Maghull Baptist Church – Trustee Report 2020
Maghull Baptist Church
Hall Lane
Liverpool, L31 3DY
Charity Commission Registration Number – 1144187
## **1) Maghull Baptist Church (** hereafter referred to as The Church):
The Church means members of the charitable unincorporated association known as Maghull Baptist Church. 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 carryout other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and or other parts of the world.
In fulfilment of its purpose the Church will engage in a range of activities either on its own or with others that will vary from time to time with activities being initiated, expanded, or closed as appropriate.
## **2) Activities and Objectives:**
The activities of Maghull Baptist Church were adversely affected by the onset of Covid-19 during which time Church meetings at the physical location of the Church buildings was suspended from March 2020 until July 2021. Church activities, fellowship and prayer was conducted via ZOOM where possible.
Notwithstanding the restrictions the usual Activities and Objectives of the Maghull Baptist Church under normal circumstances are as follows:
- Regular worship, prayer, Bible study, preaching and teaching;
- Baptism as defined in the Baptist Union’s Declaration of Principle;
- The Communion of the Lord’s Supper which shall normally observed at least one a month;
- Evangelism and mission, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally;
- The teaching, encouragement welcome and inclusion of young people;
- Nurture and growth of Christian disciples;
- Education and training for Christian and Community Service;
- Giving and encouraging pastoral care, supporting and encouraging charitable social action in the United Kingdom and abroad;
- Encouraging relationships with and supporting Baptists and other Christians.
## **3) Appointment and Resignation of Trustees:**
Trustees include all Deacons and Elders. The Church Secretary and Church Treasurer shall be appointed from those who hold office of Deacon. The Deacons function shall be the administration of temporal affairs including finance, property, stewarding, legal matters and support of the Eldership in the oversight of the Church.
The Church Members meeting will appoint Charity Trustees to be responsible for the governance of the Church and where there is a Minister that person is a Charity Trustee because of their role and responsibilities. Subject to any general directions of the Church Member’s Meeting (CMM) the control, management and administration of the Church shall be by the Charity Trustees.
Charity Trustees will be chosen from among Church Members with the maximum number of Charity Trustees being agreed from time to time by the Church Member’s Meeting (CMM).
The Church Members Meeting (CMM) shall arrange for the appointment of a Church Secretary and Church Treasurer (or equivalents) who by the nature of their responsibilities be Charity Trustees.
During the finance year 2020 one trustee who was the Church Secretary passed on, six trustees stood down from their roles, and six Church Members were co-opted temporarily to leadership role.
Revd. Keith Parr (Church Minister) stood down Richard Cooper stood down Graham Clarke stood down Barry Fawcett stood down Kate Higham stood down Angela Bowler (Treasurer) stood down Rob Bond (Church Secretary) passed during the year
Therefore, the remaining serving trustees are: Charles Otim (acting Treasurer)
Phil Ball (acting Church Secretary)
As a result of a number of resignations from Church membership and the Trusteeship of Maghull Baptist Church, the following Church members were co-opted into the leadership of the Church:
Revd. Phil Jump (NWBA) co-opted as Church Moderator Katie Evans (Family worker) co-opted as Church Leader Jan Halksworth co-opted as Church Leader Colin Wright co-opted as Church Leader Mark Shallcross co-opted as Church Leader George Bullfield co-opted as Church Leader
## **4) Achievements and Performance:**
Please refer also to the 2019 report submitted.
Many of the face-to-face activities of the Church were curtailed because of Covid-19 lock-down, but where possible Church activities were conducted via ZOOM.
The Church activities that could not be carried out are The Bridge Café, The MADUKES Ukulele, Mothers & Toddlers group, various Youth Groups, Church attendance by university students from Edge Hill University, the table tennis club, the Walking Group, u3a meetings, the local car boot sale meeting.
However, the Church continued to deliver its core activities based around Sunday Worship (both morning and evening worship and prayer fellowship), House Group / Bible study group meetings, some youth fellowship / teaching meetings via ZOOM.
Despite the lockdown, the Church continued to support activities and Charities abroad including To Kenya With Love (TKWL) and projects in Moldova via the Church based in Dancu, Moldova
In addition, the Church has continued to focus on a range of activities in supporting local community and employs a part-time family worker who continued to make connections with families and build support networks with the other local organisations such as local super markets and The Food Bank.
## **5) Financial Review:**
A full set of Independently Examined accounts has been submitted for review with this report.
