans to
further release Ihese young people into leadership opportunities and responsibilty.
There is so much to b8 grat8ful for at the end of this last year and so much to be excited about for
2025126 for SBC Youth. watch this spacel
Neighbourhood
From May 2024. Brldge the Gap Food Bank has remained busy due to rising costs & the econornic
crisis. The fwd bank now only opens on a Friday but our hours have extended so we are able to support
our clients. We launched a weekly Wedn8sday drop, BTG Drop4n, in January 2024. where our cliénts
Can a¢c8ss help from our team & partners. It is also a safe place, providing words of encouragement for
those who are facing ¢halleng&s and in particular need. As the year progressed we ¢ontinu8d to be busy.
numbers for the food bank increased and we are seeing new cllents on a weekly basis. We have
ceived generous funding Ihat has been gratefully received. Donations were rac8iV8d from The
Rothschild Foundation, Neighboudy, Fairhive, Bucks Council, The Souter Trust, Garfield Weston,
Thomas Hickman, Freemasons, Heart of Bucks, Helping Hand, Aylesbury Rotary Club, Shanly
Foundatlon & Clare Foundation. The generosity of our benefactors has enabled us to provid8 essential
food such as freezer items. fruit, vegetables, bread, eggs and washing products in addition to our nomial
food parcels. At Christmas. we partnered with chI￿eM Toybank and distributed toys, books and gifts to
our families. Our Communlty fr8e Cafe l event, BTG Extra, now opens at present ￿l¢e a year on a
Saturday offering a free lunch and activities. Be￿een 60 - 80 people are Currently attending this event
and we are pleased to be able to offer this service. W8 have also had several fund raising events, a quiz
night & Fun Day which were enjoyed by all.
The Community Financial Support Sorvi¢e has conlinued four mornings a week. including the weekly
drop in, throughout the year. The service has helped 66 different clients - 20 men, 40 women. and 3
Couples. Many of the clients need ongoing support so, in all. the service has conducted 220
appointments, an average of 5 a week. There has again been a wide range of financial needs supported.
The DWP has embarked on a further programme of transferring peopl8 who were in receipt of
Employment and Support Allowance onto Universal Credil. Helping clients with the formalilies is quite
time consuming and clients do not find it easy having to get used to a new system and having to be
prepared to follow instructions carefully.
Two special highlights for this past year..
One client came into our food bank and literally collapsed on the flcK)r clutching a letter from a local
Housing Association, advising it would be repossessing their hom8 in 10 days, time, making a family of
four people homeless. After meeling with the client. we managed to speak to a senior contact at the
housing association and between us we managed to agree on a way foward, $0 saving the clienys
home. We then accompanied the client to the Millon Keynes court lo get Ihe repossession order
annulled. The joy and relief was very evident bringing hope for their fvture and is the epitome of what our
support seNice is aboul.
The second client had debts of around £12,000 being managed by Step Change with our help and
support. The client was just about reaching retirement age and had a private pension maturing. The
debts were a source of real mental health pressure and Iha client was self-haThing, taking ov8rdoses,
and was put on crisis care watch. Thg pension has now matured and through Step Change, we w8r8

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able to get the debts ￿duced by jusl ov8r £3.500 in full and final settlement arKJ all the debts have now
been repaid. The client describes the outcome as a huge burden being lifted.
We have again been helped by the Thomas Hickman Charity with a grant to cover the expenses of the
seTViCe and we are so grateful for their continued assistance year by year.
The needs seem as big as ever, so it appears the servic8 wlll remain busy, supporting and bringing hope
to clients in the coming year.
Meeting every Monday moming during school term time, our Engllsh Conversation Group, has, over
the last six years or so provided friendship, refreshment and conversation for well over a hundred of our
n8ighbours of a variety of ethnic and faith backgrounds whilsl assisting them to improve their spoken
English and th8ir integration into the community. We are grate￿1 to the partners from SBC who. each
week, support this important eommunily outreach. We also thank those of Bertha's Café which provided
refreshmenls for a while. One of the most rewarding outcomes continues to be the development of
genuinely warm friendships and relationships both between our guesls and with our supporters. W8
nlinue lo hope and pray that our guests will recognise something of the bve of God, through us in this
ministy and for opportunities to share that love with them what8V8r their faith bad(ground.
