Charity number: 1136971
MUSWELL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
MUSWELL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
CONTENTS
| Legal and administrative information | 2 |
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| Report of the trustees | 3-5 |
| Independent examiner’s report | 6 |
| Receipt and payment accounts | 7 |
| Statements of asset and liabilities | 8 |
| Notes to the accounts | 9-10 |
MUSWELL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
| Name | Muswell Hill Baptist Church |
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| (Registered charity no. 1136971) | |
| Registered ofce | Dukes Avenue, Muswell Hill, London |
| N10 2PT | |
| Trustees | Rev Alexander John Robert (Chair) |
| John Grant | |
| Rosemary Pettman | |
| Jonathan Ashley- Norman | |
| David Slater | |
| Custodian Trustees | London Baptist Property Board Ltd. |
| Bankers | Barclays Bank Plc |
| COIF Charities Deposit Fund | |
| Independent examiner | Phil Cowen |
| 54 Palace Road | |
| Crouch End | |
| London N8 8QP |
Muswell Hill Baptist Church Trustees Report April 2021 – March 2022 www.mhbc.org.uk
Purpose
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.
Activities
To fulfil the Purpose, the Church engages in a range of activities, either on its own or with others, that vary from time to time with activities being initiated, expanded, or closed, as appropriate.
The Activities may include but are not restricted to:
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Regular public worship, prayer, Bible study, preaching and teaching the Word of God.
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Baptism, as described in the Statement of Faith and the Communion of the Lord’s Supper.
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Evangelism and mission, locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
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Teaching, encouragement, welcome and inclusion of children and young people in a safe environment.
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Nurturing the growth of Christian disciples; education and training for Christian and community service.
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Giving and encouraging pastoral care.
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Supporting and encouraging charitable social action in the United Kingdom and abroad.
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Developing relationships with and supporting Baptists and other Christians.
Activities were limited by Government regulations and guidelines to stem the Covid-19 pandemic. From July these limitations were less onerous and based on guidance rather than law.
The Church’s Vision
Vision
To achieve our Purpose more effectively the Church continued its vision focused on inviting . This is encapsulated in the strap line Inviting a Great City to a Great Saviour .
Aims
We will seek to develop
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Invitational People
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Invitational Programmes
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Invitational Premises
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Invitational Partnerships
Values
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We will PRAY and seek the working of the Spirit of God
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We will be COMMITTED to one another in fellowship and in the vision
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We will disciple through PREACHING, TEACHING and WORSHIP
The Church’s Life
Invitational People
The pandemic regulations and guidelines continued to make social invitation difficult and at times impossible (for example, our Winter Quiz Night was impossible during a Covid spike, and some school carol events were cancelled at the last minute). Like many other organisations we found that many of the public had, understandably, developed a reluctance to be indoors with groups of people. Nevertheless we distributed invitations to key events in the neighbourhood and started to use a gazebo outside for various events including carol singing. We were able to hold a Summer Barbeque (limited to 30 people at the time).
The church continued to support members and friends working in Christian ministries of various kinds in Europe, Africa and among Turkish and East Asian peoples in the United Kingdom. One of our members is a Full-Time Free Church Chaplain in the British Army. Another works in a nearby Church teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers.
Invitational Programmes
People were invited to fill Christmas Shoeboxes for the Samaritan’s Purse charity project Operation Christmas Child. This year we offered our premises as a major collection point for this ministry and hundreds of boxes were both collected and processed as a result.
The Muswell Hill Soup Kitchen under its Director our member Martin Stone continued to develop the use of the van (generously donated by the community in mid-pandemic 2020). By this means the Soup Kitchen was able to deliver hot food and supplies to a wide range of people (including families) in need in our own and neighbouring boroughs. For some clients this is their only outside contact apart from medical visits.
The Church’s YouTube Channel developed over the year and now contains dozens of videos which are accessed both locally and from much farther afield.
Invitational Premises
The Trustees sought to keep the premises safely open. Sunday worship resumed in April 2021 after three months of closure. Gospel Outreach Ministry [GOM] (an offshoot of the New Testament Church of God of Prophecy) resumed their services on our premises after a long Covid layoff. GOM have met in our buildings – and done outreach – for more than two decades. More recent Church tenants were a Romanian Baptist Church who, following reflection during the pandemic, have now moved (after 5 years) to a location in East London nearer their congregation's homes.
