## 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||||2,407|
|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 

Registered charity in Northern Ireland (Charity Number 108455) 

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NEWTOWNARDS BAPTIST CHURCH Notes to the financial statements Year ended 31 December 2025 

1. 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|



3. Investment Income 

||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|| Restricted ||Total|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds £||Funds £|Funds|Funds|
|||||2025£|2024 £|
|Deposit Interest||2,697||2,743||
|OtherInvestmentincome||||<br>|<br>2697|46|||2,743||



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## 4. Charitable Activities 

||Unrestricted | Restricted ||Total|Total|
|---|---|---|---|
||Funds £<br>Funds £|Funds|Funds|
|||2025£|2024 £|
|Association ofBaptist Churches<br>Ministryand supportstaff|6196]|<br>53,794Fo|6,196<br>53,794|6,308<br>50,827|
|Congregational running expenses|25,209<br>9,833|35,042|34,295|
|Donations to missions & charities|1,120<br>24,360|25,480|13,922|
||Governancecosts<br>||S50]<br>Organisation expenses|S50]<br>|<br>2069;~~||2,069|1,523|
|Totalpayments|88,898<br>34,193||123,091||106,875|



5. 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<br>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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