## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ||||||SORP reference||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary|ofthe purposea|||of|Pere 1.17|The principal
purpose ofthe Church
isthe|| |the charity||as set out|in its|||advancement
ofthe Christian
faith according|| |governing|document|||||to the principles ofthe Baptist denomination.|| |||||||The Church
may also advance education
and|| |||||||carry out other charitable
purposes
in the|| |||||||United
Kingdom
and/or other parts ofthe|| |||||||world.|| |Summary
activities|ofthe main
in relation tothose||||Para 1 17end
119|The Church through
voluntary
giving, supports
a full time minister, the part time office|| |purposes|forthe public|||||manager
and full time Youth Worker are|| |benefit,
in particular,|||the|||employed
by the Church. A tenth of all genera|I| |activities, projects or
services identified
in
accounts.|||the|||income isgiven to five Christian
chai itable
organisations
supporting
work both in UK and
overseas developing
nations.|| |||||||The church also hosts the weekly bereavement|| |||||||support group run by trained counselors.|| |||||||A Drop-in-Centre
and Community
Hub was|| |||||||openedin
February 2020on a large new|| |||||||housing estate in Biggleswade to provide a|| |||||||contact point for residents. This facility is also|| |||||||used by an lT literacy group and also by social|| |||||||services staff for client meetings.|| |||||||A 'IVlens Shed' facility is run Stimes per week|| |||||||enabling
use of primarily
woodworking|| |||||||equipment
for projects and 'wellbeing'|| |||||||support.|| |Statement||confirming|||Pere 1.18|Biggleswade
Baptist Church has served|| |whether the trustees|||have|||the community
for over 250 years and the|| |had regard||to the guidance||||Trustees are aware of its place in the|| |issued by|the Charily|||||Community.
The Trustees
will review the|| |Commission||on public||||details
in PBt to ensure that the activities|| |benefit||||||continue to meet the
uidance
ivan.|| ## |||||||SORP reference||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||Pefe 1 38||||| |Policy on||grant making||||||||| |||||||Para 138||||| |Policy on||social investmerd||||||||| |including||program|||related|||||| |investment||||||||||| ||||||||All support actiwties
and work in the church|||is| |||||||Pere 1 38|provided
voluntarily
by the church|members||| |Contribution||||made|by||and congregation.
Over 70volunteers
are|||| |volunteers|||||||normally
involved
with the annual|Holiday||| ||||||||Bible Club. The volunteers
are supported||by|| ||||||||paid staff in areas of Food Bank, Youth Work|||| ||||||||and administration|||| |Other||||||||||| |Achieve|||e|nts|and Performance|||||| |||||||SORP reference||||| ||||||||Weekly meetings on Sundays .During the|||| ||||||||week small groups meet for bible study, prayer|||| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,
identifying
the difference the||||||Para 1.20|and fellowship.
Appropriate
Covid
minimization
practices have been introduced
to ensure as safe environment
in church|||| |charittrs
work has
the circumstances|||||made to
of its||premises as possible.|||| |beneficiaries||||and any wider||||||| |benefits to
whole.|||society||as a||The church
runs a Baby Group and|Toddler||| ||||||||group which provides support
and|play||| ||||||||facilities for a large number offamilies
in|||| ||||||||Biggleswade. ,these have now re-started||with|| ||||||||restricted
numbers
and appropriiate|||| ||||||||safeguarding
measures.|||| ||||||||Weekly lunchtime
meetings
have commenced|||| ||||||||again
in the town's
middle schools|for pupils||| ||||||||with a relevant topic theme.|||| ||||||||Breakfast Club for children
aged B—11years|||| ||||||||normally
runs once a month,
with|food and||| ||||||||games.|||| ## |A 'Mens Shed' facility has been opened with|| |---|---| |three sessions a week enabling
use of|| |woodworking
facilities in a suitable|| |environment.|| |A 'Mens Breakfast'
is normally
held monthly|| |on Saturday
morning
and attracts between|25| |-50 men for a full breakfast and an|| |opportunity
for conversation
and sharing|| |together.
A similar 'Ladies Breakfast" meeting|| |is held on the subsequent
Saturday
morning|| |with around 55 ladles attending. These have|| |re-started after
Covid restrictions
have been|| |lifted.|| |A Holiday
Bible Club was arranged
during the|| |first week ofthe annual
school summer|| |holidays for 240 children
involving
bible|| |teaching, games, craft and music. Applications|| |for places are often oversubscribed|| |The Church
is also involved
with the other|| |churches
in Biggleswade to facilitate the joint|| |worship service on Good Friday, supporting|the| |Town Christmas
Lights event, Christian
Aid and|| |other joint events.|| |Biggleswade
Baptist Church
isthe local centre|| |for a food aid Food Bank in conjunction
with|| |the local social services and is supported
by|| |food gifts by local supermarket
collection|| |points and other organizations.
