## **St Leonards Baptist Church Annual report 2022.** After the restrictions and challenges of the past few years it was a delight to get back to regular worship and meetings for 2022. Sadly the year began and ended with the deaths of long standing and much loved members – Ame in January and Graham in December. We were able to resume many of our pre-pandemic events in the life of the church this year including our Maundy Thursday communion service and our Church Anniversary celebrations. This year we had a talent show which was enjoyed by members of both St Leonards and Wellington Square churches. Preaching topics in 2022 included a series reading through Mark’s gospel, 10 weeks considering the life of Moses, and a look through the book of Philippians. We also welcomed some visiting speakers including John, our previous minister who spoke about Bread of Life, the SEBA Project in Strood that he is heading up. Our Wednesday Bible Study Group has been well attended throughout the year and a Friday prayer meeting has also been re-established. We have also continued to meet at Wellington Square Baptist Church on the first and third Sundays in the month for a joint evening gathering. The plans for a formal amalgamation with Wellington Square have not yet been completed but we are holding joint leaders’ meetings monthly and working together more closely where possible. Rev Janet Mardell. DQAFT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 ST LEONARDS BArrI￿ CHURC Trustees Mrs J Mardcll Mr G Hi>dge Mts N Cudrnore M5 M C M&scord Mr M Fletrhcr Mr I RU￿11 - app)inted 1st January 2022 ChaTity number 1150270 Address Chapel Park Road Fast TN37 6HR Independent Examiner Holland Harper LLP 26 High Stre Battle Easl S TN33 OEA sr LEOYARIXS BAPTIST CHLTICH BALAt%CE SHEF.T AS AT 31 T)F.CF.MBER 2022 2022 Llo)ds BarLk- BU51n￿ Extra Accou Lloyd5 BJuk . 30 Day Notirr.4ccou#t 3A45 9J60 24.lJ5 CIENERAL FUND lunrcsrrided) .45 al l January ?0?2 (Deficit) tor the ycar 27.975 -IS.070 21P.415 -44 £27.975 The dbciie accounts and thc not￿ and othcr infoTtnJtion IJTJ pagcs ? to 3 for thr yur rt]ded 311)ectmbcr 20?? ar¢ as approvfd by th¢ T￿￿tte$. S1gTrEd by No ￿￿te¢S on bebaif of the board on 0•3 Pr￿ ST LEOYIARDS BA￿lSTcH[lRCH GEThERAL FITh￿ RECEIPTS PA￿1￿￿TS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR EIYDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 2022 202J TithL% and offcrings Tax reftsnds recovered Donations received Batth illtercst received renLS from Manse Granrs Church vcnuc hire {including fiweralsl Sundry 21.61K8 24,824 N.J411 2,31JO 4,000 Il411 4.86J 2110 250 £43.4211 11.103 £40.370 &: P.4YMENT Sti[￿(LpCnSI0n contyibutions and Monistcrfs cxpcnscs 24JMi 1611 4.036 2J49 20.986 24.1150 Jio 3. 752 2, 758 7, 774 iio 4,266 UttlTties and Tnznse ex￿ Insurances Rcpairs and maintuwjc Music Group Mi55ion Inotc 3) Ballk setvice cbarges t)onations Admin and telephone Misc¢llane0￿ 4,176 108 5011 720 914 £i8.490 1.291) 708 1,826 £46,81 DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR -£15,070 ST I.EON4RIKS BAFTIST CHiJRCII NOTFS TO THE Accouiyrs FOR THE YEAR LNDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 The6¢ accouJ)rs have been pr¢pared on a"rcccipts and PayDi¢nts" basi& accordaDC¢ with Scdion 133 of ihc Charitics Act ?01 l. The church Ès th¢ b¢ncficial owncr ar a combincd ittsulance value of £ ?011 £3,0?7.242) of prttn1s￿ al Chapel Park Road St Leonards-on-S¢a and *"7 C]inlon Cr¢scenL St Leonard5-(m-S the legal tid¢ to which is held by thc BapÉi5t Union CoTwrnion Limircd as cwodian tru5t¢c. The chwch also owns fiX0Jr￿ furnitutr and eqtsiprnlt all uwjrrd Wdluc of It(2021 £62.9¥6). ts- Missi 2022 2021 S.E.B. Bapiist Mission Evangdical Alliallcc 2.496 2.490 90 14.260 The church pays pU￿10n contnTrMtioTJs to thc Bwist Miuistcrs. Pcnsion FuDd behalf of thc min5r¢r. Th¢ fund 15 ciirreDtly in d¢ficit and thc rburch is rcquir¢d to makc InCre￿d contiibutions. This smount￿ to £1 of mtnirnum petESioDabl¢ income althougb u l]as now dropped to £1 a month. Thu¢ Ès a gift aid refwid du¢ for £8.469 for thc p￿[0d Scptunbcr *01 I to FebTUary 2023. This repon on the fitwicial Sta￿￿ts of the charity for the Year¢ad￿ 31 December 2022 which arc 5Ct out on pages I to 3, is in r¢srKct of an examin￿0￿ Ca￿led out under seciioti 145 of the CharAties Act 2011. requir¢m¢nt of 5ectiotL 144(2) of th¢ CIwitie5 Act 2011 (the 2011 A¢¢) does not apply. It is my wnsibility to state, ott th¢ basis of the pr0Ceth￿ SP￿lfi¢d in the General Directio￿ Eiven by the