REPORT OFTHE TrUSTEES AND FOR (A COMPANY LIMrtED BY GuAR￿yfEE) Higgirtsjn & Co(UK) L 200. 204 Hi8h Strcet Sth LU6 3HS STOPSLEY BAFfisT CHURCH CONTEP4TS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023 P*8t Rq￿rt ottheTT¥Stees l ￿ 10 Report tsfthe IndwdeDtAtydlttsrs 11 ts) 14 15 16 Statwent of Cwjh FJoTrJ Nrfes totheststeuwrt of Cash Flm 18 19 ￿ 28 STOPSLEY BAIryIST CHURCH REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023 the fu￿￿1#1 statements of the cbarity for the y￿r ended 31st December 2023. Thc trhLStett have the provisions of Accou￿1￿8 al￿ Rwting by Cbariti¢s: Slatrmrnt of R¢¢(￿￿ded Pl￿7C£ appliL¥blc to clthrities preparing their unts in accordatKe with th¢ Fi￿181 RyrtinB Sthtthrd 4WicalAe in the UK and Rewbli¢ of 1relat￿ IFRS 1021 {effective l January 2019). ObJefdv¢s and Stopsley Baptist ChuTth CSBC) ts eonjnlllled to its d)J￿1veS of8dvaKing the aristian faith. rdievxng si¢kness and finaD¢ial bardship. and and prttavitig S￿1 beality Ixrth iti the UK and the wider woA¢L through the provision of goods, servic4 wtslsellittg Futh¥Kally, the6e ¢nds are twrwj by the provision of dI￿1p1¢shiP comm￿lti4 Beacon5. The dDJrch believes that the gwj of Jesu5 Cthtist is not fc￿ th￿C within the alone and i& ther¢for4 commit*d the message of fomd in the This is Fnwsued through a range of ou¢rexh auivities in L4th)n atml in th Missi(￿ activitics of ovetsw pknmers. 2023 saw ￿ &8 a churth tt wttkty praycr and refitction time that readt IKyond rAW local gwphy aod make (mr collt￿t act¢ssible. where it Commutjity GanJEn C￿li￿ll￿$ to be a f¥ci]ity that is znd loved by many. It is overM by C￿ of Beacons knt Maundy Thursday, joining with friettds from Si cburch and i￿1￿8 cat￿leS for p3ss¢r5-by to see as the night (laFkMed,' it has also been the of an Egg Hunt arul 8 xzie* of BathoJ¢s for All dursng the sum months and open to the wid¢r coMM￿ty. The space hls i*cn a C1￿[]Sh￿ rnccting place arnon8St others by a lo Following the l¢K41 conw]tation made in 2022 aThJ furtber eng88a￿lI within the churth f¢llowthip. these plans takcn firm 5h4s and we are that w(th will in 2024 aTrJ the facility. now refetr¢d to as Th¢ Living ftom the charity A R(th &$ an Eco ChutrlL A lcgxy ljas Inade 1¢ w￿11•1¢ for us to explote the itistsllation of solar panels on the ¢bU￿b roof that will ffduc¢ catlw fixJtyiDt a￿1 create $i￿1fi￿nI saiiw in enw costs into th This alone. with(XLt th¢ Tnany other artiviti¢s thaf SBC lea& aTKI gllyly fulfils the uiteria for public benefit laid down by the Charitie5 as well ￿ gkKifying the God wbom we follow in Jes￿% ChrisL The visi¢)n 4¢ SBC is expressed as an aspirdtioo '8n cxtcn¢kd famity. 8rowinB aTMi being trJTrsfotn￿ in Jesus Christ and th8rin8 the gwd news wlKr¢ver we go,. Our duxeh is Sunday dub Lf a rEIi8iOU5 8roup as ￿ch but a wbol¢ lift commwty. looking to J￿5 Cbrist and ￿lt to and ¢onthcts. The mission of th¢ cburth is to STOPSLEY BAPTIST CHURCH REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEfvfBER 2023 This is pwwed througb our Sunday 84thmngs. both oDlin¢ aDd in perso￿ and through the life of ow Beacon GTO mijsional familic8 that s¢¢k to thur¢ lif¢ and faith and be places of ettcoura8ement in taking the good news into the whole of our lives. It would b¢ l¥u¢ to say tha¢ StOF6l¢y Baptist Chwth in all its rich vartety a si8nificant impact in