TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH (a Registered Charity in England & Wales- Number." 1154127) Dyffryn Road Llandrindod Wells Website: www.tabernaclebaptisLco.uk Trustees, Annual Report and Statement of Financial Activities (Annual Return and Accounts) for the year ending 31st December 2022
Tabernacle Baptist Church, Llandrindod Wells Trustees Annual Report 2022 The Trustees have pleasure in presenting their report and financial statements for the year ending 31sr December 2022. The Trustees believe that the financial statements comply with the current statutory requirements and the Charity's governing documents. Charity Objectives The objects ofthe Church are: l} the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the Confession of Faith, primarily but not exclusively in Llandrindod Wells and the surrounding neighbourhood. 2) such other charitable purposes as shall. in the opinion of the managing Trustees. rther the work of the Church. It does this for the public benefit by eanS of its main artivities which are as follows: Regular morning and evening Sunday servis. Mid-week Bible Study. Prayer Meetings and occasional Missionary Meetings. on Tuesday evenings. During one week per month. the Church Fellowship meets in small groups rather than a mid-week Servi in the ChurclL The Church follows a process of reading the Bible together which involves the Church setting a monthly book or group of books in the Bible for the Fellowship to read during the month. following a study plan which involves answering a series of questions about the text The Fellowship then meets in stnall groups to discuss and share what they have learned from the book or books in question. Sunday School. during the Sunday Morning Services. Parent/Carer and Toddlers, group on Thursday mornings ["Tab Tots"). Initially Monthly and now bi-MoDthly Coffee. Cake and Chat Meetings on Friday mornings- Friday evening Children's Meetings the Church lunior Club for children aged from 4 years old to the end of Primary School.
Friday evenin& after lunior Club. young people's meetings for youth of Secondary School age (Tabernacle Youth Club - TYC). Visiting of and distribution of literature to the local community. This included the distribution of the Church Calendar. Support (financially. practically and tn prayer) of other Christian wOrkeI0[galZatsOnS in the UK and oversea& Church Camps (currently this is through arranging places for Tabernacle young people at externally organized camps}. AnTTrual Holiday Bible Club. Gospel Tent outreach at local shows. The above list of activities reflects the nornial position in the Church and 2022 was the first full year of Church activities following the restricttons that were put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic The advice provided through the weekly notice sheet to those attending the Church reflects the on-going need for the use of hand sanitizers 2nd the freedom lor those attending to wear face coverings ilthey wished. Charity Details Address of the Charity: Tabernacle Baptist Church. Dyffryn Road. Llandrindod Wells. Powys LDI 6AN Correspondence Address: Mr. John Mitson. "Carneddau.. 4 Highbury Fields. Uanyre. Llandrindod Wells. Powys LDI 6NF Trustees of Tabernacle Baptist Church Elder: Rev. Robert Thomas (Pastor). Deacons: Mr. Matthew Butterfill. Mr. Kevin Lewis. Mr. Gerald Hughes. Mr. lohn Mitson (Secretary). Mr. losh Thomas and Mr. Andrew Wilson. Deaconesses: Mrs. Hilary Bowen and Mrs. lan Willemsen (resigned during the year). Church Officer: Mrs. Eleri Hallid3y (Treasurer) Independent Examiner The independent examiner for Tabernacle Baptist Church is currently Mr. Eryl Jones. B.Sc.; F.C.CA; CTJi 12 Station Terrace. Ejanybydder, Carn)arthenshire SA40 9XX
Bankers HSBC PLC Middleton Street Llandrindod Wells Powys LDI SEU Organisation The charity is administered by the trustees listed above. New trustees are appointed by resolution of the metnbers of the charity in accordance with the constitution. Thcy remain in office until their resignation. disqualification or until their teTm of office expires in accordance with the church constitution. Paid Trustees Rev. Robert Thomas (Pastor} Staff In addition to the Pastor. the Church has in place an Assistant Pastor (in training). This s a 3 year appointment and the purpose of the post is to give a man who is preparing for the Christian Ministry the opportunity of working in support of a Pastor in an active local church in order to gaiTJ hands-on experience of ministry. The individual gains from entoring by the Pastor and the Church gains from the involvement of the Assistant Pastor in the life of the Church and their skills and qualitie& The post was filled with effert from Isi December, 2020 and the employee is a valued addition to the ministerial provision within the Church. A further initiative. during the Autumn. was the appointment of an Intern to work ID the Church lor a period of 3 months. This was an opportunity for an individual to experience working within a local gospel church, while. at the same time, developing their own personal Christian work Activities Regular Meetings The regular Tneetings on a Sunday continued throughout the year with a morning service at 10.30 am and an evening service at 6.00 pm. The Sunday School meets at the same time as the morning service. with the children joining the service at the start and then departing for their own progratnme including their classes. The average attendance at Sunday services was 70 - 80 people of all ages. with 10 - 15 children attending Sunday School. The live streaming of the Church services continued
