TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 AnnuAl RepoRt And FinAnciAl StAtementS to 31St AuguSt 2021 _Living as whole life disciples_ Page **1** of **18** TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 Foreword 3 |Reference and Administrative details of the Charity, its Trustees and Advisers|| |---|---| ||4| |Charity Status|4| |Managing Trustees|4| |Principal Advisers|4| |Structure Governance and Management|4| |Organisational Structure|4-5| |Custodian Trustee|5| |Relationship between charity and related parties|5| |Objects of the charity|6| |Charity’s aims|6| |Charity’s main objectives for the year|5-6| |Details of significant activities|6-7| |Membership and fellowship news|7| |Reports from groups, organisations, activities and events|7 -12| |Financial review|13 -18| The trustees are pleased to present their report together with the independently examined financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31[st] August 2021. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the Statement of Recommended Practice – Accounting and Reporting by Charities (revised 2005). Page **2** of **18** TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 ## _**Foreword**_ This has been an unusual year in the life of the church. In February the church reached its 200th Anniversary and nothing in its past history has been equal to the challenges faced as our community, along with the rest of the world, struggled with the restrictions needed to halt the spread of Coronavirus. Many of our normal activities have just not been possible and we have needed to adapt and change the way we serve and worship in order to keep people safe during the pandemic. It looked as though progress was being made and that we might be able to return to worship sooner but the restrictions on travel, on size of meetings and what was possible, changed constantly, almost as soon as one risk assessment was completed it became out of date! Whilst we returned to worship briefly in September 2020, starting with some prayer sessions, we held services in October and then a new lockdown meant we had to close the doors once again, initially this was intended to be for a month, but sadly continued and we were once again, unable to hold a Christmas service. Again, it was hoped this would lift by Easter but sadly we were still not in a position to reopen for worship at that time. It was not until July that we were able to resume worship ’in person’ and even then, there were still restrictions on singing and sharing fellowship. The lockdown has affected our offerings, I am incredibly grateful to all those who continued to support us through direct giving to the bank or found ways to get their offerings to us. I am also grateful for the prayers and support of all throughout this difficult period. As we begin a new year, we look forward with hope to a new season. _God bless_ _Bev Smith – Church Secretary_ ## **OUR TEXT FOR 2021** Jesus replied: ‘ “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: “Love your neighbour as yourself.” _(Matthew 22:37-39)_ Page **3** of **18** TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 ## **Reference and Administrative details of the Charity, its Trustees and Advisers** ## _**Charity Status**_ Tamworth Baptist Church (Derwent, Belgrave, Tamworth B77 2LD) is a registered Charity, No. _1138677. The Heart of England Baptist (Trust) Association Ltd takes responsibility as custodian trustee for the church buildings and properties._ ## _**Managing Trustees**_ _The Church is administered by the Diaconate, who are the managing Trustees of the Charity, comprising: -_ _**Minister:** Vacancy_ _**Moderator:** Terry Lockyer_ _**Secretary** Mrs. Bev Smith_ _**Treasurer** Vacancy_ _**Deacons**_ _Mrs. Esther Ford Mrs. Susan Silcock Mrs. Esme Tickle Mrs. Catherine Vernon Mrs. Rachel Sage Mrs. Ann Cole (resigned during the year) Mr. Trevor Glover Mrs. Ruth Haywood_ ## _**Structure Governance and Management**_ ## _**Governing Document**_ The church’s governing document is a Trust Deed dated 9[th] July 1872, which sets out the objects of the charity. The Constitution dated 30[th] September 2010 governs the day to day running of the charity. ## _**Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees**_ The minister (if any) and Deacons are the Managing Trustees appointed by the church meeting. Up to 12 Deacons are chosen from among existing church members who show the reality of their faith by the consistency of the Christian character and by their loyalty to the cause of Christ. Annual Elections are held at the Church Annual General meeting by ballot; deacons are elected to serve three years and can re-stand for election at the end of each term. Nominees must secure a vote of at least 50% of those present and eligible to vote. A Church Secretary and Church Treasurer will be appointed by the church from among the elected deacons and following a change in 2017 these officers will now serve three-year terms. ## _**Induction