Trustees Annual Report for 2022
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 improved in 2022 as we have recovered from drop in income due to the Covid pandemic and the subsequent lockdown.
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. In 2022 we improved our online presence live streaming our Sunday morning services this has been well received and we have an average of about 70 people watching from all over the world.
The Pastoral Team has done its best to support members of our church and the church community.
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, urgent prayer requests are sent (with permission) by email or by phone to church members.
Through 2022 our befriending scheme, has supported those struggling with loneliness in the local community. We have also held a monthly Sunday afternoon tea for older people.
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. We sent a donation to a community help centre in Tisovec, Slovakia for Christmas gifts for children
JUBILATTE COFFEE SHOP: has fully reopened and continues to be a meeting place for community groups and individuals. Who value the peace and beauty of the church sanctuary.
MUSTARD SEED BOOKSHOP: The bookshop that operates in Jubilatte Coffee shop has also reopened and has seen an increase in trade over 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 has grown in numbers over 2022 as we recover from Covid
FOODBANK: The Foodbank continues to be open on Wednesdays with local agencies referring people in need to us. We have seen an increase in the number of people seeking food parcels through the year. We have been grateful for the support of the church, local supermarkets, and government agencies over the year.
HEALING ON THE STREETS: This ministry did not reopen after the Covid pandemic.
HIGH STREET CHAPLAINCY: We continue to offer a chaplaincy service to the High Street traders.
YOUTH WORK: All of our groups are copen again and many have seen an increase in numbers. We have started a stay and play group twice a week this has been well received by the local community and is full for most sessions.
LETTINGS: The church has an extensive property, parts of which are available for hire by community groups.
The church also owns three houses which are let and thereby provide a regular and significant source of income.
||**Charity Name**
**New Life Baptist Church(Kings Heath)**|**Charity Name**
**New Life Baptist Church(Kings Heath)**|**Charity Name**
**New Life Baptist Church(Kings Heath)**|**No (if any)**
**1135380**|**No (if any)**
**1135380**|**No (if any)**
**1135380**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
1/1/2022|**To**||Period end date
12/31/2022|||
|||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**70,416**
**45,977**
**46,589**
**13,715**
**58,571**
**2,603**
**-**
**-**
**237,870**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**237,870**
**9,186**
**46,140**
**212**
**60,649**
**31**
**6,454**
**11,714**
**80,830**
**21,405**
**236,622**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**236,622**
**1,248**
**-**
**69,923**
**71,171**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**70,416**
**45,977**
**46,589**
**13,715**
**58,571**
**2,603**
**-**
**-**
**237,870**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**237,870**
**9,186**
**46,140**
**212**
**60,649**
**31**
**6,454**
**11,714**
**80,830**
**21,405**
**236,622**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**236,622**
**1,248**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Offertory|**70,416**||||||**57,249**|
|Jubilatte|**45,977**||||||**30,877**|
|Lettings|**46,589**||||||**35,874**|
|Gift Aid|**13,715**||||||**17,240**|
|Nursery|**58,571**||||||**54,229**|
|Other|**2,603**||||||**8,258**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**237,870**||||||**203,726**|
|||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||
||||||||**203,726**|
|||||||||
|Insurance|**9,186**||||||**8,465**|
|Jubilatte|**46,140**||||||**30,373**|
|Ministry|**212**||||||**6,237**|
|Nursery|**60,649**||||||**77,213**|
|Printing, postage & stationary|**31**||||||**739**|
|PropertyExpenses|**6,454**||||||**11,509**|
|Utilities|**11,714**||||||**11,432**|
|Wages|**80,830**||||||**70,304**|
|Other|**21,405**||||||**7,644**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**236,622**||||||**223,917**|
|||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
||||||||**223,917**|
|||||||||
||**1,248**|**-**|**-**||**1,248**||**- 20,191**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**69,923**|**-**|**-**||**69,923**||**90,114**|
||**71,171**|**-**|**-**||**71,171**||**69,923**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
10/8/2023
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the**|**period**|**period**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
HSBC
Other
**Details**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**49,095**||**-**||**-**|
||||**22,076**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||**71,171**||**-**||**-**|
||||||||OK|
||||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**Details**
283 School Road, Kings Heath
42 Pineapple Road
121 Hazelhurst Road
**Details**
Church Building (80 High Street)
**Details**
Outstanding Loans (to church members)
Signature||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**21,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
David Barber||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||||||**280,000**|
||||||||**200,000**|
||||||||**420,000**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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||||||||Date of
approval|
||||David Barber||||10/8/2023|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
10/8/2023
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner s Report
Report to the trusteos
New Lrfe Baptist Churth
On accounts for the year
endod
3151 December 2022
Charity no
(rfany)
1135380
S•1 out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
tharity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 3111212022
Responsibilitios and
basis of roport
As the chartls trustees, Y( are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance wtth the requirements of the Charttie$ Act 2011
(Ihe Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's a¢¢ounts carried out
urKler section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed all the ap1¢able Diredions gven by the Charty Commission
under section 145(5}(b) of the Act.
Independent I haie completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
•xamin•fs statoment come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
disdosed below '} which gNes me cause to believe that in. any material
the accounting records not kept in a¢¢ordance wth section 130
of the Chartties Act. or
the accounts did not accord wth the arxounting rds. or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concerning the fom and content of accounts sel out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requiroment
that the accounts gNe a Irue and fairf view which is not a matter
Considered as part of an independent examinats'on.
I have no concerns and have Come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to vthich attention should drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understsnding of thè accounts to be reached.
Slgned:
26th July 2023
Name:
Mr Michael Newbold
Relevant professional
qualificationlsl or body
(if any}:
Address:
Flat 5 Homepeal House, 231 Alcester Road South,
lQngs Heath, Binningham 814 6DT
IER
Oct 2018