## **King’s Baptist Church** 

## **ANNUAL REPORT 2020** 

## Published April 2021 


**Proclaiming Jesus Christ in Today’s World!** 




## **Message from the Elders** 

Well, what a year 2020 was! Who would have been able to predict the  changes  we  would  have  to make as individuals, a Church, a nation and the world? 12 months ago, we thought Zoom was how you  made  the  image  larger  on your camera, Covid sounded like a covert operation  and furlough was a term only used in farming. 

Covid-19 has had a dramatic effect on everyone’s lives and we at KBC have and still are, being affected  in  many  ways  –  both personally and as a fellowship. 

As we said in last year’s report – Church life continues as “normal” albeit in many different ways, so it is appropriate and as important as ever, to start with a big thank you.  On  behalf  of  the  Elders, Deacons and Trustees, we would like to say a big thank you to all the  membership  and  fellowship for your continued support, prayers and encouragement throughout the year. 

As ever, there has been an army of  people  within  the  fellowship who  have  made  the  wheels  of Church life continue to turn efficiently – one phrase that has been used time  and time  again through the year is “Team KBC!” –  we  have  had  many  activities which have required the teamwork of many to make them happen. The Christmas Carol service, the fellowship ploughman’s  meal  that  followed it,  Accelerate  on  Zoom,  Pop  up Easter,  the  outreach  articles  on Facebook  and the Light Stall to name  a  few,  demonstrates  that the  “team”  continue  to  be  as creative  and  hard  at  work  as ever. There are others we could mention and apologies that space does not allow. 

Fellowship  during  the  Coffee  & Chat  Zoom  sessions,  the  time before and after the Sunday 

services all continue to be a great opportunity  to  learn  more  about each other – and indeed ourselves. There have been some interesting conversations about people’s lives and their history – it is fascinating what you can learn – what is the saying?  “Every  day  is  a  school day!” These discoveries about each  other  sit  neatly  with  the previous words of knowledge about our relationships with each other and also with Him. 

We have become adept at having meetings over Zoom and whether we like or loath it as a medium for Church life, it is here  to  stay  in some shape or form for some time to  come.  As  a  Church  we  are extremely fortunate to have been able  to  upgrade  the  technology within Church to enhance what we have  –  this  is  to  allow  us  to provide good and high-quality streaming of Services from Church. We are now in the latter phases of testing  and  the  efforts  of  the people involved are evident – some of the initial teething problems  are  becoming  less  and less week by week and this future proofs our technology for years to come. 

We also recognise the hard work and dedication  of the “Return to Church” team (Theo, Joel, Vicky & Matt)  who  have  been  looking  at how we can safely return to Church once restrictions are eased – we are blessed to have a diligent team  whose primary focus is for the  safety  of  our  fellowship  and following (the ever changing) rules and regulations to allow us to use the  Church  building  as  soon  as practicable. 

The Trustees are very conscious of the desire to be able to meet in Church  as  soon  as  possible,  but they also have the responsibility to ensure it is safe and legal to do so. It is a difficult balance in discerning what is the best way to accommodate the use of the building,  the  requirement  to  be able  to  still  use  Zoom  for  those who are unable to attend Church 

(for whatever reason)  and have the increased resources required to  facilitate  all  of  this.  With  all these factors comes the additional requirement of being able to provide the relevant support and training – please continue to pray that as we appear to be moving into the next phase of the restrictions being lifted, that the decisions  made  are  robust  and honouring to God and that members  will  volunteer  to  help share some of the workload. 

Our God is a faithful God, and we constantly see His hand on people’s lives. The blessings continue as we see how people are  maturing  in  their  walk  and their  faith  in  God  as  He  does wonderful things in their lives. We pray for their and our continued growth through these unprecedented times. 

Moving forward, we plan for the reopening of Church, to provide strong  and  challenging  teaching sessions, to grow the relationships with each other, develop, support and grow the fellowship to take the  Lord  into  the  community. Please  pray  as  we  continue  to seek God’s face in all that we do in His name that His presence is felt amongst us. 

We pray that as we continue to do God’s will for His Church and Community, we remain focussed on  serving  Him  in  the  Love  of Jesus  Christ.   We  still  seek  His revelation of the new Minister to serve at KBC and we give thanks that  through  the  review  of  the profiles  that  we  have  received, the search team remain unanimous in terms of the decisions  that  have  been  made and  the  qualities  of  the  person they believe God wants to bring into our fellowship. 

We give thanks to God for how He has faithfully carried us through the last 12 months and may  we  take  comfort  from  the words from Galatians 6:9, “Let us not become weary in doing good, 



for  at  the  proper  time  we  will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” We are in this together, we are team KBC, the harvest is not for our benefit but for the Kingdom of God. Be encouraged that  every  prayer  and  act  of witness  counts. Every  person  in the fellowship is a silent witness and ambassador for Christ. 

Finally, as you will remember, the terms of office for some of the Elders and Deacons were due to come to an end last year (2020) and they all agreed to serve for an additional year due to Covid. Please pray for the positions that come  vacant  this  year  and  for those who will be nominated and elected  at  the  AGM  in  April  – please pray and support them as they grow into their positions and settle into their responsibilities to serve the Church. 

Bless you all for your servant and serving  hearts.  May  God  walk close with you today  and every day. 

Ian  Tyler,  Keith  Turner,  Jonny Whitmill and Theo Clark **The Elders** 

## **Membership Report** 

During 2020 we received resignations of church Membership from Sharon Cumberbatch  and  Paul  Coombs. Our membership total is now 63. If you are not currently a Church Member  but  are  interested  in taking  this  next  step  of  formal commitment  to  a  local  church, please talk to one of the Elders. 

## Alison Down **Church Secretary and Trustee** 

## **Pastoral & Ministry** 

## **Team Report** 

Who would have known when we entered 2020, what a year it was going  to  be  as  the  UK  battled 

increasing  numbers  of  Covid-19 cases and the whole country went in and out of lockdowns and various tier restrictions in order to safeguard the NHS from becoming overwhelmed. Several church members  were  working  on  the front line in various capacities and we thank God for their service. 

We  give  thanks  for  all  on  the WhatsApp  Prayer  Chain.  It  has become  an  important  source  of communication and support as we have not been able to meet one another in person. We now have 44 participants. 

A big thank you also goes out to those  who  have  offered  Pastoral Support in any form – phone calls made, socially distanced doorstep visits, coffee meet ups and walks, meals  and  cakes  made,  lifts  to hospital appointments, emergency overnight  stays.  You  know  who you are (!) and we all give thanks for you. 

As  the  pandemic  developed,  we became  increasingly  thankful  for the words of Psalm 91 and also the opportunity to sing the Numbers 6 blessing (‘UK Blessing version’) over one another was very powerful. We do not take Father God’s protection over us for granted, and continue to pray for one another. 

In 2020, several friends and loved ones passed away. January 2020 saw us celebrating the life of Barry Grant, Lorna’s husband, who had died  in  December.  Hugh  Avery, previously  a deacon  also  died in January. In the Spring, Kevin Roberts’ mother died. In the summer Vicky Tyler said ‘Goodbye’ to her step-mother, Sally, and Difa to her mother. Olwyn Salter lost her brother, and Laura Wheatley her  grandad.  Clare  Kilby’s  sister died in the Autumn, as did Heather Lombard’s  nan.  Jane  O’Flanagan also lost her nephew. In December, we were sad to hear of the  death  of  a  previous  Church Secretary, Brian Lee and also Angela Brown’s nan. 

In the Summer, we rejoiced with Jane  and  Declan  O’Flanagan  as they celebrated their Silver Wedding  Anniversary.  Alongside this, over the course of the year, several church members celebrated significant birthdays. 

New life always brings celebration. Theo and Angie Clark, Ian  and  Vicky  Tyler,  Bob  and Hazel King, Geoff and Lesley Fabron and Jane and Christopher Baker all celebrated the birth of new grandchildren in 2020. 

Further  afield,  we  were  able  to bless 200 staff in the ICU at the Lister hospital with goody bags of toiletries,  etc.  Thank  you,  Ceri Deards and her team, for organising this. 