and Training of Trustees**_ ## _**Administrator** Mr. Trevor Glover_ ## _**Principal Advisers**_ ## _**Bankers**_ _CAF Bank Ltd, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Mailing, Kent ME19 4JQ_ ## _**Solicitors**_ _DWF LLP One Snowhill Snow Hill Queensway Birmingham B4 6GA_ ## _**Independent Examiners**_ _Mr. Peter Birrell Mr. Leigh Bilson Mr. Bill Smith (for the church groups)_ There have been no new Deacons appointed this year. Some Deacons have undertaken online Safeguarding training during this year. It is possible that there will be new Trustees appointed at the AGM. Any new Trustees will receive Induction and formal training during the year. ## _**Organisational Structure**_ The Church is governed and regulated by its own members where all aspects of the work of the Church are subject to the approval of the Church Meeting, which is normally held bimonthly. The Minister of the Church, if any, is a paid Managing Trustee and with the Deacons gives leadership to the Church. The Deacons assist the Minister in his role and are also responsible for preparing the business for the Church Meeting. Page **4** of **18** TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 The church is part of the wider Baptist Family and is therefore a member church of the Heart of England Baptist Association (HEBA) and of the national body, The Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB). Both organisations are registered charities. The Church pays annual subscription to BUGB based upon its membership numbers and also makes a donation to BUGB (Home Mission Fund) for the Baptist family in the UK. ## _**Custodian Trustee**_ As referred to on page 4, the custodian trustee for the Church is the Heart of England Baptist Association. The Trust company holds the title deeds of the following properties: - Tamworth Baptist Church, Derwent, Belgrave, Tamworth, B77 2LD The Manse, 32 Stephenson Close, Glascote Heath, Tamworth, B77 2DQ ## _**Relationships between the Charity and Related Parties**_ The church is an active member of Tamworth Christian Churches (TCC), an ecumenical partnership of churches in Tamworth area. The church also supports Christians Against Poverty and operates a centre, providing office space, volunteers and employs a centre manager. The church supports financially and in prayer the work of The Baptist Missionary Society (Charity Number 233782) and seeks to maintain a link with a missionary working abroad to give encouragement and support to the work. The Church is currently linked with David and Michele who are serving with BMS in Peru. During the year the church has given financial support to the Baptist Union Home Mission Fund. The church is a member of the Baptist Union of Great Britain (Charity Number 1072038). The church continues to support in prayer the work of ‘ _Hope Now’_ , especially through our link church in Korsunka and Talnoe in the Ukraine. ## _**Objects of the Charity**_ The Church Meeting has agreed the following aims: - To worship - To serve other people in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ - As a demonstration of God’s - unconditional love for them - With a view to many of them becoming Disciples of Christ This service will be focused on - Belgrave - Tamworth - The world To serve the needs of Baptists who live in and around Tamworth. Our vision is that we will be a church of “wholelife disciples” who treasure every moment as an opportunity to live as fully committed followers of Jesus Christ. ## _**Charity’s main objectives for the Year**_ **Deacons** Whilst it has not been possible to meet together, the deacons have held monthly Zoom meetings, chaired by Rev Terry Lockyer our moderator. We have been extremely grateful for his wisdom and time. Our AGM was postponed but we were able to produce the Annual Report and Accounts which were distributed to the fellowship. All serving Deacons were not due for re-election. Ann and Phil Cole moved to Wales to be closer to family and celebrated the arrival of their granddaughter. Ann continued to meet on Zoom with the Deacons until we returned to in person services when she stood down. Ann and Phil have now settled in a church in Wales and have resigned membership. A Church meeting was held on 3rd July when a report of all that had happened during lockdown was given, the meeting approved the annual report Page **5** of **18** TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 and unanimously accepted into membership Mrs. Rachel Durbridge. The Deacons resumed the search for a new minister following the process outlined by the BU in January 2021 and had received several names from the National Settlement Team (NST), meeting several potential candidates via Zoom. These meetings although positive did not advance to the next stage. In May 2021 the system changed from NST sending names, to ministers applying directly. No enquiries were received from our first attempt. Following our second attempt an enquiry from