**1148273**
**Charity number:**
## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
**Trustees' report and financial statements**
**for the year ended 31 December 2020**
## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
## **Contents**
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Page
Legal and administrative information
1
Trustees report
2 - 5
Independent examiners' report
6
Statement of financial activities
7
Balance sheet
8
Notes to the financial statements 9 - 11
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## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
## **Legal and administrative information**
## **Charity number**
1148273
## **Business address**
Thicket Avenue
Bristol BS16 4EH 0117 9654140 07540 091731 Joe Allen
info@hillfieldsparkbaptist.org
## **Trustees**
Joe Allen Leader/Treasurer Ian Davies Leader Ashley Gray Leader Anthony Kemp Leader
## **Accountants**
Causeway Accountancy Services
279 Lodge Causeway Fishponds Bristol
BS16 3RA
**Page 1**
## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
## **Report of the trustees for the year ended 31 December 2020**
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020. The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 1.
## Aim and purposes
The principal purpose of Hillfields Park Baptist Church is the advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination. The Church also carries out other charitable purposes including providing activities, events and support for its local community.
## Objectives and activities
Hillfields Park Baptist Church is committed to encouraging, supporting and providing for everyone within the local community in faith and worship. Our activities include:
- regular public worship, prayer, Bible study, preaching and teaching;
- baptism
- the Communion of the Lord’s Supper
- evangelism and mission in our local community
- 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 for all ages;
- supporting and encouraging charitable social action in our local community
- encouraging relationships with, and supporting fellow Christians.
To continue with this valuable work, we need to maintain our current church building and continue with our plans to extend our building, for the benefit of our wider community.
**Page 2**
## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
## **Report of the trustees for the year ended 31 December 2020** continued
## Achievements and performance
## **Worship**
Our congregation has grown steadily throughout the year and we regularly welcome more than 100 people to our lively morning gathering. We are pleased to see over 50 young people in our congregation and we have worked hard to ensure that we provide services during a Sunday that meet the worship needs of all ages in the community. As well as Sunday gatherings we also have ladies ministry groups, weekly bible studies and prayer groups.
## **Pastoral Care**
We are strongly committed to supporting the local community where so many people are struggling day to day, which has been seen during 2020 with the church providing over 2500 cooked meals for school children and providing food packages for those in need.
## **Youth Ministry**
Our busy youth ministry works to build important relationships with young people of all ages in such a deprived area. During the year, we provide a dance youth group on Thursdays called Spirit Dancers and on Fridays we provide a youth group called ROOTS.
## **Care Groups and Open Door**
Eight committed members of our church keep an eye on anyone who might be poorly or vulnerable in the community and will visit or help with essential things like shopping. We have a food cupboard in church so that anyone who finds themselves in dire need can get food. We also encourage the local community to ask for help as they need it, whether that is practical help with house and garden or emotional support.
## **Membership and Relationships.**
We currently have 20 members. We hold membership meetings 4 times a year. The members are responsible for making decisions on all general matters including how funds are spent. The appointment of members and the requirements of membership are set out in the church constitution. The members have appointed charity trustees to be responsible for the governance of the church. These trustees, who are members in the church, also meet monthly to discuss day to day church matters.
Hillfields Park Baptist Church is a member of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the West of England Baptist Association.
**Page 3**
## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
## **Report of the trustees for the year ended 31 December 2020**
## **continued**
## **Mission and Evangelism**
Helping those in need is an important part of our Christian faith. We reach out every month by going onto the streets and sharing the good news of Jesus Christ.
## **Extension plans**
The church needs to develop additional space to provide the many activities it provides. We are still looking at funds for church extension and refurbishment. We recently undertook work to complete a car park at the rear of the building and have an outdoor Marquee and a junior cabin all of which was donated.
## **Volunteers**
We are so grateful to the loyal volunteers in our church who allow us to provide such a wide range of activities and events for our local community and congregation.