South¢ourt Boxlng Club was set up by Southcourt Baptist Church, Thames Valley Police and a local
boxing coach to provide a place for local people to get some exercise, incr8ase confidence and have a
safe plac8 to go. Over the last 2 years this has proved highly successfvl with the number of people
attending extseding expectations. We have also been joined by a number of excellent, dedicated
volunteers who run the club on a weekly basis. Over the past year. ther8 has been a big change. Whilst
Southwurt Baptist Church is still very much supportiv8 of the club, providing both volunteers. storage
space and the venue to hold the club. we no longer have the resources to manage the club so have
decided to hand over the running of the club to a committee of volunteers and coaches. This change
took place with effed from February 1 st 2025 at which point any 8XiSting funds were passed over. This
is a ￿ll￿win. scenario as the ChU￿h a￿ now receiving room-booking fees whilst knowing that this club
is a great support to the Iccal community.
Finances
The 202412025 financial year was a challenging year for the finances of the S￿thcourt Baptist Church
Trust.
This was particularly relevant for the General Fund (GF) wher8 the hard decision was tsken to make our
Senior Pastor redundant. This decision was regrettably clear having completed a mid-y8ar anatysis of
the finances, looking at the ongoing income from a variety of sources including donations and grants.
The GF budget set for 2024125 was for a defiGit of around £28,609 but the church trustees approved the
budget on the basis that. at the point of the budget being set, there were sufficient reserves to cover the
deficit. Total income for the GF was over £27.000 below budget whilst the total expenditure was nearly
£40.000 below budget due to necessary cost savings during the year. Ov8rall, the GF experienced a
deficit of around £16,000 which was covered by existing reserves such thal the year end reserves were
still nearly £40,000. The GF has continued to receive generous donations from its partners. regular
attendees and income from hiring rooms. The trustees are gratefvl for all donations received.
The Treehouse Pre-school ITH) had an excellent year financially. The TH budget set for 2024125 was
for a deficit of around £44,000, including an aspirational £30,000 to install solar panels. bul the church
trustees approved the budget on ihe basis ihat, at the point of the budget being set, there were large
reserves to cover the dèficit. Total income for the TH was nearly £28.000 above budget whilst the total
expenditure was nearly £18.000 below budget. Overall. the TH experienced a surplus of nearly £2,000

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whilst the year ènd reserves were over £65.000. In the coming year. the setting is looking to increase the
number of staff whilst ¢ontinuing to remain compliant with the aduluchild ratios.
Bridge the Gap, our food bank work IBTG) had a very Challenging year financialty. The BTG budget set
for 2024125 was a balanced budget. At the financial year end, total income for the BTG was nearly
£45.000 above budget whilst the total expenditure was nearly £15,000 below budget. However. during
the year, the issue was that a large proportion of the monies in reseNes could only be spent on food. Wè
therefore had issues with covering our salary bill. As a result, all four of Ihe staff were given redundancy
notices to the end of De￿mber 2024 with the food bank needing to close. Miraculously. due to the hard
work of our fundraiser, we were able to continue as we received the necessary monies from our funders.
Overall. BTG experienced a surplus of ov8r £60,000 whilst the year end reserves were over £74,000 (of
monies which could be used for salaries). In the 202512026 year. a plan is in place to ensure that we
cover both the food and the salarylop8rational costs. So far. things are going well with non-food reserves
of over £54,000 at the end of June 2025. As ever. we are totally Indebted to our wonderful funders as
listed in the previous section.
The Finance Team and trustées continue to monitor the Charity's financial position through the
production of quarterly Income & Expenditure statements. the bank account and fund balances against
the Reserve Policy range each w8ek. This acts as an earfy waming mechanism to identify any tightening
of cash flow and prompt remedial action before pressure is experienced on the Charity's liquidity-
The General Fund Reserve Policy has not changed ov8r the last year with the Reserve Range still
standing at £19.000 - £28,000 for the 2025126 financial year. The Treehouse Reserve Range remains at
£11,500- £23,000. The Trustees recognise their responsibility to keep the finances of the Charity In
healthy state and expe¢t that to be the case over the coming year.
Plans for the future
Southcourt Baptist Church is at the heart of the Community and over the last few years w8 hav8
developed various work streams that provide opportunities to help us meet the needs of thos8 in our
immediate proximity. Our vision is to assist others in creating a better, safer community. Our work
slreams include our food bank. a weekly drop-in and youth hub.