Pastor David was followed up. A very positive Zoom meeting was held, and Pastor David and his wife Kathie were invited to meet with the Deacons in August. This resulted in the Deacons issuing an invite to preach with a view to the pastorate. Pastor David kindly recorded a sermon that members could review prior to the Preach with a View arranged for September 2021. After the second lockdown in November 2020, members of the fellowship were invited to join an online ’prayer and share meeting’ where members were able to chat together and pray together for the needs of the fellowship and wider concerns. These meetings ceased at the end of June as ‘in person’ worship commenced in July 2021. Our administrator, duties changed once again in July when we began holding regular services, so his attention turned to preparing the admin for the services rather than producing information for circulation. The **Dosthill building** , the sale of the property was completed in October 2020. Please see the Church Accounts for further details. ## _**Details of Significant Activities**_ The **night shelter project** was unable to continue during the pandemic, with the council taking greater responsibility for housing the homeless. _**Special services**_ We were unable to hold many of our usual celebrations during the year as the church was in lockdown, this included Christmas and Easter services as well as our planned celebration of our 200th Anniversary in February. Events to commemorate our special year have been moved to October, when we will hold an exhibition of photographs and memorabilia from our history and Simon Gudger has been invited to lead a special service to celebrate and give thanks for our long history. _**200th Anniversary**_ **-** Trevor brought up to date the booklet produced for our 175th anniversary and arranged for this to be printed in readiness for our celebrations which were postponed from February and are due to be held in October. _**Vaccination Centre**_ - In the New Year we were approached by the local pharmacist to see if we would be willing to work with them to operate a vaccination centre out of our building. It was agreed that they would initially operate seven days per week. Martin Horner volunteered to manage the volunteers and he managed to cover all the shifts with a mixture of folk from church and others from the community. The volunteers welcomed folk to the building, took temperatures, booked in those with appointments, handout forms for completion and cleaned clip boards, pens, tables and chairs. They all did an amazing job, and it was great to be back in the building, serving the community again after not being able to do anything for so long. Trevor managed the day-to-day operations, which often involved him going to the church outside his working hours, to receive deliveries of supplies, or see to a problem. We are told over 32,000 people visited the building at least once, many of them returning for their second vaccine a few months later. The project continued to early September when they moved the operation to Ankerside and some of our folk are continuing to volunteer. _**Fabric**_ **-** during one of his weekly inspections, Trevor discovered water ingress into the Playcentre cupboard. This was the result of one of the drains on the roof becoming blocked with leaves. The roofers returned and resolved Page **6** of **18** TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 the issue extending the upstands to prevent reoccurrence and a quarterly service contract is now in place to clear leaves and debris from the roof. The damage caused was repaired and redecoration in the hall carried out. We claimed against the insurance for this work. We had a number of issues with the toilets becoming blocked. These were well used over the period the Vaccination centre was operating and a drainage inspection and jet washing has been undertaken. The external doors have been serviced by the manufacturers and are now working well. A small group of people, Ron, Cath and David Thompson have been working on obtaining quotes for various works needed, including refurbishment of lighting in the school hall and corridors and resurfacing of the carpark. The tenants in the Manse short term tenancy changed in January 2021 to a month-to-month tenancy. This additional income has assisted the church’s finances following the lockdown when income from offerings was reduced. _**Thank You**_ - We are extremely grateful to those who have served over the last 12 months and special thanks to Ann Cole who stood down as deacon following her move to Wales, Trevor Glover who is standing down from the diaconate at the AGM but hopes to stand again in the future, and to Peter Birrell and Leigh Bilson who will stand down from their roles as Independent examiners. We are also grateful to Joy Dean for her service as CAP centre Manager, Joy is retiring at the end of September. Thanks for your prayers, financial support and service