WRBC Treasurer 41 Benslow Rise Hitchin Herts SG4 9QY ## **ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2020** Page 1 of 9 ## **ANNUAL REPORT - WALSWORTH ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH** This is a summary of some of the activities which took place during the year, with a particular focus on events which demonstrate our public benefit as a registered charity: - 1 Walsworth Road Baptist Church is a friendly Baptist church which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2019. The church invites the whole community to worship God with us. There are normally two regular Sunday services each week, and a number of events and groups to appeal to people of all ages. In 2020, most of our services took place online and the church family adapted to life with a pandemic. - 2 WRBC runs a group for young people during the morning service on Sunday, and a separate youth club for young people in years 6 to 11 on Sunday evenings. Online activities continued all year for young people. - 3 WRBC is the home for Scout and Guiding groups. We hope to welcome them back to Parade Services later in 2021. - 4 WRBC aims to provide pastoral care for the wider community around the church and employs a church worker to help the pastor with this task. In 2020, they were particularly busy meeting the pastoral need of our community during lockdown. - 5 The church maintains its Victorian and Edwardian buildings and offers them to a wide range of local groups including an exercise class, a toddler group, a recorder group, a local residents association, etc. We hope to welcome these classes back in 2021 - 6 We continue to have close links with two local charities, the Hitchin Churches Schools Worker Trust (PHASE) and Churches Together in Hitchin. - WRBC continued to run its annual Shoe Box Project in collaboration with local schools, - 7 delivering a reduced but still substantial number of shoe boxes which the charity Link to Hope distributed abroad at Christmas time. - 8 The housing association formerly known as North Herts Homes were the grateful recipients of toys donated at a Toy Service held online in December. - 9 Proceeds from the church's 2020 Christmas Tree Appeal were donated to an appeal to refurbish a youth club area at our sponsored Baptist Church near Nazareth in Israel, see note 4c for further details. Page 2 of 9 Accounts 2020 v1.2 Printed 25/03/2021 ## **1a Receipts & Payments** ## **January - December 2020** |**Income**
Building Use
Mission Ad Hoc Income
Offering
Other Income
Traidcraft I&E
**Total Income**
**Expenses**
Adminstration
Church Groups & Activities
Church Upkeep
Manse
Ministry & Payroll
Ministry Expenses
Mission Ad Hoc Expenditure
Mission Regular Support
Utilities
**Total Expenses**
**Net Income**
Change in value of Stock
**Net Profit/Deficit**|**Designated**
**Restricted**
**Unrestricted**
**TOTAL 2020**
**Previous**
**Year 2019**|**Designated**
**Restricted**
**Unrestricted**
**TOTAL 2020**
**Previous**
**Year 2019**|**Designated**
**Restricted**
**Unrestricted**
**TOTAL 2020**
**Previous**
**Year 2019**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||2,923.50
2,923.50
12,275
2,025.86
2,025.86
5,609
320.00
69,559.92
69,879.92
71,008
5,000.00
20,192.05
25,192.05
36,906
75.52
75.52
46||| ||**£ 2,345.86 £ 5,000.00 £ 92,750.99 £ 100,096.85 £ 125,844**||| ||2,643.18
2,643.18
4,285
2,477.06
2,477.06
12,259
7,196.32
7,196.32
18,346
11,420.73
11,420.73
4,114
56,859.73
56,859.73
51,813
3,784.70
3,784.70
5,956
2,190.70
861.16
3,051.86
6,493
1,200.00
9,603.50
10,803.50
12,831
4,001.85
4,001.85
7,634||| ||**£ 3,390.70 £ 0.00 £ 98,848.23 £ 102,238.93 £ 123,732**||| ||**-£ 1,044.84 £ 5,000.00 -£ 6,097.24 -£ 2,142.08 £ 2,112**
**-£ 19**
**-2,142 £ 2,093**||| ||||**-£ 19**| |||**-2,142 £ 2,093**|| |**Transfers between Funds**
Christmas Tree
Twinning
Link to Hope
Lezhe
Flower Fund
Pastoral Gifts
Justice
Total Funds Last Year End
Total Funds This Year End
**Total Change in Funds**|**Designated**
**Restricted**
**Unrestricted**|£ 150,048
£ 147,906| |---|---|---| ||£ -
-£ 1,200
-£ 165
£ -
£ 320
£ -