Please remember in your prayers several church members who are fighting  serious  illnesses,  some life-limiting, and others are becoming increasingly frail. 

In line with Data Protection Regulations,  personal  details  in this report have been limited to major  life  events  for  the  year 2020. 

May His favour be upon you, and a thousand generations, and your family and your children and their children, and their children. May His presence go before you, and behind you, and beside you. All around you, and within you He is with you, He is with you In the morning, in the evening. In your coming, and your going In your weeping, and rejoicing He is for you, He is for you. Amen 

(Taken from The UK Blessing) 

## Angie Clark **Pastoral Care Deacon** 



## **Central Baptist** 

## **Association** 

We have received continued support from the Central Baptist Association (CBA) during the interregnum,  initially  from  Geoff Colmer  and  more  recently  from Stephen Copson. As  the Church has considered names of possible candidates  for  a  new  minister, they have monitored our progress, taken feedback and advised the Settlement Team. We thank them for their support. 

Theo and Angie Clark have continued to be involved with the CBA’s Safeguarding Group, led by Stephen Copson. The CBA’s Safeguarding Officer, Joy Cheang, is also part of this group and has been  a  useful  reference  point when needed. 

With the Covid-19 restrictions, all face-to-face Baptist Union safeguarding training had to cease in March. As a result, no Level 2 (all who work with people who may be at risk) and Level 3 (for leaders, Ministers and Safeguarding leads) accredited training  has  taken  place  since March. 

The Annual General Meeting took place  by  Zoom  on  Saturday  27 June 2020. Theo Clark represented  the  Church.  Geoff Colmer has been elected, and is now President elect of the Baptist Union  from  the  Annual  General Meeting  in  2021.  The  Church continues  to  contribute  to  the Home Mission Fund, which provides  funding for the  Baptist Union and for new church developments across the country. The CBA makes decisions about funding local developments, which currently includes Letchworth Community Church, Jackson’s Estate, Letchworth. 

## Theo Clark **Elder and Safeguarding Trustee** 

## **Treasurer’s Report** 

What a year we’ve had in 2020. To create a budget for 2021 I have to  go  back  through  the  year  to help me make informed decisions to identify where we are likely to spend money.  I also look at how well I did in predicting the previous budget.   Based  on  a  bountiful previous year I expected a slight drop in income and budgeted on a regular giving income of £78,000 plus £11,800 from the Manse giving a total of £89,800 income. Our unratified actual regular giving income  for  2020  was  £63,285. Only  81%  of  what  we  (I)  had budgeted.  Of course, some of this was  because  we were  unable  to meet from the first lockdown. Based on the previous year’s income  Loose  giving  was  down 78%. Envelope giving down 40% and Standing Orders down  16%. Although we did get a little more than  budgeted  from  the  Manse because my prediction was wrong and we didn’t lose that income in September. 

Despite the low income we have made full use of the funds received.    As  a  result of  Covid restrictions our use of the church building diminished.  This allowed for a number of improvements & repairs  to  be  implemented.  We spent  over  £26,000  on  building expenditure (Church & Manse) and around £6,000 on computer equipment.    Expenses  such  as Copyright Licensing and Health and Safety increased as we started to prepare for meeting post outbreak of the pandemic. 

Even with the lower than budgeted income and the large expenses the books show that we had a surplus of about £8,144. We have maintained our commitment to mission.  Our mission giving was £14,136 which equates to 17.9% of our income.  During the Pastoral Vacancy  we  have  been  able  to increase the funds in the Deposit Account  to  be  about  1  year’s expense budget.   However, the note of caution is that should we employ  a minister and  thus  lose the income from the manse there 

would  be  a  net  difference  of about  £50,000  (£35K  additional expense and £15K loss of income). 

Creating  a  budget  is,  I  believe, one of the hardest parts of being a treasurer.  It  requires you  to consider  what  the  future  might hold.  As we have seen over the year things can change very quickly and we need to be prepared to change as God prompts us. To make the changes we need to review where we are and where we think God is taking us.  As I write this, I am aware that some of you may well be  filling  in  Tax  Returns  and reviewing your finances over the last year.   As you do so I would encourage you to check your Gift Aid  status  to  ensure  that  you don’t need to change it.   (I did have a call from someone during 2020 who realised they were in danger of exceeding their ability to Gift Aid.  Thankfully we were able  to  change  their  Gift  Aid status  before  they  did.)    Each April, at the start of the tax year, I  take  the  time  to  review  my personal giving as I complete my tax return for the previous year. Circumstances change often and it’s good to do a review of our own finances at least annually. I encourage  you to do the same. Don’t forget to notify the Treasurer of any changes, especially if they involve a change in Gift Aid status. 

As I have grown in the treasurer role, I have become increasingly aware of the fact that there is a risk in only one person understanding the day-to-day processes. I was also aware that the Treasurer role could be restrictive to  the conscientious Treasurer as they would have to find  a  replacement  before  they moved on.  It was  with this in mind  that  God  prompted  me  in January 2020 to announce that I would only commit to being treasurer until April 2021. Later in the year I also recommended the creation  of  a  post  of  assistant treasurer such that if for whatever reason the treasurer became 



incapacitated someone could temporarily carry the baton. As I reflect back over the year, I am aware  that  whilst  God  had  the plan, I was ignorant to it.  Little did I know back in January 2020 what lay ahead of me for 2020 and the beginning of 2021.  My personal circumstances have changed such that I need to pass on the baton to a new treasurer. I have found the role of treasurer both challenging, enlightening and  somewhat  satisfying.    It doesn’t take an accountant to do it.   It  takes  someone  who  can interpret  accountant  speak  and then translate it to the language many others can understand.  I want  to  thank  those  who  have encouraged  me  and  given  me their support whilst I have held on  to  the  baton.   I  pray  that whoever  takes  it  from  me  gets your full support and encouragement.  I wish you  all God’s peace and blessings. 

## Keith Turner **Elder & Treasurer** 

## **Sunday Service Themes and the Preaching Rota** 

We started the year with a short series on Spiritual Warfare before launching into the challenge behind King Solomon's words in 1 Kings 8:27  'Will God really dwell on the earth?'  We looked at the Garden, the Tabernacle, the Temple, and Jesus himself before considering  the  work  of  God  in our hearts today as He dwells in us. In the summer we looked at what it takes to  Step out of the Boat and  this  gave  some  an opportunity  who  don't  normally preach the chance to do so. 

We then went  Digging Deep  for the treasure that is found when we  pray  and  reflect  on  God's Word  and  worship  Him.  In  the autumn we started a series that took us into 2021, with a look at the book of Hebrews, how it helps 

us  to  stand  firm  on  what  we believe and not to allow opposition to take us out of the race. 

We are very grateful for all who have taken part in our services in 2020.  My  personal  thanks  go  to Ian Tyler and Jonny Whitmill with whom I have met on occasions to discuss and share with each other the way forward with the subjects we cover on Sunday mornings. We are very blessed with the number of speakers we have from within our  own  membership,  thank  you for your help at this time. 

To God we give thanks, praise His Name! 

## Patricia How **Outreach Deacon** 

## **Worship** 

So,  in  last  year’s  AGM  report  I finished  off  by  saying  2020  was the  year  we  were  going  to  go digital, however by digital I didn’t mean Zoom and not being able to use  the  church  building,  but  I guess we have achieved it nonetheless. We have had to very quickly  adapt  the  way  we  bring worship  to  all  events  at  KBC  in 2020 but as a church we have all come together and shared different  experiences  which  has been  great  to  see.  People  have recorded stuff themselves, we have had to understand the rules around using worship songs online and towards the end of the year we started coming back into church and doing worship without the  congregation.  Although  a  lot had to stop, it has been  a very busy time for the worship team as a whole, with new people leading worship on Sunday mornings and lots of new equipment being purchased to help us get back to church.  So,  what  has  happened behind the scenes, well a lot really, we have a new  PC  which is capable  of  running  Zoom,  words and  YouTube,  a  new  high  spec mixing desk, a new amp, too many display  screens  to  count  and  of course  our  fancy  new  cameras 

which we are grateful for. Although it has taken some time towards the end of the year, we are finally getting the hang of a larger  and  revamped  PA  corner and some shiny new iPads so we can  finally  start  going  digital.  I would also like to say a special thank you to Matt Wheatley, Ian Tyler and Jonny  Whitmill  for all the time they have spent in getting the new equipment installed, tested and retested again. Without their help none of this would have been possible and would have taken a lot longer to sort out. I am sure 2021 will still be an odd year for the worship team  and  church  as  a  whole, however it is great to start getting back into church and seeing how things will progress. We have so many  things  to  look  forward  to and we will wait with great expectation. 

