Charfty R•glstratlon No. 1130582
UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
ANNUAL REPORT, UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AND INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
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UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
CONTENTS
Ind•pwtht feixxt
St•tsmont ol lknarK*I aclm
10-11
12
StstOn￿nI d¢8oh
13
14-28

UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2020
The Irustses wesent tr*lr rnFrfyt and finwcid Ststom￿lS th• y•Wr￿￿J8d 31 Oec•Th*w 2020.
Tho financ¥al ststernents havo b8on weporwj in ￿cor￿a￿a w1th tho a¢c£•Jntkng sgt in nola 1 to
thg fln8rthl statsments and c¥)mpty wlth Iw8t deed. the Charlb"e5Ad 2011 8￿￿.￿4￿￿tir￿J aTh
Rgporlkng by Char￿03.. Statement of R•Lsx)morn1ed Prarkn arokabl8 to dwlw prepthj th¢k ￿Counts
In acc>Jrdanc• vAth th• Fln¥ndd ROFQrt"rvJ Stsrklwd *pplc¥blo in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 1021
18ffective 1 January 20191".
R•ll•c¢l0￿ from th• Church L••d•rshlp on 2010
Church 8•crntsrf• R•port 2020
When th* mtto bxt wa8 th1)sen had no klaa Lrf th9 and ¢haltrys Ih•t bo fa(*4 In 2020.
It ¢¥ 80 IMp￿an1 to haN* had lh￿ th•m to othars as loc*d(y*m t•olatkJn has b•un tho norn for
mc*t of the year. Wo krvAf that that Y•* hove lo each Lth•r. S) ¢)¢her3 in our local ttynmunlty
and to tho wAdw wyld Is a8 a rosult of God ha¥ kw•d UB and al tho cwtr• ol that th• sa¢rlfte of
Lord J￿u9 on th• ¢r088 hkn roourrnth. TtrAs rnmoln8 thè Unde￿nning ptkndple of our thurth Irfo
and tho Imp8tU8 of dl wr acth￿•￿. De* al ts rastrfdrrn thal ho￿ fac•d to wpport
and for oach othei and lor our noWbtyJrn.
At tho 8twl of tho yow, bof¢)rn bègan w• h•X a 24n Prqyor W••k, wthk*
d00pon￿ our •8 and our LMwlng depond8nc8 on God In al thlro8.
AwayD•y
Hom& folMh*J •1 tho of th• I￿k brtyJght ul b38th9r lo ￿JoY each oth•r's
¢ompany and to •hare In f•knthlp. to bo realty Inwtynt ts u8 as nwed Into th•
or¥J•J perlod of 8epwatk>n aThJ isoLatton Ihat WAJ to folhyAt. W• 4180 w818• to God that gt the stsrt of
Iho y8•r knos wls at4e to compknts an •xtsThJed y18h to ￿ hctho Chad. l•ading
8orfe8 of wo￿$hopS wth K•ad•r8 of the G•iwi th￿d￿8. ￿¢￿￿gIng th•m In Ihetr to tt)e vAdo
programm6s iThtiatod on proviou• vkn.
Th•n w• hgd th• ¥tort of the nalk>nd lo(*do1￿ of C(¥[Yw￿nn p￿dfjMk *4lh all I￿￿1 Churth
meetlngs Stoppad and th• Hub do8ed. T￿hnol>aY ha8 rwmy h•lp•d us tts makniaSn •0 mgny of our advltl•s
throughoul prokng•d hckdcA¥n #rKI ¥1 fa r•gtrfdtLW. Th Lonl has blosmd wlth thoee abla to
uco r8fx￿dthJ sorvlces so Wit onw trA 8WVKX8 on YouTth, h•kJ prayer and h￿l￿￿0Up
mwttnp on Jnd Pa8lcYal FrfeThl8 kept In *lth e¥wyone across the fdlty•thp. Pastor,
Malcc4m HA1￿1. 8•nt 01ofKwwlng past￿1 l•ttws thrwJlKJJt ts yw.
As was sald at tho 11fflo: do ￿ do wh•n DO thurth In ￿'r• used tof ind th•
slmple answ 1$ We wil BE the chU￿h.. Th• vrny * tr)nnèct one VAI l)ok dNler8nt fArt who wo
ar8 doo8 not c*aThJ•. Wo wgre ne¥er d￿ndent cffi 8 and we shry*Md ￿ c•n BE churth ￿t￿red In
our hornes. W• arn th• LhJdy of h¥ug. TIMS Imo ol belng iwAat•d hWNghbJ that wo gr• made for rolatbnshlp
A no￿rk of 8UkWrt wa8 84t to provklo orrfl wlstance for those T*hK) r￿d•d it- many thants to the
Hub Team for th•lr sorvlcos wide raThJe rf people and ty￿ of
presentsuon and when scd*ty4bstsn¢8d iTrpeTron seths rnssible we to uso our Largg
nduary gpaco to accommodat8 LP to 80 peorAe In ail•ndwK4, cmlkne. In tr19 autumn w8
gtsrtod lfvestreamlw U￿ng new INe8trnamkng and a Iwgo TV 8LMn Ipurrthas8d from Lmng
Stonos flnan￿1. Ow Ihanks 9) to al IjK￿ how ￿ab￿d tN8 lo happon *tr) ￿rattt th• syst¢ffl8
each *pek. prcojdng v•ry qudty 8evvice8 onhn• have bwi and gnknd our wobsKo
and YouTube. Restrktiong v*l*1 arn1 d)ang8d from to D8cwnbw V•* agla In adaptkng o
$wvIcg8 ond athlues a￿c￿dIn￿. So h•v• rMKh tr) thank God for.
supwi them Ihrough our Sm￿1 group n8tw(¥k, cyjr Past￿al Frltnd$ sthorre. 8￿j nabjrnl frf8TrJBhvp gmups.
TheBe Ilnks ww• 30 ImportAnt OV8f the year. For srTh. a wnsidwdlw of tha Imw of lh& pandomlc
and the loss of 80 many things prov&J frdpful thffjugh the Falth, Grief aThJ CovhJ-19 - 1>)rNe￿￿on. Two of
r mambgrs with wofessicnal ex￿rI1* laulitwtsd onfrhow s￿￿n6 In Sgpknbgr, w•t
r8poated in Octthr to $8tlsfy d9[TW￿.

UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT (coKfiNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2020
In Novernbw the 88(y)nd lo(*dM 818rted in DeLxrrter. wlth 8rth8r SIg￿t CovhJ.19 cas8s,
most ofour plan5 forknt s￿1 Chrtstmas h•J to be am￿dad. As Andrvw sad.. "I way that wo WWI listen arh
loam vttbat God wants to teach us lThi 8nforr8d thice. In￿1ralKIn and and that ow *1gnce t￿11 b9
Int•rrupt*l by a trug Fwng out ol our hoarts (n to God and L* sho￿A￿ tho IIW of hls &)n to those
Iw kn d￿rkn•￿..
