2024-12-31-accounts - Bradford On Avon Baptist Church

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Period end date Day 31 Month 12 Year 2024

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name BRADFORD ON AVON BAPTIST CHURCH

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1140976

Charity's principal address OLD BAPTIST CHAPEL

BRADFORD ON AVON WILTSHIRE Postcode BA15 1DA

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	JeremyJarvis	ELDER
	Ian McDonald	DEACON
	Mark Hope	DEACON
	Jeremydu Toit	DEACON

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document RULES AND REGULATIONS

(e.g., trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted ASSOCIATION (e.g., trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

TRUSTEES APPOINTED AT CHURCH MEMBERS MEETING (e.g., appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

THE MAIN OBJECT OF THE CHURCH IS TO SEEK TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN LINE WITH BAPTIST PRINCIPLES IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR BASIS OF FAITH.

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its THE CHURCH ALSO CARRIES OUT CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN THE governing document UK AND ABROAD.

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THE CHURCHES MAIN ACTIVITIES ARE SUNDAY SERVICES, MORNING AND EVENING.

THERE IS ALSO A MID WEEK PRAYER MEETING, ONE CHILDRENS CLUB, PROMOTION OF MISSION AND CHRISTIAN CHARITY MEETINGS, MUMS AND TOTS GROUP, HOME AND HOSPITAL VISITS FOR ILL AND ELDERLY, LADIES BIBLE DISCUSION GROUPS,

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grant making;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

BECAUSE OF THE SPIRITUAL NATURE OF THE CHURCHS’ WORK & OBJCTIVES, ACHIEVMENTS CANNOT ALWAYS BE QUANTIFIED AS WITH SAY A BUISNESS.

AT CHRISTMAS WE PUT ON A CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE.

ALSO, AT CHRISTMAS AND EASTER WE DISTRIBUTED BOOKS AND LEAFLETS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

THE MUMS AND TOTS GROUP HAS RUN WELL AGAIN AND A TEA AND CAKE SESSION WAS PUT ON AT CHRISTMAS FOR FAMALIES TO ATTEND.

BIBLE TEACHING GROUPS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC WERE RUN ON THE CHAPEL PREMESIS THROUGH THE SUMMER MONTHS.

THE CHURCH FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED 11 MISSION ORGANISATIONS.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

The charity holds sufficient funds in reserve to meet its immediate ongoing expenditure. The trustees allocate any available surplus in support of selected Christian organisations or missionary work.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) MARK LEONARD HOPE

Position (e.g., Secretary, Chair, DEACON etc)

Date 3rd December 2024

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Charity number 1140976 Bradford on Avon Baptist Church R¢port and Accounts For the Year Ended 31 Dccember 2024 Oakemjen Llmited Chartered AccouJJt8nts Bryer Ash Busine&8 Park Trowbridge Wiltsbir¢ BA14 8HF,

