Charity number: 1132903 UXBRIDGE ROAD TABERNACLE Reformed Baptist Church UNAUDITED TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020
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UXBRIDGE ROAD TABERNACLE Reformed Baptist Church Contents 01 Church Administrative Details 02 Trustee's Report 03 Independent Examininers Report 04 Financial Activities 05 Balance Sheet 06 Signatures
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UXBRIDGE ROAD TABERNACLE Reformed Baptist Church 01 Administrative Details Trustees Charity registered number Date church founded - 1891 Mr Michael Asare 1132903 www.uxbridgeroadtabernacle.com Pastor Jeffery Avery Church address Mr Fidelis Chanda Bloemfontein Road Mr Graham Harbird Shepherds Bush Mr Graham Rowe London Mr Kenneth Thomas W12 7BX Mr R Ambrose retired from position as at October 2020
The Trustees present their annual report together with the financial statements of Uxbridge Road Tabernacle Reformed Baptist Church (the charity) for the year ended 30 September 2020. The Trustees confirm that the Annual report and financial statements of the charity seek to comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charity's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" issued in January 2019 (FRS102).
## Structure, governance and management
## a. Constitution
The policy and operating decisions of the charity rest with the Trustees who meet regularly to monitor the activities of the Charity.
## b. Method of appointment or election of Trustees
The management of the charity is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Trust deed being the church constitution which includes the Rules and Regulations revision dated 24/01/2013.
## c. Risk management
The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those related to safeguarding, health-safety and security risk assessment and a major incident action plan.
d. Banking The church banks with Santander and Nat West using their branches in Ealing. The church is seeking to balance the amounts which are held between these banks to get as much cover as possible via the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Whilst efforts are made to hold monies within interest yielding deposit accounts, the interest gained is negligible at this time.
e. Independent Examiner - The churches interpretation of the latest requirements is that the services of an appropriately qualified person should be engaged. This report is included within this submission.
f. Organisation structure. As a Bible believing church we take for our instruction matters such as church governance from New Testament. The structure of Elders and deacons is utilised with the Pastor being the preaching Elder taking the lead. He, as a salaried position, is supported by Elders and Deacons. The Elder/s are focussed on the spiritual wellbeing of the membership and attendees of the church whilst the Deacons focus on the general wellbeing of the membership and attendees of the church. The practical upkeep and generally running of the fabric of the buildings falls nder the responsibility of the Deacons. The church officers meet, at least, in compliance with the requirements of the Constitution and decisions made, which affect the church through expenditure or have need of approval are brought to the members for corporate agreement at the bi-monthly meetings.
g. Policies and Procedures - The church does seek to maintain a standard of record and control over its documentation with revisions being carried out, approved and changes tracked. This is an ongoing process.
## Objectives and Activities
h. Policies and objectives
In setting objectives and planning for activities, the Trustees have given due consideration to general guidance published by the charity commission relating to public benefit and in particular to its supplementary public benefit guidance on the advancement of religion for the public benefit.
The principal object of the charity is to be a gathering of Christians where the praise and worship of God is offered up along biblical lines and where there is active service towards the extension of Christ's kingdom. This objective is sought to be achieved by regular Sunday services, youth work, outreach and the support of a number of missionary endeavours in the United Kingdom and abroad.
i. Grant making policies The Missionary Council develops an annual allocation of grants which are considered by the Elders and Deacons before being presented to church members for agreement.
## Achievements and performance
j. Going concern After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
It should be noted that Mr Avery has a paid position as the Minister of the church and is also a Trustee which is non paid.
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02 Trustees Report
Reformed Baptist Church
The Uxbridge Road Tabernacle
Reformed Baptist Church
(Registered Charity No.1132903)
THE TRusfEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR
I" October 2019- 30 September 2020
This year has seen unprecedented events which have affected not only
personal health and wellbein& employmenL financial Stsbility.
communication, entertainment and all aspects of daily life as we have known
it, but also the routine of this local church through the presence and effects of
the world wide pandemic of the Coronavirus. Covid 19.
The first half of the year, October 2019 to mid- March 2020 saw the
continuation of the Church's normal format of meetings for worship. prayer
and youth work. In October, Harvest Thanksgiving services were held on the
first Sunday of the month with gifted items of produce sent to support the
local community food bank. After the evening service Raj Kumar founder of
Vuyroli, a home in Chennai, India. for destitute older people who had been left
on the Streets, beFng in London, found time to update the fellt)wship on the
pro¥ress of the work which this church supports. It was also a pleasure in this
month at a morning service to recognise the Church's desi to appoint Mr.
Michael Asare as a Church Elder. In November, the 128 anniversary of the
foundin8 of the Church was celebrated by services lead by Pastorjohn
Saunders, of Providence Chapel Chichester. In January a group of members
travelled to Cheltenham in order to attend the funeral of our fomer Pastor.