It was great that rnn trrtt Dtsap188hip Exp￿￿1 oJurs•s Bible C￿99 durfrvJ tha ygar.
and regulw smol grc4w8 es￿ish•d. the faith of many.
In Juno our mlnds arthj 11Th￿l and by th• No tr) R￿alM 8wnt• In US ar￿ UK and
wo had a Om& of latr￿1 and Tewtanc4. The ann￿1 9•rt• Iwk place ￿th
Churc1￿ au088 Hlgh to a woThJ8rlul 8opék> ol for tLwn. 0$p￿Ialty In th1¥
On 11th ￿ ￿l•br4￿J Iho 175th annfvornary of tho thurd). We arn 00 grnt¢lul to Ml( Hmwell for
brfivjrwj UB a Chuffth H18tory Updote helped to put wrrnnt Intc+ ￿taXt.. Ive •r•
eno)uraged by th068 fr￿￿de<l the c*ur¢h in 1845- their sauific¢s and 9grwosty have ènobled us to (k)
vAwt we dokng today. The Ir￿889& is Ih ￿m•-th& uaad to dK19ro A havo tha￿d¢d. We thank
God for thurch as we comrTyt th• TAty* •h•*J and t￿ik$ on th• (ourvJatk)n Ihat h•• almdy
Idd by j•￿ Chrt8t far Hi• gw."
We woro Jo plea￿￿ that Nndrw aTr# Mh1am the lamlty to make tmir trip to Tarhunla mr th•
Chrfthw F*rtod dosplts all tho cthlade8 that n*ht h¥ve stopped ihl8. G￿j wo$ c4•¥rly hethahg tham anjund
Hlg kni• an¢J Pfotothx. Thoy wero b108•ed 8nd ty the vbsits tlw c)Juld m&*• to thdr frt•rKI•
and former c•xvort•rs vAth El #rKI ID a numt*r of tho pro￿th ¢hat thoy had Init5a￿. ￿ 18 9￿¥11
W• h•v• kn¢>wn sadnes8 ya8r 88 • nuftknr crf tyjr (#¥Jrch hav• loft ¢x dknj. Through 2020 w
wel￿Med now p￿PIt to c￿r C(Y￿r￿Jakn quit• J to membership. On th• other haThJ, moved
away. Tharg wo8 al80 sadness •¥ bvod on•s ho￿ dlgd. Wo thlnk esp￿￿ty of Jun• and Joan and Ih•lr
f8rTh1*8 a8 thoy hava m￿rr￿ d•ath¥ rf Kon Jad( r88P8eW. W? th￿k (>)d lelthfuln
aTrJ ttfjtlnu• to prny thdr f8fft1Sw tr￿￿r￿a God to thom wlth HI8 ￿¢• OA)d p￿e￿.
W• ar• Appr•ry*￿ of all tho 8orvkn and 4￿Unte0￿n9 th4t on throughout y•gr. The Body of
Chrtjl *rJrks togeth•r. Wo Jhow to ontr aN>thor orxl glw G¢#J our Wai￿ ar￿ worshp. Wa SI￿d
8w• In I￿ lov• that Ho Ilr818htr•4•d usl
I w0￿d Ilk• to our thank3 to tM To•n who c￿1￿4￿1 to *tvK 80 •ffe¢O¥dy trmugPtsJl
Ihe Y￿ in suth chang•#4e and dr￿m￿lI￿. and •n*)IrvJ so rn￿Y aBpo(ts d our
thurc* life and aclfvty.
tt wwld p•rhap8 b• •8By to thlnk th•t Iho pwidemk ￿ hw• b••n abki to xthl•¥o tyjr
Plans ￿ Asplration• whlth wero 801 oui last yoar t¥Jt th• of cyJUiMd at¥M. show¥
rnuch wa8 athieved. Th• nom)al r8nye of m￿￿sty and Toam haj been bul much has
happened onllne and In new cmallv8 wap. We foThv8rd to cJ)alwfj¢8 and rw)thn6ties In 2021.
so9￿n9 God'8 vtskxn end in al ￿.
The winclple purF*Me of th• •JVanc￿n￿rt ofth• chrkn11￿ l•ith •xDrdlng lo tha prh￿￿￿ oflh•
Baptixt dentjrnlnal￿. It Is 8fflllatod b) thg B8p15st unic￿ d Great Brftakn or￿ is d80 a m•mber ol the
Evangèlieal AJlianc•. The Churth may aLqo tholmxb ¥nd othgr tharilabkn purryJ808 h) Ihtr
UnWod Klngdom c*othor l￿ts oltho *ryld.
To 898 H*h ¥Vyci¥th by (>Jl thr￿ I￿￿J. ¥M1 *Mhlppk¥ thurt*.
churth ha￿ pak1 duo rogarf lo guklan(* 18**d ty lh• Chailty CorrnnL%skm In d¢adirvJ *that thibg8
tha C￿rth should und•rtak•.

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Achlwrnment• and porfornianc•
In fulfill￿ it8 purpxe. th• Church In • ol &*+ilM eilher. on its (r+m, or with othws. that I￿11
vwy from tlm• to thno ¥AlhAthtl8s iThtiatwllsy• ¢xdcwd ￿ aFSYLyla
Regular wt41¢ ¥•Jrshlp. wtyer. eible 8bAty. woHthIThJ WKI
Baptism by imm*xiDn
Communlon ofth& Lryd'8 SLW
Evangdi8m and mission
Chlklron and young P8OFle'8 work
Ch￿81#n ￿￿p1¢ShIP
Educobon ¥tsJ tralnlng Chrfjtkn wr¥i
Pastoral car•
Suppoth'ng and erw3wrnglr*J ¢horhat4e lodal •ctk)n In tIKI United lfjnWI￿Tr a￿1 abrood
Womng wfth other Bapttsl8 and Chrhtiaro
Publlc B•n•fft:
In ￿onTrIng a¢dvlll•s ¢1 the ¢hath/. IM Mar*￿1Va Tr￿￿0$ havo ctY•kJe*r•J tho gukJ8n¢o On publc b•r•fft
18a￿d by I￿ Chwty Commlsth atxl In p#rtknknr tha Sp￿4￿ on c*arfbg8 fty the •oknncom8nt of
Publk 8•n•fft actlvlll••
. We proftth tho c•ntral biJtr* d Ihe Cl*tsll•n lth Ilyouth our many Vlnlstrlw Team• 08
Ihwgh our rngdar Sunday wor8Np •ThJ •G%MII•s.
We Ouf local community In Hlgh ltrffibe throthJh ow m•ny Con*n￿ Ilnk8 *ctMIlss.
OUT buiklirgs •? very ¢iNnrrwNy lo h)ve ol G¢hJ 18
d¢monstr8tod.
. We seek lo TrNqk• wr wwnl8es aclJ¥llkn •8 •cceu8blo as P0S81bl8 10 th01 911 c4n banefft.
