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|||||Christian<br>faith according to Baptist principles<br>and in||
|||||accordance<br>with the Basis of Faith. The charity may also carry||
|charity sst <br>governing||out in its<br>document||out other charitable<br>purposes<br>in the United Kingdom<br>and/or<br>other parts ofthe world.||
|||||When planning<br>our activities for the year, we consider the public benefit||
|||||and,<br>in particular,<br>the advancement<br>oftrue religion. We preach the truths||
|||||ofScripture to challenge<br>and help ordinary<br>people to live out their faith||
|||||through<br>worship,<br>prayer; learning<br>about the Bible; and developing<br>their||
|||||personal<br>knowledge<br>ofand trust in Jesus.||
|||||This is also supported<br>through<br>practical pastoral care and support for||
|||||members<br>and others in the local area, particularly<br>those attending<br>the||
|||||regular services.||
|||||Grace Baptist Church is committed<br>to encouraging<br>as many people as||
|Summary ofthe main<br>activities undertaken<br>forthe<br>public benefit in relation to<br>these objects (include within<br>this section the statutory<br>declaration<br>that trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity||||possible to worship<br>with us and to become part ofour community<br>offaith.<br>We provide activities for all age groups,<br>both on Sundays<br>and on week<br>days. These include Bible teaching as well as craft and other more<br>energetic activities. We also hold holiday clubs spanning<br>four mornings<br>of<br>free fun during<br>spring half-term,<br>for kids from reception through<br>to year 6.<br>Each week Southport<br>Foodpantry<br>(run in cowperation<br>Compassion<br>Acts<br>Ltd) uses our premises to supply food to those in longer term need of<br>practical support.||
|Commission<br>benefit)||on public||As an outreach<br>to the international<br>community,<br>we provide friendly,<br>weekly English classes, attracting<br>up to around 15non-English<br>speakers||
|||||-from many countries. Examples ofother outreach<br>activities are a ladies'||
|||||meeting,<br>children's<br>/ youth activities and toddler groups. We offer open||
|||||invitations<br>to events such as barbeques,<br>coffee mornings,<br>art Groups,||
|||||craft evenings<br>and walks<br>in the countryside.||
|||||ec urc<br>runsan<br>mainainsisownmini<br>us, w ic<br>provi es ranspo||
|||||for ths elderly and disabled to church meetings<br>on a weekly basis. The||
|||||minibus<br>is equipped<br>with a tail-lift and has space for wheelchairs.||
|||||We confirm the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's||
|||||guidance<br>on public benefit.||
|Additional|details ofobjectives|||and activities (Optional<br>information)||





|Summary of|the main|),was excep ona<br>ecause o covi - 9.|||
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|achievements<br>ofthe charity<br>during the year||We resumed<br>'in person'meetings<br>when the restrictions<br>were relaxed,<br>having<br>reviewed<br>the risks and made ths premises<br>covid secure,<br>in|||
|||accordance<br>with government<br>guidance.|||
|||We continued<br>to stream<br>our services throughout<br>the year although,<br>ths restrictions<br>allowed, there was a gradual<br>increase<br>in confidence|as<br> and||
|||the numbers<br>returning<br>to 'in person' meetings.<br>The availability<br>of<br>streamed<br>content remained<br>useful for those who were unable to attend||in|
|||person.|||
|||'In person'meetings<br>for older folk and children<br>resumed<br>in the autumn,|||
|||the work ofthe Foodpantry<br>continued<br>throughout<br>with additional|||
|||safeguards.<br>The number ofchildren<br>coming when we resumed<br>mid-week|||
|||activities has been really encouraging,<br>with 40-70 attending<br>each week||in|
|||two groups.|||
|||God has been good to us during another difficult year.|||
|||Despite the difficulties<br>the glorious Good News about Jesus Christ|has||
|||still been faithfully<br>proclaimed<br>each week.|||





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|Brief statement<br>ofthe<br>charity's<br>policy on reserves|ie y on<br>is income<br>rom members<br>from which<br>it pays<br>the running<br>costs ofthe Church. The Policy is to strive and ensure there<br>are sufficient monies<br>in the General Fund to meet three months<br>normal|||
||expenditure.<br>This aim was achieved.|||
|Details ofany funds materially||||
|In deficit||||
|Further financial<br>review details|(Optional<br>information)|||
|You may choose to include<br>additional<br>information,<br>where<br>relevant about:|Our overall income for the year was 6232,117(2020, 6242,408). Our total<br>expenditure<br>was just under E'162,500(2020f118,760).This means that<br>there was a surplus ofalmost k70,000(2020 surplus f123,650).|||
|the charity's<br>principal<br>sources offunds (including<br>any fundraising);|The main expenditure<br>category, about 35%of the total expenditure,<br>for staff salaries, tax, Nl and pension<br>contributions.<br>Donations to the <br>missions accounted for almost 30%ofexpenditure.||was<br> work|
|~<br>how expenditure<br>has||||
|supported<br>the key objectives<br>ofthe charity;|Our income held up well during the pandemic,<br>mainly because ofthe<br>faithfulness<br>of members.<br>We also received the second half ofa|||
|~<br>investment<br>policy and|significant legacy (8100,000 over the two years).|||
|objectives including<br>any<br>ethical investment<br>policy<br>adopted.|Many costs were still relatively<br>low because ofreduced use ofthe<br>premises<br>and minibus.|||



