HOPE CHURCH BEACONSFIELD (forn)erly Beaconsfield Baptist Church). ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Chari tratioD Iyumber: 1132584 HOPE CHLRCH BE.4COYSFIELD ANII:AL REPORT FOR THE YEAR E.%DED 31 DECEMBER 2020 (FOILMERLY K*OWN AS BEACONSFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH) Charity registration number 1132584 Registered Address Hope Church Beaconsfield 32 Baring Road Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire HP9 2NE Charity Trnstees Tom V¥'illiams IMini5ter & leading Elder) Benjamin D. Saunders (Elderl Paul F Rundell (Elder & Church Secretary) lan E Johnson {Church Tre&surLY) Propertv Holding Trustees The Bapiist Union Conyxaiion Limited Baptist House 129 Broadway Didcot Oxfordshire OXI16RT Bgnkers Barclays Bank Plc. Beaconsfield Branc￿ 7 Swion Parade, BeacorLsfi¢ld Buckinghamshre HP9 2PH Independent Examiner Michael Homer AFA MIPA MCH Accountants Limited 68 Charlton Road AndoN'er SPIO 3JN Annual Report for 2020 The Charity Tn￿tt$ present their Annual RetX)rt and financial S￿￿rnents for the v¢ar ¢nd¢d 31 December 2020. Charitable Purpose The Charity. is governed by an Approi'ed Governing Documeni w'hich stst¢s that the principal purFrt)se of ihe Charity is th¢ adi'aneemeni of the Chrisiian faith according to th¢ principles of the Baptist denomlnaiion. Th¢ Church Ma￿ also uithin the principal purpose adi'ance educatlon and Lany oui other charithble purposes in the L'niied Kingdom andlor other part5 of the ￿0[1d. The Church occupies premises V*thich are held bN' The Bapti# LTnion Corporaiion l.im1￿1 &$ Holdin8 Trustees on behalf ot the Church in comwdtsbilit>' ￿1th th¢ Charitable Purwse. The Church is a member of the Bapiisi Union of Great Britsirn the cOn￿LiS510n association of churches and th¢ Evangelical Alliance. Oryani￿tIonAl Strneture and Deeisioo Making Processes Fornial Church Merni￿. IAeetings thke place ai Imst three times a vear wthich have responsibilit! for the o%'erall EK)lic!' of the Church. In accordance ￿'1th the Approved Governing DocumenL the members apw>int the Minister. the Elders. the Church Secreiary. and the Treasurer. All of these roles include appointtnenl as Charity TrU￿ee$ having reskx)nsibilit) for the da). to da). running of the Church's w'ork and ￿TrIneSS and the financial and legal ast¢cts of the Charity,. All members are encouraged to tske an appropriaie part in the spiritual and praciical tasks Involv￿ in the furtherance of the Charitable pur￿lSe. Relevant matters may be submitted to the Church MemlKrs' Mceting b%. the ChariTh' Trustees for guidance or ma) be taised b). members ai the Church Members Mceling for furthcr consideration by the Charity Trustees. Although the Approved Governing Document permits decisions to be made at the Church Members. Meeiings by appropria* majorilie& the Church seeks io work by consensus wherever p)ssible. Baptism by immersion u￿n personal profeksion of faith is expecied ofall [*￿)￿8 prior to reception inlo mernkr5hip of the Church. However. wsons seekin8 membership Trhtho have not been bapti5ed in thi5 manner ma!". at the discretion of the charl￿ TrU￿ees. be received into m¢mbership based on their public profession of faiih (subject to accepwice b). the Church M¢mb¢rs' Meeting). Objectives aDd Aetivities In order to fulfil the Charitable Purp)se sei oui atM)%'e. the Church provides a nurnber ofaciivities both for its membership and for th¢ communitv generally. The aim is to show the love of Jesus chri￿ in both word and dttd and io bring people inio a closer relationship with Him