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 servi￿s.
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
wOrke￿I0[ga￿lZatsOnS 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 spa￿5 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 r￿1Ved 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

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Responsibilit￿ ￿mI bgsig of report
As tbe ¢barity trustees of the T[￿t you aze re5PODsible forthe p￿p&￿tion of the ￿COunts
¢ord8ncc with the requiremellts of the Char&ties Act 2011 ('the Art,).
I re￿rt 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 ex￿1￿¢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 tI￿t 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.
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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
GE￿ra1 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[h￿rte
& 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
F￿xI to which
asset L*5
CwrÈnt valu8
Details
Building * hist￿1¢￿ cost
B4 Assets retained for the
charity's own use
112.990
to f*thich
relates
Details
B5 Liabilities
L*¥estrided
Restrictsd
Signed on beha￿ of all the
trustees
Date of
roval
sona￿re
Prirt Name
E￿ri HaMKJay
29.3.23