£ 5,000|| |||**-£ 2,142**| Page 3 of 9 Accounts 2020 v1.2 Printed 25/03/2021 ## **1b. Notes to the Receipts and Payments Statement** - 1 Building Use describes income from a wide range of people and organisations who use the premises, primarily the Church Hall. This was of course heavily reduced in 2020 - 3 Mission Ad Hoc Income includes gifts received by the Church with the intention that those gifts are forwarded to other charities. The main charities supported by WRBC under this heading are BMS and Link to Hope; plus, each year, we hold a Christmas Tree Appeal for charity. - 4 The Offering includes monies received through Monthly giving (mainly Standing Orders), Weekly giving (through an envelopes giving scheme and through the loose collection), and any other gifts received which are stated by the giver to be part of the offering. - 5 Other Income includes monies received from the Hitchin Youth Trust (on an annual basis as part of an access agreement), Gift Aid reclaimed on donations and legacies or one-off donations. - 6 Traidcraft income is derived from a stall run by volunteers which sells ethically-sourced products from the Traidcraft organisation. This scheme is intended to cover its costs & to make a small profit. The figures quoted include items used by the church which are tracked separately via a receipts system and are entered into the software. - 7 Administration costs include a wide range of expenses including licences, subscriptions and conference costs, as well as straightforward administration costs such as paper, ink, posters, etc. - 8 Church Groups and Activities includes expenses for Youth Work as well as catering & kitchen costs. - 9 Church Upkeep includes services costs needed to maintain the church buildings such as PAT testing, boiler servicing, etc; equipment costs to replace old or damaged items, cleaning costs and insurance costs. - 10 WRBC owns a Manse which is used to house our Minister and his family. Manse costs include council tax, water rates, heating, lighting, etc. Some of these costs are paid directly by the church, others are paid by the Minister and an agreed proportion claimed back through the Minster's Expenses system. - 11 Ministry and payroll costs are the costs to the church of employing a Minister including stipend, employer's National Insurance, employer's pension contribution, etc, and the costs of employing a part time youth worker, a part time church worker with a special emphasis on pastoral care and outreach, and a cleaner, who was the only member of staff on furlough when the building was closed. - 12 Ministry Expenses are split into two areas - expenses claimed by the Minister and Youthworker in connection with their duties (such as books, mileage, pastoral, etc) and external expenses associated with running services (fees for visiting preachers, organists, etc). - 13 Mission Ad Hoc Expenditure is directly linked to item 2, and is the distribution of gifts received by the Church for other charities. - 14 Mission Regular Support includes monies paid on a regular basis to organisations with which WRBC is linked such as the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS), the Central Baptist Association (CBA), PHASE Schools Worker, etc. This support is voted as part of the annual budget at the start of each year. - 15 Utilities comprises the costs of gas, electricity, water, etc consumed by the church. - 16 Restricted Income is a term defined by the Charity Commission to describe money which has been given for a specific purpose and so cannot be used for a different purpose. So the WRBC accounts have to split out our Receipts and Payments into Unrestricted and Restricted monies. These items show Restricted gifts which have been made during the year, notably a gift of £5,000 towards the Justice fund. Page 4 of 9 Accounts 2020 v1.2 Printed 25/03/2021 ## **1c. Analysis of Fund Movements for the Year** |**Date**
**Memo**
**Fund Sub-Categories**
**Christmas Tree**
01/01/2020
Opening balance
31/12/2020
Receipts during the year
31/12/2020
Payments during the year
31/12/2020
Closing balance
**General**
01/01/2020
Opening balance
31/12/2020
Receipts during the year
31/12/2020
Payments during the year
31/12/2020
Closing balance
**Operation Agri**
01/01/2020
Opening balance
31/12/2020
Receipts during the year
31/12/2020
Payments during the year
31/12/2020
Closing balance
**Twinning**
01/01/2020
Opening balance
31/12/2020
Receipts during the year
31/12/2020
Payments during the year
31/12/2020
Closing balance
**Mission Ad Hoc - Link to Hope**
01/01/2020
Opening balance
31/12/2020
Receipts during the year
31/12/2020
Payments during the year
31/12/2020
Closing balance|£
£
-£|**Amount**
-