offering a wide r8J)ge of opporttmity to enb8￿¢ th¢ well-being of th¢ v4ider loeal commurtity aionBside our deep commitmenl to Sh8￿ the good news ofJe8usChrisL Slgnlllcant acrfvltlej 2023 Saw us continuing to e4ioy 4 vib￿n¢ rhythm of 88th¢r¢d wor8hip we¢k by week at our miiti buildinB. This include8 committlleni to thnctioning int¢rgenerntionally. ¥d4pting te*¢hing to be eonsistent beThveen Adults and children and 8doptiTJg ways of being togeth¢r that seek to ¢ngag¢ aThl learn from all agGs. W¢ hgv¢ irt¢r¢as¢d th¢ gmouttt of participation in services. which ar¢ now routirtely d¢livertd throu8h a vortety of eh8n8iti8 people week by week. We have a readin& 8 time of wayer Slory*llin8, eithw ID person or throu8h video In￿leW8. We se¢k to be internciive and hav¢ used text nmsaging 8nd flipth8rts to allow for y¢at¢r comrnunitation irtvolvement. We oftett offer some forni of syinboli¢ response time thal a]Iow8 pw)le of all ages to take on Aspects ofthe life of faith thot are beinB offered gnd tsu8hL We have secn a wider variety of people gpeakin8 and are lookin8 to release more voices in the fithjre. We also offer Opporti￿lti￿ to ¢tt8aBe itt worthip in diff¢r¢nt ¢ottt¢xts and medi& througknut the week Wond Sunday mominB. Garden Chureh. mcclinB monthly. thxws irt f8milies attd offers a way to cnwc in faith throu8h lh¢ outdoors natu￿ - it mgk¢s exc¢llcnt us¢ of our C¢)TDrnwiity G8rdcn f￿111￿. Mcsgy Church hss 8150 rontinucd to be pgrt of ow worship. mc¢ting ha]f tcmliy 4nd giving Jnothcr ¢omrnwJity of pcopl¢. not ¥¢rn gen¢Trlly on Sund&y mornin& a ditYer¢ni style of opporfunity to pwsue N life of fhith in Chri¥L Paichwork on Mondays, a dropiti session aimed at both the older 8eneration and youn8 parenty continues to fjtt 8rowin8 numbers wttk by week and has bec￿Me important point of ￿lIac¢ for many. This tim¢ always incoryotate8 a Clear Cl￿'stian m¢85a8e atKI H chance to re40￿1 through a prayer activity. Alowid¢ thi6. we have contitwed to offer mat¢ti818 for children on Sunday morning. Thi8 18 8upport¢d durin8 the week by broadcasts through our SBC Kids Facebook page, youth sessions and Beacon meetin8& as well as reBul￿ mailing, nol only to people infonned but lo otfrr Klour￿6 fordevelopioB fa1th-in￿1ted life at home And wlKteverwe 80. OUT on]in¢ pr¢s¢nc¢ hyy w15Q Wlltinucd through th¢ now ¢Btsblish¢d Rise and Shin¢, morniug prayer T¢fl¢ction tim< whirb 8en¢th aY¢ra8¢ of 80 vi¢ws per w¢¢k al￿ i5 r￿hIng p¢opl¢ b¢yond our ¢¥tablish¢d ¢on8regation. In ¥peci fj¢W50nB. E4sterund Advent. we bave included a gpxst ID these tirne8 and made the offering more of a conversation. We have hosttyl a 8e¢wI 'Diffm¢e' ILy)king * learning to understand PEopl¢ with different beliefs alld managin8 fruitful relationshipj in y plur41istic oflen divided 8oci¢ty. We 8180 hosted an Alph4 wurse introducing a nurnber of people to the bh8ics of Christian faith. W¢ also introduecd a Pre&chin8 Course kninin8 & rttsmber of PBopl¢ from Kvffl¥l different local churches STOPSLEY BAPTIST CHURCH REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023 OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVTnES SlgDlfitallt #ttmdes Ill 2023 our Sunday moming ministy for kids and young pw)k continued to flourislL We looked * a series that followed the semions called The Long RoAd to the Cr￿, and then moved