. Many ol ￿r memt4ryr8 ar• IrNol¥•d h ￿ c¥ynmunty bo¥•d •.g. CNkl Cwlmct C•ntr• aThJ
ChOalnd6
. We Nn ¢hUr¢w￿ 8¢tfvlles for tho kn•ty and vuln8rabl•.
. W¢ wpwrt Vtywnb• Hthmole88 Cmwtion wvj are parl of the Wnlor Nlght Smhr. prnvldSng
fadlU08 and volLWrt88rn to 8uprxxt homd•Js F¢cple •r¥l rW4leopws, u %wll 88 belrrfd tho v•nu
for Plug4nQThe Hub lan 6venKvJ ¢*cp4n c•ntr•l.
. W• and Chthlkn mlJ8kn in olher c￿r￿•, wothkng •TrJ Jiyport to lhw In
Our church m¢tt* t•xt 2020:
e kwe bocause h8 flrnt loved ￿. 1 Jom 4:19
We 8￿ght to frlow thls th8mo diwlivj ts yw. ft*)JJ ¢n to oach other, (￿r
tovm a)d to tho around u

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
At the stsrt ofthe y•ar. 8 8el of practic¥f pl&r￿ aspiralkrn far2020. In halks.
PhnB •nd A•plrallon• for 2020 lknk•d lo our vl•lon •nd valum M • chw¢h
The LI￿ng Stones Project Vds fvrther roffin￿ arKI ￿101￿￿ fjjrtrth made presentskns to undertake
the work Building on tho kitthan. 8tw and l&undry r<>Jm #t gr(rt￿d ftoor leY81 has wt In hand
and1fv08trpqfflln9 oqubrnonl wa8 Inst￿￿￿ in the thurth sarLXuary 8$ port of thg
Wa hav• not m¢)¥od forw•Td In th18 area dwlrwJ 2020.
W• plan lo •mb•d our M¢r• 1kn4y In th• Ill• of th• clwrch •0 vm pl•n to do th• follo*lnq:
Lockdown ro4ukod us to tr¥n¥fofm hrm w• Jc4n In o)mmung1 KvsNp. Prfrrecord•d YouTub• eoNtrA8.
I1￿•tr•sM￿9 wlth crywrggakn. vafvjjs onlino vla Zoom aThJ •udb CD'8 of 8•rvl¢
each h￿8 offor8d wayT to worshlp together. Th680 tech￿¢￿ ￿u￿(w¥j ha￿ rowirod poetorg. mu8icianJ and
the Bound, camera, ￿￿￿cti.￿ and livostraarring t••mts to vwy c&Mely to￿or. TKhnology ha8 al•0
onabled u8 to COnn￿t nm actfvdy ¥Alh m18•knnarfe8. St￿4•n￿l 81 unhw* ar#J (>)nnect in naw w¥y7 wNh
8(xTr• who ar• shut In.
up you¢li ènd ￿ults In arKT loachlrq.
Four ol the c*LW(* have beon tranod throthJh trk• Scxth C•rttrd Go•pel Parth8r8h* Mlniity
Tr•knlThJ Couw In Oth arthj thw arn ¢)n the ￿Urne inb) 2W21. Ffv• y¢xry frDm Goklhlll l￿d Unk>n
Joln•d In a dov8kwrnthl ccwse. Two ofth•m unh￿ wbBwenUy prnathod In t•rvhx8.
d¢wotlofts 8ndpr•ywln am mlnl8lrkn 8nd ts•m&
Th Covb&19 p•nd•mk has mthjtr us •1 •thty of depe￿nc0 13od. A 24n pray•r
orvJagod Many pooF40. In earty lkn. Ttrwfsday •￿1￿4 tiN8 rf pra>w lor ts NHS were a poworful
Te8ponse to the Pa￿10m[C fjrKI 51 has t￿on l￿d01￿￿1 to ￿ the grry•th ol prnyw thr(￿h WhatsNJp &voup8
R•l•tlonal- Wo h￿d an at hL¥ne and txhw for onlor lo h* th•
t)￿r 90 from Ihe feficM8Np grew kn friendship f•thy**%hip th• ggnw*k)ns a6 tsy 9p￿1 e Saturday
Icgelhor In F•W. Fo1ty*7r¥ the death of Ge￿ FWI In th• US. n was glgnffic8nt aThJ imt¥)rt4nl to li¥ton
to the exparitncè of IAaek rr￿Mb￿ra of th& ￿r￿regakn. to lam8nt ic¥30th8f aThJ rynl por80naly and on
behalfof nabon and worfd. S￿￿)r Past(¥ ￿'nu&S to meet for rx>nv•rsation and ftiondshlp tlhth
pastor5 from ￿a¢k ￿ ￿rch&S In HKJh Wy(xMkn.
intonbonsty e.q. GI￿ Aw8y on th8 R￿. Wa. G•t in th6 Fldure al chrfS&n￿ E8*r
up ntsw way8 of wlith w2 way F￿Ve Inritful. CWo￿￿n0kng outside nwtl)•rn' Fbjm
proved g gr&ot onMUr￿men¢ to th￿ bx*od h and rosuW In rnarry noighbours IcrfnlNJ In song and prayor
together- an unexpected blesslNJ. Thè Msii of Iho BMS A#ion Team w88 ￿￿ello￿ bui tyJr #wareness of and
support for overseas misS￿n hgs uY¢r•m durlng y￿r wrth inTh80d Fwb'dpallon kn Ihe
Mi55ions Prayer meeti￿ enatled by Zoom tochnob3y. R8guLar upJ8t•s attth our linked missionarie5 in

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to nAlnislrtes ofthe L*urc* artd
Th• pandwlc hfi￿ *nifir*nt rrwtsl IwNh ne&J8 wilhin arKI twnd the
f81bwshlp. SLX Mont￿ heajth Wet8 have been gnd m8d• 8v848bkn on and pastoral
guidance has been shared In wrill•n Vid￿ fcrn in h(Mf to dèal wtth knckdtwm. Tho Falth, Grtel& Cov1th19
C￿verSat￿ vra8 rn￿Y fflThYlrvJ tN8 hew.
Entlrdy n8w arnas of Chrtstsn ￿ h•v¢ Op￿￿j up wcnhip chldr•n y
mln18ty. Thè dwrch has gener￿Sty Inu•awd offertno8 by noaty 7% 88 m¢•ilng pledg88 for tho
Ston•s Proix*. Cornmuw m*¥8ty ha$ be¢n h•ld bac* due to ￿Xkd￿ t¢$Ymonie8 In
Th• Co¥ld.19 pundomlc and kxk(hM h&1 Inw M cwr thurch 110 aTrJ mlnlstrle•. Slmi M•r¢h
21Y20 vm hav8 had to rnstrti tho use rf our and dwdop nthv W4￿ of *vr8hlppkn9 and wpportlng
our co￿jr998￿0n, kn Iln8 ￿1h gov•mm8nt rostrKth•. tkn88 ￿ hgvo pr￿ti8•d tho 8afoty ol ￿ thwch
f•nity doqr and rok •w•*))•rA•.
