2022-12-31-accounts

Barrow Baptist. church Church Report Review of 2022

Contents:

1.	Charity Information	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	p. 2
2.	2022 Synopsis	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	p. 3
3.	Minister’s Report of 2022	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	p. 3
	Rev. Neil Jones
4.	Mission Support	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	p. 4
5.	Fabric of the Building	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	p. 4
6.	Finance	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	p. 5

1. Charity Information

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period from 01 January 2022 to 31 December 2022

Charity name: Barrow upon Soar Baptist Church

Charity registration number: 1129860

Address: Barrow Baptist Church, Beveridge Street, Barrow Upon Soar, LE12 8PL

Property Trustees: The East Midland Baptist Trust Company, Baptist House, 129 Broadway, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 8RT

Bankers: HSBC, Market Place, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3EJ

Independent Examiner: Mr S. McDonald ACA Charity Trustees: Rev Neil Jones (Chair) Andrew Boston (Treasurer) to November 2022 Susan Graham Linda Wall Reuben Sneller (Secretary) Sharon Bradwell Davina Smith (Treasurer) from November 2022 Matthew Gudger from November 2022

Structure and management:

Barrow Baptist Church is an unincorporated association and is governed by its Constitution.

Members of the Church are accepted in accordance with the Constitution which requires them to be or to have been publicly baptised on the profession of faith in Jesus Christ, or following other modes of baptism to renew their public profession of faith in Jesus Christ. Members’ Meetings currently take place monthly, except in April, August and December; the Members’ Meeting has responsibility for the overall policy of the church.

The elected Trustees (listed above) are responsible for the overall governance of the church, and the financial and legal aspects of the charity. Trustees are elected by the Church Meeting; details of the process for election of Trustees are described in the Constitution. The Trustees meet every other month in order to assist in the smooth running of the charity.

The minister of the church, Rev Neil Jones (Trustee & Elder), is responsible for the day to day running of the church, supported by Elders (also elected by the Members’ Meeting) who are responsible for the spiritual direction of the charity. There is also a small staff team of church worker and administrator.

Activities and objectives:

The advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination to include the advancement of education, community service and such other general charitable purposes in such parts of the United Kingdom and the world as the Church shall determine.

Achievements and performance, including report on public benefit:

In order to achieve the principal objective which is set out above, the Church provides a variety of activities both to its membership and to the community generally and as such is described as a

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community church. The aim is to show the love of Jesus Christ in both word and deed and to bring people into a closer relationship with Him as living Lord.

This report details the activities of Barrow Baptist Church during 2022 in fulfilment of its objectives; central to this is the provision of regular public services of Christian worship and times of prayer and also includes conducting Christian wedding services, funerals as well as running groups to support children and their parents / carers as well as seniors.

2. 2022 Synopsis

New Members 13 Baptisms 5 Deaths 2 Resignations 10

3. Minister’s Report of 2022

Verse for 2022 – Ephesians 4:4-6, ‘There is one body and one Spirit; one hope; one Lord; one faith; one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all’

2022 was a very special year for us at Barrow Baptist Church, as we celebrated 200 years of this particular church. Therefore, the year contained a number of special ways in which to celebrate the Bicentenary.

The year started with joy and anticipation, as most restrictions from the pandemic had been removed. All of our groups had restarted and we hit the ground running. The groups that were running as we began 2022 were: Little Buds, Baby Buds, Connect Café (on a Monday and Tuesday), Restored, Growth Groups, Silver Sports and Who Let the Dads Out, as well as regular Sunday morning services and Messy Church and Evening Praise once a month. Church members’ meetings continued to be held monthly.

During the year we had five baptisms and six infants were dedicated at special services. These events are a real encouragement and blessing to the church family as we rejoice with those involved.

Bicentenary celebrations kicked off after Easter and included a special service on 8[th] May, to which a number of guests, including old members, were invited. This service triggered a special reading challenge in which people agreed to read either the whole Bible or the New Testament only in 200 days. A couple of weeks later we had a church photograph. In June, we welcomed pupils from the local primary school, Hall Orchard, to special assemblies, which included prizegiving for artwork the children had produced for the bicentenary. Also, in June we had a church fete with many activities and musical performances. In August there was a well-attended family-camp in the New Forest. There was a special night of music in September at a proms-style event titled ‘Worship Through the Centuries’ and in November we hosted a concert by the Hope Community Gospel Choir. In addition to these events, we had an article published in the Barrow Voice local newspaper, a Christmas tree at the local Christmas Tree festival (this was December 2021, raising awareness of the bicentenary), a commemorative logo, coasters and large banner were produced, groups organised events to mark the bicentenary, and work began on updating the history of the church.