as living Lord. The )'ear ￿'aS significantly affected b), the CoN'id 19 pandemic. The church %¥'as carefijl to compl), with regulations and guidelines issued b). the goi'emm¢nt and completed a full Covid 19 risk ass¢ssmeni which updated from lime 10 time ￿ regulations and guidelines changed. Regular activilies are described below as thes happen in normal limes bui manv could noi tske place in the nonnal way. SeTr'ices conlinued w be held but tran5milted via YouiubE. Il'hen perniitted. people w.ere allowed to attend in accordance with regulations and guidelines. A children s programme Vi&S also created and transmitted Nia Youtube. Oth¢r activiti¢s. such as lifegroups. prnjer m¢ding& social aciii'ities and other meetings (including formal church meetings) took place i'la Zoom. The Pa￿oral ieam took extra care to lry to ensure that ￿pIe felt sup￿rted emotionally. spiritually and practically &$ n¢cessar)'. Central io the work and witnes5 of the Church is the proN'ision of regular public sern'ices of Christian worship. Bible leaching? and prnver. The main Sunda!, sep¥'ice is at l O.00am ￿here the focus is on w'orship and Bible leaching. A children"s progranune is proi'ided at the same lime a the morning service. Other seTh'ices are arranged from lime io lime as appropriate. Groups meel for prayer normall). on Thursday. Friday and Saiurday mornings and Sunday evenings. The Church seeks to be a friendly and wtlcoming communiry and anytxxty is free to attend any of these 5eryices or meeting& During the wc¢k, lifegroups mtti generally in members houses with a Nic￿, to pastoral supporL encouraging one another in faith and in working oui the practical implications of teing a Christian and living in the general ¢ommuniVJ'. Sw¥'eral aciivilTr'.based 8roup5 th'ere also established in order io help deepen relaiionships. The naiure of these nem" groups V+ill vary from time to time but iniliall> included groups for crafL community. involN'emenl. dancing and running. All regular Church attend¢¢5 are encouraged to belong to one or more of these lifegroups or activity groups . Other weekl) activities norn￿11! include '"Little Feel- on Monday mornings (a mother and toddler group). -options on Tuesday mornings (for ￿'oMen of all ages). ""Get Real, on Monda), ei'enings for teenager5 and ""Engage- on Frida%, afternoons (for primary school children). These meetings are all open to the general public. These activities 4N'ere largeli, suspended during the Covid 19 pandemtc. Further activitie￿¢OurseS take place regularl). or as necd¢d such as fhristianitt. Explored- or "Alpha" (for those ￿'iShing to find oui more a￿ul the Chrisiian faith). "Digging for Gold" lin- depth Bible studies). "Discovery (¢xploring ￿that you are g(xKI al). -Frttdom in Chrisi" (understanding tho wc are as Chri￿1anS). men s and ￿OMen5 s breakfasigdinners. youth weekends. parenting courses. marriage courses and money managemeni courses (linked with "Christians Against PoN'erty" debi managemeni cljarity.). Contscts are mainiained ￿"1th l(Kal schools in particular through tsking a55embli¢s and classes from tim¢ 10 lime. A major objective is to reach out io th¢ communitl, in ￿¢181 aclion io sho￿. God's generous heart through ben¢fii to the public. To this end fTe¢ actiN'ities are organised during the )"ear. Aciii'ities undertaken include quizzes. musical eN'ening5 and organising a communitv fun da). on the green outside the lowi] hall. In conjunction principall). ￿1th St Thomas church in Holtspur. w'¢ operate a food bank pick-up p)ini run in associaiion ￿'1th One Can Tn￿L a food bank based in High Wycombe. As the pandemlc took hol(L the demand for food parcels sharply incre&8ed and St Thoma5 maintained a food larder at their chwch in conjunction with a local communitie5 organisalion IBeller Connecled Beaconsfield) and One Can T￿￿. Arrangements ￿e[C made to deliver food parcels rather than clients picking them up themseli'es. The church continues 10 colleci iiems for the f(N)d bank iK)th from ￿7th1n the congregation and from I(￿al supern)arkets. In 2016. a Job Club Has started on Frida!. mornings in ass(Kiation ￿'1th 'fhristians Against Poverty." Thi5 15 designed io proi'ide friendl)" pr￿tICal SUp￿rt lo help jobseekers step confidently into emplo)'meni. A Job Club thai n￿￿ing in March 2020 suspended wthen Coiid 19 rules were esLiblished. Since then, individual people have Eeen hel￿ over the ielephonelemail bui no courses have taken place. Thc Church 0￿rat¢S systems lo ensur¢ that wip1¢ w'orking with children and Trulncrable adults ar¢ appropriately vetted with ￿gard to the SO￿'ernMents's Disclosure and Barring Ser+'iC¢. The activilies of the Church are ￿vertISed on the Church's website: ..hO￿beaCOnsr1e1d.CO.uk The Church do¢s noi beli¢N'e its minisTh slops ￿ Beaconsfield and SUp￿)rt for oiher acti%'iti¢s is given by proN'iding granis to a range of charitable organisalions. both in the UK and 0￿er5ea& that are involved in fiffthering the Christian message and social action ￿. proi'iding practical help lo those in need. There is participation by the Church in the nationaj progTamme of filling and sending Christm&s Boxes to children in deprived areas overse&8. The Charity Tn￿tt5 have no*d the Charity ComMi￿10n guidance on public benefit and are satisfied that the activities Outlined alx)ve clearl). (kmonstrate ihai the Charitv is providing a benefit to the public, Achievements and Perforniance The Church does not measure the success of its progrdrnmes onl). in numEtrs. including firwjcial nurn￿r$. bul also in less tsngible areas like tell0￿ship. encouragement, spiritual gromlh and generally proiiding a wsitive. beneficial impact in the communily. The Charity Truslees recognise thai these are not easy to measure beliei'e ihat 2020 TATrS a p)sitiN'e vear in the life of the Church and it is well placed to coniinue pursuing its Charithble Purpose in 2020 and beyond. Church membership stands at 80. Norn]aJ altendance at sm'ices is in excess of this numkr ￿7th larger numbers from time lo tirne on spKcial occasions. There are a good number of children altend church activities. There are good attendances b!, memkrs and ihe genera] public al m05t aclii'ities. The community. ¢vents and actii'ities are w)pular and some &er)' w)sitii'c feedback h&s been received from the council. the public and local ne￿spaperS. Finaneial Review The financial results for the year together V¥ith a summary of the accounting wlicies adopted are set out in the accompanying financial thtements. The Church had income of £183.300 and expenditure of £193.427 resulting in a deficit or £10.127. The year ended in a healthy rtnancial FX)Sition with £49.742 in free C￿h. A fi￿her £144.098 was on dep051t The Bapti￿ Union CortKJration Limited the of which funds was inilially restricied io buildings projects but w'hich the Baptist Union TruAtts have indicated may now be sed for more broadly b&sed expenditure (refer notr 2). The Church rdlS¢S th¢ funds which il needs to carr)"" on its aciiN'iiies froln Ihithin its 0￿7} membership and congregau0￿ No wid¢r public appeal for funds made during ihe