# ## ## ## ## |Additional||information|information|(optional)|(optional)||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma
choose to|||include||further statements|where relevant|about:| ||||||SORP reference||| ||||||Para 1.38||| |Policy on|grant making||||||| ||||||Para 1.38||| |Policy on|social investment||||||| |including|program||related||||| |investment|||||||| |Contribution||made|by||||| |volunteers|||||||| ||||||Para 1.38||| |Other|||||||| ## |||||soap|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||reference|| ||||||The principal
purpose
of Bethesda Baptist Church| ||||||is
the
advancement
of
the
Christian
Faith| ||||||according
to
the
principles
of
the
Baptist| |Summary
of
achievements||the main
ofthe charity,||Para 1.20|denomination.
The
Church
may
also
advance
education
and carry out other charitable
purposes| |identifying|the difference the||||in the UK and/or
other parts of the World.| |charity's|work has made to||||| |the circumstances|||of its||The year to 2021 saw the
Church
beginning
to| |beneficiaries||and|any wider||transition
from
the
Covid
pandemic
lockdown| |benefits to society as a|||||restrictions.
Although
a full programme
of events| |whole.|||||was not possible, the Church
leadership
(who act| ||||||as
the
Church
Trustees)
brought
to
the| ||||||membership
their proposals
for a cautious
return| ||||||of activities.
This included
the need for restricted| ||||||numbers
at Sunday services and weekly
activities| ||||||such
as
Toddlers.
Regular
Church
Members'| ||||||Meetings
were
reinstated,
firstly
via Zoom
and,| ||||||later in the year, face to face.| ||||||Key achievements
in the year to December 2021| ||||||were as follows:| ||||||~
Ongoing
support
(including
via
Harvest,| ||||||Christmas
appeal)
to our charity
partners
in| ||||||the
UK and
worldwide
(BMS World
Mission,| ||||||TEAR
Fund,
Vision
of
Hope,
ICE Wales,| ||||||Cariad Kenya).| ||||||~
Plans
agreed
for the
appointment
of
new| ||||||Church
leaders (Trustees)
in early 2022.| ||||||~
Installation
of
new
audio-visual
system
to| ||||||enhance
the
provision
for Sunday
services,| ||||||community
events, funerals,
weddings,
etc.| ||||||~
Ordination
as hospital
chaplain
of a member| ||||||whom
the
Church
had
helped
to financially| ||||||support
through
his studies.| ||||||~
Distribution
of 100 Christmas
"hampers"
via| ||||||invitation
to the local community.| ||||||~
Programme
of Christmas
services
in Bethesda| ||||||and
Cefn Wood
in December
(although
still| ||||||more limited than pre-pandemic).| ||||||~
Presentation
and agreement
of the budget for| ||||||2022,
including
agreement
to increase
the| ||||||salaries
of the Church's
three paid employees| ||||||in line with the recommendations
of the BUW| ||||||and BUGB (2.5% from January 2022).| ## |Additional|information|information|information|(optional)|(optional)|(optional)||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma
choose to|||include||further statements
where relevant
about|||||||| |Trustees Salaries|||6||||The average number
ofemployees|during||the year||| |Expenses|||||||was 3. (2.1 Full-time
Equivalent. )|No employee||||| ||||||||received
more than 260,000 in emoluments.|||||No| |The charity's
principal||||||Para 1.47|ex-gratia
payments
were made.|||||| |sources of|funds|(including|||||No Trustee has received
remuneration
or|||charged||| |any fundraising)|||||||expenses
in relation
to their work|as a|Trustee.|||| ||||||||Pastor Mark Thomas
is a Trustee|by virtue|||of|his| ||||||||role as Pastor. Pastor
Mark Thomas
receives|||||a| ||||||||stipend
and repayment
ofexpenses|incurred|||in|his| ||||||||role as Pastor ofthe Church.|||||| |Investment
objectives|policy and
including
any|||||Para 1.46||||||| |social investment||policy||||||||||| |adopted||||||||||||| |A description
of the principal||||||Para 1.46||||||| |risks facing|the charity|||||||||||| ||||||||The Independent
Examiner
undertakes||his||work|| |Other|||||||without
charge to the Church. There|were||no|legal|| ||||||||costs,
meeting
costs or other costs
incurred|||||in| ||||||||overnance
ofthe Church.|||||| |Structure,|Governance|||||and Management||||||| |Description|of charity's|||||||||||| |trusts:||||||||||||| |Type of governing|||document|||Para 1.25|Trust deed|||||| |trust deed,|ro al|charter||||||||||| |How is the|charity|||||Para 1.25|Unincorporated
Association|||||| |constituted?||||||||||||| |(B.g unincorpol
Bteo||||||||||||| |association,|CIO|||||||||||| |Trustee selection
methods
including
details of any||||||Para 1.25|The process
for discerning
the
appointment
of
Charity
Trustees
shall
be through
consultation|||||| |constitutional
provisions||||e.g.|||with
Church
Members;
suggestions||||from|| |election to|post or name|||of|||Members
being
put forward
to the|Ministry||Team||| |any person|or body||entitled||||for prayerful
consideration
(without|a nominee's||||| |to appoint one or||more|||||knowledge
and with no guarantee
that the|||||| |trustees|||||||nomination
will
proceed);
after|which|||the|| ||||||||Minister(s) or Church Secretary shall|approach|||the|| ||||||||nominee
to discern God's leading. Nominees||||shall|| ||||||||then
be
submitted
to
an
ordinary|||Church||| ||||||||Member's
Meeting for|||||| ||||||||continued
prayerful
consideration|before||voting||| ||||||||subsequently
at
a
properly
convened|||Church||| ||||||||Members'
Meeting.|||||| ||||||||Voting shall be by secret ballot at an Ordinary|||||| ||||||||Church
Members
Meeting.