onto taiknng about 'Acting Spirit-FuUY, which Also mirrored the teaching Ups￿￿rS. In the ￿tUrn￿ x we went through 8 FaithinKids Curriculum to help us utthrstand our identity in God and discovff who He says we are. W¢ develO￿d our monthly 8114g¢ s¢rvic¢5 to explore a bible story togeilKr and aKourage encounters actoss the Bencrations that point to Jcsus. We cOntinu￿lY redesign our family are& upstsirs to irtclude & scnsory tenL with a weighÉed blank* nois¢rfancelling h￿dphOneS and 5en50ry toy4 to help those who might n¢ed that Spa￿ available. We a150 contimied updating baskets full of colouring page& little bible Story books. stickers. uayon& more 8ensory toys and wot*she¢ts relevant to each Our vleekly email to families continued ittcluditig SUPPOrt materi￿ and resource8 to equip parcnts and ¢arffl3 to rais¢ G(v&conn¢¢t¢d dhildrn. We also send out we¢kly emails to our volunteer te8nkS for Surtday$ that Sha￿ r¢SOu￿ and Jo 1vhit¢￿Eo meetswith individuals otul families vtho need some extra wpporL We contitwed ¢0 outdoor 4ciivities in the Community Garden that we faith b&ed, including a In0n￿Y outd(x worship stssioll calledGardcn Churth wlwe we cn888e with Gol His ¢reati(M and ¢a¢h other. W¢ also ran a Light Patty &ctually the Community Gtrden this year. &% a Halloween ￿ternative. which many of ODununity famili￿ supporte Our Fwly Years s¢s5iOllS are oversubsLYibed and we often have a waiting IisL. Our B¥byb81¢)o sessions for under ones provide a place for Kew paralts io mEet each other and the ￿lIdMInd￿ ￿51(￿ offers a place for those in that profwion too. W¢ ¢ontinu¢ to use bible stories and soDgs al￿ a praycr in thc SCS5iOJLS which h&s th8nged the focus of what we do. Our seaso￿1 olth*ions for Eastrr. Harvest and ajristnjas also pmvide ￿ opporWnity to share Ourjunior S¢¢tiort of the Boys Brigade continuesweekiy and welcomes Iws from the communityW￿ Messy Churth Mew Church contirnies once a half term Thursday afternoon and is regularly growing and ￿chIng new familiw. We Messy Easter and Mew Christm&s on Sunday mornings as a whole dwrch initiative and families who ar¢ at SBC duTiDg thc weekatteDded. Following on from the success of our intergeller8tional Patchwotk s&*sions on Monday mornings, we ran Sumtntt Patchwork 8wions for all oge5 on five Mondays in the sunjmer holiday weeks. This was popular 8md saw all generntions joining together tooking at different Bible chHrnct¢rs through aetivxtiffj ¢r4ft4 game4 8on8s Bnd teachin& for¢ having IuDth together. We re8￿Y provid¢ ¢ollediv¢ worship to local pritnary school4 sharin8 bible stories iitik¢d with the va]u¢ of the month aDd, on special oc0810￿ focused on Faster and Christmas. We also r4n some Year 6 trartsition swions at th¢ ¢nd of tb¢ SumM￿te￿ linked to th¢bible story ofJondh. In September we introduced Ki&q Social4 which is 8 group run for ¢hildr¢n in primary schooL as a chance for them conrKct with each ¢)ther. This has seen more ¢hildren coming frDm th¢ conjmuttity and our weckly conBr¢gation than our SBC famili&s and ithas been a fun time • tog¢tkn. STOPSLEY BAiYfisT CHURCH REPORT OF THE TRUSTELS FOR THE YEAR EI¥DED 31ST DECEMBER 2023 At th¢ slsrt of th¢ year. we ran two discipleship 8n)ups" (ffle fw 11.14 on Monday evenings and onc for 1*18 ycar oldB dlcd 'l80ite' on Sunday cvaJin8s. 8rrAp followed a similar cutriculum