WHIThLESEY BAPTIST CHURCH 32 Gracious Street Whittlesey Peterl)orough Cambridgeshire Charity No. 1144576 Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 Contents Page Legal arKI Administrative EnfomiatSon Report of The Trustees Independent Examinerfs Report Statement of Financlal Actlvltles Balan￿ Sheet Notes to the Flnanclal Statements Whittlesey Baptist Church Legal and Admlnistrative Inforniation Address 32 Grach)us Street Whltdesey Peterb)rough Cambr￿ge$hlre PE7 Correspondence Address G Sayer 44 Bellmans Road Whitdesey PE7 ITY Trustees P KLEdecha [Pastsir] G Sayer [Elder] S PhilFott [Elder] D J Kiw (Ekler) R Busby IDeacon] J Johnson ICleacon] Bankers Natkxol Westmlnster Bank pk 2 Market Street Whitdesey Petethrough PE7 IBE CAF Bank 25 Kir@s Hlll Aven KlThJs Hill West Malllng Kert ME19 4JQ Independent Examiner CJDyke C J Dyke & Company Chartered Accountsnts The Old Pdte Ststion Prknry Road St Ives PE27 58B Report of The Trustees of Whittlesey Baptist Church for the year ended to 31 March 2024 The Trustee5 of Whittle¥ Baptist Churth, Cambridgeshlre, have ple￿re in presen￿ng their Annual Rep)rt for the year eThJed 31 March 2024, The Flnancial Statements have been prepar￿ In accordan￿ the Ststement of R&ommeTrJed PractKe ISORP] 'Accounting Rep)rttng by Charitw W￿ls1￿d in Marth 2CKI5. Constitutlon The Church was set up by trust dated 1769 and ts 9)v￿ned at presert by RU￿ fonnulatsj In 1977 and adopted by the Trustees on 20 Juty 2011. The Churth was wtstered ￿￿th the Charjty CL￿MISsion on 8 NoV￿n￿r 2011. There are no sFectfic restrKUons contsln&d in the govemlng d￿￿Ent whkh Ilmlt actlvlues or any InvesiTW)t gfven to the Trusttrs. The Tnts named on page 3 have serv&1 throughout the unless otherwlse stated. The Trustees are the C*acons and Elders. The Trustees are respjnslbte for tre control and management of the Church and a￿ appointed members of the Church. No Trustee has a tenefldal Interest In Charty. Objectlves and Organl8atlon The Church is an IndeFendent ktal Free Church hokllrKJ to Bapttsuc dcctrlnes and Its maln purpose is to prodalm the &)spel of Jtsus Chr&t to those in the ￿htourhc(md Whe￿ It Is sltuatsd. At the year there Vltre employees, the Pastor and a ckaner. There are three unpakl Elders, Geoff Sayer, t)oug Klng and Steve PhilFott. Our Elders are re¥x)nsSble for the splrltual leadershlp of tr￿ Church. The rwnalnlng Trustes are Oeacors of the Church. Afflllatlonl The Church Is a pa￿cIpatIng olurch of Gr￿ Ba￿ Mlsskjn. The prlmary actlvlty of the Church is to malntsln the work of prodalmlrKJ the Gospel of Jesus Christ In the area, together wrth the care of the memters of tr* Church and congregatkjn. Whlttlesey Bapust Churth The th amongst all age groups has continwl, th provisbn In many athwtses for the attendance of those wfth no other connectk)n with the ￿urth. Thls is particukirty relevant In relation to act[vIt￿$ for yourKJ ￿pIe on ￿￿ek nlghts Other monies are given sreofically for varkms ￿nStfan charrties which are IJEn pas￿ over. Durlng the year these amounted to £1,865. Our Wlcy is to build and maintsln a margin of funds to cover ab)ut 3 to 6 months of expendlture. The comblned reserves held at the Balance Sheet date show that the Charity currently has suffiC￿nt funts to cover 6 rnnths [£40,OCKI] of overall expenditure. The Trustees have the major risks to whtch the Tharty ts exFo*d both financval arbj reputstlonal. Issues considered are t￿ 5e9rega￿n of duties in the handllng of offerings and fInan￿ generally, t￿ regular review of ￿ premtses for Health and Safety purposes and the provlsion of a Chlld Pro￿lOn Pdicy. our stsff and volunteers who work with chlldren and young Peop￿ have deared a DBS cF*ck. Statement of Trustw. Responslbllltles In R￿Pect of the Accounts The Charity's Trustes are responsible for preparfThJ Ftnandal Statements for &ich flnanthl year that gfve a true and fair vlthy of the Charivs Incomlng rescNJros aThJ appllcadon of resour￿5 durlng the Ferlcd and of Its state of affalrs at the eTrJ of tl* peri¢xl. In preparing the FlnancL41 StsteffEnts, the Trustees are to.. select sultable accountrng Oides ttren apply them conslstently,. • make Judgements and estlmatss ￿ are oasonable arbj prLMknt' prepare the financial statements on g)ing corKern ba￿5 unless ttls Inapproprfate to presu￿￿ that the Charity wlll continue in bustness. The Trustees are resF￿￿ble for keeplNJ prow accountlng records whth disclose wth reasonab￿ accuracy at any tlme the finanaal F*)Sition of the Charfty and enable them ensure that the Flnandal Statements c(Mnpfy* with the ￿arttles Act 1993. They are a19) responslble for safeguarding the assets of the Clk]rlty and ft)r tsktno reasonabla stsps for the prevenuon aThJ tsteciion of ft3ud and rther Irregularltks. Approval Thls re￿rt was appr￿￿￿ by the Trust&s on 4h June 2024 and on thelr I￿hall. G L Abblltt Treasurer Independ•nt Examlnerfs Report to the Trustee5 of Whittlesey Baptist Church I report rm tr* fv<￿rts Chwch trthe etNled 31 Ma￿h 2024. wthkh ère srtThrt on page5 7toll. The Charws Tnthe5 cwder that an Is ￿ Tewved for yiod [ur#ler knn 43(2) oft rfties kt 1993 (the kt), 15 ameThknJ Jyrf SectyM 28 of the a￿￿e5 P