## Joel Mitchell 

## **Worship Deacon** 

## **King’s Kids** 

In  the  last  year  children's  work has been difficult as we haven't been able to meet in person, and Zoom doesn't work so well with really little people! 

Helen Backhouse stepped back to take a break for family reasons, and  I  took  on  the  role  in  the summer holidays. 

In September, together with Ceri and Doug, we have got XLR8 up and running weekly on Zoom. We now  have  8  children  regularly attending  and  are  planning  the spring sessions. We aim to build faith  and  develop  relationships through reading the Bible, worship, praying  and  talks, plus lots  of  games  and  jokes.  Lillian has just taken on a youth leader role in the group. 

I am  aiming to support  parents with  raising  faith  in  their  own children  while  living  under  the restrictions, until we are able to meet at church again. To this end 



I  have  distributed  Veggie  Tales DVDs  and  pre-school Christian music CDs to parents with  little ones, leaflets about 'talking faith' at the dinner table and devotional advent calendars. I am trying to speak  to  parents  regularly  and offer support where I can. 

Tricia  and  I  gave  out  activity packs/tracts to young families outside church at Halloween. The remaining  packs  were  given  to our church families. 

Lillian wrote her own Covid nativity show which we acted out in costume at XLR8, then tweaked and  used  with  adults  for  the church  Zoom  nativity  service.  It was great fun! Please pray for our young people and families. Thank you. 

## Fran Rolfe, acting as **Children’s Ministry Deacon** 

## **Accelerate** 

In March 2020 we decided that we could  no  longer  meet  at Church for Accelerate. This was a disappointment  for  us  all  but  a very necessary course of action to keep everyone safe. Our Youngsters  have  been  inventive and courageous throughout these uncertain times. 

For  some  time,  Doug  and  Ceri had been asking God for another Leader to help us. In September Father God answered our prayers and sent Fran and her family to come alongside and so XLR8 ZOOM was launched! 

In March 2020 we were learning about the whole armour of God. When we resumed, we continued to study this practical part of the Bible in Ephesians 6 to equip the Youngsters  to  stand  secure  in Jesus. We had several guest speakers who either made videos or made guest appearances. Declan O’Flanagan came, Ian Palmer, Emma Mitchell and Jonny aka A.J. with their dog Zion our star canine. Lillian is now a Junior 

Leader  and  certainly  blessed  us with  her  topical  and  beautifully written Nativity play which we all enjoyed being part of. 

Our  numbers  have  increased  as the  Youngsters  have  no need to travel to and from Church but can log in in the comfort of their own homes.  This  has  resulted  in  a wondrous  mixture  of  ages.  It  is beautiful to see the older members encouraging the younger ones whilst we all grow together as part of the family of God in this place. We  stand  in  amazement  as  we watch  the  Youngsters  acting  as Co-Hosts,  sharing  their  screens, designing graphics, quizzes, brilliantly  invented  games  and  of course choosing worship sets, reading from the Bible and leading us all in prayer. We missed seeing everyone at Pancakes and Games but again we still went ahead in our  own  homes  eating  pancakes and playing games which the Youngsters had planned and thought-out. 

We thank our Father God for His favour on this season of XLR8. We value  your  prayers  for  all  the Youngsters as they navigate through all the changing pressures they  are  experiencing.  We  pray that  they  will  know  the  strong arms of our Faithful God holding them safe. 

Doug and Ceri Deards Fran Rolfe and Lillian Rolfe 

## **Church Premises** 

We  have  made  the  most  of  the church  building  not  being  open over the last year and have got on with  updating and refreshing the building  for  when  we  can  start using  it  again. Some  of  the  big jobs  that  have  been  carried  out include: 

Rewriting the main church lighting and installing LED lighting throughout.  Installing  emergency lights, replacing carpets. 

Rebuilding the entire PA desk to 

enlarge it for the new equipment needed,  including  cameras  and stage alterations.  The  Foyer has been  decorated  with  new  wipe clean notice boards. 

The Main office has been reconfigured and tidied up as well as decorated. There is now a data rack  in  the  corner  to  keep  the server and backups all safe. 

The  metal  spire  has  had  some temporary repairs. 

I would like to thank everyone for their help with these jobs. 

## Matt Wheatley **Property Deacon** 

## **Youth** 

Over the last year very little has happened with the youth group. We  have  one  youth  that  is  still active in helping other groups that we keep in contact with. We have tried to keep in contact with the other few but get very little response back from them. 

## Emma Mitchell & Matt Wheatley. 

## **Works of Heart** 

Our usual craft group has had an interesting year. It has changed and deepened our friendships and helped people open up more. You could say, instead of crafts that are making 'things,' we have been crafting relationships. Due to no meetings in the hall, we put our feelers to see if a Zoom session once a month appealed. The clear answer  was  a  resounding  yes. Since  then,  we  have  had  some great  sessions,  more  chat  and supportive moments have occurred.  The  crafts  have  been done  in  a  relaxed  way  and  we now  have  a  good  element  of 'show and tell,' that is both great for inspiration and conversation. 

We also have a prayer at the end of  each  session  which  everyone seems to welcome. In the midst 



of  all  life  is  throwing  at  the moment, God is still leading the way and helping us as a group to keep  positive.  'Praise  God  from whom all Blessings Flow' 

## Vicky Tyler **Welcome & Hospitality Deacon** 

## **Arise & Shine** 

We started 2020 with every intention of continuing Arise and Shine as we had done previously. However, with only January and February meetings done we decided it would be best to stop them in the light of the pandemic. 

We very much miss the fellowship all our guests enjoy each month and we hope to resume them as soon as we are able to. 

Helen Wightwick, & Patricia How. 

## **Over 50s’** 

## **Luncheon Club** 

The over 50s’ luncheon club met on the second Thursday of each month at The Five Bells, Henlow at 12.15pm for a 12.30pm meal until  the  dreaded  lockdown  and then we were not able to meet at all. 

When  we  were  able  to  meet around 15-20 of us gathered together and it was a great time with church members, husbands and friends enjoying each other’s company in an informal setting. It provided an opportunity for Christians  and  non-Christians  to meet  together  in  a  way  which allows Jesus to be shared over a meal in much the same way He shared with his friends. 

We hope that in the near future we  will  be  able  to  resume  this meeting, but until then we wait for God to provide the opportunity for us to meet as we did before. 

Many  thanks  to  all  of  you,  who have attended and made it such a special time. 

## Doug Deards 

## **Men’s Ministry** 

In  February  2020  we  enjoyed  a curry and film night  (The Martian starring Matt Damon was shown – thanks to Ian) and we really appreciated Vicky’s catering! 

In  early  2020  we  also continued with the regular prayer breakfasts at  church.  However,  because  of the first lockdown, from April we moved to Zoom breakfasts which have proved popular, with an average of eight to ten attending, and  including  a  short  time  of worship,  a  ‘thought  for  the  day’ followed  by  a  meaningful  prayer time. 

Apart from individual prayer needs there has been a rightful focus on prayers for the nation, those struggling  with  unemployment  or reduced incomes, those with mental health challenges plus wisdom for our leaders and government. 

It has been good to have a variety of people involved in leading these events, normally on the third Saturday  of  the  month. We  also feel that despite only seeing each other  ’on  screen’  the  sense  of caring and sharing has deepened. We do miss our previous regulars and look forward to sharing a meal soon. 

## Kevin How & Matt Wheatley. 

## **Ladies’ Breakfasts:** 

## **Daughters of the King** 

At  the  start  of  2020  we  were meeting  as  usual  in  the  church building  once  a  month,  normally the first Saturday from 08:30 until around 10:00. 