Rev. F.J. Harris in memory and aPpCIatIOn of his 25 years plus service and
ministry at the Church. Up to mid - March visiting preachers were Pastor
Gwynne Evans and Pastor Robert Morgan in Pastors absence and Mr. Graham
Chewter of the Trinitarian Bible society on his annual visit to bring us up to
date on the work of translation and distribution worldwide of God's Word.
Again this year invitations to the Christrnas services were distributed in the
surrounding neighbourhood but produced very little if any response by visitors
to the Carol or Christmas Day services. Door to Door visitstion and Christian
literature distribution in the neighbourhood together with the Mens Studv
Group was limited to this period.
Following the services held on 15 March the Church took the decision to close
its doors. From the 22 March 2020 all worship and midweek meetings and
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youth work within the church building ceased due to the government
lockdown on meetings and personal movement because of the extremely high
number of people falling seriously ill as a result of contracting the Covid 19
virus. Initially members and contacts whose email addresses were known were
contscted and encoura8ed to use the intemet to connect to ITve stream
services from other recommended churches. As a form of contatt, from 25
March, Pastor contributed to 3 we@kly prayer and encouragement letter which
was distributed to members and church friends electronically. Pastorfs
message in the letter was uploaded on to the web site for others to view.
Pastor also produced a series of 23 weekly messages entitled °A Message for
Troubled fimes" based on the book of Revelation which were viewed on
Semion Audio accessed through the church website and YouTube . These
messages were viewed over 2500 time5 by September and demonstrated the
prophecy received by John and its 3pplic3tion regarding the Coronavirus
pandemic. Using a program on the COFnPUter called Zoom enables invited
people to join conference calls or meetings. This medium was used for
members and friends to participate in a weekly prayer meeting and Pastor to
bring a Week Bible study from home. From early June Sunday serViS have
also been broadcast using this facility. With a reduction in the severity of the
pandemic, the government guidelines were changed in early July which
allowed churches to re-open with a maximum of 30 attendees. The church
officers therefore thou£ht the re-opening of the church could be managed to
the govemments requirements if adequate safety precautions were put in
place. Previously the members had been asked by e-mail if they would attend
if the church was re-opened. The majority had been in favour. In order to live
stream the SeiCe$ from the pulpit for 3 wider audience and members unable
to attend, the church needed to be equipped with internet aCSS and suitable
equipment purchased. This instsllation work was completed on 10 August
and the first live streamed service from the church was held on the moming of
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16 August. The return to evening services followed soon after. The Trustees
would specifically like to thank those members who have been involved in
setting up, operating and managing this technology to make the mid-week
meetings and Sunday services possible.
With regard to the Pastorate initially a number of men were invited to preach
at the church but these invitations had to be cancelled when the national lock
down was announced. Arrangements have since been made for these men to
preach at the church early in the new church year as long as there is no serious
rise in the coronavirus cases locally or nationally.
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Annual Geneial M••llTr8 In (ktob•r 2020.
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meetln85 have been undertaken with m•mb•is th• lh•
ol m4lntalnln8 thelr conL•Ct wlth th• chufch. DIw.UWfJrrf •r¢ tr1 •$
to the WOT* can safely re.comm*nc* wlthln Wfv*rnrrrt
are at present ¢onstsntly chanRlnR. The Trust•¢S Wfmjtsj tr) 1fr Ws
Harblrd for her 45 years of teic.hlni In the Sunday £wkxusM Iw
tirernent in September.
To improve the sound qu311ty durfng communlon 2 new
have been inst311ed In the church, but the replacem•K kxv
system in the adjoining hall has been delayed untll the Plew Yw. Tht
to terf system installed earlier this year has since been WftMra7
lengthy tri31 period which showed up the systems limitatKWlS. The TruAe¥s
would like to thank those members who have so adequatety steFfj>ed in 10 t*
services or meets"n85 when this has been necessary.
From the lockdown in March, the Elders and Deacons felt it r*cesw 10
first weekly then fortnightly in order to maintsin cThrtXL rfffAJtsS axl
arrange to implement the ch3n8es required by the go¥efrrn)ts
in order that the church would be corona Safe wt*n alked to 11
meetings were carried out by conference calls on ZoThn. ti¥5 IKI
employees of the church were furloughed.
The Church throughout the year has continued to fina•3* siiyxz tr*
of the Lanka Mission, Albanian Evangelical Mission. Trinitsron 8tAe &x*ty.
Vuyroli ILight of Life Ministry), TASTE and the Island chUrd in
Zambia, also our 3SSOCi3te missionaries in Nigeria in an area sufferir¥a
persecution and terrorist atrocities by extremist group Boka Haram.
Permission was also granted by the church to 8rve addrtsonal nM)nies to I
the work of Vuyroli and Care Sri Lanka for local care Telf.