carried out on our behalf throughout the past year. We look forward to all God has in store for us in the days that lie ahead. ## _**Membership**_ Membership at the end of August was 70. Rachel Durbridge was accepted into Membership in July 2021. Ann Cole stood down as a Deacon in July and resigned her membership in August following their move to Wales. ## _**Fellowship news**_ We are sad to report the deaths of members, Marjorie Rowland, Phyllis Legge, Sheila Roberts, Brian Cunningham Margret Mattison and Colleen Williams as well as friends of the fellowship, John Tracey, Edward Pontin, John Westwood and Brian Cherrington. All are sadly missed and your prayers for their families would be appreciated. Congratulations to Simon and Lucy Davis on the birth of their daughter Lily, to Anne and Phil Cole on the adoption of their baby granddaughter and to James and Nic Tickle on the safe arrival of Lola, a granddaughter for Esme and Dave Tickle. Congratulations to Mario who has completed his diploma in bereavement counselling. Congratulations to Jan and Jayne Kempinski, Colin and Sue Silcock and to Ron and Cath Vernon on their Golden Wedding Anniversaries. We were sad to hear that 1st Polesworth Boys Brigade and Girls Brigade have closed permanently. We have shared a lot of good times with them, especially the joint camps. We have welcomed Dan Blunn and Dave Tickle to the staff of our BB Company. **Reports from Groups, Organisations and Events** ## _**Worship**_ We resumed worship in September 2020 but had to close again at the beginning of November due to Covid Restrictions. We were unable to resume in person worship until July 2021. In the interim we held a Zoom ‘Prayer and Share’ Service for those who had access to the internet. The congregation has been slowly building and a number of special services are planned for September onwards. My thanks to all those who led Services, Prayer and Share services and those who have taken part. Bev Smith Page **7** of **18** TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 ## _**CHRISTIANS AGAINST POVERTY 2021**_ Joy advised the Deacons that she would be retiring at the end of September 2021 and the post of CAP centre manager was advertised internally. Unfortunately there was no suitable candidate for this role and the Church took the difficult decision to close the CAP office when Joy retires. The Church has partnered with CAP for over 20 years, and we have been grateful not only to Sue and Joy who have managed the office, but all who have supported, financially and in prayer, volunteered and befriended clients. It has been an amazing work and we are proud to have been able to do this for so long. We are planning a special celebration service in September to mark with thanksgiving all the wonderful work that has been done over the years and to wish Joy a long and happy retirement! We ask for your continued prayers for the work of CAP and especially that another centre can be established in the local area. ## _**Worship Group**_ Due to restrictions in place when in-person services restarted we were unable to have live music and were very grateful for the use of iSing and YouTube to support our (behind masks) sung worship. We are thankful to the technical team for all their support in providing some form of music in our services. We look forward to being able to provide live worship music again soon and are hopeful that those who played and sang prior to covid will join us once again. _Rachel & Pam_ and we look forward to more normal times ahead. Please pray for the Sunday School team and children as we start to meet again, that God will bless us all. _Esme_ ## _**Craft Group**_ The craft group hopes to start up again at the end of October. I've been keeping in touch with the ladies, by phone. At first, I did it every week but as the weeks went on, I started to call them, in turns, once a fortnight. Most of them are keeping well, some have had the virus and, thank the Lord, have got over it. Some of us meet up for a coffee at Planters. They all miss meeting up. My prayers are with you all at this time. _love Sylvia xxx_ We have not met as a company since March 2020. We managed to have a Christmas party and our Company was reaching figures of 15 or more per week. The girls enjoyed doing the many badges that are set for each group. Sadly, we did not hold an Awards night for 2020 or 2021. We are hoping to start again in November. Please pray for the girls that they will return. Pray also for all the staff. ## _**Sunday School**_ Sunday school was unable to meet during lockdown, and our hope is to restart mid October 2021. Some of the children have come to church with their parents or grandparents since we reopened for worship. It’s been great to have the children as part of worship again _Love Sue Silcock Leader_ Page **8** of **18** TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 ## _**Tuesday Housegroup 2021**_ We meet normally at the home of Sue Silcock. 