2021-12-31-accounts - Sidley Baptist Church

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Trustees' Annual Report					for theperiod
From	Period start date			To	Period end date
	01	January	2021		31st	December	2021

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Sidley Baptist Church

Other names charity is known by Freedom Church

Registered charity number (if any) 1158651

Charity's principal address Claremont Road

Bexhill On Sea

East Sussex Postcode TN39 5BX

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
	GuyPartridge	CommunityPastor
	Darren Cooke	Lead Pastor
	JennyHall	Chair
	Heidi Belton	Secretary
	Phil Asselin	Treasurer
	BarryChaseley	Trustee
	Angie Young	Trustee	Until April 2021
	Paul Farrow	Trustee	Until April 2021











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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)


Type of adviser	Name Address




Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Charitable Incorporated Organisation Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) As a CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) The Church Members' Meeting shall appoint Elders, Deacons, a Church Trustee selection methods Secretary and a Church Treasurer to be responsible for the governance of (eg. appointed by, elected by) the Church and where there is a Minister that person is also a Charity Trustee because of their role and responsibilities.

How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;

Rev Guy Partridge reduced his hours to part time in November 2020 as he became their Debt Coach and Community Liaison Officer working for Christians Against Poverty (“CAP”) also in a part time capacity. As CAP have offices in our church building and we are the Lead Church for CAP, this has worked out really well for both organisations. We have now recruited a Minister in Training (MiT), attending Spurgeons, who joined us for three days a week in February 2021.

The two Pastors work very closely with the whole leadership team so that all tasks are managed by several people and not just the few. Delegation is high on the agenda.

We have a trained Designated Person for Safeguarding (DPS).

trustees’ consideration of The church works with several charities, churches and organisations major risks and the system within the Sidley area, including Heart of Sidley, The Pelham, All Saints and procedures to manage Church. them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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The advancement of the Christian faith in conformance with the Baptist declaration of principles.

Even in these challenging times of Covid, we are setting in place plans for the church once we are legally able. For instance, we have been blessed with another part-time pastor since February and have also employed a Children’s and Families Worker, who is with us on a part time basis. She started by reorganising the children’s work within the churc h and has begun to start a toddlers’ group which it is hoped will begin early in the new year. There is also the possibility of creating a ‘Messy Church’ in the new year.

The weekly ‘home groups’ had fallen into decline, mainly because of the pandemic, bu t the Lead Pastor is reorganising them: ‘Explore Groups’, with the hope that they will be attended by all members.

He has also created several teams and a high percentage of the membership are involved: mission, hospitality, discipleship, pastoral care, facilities, families, worship; it is not the intention to have a prayer team as this is expected to be high on the agenda of each team.

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

Two of our members, once we are allowed to meet again, are highly trained members of Glynley Manor, a healing and teaching centre in East Sussex, who will be teaching the church with regard to prayer ministry.

One of our members, with a heart for the people in the community, is putting together a ‘Marketplace’ whereby people can buy a tray of 10 – goods (plus several additional free goods mainly fresh), for a cost of £2. This is hoped to be started very soon.

Due to the continuing Coronavirus epidemic, several of the areas we have been involved in have necessarily been curtailed again this year, e.g. Street Pastors, Prayer Pastors, church meetings, children’s club, hall hire outs.

We are still signed up to Zoom, whereby we have managed to conduct our weekly church Sunday morning services and evening prayer meetings; when allowed we have continued to meet in accordance with Government guidelines in church, continuing with Zoom for those who are unable for whatever reason to attend. We have discovered that with Zoom there are those who are housebound who are now able to attend via that medium and we shall therefore continue with it postcovi

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We have been unable to achieve a lot of what we had planned because of the continuing pandemic but we have found that many can attend on Zoom and where in the past we have not had an evening meeting on a Sunday, we have been holding a Zoom prayer meeting each week. This has been very fruitful and we have found that many people from outside the church have joined us and wish to come to our church once we are able to meet again.

Once again, we hope to be able to plan for Easter and Christmas when we are able.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

We have received certificates for those involved in various activities in the church: All members have been DBS checked. All those involved with the kitchen have received their Certificates of Achievement.