BrAdford OD Avon BAptlst Church TM5tee5 Annual Report The Tnte¢S prescni theirannual wort and a£counLS forth¢ y¢ar ¢ftd¢d 31 tk¢¢nts 2024. The btwd of trusttts are $8tisfi¢d the p¢rfoall of the dLarity duritig the ycar alld the )5i¢ion at 31 Dw¢mb¢r 2024 aDd consid¢r that tb¢ charity is in a strong posiiion kn ¢ontittue its aciivitics duringthe corni yEar, that th¢ chayitysossets are adtquaie to li51 its obligdtions. OBJECTIVES AND AcnvrriEs Thc 1] obje£Éiv¢ of tb¢ thity is thc adv80¢em of chri10 faith accorditt8 to Baptist pri[lpleS and itt aceordaDce with the knts of fsith ag Ére(L Tbc Ghariry may also carry out other cknitsbk p[$ ]th< Unit¢d Kingdomand othpar[S of tbe wodd. ACIUEVEMENTS AND PERFORhIANCE Public sctvitts of worship hive k¢n h¢ld ¢v¢ry Sunday through the year. Activiiies and rn¢¢¢ing5 slfilY for ¢bildr¢ll and young ptoplc cottducted iegulaTty Imbth on Sunday alld dwing the wc¢k. Pastoralvi8its Ied foi peopl£ ctstsfl to thir honKs or in hospital. PUBLIC B£NEFIT In settittg obiectivts attd plajjtiitig ctivitiEs the trU&ttts havc tskcD note of th¢ Clwity CotiYwssioTL guidoDC¢ on public b¢n¢fit. The cTrwity aims to pmvid¢ to th¢ public and M&DkiD 8eThice& advi¢¢ alld itifoLtytion aly)ut th¢ Chrisri2tt f2ith. Ft¥ANCIAL REVIEW The rharitymade an Operau0n SUTplus of £13,02211023 -£1.938). The uDrestriGre41 op¢ratuJg fund rvprescttts the chaTiW$ fr¢ r¢s¢rv¢s, are rthined to prtividc iniriol funding for ¢lwitable a£tiviti¢8 uknd runDittg costs of th¢ ¢hur¢h. This fyttd ho8 In¢5] lo £56.496. The thmties resetvepolicy is to have unr¢widedrCSv¢S ot' least 6Yth)ttths expellth. PLANS FOR FUTURE PEIUODS The Gbarity ¥ll seek to continue to d¢v¢lop the prfotTwice of its objettivcx wovide benefft illthe local ¢omllJunity. REFERENCE AND ADMtNISTRATIVE DETAILS 1140976 Stmargarets StrEEL Br&dfOTd{ Avon, BA15 IDA Rewstsred Offi¢r.' OurAdiwrt Okn Liwited. BryerAsh Busities&PaTL Trowbridg¢ Wilrsbir4 BA14 8HE LSoyd8 Batti Fore Stre<( Trowknidg4 Wiltshir¢ Tru%t£e E]¢ct¢d uNste Mark Hop¢ [anM¢Dond GadsbY.r¢s1d December2024 Robert StiiveDs Jeremy JatviA Dallid CTraIl-Cgl8ttedMth202s

Br•dford Avon Bpth¢ Cbwrtk Trnsttes AnTr¥Jl Report STRUCTURQ GOVERNANCE AF4D WAGEMENT Gthvtrnln% Document Bradford on AVOD Baptist clTCh is a ch•ity, rewmered with the Charity Comissioll for Euglathd aDd Wales from 22 March 2011. AppolntDTeni oftrn%tet4 Ncw trustCLS arc sclrctcd atLd llpP)jnt by th¢ ¢hurcth nKmbers. for an itjdcfittitr ptrtod of lknatti6atronal sthTethre Daykn dsymanaguntntis dclcgatcd to the clmrcb officrywho arethetru5tee RESPONSIBIL[Es OF THE TRUSTEES Th¢ tnJst¢C8 arcrespoLsli >le CUT pr¢pBrinB th¢ Trustres ADnl Rqort and the fmattcial statrllJ¢nts" attordance Véith applicgbl¢ law and United Kingdom At£ountin¥ Srandards { Untl¢d KIngdn eJerRItyAcWtyjA¢¢tig Pr&ctice). Th¢ trustec8 are to pr¢par¢ ruwic1 swertnts for each fththcial ycaT Ivhich givc A thte ond fa virw of th¢ smtc of affair8 of thc charitable company and of Ehe incoming T¢sources and aliCatiO of resc4rces, itiLludill8 tbe itic0e exp¢ndityrK of th¢ ¢TrJ18b1e c01x4)Y for that period. In pwYJrinB thG¥efinancial staicfflents, the tnt5 are r¢quir&J Lo.. - st 5uitsble aceountin¥polici&s aod Opply th¢En ¢QLSiSletity. . obscrve rnethods andprinciples in the Chariiie5 SORP,. - jlldgernenL8 wjd C5r1ra[c5 thar arE jtasunable and prnden4 . st&te vknethcr3ppJicabkUK Ac¢outtllll8 Stalldllrds bRvebeen follow£ svbiectto aLy i¢riai d¢pAtluTts dilosEd and explained in the rjn¢Jal siatwnen -prcp4r¢ the t10] st8tetMtson the going ¢oncwnbasiSwilg it is illapproptia io priwne that the eh8ritabk coryrtDy will ¢oDtinuc in optrntiott. Th¢ Tnte¢S are also responsibl¢ for rnaimtaining adequatr a¢collntirtg re¢ords F4ttch disclo w&th rt¥son•ble accuracy at attytillJE the fiDallcia] position of the Chatiry which wfficielltto Show 8d explain Ihc charitys Iransactions and etthle them to tnsure thai th¢ fknanclal staiemenL4 Gp[rlY with regulations mad¢ tbc chltieS Act. They are also responsiThle ti)r sateTd1UB the ass¢ts ol tbe cbarity and for rakifjg r¢asunablc gieps COT the pr¢v¢ntioD And detectiort of ft7ud aDd Mr David Oakens£n FCA of Oaken£en Limi*dwAs Hppointrdas independeni examitttt forth¢year. This rqjottwasllpproved by thebOd0ll emyjarvis