As enthusiasm and energy continued to flow, there were a number of changes to groups and new groups started up. A craft section has joined Silver Sports (which poses us with the search for a new

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name, ‘Sports and Crafts’ seems to be sticking) which has increased numbers attending this group and the food bank which had been primarily done by delivery since the pandemic began, started to meet in the church premises once a week. Two new groups started in September, both meeting monthly. Thrive is a group for people with dementia and their carers; it seeks to connect with people who have memory problems and aims to have conversations about Jesus, as well as games and singing. Firepit Friday is a group for men which meets around a fire pit, which aims to enable men to have open and honest conversations about life, health and faith.

Additional events that took place were that there were two Refresh events specifically for women hosted by the East Midlands Baptist Association and Christian Vision for Men’s ‘The Gathering’. Both events were attended by a number of people.

During 2022 two dear church members died and were committed to the Lord until we meet them again in eternity.

The church is thriving and God is blessing us all richly as we wait on him and serve him in his mission to share the good news of his kingdom’s arrival here on earth.

Grace and peace in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, Neil

4. Mission Support

We continued to support a variety of other mission groups and projects who are meeting needs and sharing the gospel in our area and around the world. In 2022 we gave 15% of our total income to mission groups, this target was reached by making additional ‘top-up’ payments at the end of the year.

Local

We contribute to ‘Home Mission’ which supports churches, projects and staff within the East Midlands Baptist Association and across the country. We have been involved in mission in Barrow upon Soar, including through our ‘High Street Link’. We also continued our support of the church plant in Castle Donnington.

Global

We support the work of the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS), and are linked with Alan & Megan Barker and their work in Nepal. We also support three mission organisations on a rolling three-year basis. CBM (Christian Blind Mission) was our new mission partner and we continued with our support for Africa Inland Mission. The year concluded our support for Open Doors and we chose MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) to be our new partner for 2023.

5. Fabric of the Building

In 2022 the carpets in both the sanctuary and Gap were professionally cleaned, and the Gap and fire escape were both repainted, along with many other smaller maintenance tasks.

There are several larger maintenance tasks planned for the next few years and additional finances have been budgeted for this, to ensure that we keep our buildings in good order, preventing further problems from arising or unexpected expenditure being required.

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6. Finance

The Trustees are responsible for managing the church’s finances. A financial summary for 2022 is on the following page.

The Church continues to raise the funds which it needs to carry on its activities from within its own membership and congregation.

The Church expressed its part in the life of the wider church by making grants to national and international Christian organisations and societies with Christian aims and objectives compatible with the church’s own charitable purpose.

The Church is heavily dependent on its membership working as volunteers in all aspects of the church’s activities, many of which run with little or no impact on the church’s expenditure, but nevertheless contribute substantially to the achievement of the church’s objectives.

The financial results for the year, together with a summary of the accounting policies adopted are set out in the accompanying financial statements.

The Trustees have reviewed the Reserves Policy, and are satisfied that they have sufficient reserves at the Balance Sheet date, together with ongoing income anticipated, to enable the church to function effectively in the coming year.

The Trustees have made an assessment of the major risks facing the church, and are satisfied that there are policies in place to minimise these risks.

Reserves policy

The reserves policy is to maintain a balance of unrestricted funds which equates to 3 months staff costs and mortgage payments plus one month’s running costs, to cover emergency situations which may arise.

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Barrow Baptist Church Statement of Financial Activity For the period 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 2021 n721 2022 2021 Area of Minis GM Itur• dtture 11&ffi2.52 £ 2T.170.4J É gA51M É 115,W.78 £ 15,91147 È L&3.15 3 &1$&￿ 4 1L,TJ).52 3,￿.81 ChJLGr JrtsCfAf$8 C￿lstrna5 Ttr￿ &'gW 431.lts E 1&L sJ.(o £ 3.921. 1.519. FL¥A 10.0) 2TZ19 4,SS.61 1.￿1.15 £ 147116 É .uJ É I￿￿7D £ &B.61 £ J.0) £ 114.41&18 £ 3,494.&3 (*iroJ MissiL 2th1.￿ 5 .1￿8 3).786.76 137,610TJ I240.￿ # 2.914.84 Tota N419dnlkJ Balance Sheet As at 31 December 2022 FSxed Assets Ta￿tle A55ets Equipment Tech & CoMwrterEqui￿ent Totalfoted355ets 2022 8J)12.93 6A36.21 14,849.14 9 7387.21 5.978.57 13.365.78 Current A$5ets Monetary balanre cur￿ntActs)ufftt BapttstsTogetherDÈF¢JsftA£c￿nt Cash in Hand Totalmonetsry assets Attrued inci)me Totalclwrefflassets 48.774.16 25231.85 1.155.46 75.16L47 799.rM) 67.681.39 2.119.31 69.￿.70 13.CM) 75.9f4).47 70.703.70 Accrued expertsesl Ikibllths NetAssets 7.107.61 ltr 4X)26.17 £ 8470LOO 80.043.31 Capltal and Resèkves Currentyeareamings Retsned Earnings Totalca￿l313nd Reserves 3￿58.69 80N3.31 83.702.00 25.548.96 £ 105,592.27 80,043.31