Trear. A senior Minister is ¢MplOy￿ full-lime and an AssI￿an( P￿0T was emplo)ed part-time. These are set out in noi¢ 9. Some administra11￿¢ supw)rt is ￿0￿.Ided by volunteers. Grants were made to national and international organisations Christian aims and Objecti￿¢5 compatible with the Church's Charitable Pwwse. The main details of such grants are set out in note 7. The Church is heavily de￿ndeD1 on its membership working Is volunteers in all aspects of the Church's actiN'ities. man}" of V*hich run with lillle or no impacl on the Church's expenditure. bui which nevertheless contribute substhniiall). to the xhievement of the Church's Clwitable The Charity Trusiees hai'e estsblished a Reser¥'es Polic), and are saiisfied thai there are sufficienl reserves ai the balance sheet dale. together ￿'1th ongoing income anticipa*d. io enable the Church to function effectAN'elv in the coming )'¢ar. The Charity, Trustees have mth an as5essmenl of major risks facing the Church and are ￿l$fied thai ther¢ are measures in place to minimi5e these risks. [fllwi HOPE CHLRCH BEACONSFIELD CCOUIYTS FOR THE YEAR E￿DED 31 DECEMBER 2020 lfjdepeDdeDI EsamlDerfs Report to Hope Chunh Be4¢ow$lleld I rewrt on the accounts of the church for the year ended 31 December 2020. which are set oui on the pages follo￿]ng. Respeetive reJpoDsibilities of trusltts ¢xamiDer As the church's trustees you are restx>nsible for the preparation of th¢ accounts: YOU consider thai the audit requirement under section 144(?i of the Charities Act ?01 I (the ?01 l Acl) does nol applN. It is m}" re5FKTrnsibilit)" lo examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Acl and to follo￿. the pr(xedures s￿lfied in Ihe general Directions given b), the CharitN' Commissioners under section 14i(5Xb) of the ?01 I Aci and lo ￿'hether &￿ICUlar m￿leTs hai'e come to m%, aiieniion. Basts of independenl examIne￿5 vtport My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charil). Commission. An examination includ¢s a reN')e￿. of the accounlinll records kept b), the charii), and a comparison of the rA¢¢ounts presented ￿'1th those records. It also includes cornsiderdiion of anN' Un￿$￿al iiems or disclosures in ihe aCLounis. and seeking explanaiions from you as trustees concerning an). such matters. The procedures undertaken do not pro¥ide all Ihe evidence that would ￿ required in art audiL and consequendy no opinion is giN'en as io ￿'hether the accounts preseni a 'ln and fair lie￿. and the reryirt is limited to those matters sel Out in the sLllemenl below. Indepelldent t￿mIne￿I $th*mettt In conneciion my examinatio￿ no matter has come lo my attention: which gil'es me reasonable cause to t¢lieve that in any material reswt the requirements to kttp accounting records in a¢¢ordance with section 130 of 2011 Aci: and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and io comply with the accouniing requirements of the ?01 l Act hav¢ not b¢¢n MCL or 2. to w,hich. in mv opinion. attention should be dra￿Tr in order to enable a pro]Kr undeTStanding of the accoun￿ io ￿ reached. Signtd Date 0610812021 Micbael Homer AFA MIPA MCH Accounlants Lid 68 Charlton Road Andover SPIo￿N C•pitil Fund 2020 Tolal FUNI 2020 2020 2019 R•¢•i vO￿ntsry ift¢or Investr%nt Inrx)n¥J Olhét InwrrMb9 msoufL¥S lffjm tharitJble 180.069 180.069 543 169.158 1.592 21.446 543 2.688 Tot81 MtyJrts)s Ittmn C*•rt•blb Ai*•*8 182.757 543 183,300 197.196 Oth*r Intomg ol wop•rty 182,757 543 183.300 192.196 P*yffl•rt• C(J81 o1gon•rnt￿9 fvnds In￿￿1r￿nt rr*n•g•mnl C Ik2.977 450 192,977 450 210.280 Gov•mance