**Page 4**
## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
## **Report of the trustees for the year ended 31 December 2020**
continued
## **Statement of trustees' responsibilities**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that year. In preparing these financial statements the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993 and the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. 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.
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## **Joe Allen**
## **Leader and Treasurer**
13[th] October 2021
**Page 5**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees on the unaudited financial statements of Hillfields Park Baptist Church.**
I report on the accounts of Hillfields Park Baptist Church for the year ended 31 December 2020 set out on pages
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and independent examiner**
As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts, you consider that the audit requirement of section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act), as amended by section 28 of the Charities Act 2006 does not apply and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts under section 43(3)(a) of the Act, as amended; to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 43(7)(b) of the Act, as amended; and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity 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 explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(i) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep proper accounting records in accordance with section 41 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
(ii)to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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## **Causeway Accountancy Services**
## **279 Lodge Causeway**
## **Fishponds**
## **Bristol**
**BS16 3RA**
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## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
## **Statement of financial activities**
## **For the year ended 31 December 2020**
|**UnrestrictedRestricted**
**2020**
**funds**
**funds**
**Total**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Incoming resources**
Incoming resources from generating funds:
Voluntary income
45,002
-
45,002
Activities for generating funds
3
-
-
-
_______
_______
_______
**Total incoming resources**
45,002
-
45,002
_______
_______
_______
**Resources expended**
Costs of generating funds:
Cost of generating voluntary income
4
-
-
-
Charitable activities
50,546
-
50,546
_______
_______
_______
**Total resources expended**
50,546
-
50,546
_______
_______
_______
Total funds brought forward
5,644
1,140
6,784
_______
_______
_______
**Total funds carried forward**
100
1,140
1,240|**2019**
**Total**
**£**
40,078
-
_______
40,078
_______
-
36,175
_______
36,175
_______
2,885
_______
6,784|
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses in the year and therefore a separate statement of total recognised gains and losses has not been prepared.
All of the above amounts relate to continuing activities.
**The notes on pages 10 to 13 form an integral part of these financial statements.**
**Page 7**
## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
## **Balance sheet**
## **as at 31 December 2020**
|**Notes**
**Current assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Funds**
Restricted income funds
Unrestricted income funds
**Total funds**|**2020**
**£**
**£**
1,240
_______
1,240
1,240
_______
1,240
_______
1,140
100
_______
1,240|**2019**
**£**
**£**
6,784
_______
6,784
6,784
_______
6,784
_______
1,140
5,644
_______
6,784|**2019**
**£**
**£**
6,784
_______
6,784
6,784
_______
6,784
_______
1,140
5,644
_______
6,784|**2019**
**£**
**£**
6,784
_______
6,784
6,784
_______
6,784
_______
1,140
5,644
_______
6,784|
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|||||_______
1,140
5,644
_______
6,784|
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The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 13[th] October 2021 and signed on its behalf by
## **Joe Allen**
**Leader and Treasurer**
**The notes on pages 10 to 13 form an integral part of these financial statements.**
**Page 8**
## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
## **Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020**
## **1. Accounting policies**
The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year and the preceding year.
## **1.1. Basis of accounting**
The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities' issued in March 2005 (SORP 2005) and the Charities Act 1993
## **1.2. Cashflow**
The charity has taken advantage of the exemption in FRS1 from the requirement to
produce a cashflow statement because it is a small charity
## **1.3. Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to
particular categories of income:
Voluntary income is received by way of grants, donations and gifts and is included in full in the statement of financial activities when receivable. Grants where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of a specific
performance by the charity, are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant. Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included. Gifts donated for resale are included as incoming resources within activities for generating funds when they are sold.
## **1.4. Resources expended**
Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates. Costs of generating funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income and the costs of trading for fundraising purposes including the charity's shop. Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them. Fundraising costs are those incurred in seeking voluntary contributions and do not include the costs of disseminating information in support of the charitable activities.