The Designated Safeguarding Persons have their Certificates.

With regard to the works done to the church this year, we have been blessed with several grants and gifts (see Section E) which we have used to finalise the refurbishment works and several repairs. We have also been able to update our technology to be able to livestream our morning services to replace zoom. This is ongoing.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

3 months’ total expenditure plus a further 3 months of salaries for the Pastor and Administrator.

charity’s policy on reserves

Further financial review details:

Sunday offerings; regular giving by standing order (due to Covid, Sunday offerings have decreased but most people have set up standing orders, so there is really no difference in the offerings).
We received income from the rental of the downstairs hall for the first two months of the year.
The manse was sold in March and some of the proceeds were used to defray upgrade and renovation costs of the Church and Hall. The rest is held in a Manse Trust Fund (closing balance at year end of £185,294), overseen by the Baptist Union, to cover further renovation costs.
We received £4,232 from the final winding up of the Bethany Trust.
All income is used for the purpose of supporting our work in the community and beyond, as previously indicated.
Surplus funds are on deposit in our bank account.

Details of any funds materially

in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

[The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. ]

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Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Andrew Guy Partridge

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Trustee etc) Date 1st August 2022

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	Sidley Baptist Church CIO Charity Name	Sidley Baptist Church CIO Charity Name	Sidley Baptist Church CIO Charity Name	1158651 No (if any)	CC16a
	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	Period start date 1/1/2021	To	Period end date 31/12/2021

Section A Receipts and	payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Donations and Gifts from individuals	57,510	-	-	57,510	49,019
Gift Aid Reclaimed	5,361	-	-	5,361	3,864
Lettingofpropertyfor charitablepurposes	8,162	-	-	8,162	1,090
Investment income-Manse Trust Fund	-	-	-	-	235,325
Other Income(Bank/Manse fund Interest recieved)	5	577	-	582	44
Other Income-BMS BirthdayFund	-	155	-	155	-
Other Income-Coffee Morning Fund Raising & Savings Funds	-	205	-	205	-
Other Income-Market Place donations		1,739		1,739
Grant Fund Income-IncludingBethanyTrust	2,728	-	-	2,728	23,482
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	73,766	2,676	-	76,442	312,825
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
	73,766	2,676	-	76,442	312,825

Employment Costs	57,345	-	-	57,345	32,508
Trainingand volunteers	75	-	-	75	120
Expenditure on Charitable Activities-Direct Spemding	7,024	1,722	-	8,746	6,483
Expenditure on Charitable Activities-Grant FundingActivities	5,960	211		6,171	6,907
Premises Expenses	35,981	72	-	36,053	40,107
Administrative Overheads	3,304	14	-	3,318	4,431
Professional Fees	1,987	-	-	1,987	2,027
Financial Costs	1,710	-	-	1,710	378
FellowshipFund Gifts		2,071	-	2,071	3,808
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**Sub total **	113,386	4,090	-	117,476	96,768

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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**Sub total **	-	-	-	-	-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
	113,386	4,090	-	117,476	96,768

	- 39,620	- 1,414	-	- 41,034	216,057
	37,310	-37,310	-	-
	80,136	211,920	-	292,056	75,999
	77,826	173,196	-	251,022	292,056

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

26/09/2022

Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
Bank Curent account	50,117	-	-
Bank Savings Account	27,697	22,406	-
Baptist Union Manse Trust Fund		150,532
Petty cash	11	259
Tangible asset balance & creditors	-	-	-
Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	77,826	173,196	-
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Signature	Print	Name
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	Mr Philip Aselin		1/8/2022
	Rev AndrewGuyPartridge		1/8/2022

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

26/09/2022

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Sidley Bap+st Church On accounts for the year Charity no 1158651 31/12/2021 ended (if any) Set out on pages

(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ( “the Trust”) for the year ended 31st Dec 2021 DD / MM / YYYY .

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 (other than that disclosed below *) 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.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed: Name: James Hough Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):

Date: 01/08/2022

Address: Flat 8, The Borodales

White Hill Drive, Bexhill On Sea

East Sussex, TN39 3RW

October 2018

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

October 2018

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