# ## ## ## |||||||SQRp|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||reference|| |Summary||ofthe purposes|||of||The charity is governed
by a Governing
Document| |the charity as set|||out|in its|||which
states
that
the
principal
purpose
of the| |governing||document|||||charity
is 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.| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those||||Para 1.17
and 1.19|In order to achieve the principal
objective, set out
above, the Church
provides
a variety
of activities| |purposes||for the public|||||for its membership
and for the wider community,| |benefit,
in particular,
activities,
projects or||||the|||at its two sites on Cefn Road ("Bethesda" ) and on
the Cefn Wood estate ("Cefn Wood").Recognising| |services||identified|in|the|||that our aim is to show the love ofJesus Christ
in| |accounts.|||||||both
word
and
deed,
as well as to encourage| ||||||||spiritual
growth
and
discipleship,
the
Church| ||||||||continues
to
work
under
its
vision
statement:| ||||||||Inspiring
People to Follow Jesus.| ||||||||We encourage
members
of our congregation
to| ||||||||take up specific roles within
the life of the church| ||||||||and community.
The established
teams (Worship,| ||||||||Media,
Welcome,
World
Mission,
Pastoral
Care,| ||||||||Finance)
ensure
that
skills
and
experience
are| ||||||||used for the benefit ofthe wider congregation.| ||||||||Central
to the work and witness
of the Church
is| ||||||||the provision
ofregular public services ofChristian| ||||||||worship. These services take place each Sunday| ||||||||at both Bethesda and Cefn Wood. There are also| ||||||||occasional
formal
services
of worship
at other| ||||||||times,
which
are advertised
as described
below.| ||||||||The Church seeks to be a friendly
and welcoming| ||||||||community
and anybody
isfree to attend
any of its| ||||||||services.
There
is a
full
children's
and
youth| ||||||||programme
during
the morning
services.| ||||||||The Church
runs a weekly
bible study, as well as| ||||||||fortnightly
house groups
to encourage
growth
in| ||||||||faith
and
disci
leshi
.
The
Church
rovides| |||||Foo|Foo|d bank.|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Additional||Information||(optional)|||| |You ma
choose to|||include||further statements|where relevant|about:| ||||||SORP reference||| ||||||Pere 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| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||soap|| |||||refarenca|| ||||||The principal
purpose
of Bethesda Baptist Church| ||||||is
the
advancement
of
the
Christian
Faith| ||||||according
to
the
principles
of
the
Baptist| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
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 ofthe World.| |charity's|work|has made to|||| |the circumstances|||of its||The year to the end 2023 saw the Church
return| |beneficiaries
and|||any wider||to a new normal. With Sunday
morning
services at| |benefits to society as a|||||both sites in person and an end to zoom meetings| |whole.|||||and
a communion
evening
service
on the
first| ||||||Sunday
of every
month.
Linx, a ladies
meeting,| ||||||twice a month
sometimes
three depending
on the| ||||||month.
Toddlers
on a Wednesday
morning
and| ||||||afternoon
also Thursday
morning
a Bible study on| ||||||aTuesday and Thursday
live on Facebook, prayer| ||||||meetings
fortnightly.
Story
time
at Cefn
Wood| ||||||Tuesday
morning,
fellowship
meeting
Tuesday| ||||||afternoons
at Cefn wood.
Warm
welcome
on a| ||||||Monday
at Cefn wood and a Friday at Bethesda.| ||||||Dads and toddlers,
the last Saturday
morning
of| ||||||each month| ||||||Key achievements
in the year to December 2023| ||||||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).| ||||||~
Completion
of new
audio-visual
system
to| ||||||enhance
the
provision
for Sunday
services,| ||||||community
events, funerals,
weddings,
etc.| ||||||~
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| ||||||~
Presentation
and agreement
ofthe budget for| ||||||2023,
including
agreement
to increase
the| ||||||salaries ofthe Church's
three paid employees| |Achievements
against|Pal'a 1.41| |---|---| |objectives set|| |Performance
offundraising|| |activities against objectives|Para 1.41| |set|| |Investment
performance|Para 1.41| |against objectives|| |Other|| ## |Review|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's||Par'a 1.21|the charity|made a surplus|made a surplus|made a surplus||during
the year,|during
the year,|during
the year,|which| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |financial|position|||at|the end|||was mainly|due to the||2022||GiR|Aid monies||being| |ofthe period||||||||received|in|2023. The|||liquid|assets|remain|| |||||||||health
.||||||||| |Statement||explaining|||the||Para 1.22|The Trustees||have established||||a policy|whereby|| |policy for holding||||reserves||||the unrestricted||funds,|not||committed
or||invested|| |stating|why||they|are held||||in tangible|fixed assets (the "free reserves")|||||||held| |||||||||by the charity,||and
