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2020-12-31-accounts

Stockton Baptist Church Registered Charity No: 1147883

Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020

Stockton Baptist Church

Contents

Item Page No. Legal and Administrative Information 3-4 Trustees’ Annual Report 5-13 Independent Examiner’s Report 14 Statement of Financial Activities 15 Balance Sheet 16 Notes to the Financial Statements 16-21

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Legal and Administrative Information

Name:

Stockton Baptist Church

Charity No: 1147883 Principal Address: The Square Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1TE

PASTORAL TEAM
Senior Minister/Chair Andrew Waugh
Associate Minister Matty Steel
Children’s Pastor Lydia Gurney
Youth Pastor Helen and Paul Burns (temporary)
CHURCH OFFICERS
Church Secretary Phil Inch
Church Treasurer Carlie Ryder
ELDERS
Dave Blackman
Diane Brown Retired 2020
Cath Ingram
Mark Rowland-Jones
Vicky Smith
Ken Toop Appointed 2020
John Bunce Appointed 2020
John Stapleton Appointed 2020
DEACONS
Andrew Barnett
Peter Gurney
John Stapleton Retired 2020
Florence Waniwa
Janet Walls Appointed 11/3/2020
Derek Davison Appointed October 2020
OTHERS
Nick Smith Operations Manager
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John Hughes Buildings Manager
Susan Hughes Office Manager
Claire Paxton RAS Administrator
HOLDING TRUSTEES
Alan Bowman
Stuart Cornwell
Ernie Hepplestone
Martin Greenwood
Baptist Union Corporation
Bankers: Nat West Bank plc
123 High Street
Stockton-on-Tees
TS18 1AY
Independent Examiner: Kate Tully FMAAT FCIE AATQB
20 Ennerdale Crescent
Winlaton
Blaydon on Tyne
NE21 6PS

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Trustees’ Annual Report

1. Structure, Governance and Management

Stockton Baptist Church is a church established under a constitution dated 11 April 2012. It is a member of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the Northern Baptist Association. It is a charity (number 1147883) registered with the Charity Commission. It is also a member of the Evangelical Alliance.

2 Objects and Activities

The objects of the Trust are:

3 Achievements and Performance

Stockton Baptist Church is a church established under a Constitution dated 11 April 2012. It is a member of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the Northern Baptist Association. It is a charity (number 1147883) registered with the Charity Commission. It is also a member of the Evangelical Alliance.

REVIEW OF THE YEAR

It has of course been a very different year. All over the world, and on our doorstep, lives have been lost. People are grieving for lost loved ones, lost jobs, separation from family, isolation… the list goes on and we’re a long way from seeing the back of it. As a fellowship we haven’t actually lost anyone directly because of the pandemic but we have members and attenders who have lost family, and we have members and attenders who have caught the virus and had a hard fight to get back to health. So much of church life has had to be put on hold or turned into an online imitation of itself. And yet we must celebrate what has been achieved. To deal with the pandemic’s impact on the fellowship we formed our advisory group concerning health issues.

The aim of “Connecting People with Jesus”, under the leadership of Andrew Waugh (Senior Pastor) and Matty Steel (Associate Pastor) continued. A focus continued on the W.O.R.L.D. vision developed in 2019, and the early stages of our work with the LICC and their ‘Frontline’ initiatives has begun.

The work of Jess Steel as an Outreach Youth Pastor was refocused into in house youth work alongside Helen and Paul Burns in a voluntary capacity. The children’s work has continued to grow under the leadership of Lydia Gurney as Children’s Pastor. Nick Smith was appointed during the year as Operations Manager.

Carlie Ryder continued as Church Treasurer and Phil Inch as Church Secretary.

All church Saturday morning prayer meetings continued in an online capacity and the Oversight began a weekly prayer meeting. The church connected with Greater Europe Mission (GEM) and welcomed Tim and Dani Keith and their four children. They have begun work on a patch of ground near their home in Mill Lane in the heart of Stockton to develop it as a community Garden. Tim is currently recommencing our Local Outreach Strategy Team to develop a vision for the next year. Matty and Jess Steel continue their work on Hartington as a missional community developing new ways to interact with the people of Stockton during this challenging time.