and eDcowaged involvement and ptticiwiort from the yO￿g pts¥le ttK4nsclvc& (kn monthly SL*ial session dTaw5 ag¢ 8fDUPS ¢og¢ther and cNles a ￿Mm￿￿1Y and c4)wtion arml wides a ￿ of fi￿1 kn Sqxathr we both of these 8r¢)up5 to me¢t iogeth¢ron 8 Thwsday ¢v¢ning. Ow SundAy morning 11.14% group Contin￿ whik we the over 14s ￿ serve t￿m4 4Wt fn)m a monthly session to %Jcialise aTtd be tsughi some lethship skill& Just Girls 1$ a diseipl¢ship mttty DM)Dthty for all 11.18 grls •nd is kd by a committed temi of ladies wthift8 thro￿ 6DJdyin8and knkingat WLm)ert in the Biljle. This includ&s ¥ lime ofcTrfting to Boys Bri8ade conytty meas weekty for 11.18 •nd l*% se¢0 m•ny of them wtyk towards &hieve their txthe ofEdinbw8h Awa We held 8 youth Weeka￿ in Mar¢h called ￿1$¢0¥￿ wlm w¢ lotsk¢d * oyr id¢ntity, spirittwl gits and purpose. ThtB W#$ 8 Ji8nificADt time tolmild rel*ioo51upsand en•lAeivJng pe￿k to kws and their f•ith. 2023 saw ￿ ba￿ 3 wle whith w45 cclebMi(w ofall th•f G￿1 Iw dLYK. In Au8U84 we wok • of our olts Y(￿ ts the S*llit£8 feAival by Youthsw whith a brilliant time for them ￿ wow in their connectirffi with gain cxpericnce in confidence in pyyin8 for ¢¥h oth￿. W¢ already have 14 you08 peopk $i￿¢d 4J to this ev¢nt aftcronly tsvo wceks since tickds were availabl¢. Catrion8 ond the tearn h￿¢ #NI >vr thwin8 2023. We h￿e develLyI Ill of our Oroup MeDtorin8 ww5¢s w a way tha¢ ¢ncouA8es ¢oftversation around 8 thble and invites pp)pk into a new story wh￿￿ IIKY 50rnethin8 with an arVcTrfi while th¢y bave th¢ availabl¢ to open up And share their thoughts. W¢ hav¢ also njadc T(￿ for social time in otderto allow fTicnd5hipJ t&) grow. people art facin8. Our PArt ID this is to1Th8 8w•r¢neM to y(w people in 4 whieh hrlp to prev¢nt them b￿Qmill involved in hamjthl aetivitie& Dwing th¢ year. GHM ha8 S￿¢￿fUllY IAunched a new Gmup MertLKin8 C04uw TrlangiD8 S&fely' • around kttpin8 ￿le aw8re of the the streets. Topics iDcludcd online ￿frry, bullyin& 8wd bad fiiendships and ￿fety strtt￿ We also talkcd ab¢￿t how within crime you can be 8uilty by aS8o¢iatioD. people to rn•k¢ friends and d¢v¢lop their SOCI￿ skills and we a]so intrLMluee bite-5ite parts of ow ¢xistsng courses. The llUTnbrrs gttcDdin8 bavc I￿rcaS￿ and w¢ have f￿MI thai the friendships within thi5 W include every age attendin8 which is a real joy to #eL It Iws also help￿ thc y(l￿ger on¢5 whoioin w (m SAtstrd2ys beforc th¢ ¢QUTS STOPSLEY BAFfisT CHURCH REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2013 GHM now provides the followiD8 nwij) servi . Group Mentoriti8 Cours4 ￿Ul]ding SeIf.Est￿￿, and D¢aliDg with An8&, for ag¢5 &13: . Grw M¢ntr(ing CouTh4 'Explorin8 Identity Through Creative Pn*ess'. Six Word<. "H￿￿8 Out SAfely" 'Six W¢¢k8 of SwntD&. forages &12. . On¢20n¢ M¢ntoriD& Club Evenin8 fct 11-15 We welcomed Ellie-mae Waller io our ieam in Semanber as ow nvw Rdatsonships •ThJ Admitiisty¥¢b)n knisilnt •nd are thankful to Rxbd GilliN forbu w(thr. rknin8 the Sumw holid•ys W¢ fow Holiw thy% with IwKb povitsl. These s¥¢tssful Ind we Ire pI•witi8 them win in 2024. Lc**in8 to the ￿turt. we have been approoched by two sctr#)ols who have beth so impruwj with the they have seen in yoiin8 people attendin8 our seNices would like us w provide simiior 5uiyori within the schools. We are currently in convernwon with them to plm a