Invitational Partnerships
Nationally and across London our partnerships with the Evangelical Alliance, the London Baptist Association and the Baptist Union of Great Britain helped to resource another challenging year. We began meeting with other local churches post-Covid. We continued to host the popular Rainbow Preschool and the Fortis Green Kids Club (afterschool provision) and began some hospitality for local schools to meet again for events. These raise the profile of our Church in the Community.
Finance
The Trustees monitored the financial health of the Charity throughout. In the event, the reduction of expenses, the steady income from residential lettings and the regular, committed giving of the congregation (even when they could not meet) meant that finance was one of the least troubling issues we faced. The Trustees remain confident that this will remain true for the coming uncertain year also. The accounts reflect the one-off receipt of donations for the van and the development of its use.
The Church’s Managing Trustees
Mr Jonathan Ashley-Norman [Deacon] Mr John Grant [Elder and Treasurer] Mr Peter Hill-King [Deacon] [to June 2021] Mrs Rosemary Pettman [Elder and Church Secretary] Mr Trevor Ridout [Deacon] [to November 2021] Rev John Roberts [Pastor and Chair of the Trustees] Mr David Slater [Deacon] [from June 2021]
MUSWELL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
Responsibilities of trustees
Charity law requires us as trustee to prepare financial statements for each accounting year which record the receipt and payments of the charity for the year. We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. We are also responsible to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any irregularities.
Approval
This report was approved by the trustee and signed on their behalf by:
Rosemary Pettman (Secretary) and John Grant (Treasurer)
Date:
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF MUSWELL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 2022
Report to the trustees on the accounts of Muswell Hill Baptist Church for the year ending 31 March 2022.
Responsibilities and basis of this report:
As trustees of the charity, you are responsible for the maintenance and preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
I am reporting in respect of my examination of the Trust Accounts carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act following the directions given under section 145(5)(b) of the act.
Independent examiners statement.
I have completed my examination and confirm that no material matters have come to my attention during the examination which give me cause to believe that:
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Account records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required under section 130 of the act; or
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The accounts do not accord with the records kept; or
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The accounts do not comply with the requirements concerning the form and content of the accounts set out in the Charity Regulations (2008)
I have no concerns in connection with the examination to draw to the attention of the trustees to enable a proper understanding of the accounts.
Phil Cowen 54 Palace Road London N8 8QP
MUSWELL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 March 2022
| Not | Unrestric | Restricte | 2022 | 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| es | ted | d | Total | Total | ||
| Funds | Funds | Funds | Funds | |||
| Income Receipts | ||||||
| Donations & Grants | £67,640 | £67,640 | £66,206 | |||
| Gift Aid Receipts | £9,982 | £9,982 | £12,891 | |||
| Rental Income | £86,236 | £86,236 | 79,779 | |||
| Income from | ||||||
| Charitable Activities | ||||||
| Income from Church | £5,466 | £5,466 | £30,413 | |||
| Organisation | ||||||
| Bank Interest | £597 | £ 597 | £478 | |||
| Other | £3,135 | £ 3,135 | £515 | |||
| Total Receipts | £167,590 | £5,466 | £173,056 | |||
| Payments | ||||||
| Payments in | 2 | £125,074 | £33,039 | £158,114 | ||
| relations to | ||||||
| charitable | ||||||
| activities | ||||||
| Grants paid in | 3 | £11,319 | £ 11,319 | |||
| relation to | ||||||
| charitable | ||||||
| activities | ||||||
| undertaken by | ||||||
| others | ||||||
| Total Payments | £136,393 | £33,039 | £169,432 | |||
| Net Movement | £31,197 | £27,573- | £3,624 | |||
| in Funds | ||||||
| Balances | £190,267 | £31,905 | £222,172 | |||
| Brought | ||||||
| Forward | ||||||
| Balances | £221,464 | £4,332 | £225,795 | |||
| Carried Forward |
MUSWELL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH ASSETS & LIABILITES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 March 2022
| Cash Funds | Not | Unrestrict | Restricted | Total | Total |
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| es | ed Funds | Funds | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Current Account | £14,961 | £0 | £14,9601 | ||
| Deposit Account | £206,503 | £4,332 | £210,834 | ||
| Total | £221,464 | £4,332 | £225,795 | £222,172 | |
| Other Monetary | |||||
| Assets | |||||
| Gift Aid due | £5046 | £5046 | £8017 | ||
| Liabilities | |||||
| Due in under 1 | |||||
| year | |||||
| Missionary | £2923 | £2923 | |||
| Distribution | |||||
| agreed but not | |||||
| yet paid. | |||||
| Pension Defcit. | £2,740 | ||||
| Fees for | £900 | £1,750 | |||
| Independent | |||||
| Examination | |||||
| Accrued | |||||
| Expenses. | |||||
| Total | £3823 | ||||
| Due in over one | |||||
| year. | |||||
| Pension defcit | £39 | £37,060 | |||
| 800 | |||||
| Total | £4 | £41,550 | |||
| 2623 | |||||
| Assets retained for charity own use | |||||
| Church Buildings, | £6,685,62 | £6,482,61 | |||
| Dukes Ave., | 5 | 2 | |||
| London N10 2PT | |||||
| 2 Dukes Ave | £540,561 | £542,486 | |||
| (currently 3 fats) | |||||
| Manse at 71 | £556,045 | £508,997 | |||
| Grasmere Road | |||||
| Content of church | £179,210 | £172,669 | |||
| (including organ) | |||||
| Total | £7,961,44 | £ | |||
| 1 | 7,706,764 |
Note: The trustees have used insurance values as an estimate of the current values.