Since  the  Covid-19  lockdown  in March we have been meeting via Zoom.  I  am  delighted  to  report that the group has slowly gathered  a  wider  following  and we have steadily grown in number, attracting participants from members and non-members. 

We have a time of worship and then open in prayer to pray as we feel led. If you would like to join us  anytime,  please  do  let  me know. It will be interesting to see where God leads us when we can meet back in the building at some point in the future. 

I  am  grateful  for  all  the  ladies who have come along and helped to make this group as special as it is, thank you! 

## Patricia How **Outreach Deacon** 

## **Churches Together Stotfold** 

In March 2020 our Churches Together Stotfold Representatives encouraged  the  new  Chair,  Rev Graham Claydon Knights, to convene  a  special  meeting  to discuss what the churches could do  to  help  the  local  community cope with lockdown.  We decided, very quickly, that providing a shopping service for those isolated  without  family  support would be useful, and this was up and running by April. It was used quite a lot during the first lockdown  and several  customers continued to use  it as the  year progressed,  until  we  decided  to pass  the  responsibility  back  to Stotfold Good Neighbours at the end of the year. It was a really good example of moving cooperation between the churches to a new level, and we are waiting on God to see what He wants us to do together next. 

The challenge facing the Open the Book team, of which Patricia is a member, was to record the drama and then create a video to send 



to  the  schools.  We  have  been doing this now for the remainder of  2020,  sending  six  different videos  per  term  to  St.  Mary’s, Roecroft and both Fairfield Schools. 

Following  this  trail-blazing  video work, the OTB team were asked to consider if they could create a Holiday Club using Facebook. We chose a theme of The Five Senses and created a 15-20 minute video for  each  of  the  five  days.  We created a team consisting of Steve Hardman and Graham Clarke, both from St. Mary’s, along with Fran Rolfe, Lillian Rolfe, Nathan Rolfe, Pauline Wade  with  Patricia  How  in  the role  of  co-ordinator.  The  videos were then uploaded to a closed Facebook page in August where the  children  and  parents  could watch  them  at  a  time  to  suit them. We received very favourable comments following this. 

## Helen Wightwick & Patricia How **Churches Together Stotfold Representatives.** 

## **Balancing the Yoke** 

A very unique year for us all, our BTY Balancing the Yoke was no exception! 

Thanks  to  tech  savvy  members we continued to meet via Zoom on  a  monthly  basis  throughout the year, with a few off us that were not shielding having some social distanced get together over the summer months between lockdowns. We have continued to Share, Declare, Pray and support one another in each of our unique situations, struggles and victories, mountain  tops  and  Valleys.  Our private members group WhatsApp has been a great immediate way of  lifting  our  shields  of  prayer over  each  other,  our  husbands and our families, with incredible results, instant in some cases. We have learnt to step into the God given authority of Christ and his 

faithful promises to us. We have been so encouraged by our church family support and prayers and a new member who recently joined us within our fellowship. We thank God  for  2020-2021  and  all  his faithfulness, protection and wisdom and trust Him in the year ahead to strengthen us in Standing in the Gap for our husbands and family  members,  asking  him  to Preserve  their  lives  and  Reveal himself in Power. 

Thank you, dear family, for standing  with  us  all  in  Prayer & Love. 

## Jane O’Flanagan & Heather Chalmers 

## **Fair Trade** 


King’s  Baptist  Church  made  the commitment to being a Fairtrade registered Church many years ago now, during the time when Philip Amos was the Minister. One of the implications of this registration is that the Church promised to only use  fairly  traded  products  where possible but specifically tea, coffee and sugar. 

During the last year we have been unable to meet in person in the Church building to share refreshments. However, the principles  of  Fairtrade  are  very much applicable to individuals and families, not just the Church. Many products are freely available in all the major supermarkets. Just this week, I bought some Easter flowers for a friend and they were fairly  traded.  Look  out  for  the familiar logo. 

Please talk to me if you would like to know more, or would be willing to assist me with promoting Fairtrade.  When  livelihoods  and lives have been affected and 

stricken world-wide during  the Corona virus pandemic, it is even more important that we support Fairtrade where possible. 

## Thank you. 

## Jane Baker 

## **CIS Report** 


When  last  year’s  report  on  the ministry of Christian Initiative to Schools  (CIS)  was  written,  the Covid-19 Pandemic was still in it’s infancy. We were at that point still involved in running regular lunch-time clubs each week and also taking assemblies. A month later  and  the  country  was  in Lockdown. 

With  schools  only  open  for  the children of key workers and those who  were  vulnerable,  the  work that CIS was involved in went on hold, including the cancellation of the Easter and Christmas Journeys at St. Paul’s. When would  we  be  able  to  return  to working with children and young people in assemblies, lessons, lunchtime  clubs  and  within  the area of pastoral care and chaplaincy, as well as supporting staff? Obviously, there were a lot of unknowns, so for that first part of Lockdown I found myself finally completing the SPACE Mat Resource, a resource that CIS had borrowed  from  the  St.  Albans Education  Project,  better  known as  STEP,  a  number  of  times  in previous years. This hands-on resource enables pupils to look at the  relationship  they  have  in  4 specific  areas;  relationship  with themselves, their community, the world and with God. Guided via audio tracks (there is no teacher/leader input at all), pupils have an opportunity to take some space to think about these areas of their lives. 



Here  are  some  responses  from pupils who have taken part from Etonbury Academy: 

‘SPACE  made  me  realise  how lucky  I  am.  The  identity  zone made me think about who I am.’ ‘SPACE made me feel relaxed and comfortable. The spirit station was my favourite because I could relate to it in many ways and it wasn’t  just  thinking  but  doing stuff as well.’ 

‘SPACE made me feel a bit more chilled out. The God station was my favourite because it told me I could be forgiven.’ 

‘SPACE made me think about God and how he influences people in the world. It made me so grateful for  what  I  have  and  made  me think  people  wanted  me!  The spirit zone was my favourite area because the plasma balls made a good example for God.’ 

We’re  looking  forward  to  rolling this  out  in  schools  as  soon  as restrictions are finally lifted. After the completion of SPACE, it was a case of asking, what now? At that point  not  all  pupils  were  back within  the  school  environment. Home schooling continued to be the norm for most pupils. 

The Summer term is normally the It’s Your Move term, but this year CIS were only able to deliver the books to the schools. Unfortunately, we were unable to do any presentations in any of the Junior Schools with Year 6 pupils, which was a big disappointment. 

The  Summer break  arrived with many uncertainties concerning what would happen in September. Would schools reopen as normal and would visitors be able to return to work in them? September arrives and the answer  from  most  schools  was ‘No.’ Visitors were still unable to go in. However, recorded or virtual assemblies would be appreciated.  I  then  went  on  a steep learning curve on how to film and edit assemblies. Having recorded a sermon for New Life 

Church in Letchworth during August and edited it, I began the process of  learning  these new skills. Although it takes longer to do it has meant that CIS now has a library of recorded assemblies to send to schools on various themes. One of the first ones created was around the theme of Accepting of our Differences/Tolerance for Etonbury Academy which was very positively  received  by  staff  and pupils, as were the ones on Remembrance and Christmas. 

Other  schools  use  the  Zoom  or Microsoft Teams platforms. Although it means the assembly is ‘live’ and pupils’ faces are visible on the screen at the beginning, it is very hard to gauge how they’re responding, particularly when your screen  is  being  shared  and  the only image is that of the person speaking. However, assemblies are going out in whatever format and the  Good  News  of  Jesus  is  still being  proclaimed.  Amidst  all  the restrictions that are in place I have been able to maintain good relationships with schools that CIS has regular involvement in. As a ministry we are longing for the day when we can once more be physically present in them and to be the witness to Jesus that we are  called  to  be.  Thank  you  for your continued prayerful and practical support for the work of Christian Initiative in Schools. 

## Christopher Baker **Schools Worker Christian Initiative to Schools** 


**The Need Project** 

Another  amazing  unexpected  all together bizarre year for the Project. How did we do? Well, due to  lockdown  our  staffing  was  a major issue limiting numbers and distancing and all the other things that came along with the virus, it 

made it very difficult to operate but it was also necessary for us to be safe. The team did and are still doing an amazing job just keeping up with demand and an increase in further demand of our service every month. We continue to get great support from many sources for example schools, supermarkets,  churches,  temples other Foodbanks and so so many individual people whose kindness and support truly humbles me. 