7 30pm once a fortnight We have not met as a group for 18 months. We are in regular contact with each other. I send out a song every day to help us focus on God and others share things online. I send out a sermon or a thought on a Saturday. This is to keep us all connected. We are hoping to meet as a group soon if COVID restrictions allow. _Love Sue Silcock_ ## _**Messy Church 2021**_ Messy church meets at Belgrave. This will now be held on the Last Thursday of every month, 3.45pm-5pm. This is a change of day. What is Messy Church? Messy Church has lots of activities for children - including craft, games, songs stories. Messy Church involves the whole family Messy church has not met for 18months. 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Playcentre has not been meeting since March 2020. We were sad to have to lockdown due to the pandemic. Before lockdown we welcomed many children and were building up a great relationship with them and their parents. We offered lunch once a fortnight which was well supported. We taught the children many songs and had our Christmas service where the children dressed up. We hope to restart in November if there are any contacts, we still have that have the right aged children. Lots that where due to come have moved on to the nursery stage. We pray that God will bless this ministry and show us where to look for new children. Our aim is to offer a safe and secure environment in which parents can leave their 2- to 3-yearold children to play, share and have fun. Win has been very good in keeping in contact with the mums and sending birthday cards to the children. Thanks to all the staff for their prayerful love and support during the pandemic. _Sue Silcock_ Our culinary skills have gone up a little notch so come along and have fun with us together! This is a perfect opportunity to get to know mums and dads in a happy and easy atmosphere. We take different topics and seasons and have a simple message for both kids and adults. ## _**Tamworth Men’s Breakfast 2021**_ Although a couple of Zoom meetings were arranged, they were poorly attended and so it was decided to wait until restrictions were lifted and we could meet in person again. _Sue Silcock_ In July a dozen of us met at The Red Lion to discuss the way forward and since then a new format has been adopted. _Leigh Bilson for TMB Team (Charles Clark and Andy Paine_ ) _*** * ***_ Page **9** of **18** TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 ## _**Monday Housegroup**_ We have not been meeting due to the pandemic, but members have been keeping in touch by phone and occasional one to one meetings for support when it has been possible. We are looking forward to resuming face to face meetings although we will, for the foreseeable future, be meeting in the Worship room at church. Hopefully our meetings will start in early November. ## _**Thursday Fellowship**_ Thursday Fellowship has not met during the pandemic. We have largely kept in touch with phone calls and most of our members have kept well. Shielding and isolating has been the order of the day and has generally protected members from Covid. We were sad to lose Marjorie Rowland, Phyllis Legge and Margaret Mattison during the year. Their funerals were attended, where possible by some of our members. It is hoped that we will start meeting again in the Spring of 2022 although we are seeking a new identity and fresh ideas in order to attract a wider demographic. _God Bless Cath Vernon_ ## _**The Boys’ Brigade – Annual Report**_ Our last session started as the previous one had ended, with us not meeting. This was disappointing, but we recognized that the safety of all members was really important. Through the session, the battalion arranged competitions that the boys could enter from home. We ensured that the boys had all of the information about the competitions and encouraged them to take part. I am pleased to say we entered each competition, and it was great that the boys wanted to participate. As the church was being used as a vaccination centre, we delayed plans to meet face to face until September. We did, however, start to hold virtual meetings for all of the sections. This was a little daunting for us to arrange as it was an entirely new way for us to do BB and we were unsure how the boys would react. Despite our concerns we held meetings every two weeks from May to the end of July and I am really pleased to say we had good attendance each week across all of the sections. Each week, the boys engaged well with what was arranged. Over the session, we have welcomed new members to our company following the closure of the 1[st] Polesworth Company. This has included Dave Tickle and Dan Blunn who have joined us as officers in the company. It has been great to welcome them to the company. We are planning on meeting again face to face in the new session, following the completion of the COVID-Ready risk assessment and approval from the church. As always, I want to take this opportunity to