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2023-02-28-accounts

Charity Registrafion Number 1134391

QUEENSBERRY BAPTIST CHURCH UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDING 28 FEBRUARY 2023

CONTENTS

Reference and Administrafive Informafion

Trustees Annual Report

Independent Examiner’s Report

Statement of Financial Acfivifies

Balance Sheet

Fund Movements

Analysis of Income and Expenditure

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Governing Document Consftufon
Charity Registrafon Number 1134391
Registered Ofce Queensberry Bapfst Church
Queensberry Street
Nofngham
NG6 0DG
Operafng Name QBC
Trustees
Rev Claire Roberts
Jonathan Kearney
Nsipa Siwale (Appointed 05 June 2023)
Sally Lees
Jane Graham
Russell Lees
Kirsty Gledhill
Christopher Dancer (Resigned 20 December 2022)
Bankers Virgin Money
Solicitors Ellis-Fermor & Negus
2 Devonshire Avenue
Beeston
Nofngham
NG9 1BS
Independent Examiner Mr Brian Jones – Chartered Accountant

Trustees Annual Report 2023

The Trustees have pleasure in presenfing their report and the financial statements of the Charity for the year ending 28 February 2023.

Structure, Governance and Management

The Charity is governed by a Board of Trustees. New Trustees are appointed at the Annual General Meefing and approved by the members of the Church.

The Board of Trustees meet regularly to discuss and plan the acfivifies of the Church.

The Board of Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees Annual Report and the Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law in England & Wales.

Queensberry Bapfist Church is a member of the Bapfist Union of Great Britain and holds to their Declarafion of Principle.

Objecfives and Acfivifies

Queensberry Bapfist Church has a Vision & Values Statement which highlights 3 main objecfives:Following God

Loving each other

QBC achieves its objecfives by providing a range of service at Queensberry Bapfist Church, Old Basford, Noftingham NG6 0DG.

In the year ending 28 February 2023, this was achieved by:-

Following God

Loving each other

Beyond QBC, we confinue to engage with Noftingham City Prayer, local church leaders’ groups and the East Midlands Bapfist Associafion acfivifies. There is a sense of excitement across Noftingham about the new thing God is beginning to do and we confinue to pray for him to move powerfully.

Membership Review

Last year at the AGM we had 82 members, this year we have 78 members.

We have gained 2 new members but have also lost some as people have passed away.

The average age of members is 65, however, our membership list doesn’t give a full picture of what is happening in church.

On a Sunday, we have around 80 people with us regularly.

We have lots of people in our church who aren’t official ‘members’ and yet are very commifted and involved with church life – this includes members of our worship team, community meal team, homegroup leaders, children’s work.

There are also lots of new people joining church, including new families, who aren’t yet members.

Children and Youth

Ignite Report

It was decided and agreed at the planning meefing in the Autumn of 2022, that the format of Ignite would change slightly and we would offer weekly sessions instead of monthly sessions.

We have held an Ignite session 3 fimes each month from January and have had an average of 10 children aftend each session. The actual number each week varies from 7 to 19 children aged 3- 10.

Rock Group

Rock Group is currently a Sunday group for Youth in school years 7 – 11, (11–16-year-olds), which meets at Church in the Rock Room.

Our aims are:

To show God’s love to and for everyone wherever they are on their journey of faith;

explore faith, and ask quesfions;

To introduce young people to Jesus, to teach them how they can have a relafionship with him, encourage them to follow him and to help them grow in their faith to become mature disciples;

To offer hope, encouragement, and support to young people at a potenfially challenging fime in their lives.

Rock Group meets each Sunday apart from the 1st Sunday in the month which is an All-age service. Aftendance fluctuates widely between 1 – 7 youngsters on a Sunday. Numbers have been consistently lower since January 2023

Safeguarding

Our Safeguarding procedures have confinued this year and have been strengthened. DBS checks confinue to be completed as required and the Single Central Record has been maintained. People are encouraged to register their DBS cerfificates on the auto update system so when they are due for ‘renewal’ the status can be checked online, rather than a new check completed.

Safeguarding training has been completed this year. Our Designated Persons for Safeguarding (one of whom is also the Safeguarding Trustee) aftended Level 2 and Level 3 training in person last June (2022) and then got to repeat it along with many others in March, when we held face to face Level 2 and Level 3 training here at Queensberry. We were also able to open this up to other churches.

