## **Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2022 for Herne Bay Baptist Church** 

## Table of Contents 

|Table of Contents|Table of Contents|
|---|---|
|Reference and Administrative Details of the Charity ....................................................................................... 3||
|3.|Trustees / Deacons .............................................................................................................................. 3|
|4.|Finance Group ..................................................................................................................................... 3|
|5.|Youth Officer ....................................................................................................................................... 3|
|6.|Church Administrator .......................................................................................................................... 3|
|7.|Independent Examiner ....................................................................................................................... 3|
|8.|Office Hours ........................................................................................................................................ 3|
|9.|Address And Contact Details ............................................................................................................... 3|
|Trustees Report 31 December 2022 ................................................................................................................ 4||
|10.|Constitution ........................................................................................................................................ 4|
|11.|Method of appointment of Trustees ................................................................................................... 4|
|12.|Policy for the Induction and Training of the Trustees ........................................................................... 4|
|13.|Related Party Relationships ................................................................................................................. 5|
|14.|Risk Management ............................................................................................................................... 5|
|15.|Objectives and Activities ..................................................................................................................... 5|
|16.|Activities for Achieving Objectives ....................................................................................................... 5|
|17.|Grant making policies .......................................................................................................................... 6|
|18.|Volunteers .......................................................................................................................................... 6|
|19.|Achievement and performance ........................................................................................................... 6|
|20.|Review of Activities ............................................................................................................................. 6|
|i)|Art and craft for all.......................................................................................................................... 6|
|ii)|CAMEO ............................................................................................................................................ 6|
|iii)|Craft and Chat ................................................................................................................................. 7|
|iv)|Footprints Toddler Group ................................................................................................................ 7|
|v)|GIGAWAC ........................................................................................................................................ 7|
|vi)|LAB (LOOKING AHEAD BEYOND BEREAVEMENT) .............................................................................. 7|
|vii)|Messy Church .................................................................................................................................. 8|
|viii)|Model Railway Club ......................................................................................................................... 8|
|ix)|Open Church ................................................................................................................................... 8|
|x)|Outreach ......................................................................................................................................... 8|
|xi)|Reflections ...................................................................................................................................... 9|
|xii)|The Basement Youth ....................................................................................................................... 9|



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|xiii)|Warm Room .................................................................................................................................... 9|
|---|---|
|21.|Other activities .................................................................................................................................. 10|
|22.|Financial Review................................................................................................................................ 10|
|i)|Fundraising Activities / Income Generation ................................................................................... 10|
|ii)|Property Lettings ........................................................................................................................... 10|
|iii)|Legacy ........................................................................................................................................... 10|
|iv)|Financial activity for the year ......................................................................................................... 10|
|v)|Investment Policy and Performance .............................................................................................. 11|
|vi)|Reserves Policy .............................................................................................................................. 11|
|23.|Future Developments ........................................................................................................................ 11|
|i)|Personal Spiritual Development..................................................................................................... 11|
|ii)|Administrative matters .................................................................................................................. 11|
|iii)|External ......................................................................................................................................... 12|
|24.|Financial Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022………………………………………………….…13 and 14|
|25.|Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees/Members…………………………………………..…………………..15|



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## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE CHARITY** 

**3. Trustees / Deacons** Rev Darren Blaney MA, BD, BSc 

Minister Until 30[th] April 2022 

Trevor Aldridge Pamela Banks Kevin Budd Linda Cornelius Roger Good Peter Langridge 

From 18[th] January 2023 Until 7[th] November 2022 From 1[st] April 2022 (Secretary from 22[nd] February 2023) From 1[st] April 2022 

Until 31[st] March 2022 

## **4. Finance Group** 

Trevor Aldridge Trustee from 18[th] January 2023. Bookkeeper from 1[st] January 2023 Pamela Banks Trustee to 7[th] November 2022 Bookkeeper to 31[st] December 2022 then Church Representative Oliver Jeffery Chair - Church Representative Alan Jordan Church Representative 

The Minister and Church Secretary are ex-officio members of the Finance Group. 

## **5. Youth Officer** 

Linda Cornelius 

## **6. Church Administrator** 

Alison Bodey 

## **7. Independent Examiner** 

Jonathan Barton CTA ATT (Fellow). 

## **8. Office Hours** 

The office is open on Tuesday and Wednesday. 

