WHIrrLESEY BAPTIsf CHURCH 32 Gracious Street Whittlesey Peterborough Cambridgeshire Charity No. 1144576 Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 Contents Page Legal and Administrative Inforniatlon Report of The Trustees Independent E¥amlnerfs Report ststement of Flnancial Attlvitles Balan￿ Sheet Notes to the Flnanclal Statements Whittlesey Baptist Church Legal and Administrative Infomiation Address P*rb)rough Cambrwlre PE7 IAR Correspondence Addre￿ G Sayer 44 Bellmans Roal Whlttk Petertor(wh PE7 ITY Trustees P Koscth {Pastor] G Wer [EhJer] S Phllkx)tt [Eklw] D J Klng {Elder) appotrted 7th Decemlxr 2022 A M Gray [Deacon] R Busty [Ce￿n] J John50n [t*Kon] Bankers Natlonal Westmlnster Bank pt 2 Market Street Whrtyesey pe7 IBE CAF Bank 25 KirwJs Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malllrvj Kent ME19 4JQ Independent Examlner CJ C J Tryke & ComFony Chartered Accountsnts The Old Polts Ststion Prlory Road St Ives PE27 5BB Report of The Trustees of Whittlesey Baptist Church for the year ended to 31 March 2022 The Trustees of Whittlesey Baptist ￿urCh, CaM1￿￿hlre, have pleasure in presenting thelr Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2022. Tr Financial Statements have been prepared in aCcOrda￿e with the Ststemert of Recommend&J Prxtr'ts [SORPI "Accounting and Repo￿ng by charIt￿ Wb1￿1￿d In Marth 2(Ki5. Constitutlon The Church was set up ty tr￿t dated 1769 aThl Is govem&l at present ty Rules ftmiulated In 1977 and adopted by the Trustees on 20 Juty 2011. The Church was reglstered wlth the Charty Commission on 8 November 2011. There are no s[￿lf￿ re5tricth)ns contalned In the govemlrvj (kxumert whlch Ilmlt its artNities or any s￿IfiC Invtstrnert ￿werS g1¥￿ to the Trust￿5. The Trustees named on page 3 have sertsd throughout the perbj unless OtherwI5e stabj. The Trustees are the Deacons Elders. The Trust￿5 are reswnslble for the control and management of the Church and are appolnted memtrffi of the Church. No Trustee has a tenefk*l Interest in the Charlty. ObJectlvM and Ory•nlsat14 The Church Is an Inde[￿￿ local Free Church tr￿￿[n9 to Baptlsuc d¢Ktrlnes and Its maln purkk%e Is to pr￿￿1M tr* fAJspel d Jesus Chrlst to those In the ￿1)h￿￿)Urh(I)I W￿re tt ts sItUa￿￿. At the year end there ¥￿e tvo) empItr￿S, the Pastor and a dearEr. There y￿e two unpakl Elders, Geoff Sayer, and Steve PhilFQtL Our Elder5 are re¥onsible for the sptrltual leajershlp of tt* Church. The remalnlng Trustees are E*acons of Churth. Afflllatloni The Church Is a of Ass(yJth of Gra￿ Barrtist thurct& twest A￿lIa] arnl a partSctpatlTrJ church of Gr￿ Baptist MissK*). The primary acUvty of the a)urch ts to malntsin the work of prLKlalming the Gospel of Jesus Chrlst in the arEa, toJether with tre care of the w￿MberS of Church and corKJregatron. Whlttlesey Baptlst Chun The work an￿t¥j5t all age grwps has Cont[n￿l, vdith provtsbn in many acbvtbes ft)r the attendan￿ of thjse with no other connecbon with the Churth. This is particularly relevant In relation to our actlvltÈs for young peo￿ on nights Other monte5 are g￿en stEdficalty for vark)us Christlan charities which a￿ thw) passed over. Durlng the year these ani)unted to £2,743. Our pjliry is to buikl and malntsln a margln rf funds b) c(Ner a￿ut 3 to 6 months of eX[￿ditU￿. The Combi￿ resew held at the Balan￿ Sheet date that the Charity currently tros suffiLient funds to 6 months [£40,{K￿] of overall experdlture. Risk Revlew The TnISt￿ have revlewed the mai)r risks to whith the ￿alIty 6 exFosed both financial and reputsUonal. Issues considered are ttE segwath)n of duties In handllng of offerings and finan￿ generally, the ￿]Ular re¥tew of the premlses for Health aTha Safety purFM)ses a￿1 the provision of a Chlkl Protecth)n Pollcy. All our staff arKI th￿UnteerS knrt)o work wth chlldren and young peopk have deared a DBS ctrth. The Charlvs Trustees are re5F(N)slble for prepariThJ FfinarKial Ststements for flnandal year that glve