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**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** **TAR** 1 **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. **TAR** 2 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. **TAR** 3 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. **TAR** 4 **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 **TAR** 5 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 Tn￿te¢S prescni theirannual wort and a£counLS forth¢ y¢ar ¢ftd¢d 31 tk¢¢nts 2024. The btwd of trusttts are $8tisfi¢d the p¢rfo￿all￿ of the dLarity duritig the ycar alld the )5i¢ion at 31 Dw¢mb¢r 2024 aDd consid¢r that tb¢ charity is in a strong posiiion kn ¢ontittue its aciivitics duringthe corni￿ yEar, that th¢ chayitysossets are adtquaie to li￿51 its obligdtions. OBJECTIVES AND AcnvrriEs Thc ￿1￿]￿ obje£Éiv¢ of tb¢ thity is thc adv80¢em￿ of chri￿10￿ faith accorditt8 to Baptist pri[￿lpleS and itt aceordaDce with the knts of fsith ag Ér*e(L Tbc Ghariry may also carry out other cknitsbk p￿[￿$ ]￿th< Unit¢d Kingdomand oth￿par[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 s￿lfi￿lY for ¢bildr¢ll and young ptoplc cottducted iegulaTty Imbth on Sunday alld dwing the wc¢k. Pastoralvi8its I￿￿￿ed foi peopl£ ctstsf￿l￿ 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¢widedrCS￿v¢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.' OurAd*iwrt 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¢Don￿d GadsbY.r¢s1￿d December2024 Robert StiiveDs Jeremy JatviA Dallid CTraIl￿￿-￿Cgl8ttedM￿th202s Br•dford Avon B*pth¢ Cbwrtk Trnsttes AnTr¥J*l Report STRUCTURQ GOVERNANCE AF4D WAGEMENT Gthvtrnln% Document Bradford on AVOD Baptist cl￿TCh 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 ADn￿l Rqort and the fmattcial statrllJ¢nts" attordance Véith applicgbl¢ law and United Kingdom At£ountin¥ Srandards { Untl¢d KIngd￿n eJerRItyAcWtyjA¢¢￿ti￿g Pr&ctice). Th¢ trustec8 are to pr¢par¢ ruwic1￿ swert￿nts 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 a￿liCatiO of resc4rces, itiLludill8 tbe itic0￿e exp¢ndityrK of th¢ ¢Tr￿J18b1e c01x4)￿Y for that period. In pwYJrinB thG¥efinancial staicfflents, the tn￿￿t5 are r¢quir&J Lo.. - s￿￿t 5uitsble aceountin¥polici&s aod Opply th¢En ¢QLSiSletity. . obscrve rnethods andprinciples in the Chariiie5 SORP,. - jlldgernenL8 wjd C5r1r￿a[c5 thar arE jtasunable and prnden4 . st&te vknethcr3ppJicabkUK Ac¢outtllll8 Stalldllrds bRvebeen follow*£ svbiectto aLy i¢riai d¢pAtluTts di*losEd and explained in the rjn￿¢Jal siatwnen -prcp4r¢ the t￿￿10] st8tetMtson the going ¢oncwnbasiSwil￿g it is illapproptia* io priwne that the eh8ritabk coryrtDy will ¢oDtinuc in optrntiott. Th¢ Tn￿te¢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 8*d explain Ihc charitys Iransactions and etthle them to tnsure thai th¢ fknanclal staiemenL4 Gp[r￿lY with regulations mad¢ tbc ch￿ltieS Act. They are also responsiThle ti)r sate￿￿Td1UB 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 thebO￿d0ll emyjarvis Bradford on Avon BApttst Chureh Independent examiDeT'ts