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Refugee and Asylum Seekers ministry – Cath Ingram - Team Members: RAS Admin – Claire Paxton –management group - Pete Chapman, Pete Dawson, Heather Dawson, Emad Nejati, Katharine Lam, Ken Toop, Janet Bare, Cath Ingram (chair)

Drop in volunteers, English teachers’ volunteers, Strong links to Alpha plus, 20/30 group and CAP

Work constrained due to Covid, but still active in new ways.

International Mission Action Group – Martin James - Team Janet Bare (Global Care), Ray Dang, Phil Inch, Cath Ingram, Martin James, Lourdes Korynek (MAF), Katharine Lam (Tear Fund), Mark Rowland-Jones, Colin Symmonds and Andrew Waugh.

• The pandemic has affected all those serving overseas. Andy and Helen Symmonds and their boys continued their long-term service in Papua New Guinea with MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship); in August, Daisy and Will Taylor and their boys returned from serving in a hospital in The Gambia; Denise Waugh joined family in the Middle East. Others, however, found that their plans had to be cancelled because of Covid19. Ben Stapleton was unable to go to Thailand with a BMS Action Team and others were unable to go to South Africa as part of a Lionsraw team to work on building projects at the Steven Davison Primary School in the Valley of 1,000 Hills.

• Over £15,000 was raised for a medical clinic in Seeta Nazigo, a town in Uganda visited a number of times by mission teams from the church. Regrettably, the clinic project was unable to go ahead, but the money was distributed in 2020 to a number of other projects in Africa to provide relief as they faced the Covid19 pandemic. The efforts of all those who fund-raised have helped many children in Africa at a very difficult time.

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overseas. Above all we have the privilege of praying for our friends who are serving God throughout the world.

Youth- Team Members: Jess and Matty Steel, Mark and Carolyn Rowland-Jones, Paul and Helen Burns, Lauren Goodrick.

What we look forward to: We have now started meeting our young people in person on a Tuesday evening and for socials on a Sunday. We have had excellent attendance; however, we have many young people on the fringes who are not engaging. We will be looking to meet up with them one to one and find ways of re-engaging them. Please pray for those young people.

What we look forward to: We will also be welcoming a fulltime YFC intern next month and a part-time YFC intern in September which we are very excited about. Please pray for more people within the church family to feel inspired and passionate about young people and be willing to serve.

Tabernacle Trading Companies - Mike Bare

Coffee house: - Manager - Ryan Schwerin Bookshop: - Manager - Chris Evans

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Walking Group - Jim and Fran Plane Team Members – various leaders

Ladies Link- President: Kath Clementson, Vice President: Janet Grainger, Secretary: Valerie Garratt, Treasurer: Doreen O'Brian.

Continuing The Journey’ – Angela Raw - Tuesday Nights

Team Members (Prior to Covid-19):

Betty Alderson, Stephen Alderson, Lou, Michael Porter, Paul Smith, Angela Raw, Linda Hugil

I have been in regular contact with team members by either phone, email or text message since the start of the pandemic, but I am unsure if we shall restart the group after restrictions are fully lifted and who will wish to attend.

Christians Against Poverty - Katharine Lam -Team Members: (CAP Job Club Manager and CAP Money Coach) volunteers Mark Rowland Jones, Florence Waniwa, Angela Raw

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Social Action - Team Members: Mark Rowland-Jones, Dani & Tim Keith, Katharine Lam, John Stapleton, Elizabeth Ross and others

Prayer Ministry Report . Jean Davison - Team Members - Khatereh Ameri. Heather Bunce. Keith and Margaret Burns. Jean and Derek Davison. Heather and Pete Dawson. Ste and Rachel Douglas. Christine Gunn. Judith Hymer. June and Martin James. Adrian and Lourdes Korynek. Dora Little. Mike Quinell. Carlie Ryder. Ken Toop.

Communion Team – Jean Symmonds Team members – Sue Arnett, John & Jeanette Whiteside, Liz Muir, Sue Wilkin, Val Garratt, Adele Blackburn, Pam Pearson, Ann Whittaker and Chris Emmerson.

Children’s Ministry -Lydia Gurney

Points of information

Due to Covid lockdown our main priority was to stay in touch with children and families and to continue to pray for them.