co*s Othei expgnd•d Tai•l •xp•nd•d Clorllabl• *th11S•a 193.427 193.427 210,280 Othor Th>3ur¢•s expefv￿. prDpety ac4ui•d T**1 f••(Kvc•s •xp•nd•d 193,427 193.427 210,280 110,6701 543 110.1271 118,0941 Fwd bAl•n¢•s tm4ht Gro•• b•tr••h 20,412 40.W) 183.55$ 140.0001 203,967 222.051 T¢i•l Fund• ¢4rrb•d frTh•td 49 742 193.840 203.967 2020 201• Cwr•rtA•¥•ts In¥estry*nls. E*p￿1 8aplMt iknK>n 8ank Jnd cash 144.098 49.742 183.555 20,412 193,840 203,967 Cwr•rt U•WIM Sundry Crvdior5 N•tA•MI• 193 840 203 987 R•y•¥•nllr•4 B•l•K•s onth• 1gllty•lr4 •e¢ow Ch•rh•bl• FwKI• UnrnsbKted mc•N* fvnds aprtal Fufid 49.742 144.098 20,412 183.555 T<4•1 FutyJ• 203 967 Oth•r h•￿ 14t th• ¢lw¢h• w•: Churth bu*ling and housing 1.863.939 1.845.836 1863939 18458 The no￿ on page S.7 frjm An ffitegral part ol Ihes8 ￿cOUn1 Th•s• •¢¢xfflan(¥ lh• Aux>unlwig rngutsiTh sèt oiil urte•rtho Chaii•s 2011. l GTh75 and donotb)ns G*a. donatxJn¥ •nd t•x rEb•tes 4KawJnled fOr￿￿ll ￿(￿**d. 1¢> L*g•4XS L•9ac•Bs for ffj¢•A*d Idl Grants POy•b* The rr•ke¥ grnnts lo otheTofg8n••tK>ns **0se obp#s cory*knrr•ni ts *rJbk Th&y om ac4)uni•d th• th•y a￿ p•w). {•) Gow4ff*anLY Thva rnprn*nls •ywndl￿rn on tho go¥wMnL¥ oltho I*￿￿. h*>sl oflho munagen*ni ￿ caff•d oul *rthosJt bYN￿￿ta0Tr. cA>nwU￿ty lh￿ dh•ct expendrturn on 905*ry)ant8. 2. R•••rv Furtds n tho unr•sbka•d I￿￿ bt apw agart afty •xpondthro. Tho Gqptsl Fund lunds aknr*t6d by Ihe tniit•o& 10 bo Ul•d h)rsbBMgr Pul￿108 or property Irans•¢Xp)n8 Al these hJntt8 arn depositad the Baptsl lkn￿n. Funds can be acces8•d pon appmval m a antt ojnaent ol the 88p￿ CO￿Or8￿n tru8te88. Th8 Fund vas ￿$t￿led lo pffjporty rekled Trtter5 bul gtyen ¢ht diurth'6 O¥mOthp ol a bu*Jmg and 8 rrA•ao, Ihe Bapt￿ Tru*wd ¥N)ubJ rAJnxnl Io bn)adty based expendiuTr. 3. Volwthry I￿•m* 2020 2019 ONemgs Tax R•lund$ 147.010 33.059 lJ8.346 30.812 T•tsl In¢orn• 110,06• 169,1S1 4. I￿￿*1M•￿ Lknstri¢trtd TrfA•I FWKI 2020 2020 2020 2019 Bank InleTrAt 543 543 1.592 Tolal 543 1.592 5. rMow¢•• ¢h•ri¢•bl• •edvld•* 2020 2019 C*urth CIDer IiKthY* 4.777 ie.869 2,888 Tol•l 2.6UI 21.448 rnl•ras on o￿nts to fur11￿r the obpcts ol the . Prwfty r•l•t•d Th8 rJ%ur£* befjefK*I isu)Pd t• th• rn*vant t￿$1%) Oltr￿ fo5)*￿9 as*ots. tho *g tth of is hokj by Ihe dkurth'$ ￿$tod•l bu**e lthe 8•ptOt COrporn￿￿ Lrtod The I￿￿j￿9 * ai ts ¥)*Jrtd ¥•bJ•. Th• ff•nso • rnwrdad at CQSL 2020 2019 Chuw* bu*ling Marss• 116 *1)ItwrTop Lan•) 1.223.939 1.205.836 640.000 640.000 1.163,93• 1.845,836 202 2019 kty 7,092 43,015 142.870 50.989 23.866 135.445 Nlss*)n Totsl 192.977 210280 2020 gAnts b)*7rds lo otherogthrtd kn(*Jd•d Ih? fc*i*mg. GAP Chr*b•fi$ Ag•ffi* Powty} Corrrn¥s*)n Apostok Tw* u¢*s 8apt•t A￿￿*￿)￿ N* B*b& Tranthwrs E¢ Intemèiion41 Food fcrf Ihe UK A*a 4.280 1.200 4.2SO 12.550 3.185 Toui her •Awnd#ur• 39.865 4r￿ Tol•l 43.015 8. Gw•minc• caBI¥ 2020 2019 450 2020 Ims ffid•p•nd•rt •yarm•ty>n of£450 *•Tr du• ￿ 2021 f2019 1••• p•AJ A) 2020 •. Grg•s Tr•n•f•rn b•t*••n kn¥1• £40.0￿ *•$ tran￿*111￿ b•ts••rt th• Captsi Fund and ReReTh*8 dury 2020. 10. •nd TnA••• Exp•N•* 2020 2019 83.421 3,014 914 87.821 8.018 2.440 Penwn co*8 Totsl o￿l￿1*d wlthln ￿￿ts11•1￿￿ ¢￿tr •b¢v•l 67,349 .279 The TN*ees nts ts7wnernton Or*4￿￿$￿T*¢￿g ** bus*es P019 rthel. P•) •fiyb>*• f•e•r¥*d •nthJfiY)Ats li ¢Ac•s% ol£eO.000 th• >••r<2019 rth¢l As s•1 out hi th• 9ts4•fflry a￿￿•nI ofth• •na ¥ppro***a )y th• tharty Corr•r￿N. I VmOler•nd LE•d Ebjer. T. l%*•rT¥ B a lTrJ¥lee 2020 sDIDry lor actrg Js ¢*u tal * E44.441.76. Th6 thuft* Ponwn c￿Ert)￿￿)n$ of £715.08 on h• b•h•K. Th• thurch ￿￿•[+r h•$ m hOUWg o¥ffi¢d by Iho thurth.