report to the rntmbeTS of Bradford Avon Baptist Church I rep(¥t o]J my txamIn￿lOn of th¢ at£ollkts of the djanty for th¢ y¢ar Etthd 31st I)e4wkn 2024 whictl arc set on p8es 4 to 8. ReSp0D￿bI1IdC4 Aadbmsts ofrepwt As th¢ charitys trustees you Hre respojwble for the prwara¢ion of th¢ ￿Ou￿ts ity ￿cOrd3￿ce with the U￿e]￿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[L￿b￿ DitrGtion6 giv￿ by the CbyJity Conynission undt¥ sectiott 14515Xbl of the ACL depeTtdtnt exarnlner's Stat￿Ment I bave C4)rylet¢d my ￿aMInation. l ¢otffiaJn that tto m&t¢[i￿ uknÈtcr5 hayc CQTne to my attenlioll in cOnt￿￿Ort wrth th¢ rxaminaiion which gives Jne c4use to believe th2t ity tn&t¢Tiai wpert. the accounting records w¢re tM)tkepi i# aC&)rdS￿wtth settion 130 of the Chariii¢B ACL or th¢ acwullts did notaccordwith the accoutttthg tecoids" o arwJTht% did not corWy with the appliuble re4lliremL￿ts 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 ittder*Thdeot ex8miLatsDJL V have Tho coTrccrns and h*v¢ 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 DeCem￿r 21)24 Utsrtstrtctod Rertricted Tothl knds Total Fu•ds F￿ndS Fundg 2024 2023 INCOME AND ENDOVIMENT8 FROM: from donats'(￿s and Icgacie5 Jwtyn¢ from ¢]JAritable I￿1￿]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¢¢oDdli*lioll of fNDdo: Totsl fu*ds at l JI￿ary 2024 43.474 43.474 41.536 Toial funds 1¢ 31 Dteembtr2024 56.496 56,496 Thqrrwm noT¢cognised gaiT￿ artd10$8rs othcrthall those sknwn in the Statrmrrt of Financial Actiwties. Br041ford Avon Bxpdst Church B*lwbce Shttt As ut 31 December 2024 2024 2023 Cwrcht Debb)r8 Cth at￿￿k aTMtill hand 46,360 54,119 100,479 54.430 31,564 85,994 Crators: f#likng d4e ory¢yeAr (43983) {42.520) Nettllrren* wets 56,496 43.474 Net U6ets 56.496 43.474 R￿￿t￿t￿ by: Ullrestrickl Ilmd$ 5A496 43.474 56.496 43.474 Apr￿Ved 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 prq￿red 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. Ill￿Me isbe recordd whr4L it knbeeD rec¢ivoxl. fjift aid t&x C￿CUlated 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¢cO￿￿sed 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 p￿￿7$100 of charitsbl¢ setvi£es. These C05LS Hre directly allocare4J ￿ *ctiwities. C08ts a$50¢iatcd Twiih the 8enual runThing of the charity which are noi &¢knbutable tts me4ing ch￿ilable objects uJLre8trI￿ fullds ¢on bcw¢d in a¢￿dIn¢¢ with theclJari¥bl¢ objects a( the di￿￿00 of thc tn￿le¢s. Restricted funds can unly be ￿ed for pRrticuJar pllry0s￿ within the obJ￿ts of tht (1￿11ty. Reétii¢tiotS 8T1*¢ whell 8pecifi¢d by the dotsor or Trth¢n are rais¢d for particular reutri¢l¢d pu4)oscy. Exp¢ndiiur¢ whi¢h t￿ets these Crit￿la is ctwged to th¢ fuJd. Fllrtb￿ £Tp1allail(￿ of the Daturc aTLd pU￿03e Df ea¢h folld is in¢lwled iti thenot¢S LO the fthaticiRI ¥tateD￿￿t6. Debtor¥ Debtots ar¢ rtto8nised at th¢ atDovnl du< PrEpayn*nrs ar¢ Vth￿l at 8tllOUDt pr¢p&Ed oet of any di5coutsts Creibtors &lld provisioLLS are re¢ogrri8d whcreth¢¢harityhas a pT*¢ntobligation reEolomg framapast evcni thai will prob&bly Irsult in