1,265.87

1,265.87

**-**

-

190.00

190.00

**-**

-

141.99

141.99

**-**

4,766.32

1,200.00

**3,566.32**

164.84

428.00

592.84

**-**
|**Date**
**Memo**
**Designated - Flower Fund**
01/01/2020
Opening balance
31/12/2020
Receipts during the year
31/12/2020
Payments during the year
31/12/2020
Closing balance
**Designated - Reserves**
01/01/2020
Opening balance
31/12/2020
Receipts during the year
31/12/2020
Payments during the year
31/12/2020
Closing balance
**Restricted - Justice Fund**
01/01/2020
Opening balance
31/12/2020
Receipts during the year
31/12/2020
Payments during the year
31/12/2020
Closing balance|**Amount**
757
£
320
£| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**£**|||**1,077**
**£**| ||£
£
-£|||35,000.00
£
-
£
-
£| ||**£**|||| ||£
£
-£|||| ||**£**|||**35,000.00**
**£**| ||£
-£|||2,185.00
£
5,000.00
£| ||**£**|||**7,185**
**£**| ||£
£
-£|||| ||**£**|||| |||||| > 1. The 2019 Christmas Tree appeal raised £1443.13 in the year. Page 5 of 9 Accounts 2020 v1.2 Printed 25/03/2021 ## **2. Statement of Assets & Liabilities at 31st. December, 2020 20** |**.**
**20**|**. ,**| |---|---| |**Cash at bank and in hand**
Baptist Union Deposit Account
Barclays
CAF Bank Cash Account
CAF Bank Platinum Account
HSBC
**Total Cash at bank and in hand**
**Current Assets**
Equipment
Investments - Other
Stock
**Total Current Assets**
**Net current assets**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Current Liabilities
Payroll Liabilities
VAT Liability
Weddings Prepaid
Total Current Liabilities
**Total Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
**Net current assets (liabilities)**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Total net assets (liabilities)**
**Capital and Reserves**
**Funds Designated**
BMS Birthday
Christmas Tree
Flower Fund
General Reserve
Mission Ad Hoc Gifts Fund
Pastoral Gifts
Twinning
**Total Funds Designated**
**Funds Restricted**
**Justice**
**Youth Worker**
**Total Funds Restricted**
**Unrestricted funds brought forward**
**Net movement in unrestricted funds**
**Total Capital and Reserves**
**Balances at Start of year**
Total Receipts
Total Payments
Balancing item
**Balances at End of year**|**As of Dec 31,**
**2020**
**As of Dec 31,**
**2019**| ||35,043.64
12,045.12
2,809.99
0.00
21,812.79
0.00
66,378.99
98,124.19
58,602.79| ||**£ 145,212.95**
**149,604.56**
120.00
240.00
2,323.78
0.00
249.30
203.55| ||**2,693.08**
**443.55**| ||**147,906.03**
**150,048.11**
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00| ||**0.00**
**0.00**| ||**0.00**
**0.00**| ||**147,906.03**
**150,048.11**| ||**147,906.03**
**150,048.11**| ||**147,906.03**
**150,048.11**
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1,077.00
757.00
35,000.00
35,000.00
0.00
164.84
0.00
0.00
3,566.32
4,766.32| ||**39,643.32**
**40,688.16**
7,185.00
2,185.00
0.00
0.00
**7,185.00**
**2,185.00**
**107,174.95**
105,063.43
**-6,097.24**
2,111.52| ||**147,906.03**
**150,048.11**
150,048
100,097
-102,239| ||**£ 147,906**| Page 6 of 9 Accounts 2020 v1.2 Printed 25/03/2021 ## **4. Notes to the Financial Statements** ## **4a Basis of Accounts** These accounts have been prepared on a ‘receipts and payments’ basis as described in the Charity Commission document CC16 and accord with S.42(3) Charities Act 1993. The format of these accounts is further based on the recommendations produced by the Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers (ACAT) and the Baptist Union. ## **4b Incoming Resources - Charitable activities** Income from donations and other voluntary income are recognised on a received basis. The charity has not given any financial consideration for voluntary help received during the year, and is not able to quantify such assistance. ## **4c Grant making