D••pits th•*0 unprK•dwted ￿M•S have to makntakn and dgvelop ￿nIStrI&S to God's glory A￿1
fd￿ng rnport of our church durfTrJ 2020 h a nM>8t to GLNI h￿$ provId￿l
for UB and how and Inr￿¥th ol WKI wvlrvd baon dgv•kp8d.
Fln•ndal r•¥lva7
In what h88 b88n an Unbxeead￿t•d ywr, th• Lord ha8 grackjus to us kn many way8. not1988t In relallc
lo the church's fm•nc6. OM ol vAfu•8 lty ¢lvJr¢h L8 boing sa¢xlllthl vtd w8 h•vg 108n dwkn9 this yeor
of •normous uncertw'nty ￿￿915￿nt and 8acrifioal grfflg bolh to the genwd ffinanc￿ of the churth and to thè
Lmng ston￿ ￿T￿lary project. We aro Iruty t4•sseAI and givti lo ow Lord h* provlsion for u• and
th• generoua And ￿)ro￿tent ol Iho felkywship durtn9 Ihls rNss¢ Jffi￿rI ol>*ar¥.
In tho Sprirvj of 2020 as we nto kthown for th• flr81 Iln*. were vwy unr**in •5 b) what Ihbs mI￿t
mun for Iha thurth finarKs8, pertlujlwty as. dmosl o¥wrighL • maJty nc&Yn• Jtrnam Il• r•ntsl in¢>Jm• fr
iha Hub) was r•JI￿rt to nolNng. Earfy foroca6ts of a large dor￿ by lh• of Ihe year F¥ov•d Unf￿nd•d
and, as set out In tha surrmory behyw, we up wrth a po*ty)n on ger￿ra1 flnarK•8. Th18 18
duo to tho g8norous givlng of th& lelkmship. g¢tsJ slv•arthh* of our re8ourc*8. and wrne runnirvJ
osts due to the wemraes ￿'n9 dos•d or usad 'INyIV fty of the year. ￿th0￿h A has been
dlfflcull ￿ar to fr*r•¢asl and plan a1￿J, In lerm8 of our 08 In m•ny Olhw 88P•L*s ol Iwo. the Lord hag
guldod our path.
As a ngw treowrer I have corne kn apyedata the numtw ol Ihat c(yne tog8th8r to ènsure the smooth
runnlTrJ of the ¢hur¢h'8 ffn&rth8. I Ike to thank Lynn. S￿. Jane and al ts pahj stsff for the that
they have caroftAly mana9gd our ?xpeThJTturo. dllwty kopt I￿ tKth, 8r•J ¥150 wcffkod 80 t￿blY over the
last 12 months. I would dso Ilka lo th8rth t￿ Fu*nce Team th•r aupport athc• and wlsdom ovgr thg
yoar, and to Jac*Jo in parlJoAgr for hw dilKJèrth t*)th OB ryjr ald 80c¥elary bul al￿ In ao c4rofvlly
¢C•ydlMtlrwJ and nh)nitoring the Lwbng Stones don•tKM.

UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT (COPMNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
. Totsl off•rtory wlth gld l•x¢bJtrs LOvh¥J Slrn) to E283.914 ah••d cl bWI by ovor
4%
. R•nt*l and rpl•t•d Incryn• totslled £83.￿- Mt wrtslrwJty. of Ic4*d￿￿￿. thls
was h*ftht ￿dge1¢d
Provtsoon olthe kild￿ next to the hyAW lounge
glvlng arvj SUFVOrt for our ministrkns and t•¥As {£49.51T- 19% of total Ir*cfjrr*.
frxduthng Lkn'rvJ Stone0}
Lmnq StonM-tot81 fiJnd$ at thg ol lh• sh)od at £680.560. an in(¥ease of È2W.649 on
2019. tak08 &¢c￿l of £19.074 exp8nd￿ra kn th• yw. W• ftTh•rd to mrylrrfj on to th•
glage that u8 a lkni fv for the
. G•n•r•l Fund- ovwal thIB has Incna••J from £95.820 to £122,458.
Pmp•ty Fund- hos frvrn £28,￿ to £19.803.
t￿1•1*11 bal•nc•- 0Xd￿alty Ll¥trp #nd to the v4luo of prtyrty a8••ts, th•r•
vrns a total 8Ltyus for th8 year 01 £20.324 f3%nparod wmh a bjdg•￿j £20,050 ddld¢
c*wch ha8 8 tyAlcy apwu4•d In 2018 hold• r•8•rv•s kn a d••19rA￿ fijrrtl. Al
31112120 Ih¢f¢ wa$ £41,772 In tho ¢￿tif¥dencY fi￿. Thls Is abo¥8 th• 9p￿ amounl IndrAted In lh•
ro8erves pdicy olju6t ur*l•r £36.C(Q Ixrt thB wnowrt that bo roquirnd rfthB principb8 and
approach s•t c￿t In that polky 8pplb•d l•slMnalod •t £48.IJOOI. HO*￿r. th• balanr• of
unTeJtrtc4wJ and unde*naknJ fund8 (￿ th8 ge￿￿1 fund) of£122.458 moan8 Ihat thero are Ihan
$uffld8nt fvnd$ to sailsfy the Oky. The Ihexefore has 8uffici•nt ro￿￿$. ItvAII bo prudont to rw
thg rno•rM pollw durkng 2021 to (*vJrn8taN￿ 81nc• th• w98 aw*J.
In 2020 Iho 0)rOr￿ruS pandemk Nghlgttled p8rUoilar Thjtably to th• thurthts Inccmo. Tho most
slgnrfKant ol the88 was th8 r8duction ￿ rental inoTh causod by lor￿￿￿￿ and asscKiatgd r￿l￿S on th•
Uae of the thur(* premlBes. Cth•r rl8ks the potethl fry ￿1￿c¥d offortwy ￿ bh8rn18 a
•¢onomic downlwn offgcting peoF48'3 at41Hy to Th098 tsks romgii in 2021. However. tho 18vel
of.on lit•" actmty In 2020 rrffjant Ihat ewdthre was also rodw8d and th•rè was ggnwalty Izroful
M￿a90m￿nt ofts thurth'8 gxpeTrXur•. ¢Xortryy th 2020 waB at*)ve tyjtst desF4tg oc¢nomlc
uncertalntie8. Vlhilst b• sw• that ttb• s#m• hgpFen in 2021, the ksson$ Igamt frcrfn 2020 wil
a88181 In managlTrJ Ihese rfsks In 2021. In aththtion. n*+1 mcffitNy bLwW nW)￿lOr*ig reports to tho trust
hÈv• botn put in rlace for 2021 to ensure Irusta•s up to dat• Ilnandal In(Mt*￿ to enablo tim
Tho olhgr main financid rfsk in 2021 is tha sw09r￿ M th• Li¥ing Slon8s sand￿ary Tefijrbishment project.