## **9. Address And Contact Details** 

Herne Bay Baptist Church Friendship Centre 105 High Street HERNE BAY CT6 5LA Telephone 01227-367908 E-mail: admin.hbbc@gmail.com 

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## **TRUSTEES REPORT 31 DECEMBER 2022** 

The Trustees, who are also the Deacons of the charity, present their annual report together with the financial accounts of Herne Bay Baptist Church (the charity) for the year ended 31 December 2022.  The Trustees confirm that the annual report and financial accounts of the charity comply with the current statutory requirements and the requirements of the charity’s constitution (Trust Deed). The financial accounts of the charity have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 using the receipts and payments basis. 

## **10. Constitution** 

The Church was formed in 1879 as a Baptist Church following the principles of the Calvinist Baptists and is governed by Deacons (Trustees) and a Church Members ’Meeting. 

The Church is legally constituted as a registered charity No 1153040 and was set up by a Constitution on 19 September 2012 and registered by the Charity Commission on 23 July 2013. 

The Constitution provides the Church Rules and a Constitution for the Church Members ’proceedings to include appointment of the Minister, Church affiliations, Church Membership, Leadership and Church Members ’Meetings. 

The Trustees are governed by the Church Members ’Meeting which is bi-monthly, or additionally when required, in all matters except finance for which they have the final responsibility as required by the Constitution. 

The principal objective of the Church is the advancement of the Christian Faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination. 

The management of the charity is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected under the terms of the Constitution. 

## **11. Method of appointment of Trustees** 

Under the Constitution the Trustees, apart from the Minister, who is a trustee by virtue of his office, are elected for a three-year term nominated by Church Members and appointed following a secret ballot vote at a Church Members ’Meeting providing they receive 66% of those casting a vote at that meeting.  Trustees also serve as Deacons of the Church. Trustees may be elected for up to two threeyear terms but must have a break of one year following the second term before they become eligible for re-election. 

The Church may elect or re-elect every three years a Secretary and Treasurer who shall also be trustees, there is no time limit on their appointment. 

## **12. Policy for the Induction and Training of the Trustees** 

Following the appointment of a Trustee the Minister and the Trustees meet together with the new member and work through the Baptist Union Corporation guidelines for new Deacons and Trustees. 

Under the Church’s congregational approach, Church Members retain ultimate authority under God in matters of Church life. They express this by nominating and appointing Trustees to act as stewards on their behalf and voting on the appointment of Ministers when required. 

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Trustees act as a governance group which has the responsibility of ensuring things are done.  They exercise their governance function through ensuring the Terms of Reference are written and updated for groups dealing with such things as finance, youth worker support group, etc. The Trustees, along with the Minister, ensure that the mission and outreach of the Church is safeguarded. Trustees also encourage and provide personal support to the Minister. 

The Minister is the spiritual leader. The Minister is empowered to lead and encourage the Church in Mission, Teaching the Word of God and ensuring that the principal objective of the Church is maintained. The Trustees are empowered to recommend to the Church Members’ Meeting the appointment of organisational leaders in the Church for their approval. 

## **13. Related Party Relationships** 

The Church is affiliated to the Baptist Union of Great Britain and is a member of the South Eastern Baptist Association and the Evangelical Alliance.  Neither affiliation nor membership of these organisations, however, represents any constitutional relationship. 

The Baptist Union Corporation Limited is custodian Trustee of the land and premises at High Street and Spenser Road under a “Fairburn Trust.”  The Church has the benefit of using the property, replacing, and enhancing parts of it, but could not sell and redeploy the proceeds. 

In compliance with the requirements of the Charity Commission, the Trustees maintain a Register of Trustees interests and declare their interest in any business. It is a requirement for Trustees to be independent of any relationship that would pose a conflict of interest. 

## **14. Risk Management** 

The Trustees manage the process of identifying and reviewing the major risks to which the Church is exposed and establishing systems to manage these risks. To that end detailed terms of reference or policies are in place for finance; health, safety and safeguarding; outreach and youth work officer. These documents are reviewed by the Trustees and amendments recommended to the Annual General Meeting for approval. 

## **15. Objectives and Activities** 

The Trustees’ role is to safeguard the Mission, Preaching and Teaching of the Gospel and Pastoral work of the Church as set out in the aims and objectives and is held accountable by the Church Members Meeting. The Mission ethos and values should be developed in line with the Church’s vision. The Mission Statement is: 

_Herne Bay Baptist Church, a community sharing Jesus, so you can know Jesus, become like Jesus and impact the world like Jesus._ 

## **16. Activities for Achieving Objectives** 

The Trustees continue to explore the capabilities and experiences of members of the Church to allow a plan to be drawn up for the future. 