the transfer of fwids 10 a thirdparty and ihe atnount ¢0 s¢rti¢ the obligation ¢8n b¢I￿sured or tstiDukd rEknabty. Th¢ cbarity is ¢xemptfrom on incomc ahd 8Nins fallin8withiD s¢ction 505 of thc Taxes Aci 1988 or sellio 252 of the Ttixatio]J of aJarge2ble Gallks A¢4 1992 to the exlcntthat thesB are aFvliedto its Ch￿Ilable obje¢ts. Th¢ prcparaiitin of th¢ financial 5Ealements requires rnanagernetti to mak¢ judgemtnÉ cstTmat¢s ond assiTllWtions th&taffÈci the r¢￿tt¢d. estiD¥les attd judgements are coDtlliuallyreviewed and al ba5edi)tt experi￿¢¢ and otherf1￿0T& includin8 ewctalions of fi]thr¢ ¢v¢nts that ar¢ kli￿ed to b¢ r¢asonable No sigllificant judgenk*ts have had to in prqbEriti8th¢5c finwxcial si&l£ments. Br•dford Dn Avon Blptixt Chllrch Notes to the Atcollnls For the ye&r eDdEd 31 D¢¢¢Dther 2(124 Z Income from doD8don$ aDdl¢EA¢I¢s Rtiirlrted 2024 2023 4,fflO 3.ot 3,000 3 VneonxfroTh ¢h*rlt#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£pa￿S 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 st*ff trust*er*mun¢ratlon #Ad EXPEW #ttd the c05t ofktYm￿￿Èe￿￿1tP*rl0nnej 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 c￿Sts are allocaEcd to 8¢uvities in proportion to therelated staffillg costs in¢utr&J and osc wbol]ychar8ed to uArcstricLtd fullds. Thr tibAtityttUS*es 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 cb*ity W$*¢ w¢ived pawt forprofcs8iottal orothtt sttvicGs supplicd to the tharity12023.. £nti). Thc ￿erage monthly head c{￿1bt￿￿5 112U23.. 1). All staff are involved in the runThing of thechariiies actiwtieÉ. Br*dford Avon B*ptlit 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￿ f*lllllg due T*tthln 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 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 Tn￿te¢S prescni theirannual wort and a£counLS forth¢ y¢ar ¢ftd¢d 31 tk¢¢nts 2024. The btwd of trusttts are $8tisfi¢d the p¢rfo￿all￿ of the dLarity duritig the ycar alld the )5i¢ion at 31 Dw¢mb¢r 2024 aDd consid¢r that tb¢ charity is in a strong posiiion kn ¢ontittue its aciivitics duringthe corni￿ yEar, that th¢ chayitysossets are adtquaie to li￿51 its obligdtions. OBJECTIVES AND AcnvrriEs Thc ￿1￿]￿ obje£Éiv¢ of tb¢ thity is thc adv80¢em￿ of chri￿10￿ faith accorditt8 to Baptist pri[￿lpleS and itt aceordaDce with the knts of fsith ag Ér*e(L Tbc Ghariry may also carry out other cknitsbk p￿[￿$ ]￿th< Unit¢d Kingdomand oth￿par[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 s￿lfi￿lY for ¢bildr¢ll and young ptoplc cottducted iegulaTty Imbth on Sunday alld dwing the wc¢k. Pastoralvi8its I￿￿￿ed foi peopl£ ctstsf￿l￿ 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¢widedrCS￿v¢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.' OurAd*iwrt 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¢Don￿d GadsbY.r¢s1￿d December2024 Robert StiiveDs Jeremy JatviA Dallid CTraIl￿￿-￿Cgl8ttedM￿th202s Br•dford Avon B*pth¢ Cbwrtk Trnsttes AnTr¥J*l Report STRUCTURQ GOVERNANCE AF4D WAGEMENT Gthvtrnln% Document Bradford on AVOD Baptist cl￿TCh 