throughout the year and a nuznber of people continued to watch the services from across the country. Other weekly artivities include Tab Tots (our Parent/Carer and Toddler Group). Junior Club (for children aged 4 to the end of primary school) and Youth Club (for young people of high school age}. The monthly Coffee. Cake and Chat sessions have grown in popularity and are now provtded on a bimonthly basi5 while our bring and share Fellowship lunches continue to be held on the first Sunday of each month and remain as popular as ever. The Church Membership on l.sf lanuary. 2022 amounted to 51 and during the year it decreased by 5 and increased by I so the totsl number of members by 31SI December. 2022 amounted to 47. Although there is always an element of movement in Church Tnembership as friends move in and out of the area, it is encouraging to report that our Church Melnbership has remained reasonably steady. The main ministry is provided by our Pastor and Assistrant Pastor (in training) buL during the year, we have been ministered to by one of our Church Deacons and. occasionally. by a visiting speaker. Outreach Activities A variety of different outreach activities have included a Harvest Supper, held in the Church and a Church Bonfire and Fireworks Evening which started on 2 local farni and then continued with refreshments and a meeting at a local community hall. close to the farni 2nd our partner Church. the Pound Baptist Church. Other outreach activities comprised a series of Carol Services. including an outside Christmas Eve Carol Service- Christmas Sunday Fellowship Lunch: the distribution throughout the town and surrounding area of the Church Calendar. which contains landscape photographs of the local area. taken by members and friends of the Church. and appropriate Bible Texts: use of the Gospel Tent at local shows as well as the distribution throughout the town of invitations to our events and activtties. Children's and Youth Work The young people's work continued to have good numbers attendin& WRth 20-40 adults and children at our 'Tab Tots. toddlers group. 30-35 primary school aged children at 'lunior Club. and 5 - 10 teenagers at Tabernacle Youth Club on a weekly basi.%. A Holiday Bible Club was held in the first week of the school Easter Holidays entitled the 'Easter Special Holiday Bible Club.. Many in the church helped and approximately 45 children attended. The forniaL adopted in 2018. of holding 2 full day5. with the provision of lunch. rather than 4 half days. wds maintained and a good time was enjoyed by alL Mission On various occasions throughout the year. we hosted visits from representatives of Christian missionary societies who updated us on their artivities. These meetings were held in the Church and, on occasions. were live streamed.
We have continued to support Christian missionary organization5 and individual Christian workers in prayer and through financial supporL Some of this support has been in the form of one-off gifts while others have been supported on a regular basis. During the year. specific gifts have been sent to support ministry in Peru. Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals. We have held a number of funeral services during this last year. However. there were no weddings and no services of Believer's Baptism during the year. Use of the Church Building. In addition to our own services and artivities. the Church building has been made available. in the pas( to Christian organi72tions including ministers. fraternals and Inission organizations. However. no such use took place in 2022. partly because of a general lack of face to face meetings and the increase ofvirtual artivities. Buildings and Facilities Ongoing work is undertaken on the structure and fabric of the building and the surrounding premises so as to maintain them in a safe condition and to ensure that they are fit for purpose. The work of closing in the upper spa5 above the side rooms in the h211 has been continued and. when the fabric covered panels have been fitted the acoustics in the hall will be improved. creating an excellent lesser space for smaller meeting5. The planned completion date is Easter. 2023. During the year. the Church completed its annual review of its Safeguarding arrdngements. The Church continues to be a member of Thirtyone:eight. formerly the Churches Child Protection Advisory Service. and uses their Servi for DBS checks. It also used their model documents to assist in reviews. The Church also reviews its Health and Safety risk assessments on an annual basis and thi5 process also ensures that on-going advice regarding use of hand sanitizers. received during the recent pandemio is included in the Church weeldy notice sheets. Funding Our ndS are r1Ved mainly from the members and those attendiDg our services. The trustees consÉder the financial position of the Charity to be satisfactory. and that sufficient and appropriate reserves are held to safeguard the future operations of the Charity. Our reserves poliry is to have 9 tnonths expenditure in hand. or more if we think appropriate. We recognize that the current reserves exceed that amount as we are now employinE an Assistant Pastor (in training). During the year. the Church Officers ulldertook and completed a further Financial Review using the Charity
Commission questionnaTrre 'lnternal Financial Controls for Charities, and this was found to be a useful exercise for the Church.