In the corning year we aim to continue with thes8 Str8ams but it is becoming increasingty challenging to
find grants lo fund the work, especially for staff cost5. In the coming year, we will bè working with our
funders and extemal advisors to find new, more suslainable streams of funding. We will also look to see
where we can work in partnership with other organisations and agencies.
The overall budget for the new financial year shows a deficit bul this will be monitored regularly by the
finance team and trustees. In addition, we will be using monies from the charity's reserves to cover the
necessary redundancy paymenl which will mean that. overall, we are in a good position.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on Septemb8r 18th 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
M Rogers - Finan￿ Vision Leader
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I report to the ¢harlty trustees on my examination of the accounls of SDulhcourt Baptlst Church ftir the
yeai 8nded 31 Morth 2025,
R•spon$lbllltl•s and bagls of r•port
8 the tharity Iruslaes of the charity Y￿ are responsible for the prepaR￿on ofthe acc￿nts In
rdance with the requirements of the Charittes Ad 2011 {'the Act'}.
I rewt in ￿SPect of my examinattun oflhe TNSVS acwunts carried out under sec11c￿ 145 of the Acl and
In carrying out my e￿inatIOn I have folhJ¥ed all applicablg Diredions glven by the Charity Commission
under sectK)n 145(5}(b) of the A
Independent 8xamlnefs Statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material mattels have comé to my attenliDn In
¢onneclion wth Ihè examination gNing ma ¢guse to b8118Vè thai In any material respecL'
accounting records werp nol kept In respoct ofthe Charlty 8s foquifgd by section 130 of the
Art. or
the aCC￿nIS do not accord wllh those records: or
the accounts do not comply with the appli¢able requir8ments exJncemin9 Ihe forn and
contenl of accounts Set out in the Charili8s {Accounts and Reports) Regulatlon$ 2008 other
than any requtrement thet the 8￿unts glve a true and.fair Mew vrt)ich is not a matter
consld8r8d 8s part of an IndepeTrJent oxamination.
I confinn that there are no other matters to whlch your attentwjn ¥houkl be drawn to enable 8 proper
understsThJlng of the acctiunts to be reached.
A J Bennewli) FC& FCPA. FF& FFfA FIPA DChA, FRSA
Upper Gro￿)d Floor
18 Faftham Road
Guil(fford
Surrey
GU14XA
Date: IS 10

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Statement of Financial Actlvities as at 31 March 2025
Unrestricted
R8Stricted
Year ended
Funds
Funds
31.03.25
Total funds £
Notes
Year ended
31.03.24
Totsl funds £
Income and Endowments from:
Donations
157.895
171,674
329,569
277,891
Income Tax Recoverable
Premises Hire
Inveslment
Treehouse Pre-school
Total
Ex
nditure on:
Charitable Activities..
23,221
27,012
1,743
179,257
389,128
23,221
27,012
1.743
187.797
569,342
22.216
27.003
1,464
158,270
486,844
8&9
8,540
180.214
Le8dership
71,830
3.699
75.529
73.716
Worship & Discipleship
2,671
2,671
Neighbourhood
33.108
106.297
139.405
97,461
Site Operations
62.336
15,880
78,216
105.023
Repairs to church
24.197
4.766
28,963
12,963
Generatlon Next
24,006
24,006
23.677
Outreach
5,057
5.057
4,210
Treehouse
8&9
181,131
4.709
185.840
137,757
De reciation
Total
Net Incomel
Ex nditure
Transfer between funds
4.000
408,336
{19.208)
4,000
543,687
25.655
4,000
459.750
27.094
135,351
44,863
Net movement in funds
{19.208)
44,863
25,655
27.094
Reconclllatlon of funds:
Total funds brought
foThvard
Total funds carrled
forward
Contlnulng Oporatlons
All income and ex
enditure has arisen from continuin activities.