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 ADn￿l Rqort and the fmattcial statrllJ¢nts" attordance Véith applicgbl¢ law and United Kingdom At£ountin¥ Srandards { Untl¢d KIngd￿n eJerRItyAcWtyjA¢¢￿ti￿g Pr&ctice). Th¢ trustec8 are to pr¢par¢ ruwic1￿ swert￿nts 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 a￿liCatiO of resc4rces, itiLludill8 tbe itic0￿e exp¢ndityrK of th¢ ¢Tr￿J18b1e c01x4)￿Y for that period. In pwYJrinB thG¥efinancial staicfflents, the tn￿￿t5 are r¢quir&J Lo.. - s￿￿t 5uitsble aceountin¥polici&s aod Opply th¢En ¢QLSiSletity. . obscrve rnethods andprinciples in the Chariiie5 SORP,. - jlldgernenL8 wjd C5r1r￿a[c5 thar arE jtasunable and prnden4 . st&te vknethcr3ppJicabkUK Ac¢outtllll8 Stalldllrds bRvebeen follow*£ svbiectto aLy i¢riai d¢pAtluTts di*losEd and explained in the rjn￿¢Jal siatwnen -prcp4r¢ the t￿￿10] st8tetMtson the going ¢oncwnbasiSwil￿g it is illapproptia* io priwne that the eh8ritabk coryrtDy will ¢oDtinuc in optrntiott. Th¢ Tn￿te¢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 8*d explain Ihc charitys Iransactions and etthle them to tnsure thai th¢ fknanclal staiemenL4 Gp[r￿lY with regulations mad¢ tbc ch￿ltieS Act. They are also responsiThle ti)r sate￿￿Td1UB 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 thebO￿d0ll emyjarvis Bradford on Avon BApttst Chureh Independent examiDeT'ts report to the rntmbeTS of Bradford Avon Baptist Church I rep(¥t o]J my txamIn￿lOn of th¢ at£ollkts of the djanty for th¢ y¢ar Etthd 31st I)e4wkn 2024 whictl arc set on p8es 4 to 8. ReSp0D￿bI1IdC4 Aadbmsts ofrepwt As th¢ charitys trustees you Hre respojwble for the prwara¢ion of th¢ ￿Ou￿ts ity ￿cOrd3￿ce with the U￿e]￿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[L￿b￿ DitrGtion6 giv￿ by the CbyJity Conynission undt¥ sectiott 14515Xbl of the ACL depeTtdtnt exarnlner's Stat￿Ment I bave C4)rylet¢d my ￿aMInation. l ¢otffiaJn that tto m&t¢[i￿ uknÈtcr5 hayc CQTne to my attenlioll in cOnt￿￿Ort wrth th¢ rxaminaiion which gives Jne c4use to believe th2t ity tn&t¢Tiai wpert. the accounting records w¢re tM)tkepi i# aC&)rdS￿wtth settion 130 of the Chariii¢B ACL or th¢ acwullts did notaccordwith the accoutttthg tecoids" o arwJTht% did not corWy with the appliuble re4lliremL￿ts 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 ittder*Thdeot ex8miLatsDJL V have Tho coTrccrns and h*v¢ 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 DeCem￿r 21)24 Utsrtstrtctod Rertricted Tothl knds Total Fu•ds F￿ndS Fundg 2024 2023 INCOME AND ENDOVIMENT8 FROM: from donats'(￿s and Icgacie5 Jwtyn¢ from ¢]JAritable I￿1￿]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¢¢oDdli*lioll of fNDdo: Totsl fu*ds at l JI￿ary 2024 43.474 43.474 41.536 Toial funds 1¢ 31 Dteembtr2024 56.496 56,496 Thqrrwm noT¢cognised gaiT￿ artd10$8rs othcrthall those sknwn in the Statrmrrt of Financial Actiwties. Br041ford Avon Bxpdst Church B*lwbce Shttt As ut 31 December 2024 2024 2023 Cwrcht Debb)r8 Cth at￿￿k aTMtill hand 46,360 54,119 100,479 54.430 31,564 85,994 Crators: f#likng d4e ory¢yeAr (43983) {42.520) Nettllrren* wets 