Last October / November our Safeguarding Policy was reviewed and updated, a copy of which is in every main room in church along with concern forms.

Pastoral Team

The Pastoral Team’s objecfives are:-

This is accomplished in the following ways:-

There are approximately 30 people on the Pastoral list that are currently supported by the team. These are mainly people with increasing health and mobility issues. However, others have had extra support for short periods e.g. following injury/ illness, change in circumstances etc.

Community Meal

During a process of prayer, discussion and discernment as a Church, we sensed God was leading Queensberry to engage with our local community and we felt we should start offering a free Community Meal and a warm space for people to meet. This was partly in response to increased energy costs and food prices impacfing people’s lives, income etc.

We opened on January 24th 2023 and have been open every Tuesday since.

We meet on Tuesdays 4pm – 6pm in the Community Hall and provide a safe place, a warm welcome to everyone and a free hot meal.

We have several roles within the team; a Session Co-Ordinator who oversees the session (4 people share this role), a Kitchen team (usually 3 people), Recepfion desk (2 people) and a Welcome and refreshments team who chat to guests, help them find acfivifies they might enjoy etc.

On arrival drinks and biscuits are available, various acfivifies e.g. jigsaws, colouring, board games etc. are available on the tables in the Community Hall.

At 5pm we serve a hot meal. We have a membership with FareShare (a Charity who process excess food from supermarkets and producers to reduce the amount of food waste). We pay £29 for 80kg of fresh and frozen food every 2 weeks and plan the menus based on what we are given. In addifion, we keep a supply of store cupboard items at Church.

cream and custard are especially popular.

serve each week.

opportunity to serve our local community. The numbers aftending are growing steadily and we now have several families coming regularly.

Technical Report

The Technical Team provides audio and visual support for our Sunday Services, Children’s work and other church events.

Each services requires 3 people to operate the following:-

Zoom

We are sfill running a live zoom meefing during our Sunday Morning Services. The invitafion is sent out to our Church Suite contacts on a monthly/bi-monthly basis and there has been an average of 5 people/families joining us each week on Zoom.

There are a number of groups that make use of Zoom during the week.

The Sunday services are recorded each week, with just the main message edited and put on our YouTube channel.

Website

We moved our website to a new provider and given it a bit of a makeover. It has been up and running for almost a year now and we have set it up to provide links to our social media - Facebook and Instagram as well as a new banner for each of our teaching series which links you straight to our YouTube channel.

Email

Within the last 12 months we have changed our email plafform to Google mail which you may not have noficed as the email addresses have stayed the same, however the change has meant we have been able to access more storage as well as more control over the admin secfion.

Facilifies

Electronic Facilifies

Providing/maintaining audio-visual and computer hardware:

Health and Safety Checks

updated, along with procedures and checks.

Risk assessments and checks carried out and updated over the year:-

Annual Servicing and checks

General Facilifies Work - Church

General Facilifies Work – Manse

Legal

Trust Deeds for the Manse and Church are kept at Ellis-Fermor & Negus Solicitors, 2 Devonshire Avenue, Beeston Noftingham, NG9 1BS.

Financial Review

Reserves Policy

The minimum reserve for operafional mafters should be £21,000 in line with the reserves policy. Fund levels are reviewed monthly and a report is submifted to the Trustees.

At 28[th] February 2023 the total unrestricted reserves were £100,647.

The Trustees Declare they have approved the Trustees report above.

Signed on behalf of the Charity’s Trustees

Signature(s)

Full Name(s) Mr Jonathan Kearney

Miss Kirsty Gledhill

Posifion

Finance Leader & Trustee

Technical Leader & Trustee

Date 21 December 2023

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Statement of Financial Activities

Income
Donations & Legacies
Investments
Other Income
Total Income
Expenditure
Charitable Activites
Other Expenditure
Total Expenditure
Net income / (expenditure) resources
Net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Unrestricted
Funds
Designated
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Endowment
Funds
Total Funds
2023
Total
funds
2022
84,562
340
84,902
81,861
20
6,156
6,156
3,418
90,718
340
91,058
85,303
93,208
353
93,561
76,595
694
694
-362
93,902
353
94,255
76,233
-3,184
-13
-3,197
9,070
-3,184
-13
-3,197
9,070
118,289
118,289 109,319
115,105
-13
115,118 118,389

