NEWTOWNARDS BAPTIST CHURCH
Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025
Charity Number 108455
Contents
Page 2 Statement offinancial activity
Page 3 Statement of assets and liabilities
Pages 4-5 Notes to the financial statements
Registered charity in Northern Ireland (Charity Number 108455)
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NEWTOWNARDS BAPTIST CHURCH
Statement of financial activity
Year ended 31 December 2025
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|Description|Note|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|Funds|£|Funds|£|Funds|Funds|
|2025|£|2024|£|
|Receipts|||114,055 ||___29,291 ||143,346|||133,207|
|[Totalreceipts|||116,7512697| 46||29,338|||1462|,|089743|||133,379|
|pPayments|||
|Charitable|activities|l4|||88,898|34,193|||123,091|||106,875|
|Total|payments||||88,898|34,193|||123,091]|106,875|
|Net|receipts-|payments|||||27,853|-4,855|22,998|26,504|
|Transfer between|funds|||||-30,000|30,000 a|ee|
|Net movement offunds|||||-2,147|25,145|22,998|26,504|
|Funds|brought forward|||||129,907|48,415|||178,322]|151,818|
|Funds carried forward|||127,760|73,560 ||201,320]|178,322|
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Registered charity in Northern Ireland (Charity Number 108455)
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NEWTOWNARDS BAPTIST CHURCH Statement of assets and liabilities As at 31 December 2025
Funds
|Description|Unrestricted | Restricted|Unrestricted | Restricted|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Funds £|Funds £|2025 £|2024 £| |Funds as at 1°January 2025|129,906|48,416|178,322|151,818| |Net movement offunds|(2,146)|25,144|22,998|26,504| |Fundsasat31%December2025|127,760|73,560|201,320|178,322|
| Bank | & Cash Balances | 2025 £ | 2024 £ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank | Deposit Accounts | 182,675 | 46,528 | |
| Bank | Current Accounts | 18,645 | 129,387 | |
| Cash | In Hand | |||
| Total | Funds | 201,320 | 178,322 |
Fixed Assets — See note 5
Approved by the Trustees at a meeting on 12 March 2026 and signed on their behalf by:
- “Od Paul Clarke Gerald Thompson Church Treasurer Church Secretary
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NEWTOWNARDS BAPTIST CHURCH Notes to the financial statements Year ended 31 December 2025
- Accounting policies
Basis of[financial][statements]
As the total income of the congregation is less than £250,000, the congregation have elected, in accordance with the provisions in The Charities Accounts and Reports Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 to prepare its accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are income funds which are to be spent on the congregation’s general purposes.
Restricted funds are funds set aside by the congregation for use in the future for specific purposes.
2. Donations
||Unrestricted | Restricted|Unrestricted | Restricted|Total Funds | Total Funds|Total Funds | Total Funds| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Funds £|Funds £|2025£|2024 £| |Recorded giving|54,899|13,640|68,539|67,369| ||35,305|8,813|44,118|36,197| |Donations and gifts|3,805|4,739|8,544|15,507| |Gift Aid|20,046|2,100|22,146|14,134| ||114,055|29,291|143,346|133,207|
- Investment Income
||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|| Restricted ||Total|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds £||Funds £|Funds|Funds|
|||||2025£|2024 £|
|Deposit Interest||2,697||2,743||
|OtherInvestmentincome||||
|
2697|46|||2,743||
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4. Charitable Activities
||Unrestricted | Restricted ||Total|Total|
|---|---|---|---|
||Funds £
Funds £|Funds|Funds|
|||2025£|2024 £|
|Association ofBaptist Churches
Ministryand supportstaff|6196]|
53,794Fo|6,196
53,794|6,308
50,827|
|Congregational running expenses|25,209
9,833|35,042|34,295|
|Donations to missions & charities|1,120
24,360|25,480|13,922|
||Governancecosts
||S50]
Organisation expenses|S50]
|
2069;~~||2,069|1,523|
|Totalpayments|88,898
34,193||123,091||106,875|
- Fixed Assets
The congregation owns the church premises situated at 47 Frances Street, Newtownards, and the associated fixtures, fittings, plant and machinery. These have an insurance value of £ 2,373,201.
6. Fund Balances
|Fund||Balance|Receipts | Payments|| Payments ||Surplus|Transfer
Balance|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||at start|||(Deficit)|atend|
|[RestrictedFunds ||||FT|||||
||General|||||99 ||tea ||978]|2,978 ||
|[TotalFunds||178,322|||146,089||123,091||22,998]|0|201,320||
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