a tnR and falr view of the Charttr*￿V to: . [undtr sedxm 43 d the 14 ￿ ry￿ed]; . folryrt the sw￿lU￿S lakj (kA¥n ui the GewErnl tXrecil￿5 9fr4en ty the I￿￿1ty Comm15IoYt [u sethcm 43(7Xb} irf kt, as an￿TrIed] CrmmissKfi. In e￿￿OI￿n Ind￿ a reth Xc0￿￿"r¥ recc¥ds kept ty the Charlty and ccmparfsws of the kcounts wesented Vlith tlw recrJrd& It also Indth c¢)nsKleratiM of wy unusual *ems or thscbwre5 In the Acoxjrts arAI 5eeklng extyar44itrM frcffj the Tn&ees cmmkng an auth¢ and cons¢qu•)ty i do ntrt exwess an kcourts. requlreff*nts rf the k¢. or CJOyk• CJ Dyk• & Company The Old Polke Stati PE27 SDB 21 January 2023 Statement of Flnancial Actlvities for the ear ended 31 March 2022 Ymr 2021 Fun Vo*Jn¢w Incoft 102616 InVe61m￿l Inc Tot•1 Ineamlng r••owu• 95 99355 102742 Ch•rltabl• 81326 2246 2246 81325 1754 8387 21417 Toi•l fvnd• b1oughtfvrm￿ l Awh 2021 47478 474e2 Statement of Flnancial Activities for the ear ended 31 March 2022 2022 2021 Cash at bank and In hand 47482 47482 Creditor8 47482 Unrn8trict•d Fun 39675 R8slrfcted Funds 7807 47482 Approv•d by th• trwth•8 on th0 14 July 2022 *nd •lgn•d on th•lr b•hll G L Abblltt (Tr￿lUr•r> Note5 to the Hnandal Ststwnents for the year ended 31 March 2022 Accountlng Polkles Accountlng Conventlon The Flnancial Ststements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance wlth applicable accounting standards. Statement of Recommended Practke- Accountlng and Reportlng by Charlues The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordan￿ vAth the Statenent of Recommended Practice [SORP] 'Accounting and Reportlng by thartties" wblished in March 2005. Cashfiow The Flnancial Statements do not indude a cashflow statement L￿auSe the a)arlty, as a small reporknng entlty, Is exempt from the requirement to prepare gjch a statemert under ￿nan￿al Rep)rting Stsndard I "Cashflow ststements". Income Income Is accounted for on a receivable basls and allocated to unrestricted funds and restrlcted funds as approprfate. Where Inc¢)me Is due to the Baptlst Misslon at the Perf£￿ end, thls Is accrued. Legades Recelved Legacles re￿IVed are credlted to tr* stst￿￿t of finanaal Athbes on a recefvable basls. Where a payment Is recelved or notlfled as receivable after the accounttng year end, and It has clearly been agreed by the personal representatlves prior to the perlod end, then ￿ Is accrued in the Statement of Ftnancial Actlvitles and the Balance Sheet. Expenses Resour￿ expended are recognlsed as a Ilability the Church is committed to the expenditure. Tanglble Assets All capital Items are recorded at They conslst of chairs, tables, organ, pianos, kitchen equlpment, toys and the public address system. All tangible assets are written off In the year of purchase. Freehold Premise5 The Church is the beneficial owner subject to relevant Trusts of the following properties.. the Chapel and Hall premlses at 32 Graaous Str4 Whittleseyj the House at 32 Gracious Stre4 Whittlesey the legal tille to which is held by the TrUSt￿S of those Trust Deets currently the East Midlands Awciation of Gra￿ Baptlst Churches Ltd. Penslon Costs Contrlbutions to the employees, Indlvldual penston schemes are charged to exPend￿Ure in the year in whlch they are due. io Statsmont of Financlal A¢tlvlt108 for the •nd8d 31 March 2022 Bal•nG• Incomlng rosOu￿•• Outwr rnBourc Balan 31 March 2022 2021 2 Unr•strlct•d Fund• General Fund 39875 95355 88722 46308 Dwnated Fund 7801 9565 47476 99355 90968 55863 B•l•nc• 1 January 2021 IncomlTrg Oirtgolng r•sour¢•• Balanc• 31 March 2022 3 R••trl¢t•d Furrfl• Bull￿1n9 Fund IT RePla￿m•nI Fund Sundry Grant Fund Rent FuThJ 2841 4600 7801 1170 716 2246 1671 7684 9555 4000 4000 R•l•t•d party hnMcll¢Jn• No InMt¢¢i r￿e1Ved •xFén8es for attendance al meelings. No othar tran8acdon8 wère carrt8d out th any or related paths durlng the peno(l ende(131 March 2022 4 Staff ¢o•ts 2022 NuM￿r 2021 Numb•r Average number offuNwne eqthknt employees duriNJ the yeor 11