262,900
41.268
304.168
277,074
243,692
86.131
329.823
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Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2025
Notes
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Year ended
31.03.25
Year end8d
31.03.24
Total funds £
Totsl funds £
Fixed Assets:
Tangible Assets
127,000
127,000
131.000
Current Assets:
Debtors
4,402
4,402
4.610
Cash at bank and in
hand
114,210
86,131
200,341
170.941
Total Current Assets
118,612
86,131
204,743
17S,551
Liabilities:
Creditors: Amounts
falling due within one
year
1,920
1,920
1,920
Net Current Assets
116.692
86,131
202.823
173,631
Total Assets less
Current Liabilitias
243,692
86,131
329,823
304,631
Provision for liabilities
after one year
463
Total Net Assets
243,692
86,131
329,823
304,168
Funds
Restricted funds
86,131
41,268
Unrestricted fijnds
243,692
262.900
Total Funds
329,823
304,168
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on September 18th 2025 and were
signed on its behalf by:
M Rogers - Finance W￿lOn Leader
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Statement of Cash Flows at 31st March 2025
Year ended
31.03.25
Year ended
31.03.24
Notes
Cash Flows frorn operating actlvities
Net ￿5h provided by l (used) in operations
4,436
5.392
Tax (pald) I recovered
23.221
22,216
Net cash provided by l (used in) operating activitie5
27.657
27.608
Cash Flows from Invastlng actlvltles
Dividends and interest & rent from investments
1,743
1,464
Nel cash provided by l (used inl investing activities
1.743
1,464
Cash Flows from flnanclng activities
Net cash provided by l (used inl financing activities
Change in cash & cash equtvalants In tha reporting
perlod
29,400
29,072
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the
reporting period
170.941
141.869
Cash and cash equivalents at tho end of the r8portlng
period
200,341
170.941
A. Reconclllation of net income l (expendlture) to net cash flow from operating actlvltles
Net Income l (expendlture) to for the reporting perlod
as per the Statement of Financial Activities
25,655
27,094
Adjustments for..
Depreciation Charges
4.000
4,000
Interest received
(1.743)
(1,464)
Tax Recovered (Gift Ald)
(23,2211
122,216)
Movements in pension provision
(463)
(528)
(Increase) l Decrease in Gift Aid Due
{1.352)
(Increase) l Decrease in prepayments
(135)
(142)
Net cash provlded by l (used In) operallng actlvltles
4,436
5.392
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Anatysis of cash and cash equivalents
Year ended
31.03.25
Year ended
31.03.24
Cash in hand
162.239
119,582
Deposit Accounts
38,102
51,359
Total cash and cash equivalents
200,341
170,941
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Notes For
te
AA
1 March 2025
1 Accountin Policles
a) Basis of proparlng the flnanclal statements
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public ben8fit enlity undér FRS 102, have been
prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reportlng by Charltles..
Statement of Recommended Practi￿ applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with
th8 Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1
January 2015)., Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard appli¢able in the
UK and Republic of Ireland, and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statèments have been prepared
under the historical cost conv8nth'on.
b) Incoming r050urces
Donations are recognlsed as incomlng resoure8s when received.
Income tax recoverable on donations under the Gift Aid scheme is accounled for in the period in which
the underlying donation is received.
Funds received where the charity is acting as agent for independenl causes are matched to outgoings
and any differen￿ is carried fonvard to the nèxt perlod.
Gifts in kind, where material and capable of being valued. are treated as income.
No value has béèn placed on thé réntal equivalent of the use of the church premises and property, which
are occupied free of charge by the church.
Grant income is credited to the Statèment of Financial Activities in the year in whith it is re￿1Vable.
Deferred income represents amounts received for future periods and is released to incoming resources
in the period for which it has been received.
c) Resourcos oxpondod
All expenditure is induded on an accruals basis and is r8cognis8d when a legal or constructive obligation
exists. The charity is not registered for VAT and accordingly expenditure shown is inclusive of
iTh8coverabl8 VAT.
Certain expendilure is direclly attributable to specific activities and has been induded in tt)ose cost
categaries. Certain other costs, which are attributable to more than one activity, are apportioned across
cost categories according to the nature of the ¢ost.
d) Tangible fixèd assèts
Tangible fixed assets are stated al cost less accumulated depreciation. All fixed assets costlng mora
than £5,000 are capitalised.
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated
useful lif8-
Buildings
Computer & sound equipment
-2OA on cost
-250h on Gosl
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Freehold land is not depreciated as thè trustees consider the useful economic lrfe of the land owned by
the charity to be so long as lo render any charge for depre¢iation immaterial to the truth and faimess of
the financial statements.
e) Fund accounting
Funds held by the charity are either-
Unrestricted funds - these are funds which can be used in accordan￿ with the ¢harltab18 obJ8cts at th8
discretion of the trustees.
Restricted fiinds- these are funds that can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the
objects of the charity. Restrictions arise whèn specified by the donor or when funds are raised for
parti¢ular restricled purposes.