thank all of the staff for their hard work throughout the session, and in particular, their adaptability that has enabled us to provide virtual activities for the boys to engage with. ## _**Torc Housegroup**_ Changes and challenges. It could be a motto for all of our fellowship activities during another year of living with Covid 19. For the Torc House group, the challenges have been directly as a result of the impact of the virus on health and particularly for the Clark family; the changes have been in the ways we have kept on meeting for prayer and Bible study. I will take you through our year in brief! I guess most of us have become more reliant on technology and using the internet to search for things so if you are able, have a look for Page **10** of **18** TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 this: type into Google – Flower of the Holy Spirit Transforms From saint to Dove? This inspiring and truly awesome image was shared with us on our Torc Tuesday What’s App at the beginning of our “year” back in November. Sharing images, memes and Christian video has been a very meaningful way that we have been connecting with one another in Housegroup. It has been uplifting to receive these gifts which often come when we are feeling down or need to be reminded of God’s constant presence in our lives. It was in November that Housegroup went online, and we started to Zoom at 8pm on Tuesdays. It was lovely that Ann Cole was still able to be part of the group despite having moved to North Wales! We mostly spent the short time together sharing things for prayer and keeping in touch! Before we knew it, Advent was upon us and the uncertainties over Christmas meet ups, so we continued to share videos of Christmas preparations. Prayer support and the knowledge that practical help was on hand have continued to be blessings we value. Just before Christmas, the Dean household tested positive for the virus and spent a difficult three weeks with the challenges it brought to their health. Thankfully, they made good recoveries. On 22[nd] January, we spent time individually sharing in the day of prayer called for to pray for the nation during the pandemic. As we approached another Easter locked down, another image made a huge impact on us. This time Google the words eagle protecting young Jesus – random words but it will bring up an amazing picture of an adult eagle perched on its huge nest caring for its offspring. When you turn the image upside down, we are reminded of the One who protects us in every way. In June, we started to meet face to face at Belgrave and we did this until the end of July. We chose to study Psalms using an old Baptist Union commentary booklet and we were blessed each week with reminders of God’s plan of salvation revealed in the Old Testament. In late July, we met in the garden at Melford and since then have been meeting there but no longer in the garden! We are currently studying 1 Thessalonians using a booklet entitled Standing Firm – a pathway Bible Guide from the Good Book Company. It has been good to welcome new members to the group. We would love it if you wanted to join us on Tuesdays at 8pm. One of the main reasons we meet together in small groups is to pray for one another. We have been blessed with sharing one another’s burdens and bringing our needs before the Lord. Answers to prayer remind us of the living God we serve, and we continue to pray for each other and also our families, friends and neighbours who through sharing, have become real and loved even if we have not met them face to face. I am constantly reminded throughout this time of change and challenge of the words written in _Hebrews Chapter 10 –_ _“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on towards love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” NIV_ _Irene Thompson_ _**Links With Ukraine 2021**_ ## _**The Church Link**_ Please see below a copy of the statement circulated to the church in April. _**Update On the Situation in Talnoe Baptist Church, Ukraine (April 2021)**_ A lot has happened in the church at Talnoe Page **11** of **18** TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 during the past few months. Below is a summary of what we know of a very complex and confusing situation. When Pastor Valeriy retired from leading Talnoe Baptist Church in March 2020 the leadership was passed to two pastors, Roma and Sasha. During the preceding two years these two had been working alongside Pastor Valeriy as trainee pastors. Later in the year we heard from Valeriy that people in the church were making accusations against him regarding misuse of funds and inappropriate behaviour. Eventually things were made so difficult for him and his family that they could not go to the church. The only exception was Valeriy’s youngest son (Igor), who continued to fulfil his role as a deacon in the church. At this point, not knowing whether there was any truth in the allegations we asked the deacons of Tamworth