The Church holds a weekly service for worship and teaching on Sunday mornings. During the morning service the children are taught in their age groups apart from approximately one every six weeks when an all-age service is held. 

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Activities are held through the week among them are the Carers and Toddlers’ Group (Footprints), Youth meetings regularly held at weekends; the older members meeting once a fortnight for fellowship and friendship; there is also Reflections Coffee Shop each week which is a free outreach requesting donations only; a railway club; the Church also holds a Messy Church meeting monthly, apart from August and December, for families.  This is proving to be highly successful with many families being reached; it is also staffed by people from different denominations.  A review of the activities follows below. On the last Saturday of the month the Church is open for members of the public to come in and look around, have coffee and chat to members. Also during this time, a new Arts and crafts for all is run in the sanctuary. 

## **17. Grant making policies** 

Although the Church is not a grant making body as such it provides through its general funds for gifts to support a number of Christian Missionary organisations, including The Baptist Missionary Society and the Home Mission of the Baptist denomination to which they give a tithe. Support has also been given to the Canterbury Christian School Work Trust (CCSWT) and Christians Against Poverty. Practical support for the local Food Bank has also continued. The Church also responds to national disaster appeals when the need arises. These all contribute to the Church meeting its objectives. 

## **18. Volunteers** 

The Church maintains a small, mainly part time, staff apart from the Minister (a vacancy since 1[st] May 2022), which is a full-time office, the Youth Officer, the Administration Officer, the Church Cleaner and Cleaning Assistant. Most of the work in the Church is undertaken by volunteers. This includes Trustees, Organisation Leaders and all the staff involved in Children’s Work; community and family support, finance, pastoral care group, Home Group Leaders; music, worship, and technical support; premises, apart from cleaning; evangelism, Mission support and several other things. 

## **19. Achievement and performance** 

The Trustees continue to be confident that the Charity has adequate resources for the foreseeable future. The Finance Group meets on a bi-monthly basis and prepares reports for both the Trustees and the Church Members’ Meetings to apprise them of the financial situation and indicate any changes to the budget as necessary, although the final decision regarding the finances remains with the Trustees. 

## **20. Review of Activities** 

## **i) Art and craft for all** 

Art and craft for all takes place once a month, on Saturday mornings, at HBBC. It is open to anyone to attend and there is no charge. Each month, a wide range of craft activities is available and no prior skill is required to participate. The intention is to provide an open, friendly atmosphere for individuals or family groups to ‘have a go’ at something they might not otherwise have the opportunity to do. Refreshments are provided. The day has a Christian emphasis as part of the outreach activity of HBBC. 

## **ii) CAMEO** 

Come and meet each other - Is a friendship group, which was introduced to Herne Bay Baptist Church following the Covid restrictions where it was noticed that some people struggled to communicate with each other having been isolated for that time. It meets on the second and fourth Tuesday afternoons for an hour and a half. Everyone is welcome to join and we try to reach out to the local community. To make the activity inviting for everyone, the room is set with nice small tables with 

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pretty tablecloths and small vases of flowers where mixed groups of four or more are seated at each table. There is no charge for the activity, however a donation is invited to cover the cost of the tea, coffee and homemade cakes which are offered during a short break. The group is Christian based and the program usually consists of an opening prayer and a hymn, followed by notices of any forthcoming activities, birthday cards etc. A fun quiz or other activity is a popular activity, which helps people to work together and to communicate in order to answer the questions. Following the short break for refreshments another activity is provided, usually a speaker, a musical item such as a choir or ukulele band or a sing - along. There is an occasional outing to a local garden centre for tea or other local venues. The numbers of people attending is gradually increasing as more people hear about the group. 

## **iii) Craft and Chat** 

Craft and Chat was set up via zoom in lock down as a way for likeminded people to meet. We progressed to meeting fortnightly once we were able to have face to face meetings. We have undertaken a couple of projects for the church premises. The latest being to provide new cushions and throws for the basement area used as a meeting place for the church youth group. We are currently taking a break due to the colder weather and numbers dropping and will make a decision about future meetings after Easter. 