Designated funds - these are funds set aside by the trustees for specific purposes. They fom part of the
unrestricted funds of the Charity.
fj Pensions
The church makes ¢ontrlbutlons to defined contribution schemes. Pension conlributions payable to
these schemes are charged to the Ststement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
The church also makes contributions to a multi-employer defined benefit scheme. It is not possible for
the church to identify trJ8 assets and liabilities attributable to the church. In accordance with the Charities
SORP (FRS 102), the scheme is therefore accounted for as a defined contribution scheme. See note 13
for further details about the pension schemes.
Freehold
land and
buildings
Computer
and sound
equipment
Total
C05t
At 1 April 2024
Additions
At 31 March 2025
203.000
26,530
229,530
203,000
26,530
229,530
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024
Charge for year
At 31 March 2025
72.000
4,000
76.000
26,530
98,530
4,000
102,530
26.530
Net book values
At 31 March 2025
127,000
127,000
At 31 March 2024
131.000
131,000
The cost of land and buildings is represented by..
Freehold rnanse at 293 Tring Road, Aylesbury {700k share)
Land purchased for car park at Penn Road, Aylesbury
Total
200.000
3,000
203,000
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ta
Id forth chur
h'su
The church is the beneficial occupier {subject to th8 relevant trust deeds) of the following assets, the
18gal tilles lo which are held by th8 churth's custodian trustee, the Baptist Union Corporation Ltd:
2025
2024
Church pr8mises at Insured value
Church contents at insured value
Total
4,175,247
466,764
4,642,011
3,727,899
416,749
4,144,648
and
re
2025
2024
Income tax recoverable on gift aid
Prepaid Insurance
Total
2,187
2,423
4,610
2,558
4,402
edltors: amoun
fallln
due wlthln one
2025
2024
Accrued expenses
Other cr8ditors
Total
1,920
1,920
1,920
1,920
er one ear
2025
2024
Pension (Scheme 1 > (see note 14)
463
7. Staff c
None of the church's employees received emolufflents of over £60,000 during the current or previous
years. The average number of employees during the year was 16 {2024'.14), which included full time and
part time workers. On a full-tim8 equivalent basis, the av8rag8 number of stsff members was 12 (2024..
12>, employed in the following areas-
Numbers
Pastoral care
Administration and maintenance
Children. Youth and community
Pre-school
Total
2025
2024
16
14
Co$t$
2025
2024
Wag8s and salaries
Other Benefits
Employer's National Insurance
Current staff Pension costs
Total
307,982
9.022
16,991
6,416
340.411
270,022
8.316
14,520
5,996
298,854
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8 R tricted fund
Incoming
Resources
Resources
Expended
Net incomingl
(outgoing)
resources
Transfer
betsveen
funds
Funds
broughl
fopward
Funds
carried
forward
Somethin
Better
Brid the Ga
Treehouse Su
Financial Support
316
109.922
4,709
1,134
316
46,873
3.831
366
653
24,052
337
70.925
156,795
8,540
1.500
1.233
1,599
Stair Lift
Boxin
Club
Communit Fair
Home Mission
Total
1.800
4.450
10,410
711
3,699
135351
2.650
10,410
7,169
2.650
10,410
331
7,880
3.699
180 214
7,500
44.863
Incoming
Resour￿5
Resources
Expended
Net incomingl
(outgoing)
resOUr￿S
Transfer
between
funds
Funds
brought
fomard
Funds
carried
forward
Premises
R8furbishment
Premises
Develo
ment
Treehouse
Women's Minist
Youth
General
Boxin
Club
Brid e the Ga
Total
1.743
11.168
19.425)
11,166
1.741
120
1.058
{938)
988
50
179,257
1.144
673
168,477
2,667
35,047
389.128
181,131
1.696
1.874
552
673
19,200
428
12,536
19
08
61,381
1,224
415
186,868
428
430
262 900
59.507
672
88
168,668
1,000
1.000
187.677
3,095
22,511
408,336
12,966
243 692
. Restricted Funds
Funds (usually grant monies) are held for the following purposes:
Something Better- to support th8 work of the support for our older folk in Ihe church and local
community.
Bridge the Gap - lo support the work of our food bank and community lunch projects.
Treehouse support - to fund the ongoing provision of pre-school education where grants have been
received for speGifi¢ projects such as to cover Special Educational Needs.