16th Teesside Boys’ Brigade - Alan McDonald - Team Members: John Stapleton, Lydia Gurney, Valerie Heard, Stuart Shields, Martin Blane, Alan Hold, Andrew Davies, Kevin Walls, Stephen Dawson, Paul Burns.

Points of information

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Senior Citizens Luncheon Club - Margaret Cornwell - Team members: Peter & Heather Dawson Norma Dooley Alison Earl Chris Emmerson Jean & Alan Gardner Judith Hymer Pat Hedley Ruth & Phil Inch Beryl Mason Liz Muir Jean Symmonds

Flower Ministry – Christine Wilson

• As we are all aware the past 15 months have been very difficult for many of us in all sorts of ways. No church services, so no reason for flowers in the building.

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Report for Music and Audio Visual – Pete Gurney

During 2020 our priority has been to continue to give glory to God using music and technology despite the pandemic, to enable some sort of Sunday Service to be produced and ensure it is shared as widely as possible.

Little Fish Toddlers– Lydia Gurney -Team members Denise Waugh, Helen Murray, Rob and Hilary Jones, Hannah Mann

Refreshments Team: Kath Clementson, Ann Petch and Doreen O’Brien

Due to Covid lockdown we were unable to meet in person and although we tried a couple of zoom sessions there was no take up. During most of 2020 we ran:

Operations Manager- Nick Smith Team members: Susan Hughes, John Hughes, Allyson Brown, Denise Brown

Points of information:

Girls’ Brigade – Sarah Davies – Team members -Lydia Gurney, Liz Muir, Judith Wintringham, Lisa Clift, Sheila Buttery, Jess Steel.

Points of information

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Life Group Report – Vicky Smith

• Most groups continue to meet via zoom. Please do pray that as restrictions change group leaders will feel confident in how to proceed in possible face to face meetings. Pray that members of groups will feel safe and continue to study together.

• Groups are using a range of study resources and styles e.g. Studying using the Bible Project or looking at characters of the bible (Moses) and the wonderful notes that link to the Sunday sermons. Pray that all will grow in their discipleship. Be inspired by God’s word and able to apply it to their frontlines.

• Attendance at small groups is good. Some are finding it difficult to attend because of current challenges and yet others have returned to groups that they haven’t been to for a while. Pray that our small groups can be a support to more people as our church grows.

Alpha Plus

There has been a complete move to meeting on line because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but we continue to see strong interest in the study and application of God’s word by those whose first languages are Farsi and Sorani. While we have continued three groups studying Alpha, Growing in Christ and Freedom in Christ in Farsi, we have had no English speakers applying. Denise Waugh has led two English speaking courses. Those who speak Sorani are generally from a Kurdish background, have been denied access to education, and there are very few published materials to help them. John Bunce has been meeting with a group of them and found it difficult but rewarding.

Each course lasts from ten to twelve weeks, and when meeting in person we take about a month’s break between each term. Such has been the demand for continued fellowship this year we have continued to meet after the courses have been completed. Dave Blackman hosts a group twice a week called Twenties and Thirties, and that covers people of all ages while many of them “come together” from all over the country. This is probably the next incarnation of such a life group, and others may emerge. Some groups have taken advantage of a Zoom account to meet several times a week at their own instigation. Leadership continues to be an issue, with many of us over seventy years old, and the need for at least two leaders in each group.

RISKS AND POLICIES

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reviewed systems which, under normal conditions, should allow these risks to be mitigated to an acceptable level in its day to day operations.

The trustees have considered the guidance produced by the Charity Commission on the provision of public benefit and they confirm that public benefit has been provided by the range of activities as described above.

Reserves Policy

The reserves policy of Stockton Baptist Church is to hold three months of all expenditure to allow the church to adapt to any changes in the income or expenditure of the church. The trustees currently believe this amount to be £83,000 and sufficient free cash reserves were held at the year end to satisfy this policy. In the 2020 budget the trustees have budgeted to reduce the free cash reserves to the policy amount through large repairs to the Church building. This policy will be reviewed annually.

4 Plans For Future Periods The Trustees expect to continue the activities of the charity in accordance with their current objectives.

Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and financial statements in accordance with applicable Charity Law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

Charity Law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which show a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and its financial activities for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees

Name

Signature

Position

Date

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Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the Trustees of Stockton Baptist Church on Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 set out on pages 10-15.