Athough a signlfKant amount has alr•ady b••ft ￿￿￿ted to thg ¥rKI rrThp IB p￿dged. th18 ￿ stlll
tgnlncant flnpna8t th8 Th15 r18k 55 beku niwtgd by ¢J8vdo￿e￿1 ol a detaN8d
d•svJn l•adiTha to • firTn cosl wY¥ks. overviThf of the IxoJ8cI by a stoerfr#J gro￿ it8 aBwdata(I
flnancfj t*om, und¥rtoktr& dlt9once of r¢kntial L%)ntr￿kn.

UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
TRUSTEES, REPORT {CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
We M•k to Cont￿U8 to efflbed owvAkw in Ilo of lh• ¢*wJth ats w8 emwg• frcth hJckthJwn.'
BlbllrAI- Vle VAI apwjinl 8 N*ni3ty Trninee 2021r22. t*tKS rncAv• mlnlst•rlal training as shth ￿rVeS
amorKJst U8 88 as •tt•ndlng Bljltol Hnl8ty tr￿[th9 In OxlNd. Wa t•&ll erK¥)uw¢ group aThJ Ind￿k￿U81
st￿lY thr<xtr3h hous• SYWPS. ￿1￿* ¢<KY908, tho ol &1119 apps and by tXOd￿sA9 honx group
note8.
Compu•lon•t•- We undertake a strategic rnvltsw s*oc•ss Of￿ Ministry. W• VAII seek lo
Supl￿ and caro fur ttThe 8Lrfforfry from anxloty aThJ W f)fv47 Lmrt aThJ wll hold o
bw•#vèm#nt a•wvu.
Prny•rlul- W8 WMI o)rfinw to 40ok to t• dewmlent on Gc*l for vffj1hlrg and ￿11 hcAd a bvook of Prny
I￿rbJ￿￿) aThJ constNct ong8gtro pray•r our th.
8acrMclal- We VAI ¥polrrt a contr*tor to futy LMThJ Stone8 Prw wilh a to movlng
ah•ad ￿th bulding work Or￿ fiAI coslSng8 ara kr#￿. W• al80 Impknmenl nww, ac￿8S￿￿ moan8 01
fin•n¢bl glvkng.
R•latlon•l-Whgn ablg to th) 80 808k to C￿>￿te Ih end of lock(kn￿ tAIth vAlh and 8• •
fdhjwship.
MIMlon- We seek to ccffllnu8 to th& dos￿ tyjr felry￿ and MIS￿On ￿rtn9r8 u8lng
lochnol¢yJy. We 908k trj strongtsn rrtAroath to thik1ron and Iwnllos by oxplrylng the appothtrnonl ofa
thlldr8n's and famlllg8 workor.
Wor*hlpful- We ¢onb"nu• to malntdn th• open (bjr to I￿8n *AYnNp by wtynollig onlh8 s•￿¢•8
C￿rth 1$ govtsmed by rts Fourbl•lb￿ Tru* Oood {28 Marth 18451 ar#J Con8trttrtlNb119 May 20091
Tru8tee8, are aFOntsd by f•8dukn olth• Chur¢h M•n*orn at a Spèdd Churth M8mbern ￿e￿ng.
Tho Iru8ts08 a•N•d thwlrwj tho and ￿ l) ts dale ofglgnatrx• of tho IkwKAal
A Wngfl•kl
ADCroft
R E W•sb)n
R W MurKIy
Y H Tcho￿￿1
S E Wgston
K Bats8
R N Panli
l D Manktelow
Rav M K Hazgl
T M Bumhglom
CECroft
J A Hamlton
(AprK4rrt•d 19 Mvy 2tr20)
(App¢lrknd 19 May 21Y20)

UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT {CONnNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
TogelhOT the M5nL8tar($)" If ony and ts 9klws and d&8c4)n$ gr¢ fv Charlty Tru8teeB of the Churth. A Pastor is
Arrinted or rerTh)ved ty a resduttrx ol th• Clwrch At B Spxial Chur(* M•fflbors' M•8ting. Voting
18 by Settol b4lhX and they mu8t rocolvo a ofat 80% of I￿)$0 ¥oUTrJ. Ebdors are aFW"nt•d by a
rwdution oflhg Chwth mernbern at a Chjrch Membws, Ma81ing. VoUrrfJ Is by socrBt balbt and thoy must
rec•lvo a vots ofat least 80% of ihose VLthg. Cknacons arn aP￿Sint•d by ale￿lon 8t 8 Church IAember8'
M88tkvJ. VolNJ Is by sécrti ballot arxl Ih•y rn￿t recwg a vots ofat J8ast 50% of ItM)se vouryj.
Charty TnJst8es loxcept for th0￿ tn mlnbtsrtal offlcel are apr*)Tntod ftr (Th term of thrw y•gr4 wlth lh&
porbjnlty to b8 rK*mlnated ftrono furthar thr88 yèar tam) 0￿Y ththt mu* b? lol(Y*vJ by a vacant yewvhwn
they Bhall not be elvJit48 for rewointmenL A Sperial ChL¥th M•n*or5' mlly r88thd th
app)Intrnnt of any Chwrty Tru*ee {exc•pt fly th(fjo In oflk*l at ony b"mo.
' usudly glv•n t￿ Ull•
R N P*nlrklg•
Tru8ts0
Oalod.. 8 May 2021

UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF UNION 8APTIST CHURCH
I r¥port to tru3tee8 ￿ my exanlrballon of th• flnwK481 cl Lknkn Boplist Churth Ith• cP￿r￿)
for tha èndèd 31 Doc¢mber 2020.
RHpon•lblth •nd l*•18 of Y•port
As th• trust••$ of thg Churth yvu ar• r8spcThl>lo for lh• W•parati¢￿ of th• fina￿ Btalomonts
a(tonknc• tArfth th• r•qthMil• ol the Charfll8shA* 20111tho 2011 Ad).
I repJrt In resFrft of my 0xami￿t￿ of the Churth's Ilnondal stalements cathod out under $&t1￿ 145 of
th• 2011 In c•rryky my eXamInalk￿ I folkJ*8d al th• apF4cablo DIr￿tIONS ￿￿On by
Ch•rty Commkn¥th wder 145(5Xb) ofthe 2011 Art.
Slrth the Chufth's 9ro88 IrK¥)mè 9x¢￿j¢d £250,[￿ svJr •xaminer nYJ8t b8 a m•mb•r of * body ￿stad kn
88Ctlon 145 of tho 2011 Ad. l Lyjnnm) ttwl l om qU￿d b) urtht8k8 tho axamhalljn bo¢au•e I
momber of ACA, ¥hbich ￿ on8 of th0118tod bod￿.