policy** Grants, gifts and donations were made to various organisations in the furtherance of the charity's objectives. Monies received for specific causes are held in a restricted fund, pending remittance of monies to the appropriate beneficiary. The charity provides funds each year to support BMS World Mission, the Central Baptist Association Home Mission Fund, Churches Together in Hitchin, our twinned church in Turaan (via Baptist Twinning in Israel, a UK charity) and the Hitchin Schools Worker project. ## **4d Pension costs** The Church is an employer participating in a pension scheme known as the Baptist Ministers' Pension Fund ('the Ministers' Fund'). The Minister(s) are eligible to join the Fund, which is a multi-employer defined benefit scheme, which is funded and not contracted out of the state scheme. The main benefit provided by the Ministers' Fund is a pension of one eightieth of final Minimum Pensionable Income together with additional pension in respect of premiums paid on Pensionable Income in excess of the Minimum Pensionable Income. The profit and loss charge for the period represents the employer contribution payable. ## **4e Investments** Investments are quoted under the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at their market value as at the Statement date, though there are none relevant in this Financial Year. Income from investments is accounted for when receivable. ## **4f Fund accounting** Funds held by the charity are classified as :- _**Unrestricted general funds**_ - these are funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees; _**Designated funds**_ - these are funds set aside by the trustees out of unrestricted general funds for specific purposes or projects; _**Restricted funds**_ - these are funds that can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the funds. ## **4g Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities** Charity law requires the Trustees (Deacons) to prepare financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity at the end of the financial year. In doing so the trustees are required to: i) Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; ii) Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; iii) State whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and iv) Prepare the financial statements on the ongoing concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. Page 7 of 9 Accounts 2020 v1.2 Printed 25/03/2021 Thg D&ac(￿S are Tesponslble as trustees for maÉnlaining [￿{Wer￿l￿nI1ftg r￿ordS wthich disclc6e with reasonabte a¢(WTacy at any time the financAal postb(￿ of Ihe charity and enables them to ensure that financial st8tsmellts o)mply vAlh charity law. The Deacons are also resrx)nsible for safe guardÉng the assets of thè Cl￿rch arbj hgnce for laklrvJ reasonable stsp8 forthe prev8nlk)n and detection of fraud and other irregularitsas. The church is the benef￿A81 own8r (subh￿t to Ihe rekvanttrusts) of Ihe frAFThYltw as8&ts. the legal titl8 to which is held by the church's oJstrMYlan Iruste6 Ith8 Baptist Unitin CwatM)n Ltdj: WaL8WOrth Ro&1 Bap1￿t Church. Wal5￿ Rowj. Hltthln, SG4 9SP Thè knse. 13 N￿e&l￿¥￿S Way. Hltthhi. SG4 9NQ 41 Ro••rv•s Pollcy The Roserves Policy was tht rnNi8wed In 2018 Tht*ro It was that 8 fvJure of£35.000 w0￿d t* seen as a minimum amount. 4J R•l•tsd Charftl The custcrfli4n Trustse of thg church Is thè BatrtiSt Union Corpornkn knmrted whth 18 Charity numbor 24￿35. and whkh is contrdlad by tho Baptist Unbn Ccwncll. The thurch is 0180 8 member of thg Baplst unk￿ of (kni Brit￿n, the Central Baptst A88cthkn and CIKffch88 T￿ether kn Httchln. 