# ## ## ## ## |||||SORP reference| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||Para 1.38| |Policy on|grant making|||| |||||Para 1.38| |Policy on|social investment|||| |including|program||related|| |investment||||| |Contribution||made|by|| |volunteers||||| |||||Pare 1.38| |Other||||| ## |Achieve|men|ts|and Per|formanc|e|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||SQRp||| |||||reference||| ||||||The principal
purpose
of Bethesda Baptist Church|| ||||||is|the
advancement
of
the
Christian
Faith| ||||||according
to
the
principles
of
the
Baptist|| |Summary|ofthe main|||Pere 1.20|denomination.
The
Church
may
also
advance|| |achievements||ofthe charity,|||education
and carry out other charitable
purposes|| |identifying|the|difference the|||in|the UK and/or
other parts ofthe World.| |charity's|work|has made to||||| |the circumstances|||of its||The year to 2022 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 2022|| ||||||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.| ||||||~|Easter gift bags, we did 100containing
easter| |||||||egg hot cross buna good news newspaper
and| |||||||a personal
invitation| ||||||~|Clothing
packs for children
0 to 7. 48 bags| |||||||were
distributed
containing
pyjamas
vests| |||||||pants socks babygrow
toiletries
selection
box| |||||||and a toy| ||||||~|Distribution
of 100 Christmas
"hampers"
via| |||||||invitation
to the local community.| ||||||~|Programme
ofChristmas
services
in Bethesda| |||||||and
Cefn Wood
in December
(although
still| |||||||more limited than pre-pandemic).| ||||||~|Presentation
and agreement
ofthe budget for| |||||||2022,
including
agreement
to increase
the| |||||||salaries ofthe Church's
three paid employees| |||||||in line with the recommendations
of the BUW| |||||||and BUGB(2.5%from January 2022).| ||||||~|At the end of 2022 services were back to no| |||||||restriction
and
eo le wearin
masks
as a| |Achievements
against|Para 1.41| |---|---| |objectives set|| |Performance
offundraising|| |activities against objectives|Para 1.41| |set|| |Investment
performance|Para S41| |against objectives|| |Other|| ## |Additional|information|information|information|(optional)|(optional)|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma
choose to include further statements
where relevant
about||||||||||| |Trustees Salaries &||||||The average number ofemployees|during the||year|| |Expenses||||||was 3. (2.1 Full-time
Equivalent. )|No|employee||| |||||||received
more than f60,000 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||ofthe|principal||Pars 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.||||| ## |Description|Description|Description|of charity's|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?|||||||||||||||| |(e.g unincorporated|||||||||||||||| |association,|||CIO)||||||||||||| |Trustee||selection||methods||Para 1.25|The process
for discerning||the|appointment|||||of| |including||details of any|||||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||||||||| ||||||||candidates
who they believe|would|||serve the||||| ||||||||church
well as Charity||||||||| ||||||||Trustees. Each Member may||vote|for as many|||||| ||||||||nominees as they believe||||||||| ||||||||meet this criterion. Candidates||shall||be elected||||| ||||||||provided
they have received|votes||from at||least|||| ||||||||80%, ofthose members
votin||.||||||| |dditiona|l|information|||(optional)||||||||||| |ou ma||choose to include further statements
where relevant
about:|||||||||||||| |Policies
adopted||and
for|procedures
the induction|||Para 1.51|||||||||| |and training|||oftrustees||||||||||||| |The charity's
organisational
structure
and any wider||||||Para 1.51|||||||||| |network||with|which the||||||||||||| |charity works|||||||||||||||| ||||||||The custodian
Trustee ofthe||church
is the||||Welsh||| ||||||||Baptist Union Corporation
Limited|||which
is||charity|||| |Relationship|||with any|||Para 1.51|number
248192, and
which||is controlled||||by||the| |related|parties||||||Baptist Union ofWales Council. The||||church||is|also|| ||||||||a member
of the