Charles Amai Otim
Trustee
Maghull Baptist Church
## Maghull Baptist Church
Registered Charity No 1144187
## Financial statement for the year ending 31 December 2020
## Church Account
|**Note**
**2020**
**Receipts**
General offerings
61445
Tax Recovered : Gift Aid Donations
16708
Donations and Other Income
2
16585
Raised for other causes
3
6170
100909
**Payments**
Stipend and Expenses
4
28495
Manse Expenses
5
4197
Church Maintenance
6
19014
Youth Work
7
880
Evangelism
8
1303
Mission Support
11
15955
Administration
9
8181
Caring Fund Gifts
0
Other Staff
10
18683
Minibus Expenses
598
Pension Deficit
2724
Other Expenses
12
100029
Surplus/(deficit) for the year
879
Transfers from Investment A/C
Transfers to Investment A/C
Transfers from Deposit A/C
22200
Transfers to Deposit A/C
(22,708)
Surplus/(deficit) for year retained in Current A/C
371
Balance brought forward 2019
2706
Balance carried forward 2021
3077
Designated Specified External Organisations
Receipts
Mission and Harvest
6655
6655
Payments
Mission and Harvest
11
3655|**2019**
78274
16271
24531
2500|
|---|---|
||121576|
||30201
7619
19486
3149
3899
18742
7457
445
17378
1341
3983
0|
||113700|
||7876
0
(3,000)
21423
(24,971)|
||1,328|
||1,378|
||2706|
||6442|
||6442|
||6442|
|3655
Surplus/(deficit) for the year
3000
Balance brought forward 2019
0
Balance carried forward 2021
3,000
**Barclays Deposit Accounts**
Note
**2020**
Receipts
From Current A/C
22708
Deposit A/C Interest
12
22720
Payments
To Current A/C
22200
22200
Surplus/(deficit) for the year
520
Balance brought forward 2019
18352
Balance carried forward 2020
18872
**BU Corporation Deposit A/C**
**Note**
**2020**
Receipts
From Current A/C
Investment A/C Interest
50
50
Payments
To Current A/C
0
Surplus/(deficit) for the year
50
Balance brought forward 2018
15459
Balance carried forward 2020
15509
**Statement of Assets and Liabilities at December 2020**
**Note**
**2020**
**Assets**
Bank Balances
Current A/C
3077
Deposit A/C
18872||6442|
|---|---|---|
|||0|
|||0|
||**2019**
24971
38||
||25009||
||21423
21423
3586
14766
18352
**2019**
3000
116||
||3116||
||0||
||0||
||3,116
12343||
||15459||
||**2019**
2706
18352||
|BU Corporation Deposit A/C
**Non Monetary Assets**
13
**Liabilities**
14|21949
15509.09
37458
2150448
0|21058
15459|
|---|---|---|
|||36517
2150448
0|
The statement of assets and liabilities set out on pages 1 to 2 relating to the year ending 31st December 2020, are as approved by all the Trustees
Signed by :
A Bowler Church Treasurer
## Notes to the Accounts
- 1 Basis of accounts: These accounts have been prepared on a 'receipts and payments basis' and accord with S42(3) Charities Act 1993.
|2
Donations and Other income
From U3A
Other Donations
Furlough Grant
Other Income
3
Raised for other causes
Moldova
TKWL
Childrens Society
Gifts - Parrs
4
Ministers Stipend and Expenses
Stipend
Church Pension Contributions
Expenses|**2020**
2046
1807
12634
98
16585.41
35
5700
435
6170
22454.88
5783.54
256.16
28494.58|**2019**
5180
16304
3047|
|---|---|---|
|||24531|
|||997
1413
100|
|||2500|
|||21928
5688
2585|
|||30201|
|5
Manses Expenses
Council Tax/Water Rates
Repairs & Renewals
Telephone
Gas & Electricty
6
Church Maintenance
Heat Light & Water
Repairs & Renewals
Church Cleaning
7
Youth Work
Knock
SS/Materials/Books
B Tales
Urban Saints
8
Evangelism
Worship
Speakers
Community Events
9
Administration
General
Membership Fees
10 Other Staff
Admin
Family Worker
Family Worker Expenses|2367.74
0.00
751.02
1078.67
4197.43
4656.26
9181.93
5176.27
19014.46
10
400
469
880
772.55
170.00
360.00
1302.55
6230.73
1950.42
8181.15
6828.00
11012.70
842.45
18683.15|2689
3324
785
821|
|---|---|---|
|||7619|
|||6047
8581
4858|
|||19486|
|||2016
373
520
240|
|||3149|
|||880
775
2244|
|||3899|
|||5630
1827|
|||7457|
|||7038
9036
1304|
|||17378|
## 11 Mission Support
|ission Support|||
|---|---|---|
|From Current A/C
Dedicated Gifts from Members|12300
920
13220|12300
6442|
|||18742|
_The main recipients of this support have been The Baptist Missionary Society, Home Mission Fund and Breadline_
## 12 Other Expenses Equipment / Music
N Bible College
0 0
## 13 Non-Monetary Assets
The Church is the beneficial owner (subject to the relevant trusts) of the following assets, the legal title to which is held by the churches Custodian trustee, The North West Baptist Association
|Maghull Baptist Church, Hall Lane, Maghull
Contents of Church
76 Northway, Maghull
14 Liabilities at 31st December
Administration|_Insurance Values_
1823837
1823837
94123
94123
232488
232488
2150448
2150448
0
0
0
0|_Insurance Values_
1823837
1823837
94123
94123
232488
232488
2150448
2150448
0
0
0
0|
|---|---|---|
|||2150448|
|||0|
|||0|
## Report of the Independent Examiner to the Trustees and Members of the Maghull Baptist Church
The Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the Accounts, they consider that the audit requirements of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act) do not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedure specified in the General Direction given by the Charity Commissioners under Section 43(7)(b) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charities Commissioners. An examination includes a review of accounting records kept by the church 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 explanation 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 I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with Section41 of the Act, and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act, have not been met. or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
## Signed
Name : Joan Stuckey Independent Examiner