Balance Sheet

Total Total
Funds funds
Assets 2023 2022
Cash funds Current Account 95,021 98,218
Deposit Account 20,090 20,070
Total Cash Funds 115,111 118,288
Assets retained for Charity's own use
Land and Buildings 6,970,096 0 not previously stated

Land and buildings comprise of a church building and a manse. These have been stated at their recent insurance value as the Trustees are unable to reliable estimate their current value. This insurance value may differ materially from current value

Liabilites

Reserves

Accounts payable 0 0
Total Liabilities 0 0
Net Asset surplus (deficit) 7,085,207 118,288
Excess / (deficit) to date -3,197 9,069
Starting balances 118,289 109,319
Total Reserves 115,092 118,388
Represented by funds
Unrestricted 103,831 103,932
Designated 16 16
Restricted 14,442 14442
Endowment 0 0
Total 118,289 118,390

Fund Movement by Type

Unrestricted
General Fund
Total
Designated
Books
Allan Float
Catering
Manse Electricity
Total
Endowment
Total
Restricted
Community Meal
TKSG 2020
Thanks Giving 2017
Thanks Giving 2018
Thanks Giving 2019
Total
Total Funds		 Opening
In
Out
Closing
103,831
90,718
-93,902
100,647
103,831
90,718
-93,902
100,647
2
-2
0
100
-100
0
100
100
-186
-194
-380
16
-296
-280
0
0
0
340
-159
181
1,781
1,781
86
-86
0
5,734
5,734
6,841
6,841
14,442
340
-245
14,537
118,289
91,058
-93,902
115,118

Analysis of Income and Expenditure

Income

Donations & Legacies
Offering
Legacies
Catering
Healing Rooms
Literature
Community Meal Donations
Baptist insurance
Appeals
Gift Aid
GASDS
Bank Deposit
Total
Investments
Bank Interest
Total
Other Income
Gift Aid Return
Rental Income
Cashback
Refunds
Total
Total
Expenditure
Charitable Activites
Minister
Student Loan
Wages
Tax
NI
Pension
Caretaker
Wages
Tax
Stewardship & HR
Sundry Expenses
Pulpit Fees		 Unrestricted Designated
Restricted Endowment
2023
2022
70,872
70,872 70,315
500
100
3
340
340
56
56
1,236
1,236
12,398
12,398
8,943
2,000
84,562
340
84,902 81,861
20
20
2,980
2,060
2,060
115
9
4,096
4,096
314
6,156
6,156
3,418
90,718
340
91,058 85,299
Unrestricted Designated
Restricted Endowment
2023
2022
522
522
208
17,756
17,756
9,114
2,492
2,492
1,200
1,861
1,861
1,263
5,376
5,376
2,629
4,504
4,504
4,185
1,124
1,124
1,048
767
767
507
1,379
1,379
1,309
250
250
750
Catering
Christmas
Outreach
Travel Expenses
Literature
Community Meal
Donations
Missions
Jericho Road
International China Concern
BMS
BUGB Home Mission
Friends International
Evangelical Alliance
Postage
Cleaning costs
Office Supplies
Advertising
CCL Licence
Gift Aid Envelopes
Church
Gas
Gas Service
Electricity
Water
Insurance
Phone
Internet
Maintenance
Manse
Water
Broadband
Council Tax
Insurance
Maintenance
Electricity
Technical Dept
Health and Safety
Training and Conferences
Church Suite
Licences/Subscriptions/website
Minister Relocation
Main Kitchen Refurbishment
Misc
Total
Other Expenditure		 812
812
147
129
129
602
40
418
418
597
490
490
539
159
159
1,291
1,291
100
780
780
780
1,932
1,932
2,093
3,120
3,120
3,720
4,171
4,171
4,541
2,388
2,388
2,388
120
120
120
6
6
98
397
397
204
204
54
144
144
861
861
1,043
76
8,478
8,478
4,428
583
583
1,352
3,887
3,887
2,624
571
4,437
4,437
5,715
55
55
371
676
676
602
14,135
14,135
1,674
231
231
426
316
316
26
2,088
2,088
360
360
1,286
728
728
6,278
194
194
186
1,422
1,422
1,904
18
18
34
1,176
1,176
530
455
455
771
854
854
1,848
6,798
15
20
93,208
353
93,561 76,595
Catering equipment
NI Allowance
Total
Total Expenditure		 694
694
-362
694
694
-362
93,902
353
94,255 76,233