## **iv) Footprints Toddler Group** 

Is held on a Thursday morning from 9.30am to 11.30am term times only. It is a group for preschool aged children with a parent or carer. There is a variety of toys and games for the children to play with, with a time for singing at the end of the session. During the morning refreshments are served to the children and the adults. There is a small charge payable each session, for each family group that comes. 

Toddler group has continued this year in the most wonderful way, it has been hectic but good times, with over 25 new families coming for the first time.  We celebrated Easter, a Jubilee and Christmas with our children, and recognised and blessed those leaving the group as they started at ‘big’ school. We have also enjoyed playing, craft, colouring and singing. 

While we have been able to welcome some team members, whilst others have stepped down. 

## **v) GIGAWAC** 

This organisation continues to provide Bible teaching for children between the ages of 3 and 11 during the Sunday morning services. The teaching is from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, and is shared between three volunteers, supported by three helpers, with one teacher and one helper per session. The children learn Christian messages through using multi-sensory materials, drama, crafts games, texts and singing, Christian themes are explored in each weekly session that are shared within the context of the Bible Passage. Usually there are one or two children present between 3 and 9 years old, though sometimes there are more and we always prepare for additional attendees. As a small ’ group we are able to adapt to different children s needs. 

## **vi) LAB (LOOKING AHEAD BEYOND BEREAVEMENT)** 

LAB meets at Riverside Café, Chestfield, a few miles away from Herne Bay on the first Monday afternoon of each month, between 2 – 4 pm. 

It is open to all who in any way have suffered a bereavement. This includes not only the death of a partner or family member but divorce, redundancy, loss of home or any other loss which as affected the life of the person concerned. 

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The aim is to support one another on our grief journey, to share our experiences, both positive and negative. We encourage confidentiality during these conversations. On occasions we meet socially for coach outings, walks etc. 

We have referrals at times from Whitstable Health Care Centre social prescriber. 

We number roughly about 18 people per session, some stay for months, some for a few weeks and for some it is not the right environment or time in their journey. 

This meeting is not overtly ‘Christian’ as people of all faiths, colour or sexual orientation are welcome. However, many do express their faith and we have been very happy to accept others from churches in the surrounding district. 

We are confident that LAB is meeting a real need in people’s lives at this time and those of us from HBBC are grateful to God for the opportunity given to us to serve Him in this way. 

## **vii) Messy Church** 

Messy Church is an outreach activity for families and/or ‘family style groups’ (i.e. Grandparents/ grandchildren, aunts & uncles/nieces & nephews, just a group of mixed ages), we usually meet 10 times during the year on the 1[st] Saturday afternoon on the month from 4pm to 6pm, with there being no meetings in January or August. 

We were able to run all 10 of our meetings for this year, all face to face.  With themes covering the early life of Jesus, Daniel, and Elijah, as well as the standards of Easter and Christmas, plus a Platinum Jubilee.  It has been a great year for Messy Church, very busy and productive.  With a rise in the average monthly attendance and 25 new family groups coming for the first time during the year. There have been some changes to the team too, as it has been a great joy for new team members to join us, whilst sadly others are no longer able to help. 

## **viii) Model Railway Club** 

The membership of this group has remained fairly static during the year. One new junior member has been attending.  Average attendance at the Wednesday evening meetings remains at 7. As space available for the activity is necessarily limited, we are not actively seeking to increase membership. The meetings provide a friendly, informal atmosphere where members discuss railway modelling while they go ahead with designing and constructing the latest model railway.  The club activities are self-financing whilst allowing for a small, agreed annual donation to the Church to cover heating and lighting costs. 

Towards the latter part of the year it became clear that the club no longer performed well as a Church Club and discussions are ongoing with members and the Diaconate with a view to closing it as such and re-forming as a club independent of the Church but using the existing facilities as an outside user. The club has its own committee. 

## **ix) Open Church** 

This outreach activity occurs on the last Saturday of each month.  During the year, a small group of Church Members continued to open the Church Hall to welcome anyone passing by to come in for light refreshment, and company. It offered the opportunity for them to discover more about the Church and its activities or just to get to know us and chat about things that were on their mind. Numbers coming in have dwindled over the year and the group are now reviewing what it has achieved and whether it needs change. 