Financial Report for the financial year ended 3 1st December 2022
Bsc. F.C.C.A. C.T.A. CYFRIFYDD I ACCOiiNTA YT 12 Tcras YT Ot5af. LIAnybJd(kr, Sir Ciattfyrthlin SA40 9XX 12 T¢trac< Llaoyby(kler. CarnMknl SA40 9XX FfortyTel.. 01570 48(Hf Ff&F8x". 01$70 4XI)S>A CofreArtfTAWJVA.T. No". 713486435 dent ¢Umin5 rt to the trusttes of the Tabernck Bx tist Ch LlalldYindDd We118 Llandrindod Wells forthe year ended 31° December 2022. Responsibilit mI bgsig of report As tbe ¢barity trustees of the T[t you aze re5PODsible forthe pp&tion of the COunts ¢ord8ncc with the requiremellts of the Char&ties Act 2011 ('the Art,). I rert in respect of my exatninatson of the Tntst's accouuts catried out under ctIon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followcd all the applicable Direction5 given by the ChaTity Cornmission UDder section E45(iKb) of the ACL rndepend¢Dt ex1¢T8 ststement I ha collipleted my exarninthoL I confirm that no mwer1 matters have C4)me to my attention in ¢ODnection with the examination giving me cause to b¢lieve tIt in any material respect: l. Accounting rewrds were not kept in of the Tntst OS Tequired by section 130 of the 2. The accounts do not ac£ord with tbose Tecord&" or 3. The accouots do not compty with the plicable requireD concerwng th¢ forni ottd contents of the accounts set out in the Charities (Acrouots and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a'truc and fair vÉew' which is Ilot a matter considered part of an indqKndent examination. I have no concerns and have Come acmss no other n]attus in wjnection with the examination to wljich attention should b¢ drawn in this report in order to enablc a proper und¢rstanding of the accounts to be reached. ONES 2Y0323 .C.C.A.. C.TA 12 Station Terrdcc Llanybythler SA40 9XX Eryl JiJfft)es B.k.. F.C.C.K. C.TA.
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR EIIGLANO AND WALES Clyari NaTne 1154127 Receipts and Payments Accounts CC16a For the period fmm PerK)d stsrt 0110112022 Period end 3111212022 Lkwe$trided GEra1 ft•¥J5 Restricted fw CaF•tsI Pri4ects T£dal fwmls 2021 to marest £ to wes £ to twrest £ to rnar85t £ to rnare5t £ A1 Receipts Lknnations 108.379 134,659 118.181 15.046 10 Gift Ald aain 14.027 170 15D7 17.534 170 Bank Interest Private Co Tab Tots Preftises Fees 100 10D K"5C 230 230 Sulfvtotal Receipts 121012 1Y2,799 133.329 A2 Asset investmetrt sales, Total Receipts 123.012 29.787 152,799 133,329 A3 Pavrnents nisterial Q)sts (Incl& of els Nl, rThlea e, book alk Assistant P351or in Training irtlusNe. 8s above Inlem (inclusive of Rent A[hrte & bcok all¢)wance ake Sunday School Children'5 Work Gifts 8ank Cha Printi 38.012 38.012 35.422 2fj.979 26,979 2Q,901 1.856 1,856 1.395 1.092 2.398 161 205 1,395 1.092 2.398 1.403 807 3.587 16 4,278 217 356 2.088 205 5.868 216 Re & Véinl 2q6 Fuel Water CD Recordin IT. Vwi & Web, Licences Insurance Auditor Fee Kitchen Su lie5 & ForKJ Thit Otie.-E ht Saf uardin nist Su Benevolence donations Sund Missior> Supp)rt Project expend¢tUTP 4.267 149 35 1.168 4.267 149 35 1.168 1.106 180 1.082 252 140 9.555 1.478 51.430 1.102 1,053 1,082 252 140 1,015 12 1.000 1.312 45.530 3.176 124149 1.478 51.430 1.683 Sub-total Payments 51.430 152.351 Total Payments 99.238 51.430 151351 124.149 Net of receipts/payments A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this yearend 21.643 21.644 9.181 21.644 92.556 94,686 113,200 113.648 104,019 113.200 18.961
Unrestricted fund5 t• are$l £ Restrictsd funds to TeSt £ Designated Fund to rwest £ Catogories Details Bl Cash funds Cash Al Bank. and li Hand 18,961 Stewardship Voucher 4000 Totsl cash funds 94.686 18,961 sll Unrestricted frjnds to rwre5t £ Restricted fvnds to rwest £ Dèsignated Fund to nearest £ Details B2 Other monetary assets RThY to whÈch asset t Cwrert valup Details B3 Investment assets FxI to which asset L5 CwrÈnt valu8 Details Building * hist1¢ cost B4 Assets retained for the charity's own use 112.990 to fthich relates Details B5 Liabilities L*¥estrided Restrictsd Signed on beha of all the trustees Date of roval sonare Prirt Name Eri HaMKJay 29.3.23