Charity registration numbèr t126884 tHORNHILL Baptist Church ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 THORNHILL BAPTIST CHURCH LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFQRMATION Tnjslees Matt Clarke- Treasurer {resigned 23 May 2023) Sian Tomlin - SecTrtary (resigned 23 May 2023) Bnan Osler- (resigned 18 April 20231 Paul Vaswani - Minislry Team Leader 8 Youth Minister Astrid Vaswani - Community & Pastordl Ministpr Kerslin Goodall Sara Sealey Eve Carter Gina Crowcroft- Treasurer AnnELMarfe Lee£ann - (appointed 23 May 2023) Stacey Dalipe- (appointed 23 May 2023> Karen Clarke- Secretary (appointed 23 May 2023) Charity number 1126884 Principal address Thomhill Baptist Chur Thomhill Park Road Southampion S018 STR Independent examiner Jason Foxwell FCCA FCIE 39 EnfEld Road Poole BH15 3LJ 8anke Baplist Union Corporation Limlled Baplist House PO Box 44 129 Broadway Didcol OX118RT Lloyds Bank PLC 413 Bittem8 Road Bitteme Southampton S018 1DA THORNHILL BAPTIST CHURCH CONTENTS P4ge Trustees. report Independent examinerfs report state￿nt of financial activities Balance sheet Notes to the financial statements 6-12 THORNHILL BAPTIST CHURCH TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 The Truslees present thetr 8nnual report and fi*ancial stat&Tr7ents r￿the year ended 31 December 2023. The financial statements h8¥e been prepared in accordanr& wth the acuunting policles set out in note 1 10 the firyancial statements and comply the ¢baFtWs W￿Mt￿9 document, the Charities kt 2011 and -Accounling 8nd Reportin9 by Chant*$" Statemenl of Recornlendèd Practice applicable to chanties p￿ParIng their accounts in accordan¢& with the F*i)ancial R8POrting siandard appli￿ble in Ih¥ UK and Republic of t￿land IFRS 1021" leffeclsve 1 January 20191. Objectl%ps and acbvitl•s The obj'ects ofthe charity We a3 below set OLkit) more det￿1 in Ihe GOVer￿ng Dr￿￿nert The prinripal purpose of tho Church ts the advancement clthe Christian faith accordFng lo the prinaples of the Baptist denomination. The Churth may al30 advance education and caThy out other charitable purpose5 in the United lQngdom andlor crther parts dthe world. TheTrustees rogLaarly re¥iewthe aims, objec*ives and activltits ofthe th*ity. They have considered th2 Charity Commi55ion's general Buidanct tsn public b￿erit and it$ $UPk*ementary guidance on the advancement of religion forthe pul)tic benelil Achievgmènts And perf0M￿fiCe 2023 th•ehurch continued to offer SwKlay Jèrwus, both in Ferson and onl￿14, and 8 wd• r4nge ol ry*he8k a¢aMies many ofwhth ar• op•n to anyone from our local corrmunity, iff•spxtive of**thether th woukl CAJrtsvJerther¥*el￿ to b• affiliated ￿*th the church or noL Numbers hav• in¢re8$ed slo*fy, t￿th ift lem$ of Sunday attendance and rnioknek ¥ngagemont. Our Well Being Café, Food Hub, Coffee and Bo￿$ and variou$ youth and children's group$ all continu• to ba PQFularwithin the local community. We conts.ftue to encotjrage people to see themselves as part of a church family rathor than°clients" of ¥afiOUS serV￿e$ that we offer, aftd possible we encourage nth%comer5 to join in. 58rving within one of our team5 or becoming Involved wih wderchurch Irf8 And 8CtNities. The church family grew during the yearwth a numbèr of new members and baFlisms. We con*"nue lo work in pathership oth¥r l¢xal churches and have a good r8lationship wth our bcal schools. tsking assemblies 8nd seasonal Services. Thi8 yearwe have particulaily stfengthened our partnw5hips with W) of our overseas mission partner organisations Ihrough wsits from our Minislry Tgarn Ltrader. Durtng 2023 we started S8TSOU51y considering a p¢)ssible fvlure buildin9 project. opened up a major discussvjn on 8 theologiegl subject has a stTDng bèaring oft church lffe. and thed around the challenges presented by our Ministy T•am Leader lakino a Sabba1￿￿1 brtr8k. Financial rev*w ilst the ch￿￿h,9 regular gNing saw a de¢xea$¢ during thtr y•ar its overall in¢oTh incrè8s$d by jusl under 1.5%. In many ways, 2023 was 8 more notTnal year in resw¢t of finandal actNity as there no18gaaes receiv8d and neitherwas there a specific grfl day. In vi&v4 of this ￿ are encouraged by th• small increase in incomè. Offset against this is the increas• IA èxpertdttu￿. Our regular exp0ns¥s increased by just under6% mafnly due lo Ihe increase in onèrgy costs and some signthcant maintenance required in respect of roof repairs and hgating re￿irS. Additionalty. upgr3ded Ih8win¢Jows in the main worship hall thrir¥J the year funding thi% from reserves. Despite th8 economic ¢lTrmate the church continued to support several third paty ￿USe$ ￿th 8 signfficant amDunt sent to BMS Wofld Mission, Beth85da, the Indian Ofphanage charity thal the churth supports, Dignity and the Puwe Communrty Fund IPCFI and funds sent to SUPFXYt FRJmanitarian efforts in areas of the wodd suff*ing frcffj both natural disasters and