## **x) Outreach** 

Following the pandemic, the majority of activities came back online. We had seen the end of Keyboard Club, LACE and Crowning Years but we came back with Craft and chat, LAB, Arts and Craft 

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for all and CAMEO. All meeting a need that had been born of developments, changes and the need to meet adapt during and after the pandemic and to meet face to face after a long period of isolation. These activities all fall under the church’s umbrella of outreach. 

The Diaconate are now looking to develop plans for specific outreach events. 

## **xi) Reflections** 

main aim is to outreach to the local community. This is achieved by offering a warm welcome to Herne Bay Baptist Church by transforming the main church with small tables, attractive tablecloths complete with flowers and a menu. This offers a wide variety of hot and cold drinks and homemade cakes and warm fruit toast. The team are all volunteers who prepare the coffee shop, serve people as they come into the church and then clear away and make the area ready for the next scheduled activity. There is no charge for any of the food and drink that is offered but donations are invited by means of small china lambs on each table. Any money received is used to supply the menu items and to maintain all the required utensils and components such as cups, tea pots and make a donation to the church for use of the facilities etc. The team also offers friendship to anyone in need of a chat and occasionally pastoral care if required. The coffee shop is open to everyone and all faiths or none, and many small groups meet up on a Friday and enjoy the hospitality. It has proved to be a popular activity within the town and numbers have steadily grown since the coffee shop first began, with people looking for a warm space in the winter months and to meet socially with friends throughout the year. We encourage a community feel with various activities such as Christmas, birthdays and charity fundraising such as Children in Need. The coffee shop closes during August and for two weeks at Christmas. 

## **xii) The Basement Youth** 

There are three groups that come under this heading - a social activities group, a Sunday morning study group and a Sunday evening group. They are our groups that are for our young people, those in school years 7 through to 13 (age approx. 11 to 18). 

Due to the ongoing and changing COVID-19 restrictions, the young people’s groups meet online with regular Zoom meetings which included Bible teaching and craft. There was also a daily video diary made and shared during the time of Lent, with teachings and thoughts about Lent. The online sessions carried on until the end of May. 

When it was possible, and as the response to a need, we had some face-to-face outdoor meetings and 1-2-1 meet ups. 

Then during June, we recommenced regular face-to-face meetings at the church for teaching and social times. From the beginning of September, our Sunday morning Bible study group resumed on a weekly basis, and has met weekly since, except for all-age worship services. 

We have also been able to enjoy some limited social times, with holding a Beach BBQ and a trip to the Pantomime planned for early in the New Year. 

## **xiii) Warm Room** 

In mid-November, following various appeals and news reports we opened a Warm Room. Following conversations with Age UK it was decided, with some assistance, to offer the main sanctuary as a warm space/room open to the local community. A warm place offering a simple breakfast and then a warm lunch with hot drinks available throughout the opening times. It was staffed by volunteers from the church with soup made by a church family. We also offered support where requested or needed and it was a safe space where people were listened too. The project is planned to run until the end of February 2023 and then be reviewed. 

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## **21. Other activities** 

During this year we saw our ability to meet outside of Sunday Worship increase. We had a Fish & Chip lunch to say goodbye to our previous minister Rev and Mrs Blaney in March as they took up a new pastorate in Wales. We were able to have the Birchington Silver Band for an evening concert that raised funds for CAMEO and a charity concert by Canterbury Music Makers where the proceeds went to the local Air Ambulance and the foodbank. 

We were able to reinstate our support for the local foodbank by both making financial and food donations from the fellowship during the year. We decided not to continue as a church to support Fair trade by collecting coppers this year, we gathered all the final coppers in and made a final donation to coffee growers. We now instead encourage the fellowship to make their own arrangements for Fair Trade support. We continued to support Porchlight via Christmas collection donations. The Harvest collection this year went to the food bank. 

## **22. Financial Review** 

**i) Fundraising Activities / Income Generation** The main thrust of the Church’s income is from the voluntary giving of its members and others in the congregation. 

## **ii) Property Lettings** 

This report covers the year to 31 December 2022 and relates to the use of the Church buildings, including the Friendship Centre by people and organisations outside the Church.  Such persons and organisations may use relevant parts of the buildings for purposes deemed appropriate to the membership and such use is regulated by the policy and principles agreed by the Church.  A booking must be made for each use and a fee may be charged or a donation made, essentially to cover costs. Church activities always take precedence over external use. 

During 2022, there has been a slow recovery in use of the premises following the Covid lockdowns. 