Baptist Church to stop the regular payments we have been sending to assist the work of Talnoe church for their outreach to the village of Korsunka. Earlier this year we heard that allegations had been made against Sasha, one of the new pastors and he too was forced to leave the Talnoe Baptist Church. We do not know what the allegations were. As a result, pastor Sasha has begun a new church in Talnoe called New Life Baptist Church which is attended by Valeriy and his family including Igor who has now left Talnoe Baptist Church. This new church has the blessing of the Baptist Authorities in Cherkassy and is awaiting accreditation. So, there are now two Baptist Churches worshipping in Talnoe. As to the work in the village of Korsunka, which is our focus of interest, we know that Pastor Roma has a heart for the village, he has joined us in work there and also was starting to distribute aid to some of the villagers until restrictions due to Covid prevented this. Igor (Valeriy’s son) has also supported work in the village and is now living there. He is also committed to ministering to the people of Korsunka. Together with Charles & Anne we have had Zoom meetings with Igor and his wife Vlada to discuss the situation. We are convinced that he has a heart too for the people of the village. Although he still has a good relationship with pastor Roma, he says that in light of the background the two churches will not be able to work together. At the moment (end of April) we are waiting for Marina our interpreter to arrange a Zoom meeting for us with Pastor Roma. Whether we shall ever find out the truth remains to be seen. The situation has left many people in Talnoe confused and bewildered and the enemy will be taking every opportunity to hinder the work of a successful church. On a brighter note the new ‘New Life Baptist Church’ has hit the ground running with some very well attended outreach events. They have also held meetings in Korsunka and plan to take young people from the village to a Saturday Youth Group in Talnoe when fear of the virus eases. Please remember the people of Talnoe & Korsunka in your prayers. _Leigh & Sue Bilson_ ## _**Recent Developments**_ In May we heard that the Cherkassy Baptist Regional Council had restored Valeriy to his previous status so can only assume that the accusations against him were false. Since that time Valeriy, Luba, Igor & Vlada of the new church and also with Roma of the ‘original’ church have been working in Korsunka. We are in contact with all of them. Both churches continue to flourish. Hopefully a visit can go ahead next year. _Leigh & Sue Bilson_ Page **12** of **18** TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 FINANCIAL REVIEW Tamworth Baptist Church CHARITY 1138677 Slatement of FI￿nr￿ Acbvkn'es to 31 A￿U$l 2021 Vdtsntary 8147 255 If￿h* from •clMII 2592 2592 76ASI 5245 ?62SS 141 5245 743 269 141e•J 119KJ 17 29798 Pr•ml 6Jvern•Trce coAs 17 741 -71 TraMl•rs ￿ fvnds li Lou Of* bool v4lu¢ •ft•r s• li 112343 .301246 .IU974 -71 Trf•l S¢pt•mbw 12020 12351 652 I74￿￿ 177fj(w in6138 Tot•1 312031 144693 $12 1441818 I￿7092 177Nb7 Repres¢nted Ftsnd Dwfbrt•d Fur# Cr*ft f* Pl•yrentfe 15 14•693 I4￿j J2351 16 74 119 119 5J 119 S*nS lor Worshi rsd•y Felo*sh R•siiitt•d loy$ 8ryd• Gir15 Br*ad• 4x17 A218 4307 4432 16 1214 131 123XiXI 1235Cm 1535( I77￿) 177CW 177OJO Propvry M*w Prop*rtb other Fllel A5%ets 12 12 Page 13 of 18 TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 TEI as p•rmltt•d Uf•dwth•Titiqs Alt 2011 &133 PK)TE 2 Offeriffjs Grfi Ald l*84¢1es Gffts for CAP T•rnT*Qrth EWJ 47738 47738 51618 11873 695 2757 TE3 8*nk Interest HE8A Intefe man￿ R•fil•l I￿ornI V•¢dne Centrt Rent•l Inc4)m• 13 114Q) 152CA) 256 114(X) 2(X) 256 334 8147 14)TE 4 PeTsonal Purchtses r•knbThd InyJr•nce O•lm Equlpmont sold 81 2494 2494 10$ 14)TE S Pension coms Manse tosts Pr*•¢hlni F••5 Mlnlsterlal Candld*e Eyr M•ns• A•nt•l E¥peMlkw• 3303 4301 1391 359 1756 2464 $145 ll8 1756 14)TE 6 OUG8 Home Mimion 8MS World Misswi 5160 5160 5160 51( 2Q) 5160 5160 CAP T•mY4Qrth CAP br•dford CAP Clients Oi5cretlonary 9359 4620 335 335 3614 743 Page 14 of 18 TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 NOTE 7 Elertrkfty Gas W•tw Rate5 Cleanws Cleanin8 Matefi•1s Chuich Insurance other Premiws costs 1034 2316 2S3 1293 140 1293 140 33 537 218 18S7 218 1857 2642 12906 14110 NOTE 8 Sta￿Onery Telephone costs Ink & olher Equlpment Administr•tor Othev Admin crAts (see Note 10) 169 1635 1471 212 5407 165 1471 212 5407 1018 S441 119 li 11612 NOTE 9 OWF SollchNs C4klefS E5t•te I4ents Ind•mnity PolKy ￿*m￿M 4337 30 150 17 4337 1530 150 1017 The ¢vvernJnce cosls rel•te to the 5•1e ol the Oojthlll pitmlies. The soll*rys •re hltrr th4n orrfin•lty •nllcip•ted 4$ ule T*•$ WOtr•rted with fr￿ possibl* wrth•5or5 in¥otr¥•d. NOTE io Computer Softw•fe & W•bslt• Copyrwht Li¢ence 8U Subscrl¢thn Other ￿bScriptIOnS HEBA Payroll Seryk• F••s Books & Le•fi•ts Tea & Coffee conf•r*n￿ F••$ Inol minbt•rl 8enevolent Fund Musi¢ costs Other ff(•rns l•ll und•r £llXII 931 4$3 361 164 315 931 453 361 164 315 785 437 155 142 253 179 131 95 217 99 50 493 493 220 220 NOTE 11 The Dosthill Premises wer* sold in Ortober 2020 for a gross ¥alue of E85.