forward. Tr church continue8 to •Jpp)n ov¢n¢ag in the Bglkw caM￿di& Pakiswi. and the Mi¢Mle EasL SBC has of the thurth ￿ are living over¥eas puM1￿Y ￿lIe otheTh vi¥1¢ for p¢riods of up lo two It￿th$ at a ¢ime. We have 4180 develop¢d p￿ti￿bIpS with pAstors from chu[th￿ ov¢Tr¢as thrDugh Rjdstork Ministri¢4 ¥5 well 98 8 link with o pN6tor in Ni8ryi& who we ￿ve ¢(Yme¢t with •nd fvndrnise tow•rds a well projsXL Members of our hurcb and leadmhip W¢Ff i¥Lvolv¢d in a in ma￿ last yw 7*IKff thry wtr¢ abl¢ to m#t with of our mi8sion Pl￿￿. Alyide thi& we etthe¢t*M zts)m emiil wilh ail ofour mission Pa￿e￿$. We continued to sup￿ and worts)* the w(Yk ora number of rdivities bued in which se¢k to or¢rate with Off￿ friendship and bjsic skills of th¢ differeni ethnic 8rrws fwHI in the low￿ notsbly amw Pakistsni Muslims. Thcx Iwjl outrwh oPWx￿17¢$ 8r¢ ￿ (yw)rtUDity for mpny in Lw thwch fwnily ￿ gel involved ill s¢Trin8 and reacbin8 OW to the Com￿ty. thts was raisal by the SBC famity following the dk*ilth of our Glohl CtMii¢les Ind the we gave OD Gloixl s￿￿1&y. our SPEciBI mission tsy. This fiumls the tnd17rid￿¥ who ￿ Inv0fv￿ in eduutiTh4 5¢Tr7ng tbc pwr and e￿ipPing and develq)in8 leada3. The Church continu¢s ty WQTk Iwd offry to thLty¢ WI￿ att¢Thi and to the widtr ¢0Mm￿lty. Our is to provid¢ this PTimaTily th[￿gh the wolk of Bearn￿ By way of r¢gular Meetin￿ V1h*th￿ and friendsbip, rn￿Y of our schL¥)Is. This ts ￿ed ￿ suppty F4r¢eh io referrths re£eived either pttwnally or through a r￿ge of agmcie In the last year. well parccL4 in rwnse to indiv1th￿l rEferral4 wc provided gi(ts ￿ Azal4 of our Ifxal STOPSLEY BAiyfisT CHURCH REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR EI¥DED 31ST DECEMBER 2023 The clwrth continues to value ils senior ciliz¢n& The Patthwork meeting on a Pdonday provides a thopio spo￿ and offers craft ￿tiVItie￿ We ar¢ now back in a regular Th￿hM offerin¥ a Sunday WOTShip IM)ur on the fu5t Sunday of the tnonty with a variety of speake[5 refirshmcDts after the service. This L5 eomplcmented by TueSd￿S Togetherf. a tnonthly rn¢¢iing for S¢nior5 in our chU￿h building. This h&5 bccn attended regularfy by a faithful number who have ¢Djoy¢d th¢ te8ul8r comp8ny it provid&%. The SertiotS are led tltrough a small bui committed team of volunteers wbo not ODly make arrangements butwovid¢ WE. We support the development of a ¢ommw]ity OUtr￿h proj￿¢ ¢•]l¢d Tr Tent Project., led by one of our membcts and liyered in partnership with S¢ Thomas, Church wnd others. A Sin8inB Caft is tM)w along5idc the Tent Pzoi which has up to 80 att¢ndee In Winter month& we provided both a wann space and H we¢kly'P8y as you can, me81 for the lo￿1 community Called ood for All,. Numbers were biBh bu( the rncai iim&s prowded an important meeting p)int for a number of fawilies d olderpeople. Jodeed food is a significant part of our life together. W¢ now havc a monthly breakfast provided before our Fca rviceg #nd occasional shared suppers th* we have called for thc Nations,. conceived as a space to build relationsbips and ¢elebrat¢ thc dtvu3ity of ourcommuDity through catitig together. of the Ch entre Ow vision r¢m•itis to be open to the wider community 8T￿ known as a safe and w8rn1 place to visit The foyer 8t¢a is availabl¢ d4ily to anyone and selfpservice tea and ¢off¢e are available. We have secn some