Users during 2022 included; Herne Bay Photographic Club 4-day exhibition Canterbury City Council Consultation on changes in the town Kent County Council Consultation on Traffic Plans for the Town Herne Bay Community Singers This group moved away from the Church during the year. Canterbury Music Makers A concert raising funds for 2 charities. Radio Cabin (Charity) Fund Raising Event Some applications were rejected as the Deacons (leadership team) felt that the proposed activities went against Church Policy or Christian Teaching. 

## **iii) Legacy** 

This year we received £100,00 legacy. As is our custom the money was tithed and the Church made contributions as follows SSAFA £500, Porchlight £2,500, Food Bank £2.500, and English Christian School in Lebanon £2,500. The other £2,500 was set aside for running a warm room in the church premises during the winter. 

## **iv) Financial activity for the year** 

During the year, the Church received £90,839 in general giving, gift aid, from Manses and contributions towards the use of the premises. It also received specific income for collections for donations, running organisations and refunds of £6,695 and the legacy of £100,000 totaling £197,534. 

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It spent on its general activities £108,646. The survey of the main church site, repairs, maintenance and architect’s fees for the period was £28,462 and general upkeep was £12,206. The net surplus being £88.888. This being the residue of the legacy and an expected deficit for the year after using reserves to pay for the necessary building work. The Church is grateful that the regular worshippers continued to maintain their giving and those who are able, give through Gift-Aid. 

A survey was undertaken of the Church site which uncovered substantial work that needs to be completed as a matter of urgency. to maintain the site, stop any further dilapidation and repair the buildings to maintain health and safety standards. The repairs and maintenance fund that had been started in 2020 and was maintained at £4,000 for regular maintenance and upkeep throughout 2022. The Quinquennial fund at the end of 2022 stood at £17,486. 

In making payment to staff the Church use the service provided by West of England Baptist Payroll. Funds are drawn by them from our bank account by Direct Debit on a monthly basis. They deduct and pay all Tax due and National Insurance contributions and issue staff pay advice slips. The Church continues to benefit from employment allowances.  The Church is also grateful for the service of our Independent Examiner, Jonathan Barton, who faithfully does an excellent job preparing the accounts for us. 

## **v) Investment Policy and Performance** 

The Church does not currently hold any long-term investments. Options for investing the legacy are being considered. 

## **vi) Reserves Policy** 

The Church maintains a reserves policy to maintain cash reserves equal to six months ’committed expenditure. The Trustees review the reserves policy on an annual basis. At 31 December 2022 balances held in an interest earning deposit account for unrestricted funds totaled £31,105 which when added to the balance in the general funds exceeds the reserves policy. 

## **23. Future Developments** 

## **i) Personal Spiritual Development** 

Following the pandemic normal patterns of meeting and praying, of worship and teaching, have been resumed. The Sunday worship maintained an online presence, through zoom until easter 2022. The zoom-based prayer meetings continued during 2022 but the Monday lunch-time prayer meeting stopped in October and the Wednesday early morning prayer meeting moved to 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning in the sanctuary. The Reverend Darren Blaney left at the end of April 2022 and a search for a new Pastor began. We have benefitted from the support of our moderator The Reverend Ray Bayliss helping us through the settlement process and a designated team made up of members and some of the Diaconate to focus on this important search. The church has enjoyed, learned and thrived by having both in-house and external visiting preachers, leading the congregation on their individual faith journey. 

## **ii) Administrative matters** 

The Trustees have completed a Risk Assessment of the Charity which is reviewed regularly. 

The Trustees have reviewed the insurance policies of the Church and the policy was renewed with Baptist Union Insurance. 

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The Trustees having completed the appropriate action ensures that the Church remained compliant with the current GDPR regulations. 

The Minister and Trustees continued to review worship services, practices and policies.  As an aid to this process the church enlisted the help of an outcome Christian Facilitator who began a series of workshops and surveys with both leaders and members. We looked at various aspects of church life, where HBBC was in terms of its current worship, style of worship and times of worship it’s leadership style and structures and the went on to look at what the challenges for the future were and where the Church believed God was leading them. Subsequent strategy days have been held and the priorities identified have been worked on with both the leadership team and the congregation. 