Respective responsibilities of the Charity and the Independent Examiner

As members of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements; you consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 3(3) and section 144(2) of the Act do not apply and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to

Basis of examiner’s statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with these records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations 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 accounts.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination no matter has come to my attention:

Kate Tully FMAAT FCIE

Date 31[st] October 2021

Signed

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Kate Tully is a Fellow Member of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners and a Fellow Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians

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Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 December 2020

Note
Income and Endowments from
Donations and Legacies
2
Charitable Activities
2
Other Trading Activities
2
Investments
2
Total Income and Endowments
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
2
Other
2
Total Resources Expended
Net movement in funds
Total Funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
£
£		 Total
Funds 2020
£		 Total
Funds 2019
£
270,374
58,347
21,160
0
60,478
0
1,018
0		 328,721
21,160
60,478
1,018		 341,182
22,870
0
4,318
353,030
58,347		 411,377 368,370
338,584
61,179		 399,763
0		 384,104
0
338,584
61,179		 399,763 384,104
14,447
(2,833)		 11,614 (15,734)
2,519,003
25,237
2,544,240		 2,559,974
2,533,450
**22,404 **		 **2,555,854 ** 2,544,240

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Balance Sheet As at 31 December 2020

Note
Fixed Assets:
3
Land and buildings
Church organ
Total Fixed Assets:
Current Assets
Debtors/Prepayments
5
Cash at Bank and In Hand
Held in BU Trust
Total Assets
Liabilities
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
6
Creditors: Amounts falling due after one year
Total Assets less Liabilities
The Funds of the Charity:
Restricted income funds
Unrestricted income funds
TOTAL CHARITY FUNDS		 2020
Funds
£
2,132,392
4,451		 2019
Funds
£
2,132,392
13,287
2,136,843 2,145,679
16,814
125,768
281,816		 7,740
125,256
280,890
2,561,241 2,559,565
(3,387)
(2,000)		 (1,830)
(2,000)
2,555,854 2,555,735
22,404
2,533,450		 3,889
2,551,846
2,555,854 2,555,735

Approved by Stockton Baptist Church and signed on their behalf by:

Signature

Print Name

Signature Print Name Date of Approval

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the period 1 January to 31 December 2020

1 Accounting Policies

Basis of Preparation

These Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective January 2015) – Charities SORP (FRS 102).

Stockton Baptist Church meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).

Incoming Resources

These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when:

Donations are only included in the SOFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.

Capital Grants are released over the economic useful life of the asset to which they relate

Resources Expended and Liabilities

Resources expended have been analysed using a natural classification.

Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fixed Assets

Depreciation is provided to write off the cost, less estimated residual values, of all fixed assets, over their expected useful lives. It is calculated at the following rate:

Land and Buildings Reviewed as needed for revaluation but not depreciated Church Organ 5% Straight Line basis

Other fixed assets are written off in the year of purchase. The trustees consider that this is prudent in view of the short life of these assets.

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2 Funds

The Charity has one fund, an unrestricted general fund and a number of restricted funds.

There are no designated funds at this time.

Name of Fund Balance B/f
£		 Income
£		 Expenditure
£		 Funds C/f
£
Andrew & Helen Symmonds (MAF) 0 8,280 8,000 280
BMS 0 270 0 270
CAP 0 9,268 7,841 1,427
Children's Work 0 1,677 821 855
Fellowship fund 0 5,262 1,790 3,472
Funeral Collections 0 209 209 0
Gifts 0 1,155 600 555
Hartington Road 1,721 15,744 17,408 57
Overseas Mission 18,605 0 15,811 2,795
RAS 2,289 11,330 7,676 5,943
Spurgeon's Childcare 0 370 0 370
Tab Toddlers 2,239 131 275 2,096
Youth Missions 0 2,103 0 2,103
Youth Work 382 2,548 748 2,181
Total Funds 25,236 58,347 61,179 **22,404 **