The Church has also supported the work of the Christian Institute as
defend Christian principles and ethics which the gtr4emment indivi(lu3ls arnl
movements seek to undermine and erode. This yearfs thank offering was
donated to the Bamabas Fund which offer5 SUPPOrt to the per
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UXBRIDGE ROAD TABERNACLE Reformed Baptist Church 03 Independent Examiners Report
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## UXBRIDGE ROAD TABERNACLE Reformed Baptist Church
|04 Statement of Financial Activities||||||||
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|Incorporating income and expenditure account||||||||
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|General Legacy Account||||||||
|Monies received during period||**nil**|||_nil_|||
|Monies expended / transferred during period.|(internal transfers)|**-£**||**1,000.00**
|_-£_|_17,982.13_
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|Dew Family Memorial Fund||||||||
|Monies received during period||**nil**|||_nil_|||
|Monies expended during period.||**nil**|||_nil_|||
|Emergency Fund Account||||||||
|Monies / transfers received during period||**£**||**1,000.00**
|_Nil_|||
|Monies expended during period||**£**||**1,000.00**
|_nil_|||
|Major Works Account||||||||
|Monies / transfers received during period||**nil**|||_£_|_9,925.68_
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|Monies expended during period||**nil**|||_-£_|_10,293.82_
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|Youth Group Boys||||||||
|Monies received during period|||||_£_||_450.00_
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|Monies expended / transferred during period||A/c closed|||_-£_||_411.20_
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|||and closing totals||||||
|Youth Group Girls||added to Incidental A/c||||||
|Monies / transfers received during period||open years balance|||_£_||_38.50_
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|Monies expended / transferred during period|||||_nil_|||
|Contingency Account
New account||||||||
|Monies / transfers received during period||**£**||**60,000.00**
|_New_|||
|Monies expended / transferred during period||**Nil**|||_account_|||
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Incidental Account
Summary of Expenditure
Ministry General Expenses £ 32,981.54 £ 33,949.33
Direct Debits £ 3,935.42 £ 7,837.05
Visiting Preachers £ 1,800.00 £ 2,781.90
Church Officers expenses £ 69.68 £ 276.09
Miscellaneous Expenses ( general ) £ 4,453.93 £ 12,398.27
Maintenance Expenses £ 553.07 £ 1,373.89
Evangelism expenses £ 2,104.49 £ 2,263.62
Thank offering expenditure £ 2,930.00 £ 4,000.00
Bank Charges / Adjustments £ 4.60 £ 0.75
Missionary £ 28,155.00 £ 25,397.00
Account transfers nil £ -
Sub total expenditure £ 76,987.73 £ 90,277.90
Summary of Income
Sunday Collections Cash £ 19,989.65 £ 11,833.11
Sunday Collections Envelopes (Gift Aid recoverable) £ 43,985.01 £ 43,772.00
Account Interest £ 1,039.72 £ 1,572.70
Giving special £ 2,894.53 £ 2,462.00
Thank offering £ 3,145.00 £ 3,882.00
Covenant Giving / Gift Aid Refund £ 11,216.50 £ 11,997.75
Missionary special nil £ 923.94
Account transfers nil £ 8,056.45
Sub total income £ 82,270.41 £ 84,499.95
Accounts closing balances
Incidental £ 7,837.58
Dew Family Trust £ 659.63
General Legacy Account £ 298,974.02
Emergency Fund £ 500.00
Contingency Account £ 60,000.00
Major works Account £ -
Total £ 367,971.23
Banking
Current account - Santander £5,757.97 £ 7,574.88
Savings accounts £331,685.94 £ 285,646.22
Current account - Nat West £30,468.97 £ 10,365.73
Cash in Hand £58.35 £ 101.72
Total £367,971.23 £ 303,688.55
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UXBRIDGE ROAD TABERNACLE
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05 Balance Sheet
Fixed assets
Church building Bloemfontein Road, Shepherds Bush London W12 £ 1,300,000.00
Manse - Pastor's residence 23 Steventon Road London W12 £ 775,000.00
Contents of the church building - assessed at a current value of £ 25,000.00
Total fixed assets £ 2,100,000.00
The above figures have been assessed based on insurance values and
local market prices for similar properties. The manse currently has a
subsidence claim which would affect the re-sale value.
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## UXBRIDGE ROAD TABERNACLE Reformed Baptist Church
This report is confirmed as an accurate record of the activities of the church for the financial year ending September 2020.
Minister and Trustee Mr J Avery …………………………………………………. Elder and Trustee
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Secretary, Deacon and Trustee
Mr G Harbird
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Treasurer, Deacon and Trustee
Mr G Rowe
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Deacon and Trustee
Mr F Chanda
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Deacon and Trustee
Mr K Thomas
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but receipted
approvals are on
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at this time February
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approvals are on
record from all of the
Trustees. Document
will be signed when
circumstances allow.|