## **iii) External** 

The Church is a partner in the _CAP Debt Management Centre_ which launched in April 2015 in Herne Bay. It offers professional advice, a get-out-of-debt-budgeting facility and negotiations with creditors, all free of charge to those with debt problems.  The Church is also involved with the food bank providing parcels of food for those in need. During 2022 Herne Bay Street Pastors disbanded. Joint services are held from time to time with other churches in the town. 

Roger Good Kevin Budd Trustee Trustee 

Original signed on behalf of the Trustees of Herne Bay Baptist Church on 19th day of July 2023 

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## **24.    Financial Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022** 

||**Herne Bay Baptist Church**|**Herne Bay Baptist Church**|**Herne Bay Baptist Church**|**Herne Bay Baptist Church**|**Herne Bay Baptist Church**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**<br>**from**||**01/01/2022**|**To**|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**||**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**54,682**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|**54,682**<br>**9,463**<br>**218**<br>**-**<br>**26,476**<br>**6,695**<br>**100,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**63,259**|
|HMRC GiftAid|**9,463**|||**-**||**9,579**|
|Interest|**218**|||**-**||**160**|
|HMRC JobRetentionScheme|**-**|||**-**||**1,731**|
|Rental income|**26,476**|||**-**||**23,304**|
|SpecificIncome|**6,695**|||**-**||**2,683**|
|Legacy|**100,000**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**197,534**||**-**|**-**|**197,534**|**100,716**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**|||||||
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||
||**-**|||**-**<br>**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
||||**-**|**-**|**197,534**|**100,716**|
||||||||
|Administration|**14,020**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|**14,020**<br>**15,144**<br>**29,020**<br>**12,206**<br>**28,462**<br>**9,794**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**11,889**|
|Ministry|**15,144**|||**-**||**38,902**|
|Mission|**29,020**|||**-**||**26,280**|
|Upkeep|**12,206**|||**-**||**10,928**|
|Propertyrepairs andmaintenance|**28,462**|||**-**||**19,566**|
|SpecificIncomeExpenses|**9,794**|||**-**||**1,044**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**108,646**||**-**|**-**|**108,646**|**108,609**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see**<br>**table)**|||||||
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||
||**-**|||**-**<br>**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
||||**-**|**-**|**108,646**|**108,609**|
||||||||
||**88,888**||**-**|<br>**-**|**88,888**|**(7,893)**|
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**|**-**|**-**<br>**-**|**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**88,888**||**-**|<br>**-**|**88,888**|**(7,893)**|



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|**Section B Statement of assets**|**and liabilities at the end of the period**|**and liabilities at the end of the period**|**and liabilities at the end of the period**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the<br>trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own**<br>**use**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||Bank accounts||**156,228**|**-**||**-**|
||Petty cash||**170**|**-**||**-**|
||||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||Signature<br>Original signed<br>Original signed<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>97 Cornwall Road, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 7SZ<br>The Baptist Union Corporation Limited is<br>custodian Trustee of the land and premises at<br>High Street and The Manse , Spenser Road and<br>Cornwall Road under a “Fairburn Trust”.  The<br>Church has the benefit of using the property,<br>replacing and enhancing parts of it, but could not<br>sell and redeploy the proceeds.<br>Furniture, furnishings and equipment in church<br>property.<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**||**156,398**|**-**||**-**|
||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
||||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||<br>Unrestricted funds|**-**||**-**|
||||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||Unrestricted funds|**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
||||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|||**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|||
|||||**-**|||
|||||**-**|||
|||||**-**|||
|||||**-**|||
||||||||
|||||||Date of<br>approval|
||Original signed||R Good|||04/07/2023|
||Original signed||K Budd|||04/07/2023|



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**25. Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees/Members** 


## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

|**Report to the trustees/**<br>**members of**<br>**On accounts for the year**<br>**ended**<br>**Set out on pages**|Herne Bay Baptist Church|Herne Bay Baptist Church|Herne Bay Baptist Church|
|---|---|---|---|
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||31 December 2022|**Charity no**<br>**(if any)**|1153040|
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||13-14|||
||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above<br>charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 December 2022.|||



**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

**Independent** I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 

- of the Act or 

   - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

|**Signed:**<br>**Name:**<br>**Relevant professional**<br>**qualification(s) or body**<br>**(if any):**<br>**Address:**|Original signed|6 July 2023|
|---|---|---|
||||
||Jonathan Barton||
||||
||CTA, ATT (Fellow)||
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||Beacon House||
||Hillborough Road||
||Herne Bay||
||Kent CT6 6HN||



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