We  started  a  best  before  give away  session  at  the  centre  in Stotfold which has been so successful  and  made  it  possible for us to reach out to the community  and  help  those  who are struggling a little and get to know  and  become  friends  with them at this time of uncertainty. 

Sometimes  it’s  nice  just to chat outside the centre masked up at a distance because people need to and want to chat. 

Lockdown this year has been so difficult, so frustrating and frankly at times I’ve found it mind numbing but we have to be safe and I do thank all the people who gave guidance and  advise on working and Covid safe practices. We have been doing parcels and Christmas hampers for well over 12 years now but this Christmas it was off the scale!! 

Christmas is always very busy and every year we learn a bit more and tweak how we do things. It has changed a little each year but this year we had to start again, which I have to say pushed me beyond  normal  and  I  genuinely had to seek spiritual guidance for my  frustrations  from  an  outside source and spent time locked in prayer... 

## BUT....THANKFULLY... 

It worked out brilliantly and my attitude was changed and I would love to say we breezed it but we didn’t. We had so many issues to deal with but God was front and centre and got us through it. 



Our figures for December speak for themselves: 

Normal food parcels for December = 196. Christmas hampers = 907. 

Christmas  gifts  with  a  value  of between £5 and £40: Over £2,400. 

Supermarket food vouchers: £2,400. Funding parties and presents at two Women’s Refuges in  our  area.  Truly  unbelievable. THANK YOU JESUS! 

Two years ago we averaged 117 parcels a month. In 2020 it was 297 and rising. If I wasn’t totally confident in God’s favour on this project, I would be so much more fearful of the future. To say I’m not worried would be untrue but this I do know: God has blessed us in so many ways and continues to show us favour beyond question and for that I will praise Him at all times. 

Please pray as we seek guidance for our future. It is a very exciting time to be in a servant ministry. As we seek to serve, He will bring to us those who we are to serve, we just need to be available. 

Praise God always. 

## Gordon Hamilton **Project Leader** 

## **Welcome &** 

## **Hospitality** 

As I write this report, I have a heart filled with love and admiration. My usual tasks have been  made  'redundant'  for  now but that's fine. This unusual season has brought out love and care  in an expressive way  from our fellowship, that has shown a whole new Hospitable heart. As a result, people from the community  and  church  'family' have  been  blessed.  Cakes  have been  baked  in  vast  quantities. Flowers have been given. Hearts, conversations and even tears have  been  shared.  Angels  have 

walked  the  streets,  literally  and metaphorically :-) Shopping and errands galore. Food,  gifts  and  so  much  more have been donated and distributed for so many. Even our Christmas Meal was a triumph over circumstances and made a Special event even more Special. The ploughman's meal 'take away' was wonderful.  Finally,  Thank-you  is such  an  inadequate  word  but  I pray all who have done anything BIG or SMALL that you will receive my heartfelt thanks. May we move forward in the 'full assurance' of Faith and keep showing our 'Heart Lights,' clear and bright. 

## Vicky Tyler **Welcome & Hospitality Deacon** 

## **Outreach Report** 

I felt like a rabbit caught in the headlights when the Covid-19 lockdown stopped everything I was  working  on!  It  took  me  a while  to  catch  my  breath  before thinking and praying as to how we could  reach  out  at  this  strange time. On a personal note, I started delivering  for  The  Need  Project, taking leftover perishables out into the  community  and  to  our  local care home. Other avenues opened up  with  Churches  Together,  see the separate report covering this. 

It's interesting to think about this retrospectively as there became a strong link between outreach and pastoral care. We all seemed to be keen to look out for each other as we were looking out for those in our community; a natural outreach if you like. This is much the best way to share the good news! 

The encouragement continues, but on  a  practical  note  I  started  to work out how to make videos! My first  real  attempt  was  for  our Pentecost Praise at the end of May in which over twenty people contributed recordings from which I  made  a  video  to  show  at  our morning  service  on  31  May.  We included cake ingredients in order to 'share' a church Cake and we 

also  shared  our  opinions  of  the Holy Spirit. Not quite what I was expecting  when  I  booked  The Green for a 2020 outreach event, but  I  know  God  won't  waste anything. A big thank you to all involved! 

We did a Halloween give-away in October and this resulted in some timely conversations outside church. Thanks to Fran and Lillian we were able to give away several goodie bags and share some love. 

Fran,  Lillian  and  Nathan  were super kind and supportive when they offered to prayer walk with me during my ‘Christmas Blessings’  walk  around  Stotfold dressed as an angel. I had several conversations, looks of amazement, a bit of heckling too but a lot of laughter and smiles. It was important to let people know that we wanted to bless them and remind them that Christmas is a time to remember  God's love come down to us. 

Outreach  is  both  individual  and corporate.  2020  has  been  a  bit low on the corporate outreach but I  feel  sure  that  our  individual contributions  will  bear  fruit  at some point in the future. 

## Patricia How **Outreach Deacon** 

## **Safeguarding Report** 

At the Church Meeting in January we announced that  there  would be  Safeguarding  training,  which took place on Monday  9 March. However, we were not to know that within days, a new disease, a coronavirus called Covid-19, would  affect  society  in  such  a dramatic way! 

As a result, all the normal Church activities planned for 2020 had to be drastically changed, with Zoom being used as  the online  media used for Sunday services, Prayer Meetings, Weeks of Prayer, children’s activities, leaders’ meetings,  Church  Meetings  and 



other  events.  We  moved  from lockdown, school shutdowns, “catch it, kill it, bin it,” food boxes for those isolating (“Boris boxes”), loosening of restrictions to wearing masks to Tiers and again a lockdown and school closures. Gone were meetings with family and  friends,  hugs,  handshakes and  touch  in  any  form  and  in came social distancing and restrictions  on  the  numbers  of people able to meet and where they could do so. 

The  Baptist  Union  trainers  have not been able to provide face to face training sessions during the Covid-19 period mid-March to December 2020, although an online version will be available in 2021. 

Only one situation has been brought  to  our  attention  during 2020, This did not require further action. 

Safeguarding  issues  did  not  go away. It may have changed and become hidden behind closed doors and some types of abuse reduced because of lack of opportunity.  However,  in  other areas  the  risks  have  seriously increased, particularly online and within the home. 

Theo Clark **Safeguarding Trustee** _Angie Clark_ **Designated Person** 

**AGM Reports for 2020** 

**Published April 2021** 




01462 730521 

office@kingsbaptistchurch.co.uk kingsbaptistchurch.co.uk charity number 1136519 King’s Baptist Church 

Stotfold 

SG5 4AN 



## **King's Baptist Church** 

**The Green, Stotfold** 

**Registered Charity number: 1136519** 

_**Accounts for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2020**_ 



## **King's Baptist Church** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Contents and Church Information** 

|**Contents**||**Page**|
|---|---|---|
|Report of the Trustees||1 and 2|
|Independent Examiner's Report||3|
|Statement of Financial Activities||4|
|Balance Sheet||5|
|Notes to the Accounts||6 to 12|
|**Trustees**|Theo Clark||
||Alison Down||
||Ian Tyler||
||Keith Turner||
||Jonathan Whitmill||
|**Minister**|Vacancy||
|**Address**|The Green||
||Stotfold||
||SG5 4AN||
|**Charity Registration Number**|1136519||
|**Independent Examiner**|Geoff Mann FCIE||
||Geoff Mann Limited||
||Dee House||
||Highworth Avenue||
||Cambridge||
||CB4 2BQ||
|**Bankers**|Barclays||
|**Custodian Trustee**|Baptist Union Corporation Ltd||





**Page 1** 

## **King's Baptist Church** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Report of the Trustees** 

The trustees present their report and the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020. 

The accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) 

## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities** 

Charity law requires the trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Church and of the surplus or deficit of the Church for that year. 

In preparing those accounts, the trustees are required to: 

- (i) Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently. 