Approved by the trustees on…………………………… and signed on their behalf:
John Grant Rosemary Pettman Treasurer Secretary
MUSWELL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH Notes on the financial statement for the year ending 31 March 2022
1. Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared on a receipts and payment basis showing the charity’s receipts and payments together with assets and liabilities.
Unrestricted funds are monies which are available to use at the discretion of the trustees in accordance with the objectives of the charity. Restricted funds are donations which are to be used in accordance with the specific restrictions of the donors.
2. Payments in relation to charitable activities undertaken
| Unrestric | Restricted | 2022 Total | 2021 | |
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| ted | Funds | Funds | Total | |
| Funds | Funds | |||
| Employments costs, | £ 40,744 | £ 40,744 | £39,289 | |
| training and | ||||
| expenses | ||||
| Church Ministry | ||||
| Costs | £ 6,411 | £ 6,411 | £6,364 | |
| Property Costs | £50,498 | £50,498 | £42,147 | |
| Major Repair and | £ 250 | £21,033 | ||
| restoration costs | ||||
| Other Organisations | £33,039 | £10,637 | ||
| Other Costs | £20,460 | £20,460 | ||
| Administration | £18,030 | £7,850 | ||
| Total | £136,393 | £33,039 | £169,433 | £127,320 |
| 3. Grants paid in relation to charitable activities undertaken by others | ||||
| Unrestrict | Restricted | 2022 Total | 2021 Total | |
| ed Funds | Funds | Funds | Funds | |
| Baptist Union | £3,773 | £3,773 | £ 2,959 | |
| Winchester | £3,773 | £3,773 | £ 2,959 | |
| Vineyard | ||||
| OMF | £3,773 | £3,773 | £ 2,959 | |
| Grants < £1000 | ||||
| Gifts to | ||||
| Individuals | ||||
| Total | £11,319 | £11,319 | £ 8,877 |
4. Transactions relating to parties
The Rev Alexander John Roberts was paid £30,370 salary and pension contribution during the year in his capacity as Church Minister, not as a serving trustee. In addition, manse expenses totalling £5,438 for the provision of accommodation. These payments are permitted by the charities governing documentation.
MUSWELL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH Notes on the financial statement for the year ending 31 March 2022
5. Movement in Funds
| At the | Incoming | Outgoing | At the end | |
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| start of | resource | resources | of the year | |
| the year | s | |||
| Restricted Funds | ||||
| Tuesday Fellowship | £3,543 | £95 | £542 | £3,097 |
| Soup Kitchen | £7,172 | £2,745 | £9,560 | £357 |
| Junior Church | £846 | £20 | £10 | £856 |
| Van Ministry | £20,319 | £1,884 | £22,680 | -£477 |
| DOT | £0 | £722 | £223 | £499 |
| Other | £25 | £25 | £0 | |
| Total | £31,905 | £5,466 | £33,040 | £4,322 |
6. The Baptist Pension Scheme
The church us an employer participating in the Baptist Pension Scheme which is administered by the trustees of the Baptist Pension Trust. The scheme is a separate legal entity comprising a Defined Contribution Plan and a Defined Benefit Plan. The pension costs paid by the church are contributions to the Defined Contribution Plan and deficiency contributions to the Defined Benefit Plan.
The Defined Pension Plan is a scheme previously known as the Baptist Ministers Pension Fund, started in 1925 and closed to future accrual of defined benefits on 31[st] December 2011.