Bradford on Avon BApttst Chureh Independent examiDeT'ts report to the rntmbeTS of Bradford Avon Baptist Church I rep(¥t o]J my txamInlOn of th¢ at£ollkts of the djanty for th¢ y¢ar Etthd 31st I)e4wkn 2024 whictl arc set on p8es 4 to 8. ReSp0DbI1IdC4 Aadbmsts ofrepwt As th¢ charitys trustees you Hre respojwble for the prwara¢ion of th¢ Outs ity cOrd3ce with the Ue]enLs of the Chwitit8 Act2011 (khe ACVI. I t¢port t¢spwt uf myexathiD#iioD of the chaTitys accoutyts cwried out under s¢aioll 145 of th¢ 2011 Ad in CWrylD8 Out my cxamination. I have fouowtd all the app[Lb DitrGtion6 giv by the CbyJity Conynission undt¥ sectiott 14515Xbl of the ACL depeTtdtnt exarnlner's StatMent I bave C4)rylet¢d my aMInation. l ¢otffiaJn that tto m&t¢[i uknÈtcr5 hayc CQTne to my attenlioll in cOntOrt wrth th¢ rxaminaiion which gives Jne c4use to believe th2t ity tn&t¢Tiai wpert. the accounting records w¢re tM)tkepi i# aC&)rdSwtth settion 130 of the Chariii¢B ACL or th¢ acwullts did notaccordwith the accoutttthg tecoids" o arwJTht% did not corWy with the appliuble re4lliremLts COllC£Tning th¢ form and content of a¢counts set out in the CtrLariti&s (Acuunts and Rerrf%l Regulations 2008 other dwi requirtnrnt that the ts a'irnE attd viewwhith is notamatter considered aspart of an ittderThdeot ex8miLatsDJL V have Tho coTrccrns and hv¢ Mrtte a¢to&s no other malteTS in conn¢ctioll the exarrination ty whith &tt¢nlion should bc drawi in ihis T¢rE in OTdtt to en3ble apropErund¢x5thndiThg of thc accotsnts 10 be reached. DaNid Oakcnscn FCA Ittdependent Ex&Trill¢r Oakenien Llmlted CbRrtercd Accounullts BryerAsh Rusitte6s Patk Trowbrid8e Viltskirc 8A14 8HE

Brfidfrlrd on Avon Bxptlst Chur¢h StatemeNt of Financi AttivKties For tht ye#r ¥Md¢d 31 DeCemr 21)24 Utsrtstrtctod Rertricted Tothl knds Total Fu•ds FndS Fundg 2024 2023 INCOME AND ENDOVIMENT8 FROM: from donats'(s and Icgacie5 Jwtyn¢ from ¢]JAritable I1]lleS ank int¢re6l 3,000 82.835 91066 92.066 441 TOTAL INCOME AND ENDOWMEPTrs 96507 96.507 85,835 XPENDITtIRE ON: aritableactivitrs 80292 3,193 80392 3,193 80131 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 83.485 83,485 83,897 Netl•wm¢ 13.Q22 13,022 1.938 13,022 13,022 1,938 R¢¢oDdlilioll of fNDdo: Totsl fuds at l JIary 2024 43.474 43.474 41.536 Toial funds 1¢ 31 Dteembtr2024 56.496 56,496 Thqrrwm noT¢cognised gaiT artd10$8rs othcrthall those sknwn in the Statrmrrt of Financial Actiwties.

