Trustees Annual Report for 2021
THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGH WORSHIP, PRAYER, BIBLE STUDY, PREACHING AND TEACHING; BAPTISM; COMMUNION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER; EVANGELISM AND MISSION; NURTURE OF CHRISTIAN DISCIPLES; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; GIVING AND ENCOURAGING PASTORAL CARE; SUPPORTING CHARITABLE SOCIAL ACTION; SUPPORTING OTHER CHRISTIANS.
The principal purpose of the Church is the advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination. The Church may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and/or other parts of the world.
In order to fulfil our purpose our mission is:
To speak boldly – We have a responsibility to share the good news of Jesus with the community around us.
To worship wholeheartedly – We were created and re-created to worship God and to praise Him in all circumstances.
To grow spiritually – Being a Christian means we don’t stand still but go on a journey during which we learn and grow.
To care sacrificially – In a world full of difficulties we need to look to the needs of the community around us through the love of Jesus.
To pray persistently – We believe in the God who cares for His world and who responds to our prayers.
The trustees, in making decisions about the activities and in the running of the church, have had due regard to the commission’s public benefit guidance. The aims of the church are met through a wide variety of activities for the public benefit, a summary of which is shown below. Activities are open to members of the public, with particular reference to those in the local community and, although they flow from the faith and beliefs of the membership, are open to people of all faiths or none. The church is totally dependent on the work and contributions made by a large number of volunteers, without whom we could not function; however, much of its work is undertaken by the paid staff.
The church puts considerable resources into paying its staff. The other major expense the church faces is its utility bill and the maintenance of its buildings. Some of this maintenance is done in-house by suitable volunteers but we do need to employ experts for some of the work.
Finances have become tighter in 2021 with a noticeable drop in income due to the Covid pandemic and the subsequent lockdown. For much of the year the church has been unable to meet in person although we have held online services for which we are indebted to a small group of people who have facilitated this .
The church has also lost much of its income from other community organisations that meet in the church buildings.
Summary of the Various Areas of Church Life
WORSHIP, PRAYER AND STUDY: As a church, worship is obviously a central aspect of our activities. We meet for worship regularly on Sundays from 10.30am. Throughout this year much of the worship of the church has taken place online, with several people tuning in who did not previously attend Sunday services.
The Pastoral Team has done its best to support members of our church and congregation throughout the pandemic, often by keeping in touch on the phone and, where appropriate, by delivering shopping for those shielding.
It is the responsibility of every church member to care for and look out for others in the congregation, and we are grateful for the help of the many church members who take this responsibility seriously.
We look at the membership list annually and try to contact those who have not attended recently, although this has not happened this year due to lockdown. Urgent prayer requests are sent (with permission) by email or by phone to church members.
Through 2020 our befriending scheme, which supports those struggling with loneliness in the local community, became a telephone only scheme.
MISSION & EVANGELISM: The church seeks to engage with the local community and the wider world both financially and practically by, for
example, giving regularly to a range of charities and supporting church members’ involvement in charity work. We also continued to support a small number of missionaries who are stationed in difficult and often dangerous places overseas.
JUBILATTE COFFEE SHOP: was sadly closed for much of the year with the staff furloughed.
MUSTARD SEED BOOKSHOP: The bookshop operates in Jubilatte Coffee shop and was also closed for much of the year.
NEW LIFE NURSERY SCHOOL: The Nursery school continues to offer high quality education to children aged 2 to 4 years of age. We are fortunate to have well qualified and motivated staff. The school continued to meet throughout much of the pandemic for the children of key workers. We were grateful we remained free of covid infections .
FOODBANK: The Foodbank continues to be open on Wednesdays with local agencies referring people in need to us. We were closed for some time during 2020 as the age of the volunteers meant they were at high risk of serious infection; however, the food bank did remain open through some of lockdown.
HEALING ON THE STREETS: This is a ministry that operates once a month on a Saturday morning on the forecourt of the church Sadly it was unable to meet through much of the year.
HIGH STREET CHAPLAINCY: We continue to offer a chaplaincy service to the High Street traders. This service was suspended though lock down.
YOUTH WORK: With the exception of our Nursery School all other youth and children’s work stopped meeting in lockdown, although we continued meeting using various online platforms.
LETTINGS: The church has an extensive property, parts of which are available for hire by community groups. Throughout much of the year all groups stopped using the church and this caused a drop in income for the church. The church also owns three houses which are let and thereby provide a regular and significant source of income.
New Life Baptist Church (Kings Heath) 1135380 Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
| For the period from |
01/01/2021 | To | 31/12/2021 | ||
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| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 57,249 30,877 35,874 17,240 54,229 8,258 - - 203,726 - - - 203,726 8,465 30,373 6,237 77,213 739 11,509 11,432 70,304 7,644 223,917 - - - 223,917 - 20,191 - 90,114 69,923 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 57,249 30,877 35,874 17,240 54,229 8,258 - - 203,726 - - - 203,726 8,465 30,373 6,237 77,213 739 11,509 11,432 70,304 7,644 223,917 - - - 223,917 - 20,191 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Offertory | 57,249 | 58,030 | ||||
| Jubilatte | 30,877 | 41,493 | ||||
| Lettings | 35,874 | 37,698 | ||||
| Gift Aid | 17,240 | 12,143 | ||||
| Nursery | 54,229 | 70,070 | ||||
| Other | 8,258 | 5,859 | ||||
| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
203,726 | 225,293 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | ||||||
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| Sub total | - | - | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 225,293 | ||||||
| Insurance | 8,465 | 19,167 | ||||
| Jubilatte | 30,373 | 31,755 | ||||
| Ministry | 6,237 | 8,482 | ||||
| Nursery | 77,213 | 73,335 | ||||
| Printing, postage & stationary | 739 | 617 | ||||
| PropertyExpenses | 11,509 | 4,124 | ||||
| Utilities | 11,432 | 21,229 | ||||
| Wages | 70,304 | 55,858 | ||||
| Other | 7,644 | 4,987 | ||||
| **Sub total ** | 223,917 | 219,554 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| - | ||||||
| **Sub total ** | - | - | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 219,554 | ||||||
| - 20,191 | - | - | - 20,191 | 5,739 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 90,114 | - | - | 90,114 | 84,375 | ||
| 69,923 | - | - | 69,923 | 90,114 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
09/10/2022
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Signature Outstanding Loans (to church members) Details Details Church Building (80 High Street) HSBC Other Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details 283 School Road, Kings Heath 42 Pineapple Road 121 Hazelhurst Road |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 33,288 - 36,635 - - 69,923 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) 35,000 - - - - Print Name |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| 270,000 | |||
| 220,000 | |||
| 425,000 | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | |||
| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
09/10/2022
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Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of
New Life Baptist Church
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of New Life Baptist Church for the year ended 30 April 2021.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (the ‘2005 Act’), the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended), and the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). You are satisfied that your charity is not required by charity law to be audited and have chosen instead to have an independent examination.
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 44 (1) ( c) of the 2005 Act and section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed the requirements of Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner’s statement
I completed an examination of the financial records and accounts and confirm that no matters have come to my attention giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept as required by section 44 (1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; and
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the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Regulation 8 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Date: 18[th] Feb 2022. Name M. Padbury.
Address: 131 All Saints Road. Kings Heath. Birmingham B146AT.