Church
Members|||||| ||||||||shall be asked to vote for those nominated|||||| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |Q
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Receipts and payments|Bethesda Baptist Church
Receipts and payments|Bethesda Baptist Church
Receipts and payments|Bethesda Baptist Church
Receipts and payments|Bethesda Baptist Church
Receipts and payments|Bethesda Baptist Church
Receipts and payments|1132056
accounts|1132056
accounts|1132056
accounts|||CC16a| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||from|01/01/2021||||To||31/12/2021||||| |'|-|||||||||||||||||| |~||~||.|~|~||||||||||||| ||||||||Unrestricted
funds|Restricted
funds|||Endowment
funds|||Total|funds|||Last year| ||||||||to the nearest
6|to the nearest||6|to|the nosrost 6||to the nearest 6|||to|the neerest f| |A1 Recel ts||||||||||||||||||| |Offerin
s|||||||111682||||||||1,.'I f482|||116373| |Missions
Givin|||||||||3,573||||||3,573|||2,462| |Le acies/In
Memo|||||||1,700||||||||'f1700|||12,260| |Donations
for Use of Premises|||||||220||||||||'-
- 220|||1,890| |Donations
from Church|Activities||||||653|||||||||||6 569| |Gift Aid Received|||||||24,230||||||||24230|||23 120| |Bank Interest||||||||||||||||||22| |Buildin
Societ
Interest|||||||1 039||||||||1,03.9|||1,034| |Other|||||||4,261||||||||426|||2,917| |Sub total (Grossincome||||forAR)|||143686||3574||||||147'260|||| |A2 Asset and investment|||sales, (see|||||||||||||||| |table).||||||||||||||||||| |Sub total
Total receipts,|||||||143,686'|':;|.3574::||':|.—;**:**-
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'|t65,647| |A3 Pa ments||||||||||||||||||| |Overseas
Mission|||||||19,848||1 787||||||21 635|||1 820| |Mission
in Britain|||||||14471||650||||||16/1'22|||18669| |Affiliation
Fees|||||||6 948||||||||6'948|||3841| |Relief of Pove|||||||5,214||||||||':5214|||5 850| |Staff Costs|||||||71 150|||||||||||72 971| |Other||||||||||||||||||4,588| |Premises Costs|||Sub total||||27,761
' 145,392||2,4|7.|||||279761
147,8?9|||32,281
1401019| |A4 Asset and investment||||||||||||||||||| |urchases,
see table||||||||||||||||||| |Fixed Asset Purchases|||||||11,706||||||||-1,1,705|||| |3|I|Sub total
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between|funds||||||4,000||4,000|||||||||| |A6 Cash funds
last year||end|||||290;039||5,212|||||-295;252||||269,623| |Cash funds|this||year end||||272,629||0,|9|||||2829978|||- .".295,251| ||||||||~|~|~|~|s||~||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||Vnrestrlcted||Restricted||||Endowment||| |||Categorlea||||Details|||funds||||funds|||funds|| ||||||||||to hss rest 1:||io||hss rest 5||to|nearests|| |B1 Cash||funds||||Bank Accounts||||40,707|||10,349||||| |||||||Building Society||Account||231,922|||||||| ||||||||||'||||||||| |||||||||Total cash funds||2721529|||10,349||||| |||||||(sgrss balances||with|rscsipis shd psymshis||||||||| ||||||||||scccuhi(sg:CR||QK.|:-'. .'.—||..:.. ; .|(714.||| ||||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted||||Endowment||| ||||||||||funds||||funds|||funds|| |||||||Details|||io nearest 9||io||hssrssi|5|to|nesrests|| |B2Other||monetary||assets|||||||||||||| |||||||Details|||||||||||| |B3Investment|||assets||||||||||||||| ||||||||||Fund to which||||||Current||value| |||||||Details|||asset|bc(oh s|||||o tionsi||| |B4Assets retained||||for|the||||||||||||| |charity's||own|use||||||||||||||| ||||||||||Fund to which||Amount dus||||When||dus| |||||||Details|||iisbiii|relates||o tiohsi|||o tionsi||| |BBLiabilities||||||Salaries||||||||58|||| |||||||Oberammagau|Trip||||||7,840||||| |||||||BMS||||||||1,136|||| |Signed
all the|by one or two trustees
trustees||||on behalf of||Signature|||Print|Name||||Date of
a
rcvai||| |||||||||||Mark|Thomas||||||| |||||||||||Dan Goulding|||||||| |||||||||||Alyson|Thomas||||I~A||jZZ|