56,496 43.474 Net U6ets 56.496 43.474 R￿￿t￿t￿ by: Ullrestrickl Ilmd$ 5A496 43.474 56.496 43.474 Apr￿Ved 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 prq￿red 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. Ill￿Me isbe recordd whr4L it knbeeD rec¢ivoxl. fjift aid t&x C￿CUlated 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¢cO￿￿sed 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 p￿￿7$100 of charitsbl¢ setvi£es. These C05LS Hre directly allocare4J ￿ *ctiwities. C08ts a$50¢iatcd Twiih the 8enual runThing of the charity which are noi &¢knbutable tts me4ing ch￿ilable objects uJLre8trI￿ fullds ¢on bcw¢d in a¢￿dIn¢¢ with theclJari¥bl¢ objects a( the di￿￿00 of thc tn￿le¢s. Restricted funds can unly be ￿ed for pRrticuJar pllry0s￿ within the obJ￿ts of tht (1￿11ty. Reétii¢tiotS 8T1*¢ whell 8pecifi¢d by the dotsor or Trth¢n are rais¢d for particular reutri¢l¢d pu4)oscy. Exp¢ndiiur¢ whi¢h t￿ets these Crit￿la is ctwged to th¢ fuJd. Fllrtb￿ £Tp1allail(￿ of the Daturc aTLd pU￿03e Df ea¢h folld is in¢lwled iti thenot¢S LO the fthaticiRI ¥tateD￿￿t6. Debtor¥ Debtots ar¢ rtto8nised at th¢ atDovnl du< PrEpayn*nrs ar¢ Vth￿l at 8tllOUDt pr¢p&Ed oet of any di5coutsts Creibtors &lld provisioLLS are re¢ogrri8d whcreth¢¢harityhas a pT*¢ntobligation reEolomg framapast evcni thai will prob&bly Irsult in the transfer of fwids 10 a thirdparty and ihe atnount ¢0 s¢rti¢ the obligation ¢8n b¢I￿sured or tstiDukd rEknabty. Th¢ cbarity is ¢xemptfrom on incomc ahd 8Nins fallin8withiD s¢ction 505 of thc Taxes Aci 1988 or sellio 252 of the Ttixatio]J of aJarge2ble Gallks A¢4 1992 to the exlcntthat thesB are aFvliedto its Ch￿Ilable obje¢ts. Th¢ prcparaiitin of th¢ financial 5Ealements requires rnanagernetti to mak¢ judgemtnÉ cstTmat¢s ond assiTllWtions th&taffÈci the r¢￿tt¢d. estiD¥les attd judgements are coDtlliuallyreviewed and al ba5edi)tt experi￿¢¢ and otherf1￿0T& includin8 ewctalions of fi]thr¢ ¢v¢nts that ar¢ kli￿ed to b¢ r¢asonable No sigllificant judgenk*ts have had to in prqbEriti8th¢5c finwxcial si&l£ments. Br•dford Dn Avon Blptixt Chllrch Notes to the Atcollnls For the ye&r eDdEd 31 D¢¢¢Dther 2(124 Z Income from doD8don$ aDdl¢EA¢I¢s Rtiirlrted 2024 2023 4,fflO 3.ot 3,000 3 VneonxfroTh ¢h*rlt#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£pa￿S 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 st*ff trust*er*mun¢ratlon #Ad EXPEW #ttd the c05t ofktYm￿￿Èe￿￿1tP*rl0nnej 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 c￿Sts are allocaEcd to 8¢uvities in proportion to therelated staffillg costs in¢utr&J and osc wbol]ychar8ed to uArcstricLtd fullds. Thr tibAtityttUS*es 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 cb*ity W$*¢ w¢ived pawt forprofcs8iottal orothtt sttvicGs supplicd to the tharity12023.. £nti). Thc ￿erage monthly head c{￿1bt￿￿5 112U23.. 1). All staff are involved in the runThing of thechariiies actiwtieÉ. Br*dford Avon B*ptlit 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￿ f*lllllg due T*tthln 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