4k ￿nkIng There were IcHJr bank acwnts in use during thbs ac¢YMJnting ￿rk￿l. The B8rdayB account 18 used as th n78in dgy-t(HJay banking account & dm05t all bllls are r￿k1 from Ihls Kwjnt. Tha HSBC accoun118 Used os the account for paying in via starKlirvJ ordars. Tr tW•D accyjunts CAF Bank were dosad durlng 2020. and an interest bearing doPO811 mad8 the BapY8t Unhjn kn8tsad. The a¢rx)unts package uwl durlng t￿ xcounllng perkwJ w88 the X)ukk8c(*8 Onln8' 8Lppll8d by In¢uil Inc. AM the banking transadon8 are hekl 0XdL￿wdY h) ¢)Mk*8(x*8 arvj ore ￿(￿ndlad on a M￿INY bosL8 U81ng the printed Bank Statements. Thu$ thg yJa¢s ck*hwJ balan￿ are malntaln&J In ¢￿ICk8￿)k8 and accord wTrth the Bank Statemen 41 Funds The church acctsjnls have a number d Funds vthich a(9 mwnt&ned in QuickBcoks allows reporting by Re8trict8d Funds and Unrestrkted Funds as r8qulr&J by the Charitles Comrnisslon. IWRBC does rb)t currently have any Endtrrnt FwKl$l. 4m R•portlng Th8 forrnat of these a¢(￿nIS Is boged on Ihg of the st8nd#rd I￿SIneSS reForLg whKh are available thin th8 QulckBook$ software, as the Ccxnparathve P&L Re[￿rt Iwthich 1$ the basis of the Recelpts & paYn￿ts Summary): and the 8thn￿ Sheet Rgm {7hthith 18 the b8sM of thg A$8ets & Li8kn'1ili8s Reporti. 4n Slgn•tur• •nd D•clarnllon The Accounts and Statement of Assets aml Liabilities relaling to Ihg >par w*JiThJ 31 December are 88 approved by the Dea(xms d WalSv￿rth Road B8ptist Church. I do(Jare, in rny rApacty ol charfty trustee. thal the trustees hava approved le￿rt abovg: and have auth(￿ed me to sign ri{￿ ￿1r h8ff. Sgned.. Rev Ar￿reW Henton Pu 13 Nine8prirvJs Way Hltchin SG4 9NQ Accounts 2020 v12 Page8of9 Independent Examinerfs Report To lh8 Tnjslees of W8lswDrth I rewrt on the financial slatements ofwahwrffth Road Baptist Cmrch ended 31 DecEmber2020 This report is made solely to the charity Memb￿5. as a trKMly. in a(x#xdan￿ Chority ￿. My independent examination vffjrk has been undertaken so that I mwJhl slat8 to the tharity members those matters which l am required to st* to them in my indepernlent examinatrm repcKI and no other Purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law. I do accept ￿ assume respO￿bIlIty to anyo￿ other than the C￿1rCh ch8rity and the charity members as a bc¥fy, for my irK5epend8nt examination WCMK or th8 olyn￿S I have f(xmed. Respect￿? r8sponsibiliiieB of t￿￿1••$ •d •x•mln As Ihe charitls tThJslees are Yes￿)nsIble for the wepar8tKX) of the fm3rKial Statem￿ts. yw con8NJer that the aL*Jit requirement of section 43121 of Ihe Charilies kt 1993 {ts Adl do8s rb)t aprAy. It is my responsibility to state. on the basis of procedu￿ SF*afied in the General Di￿110￿8 giv￿ by the Charity Commissh)ners under sectic 4317Nb} of the Acl. whether particular matter5 have c4)me to my attenlk)n. Ba51s of IrKlependent oxamln¢rf5 report My examination was carried out in acC(￿￿nCe Gerwal Directions gNgn by tho Charity Commissioners. An examin8t￿n Indudes a revEw ￿ the acc(￿nting rec(*ds kept bythe tharity and a comparison of the accounts presented wlh those recrxds. It also i[￿udeS consMleratK)n of any unusual itsms or discsosures in the accounts, and seeking exp18nakn$ from Y￿ as trustees ¢￿cerning any sud) m4tters. The FKocedures uThJèrtakon do not provida all the evidence that would be r4wred ￿ an and CCWL• l (k) not express an aLhJitoplnion (m the view given by ￿ 8(£ounts. Ind•pondent &Yamlnefs ¥tatonthrt In conne¢Jon ¥￿th my examination. no matter has CW to my atta)tm: 11) whlch gives me Teas(Thbl8 W8e to belie￿ that in 8ny mtstal reSFect the requirements to kew accounling records in accordan￿ *ilh seclion 41 of the Actr. and to prepare accounts which accord with the )untirwJ reo)rds aTrJ to ujmpty wilh the aCC￿ntir￿j requirements cl the Act have Th)t been met or 12) to vthicth. in my opinK)n. attenticm shAJld be dra*n to enab￿ a [￿er unders13ndi￿ ofthp xounts to be C. MQYLIN5 C c. o.