Br041ford Avon Bxpdst Church Blwbce Shttt As ut 31 December 2024 2024 2023 Cwrcht Debb)r8 Cth atk aTMtill hand 46,360 54,119 100,479 54.430 31,564 85,994 Crators: f#likng d4e ory¢yeAr (43983) {42.520) Nettllrren wets 56,496 43.474 Net U6ets 56.496 43.474 Rtt by: Ullrestrickl Ilmd$ 5A496 43.474 56.496 43.474 AprVed byth¢ board on......

BradfoTd OTh Avom Blptht Church Plotts to the Atcount5 Foythe year eDd¢d 31 December 2t124 The charity ¢onsiiMtes a pthlic {trI( cntity as drfined by FRS 102. The statements havc bce prqred in accordance wilb A¢¢ouDting and Rwortstig by Charititt.. StalemeDt i)f Re¢uttMtrDded Pnctict applicable to chariti¢s pr¢pariThg Ih¢iraccoun18 tti at¢OTdance with th¢ Financial R4)trrting Standard appli¢ablc the Unit£d Kingdi>m Republi¢ of ITEJBud IFRS 102) issued L6 July 2014, th¢ FitiaThcid Reportitig StsLdard app1[ble the Utiilfd Kingdom R¢public of Irel&nd IFRS 1021, th¢ Chariiies Act 201 l. the Coffpanies Act 2006 SDd UK Gelletally Accepted Practir¢ asitapplies froTtL l Jaow 2015. IllMe isbe recordd whr4L it knbeeD rec¢ivoxl. fjift aid t&x CCUlated on the a¢(¥uals basis to thai thE funds are retord¢d ill the perithl to which th¢ gift atd relat¢& Resoury¢s expellded Ire r¢cOsed iti thc p¢riod thry are iDCUTred attd llkcbmie any attrkbutabk VAT which otbe recovwvj. Costs which art diftCLly attributable to rneetiME ¢harithble obitets clts8ifid as p7$100 of charitsbl¢ setvi£es. These C05LS Hre directly allocare4J ctiwities. C08ts a$50¢iatcd Twiih the 8enual runThing of the charity which are noi &¢knbutable tts me4ing chilable objects uJLre8trI fullds ¢on bcw¢d in a¢dIn¢¢ with theclJari¥bl¢ objects a( the di00 of thc tnle¢s. Restricted funds can unly be ed for pRrticuJar pllry0s within the obJts of tht (111ty. Reétii¢tiotS 8T1¢ whell 8pecifi¢d by the dotsor or Trth¢n are rais¢d for particular reutri¢l¢d pu4)oscy. Exp¢ndiiur¢ whi¢h tets these Critla is ctwged to th¢ fuJd. Fllrtb £Tp1allail( of the Daturc aTLd pU03e Df ea¢h folld is in¢lwled iti thenot¢S LO the fthaticiRI ¥tateDt6. Debtor¥ Debtots ar¢ rtto8nised at th¢ atDovnl du< PrEpaynnrs ar¢ Vthl at 8tllOUDt pr¢p&Ed oet of any di5coutsts Creibtors &lld provisioLLS are re¢ogrri8d whcreth¢¢harityhas a pT¢ntobligation reEolomg framapast evcni thai will prob&bly Irsult in the transfer of fwids 10 a thirdparty and ihe atnount ¢0 s¢rti¢ the obligation ¢8n b¢Isured or tstiDukd rEknabty. Th¢ cbarity is ¢xemptfrom on incomc ahd 8Nins fallin8withiD s¢ction 505 of thc Taxes Aci 1988 or sellio 252 of the Ttixatio]J of aJarge2ble Gallks A¢4 1992 to the exlcntthat thesB are aFvliedto its ChIlable obje¢ts. Th¢ prcparaiitin of th¢ financial 5Ealements requires rnanagernetti to mak¢ judgemtnÉ cstTmat¢s ond assiTllWtions th&taffÈci the r¢tt¢d. estiD¥les attd judgements are coDtlliuallyreviewed and al ba5edi)tt experi¢¢ and otherf10T& includin8 ewctalions of fi]thr¢ ¢v¢nts that ar¢ klied to b¢ r¢asonable No sigllificant judgenk*ts have had to in prqbEriti8th¢5c finwxcial si&l£ments.