Ba tist|Union||of Wales|||||the| ## ||Gwent Baptist|Association|Association|and the Baptist|and the Baptist|Union of| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Great Britain.|The|Church|makes annual
donations||| ||to these
and|has|also made
a||donation|to the| ||Baptist
Union|of|Great|Britain|Home|Mission| ||Scheme
through||the|South|Wales|Baptist| ||Association.|||||| |Other||||||| ## |||||Dates acted If|Name ofperson (or body)|Name ofperson (or body)| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Trustee name||Offic (lf any)|not for whole|entitled|to appoint| |||||ear|trustee|Ifan| |1|Rev. Mark Thomas||Chair||Church|Membership| |2|Alyson Thomas||Secretary|To 06.04.22|Church|Membership| |3|Dan Goulding||Treasurer||Church|Membership| |4|Chris Lynbeck||||Church|Membership| |5|Geraint Stephens|||To 06.04.22|Church|Membership| |6|Pamela Williams|||To 06.04.22|Church|Membership| |7|David Roger Goodall|||From 06.04.22|Church|Membership| |8|Elizabeth Jones|||From 06.04.22|Church|Membership| |9|Mary Finch|||From 06.04.22|Church|Membership| |10|Jason Baker|||From 06.04.22|Church|Membership| |11|Elizabeth
Freeman|||From 06.04.22|Church|Membership| |12|Douglas
Arthur|Radford|Secretary|From 06.04.22|Church|Membership| |13|Christopher
Perkins|||From 06.04.22|Church|Membership| |14|Martyn
Ryan||Treasurer|From 06.04.22|Church|Membership| ## ## ## ## |CHARITY C0)t/INII5510N
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FOR ENFaLANO ANO WALES||Bethesda|Baptist|Church||1132055|1132055|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||Receipts and payments|||accounts|||CC15a| |||||||||Forthe Period
from|01/01/2022|To||||| |~
I|||~|||~|~|||||||| |||||||||Unrestricted
funds|Restricted
funds|Endowment
funds||Total|funds|Last year| |||||||||to the nearest
E|to the nearest E|tothe nearest E||to the|nearest E|to the nearest E| |A1 Receipts||||||||||||||| |Offerings||||||||109,356|||||109,356|111,582| |Mission Giving||||||||t25|9,685||||9810|3573| |Legacies/In
Memory||||||||2,954|1,000||||3,964|1,700| |Donations
for Use of|Premises|||||||1,501|||||1,501|220| |Donations
from Church||Activities||||||4,727|||||4,727|653| |Gift Aid Received||||||||50,887|1,685||||S2,S72|24,230| |Bank Interest||||||||||||||| |Buildin
Society Interest||||||||1,032|||||1,032|1,039| |Other||||||||400|||||400|4,261| |Sub total (Gross income|||||for|AR)||170988|12378||||183366|147280| |A2 Asset and investment||||sales, (see||||||||||| |table).||||||||||||||| |||||Sub total||||||||||| |||Total receipts||||||170,968|12,378|||-|153,355|147,260| |A3 Payments||||||||||||||| |Overseas
Mission||||||||4,884|10,244||||15,128|21,635| |Mission
in Britain||||||||19,352|4,947||||24,299|15,121| |Affiliation Fees||||||||4,954|||||4,954|6,948| |Relief of Poverty||||||||2,OOS|||||2,005|5,214| |Staff Costs||||||||69,130|||||69,130|71,150| |Other||||||||7,838|||||7,83&|| |Premises Costs||||||||43,943|||||43,943|27,761| |||||Sub total||||152,105|15,191||||167,296|147,829| |A4 Asset and investment||||purchases||||||||||| |(see table)||||||||||||||| |Fixed Asset Purchases||||||||20,155|||||20,156|11,705| |||||Sub total||||20,156|||||20,156|11,705| ||Total|||payments||||172,261|15,191|||-|187,462|159,534| |Net ofreceiptsf(payments)||||||||1 273|2,813||||4,086|12,274| |A5 Transfers
between||funds||||||||||||| |A6 Cash funds last year|||end|||||272,629|10,349||||282,978|295,252| |Cash funds||this year end||||||271,356|7,636||||278,892|282,978| |||||||~||~|~|~||~|~|~|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||Unrestricted||||Restricted||||Endowment| |||Categories||||Details|||funds|||||funds|||funds| ||||||||||to nearest||S||to nearestf||||to nearest a| |B1Cash||funds||||Bank Accounts|||||||||||| |||||||Building Society Account|||||||||||| |||||||||Total cash funds|||||||||| |||||||(agree balances||with receipts end payments|||||||||| |||||||||cccccni(v))||||||||i|| ||||||||||Unrestricted||||Restricted||||Endowment| |B2Other||monetary assets|||277,757|Details|||funds
to nearest S
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all the|by one or two trustees
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