given||the significant|||financial|| |||||||||risks faced|by|charities|nowadays,
will be||||retained|| |||||||||on deposit|as|a contingency|||fund. Free||reserves|| |||||||||are currentl|F295,113 2022: F272,629,|||||||| |Amount|of|reserves|||held||Para 1.22||||F304975|||2022; F278 892||| |Reasons for|||holding||zero||Pere 1.22|||||||||N/A| |reserves||||||||||||||||| |Details|of fund materially|||||in|Para 1.24|||||||||N/A| |deficit||||||||||||||||| |Explanation|||of any||||Pare 1.23|||||||||N/A| |uncertainties|||about the|||||||||||||| |charity|continuing|||as a going||||||||||||| |concern||||||||||||||||| |Additional|information|information|information|(optional)|(optional)|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma
choose to|||include further statements
where relevant
about|||||||||||| |Trustees Salaries|||8|||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|||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||royal chai tei I||||||||||||| |How is the|charity||||Para 1.25|Unincorporated
Association||||||||| |constituted?||||||||||||||| |(e cj Llnli1corpoiated||||||||||||||| |association,||CIO)||||||||||||| |Trustee selection methods|||||Para 1.25|The process
for discerning|the|appointment||||||of| |including
details ofany||||||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.||||||||| |Policies
adopted|and procedures
for the induction|and procedures
for 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 of||the||church
is the||||Welsh| |||||Baptist Union|Corporation|||Limited||which||is|charity| |Relationship
with any
related parties|||Para 1.51|number
248192, and
which
is controlled
Baptist Union of Wales Council. The church|||||||||by the
is also| |||||a member
of the||Baptist||Union||of Wales,
the|||| |||||Gwent Baptist|Association||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|||||||||||||| ## ## ## ## ## |D
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FOR BIOLANO ANO WALES||Bethesda Baptist Church
Receipts and payments|Bethesda Baptist Church
Receipts and payments|Bethesda Baptist Church
Receipts and payments|1132056
accounts|1132056
accounts|1132056
accounts|1132056
accounts|CC16a| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||from|01/01/2023|To|||31/12/2023||| |~||||||||||||| |~||~|~|~||||||||| ||||||Unrestricted
funds|Restricted
funds|Endowment
funds|||Totalfunds||Last year| ||||||to the nearest
E|to the nearest E|to the nearest||E|to the|nearest E|to the nearest E| |A1 Receipts||||||||||||| |Offerings|||||118,078||||||118,078|109,356| |Mission
Giving|||||549|5,492|||||8,041|9,810| |Legacies/In
Memory|||||5,101||||||5,101|3,954| |Donations
for Use of Premises|||||1,230||||||1,230|1,501| |Donations
from Church|Actiwties||||5,798||||||5,798|4,727| |Gift Aid Received|||||48,287|1,063|||||49,350|52,572| |Bank Interest|||||159|92|||||25'I|| |Building Society Interest|||||2,268||||||2,268|1,032| |Other||||||150|||||150|400| |Sub total(Gross|income forARj||||181470|6,797|||||188,267|183366| |A2 Asset and investment|||sales, (see|||||||||| |table).||||||||||||| ||||Sub total|||||||||| ||Total receipts||||181,470|6,797||||-|188,267|1&3,366| |A3 Payments||||||||||||| |Overseas
Mission|||||5,920|3,637|||||9,557|15,128| |Mission
in Britain|||||17,533|2,888|||||20,421|24,299| |Affihation
Fees|||||4,399||||||4,399|4,954| |Relief of Poverty|||||4,712|30|||||4,742|2,005| |Staff Costs|||||66,332||||||66,332|69,130| |Other||||||||||||7,838| |Premises Costs|||||56,732||||||56,732|43,943| ||||Sub total||155,628|6,555|||||162,183|167,296| |A4 Asset and investment|||purchases,|||||||||| |(see table)||||||||||||| |Fixed Asset Purchases||||||||||||| ||||Sub total|||||||||| |Total|||payments||155,628|6,555|||-||162,183|187,452| |Net ofreceiptsl(payments)|||||25,842|242|||||26,084|4,086| |A5 Transfers
between|funds||||2,085|2,085||||||| |A6 Cash funds last year||end|||271,356|7,536|||||278,892|282,978| |Cash funds|this year end||||295,113|9,863|||||304,976|278,892| ||||||||~||~|~|~|~|~ ~||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted||Endowment|| |||Categories||||Details||||funds|||funds|funds|| |||||||||||to nearest E||to|nearest E|to nearest E|| |B1Cash||funds||||Bank Accounts|||||47,845||9,863||| |||||||Building Sooety||Account|||247,268||||| |||||||||Total cash funds|||295,113||9,863||| |||||||(agree balances||with|receipts cod payments||||||| ||||||||||acccuot(c))|||c.|||| |||||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted||Endowment|| |B2Other||monetary assets|||301,107|Details||||funds
to nearest E
funds
to nearest t
funds
to nearest E
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asset|to which
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a||Cost (optional)||Current value
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as the|by one or two trustees
trustees|||on|behalf of||Signature||||Print|Name||Date of approval|| ||||||||||||Mark Thomas|||7/+/ 2(f|| ||||||||||||Martyn|Ryan||7f(c)Zlj|| ||||||||||||Doug Redford||||| ## ## ## ##