- (ii) Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent. 

- (iii) Prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Church will continue in business. 

- (iv) Observe the methods and principals of the Charities SORP. 

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time, the financial position of the Church and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011. 

They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Church and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities. 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

Governing document 

The Church's governing document is a constitution adopted on 29 April 2010.  It was registered as a charity on 22 June 2010. 

## Appointment of trustees 

New trustees are appointed by the membership and require 66% of eligible voters present. 



**Page 2** 

## **King's Baptist Church** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Report of the Trustees** 

Trustee induction and training 

The trustees are currently reviewing the procedures in place for trustee induction and training by reference to guidance published by the Charity Commission. 

Organisational structure 

The trustees set out the general policy of the Church.  The day to day affairs of the charity are run by the minister (or in the absence of a minister the trustees). 

## **Objects and Activities** 

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. 

## **Achievements and Performance, Financial Review and Future Developments** 

These are covered by the Church's Annual Report. 

This report was approved by the trustees on 08 April 2021 and signed on their behalf. 


Keith Turner Trustee 



**King's Baptist Church** 

**Page 3** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Independent Examiner's Report** 

## **To the Trustees of King's Baptist Church** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Church for the year ended 31 December 2020, which are set out on pages 4 to 11. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the Church's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act') 

I report in respect of my examination of the Church's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act, and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent Examiner's Statement** 

I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me any cause to believe that in any material respect: 

- accounting records were not kept in respect of the Church as required by section 130 of the Act; or 

- the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

- the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

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. 

Geoff Mann FCIE Geoff Mann Limited Dee House Highworth Avenue Cambridge CB4 2BQ 



**Page 4** 

## **King's Baptist Church** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Statement of Financial Activities** 

|||||2020|||2019|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||General|Designated|Restricted|Endowment|Total|Total|
|||Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|
||Notes|£|£|£|£|£|£|
|**Income**||||||||
|Giving by Church Members and Visitors||51,197|0|0|0|51,197|66,622|
|Gift Aid Tax Recoverable||12,089|0|0|0|12,089|15,159|
|Investment Income||159|0|0|66|225|572|
|Manse Rent Receivable||15,600|0|0|0|15,600|15,600|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|**Total Income**|1|79,045|0|0|66|79,111|97,953|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|**Expenditure**||||||||
|Charitable Expenditure||||||||
|Ministry Costs||0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Church running costs||53,166|0|0|0|53,166|46,753|
|Outreach||1,722|0|0|0|1,722|1,051|
|Pastoral and training||1,902|0|0|0|1,902|7,389|
|Grants to Missionary Organisations|3|0|14,136|0|0|14,136|15,486|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|**Total Expenditure**|2|56,790|14,136|0|0|70,926|70,679|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|**Net Income/(Expenditure)**||22,255|-14,136|0|66|8,185|27,274|
|**Transfers Between Funds**||-14,111|14,136|-25|0|0|0|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|**Net Movement in Funds for the Year**||8,144|0|-25|66|8,185|27,274|
|**Reconciliation of Funds**||||||||
|**Total Funds Brought Forward**||131,690|0|470|710,082|842,242|814,968|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|**Total Funds Carried Forward**||139,834|0|445|710,148|850,427|842,242|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|



## **Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses** 

There were no recognised gains or losses for 2020 or 2019 other than those included in the Statement of Financial Activities 



**King's Baptist Church** 

**Page 5** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Balance Sheet** 

|||2020||2019||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Notes|£|£|£|£|
|**Fixed Assets**||||||
|Tangible assets|5||709,718||702,929|
||||-----------||-----------|
|**Total Fixed Assets**|||709,718||702,929|
|**Current Assets**||||||
|Debtors|6|13,670||17,115||
|Cash at bank and in hand||128,040||123,205||
|||-----------||-----------||
|**Total Current Assets**||141,710||140,320||
|**Liabilities**||||||
|**Creditors**: amounts falling due||||||
|within one year|7|1,001||1,007||
|||-----------||-----------||
|**Net Current Assets**|||140,709||139,313|
||||-----------||-----------|
|**Net Assets**|||850,427||842,242|
||||-----------||-----------|
|**The Funds of the Church**||||||
|General Funds|||139,834||131,690|
|Designated Funds|8||0||0|
|Restricted Funds|9||445||470|
|Endowment Funds|10||710,148||710,082|
||||-----------||-----------|
|**Total Charity Funds**|||850,427||842,242|
||||-----------||-----------|



The accounts were approved by the trustees on 08 April 2021 and signed on their behalf. 


Keith Turner Trustee 



**King's Baptist Church** 

**Page 6** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## 1 **Accounting Policies** 

## (a) **Basis of Preparation of Accounts** 

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the financial reporting standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011. 

King's Baptist Church meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s). 

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. 

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period. 

## (b) **Income** 

Giving by Church Members and Visitors and Gift Aid Tax Recoverable are accounted for when receivable. 

Investment income is included in the accounts in the year in which it becomes payable. 

## (c) **Expenditure** 

Includes all expenditure incurred in pursuing the charity's objectives, other than that which has been capitalised. 

## (d) **Fixed Assets** 

Freehold land and buildings 

The Manse and the Church building are included in the accounts at trustees' valuations which are reviewed annually. 

Furniture and fittings, storage equipment and electronic equipment 

Prior to January 2009 all assets were written off on purchase.  The policy since then is to only capitalise those items with a value over £1,000 



**King's Baptist Church** 

**Page 7** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## (e) **Depreciation** 

Freehold land and buildings 

No provision has been made as the assets are included at a valuation which is reviewed annually. 

Furniture, fittings and storage equipment 10% straight line basis Electronic equipment 20% straight line basis 

## (f) **Debtors** 

Trade debtors and other debtors are recognised at their settlement amount due after any trade discount offered.  Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discount due. 

## (g) **Creditors and Provisions** 

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due. 

## (h) **Fund Accounting** 

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of the charity.  Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose.  Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity's work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity. Endowment funds exist where there is a capital fund with no power to convert the capital into income. 

(i) **Going Concern** 

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern. 

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period. 



**Page 8** 

## **King's Baptist Church** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

|2|**Expenditure**||Notes|2020|2019|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||£|£|
||Ministry Costs|Gross salaries||0|0|
|||Pension costs||0|0|
|||Other||0|0|
|||||-----------|-----------|
|||||0|0|
|||||-----------|-----------|
||Church Running Costs|Building maintenance||26,654|32,082|
|||Computer hardware and software||5,987|1,462|
|||Depreciation||2,803|2,549|
|||Equipment (below £1,000)||831|35|
|||Gas, electricity and water||3,591|2,630|
|||Independent examination||540|528|
|||Insurance||2,246|2,171|
|||Membership, health and safety||5,202|586|
|||Miscellaneous running costs||1,783|2,053|
|||Printing, postage and stationery||2,567|1,870|
|||Telephone and internet||962|737|
|||Travel||0|50|
|||||-----------|-----------|
|||||53,166|46,753|
|||||-----------|-----------|
||Outreach|||1,722|1,051|
|||||-----------|-----------|
||Pastoral and training|||1,902|7,389|
|||||-----------|-----------|
||Grants to Missionary Organisations||3|14,136|15,486|
|||||-----------|-----------|
||**Total Expenditure**|||70,926|70,679|



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**King's Baptist Church** 

**Page 9** 

**Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

|3|**Grants to Missionary Organisations**||2020|2019|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||£|£|
||Institution|Purpose|||
||Air Ambulance||0|100|
||Baptist Union Home Mission|Church Support in the UK|2,748|2,748|
||Bible Bookshop||600|900|
||BF Harvest Gift||0|0|
||BMS World Mission|World Evangelism|2,748|2,748|
||Christian Aid||700|0|
||Christian Initiative to Schools|North Herts Christian|||
|||Education in Schools|2,900|2,400|
||Christian Institute||180|180|
||Compassion||0|500|
||KCC||0|1,000|
||Matthew Dear|China|0|500|
||Need Project (separate charity in 2017)||4,200|4,200|
||Tear Fund||0|150|
||UCB||60|60|
||||-----------<br>|-----------|
||||14,136|15,486|
||||-----------<br>|-----------|