Your •tt•ntbon [• drwi fxl that Ihts (*wity ww>Ar•d flnr4Kao1 In 84Xtxd•rth *
Acc￿Jntinp and ROF¥￿￿9 by Ctr*lts8 thdr accounts in ACCOTdanc8 wlth Ihe Flnandal R•portlng
Standard 8ppllcablo In th8 UK and ol ITgknr¥J (FRS 1021 In wel8renc• to tho A¢t>)unts"ng and
RwrtirvJ by Charftie8'. Stat•ment ol Recommend￿1 PraLYko kn6ued on 1 hpril 2005 r8fwr8d to in
th• extsrrt re9￿0¢kI￿ but has n(w t48n *lthdrawn.
l und•r8tand Ih8t thls ha• b*i don• In ¢￿#T ft* fln•nd•l Jtalemenl• to and falr th In
acojrdance ￿th Gener8ty Acc•pl•J Pr4¢k• ¢ff¢¢tr￿ tr reP￿r￿j perfod8 bgglnnlng on or
after 1 January 2015.
I h8v• cc4npbts¢J my •x￿nItIOn. l o)nflm no mall•rn havo C•Jm• to nry att•nlon In
th• oxaminafjon gmng m• cawi to that In any matfjrfal r¢spe(t.
acLounUrvJ T•cord8 w•r• k•pt In r*ipx* of the Church as req￿r￿1 by 8octtrm 130 of the 2011 A¢t,'
or
th• fin•nryJl •Ith￿nts do Tr)1 compty with the aFfAkablo cth¢omiThJ the form and
C￿￿tant of accwnts g•1 wt in Ihe Ch&rill8s IA(rrJJnts arKI Reports) R￿U￿10n8 2008 other than any
r•qulrnrn8nt that tha accounts gh• a tru• lak ¥l•w whkh 1$ a matter ¢￿￿k1•r9d as port of an
Ir*ja￿l￿nt exAfflThlk>n.
I hav• no C£￿M5 rg)rrn a(¥tw no oth•r mattors in Connedc￿ ¥Ath th• èx8rnln4Yon lo whkh
attonlon shrmjld bo drAwm kn ropty¢ kn Lydor to ￿blO a wopw undwst•n(Ang 0ftr￿ fl￿ncIal8t8Iernents
Chrlstophor Nl$b6t IBAHMS) FCA
*2etsAudlt Sorvh>s
718 Eghams Court
Boston Drfvg
Boumg End
Bucalngh8meNre
SL8 SYS
0810912021

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UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT31 DECEMBER 2020
2019
Flx•d ••••ts
T*￿Ible assets
13
1,783,600
1.7￿.fA)0
Dobtorn
Ca8h at bank and in hwxl
14
21.Ck81
911041
827.957
&32,9)2
89).786
Cr•d*orn: amounts Nllr¥J du• t*lth
on• ymr
15
145.322)
(24.1591
Net ojrnnt 8S80ts
887.580
666,607
Tot•1 a•Mts IM• curr•nt Il*bll*l••
2,871.180
2.416,607
Chwty fvnd•
Propgty 8nd¢r*Tr￿fund#
1.783.8iXI
1,750,0
1.783.600
1,7SO.OCL)
R08tr5cled lund$
Unrejthdod fvnd8
Do￿gn&t￿j fund8
16
476,570
122.4S8
2W,817
95.820
279.970
17
2,671.1
2,416,607
R N Pantrklg•
Tru#t••
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UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 310ECEAIBER 2020
2019
C8•h fram op•rthq ac￿111•¥
C88h geneTated from operntions
258,552
Vmdng acIMtkn•
Inve8lrrwl Inrjjrne TerAv8d
1,878
N•t ¢a•h g•n•V•t•d fnlm kN•¥tlng
1,878
N•1 cuh u••d In flMndrwJ •ctrlll••
N•t In¢v•M• In ¢Mh c••h •wl¥4•ni•
C￿h cath •¢yJtrMlertB at t••'nr*¥ of y•
827,957
387.527
Cwh and ¢Mh •qulv*nt• It •nd al y•v
911,841
827,957
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UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Chjdty Inlormjti
The Union BapU¥t ClwJrt* b& ￿ UmC£￿ asgcxath affllat•d Urkn of Gr* Brltaln.
1.1 Accountlnq eon¥entlon
The finanud st8temeJ)ts hav• bmn Pr•par￿ in a￿￿¥￿8nCe with I￿ Clwrth's trust daod, Chgrtires Azl
2011 and 'Aec￿jntl￿ RoFrtylng ty Chth.. Statarnant of Recljn￿nd￿d Pradce aFvllcaNe t+
tharibes preparing thwr accojnts in atttrdAnc* with the F￿ana￿l Reportir*J Standard appllcable in the UK
and R4)ubJic ol Ireland IFRS 102118ffth 1 2019r. Th• Churth L8 a Public 88nefft Entity
dofin•d by FR8 102.
The finandal 8thtWn￿1s ha￿ dap￿ad from t￿ Chartl•8 {A¢c¢unts ar¥J Rewtsl R•Jul4tlon8 2008 on
10 tho 0xt￿t ffjqutrwj to wovhje a tNe and f* M8w. Thls depwbjrn h8• invofvgd fdlowing lh• Stslombnt of
R•comm8thJ•d Prncucè fof ch*ii88 ￿PI￿ng FRS 102 rnth6r than th• vèrslon of th6 Statèmènt of
Tho lknandol 9ts1¢m￿15 arn prep￿1 In the ujrrwy of the ch￿￿. Mon•
•rnounts In thos• flrwoal staterrwts arg rnurthj to th8 w06t £.
Th& 8tatsm•nts hav• been marod under the hl8torlc41 cosl rx)nv•rthn. mL*Jfflgd to Indude th•
uatton of freehold aNI to WK*A• invo8tmnt wopwtio8 certain nstrurn•nts at
I￿r ¥•￿. Th• fjc¢ounlty pfA¢kn8 •dopt•d •rn Ml (wJt
1.2 Oolng con¢•rn
At Iha Ilmo of appro￿n9 th• fin8no•l stateM￿ts. the truBt•es have a re￿)nab￿ oxpecknti¢>n that th•
Church has *Joquat6 rn8ourc•8 to contYM* In tspwatlrywl gxl¥lence for ￿ lOr•88￿blO fubjro. Thu8 th•
C￿￿ 19 ￿lI￿k has ￿3￿1+1 kn a *nbfi¢8nt drop part￿* In relallon to room hlrn •t
Iho Hub". Wo have tthn e4r8fulty managlng tyjr and for￿1￿ng the Fthnllal of year flnan￿1
ouknmè. A8 a result. and due to the gcx#l balan￿ 81 th• end ot 2020. w• balle￿ w411 stlll havo
Sustaina￿ unro8lrba¢d d•sbwatod tunds 81 the a￿1 of 2021, And wo TrAryl not be dow t¢ havhg to
access tho wntlrrfJ•bKy I￿￿. As ¥uth. ￿ (xThkl8r Unk>n Bapost Church and tha Hub to be g going
car￿M flnandaly b8yond 2021. Vthl81 lh• c*#Jr¢h has had to cany a numb•r ol ils actMtI88
dlfferenty the pan¢lenwc. m•y ha¥• to th somB thing• diffgrerty kn th8 futurg. It i¥ •tlll abkn to
fvMI118 th8thbl• aThl auodat*l tsk• St• for th8 yo8r.