confiict hotspots. Our finsncia supwi to good caLsses ¥nd missionary both in tIMs country and totaied £18.559 for the yeAr. continue to linancialty support Init￿lIveS which hav8 a ILUt C4)munity impact induding Our %%eekty WeH Being Calé and Friday Food Hub. In addition to these we also rnn cafes for parents N%thilsl the￿ thildren are 8¢cessing both oUr￿eklY ¢hilth¢n $ dubs and our one-off hO￿daY rAubs. THORNHILL BAPTIST CHURCH Th• Tnjstees and a separate finance comFThttee TBview the budgot and finanaal risks of the church on a regular t*sis. At the eftd of th8 fin8ncial yaar thtr church had £824,686 of restricled funds {TrnHIty tho ¢hurth pmperknesl and £g)1.955 of Un￿SIr1cted fvnds. Th¢ Truslees cc*)sider that the levd of free reserves required by the church should be held al minimum of£71,700. This is detemined from an assessment by the Trustees Lrfthe most significant financial risks that the church laces, their size and likelihood of cc*ning to fwition. struelur•, govornance and managemenl Thomhill Baptist Church was established by a charitable trust ¢Jeed in 195Cs and registered as an Indep￿dent ¢harty in 2[￿8. The TnJstee$ and Ministers Iboth Ministers 8Fe also Trustees for as long as these role5 are heldl who ser¥ed durin9 Ihe year and to the date of signature of the financial statement5 wer&. Matt Cla￿* Sian Tomlin Brian Osl¢r Paul Vaswani Astr￿ V8SW8nl Kerstin Goodal Sara Seaby Eve Carter Gina Crth￿r0ft Ka￿ft C18rkè Anne-Mar¢o Lo0-Cann Stacey Dal¥)e Treasurer- (Resiwed 23 May 20231 sèt￿t#ry- IResigned 23 May 20231 {Resigned 18 April 20231 Ministy Team Leader & Youth Minister Communty & Pastoral Min¢lgr Treasurèr se￿￿trry- (Appointed 23 2023) IApwintsd 23 May 20231 (Appointed 23 May 20231 Tru81808 are nominated for election from the membership by a rnirimum I1￿0 wDwser$ Tnjstees are appointed for a tetm of three years by a vote of at least 66% of voting memb•rs. T￿$t￿$ are akwointed for an initial temi of thre? years, and may b6 reappcinied for a fvrther three ygars. Other than the Church Secretary and Treasurer positir2ns, all Trustee5 msy seNe no longer than a continuous six year penod. Tho Trust￿ and Mlnlstors for the Y￿ list¢d atsove. The training of Trustee5 is discussed at their meetings and Ihe church budget indude5 provi5ionfor the cosis of any required training to be meL The TTUStees' reportwas aFFroved by th¢ 8oard of Tll￿tees. Path Vaswary - Ministry Te8m Lèader & Youlh Minlsler TnJ*e Date. 8 W"12024 THORNHILL BAPTIST CHURCH INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TOTHETRUSTEES OF THORNHILL 8ApmsT CHURCH I report to the Tw51ees on ry examination of thè financial Statem￿ts of Thomhill Baplist Church (Ihe chantyl for the yearended 31 December 2023. Responsibllities and basis Df report As the Trustoes of th6 chartty you are responsit4e fL)r the prepaT¥tion of the fingncial statements in ac￿rd￿ne0 with tha requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Adl I rgPQrt in re$p8¢t of my examinalron of the charity's financial statemen15 carried out under 5ecth?n 145 of the 2011 Act. earying out rry èxamination I h8ve follcwed all the applicab￿ Thrections gsven by the ChArTiy COMM￿s1o￿ under $8ctson 14515llb) of the 2011 Act. It)dependent examlnerfs statsment I have Completed my examination. I confimi that no matters hava wme to my attention in connecton vAth tho eyamTrialion g1Vw￿ me cause to believe th8t Trn any matlnal fespecl". orcwnkn'ng records were not kept in respect oflhe charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act the financial ststements do nol accord Yilh those records.. or the fin8nci81 slat6mants do not compty wth Ihe applicable requirements ctsn¢emi•g the fortn and content of acoi>uThls set out in the Charilies (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and tair is not a mailer considered as part of an independent exarnsnation. I have no concems and have come across no olher rn8ttt7rs in ¢onne(*on vKth the examinatkjn to allenlion shJuld be dr￿ in this report in order to enable a w0￿r understanding of tht fN)ancial statements to be reached. Jason Foxwell FCCA FCIE 39 Enfield RfAd BH153U Date. i ? 411 IIIORIIHiL &4PThTCHVRCN STATEVENTOF FWJOJICL4LACTIVlllES FOR THE YEAJI ENDED31 DECEMaER 2•23 Tth 173.132 178.l97 2&018 21. 2¢W 21916 7Q $534 2&VJ7 219.613 tQ314 )212 226 ,333 22SA 12 242 112W1} 110222) 242 {15.041) 913 11.678 {16,32 242 115.0¢11 42,*1 i krw20YJ 91Bm5 .n7 1.757.782 1.715.171 Jl.713 242 824, 1.726.fAfj t,757.762 tWlCE SHEET SAT?1 DECEMBER2023 817¥4 811377 1.ÈI0.W I.￿877 15 22.159 ILE.712 X275 1YJWI 1tr.812 cthatb￿k 18 I*l&j￿t￿tA?*Èts I16.￿7 191.885 1.7&.MI 1.757.7W Funds 242 •11.713 918,W TotalF￿* 1.Th.841 1,757.7•2 7HORNHLLBAFT15TCHURCH NOTESTOTHE ACC(MJNTS FOR TNE YEAR EPIDED31 DECEMBER 2•13 pw*0ltf4￿(FRS IW T JYw2019) t 1.2 1J SJnd¥ 1A Irwffj• Lq¥thlhi. 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