## 4 **Staff Costs** 

None of the trustees received any remuneration in respect of their role as a trustee, nor did they receive any expenses. 

|The staff costs were:|2020|2019|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Wages and salaries|0|0|
|Other pension costs|0|0|
||-----------<br>|-----------|
||0|0|
||-----------<br>|-----------|



The average weekly number of staff employed by the charity during the year was 0 (2019 - 0) 



**Page 10** 

## **King's Baptist Church** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

|5|**Fixed Assets**||Freehold land|Furniture|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||and buildings|etc||
||||£|£|£|
||**Cost**|Balance at 01.01.20|690,000|21,585|711,585|
|||Additions|0|9,592|9,592|
|||Disposals|0|0|0|
||||-----------|-----------|-----------|
|||Balance at 31.12.20|690,000|31,177|721,177|
||||-----------|-----------|-----------|
||**Depreciation**|Balance at 01.01.20|0|8,656|8,656|
|||Depeciation|0|2,803|2,803|
|||Disposals|0|0|0|
||||-----------|-----------|-----------|
|||Balance at 31.12.20|0|11,459|11,459|
||||-----------|-----------|-----------|
||**Net Book Value**|At 31.12.20|690,000|19,718|709,718|
||||-----------|-----------|-----------|
|||At 01.01.20|690,000|12,929|702,929|
||||-----------|-----------|-----------|
|6|**Debtors**: Due within one year|||2020|2019|
|||||£|£|
||Income tax recoverable|||11,863|15,915|
||Prepayments|||1,807|1,200|
|||||-----------|-----------|
|||||13,670|17,115|
|||||-----------|-----------|
|7|**Creditors**: Due within one year|||2020|2019|
|||||£|£|
||Accruals|||1,001|1,007|
|||||-----------|-----------|
|||||1,001|1,007|
|||||-----------|-----------|





**King's Baptist Church** 

**Page 11** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

|8|**Designated Funds**|Brought|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|Carried|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Forward||||Forward|
|||£|£|£|£|£|
||Mission|0|0|14,136|14,136|0|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|||0|0|14,136|14,136|0|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
||Mission|The Church sets aside a||minimum of|10% of its General||
|||Fund receipts for mission purposes.  The Church makes|||||
|||grants to other organisations whose charitable objectives|||||
|||complement its work.|||||



|**Restricted Funds**|Brought|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|Carried|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Forward||||Forward|
||£|£|£|£|£|
|New Building|400|0|0|0|400|
|Pre-school|45|0|0|0|45|
|College|25|0|0|-25|0|
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
||470|0|0|-25|445|
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|New Building|Provision of|a larger church building||||
|Pre-school|Pre-school club|||||
|College|Provision of|ministry training||||



9 **Restricted Funds** 

10 

## **Endowment Funds** 

Manse Church 

|Brought|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|Carried|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Forward||||Forward|
|£|£|£|£|£|
|310,082|66|0|0|310,148|
|400,000|0|0|0|400,000|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|710,082|66|0|0|710,148|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|



Manse Provision of accommodation for minister Church Place of worship 



**King's Baptist Church** 

**Page 12** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

11 **Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds** 

||General|Designated|Restricted|Endowment|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|
||£||£||£|
|Tangible assets|19,718|0|0|690,000|709,718|
|Net current assets|120,116|0|445|20,148|140,709|
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|Net assets|139,834|0|445|710,148|850,427|
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|





## **King's Baptist Church** 

**The Green, Stotfold** 

**Registered Charity number: 1136519** 

_**Accounts for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2020**_ 



## **King's Baptist Church** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Contents and Church Information** 

|**Contents**||**Page**|
|---|---|---|
|Report of the Trustees||1 and 2|
|Independent Examiner's Report||3|
|Statement of Financial Activities||4|
|Balance Sheet||5|
|Notes to the Accounts||6 to 12|
|**Trustees**|Theo Clark||
||Alison Down||
||Ian Tyler||
||Keith Turner||
||Jonathan Whitmill||
|**Minister**|Vacancy||
|**Address**|The Green||
||Stotfold||
||SG5 4AN||
|**Charity Registration Number**|1136519||
|**Independent Examiner**|Geoff Mann FCIE||
||Geoff Mann Limited||
||Dee House||
||Highworth Avenue||
||Cambridge||
||CB4 2BQ||
|**Bankers**|Barclays||
|**Custodian Trustee**|Baptist Union Corporation Ltd||





**Page 1** 

## **King's Baptist Church** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Report of the Trustees** 

The trustees present their report and the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020. 

The accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) 

## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities** 

Charity law requires the trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Church and of the surplus or deficit of the Church for that year. 

In preparing those accounts, the trustees are required to: 

- (i) Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently. 

- (ii) Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent. 

- (iii) Prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Church will continue in business. 

- (iv) Observe the methods and principals of the Charities SORP. 

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time, the financial position of the Church and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011. 

They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Church and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities. 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

Governing document 

The Church's governing document is a constitution adopted on 29 April 2010.  It was registered as a charity on 22 June 2010. 

## Appointment of trustees 

New trustees are appointed by the membership and require 66% of eligible voters present. 



**Page 2** 

## **King's Baptist Church** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Report of the Trustees** 

Trustee induction and training 

The trustees are currently reviewing the procedures in place for trustee induction and training by reference to guidance published by the Charity Commission. 

Organisational structure 

The trustees set out the general policy of the Church.  The day to day affairs of the charity are run by the minister (or in the absence of a minister the trustees). 

## **Objects and Activities** 

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. 

## **Achievements and Performance, Financial Review and Future Developments** 

These are covered by the Church's Annual Report. 

This report was approved by the trustees on 08 April 2021 and signed on their behalf. 


Keith Turner Trustee 



**King's Baptist Church** 

**Page 3** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Independent Examiner's Report** 

## **To the Trustees of King's Baptist Church** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Church for the year ended 31 December 2020, which are set out on pages 4 to 11. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the Church's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act') 

I report in respect of my examination of the Church's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act, and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent Examiner's Statement** 

I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me any cause to believe that in any material respect: 

- accounting records were not kept in respect of the Church as required by section 130 of the Act; or 

- the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

- the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

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. 

Geoff Mann FCIE Geoff Mann Limited Dee House Highworth Avenue Cambridge CB4 2BQ 



**Page 4** 

## **King's Baptist Church** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Statement of Financial Activities** 

|||||2020|||2019|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||General|Designated|Restricted|Endowment|Total|Total|
|||Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|
||Notes|£|£|£|£|£|£|
|**Income**||||||||
|Giving by Church Members and Visitors||51,197|0|0|0|51,197|66,622|
|Gift Aid Tax Recoverable||12,089|0|0|0|12,089|15,159|
|Investment Income||159|0|0|66|225|572|
|Manse Rent Receivable||15,600|0|0|0|15,600|15,600|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|**Total Income**|1|79,045|0|0|66|79,111|97,953|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|**Expenditure**||||||||
|Charitable Expenditure||||||||
|Ministry Costs||0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Church running costs||53,166|0|0|0|53,166|46,753|
|Outreach||1,722|0|0|0|1,722|1,051|
|Pastoral and training||1,902|0|0|0|1,902|7,389|
|Grants to Missionary Organisations|3|0|14,136|0|0|14,136|15,486|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|**Total Expenditure**|2|56,790|14,136|0|0|70,926|70,679|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|**Net Income/(Expenditure)**||22,255|-14,136|0|66|8,185|27,274|
|**Transfers Between Funds**||-14,111|14,136|-25|0|0|0|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|**Net Movement in Funds for the Year**||8,144|0|-25|66|8,185|27,274|
|**Reconciliation of Funds**||||||||
|**Total Funds Brought Forward**||131,690|0|470|710,082|842,242|814,968|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|**Total Funds Carried Forward**||139,834|0|445|710,148|850,427|842,242|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|



## **Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses** 

There were no recognised gains or losses for 2020 or 2019 other than those included in the Statement of Financial Activities 



**King's Baptist Church** 

**Page 5** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Balance Sheet** 

|||2020||2019||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Notes|£|£|£|£|
|**Fixed Assets**||||||
|Tangible assets|5||709,718||702,929|
||||-----------||-----------|
|**Total Fixed Assets**|||709,718||702,929|
|**Current Assets**||||||
|Debtors|6|13,670||17,115||
|Cash at bank and in hand||128,040||123,205||
|||-----------||-----------||
|**Total Current Assets**||141,710||140,320||
|**Liabilities**||||||
|**Creditors**: amounts falling due||||||
|within one year|7|1,001||1,007||
|||-----------||-----------||
|**Net Current Assets**|||140,709||139,313|
||||-----------||-----------|
|**Net Assets**|||850,427||842,242|
||||-----------||-----------|
|**The Funds of the Church**||||||
|General Funds|||139,834||131,690|
|Designated Funds|8||0||0|
|Restricted Funds|9||445||470|
|Endowment Funds|10||710,148||710,082|
||||-----------||-----------|
|**Total Charity Funds**|||850,427||842,242|
||||-----------||-----------|



The accounts were approved by the trustees on 08 April 2021 and signed on their behalf. 