Chariry Conuni&8ioner under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 ACL whcther particular matters havc to my attention. BASIS OF fNDEPENDENf EXAM￿￿ REPORT My exarnination was wried out ID accordance with the GeDeral Directio￿$ giveD by the Cknnty COMn￿s1O That cxarninthon includes a review of thc accounting records kept by the cburcb and a comparison of the finan¢ial statements with those r¢¢ords. It also iDclud&s considering Uryusu￿ lteD￿ or disclosures iD th¢ fthaDcial statcmcnts and seekitig ¢xpl8tia¢i¢)L% from you as concernÉng any suclt Matt￿8. The pn)cdures undertaken do not pmvide xll the cvldf￿CC that would be requ￿ed in gn audil and ConSeq￿Y I do not expre￿ an audit opitkion on the view given by the fi[w￿l81 slaioiient& INDEPENDENT EXAbA[￿'s STATEMENr which gives me re&sooable cause to believe that in atry material rwuiremeDts to k4) accounting records in accordattce with scction 130 of the 201 I A¢L" and to prepare financial stsiements which acconl with the ￿ll￿tIllg rec4)rds and to ¢otnply wtth the requirements of the 2011 ACL hav¢ not be￿ met. or to Whic￿ tti ttty QPiDion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper uttdetstandiDg of the financial ststetDeots to b¢ r¢acheAJ. Roy M Holknd BSclFxon). FCA HoLi8Dd HaTPtr LLP Chartered Accoutttants 26 Higb Street Battle East Su&8ex TN33 OEA 2023 Holland Harper LLP PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL Mr R Friday Camellia 17A Rock Mead Road Fairlight East Sussex TN35 4BJ RMHIDJsrrJ 24th April 2023 Dear Roland ST LEONARDS BAPTIST CHURCH I have now completed my examinats'on of the church records and have pleasure in enclosing a draft Gopy of the unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 st De￿rnber 2022 for consid8ration by the trustees. You will appreciate, as in the previous year, I have not undertaken an audit. Instead. l am reporting as an ind8pendent examiner under Section 145 of the CharIt￿S Act 2011. My work has invoFved examining the financial records in sufficient delail to provide me with a reasonable basis to deode whether the summaries you have prepared agree with the records. This involves comparing on a test basis the cash transactions with the bank stat8ments. verifying the existence of invoices and re￿Ipts for expenses and income and maknng a brief examination of the records generally. Although I have nol found any major discrepancies, my examination is not to be taken to guarantee that everything is absolutely Gorrect as there could be errors I hav8 not noticed. Tuming to page 2, you will see a deficit for the year of £15,070 compared with a deficit in the previous year of £440. There a￿ the following points I wtsh to bring to your attention:_ 1. Most of the figures on the receipts and payments aCc￿rrt you should be able to reGoncile to the totals you supplied but l enclose a schedule of two of the expense headings for clarity. Please let me know if you wish any of these amounts to be adjusted for under a different heading. . Conud T Q1424 713>JJ CHAATEAED ACCOUNTA4TS F 41424 n4928 ICAEW CPSARTERED ACCOUNTANT5 FartsL￿ TN33QEA Holland Harper LLP Mr R Friday 24th April 2023 2. 1 have taken the twstees as listed on thè Charity Commission website. 3. For note 2 in the accounts, I need the Combined insurance values of the premises at Chapel Park Road and 27 Clinton Crescent and also the insurance value of the church fumiture, fixtures and frttings etG. 4. It appears that the contributions th8 church is required to make to the ￿nSIOn fund deficit has now dropped to £1. Please can you check that you agree with my note 4 on page 3. There are no further points I wish to make conceming the accounts but I would be grateful rf the trustees would look through the figures carefully and let me know rf they have any queries and I will do my best to assist. If. on the other hand, the trustees are able to approve the accounts, I would be grateful rf two could sign page 1 between the pencil cross8s on th8 dotted line and then clearfy print their names below the line. Please also let me know the date the accounts were approved. I will then be able to send you a signed copy to keep and one from which you will be able to photocopy as many copies as you require for your AGM. As have now finished with the accounting rècords. p18as8 collect these from tt18 office when convenient. Finally, l enGlose a note of charges for your kind attention. Kind regards Yours sincerely R M Holland 8Sc (Econ), FCA For and on behalf of Holland Harper LLP