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|O<br>CNARITT CO)ythIISSID<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>ANO WALE|O<br>CNARITT CO)ythIISSID<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>ANO WALE|O<br>CNARITT CO)ythIISSID<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>ANO WALE|O<br>CNARITT CO)ythIISSID<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>ANO WALE|O<br>CNARITT CO)ythIISSID<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>ANO WALE|O<br>CNARITT CO)ythIISSID<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>ANO WALE|Grace Bagtlet Church,|Grace Bagtlet Church,|Southport|Southport|||No Of any)<br>1130572||||
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|||||||Receipts|||and payments||accounts||||CC16a|
|||||||Forthe period<br>from|P||Irxi smndrns<br>01/01/2021|To||P xkxi end dar<br>31/12/2021||||
|||||||Unrestricted<br>funds||Restricted<br>funds||Designated<br>funds||Totalfunds|||Last year|
|||||||to ths nearest<br>6|to the nearest 0|||tothe nearest 6||to the nearest|6||tothe nearest 5|
|A1 Receipts||||||||||||||||
|Donations 8legacies||||||88,597|||||107,124|193,720|||202 853|
|Glfi ski reclaimed||||||14424|||||3,800|18,004|||20,475|
|Bank Interestsndchs|||es|||2,170||||||2,170|||2188|
|Use olyremises||||||3,000||||||3,000|||2810|
|Mission|||||||||||14,012|14,012|||12,725|
|Youth Work|||||||||||||4g|||
|Training||||||||||||||||
|Sub total (Gross income for<br>ARJ||||||970|||||112|1,052<br>W2,'017.||..|1,447<br>'..:,':242,408|
|A2 Asset and Investment|||||sales|||||||||||
|(see table).||||||||||||||||
|||||Sub total||||||||||||
|||TOtal|||reCeiPtS|'::::-:,-:-',—:-..107,101:.<br>-,:::::—<br>:,=,=-;-,::-:::::-',::::::<br>==-'12VISyc;-::;:—<br>,::=='-:**-**.'c:232337.||||||||:::::.<br>";,',."!242/400,||
|A3 Payments||||||||||||||||
|Salaries, Tax Nl, E||ness||||41,305|||||15,054|56,'389|||47,339|
|Pension contrlhnticns||||||1,051|||||1,102|052|||2,181|
|Repairs and maintenance||||||33,417||||||Er23,417||||
|Utiliiies||||||9,438|||||||||12,745|
|Insurance||||||4,297|||||||||4,057|
|Bank inlerest and cha|||s||||||||||||159|
|Mission|||||||||||||||25,447|
|Youth Work|||||||||||||||512|
|Training|||||||||||||||883|
|p<br>n||||||3971|||||||||4,508|
|Other||||||0,981|||||1,727|||.-'-'|9,081<br> '.":-"-.:::c81%780|
|A4Asset and Investment||||||||||||||||
|urchasss,<br>see|table|||||||||||||||
|||||Sub total||||||||||||
||Total payments|||||'-', .: ' ':-«Bsa793|.-.:::.<br>-.:||.."::::.<br>:--::-,::,:-'..-:|':-'-:::-',;."..85805::,.",-„;i«::.;,.-::.252488:||||.:.:c;.-..-:-:«8(82789||
|Net ofreceiptsl(payments'|||||||||||||||-",'123i040|
|ASTransfers<br>between funds||||||21,020|||||21826|||||
|ABCash funds last|||year|end||173,591|||8,183||04,797||||152,922|
|Cash funds||this year end||||=:,:(821|||||||||270,570|





|Categories<br>81Cash funds|Categories<br>81Cash funds|Categories<br>81Cash funds|Categories<br>81Cash funds|Details<br>Cunsnt accounts|Details<br>Cunsnt accounts||||Unrestricted<br>funds<br>to nearesl 0||Restricted<br>funds<br>to nearest e|Restricted<br>funds<br>to nearest e|Restricted<br>funds<br>to nearest e|Restricted<br>funds<br>to nearest e|Restricted<br>funds<br>to nearest e|Restricted<br>funds<br>to nearest e||Designated<br>funds<br>tonearest 8|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||2,399||||||||||
|||||Deposit/sevlfig|accouflts||||||||||||||
||||||||||139,730|||||||||170,014|
|||||(sgiss bslsccss||Total cash <br> nits receipts scd <br>e||funds<br> payments<br>cccunt(s))|' '.:--<br>--,'teai13$ QK<br>' -:::"'i''.-'.'|'r'P'",||';. ' '|tt,t03<br>" "i'<br>',||||$78tt1'0<br>',trit||
|82 Other monetary assets||||Details<br>Tsx reclaim due|||||Unrestricted<br>funds<br>to nearest 0||Restricted<br>funds<br>to nearest<br>3|||||||Endowment<br>funds<br>toneareat 3|
||||||||||3,094||||1,100||||||
|83Investment|||assets|Details|||||Fund to which<br>asset baton s|0<br>Cast||i<br>0<br>i<br> opdonal)|||||Cunwit value<br>o tlonsl||
|84Assets retained for the<br>charity's<br>own use||||Details<br>Suildings||||Fund towhich<br>assetbelon<br>s<br>General|||||||||Current value<br>o<br>lonsl||
|||||Minibus|||||||||||||||
|||||||||General|||||||||||
|||||Oace equipmsnt|||||||||||||||
|||||Fixtures and titlings||||General|||||||||||
|85Liabilities||||Details<br>Supplier accounts outstanding||||Fund towhich<br>gabili<br>relates<br>General||Amolmt<br>drw<br>o tional<br>613|||||||When due<br>o<br>ansi||
|igned by one|or two|busteas on|||||||||||||||||
|ehalf ofag the trustees|||||||||Print Name||||||||Date of||
||||||||||||||||||a|roval|
||||||||||Nathan<br>Michael|Ward||||||&(el~|||
|CCXX82accounts||(33i|||||||||||||||||
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