Keith Turner Trustee 



**King's Baptist Church** 

**Page 6** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## 1 **Accounting Policies** 

## (a) **Basis of Preparation of Accounts** 

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the financial reporting standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011. 

King's Baptist Church meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s). 

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. 

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period. 

## (b) **Income** 

Giving by Church Members and Visitors and Gift Aid Tax Recoverable are accounted for when receivable. 

Investment income is included in the accounts in the year in which it becomes payable. 

## (c) **Expenditure** 

Includes all expenditure incurred in pursuing the charity's objectives, other than that which has been capitalised. 

## (d) **Fixed Assets** 

Freehold land and buildings 

The Manse and the Church building are included in the accounts at trustees' valuations which are reviewed annually. 

Furniture and fittings, storage equipment and electronic equipment 

Prior to January 2009 all assets were written off on purchase.  The policy since then is to only capitalise those items with a value over £1,000 



**King's Baptist Church** 

**Page 7** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## (e) **Depreciation** 

Freehold land and buildings 

No provision has been made as the assets are included at a valuation which is reviewed annually. 

Furniture, fittings and storage equipment 10% straight line basis Electronic equipment 20% straight line basis 

## (f) **Debtors** 

Trade debtors and other debtors are recognised at their settlement amount due after any trade discount offered.  Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discount due. 

## (g) **Creditors and Provisions** 

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due. 

## (h) **Fund Accounting** 

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of the charity.  Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose.  Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity's work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity. Endowment funds exist where there is a capital fund with no power to convert the capital into income. 

(i) **Going Concern** 

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern. 

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period. 



**Page 8** 

## **King's Baptist Church** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

|2|**Expenditure**||Notes|2020|2019|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||£|£|
||Ministry Costs|Gross salaries||0|0|
|||Pension costs||0|0|
|||Other||0|0|
|||||-----------|-----------|
|||||0|0|
|||||-----------|-----------|
||Church Running Costs|Building maintenance||26,654|32,082|
|||Computer hardware and software||5,987|1,462|
|||Depreciation||2,803|2,549|
|||Equipment (below £1,000)||831|35|
|||Gas, electricity and water||3,591|2,630|
|||Independent examination||540|528|
|||Insurance||2,246|2,171|
|||Membership, health and safety||5,202|586|
|||Miscellaneous running costs||1,783|2,053|
|||Printing, postage and stationery||2,567|1,870|
|||Telephone and internet||962|737|
|||Travel||0|50|
|||||-----------|-----------|
|||||53,166|46,753|
|||||-----------|-----------|
||Outreach|||1,722|1,051|
|||||-----------|-----------|
||Pastoral and training|||1,902|7,389|
|||||-----------|-----------|
||Grants to Missionary Organisations||3|14,136|15,486|
|||||-----------|-----------|
||**Total Expenditure**|||70,926|70,679|



----------- ----------- 



**King's Baptist Church** 

**Page 9** 

**Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

|3|**Grants to Missionary Organisations**||2020|2019|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||£|£|
||Institution|Purpose|||
||Air Ambulance||0|100|
||Baptist Union Home Mission|Church Support in the UK|2,748|2,748|
||Bible Bookshop||600|900|
||BF Harvest Gift||0|0|
||BMS World Mission|World Evangelism|2,748|2,748|
||Christian Aid||700|0|
||Christian Initiative to Schools|North Herts Christian|||
|||Education in Schools|2,900|2,400|
||Christian Institute||180|180|
||Compassion||0|500|
||KCC||0|1,000|
||Matthew Dear|China|0|500|
||Need Project (separate charity in 2017)||4,200|4,200|
||Tear Fund||0|150|
||UCB||60|60|
||||-----------<br>|-----------|
||||14,136|15,486|
||||-----------<br>|-----------|



## 4 **Staff Costs** 

None of the trustees received any remuneration in respect of their role as a trustee, nor did they receive any expenses. 

|The staff costs were:|2020|2019|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Wages and salaries|0|0|
|Other pension costs|0|0|
||-----------<br>|-----------|
||0|0|
||-----------<br>|-----------|



The average weekly number of staff employed by the charity during the year was 0 (2019 - 0) 



**Page 10** 

## **King's Baptist Church** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

|5|**Fixed Assets**||Freehold land|Furniture|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||and buildings|etc||
||||£|£|£|
||**Cost**|Balance at 01.01.20|690,000|21,585|711,585|
|||Additions|0|9,592|9,592|
|||Disposals|0|0|0|
||||-----------|-----------|-----------|
|||Balance at 31.12.20|690,000|31,177|721,177|
||||-----------|-----------|-----------|
||**Depreciation**|Balance at 01.01.20|0|8,656|8,656|
|||Depeciation|0|2,803|2,803|
|||Disposals|0|0|0|
||||-----------|-----------|-----------|
|||Balance at 31.12.20|0|11,459|11,459|
||||-----------|-----------|-----------|
||**Net Book Value**|At 31.12.20|690,000|19,718|709,718|
||||-----------|-----------|-----------|
|||At 01.01.20|690,000|12,929|702,929|
||||-----------|-----------|-----------|
|6|**Debtors**: Due within one year|||2020|2019|
|||||£|£|
||Income tax recoverable|||11,863|15,915|
||Prepayments|||1,807|1,200|
|||||-----------|-----------|
|||||13,670|17,115|
|||||-----------|-----------|
|7|**Creditors**: Due within one year|||2020|2019|
|||||£|£|
||Accruals|||1,001|1,007|
|||||-----------|-----------|
|||||1,001|1,007|
|||||-----------|-----------|





**King's Baptist Church** 

**Page 11** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

|8|**Designated Funds**|Brought|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|Carried|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Forward||||Forward|
|||£|£|£|£|£|
||Mission|0|0|14,136|14,136|0|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|||0|0|14,136|14,136|0|
|||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
||Mission|The Church sets aside a||minimum of|10% of its General||
|||Fund receipts for mission purposes.  The Church makes|||||
|||grants to other organisations whose charitable objectives|||||
|||complement its work.|||||



|**Restricted Funds**|Brought|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|Carried|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Forward||||Forward|
||£|£|£|£|£|
|New Building|400|0|0|0|400|
|Pre-school|45|0|0|0|45|
|College|25|0|0|-25|0|
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
||470|0|0|-25|445|
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|New Building|Provision of|a larger church building||||
|Pre-school|Pre-school club|||||
|College|Provision of|ministry training||||



9 **Restricted Funds** 

10 

## **Endowment Funds** 

Manse Church 

|Brought|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|Carried|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Forward||||Forward|
|£|£|£|£|£|
|310,082|66|0|0|310,148|
|400,000|0|0|0|400,000|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|710,082|66|0|0|710,148|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|



Manse Provision of accommodation for minister Church Place of worship 



**King's Baptist Church** 

**Page 12** 

## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

11 **Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds** 

||General|Designated|Restricted|Endowment|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|
||£||£||£|
|Tangible assets|19,718|0|0|690,000|709,718|
|Net current assets|120,116|0|445|20,148|140,709|
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|Net assets|139,834|0|445|710,148|850,427|
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|