This continued|| |throughout
the Covid pandemic.|| |Biggleswade
Baptist Church seeks to serve the|| |community
in which it issituated
and to share|| |God's love with the town. The Trustees review|| |the church activities to ensure that this is a|| |primary
aim.|| ## |Investment
performance|||Para 1.41|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |against objectives||||||||| |Other||||||||| |Financial
Review||||||||| |Review ofthe charity's|||Para 1.21|Net surplus for|||the year of844,158(2022-|| |financial
position atthe|end|||K2,273)||||| |ofthe
riod||||||||| |Statement
explaining
the|||Para 1.22|The charity normally
maintains||||a bank deposit| |policy for holding reserves||||account|offunds||to cover unexpected|| |stating
why they are held||||requirements.||This deposit sum istargeted to||| |||||have a|minimum||value equivalent to an|| |||||average|monthly||expenditure.|| |||||Almost|all giving||to the work and witness of the|| |||||church|has been||made via direct bank transfers|| |||||or Standing Orders. .||||| |Amount
ofreserves
held|||Para 1 22|Total reserves|||f47.55D|| |Reasons for holding zero|||Para 1.22|Not applicable||||| |reserves||||||||| |Details offund materially||in|Para 124|None||||| |deficit||||||||| |Explanation
ofany|||Para 123|No uncertainties|||identified|| |uncertainties
about the||||||||| |charity continuing
asa going||||||||| |concern||||||||| |dditional
information|(optional)|||||||| |ou ma
choose to include||further statements||where relevant||about||| |||||The work and||witness ofthe||Church is| |||||supported
entirely
by voluntary||||| |The charity's
principal
sources offunds (induding|||Para 147|contributions
refunds
under||from those attending.
Gift Aid
an approved
scheme also||| |any fundraising)||||support|the finances ofthe work.|||| |Investment
policy and
objectives
including
any|||Para u46|||||| |social investment
policy||||||||| |adopted||||||||| |A deSCriptian
Ofthe prinCipal|||Para X4e|||||| |risks facing the charity||||||||| |Other||||||||| ## ## ## |Description
ofcharity's|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |'trusts:|||||||| |Type of governing
document||Standard|Baptist|Union Constitution||adopu|d| |||2009|||||| |How is the charity|Para 1.25|Unincorporated||association|||| |constituted?|||||||| |Trustee selection methods|Pais 1.25|Appointed|by Annual||Church members'||| |including
details ofany||meeting held in June.|||||| |constitutional
provisions e.g.|||||||| |election to post or name of|||||||| |any parson or body entitled|||||||| |to appoint one or more|||||||| |trustees|||||||| ## |You ma|cho|ose to include furt|her statement|s
where relevant about:| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||Child protection
Policy is in place based on| |||||national
Baptist Union guidelines.
AII youth| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training
oftrustees|||Para 1.51|workers
hold CPC accreditation.
Guidance
publications
issued by the Baptist
Union are available for any new Trustees| |||||appointed at the annual
church meeting.| |The charity's
organisational
structure
and any wider|||Para 1.51|The Church
is in membership
ofthe Baptist
Union ofGreat Britain and is a member ofthe
Evangelical
Alliance,| |network|with|which the||| |charity works||||The Church
isalso a partner with other| |||||churches
in Biggleswade
through
Biggleswade| |||||Churches Together.| |||||Monthly
leadership
meetings are held| |||||involving
all trustees to consider the on-going| |||||work ofthe Church and any relevant| |||||governance
and operational
issues that may| |||||arise.| |Relationship||with any related|Para 1 51|| |parties||||| |Other||||| ## |Charit|name|||Bi
leswade Ba tist Church| |---|---|---|---|---| |Other name the cha|||uses|| |R
istered charit||number||1144614| |Charity's|principal|address||24 London Road| |||||Bigg)eswade| |||||Beds| |||||SG188TS| |Funds held as custodian|Funds held as custodian|trustees on behalf ofothers| |---|---|---| |Description ofthe assets||No funds are held as custodian trustees| |held in this capacity||| |Name and objects ofthe||Not applicable| |charity on whose behalf|the|| |assets are held and how|this|| |fails within the custodian||| |charity's objects||| |Details ofarrangements|for|Not applicable| |safe custody and||| |segregation
ofsuch assets||| |from the charity's
own||| |assets||| ## |Names an|d addresses ofadv|isers
(Optional
information)||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Type of|Name|Address||| |adviser||||| |Name of|chief executive or names ofsenior staff members||(Optional|information)| ## |||||||||||||||a|~|~|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||'.. II.'|'cI m I'||Lt|lolls|||||Un|str(cted
funds|||Regtr)c)nd
funds||Endowment
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value| ||||||Detatls||||||asset belongs||||Cast (opgonal)||(opaoasl)| |83Investment|||assets||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||Fund||io which||||Currentcalue| ||||||Oatatis||||||asset belongs||||cast(opnonal)||(opnocal)| |84Assets rata)ned for
charity's
own use||||the|||||||General|||||le,aar|| ||||||Chairs||||||General|||||11seg|| ||||||Sound||warn)|acd mcwc|ut|rtt|General|||||3ags|| ||||||Com||uter|ment|||||||||| ||||||||||||Furtd||lo which||Amount due||Whse due| ||||||oemils||||||gahnny re)ales||||(opgansl)||(opgansr)| |85 Liabiiit)es|||||||||||||||||| |||||||||Signature||||||Print Name|||Date of| ||||||||||||||||||approval| |Signed
behalf|by ans ortwo trustees
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