1.3 CharStabkn fim
Unrestrlcted luThls arn a¥4l*A• fty us• 01 dlwetkn of thè lurth•rnrK¥ of thdr thgrlWI•
and useB dtho r8strlct•J lund8 stst out in ts notsB to lh8 finwmaal slatemenls.
Churth.
1A InGIIIII•
Ino)m8 is r•cx*3niwl Wrt￿ th• Churth ts laga1￿ entiugd to it after ary per10￿¥￿9 ccmdititsnB hove tean
( Ihe anKAJnts can te rneasu￿ relabty. and ft 1$ prob*4¢ th81 Inc¢mts be r&xNed.
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UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONTINUED)
FOR ThIE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAI8ER 2020
A¢t￿n￿9 polici
{Cortlnu•d)
Cash dLMations ￿ revJgnwJ on re￿[￿. Other ￿athy¢ arg rec>¥niwJ orK* th• Churth has been
tified ol thè dwtbjn, unle8J perfrnrTh condMh)ns rnqun d•fèrr4 of th8 aTh)unL Irmmo tax
r￿0¥•18b1e In relalon to undtr Gift Akl or d88d8 of c4>v•nBnt18 rewSs•d •t lh8 time
ofthe donath￿.
Lega¢i&s •re rncoJiys•d on receyt or othap•As8 K th• Churth hbs Lwi of an im￿nd1
dJstrltrXrtt￿. th¢ ornounl IJ kr¥MI. and T￿￿p1 bs 8XF*thd. Mltro an￿nI is not knov+n, the logaw 18 treat
a conting¢nl as￿(
Gr￿ts wo r8r4ni8od on recow or rf th• nothl&l of on ItrporvJlrvJ d18tr1butlon,
1.5 Exp•ndRur•
I •XF•ndMurg f8 acc*)untsd cffj ￿ 8D7ualB I)a￿. EX￿ndI￿Jr* l• r•(x)gr&e•J ￿ra Ih•r• Is a legal or
constructive obl*8tth to maké WyM￿ts lo ts4rd li ￿ ryc*8L4• that ￿￿rnent *lll ￿ wulrod and
IM amount ol th• oblgatkn w b• m•wMvd
R8strkt•d gmng arnounts we doalt as rwblcl•J lurth laltrwh th•y arg roglsternd on ttr•
Balonea Shw wtron not fuly $w)I duthvJ th8 year In Itw •1• s4¥w) and th• Ilabllty for payrnit
reC￿JnIs6d whgn th• •mount• ￿ f•c*W.
JI oth•r IB gorwdly rnc4nl••d It l• r4vJlor Irbyok￿.
1.6 Thrylbl• Ilx•d ••••l•
Tanglble flx•d as2atg arn ¢oplt41i8sd rf tw ￿ be uBed for Morn th•n onè yw and c081 at knast £1.OCQ.
They are InlU8lly rowin¢s&d al ¢08( ty for ¢JJnaknJ as8ot4 al a rna•wabl• osllmlto of Iholr Va￿ on
Afonrd valuatlon crf m•in Churth of the Cfrwrth. HU8 •rd c•) p•rfom*d
Duncan Balley Konnady LLP. 410¢41 fvm of Ch8rt8r&J BulAllng Aprll 2020. Th• vabJaOon w
rel1￿•d In acDJunts yoar 31 Det￿r 2019.
Dur*¥ th• y•ar •nd8d 31 De(￿ts￿ 2020 Iho tru8*•• updaw • ¥aluatth of Man80 w*h
raf8rnn(* to th? N8lith¥Jo Prfco Index. Tho re8UtUThJ InLy0a￿ In valuo ha8 been refi•LtsJ
the accounts lor tha yaw 8rn19d 31 Doc￿r 2020.
1.7 IM￿1r￿•￿t offlx•d ••••t•
Al each re￿T￿ng end dafy. Iho cfM¢h rnWv*J th• ￿unI￿ of Ma laffjbl• to d•tsrrfth•
whether thwe is any nth'cat*)n that those as86ts have #uffergd on knPa1n￿nl k)88. 11 any Buch Indlcgflon
0￿¥￿. the le￿￿￿bI& mnt of the 0888t Is estlmatwj In order to d•twnine the ext*￿t of the impalm￿nI
loss {Wanyl.
1.8 C•¥h Ind ¢th •quI￿1•nts
Cush ¥rwJ ￿$h e¢Walents IndwJ8 cash n hand. ¥1 wllh bonk8. othor short4omi Ilquld
Invo8trn•nts wllh Nlgln81 mabJrll50s of three months or 18ss. 4nd bonk overdrafts. Bank overdratts arn
8h¢ywn thln b0￿ry$ Ai liaixllles.
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UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEp¥rs (coKnNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2020
Ar￿u￿tIng pollGI••
IContknu•d)
1.9 Fknan¢l81 In•trwn•nl•
Tho Churth eleLtsd to ap￿ the of Sec*Jn 11 'Ba81c Fhandal InthIr￿j￿, aThJ Sathn 12
'0￿ Finan0￿ Instruffl￿ts Is8ues' of FRS 102 to all of its fffi8no#l instrum•nts.
Ftnandg18Jsets ond IlabMMe3 are off8eL wilh net 8mtMmls pres•ntsa in IIKry )InorKial stat•rn•nts,
Ihorn Is a legalty W)frjr￿bI8 rwJhl io set off tho rnctynls￿l aft￿nts 3r￿ tW¢18 ￿ htsnllon to on
nat b891s LY to rndis• tho •Thl the Imtxlty ￿muttarb￿￿￿.
'c finAncid assats. in(*Jde d8btor• oThJ (¥•h arwj bdancw. ffl688urnd at
transadon pric* indUd1r￿ tr8n8th c¥)81s •Jb8oqu8nty c4rvl•J at c4)Jt uskng th•
ctive Intern8t molhc*J unkry88 the arr8rvJ•m•nt flnandng transacUon, whw• the tranBacUon
l• measured at the prevent value ol the futuro r•c4lpts disLY)ufttsd at • rr4¥rket rate of Inteml. F￿an(yel
gwts dassffi4d as ￿thin (￿￿ ￿ arn n¢A 8mortl80d.
Baslc fln￿￿tAl Ilabllw, ¢xodM(Ys aThl bank lo•n6 arn Inthny r•ctynW at transothn ptl¢•
unlos8 tha 8rrang8m8nt con8tiknt•s a fin•ndTh3 tr¥n8BGIkn. thro the d•bt In8trumont ts meaour•d at th•
pr•8ent Value ol Ihe fubjre payments dIStt￿nI•d •t a mBrkgt r¥te of hterest. Financial llabrltu￿ da8B
Flnanc4al 16abl11ti￿ aro dwnl8od when tho r•Jntr•dual obllgolloro •xpfjr• or ar• dl•ch•rg•J or
cancdlod.