**Page 9**
## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
## **Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020**
## **2. Voluntary income**
## **Unrestricted**
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Restricted 2020 2019
funds funds
Total Total
£ £
£ £
Donations 45,002 -
45,002 40,074
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_______ _______
-
45,002 45,002
40,074 _______ _______
_______ ______
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## **3. Activities for generating funds**
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Unrestricted
Restricted 2020 2019
funds funds
Total
Total
£ £
£ £
- -
Fundraising events
-
_______ _______
_______ _______
- -
-
_______ _______
_______ _______
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## **4. Cost of generating voluntary income**
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## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
## **Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020**
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Unrestricted
Restricted 2020 2019
funds funds
Total
Total
£ £
£ £
Donations - -
-
_______ _______
_______ _______
- -
-
_______ _______
_______ _______
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## **5. Employees**
## **Employment costs**
Salaries or wages have been paid to employees and are shown in the accounts, no payments have been made to the trustees, during the year
## **6. Analysis of net assets between funds**
|||||Unrestricted|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Restricted||Total|||
|||||funds|
||funds|funds|||
|Fund|balances|at 31 December|2020 as represented by:||
||100
|1,140
|1,240||
|**7.**|**Unrestricted funds**|||**At At**|
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## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
## **Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020**
|Bank Current Account
(50,546)|**1 JanuaryIncoming**
**Outgoing31 December**
**2020resources**
**resources**
**2019**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
5,644
45,002
100
_______
_______
_______|
|---|---|
## **8. Restricted funds**
## **At At**
|**Restricted funds**|**At At**|**At At**||
|---|---|---|---|
||**1 JanuaryIncoming**|||
||**Outgoing31**|**December**||
||**2020resources**|||
||**resources**|**2020**||
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
||**£**|||
|Building Fund Bank Account|1,140
-|||
|1,140||||
||_______
_______|_______
_______||
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## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
**The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts.**
## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
|**Detailed statement of fnancial activities**
**For the year ended 31 December 2020**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
**Incoming resources**
**Incoming resources from generating funds:**
_Voluntary income_
Donations
45,002
40,074
_______
_______
45,002
40,074
_______
_______
_Activities for generating funds_
Fundraising events
-
_______
-
-
_______
**Total incoming resources from generating funds**
45,002
_______
**Total incoming resources**
45,002
_______
_______
**Resources expended**
**Costs of generating funds:**
**Cost of generating voluntary income**
_Donations_
Donations
-
Development Oficer
-
Donations - Refunded
-|**2019**
**£**
**£**
-
_______
_______
40,074
_______
40,074
-
-
-|**2019**
**£**
**£**
-
_______
_______
40,074
_______
40,074
-
-
-|
|---|---|---|
|||_______|
|||_______
40,074|
|||_______
40,074|
|**Hillfelds Park Baptist Church**
**Detailed statement of fnancial activities**
**For the year ended 31 December 2020**
-
**Total cost of generating voluntary income**||-
|_______
-|
|---|---|---|---|
|||_____
-||
||__
__|_____
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## **Hillfields Park Baptist Church**
## **Detailed statement of financial activities**
## **For the year ended 31 December 2020**
||**2020**||**2019**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**£**||**£**|
|**Charitable activities**||||
|**Activity 1**||||
|_Activities undertaken directly_||||
|Establishment - Light & heat|4,689||3,097|
|Establishment - Rep. & maint.|14,212||9,923|
|Establishment - Insurance|1,346||1,320|
|Establishment - Other|-||-|
|Mini Bus expenses|-||572|
|Accountancy|500||500|
|Ofice expenses - Telephone|773||820|
|Ofice expenses - Other|29,026||19,943|
||_______||_______|
|||50,046||
|36,175||||
||_______||_______|
|**Activity 1 total expenditure**||50,046|36,175|
||_______||_______|
|**Total charitable activity expenditure**||50,046|36,175|
||_______|||
||_______|||
|**Net incoming/(outgoing) resources for**|**the year**|(5,044)|3,899|
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