Notes to the Accounts 1. Basis of a¢¢ounts These accounts have ￿en &w3redc￿ an acuuak basisand in Ine wrth S130thariwAct2011. 2. Area of Ministry: Giving 2022 2021 eTrwd(turn Ewdtture 3US) £ 11372) e 5m. £ .PAOJ) e 1D) £ 3ffi924 £ Offwirg. C&h Offttlrg- C9r￿1sf ON¥irg. Cqthdr z4)Mo £ 1yJ).rx) e 1.￿￿.(￿) £ la.￿24 £ CJftAJdCldm&l 17.￿74 £ 11WI £ 11&&78 £ 3. Area of Ministry: Church - Acthunt 2022 2021 El￿d￿Ure _11 £ I.￿0) e 3.75U) £ R(uD Hire pr￿hrj Fees 111￿￿) £ 1.355 Fo 1.423n) £ Zfj15 751.SJ Ew'w• (ro)￿r0)St￿l T& & cL¥n￿￿ 14931 1&5.10 15T2.61 12.￿.11 lo.￿.1￿ 1.￿.34 ildrg R4rs &Martw CLEts S￿.07 1.￿6￿ £ .(x) £ knin MakebTrj&C￿nMwl0￿L 17Q4) £ MiThsters' stiru&&￿c 49.a) £ 45,170.Q 14.75735 1M9.16 £ g*suiFlJ"crtsl m￿terst1P1￿rM85 1.0) £ 3ts54 £ 374.5 e 3.916J2 1.6T8.S8 472.46 Extwrd CdlKtCf6 1.rn.31 £ lrter65t Z41.& £ g).rx) e Tot 21.17Qal £

1. Ar•a of Mlnlstry: Church Groups 2022 2021 Ewdlture 1.(tt￿ £ 4.64 £ Me5syCtruch WLTDO PAO.¢X) t 1.316. .¢1) £ 114.IX) £ 1%.T2 2n(•J .a) £ 3￿64 176.45 10.(0 £ Slvw A) t 711.co E Trrl 10.m 1.842 .(0 E MwYsWLYk (o Total 41
2. Area of Mlsslon 2022 2021 MNion Htyhe Mi¥sits) "stM15s￿y￿ I￿S) CasleDcriW Crrfnmwitycmrch Atriol￿a¥j m1w￿l OrthDrAYS CBM Itu 7.￿[0 dltu 7.Xl).fl) 3.870.L¥) zsx). 70.uj £ 1,(U).LD 1.&JJ(D 1,￿.L 1.Ko.ro 3a&34 z(xx).(¥J L{￿￿ Mi55 .(0 £ 10.(0 £ 7276 z(xx). 1.144.ri) Total m£ 76
3. Area of Mini¥ty: lknn¥e 2022 2021 Ewdtture MarEe&¥fts GiftP4dClam 3.9J).CO E Ew.¢JJ £ .140.44 £ 82r174 £ 23.<m.IX) £ MBr6elcwG I31.￿ M¥£elc￿ rwmvt 4.81& 19&ro 14&64 1.9) MiThstws HLLEirvJCL%b T•1 114411U £ 137.ffion

4. Assets held In Trust et>whch 15 E*tTrU5tLh1.Trwd￿dfv5 wa% £410.(W.

5. Mansè Loan @￿￿1￿￿￿£2&V4s6l. YA £1&W.9).

6. Tangible Assets Balance broughtlixward Addrck)nal items Less depreckition Tot 2022 2021 lI￿7B £ 4T24.01 £ 2240.th £ 14W14 È 1A25.62 1914.84 14M7B stra￿linE1￿￿￿Y￿s
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Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date

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Barrow Baptist Church, Beveridge Street, Barrow Upon Soar, LE12 8PL 01509 416603 | www.barrowbaptist.org.uk Registered Charity Number: 1129860

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