Name of restricted fund

Description, nature and purposes of the fund

Andrew & Helen Symmonds (MAF) Gifts made to support the Symmonds family in their work in Papua New Guinea with Mission Aviation Fellowship BMS Donations towards Baptist Mission Society CAP Grants received for activities relating to the Christians Against Poverty (CAP) ministry Children's work Donations towards the church's work among children Fellowship Fund Donations towards those in the church suffering hardship Funeral collections Amounts collected at funerals Gifts Donations towards specific gifts made to members of the congregation Hartington Road Donations towards repairs and maintenance of a property to support the vulnerable Overseas Mission Donations towards a medical clinic in Uganda RAS Grants and gifts received for activities among asylum seekers Spurgeon's Childcare Christmas collection for the work of Spurgeon’s Childcare Tab Toddlers Donations towards the church's work among young children Youth Mission Donations towards youth missions Youth Work Amounts received towards the church's youth work

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Income and Expenditure Analysis 2020

Income and Endowments from:
Donations and Legacies
Gifts and Donations
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Other Donations/Grants
Legacy
Income from Charitable Activities
Use of Building
Thanksgiving
Other Income
Other Trading Activities
Tax Reclaims
Investment Income
Bank Interest Earned
Total Incoming Resources
Resources Expended:
Cost of Charitable Activities
Administration
Office Costs
Building Costs
Equipment
Ministries
Mission
Housing
Bank Charges
Depreciation
Independent Examination of Accounts
Total Resources Expended
Support Costs
Support Cost Type
Administration
Office Costs
Building Costs
Equipment
Ministry Team
Mission
Independent Examination of Accounts
Housing
Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
261,421
5,791
11,330
416
47,017
2,746		 Total
261,421
17,121
47,432
2,746
270,374
58,347		 328,721
2,749
18,411		 2,749
0
18,411
21,160
0		 21,160
60,478 0
60,478
60,478
0		 60,478
1,018 1,018
1,018
0		 1,018
353,030
58,347		 411,377
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
11,813
45,319
93,051
1,423
127,529
61,179
33,778
14,400
1,235
8,836
1,200		 11,813
45,319
93,051
1,423
188,708
33,778
14,400
1,235
8,836
1,200
338,584
61,179		 399,763
338,584
61,179		 399,763
Fundraising

Activity
Charitable
Governance
£
Activity
Activity
£
£
11,813
45,319
93,051
1,423
127,529
33,778
1,200
14,400
Total Cost
£
11,813
45,319
93,051
1,423
127,529
33,778
1,200
14,400
0
327,313
1,200		 328,513

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3 Fixed Assets Fixed Assets

Cost
At 1 January 2020
Additions
Disposals		 Land and
Church
Buildings
Organ
Total
£
£
2,132,392
190,000
2,322,392
0
0
0
0
0
0
At 31 December 2020 2,132,392
190,000
2,322,392
Depreciation
At 1 January 2020
Charge this period		 0
176,713
176,713
0
8,836
8,836
At 31 December 2020 0
185,549
185,549
Net Book Value
At 31 December 2020 2,132,392
4,451
2,136,843

4 Salaries/Wages


Salaries/Wages

Gross Salaries and NI		 Unrestricted
Restricted
£
£
205,896		 Total 2020
£
205,896
0
205,896
0		 205,896
2,020
Number
8

There were no employees whose remuneration was over £60,000.

5 Debtors


Debtors
Bridge Coffee House
Trade Debtors/Prepayments		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
£
£
7,740
2,074
7,000		 2,020
Total
£
7,740
9,074
9,814
7,000		 16,814

6 Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
Trade Creditors/Accruals
Independent Examination		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
£
£
2,187
1,200		 2,020
Total
£
2,187
1,200
3,387
0		 3,387

7 Creditors: Amounts falling due after one year

Loan Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
£
£
2,000		 2019
Total
£
2,000
0
2,000
0		 2,000

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8 Governance Costs


Governance Costs
Governance Costs
Independent Examination		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
£
£
600		 2020
Total
£
600
0
600
0		 600

9 Baptist Pension Scheme

The church is a participating employer within the Baptist Pension Defined Benefits Scheme and has been making ongoing deficit payments to cover the costs of past service of its employees within the scheme under the Baptist Union Pension recovery plan. The church understands that if it had left the scheme at the year-end, it would have to have made a one-off payment estimated to be £46,600 (as at 31/12/2020) to meet its statutory obligations to the scheme. The church has no plan to leave the scheme and expects to continue to make payments to the scheme in line with the recovery plan. The current debt is significantly reduced from £189,900 when the debt was initally calculated in February 2017.

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