Financial Support - to support the ongoing work of the d8bt management project that the church runs.
Stair Lift- to support a new stair lift being installed to our youth loft room to enable thos8 Wlth
acc85sibility needs to come along to our youth groups.
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Boxing Club - to supwrt the Boxing Club which provides support for fitness, discipline and friendship in
our k)cal Community.
Communily Fair- to enablo the annual Community Fair to tske pla￿ in our local community. providing
fun. free food and social cohesion for the local people.
Home Misslon - to support the Associate Pastor (now becoming Minlster4n-Training) in his training
Joumey whilsl he co-leads the church.
Funds are held for the following purpos￿.
Church Pr8mis8s Rèfurbishmènt - can b8 used for substantial internal and external refurbishment of our
exisling buildings.
Church Premises D8V81opment - for exp8nses related to substsnt181 building development.
Treehouse - lo fund the ongolng provision of pre-school education.
Women's Ministy- to support the well-being of women in and outside the church.
Youth - to support the children and youth work.
Boxing Club - lo support th8 Boxlng Club which provides support for fitness. discipline and friendship in
our local Community.
Bridge the Gap - to support the work of our food bank and community lunch projects.
Ganeral - to support the general ongolng oparatlons of th8 church.
12. Trustees, remuneratlon and ox
nses
One member of the Trustee Board Rev D Graham was employed by the Southcourt Church Baptist Trust
In the position of Lead Pastor (2024: one member of the board).
Rev D Graham rècèived a rèmuneralion package of £46.205 (£43.383 previous year) and a pension
contribution of £1,850 (£1.753 previous year}.
Expenses of £74312024: £1,201) were also paid relating to his dulles a5 an employed member of staff
and included payment for travel, hospitality, meetings and ministry costs.
Payrnents to trustees were made under the legal authority of the church's governing documents.
13. Net IncomelEx endlture
The nel movement in funds is stated after ¢hargingl(creditingl the following:
2024
2025
Independent Examiner's remuneratlon..
1,920
1,920
Govemment Grants received..
Fo¢)d Bank
Treehouse Pre-school
Boxing Club
Total
(31,1501
(8.540)
(29,256)
(17.757)
(3,000)
150,013)
139.690)
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There are now two s¢hem8s in operation.
Until the end of January 2025, there was a third scheme, namely a multi-employer defined benefit
pension scheme with The Pensions Trust on behalf of one fonner employee and trustee. This is now no
longer in operation as the deficil has been paid.
Scheme 1- The Pensions Trust - Growth Plan Series 4
This is a defined contribution scheme established with The Pensions Twst and operated as an
Auto*nrolment Scheme. Conlributions to this scheme are charged to the SOFA in the period to vthich
they relate.
Scheme 2 - Llverpool Vlctoria - Personal Penslon Plan
Finally the church makes contributions to a defined contribution Personal Pension Plan on behalf of the
Lead Pastor. In accordance wlth the terms of his contract of employment. Since the Lead Pastor's
employment has ceased from May 31st 2025, this plan wlll no longar be relevant after that date.
15. Com aratlves for the SOFA
Statement of Financial AGtivities as at 31 March 2024
Unrestricled
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Year ended 31.03.24
Total fvnds
Income and Endowments from:
Donations
156,685
121,206
277,891
Income Tax Recoverable
22,216
22,216
Pr8mises Hire
27,003
27,003
Investment
1.464
1,464
Treehouse Preschool
140,513
17,757
158.270
Total
347.881
138,963
486,844
Expenditure on:
Charitable Activities..
Leadership
73,716
73,716
Worship & Discipleship
943
943
Nei9hbourhood
5.478
91,983
97,461
Seniors
Site Operations
85,991
19.032
105,023
Repairs to church
12.963
12.963
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Géneration Next
23,677
23,677
Outreach
4,210
4.210
Treehouse
98,110
39,647
137,757
Depreciation
4,000
4,000
Total
309,088
150,662
459,750
Net IncomellExpendilure)
38.793
111.699)
27,094
Transfèr betW8en funds
Net movement in funds
38,793
111,699)
27.094
Reconciliation of funds..
Total funds brought forward
224,107
52.967
277.074
Total funds carried fO￿ard
262,900
41,268
304,168
The Trust received trustees, donations of £12.175 for the year ended 31 March 202512024: £15,700).
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