(Kl). Th• prowrty was prv4iously induded in the Kcounts •t the inswed ¥•lue of £31)J.IXKI. Thi5 t5 why the ac¢ouftts in¢14th •n entry writi"r¢ down t￿ book kns of E215.C(*l. Th• costs r*lathry to t Sale of tknthill iot•lled £6.687. the M•1￿￿Y in nole 9 and £670 in thE yar to AW 2019. Page 15 of 18 TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 NOTE 12 The church is the beneficial owner Isut4ect to the rkn•nt tnJ5t) of the prowrty assets listed. The Custodian Trustee is Ht•rt of Ewland 8aptlst A550ciation Ich•rity no. 10805291. The ￿lue of the churth priyertv 15 the insuraKe value whKh weie re45sessed In the year to 31 Auiltst 2017. The value of the m•n5e 15 quoted as cost of wrth•se. NOTE 13 STAFF COSTS Sahries Penslon costs 20245 20245 3069 23314 18086 3303 21389 23314 NOTE 14 The Churth is a p•rtkip•tini emplryrfer In the 8•pdst Pension Sdwne I'the Scheme'l. whlch Is a st￿￿*te le841 entlty •dmini5tered ￿ th• P•nsion Tntst•e (Baptlst Penslon Trust Umlted). Th• •$s*ts of the sd￿n￿ •re held sekmratefy from th(M of the and the other rticipatin8 employer& The Scherne. prevTrousty known as the Baptlst MIn1￿er$, Penslon Fund, started ln 1925, but was closéd to future accTual of Defined Benefit IDBI Pkn wa5 a pension of one el¢htfjeih ol ffnal m•nlnwrn pensionable income for each year of pensionable seThke tofjethef Wlth •dditlonal in iespert of pr•ffllums wld on Pensk)n•bl• Incomo Sn •xc•ss of Mlnlmum Pensionable Incoft*. Since l J•nu•ry 2012. beneffts have been wtr4kled thrO￿h • Deflned Contr1t￿tIon (DCI PlarL A formal valuation ol the D8 Plin as at 31 December 2019 bv • yofesslonalty qualified Actuary usine the Projected Unit Method. At the valu•ts"on d•te the m•rket v•lue of the DB Pl•n assets was £298 rnlllion, vlhllrt th• I•￿ of •M•ts n••d• to p•y beneflts £316m. 8i%rfn¢ a deficit of £18m (equfvalent to a past SeThI￿ fwxllry level +Jf 94%). The Chureh •rid the other participating employers In ihe DB Plan are collectlvely reSp(￿lb1e for tundir¢ this deficlt. The next artuari•l valu•tion of the DB Pl•n wilhin the Scheme is due to take pl•ce not later than as at 31 December 2022. ur￿er the Scherne of ContrilMJtions, the churth m•kes • r￿rrthfy paym•nt In r•spert of the DB scheme defidi, currently £308, whth will tncreme in line with increases in Minimum Pension•ble Inconw. The Schedule of Contrlbutbons foresees these contritrmrtions contifiuini ufitll June 2026. The Church has bttn ath41s￿ th•t the estimated eost fof the clwrch to W their Pension Scherne liabllltles at 31 August 2021 was £33.7￿. Page 16 of 18 TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 _**Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts.**_ This is a report to the Trustees and members of Tamworth Baptist Church, Charity Number 1138677, on the accounts for the year ended 31[st] August 2021, set out on the preceding pages 13-17. The Charity’s Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is the examiner’s responsibility to: - Examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act. - To follow the procedures down laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145 (5) (b) of the Charities Act - To state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Page **17** of **18** TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020 Our examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below: In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attention: 1. Which gives us reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements: - To keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act: - To prepare accounts which accord with accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or 2. To which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Peter Birrell Leigh Bilson Independent Examiners. ## _**Thanks**_ Thanks to Peter and Leigh for their assistance with the accounts and to the finance team, David Thompson (Bookkeeper), Bill Smith (Receipts and banking), Esme Tickle (Gift aid and verification), Sue Silcock (Purchasing and verification) and Bev Smith (Payments). Setting the budget for 2022 has been challenging given the last two years have been highly unusual due to Covid-19. We look forward to welcoming a new minister in 2022 and will need to increase our income from offerings once the income from renting the manse ends. Part of the surplus from the current year has been put aside to help us balance the budget for the coming year should offerings not return to their former level. Finally thank you to everyone who has continued their financial support of the church and its activities. If you would like information on how you can give via the bank, gift aid your offering or have any questions about the church finances, please speak to Bev Smith or any of the Deacons. Page **18** of **18**