Br•dford Dn Avon Blptixt Chllrch Notes to the Atcollnls For the ye&r eDdEd 31 D¢¢¢Dther 2(124 Z Income from doD8don$ aDdl¢EA¢I¢s Rtiirlrted 2024 2023 4,fflO 3.ot 3,000 3 VneonxfroTh ¢hrlt#blt aedvltle Uurtstrletel Restritted 21124 2023 OtTerill$ Gift aid refund 71J40 J5,309 S.417 92.066 71,340 15J09 5.417 91066 6&429 14,406 82.835 Ewnthture op ¢hsrltabit a¢thltlts Uarestyl¢ted Restrl¢ted 2024 2023 WagegaDd58JaTi¢S PJ5wr in Tr#inirL Visiting Sptsktrs Trnvel 34.667 34.667 33 J40 9.874 704 13.3(4J 6.8IKJ 71)4 13,300 800 308 3.386 755 7.8J2 1500 80392 135IM) 7.408 533 3,124 6,266 3265 fjits to ChristifiTr th8ri(ie4 Yourtg P¢oplt'5 Wlwk atsd heat Insurance Building r£paS Illt¢rnBtiÈp costs 3J86 6,755 7,812 iJoo 80292 80231 5 Othvexpendture Ullrestrlrtgd Restrftted 2024 2023 Office cxpcnse5 Aecollthtancy B¥nk charge8 1.905 1.200 88 1,905 1,21NJ 1.056 3.193 3.193 3ffi66 6 of stff trustermun¢ratlon #Ad EXPEW #ttd the c05t ofktYmÈe1tPrl0nnej 1024 2023 Staff &ilariEs Ld wage5 34.667 34.667 33J40 33.340 No ¢mployres had e4t4)loyEe beDEfits in ¢x¢e&% of £60,000 12023: £nil). PeA%ion cSts are allocaEcd to 8¢uvities in proportion to therelated staffillg costs in¢utr&J and osc wbol]ychar8ed to uArcstricLtd fullds. Thr tibAtityttUSes WEre uot plid orreceived any dber bettcfits employllwii vrilb the Trustorirs Yjthsidixry i th£ year12023.. £Thill D¢ith¢rw¢rc tbey rclmbutsed expetLses dvtillg th¢y¢ar (2023.. £nil). No cbity W$*¢ w¢ived pawt forprofcs8iottal orothtt sttvicGs supplicd to the tharity12023.. £nti). Thc erage monthly head c{1bt5 112U23.. 1). All staff are involved in the runThing of thechariiies actiwtieÉ.

Brdford Avon Bptlit Chureh Notes to the AccollThts Forthe yt8r eDdtd 31 Decemb¢r 2024 7 DebttyTi 21114 2023 Gxtt4idtax clait (Mh&" d¢b( 14885 31.475 46360 31,925 22.505 54.430 I credIt flllllg due Ttthln one y¢4r 2024 2tt1 Othey creditors 43.983 42520 Bthnc¢ a¥ at Outgothg Tewurcet ruoNrre6 2024 trAllife trAn8fets 31 DEc¢mb¢r 2014 43.474 96J07 (83.4¥5) 56,496 43.474 56.496