Crlllcal •ce4)untlng ••tlmth Ind ludg•m•nts
In the apffilkn of tho CIKrth's accounllng r*)Id•8. trusl••s #r• roqutred to m*0 ludgomtrntj,
sJmalo8 #nd assumpts0￿ 8tr*)ul th• amwnt ol 88sets ardl18bl1￿ that are not r&adlly appofvjnl
from other wur¢•8. Th• •sb'males and asgouated assumpthMs w• baaad on hl8torK* 0xparl•n￿ and
other factcys that arn COMh18rnd to b• rpFe¥anL PL*Jal ￿SuIt8 may drfl•f Irom tha￿ 05brnato•.
timates 8rg r8ts>JnAod in tho ￿¢#j in wlith the estirn8te ￿ rnvi8&g wh•r• lh• onfy Ihat
Fth)d. or in the peiknl of th• r•vI￿n &r4J futyjre pwlodj wthere Ihe revlskfft 8ffKts bolh ￿rr•ftt and fulure
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UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2020
Don•tloM Ind T•gKI••
fund•
fund•
fvnd8
2020
20
2019
2019
2019
00ft8th)ns And
Ta¥ rvAlvabl8
220,670
41.444
222.170
41.744
211.495
38,655
212.605
39.023
262,114
263,914
250.150
251.718
Ch¥llabl• A¢lMty
2020
2019
Chofltabl•
57.482
113.592
Mon<harlt•bl• lth¢om•
2020
2019
5,814
26,489
Inv••lm•nt•
fund•
2Q20
2019
2019
2019
176
1.702
1,878
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UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEthIBER 2020
C￿ritabl• Ch*rrtabl•
exp•ndltur•Exp•ndlturn
2020
2019
lthnlJlry
102.469
49.157
188.072
3.090
97.365
66.978
220.200
E8t8bM8f#Y*nt
340.788
386,343
An•ly•l• by fvnd
Unrestrlcted funds
O•signol•d funds
R•81ri(*ed fijndi
278,083
38.7TT
23,928
353.386
20,522
12.436
340.788
386,343
costs pa￿ to tho of £3.090 {201& £1,8fy)} for
examin8t￿)n foes.
2020 (S￿n8Th
2019
¢o•ts
Bank
IT
Offlce c08ts
Olhor costs
Ind•pandanl
•xaminathJn
420
420
1.477
84,932
99,183
1.4TI
84.992
99,183
102.681
116.238
102.881
116,238
186,072
189.162
220,200
222,OlXI
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UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEpifs (COKnNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAI8ER 2020
10 Grnnts p•yth•
2020
2019
Grants to In81itsrtioM:
BUGB Homg M188lon
BMS Worfd M188b)n
Olh•r ￿*￿eaS Ml5¥
UK Lc¥a Misslon
10.C
10,OCq)
11,782
10,200
25.016
9.0
11.605
7.900
12.6S2
49.157
86,978
11 TN•t
oth•r thgn Mlnl¥t•rs note 121, ol rwAv•d any or b•n•fftJ frc¥n thfr
cl￿Tch durlng tho y¢8r lJ)19: nll.
Durfng th• y•ar th• ¢hwth £21,76312019'. £23,894) to wt¥) wore r8l•tsd
12 Employ•••
2020
Nurnb•r
2019
Nurnb•r
16
19
Wages and salartgs
Sockql ¢osts
ot￿r pension costs
154.133
156,760
8,374
10,119
19.132
10.512
20215
191.743
194.385
•rnployw r8caN•d ex¢o8s 01th).¢￿ the yaar.
The Mni8ter5 act as clyjrth's trust••s V•iih the thJTch ￿￿$ti1￿1￿?￿ and reca￿ad
M￿OrBticffi of £58.W) 12019.. £57.th)018Th1 Lts benèfits li Tospeca of th•tr as Minlstsrs.
Ind￿￿1n0 prOvisic￿ cl man8e acxorN￿tth. ￿1￿j lym￿1 by the dvxch aTrJ the oth•r b•lng
rFntsd by Ih churth from th8 Ministor arml his skymtso.
£886 kn tclal was trj Tn￿ h r•¥•ct of ix¥Jrred as TruSt￿S 12019.. £1,983).

UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEp¥rs (copinNUED)
FOR ThIE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2020
12 Employ•
(C¢)ntlhu•d)
13 T•rylbl• flx•d a•••ts
Pr•￿ knd bulthw•
At 1 Janu8ry 2020
R8voluation
1,750,C
33.8CQ
At 31 D•c•mb•r 2020
1,783,8
•rrylng ￿9￿rt
At 31 D￿￿t￿r2020
1.783.8(M)
At 31 DeUrn￿r 2019
1.750.000
cl ltr• flx•d a*o•ts Arn for4Jr•ct rt*it8bkn pJrr*)800.
• 8t 31 Dec•rnbw 2020 th8 m•ln chu￿ gil• w•$ r•ts>wiwJ in h a(YayJrts a yo￿• of £1,175,000
12019.. £1,175.ocKJI. t￿ad upM a I￿rn•1 undwlth kn WI 2020.
A• al 31 Oec£m￿r 2020, tho Man80 wa8 rwts•J kn thg acL4)unts *llh a vduo of £833,600 12019..
£6rxi.0￿1. ba￿1 an knfcrnal UF*J*e ts) the ￿￿•rt*•n by thg tru•leeB wilh referonce lo tho
tionwido Pk)us0 Pri(¥ lThJe
14 D•lknrn
2Q19
Amount• 14lllng T*lthln on• yw.
Clh•r dgbtrn
Prepaym8nt8 and I¢¢n￿d
6.473
14,588
14,115
48.694
21.061
62.809
15 Cr•dltorn: •mounts f•lllng du• vAthkn on•
2020
2019
Oth•r crodilry
AccruolB defe￿￿1 lTh>Jnb3
17.009
28.313
14,704
24.159
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UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
NOTES TO THE HNANCIAL STATEMENTS (coKllNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Th• custtsJi•n Tru8t88 of Ihg chwch 18 the Bapbst Unk)n Cwrallon Urnhed whith is charfty numb
249635. *)d *thleh Is c(xrtrvJbJ by thg BapU81 Cwidl. Tho thurth is also a m¥rrt)er of thg 8apUsl
20 Ctsh g•n•rntsd from
2020
2019
SurFlu&lldafidll kn thg y•fjr
220.973
299.080
JUstrn￿ts fv.
(1.350)
11,8781
Movem￿tI In Cap￿..
D￿re*S￿(ln¢r•aS¢1 in d•btorB
41,748
21,163
{62,8091
24,159
282.534
258,552
21 An￿y•ll ol Gh•ng•• kn n•t fvnd•
Tho Clweh had no debt durkng tr*0 ¢X PmityJ8 >*ar.