from our Early Yeo sessions and other lthkiti8s using this facility and we are hyful that in time more people will see this as a welcom¢ The h8rd WO￿ of our b￿king8 rn8n8g¢r seen the eontinued use of the building as a venue for letting to a number of local group$. This h&$ setved both to be a useful source of incom¢ as w¢ll as aD ¢xpression of our vision to be a space for extended f8nJily and community. We are grat¢lknl ftsrail the bard WO￿ of the stsff. aswell as for thc vo1w1tee￿ WI￿ make life at SBC possII)I Our staff team are extremely ￿l￿1¢￿tious. and wg for thelr cortyniknent given that activity Tell￿1￿ high attd staffing levels are lowcr. Intern5hip5 in our Early Yws atml Youth and Chilthu's work came to an end in July 2023 lld wewere able to ret]ect both on a good quwlity ¢xtrtri￿￿e for those who have been serving and also on the benefit for our wozkthrougb our intems in thisperio 8 of July, we were able to Tec￿1¢ an &ssist¥nt to our Youth Wmi Childrn's worK one of the previous ye*s itrtertis, whi¢h Iw provtded more capacity in thatare& We have akn re•aTranged our O•ioDs ￿ AdnImi￿ fiJD¢tion ID 2023. following th¢ ￿tir¢mrnI of our Exrtutive Director in y￿y. This Iw b¢en athi¢v¢d by developin8 one of our existing staff into on Op¢rabons roll. Ii is hO￿d that they will be in a Fwition to take overthe role ￿llY by July 2025. In December 2023. our Senioi Pastor that he would be moving on at the tnd of Junc 2024 aftcr 15 ye￿S in the role and our Finat￿ Officer will be retiring in AugLrt Th¢ Impact of this will need to be wotknj thtwgh in the coming months but th¢ strength ond depth of the church community m¢an that we well plaeed to navigate a ￿*￿itiOn and ￿ take the oppOr￿ty to renea al￿ ffview before movin8 into ancw sra50R its th¢ futtwE. yearw¢bapti8ed4 peoplc. At the cnd of 2023. the ChU￿h had 212 membrr STOPSLEY BAFfIsT CHURCH REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEIKBER 2023 Flnattdal posltlon During year under miew, the ObJ￿tiVe was to maintsin the reserves in thc E¢ncral in line with the ¥gteed JliLy. was a surplus for the year of £4.906 (2022 £64.755) in tbe general Th¢ designated fund reduced by £61,834 leaving a b8]ance of £115.766. Thue was a sutplus in restri¢i¢d fimds of £6594 (2022 incr¢J5¢ of ￿7fj9). Toral income for the year was £569.405 (2022 £747,893) and totsl ¢xp¢nditur¢ £642.739 {2022 £496.769). More detailed inforniation ￿gArding incom¢ and ¢xpendittwe ￿ be found in th¢ to th¢ Fitwirial Stat¢nwits. ltsve5tmentpoU¢y and •bJrfdves Th¢ trusiees consider that the prtsent ￿lIcY of investing fiJrtd4 IA higher TBte bank accounts offers the leost risk in the ¢urr¢Dt ttonomic ¢limat¢, although int¢rcst rnt¢s continu¢ to ￿ low. The fim& received fn)m a lew have been investol in th¢ B¥Oists To8ether 3 Month Notice Accow The trust¢¢s hav¢ ¢¢)nsid¢r¢d the requirEments for r¢serves b￿ed itrn the njairt risks to the fill￿]n￿ The ttstricted aclivities are mainly 8upF￿¢d from contr¢ts or fiu]drgi5iO8 all of these activilies could be reduced without Si￿lficant risk. Reserves are therefore only required to cover unresknctcd activitic4 n￿elY get￿1 fim Approximately 90% of g¢n¢ral fiwd In¢0[￿ ¢om¢s from th¢ rc8ular w¢ekly or monthly commilmcTht frorn Mcmbets the gift aid Tecovered on IL Consequentty. it is ¢onsid¢red that th¢ wire5tricted fjJn