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|Trustees Report||||
|Independent|Examiners|Report||
|Balance Sheet||||
|Income and|Expenditure|Account||
|Accounting|Policies: Note I|||
|Fixed Assets|Lead Schedule: Note 2|||
|Income Account: Note 3||||
|Expenditure|Account: Note 4||10|





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|Governing|Document:|Constitution<br>- 'Rules for Churches 2014' -Adopted I"August 2014||
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|||http;//www.<br>snu.org, uk/documents/pdf/Church%20Ru<br>les%20 V2014.pdf||
|Charity Constitution:||Unincorporated<br>Association||
|Organisation:||BSCis managed<br>by a committee ofno less than<br>8 persons who are known|as|
|||the 'Managing<br>Trustees'.||
|||Regular Trustee Meetings take place (currently<br>10meetings<br>pa) to ensure|the|
|||smooth<br>running ofBSCand ensuring<br>its objectives and operational<br>needs|are|
|||implemented<br>to the benefit ofBSCand its attendees.||
|||The day-to-day<br>management<br>is achieved through:||
|||- continuous<br>contact between the Managing<br>Trustees||
|||- delegation<br>from the Managing<br>Trustees to approved<br>Full Members of||
|||BSCwho volunteer<br>their skills and time to support BSC's deliverance||
|||ofservices to the general public||
|Trustee Selection:||Trustees are recruited<br>and selected in accordance with our Governing<br>Document||
|||and with the following<br>criteria:||
|||- Full Members ofBSC||
|||- Experience/knowledge<br>ofBSC,its aims/practices/organisation<br>as well as an||
|||understanding<br>ofthe requirements<br>and responsibilities<br>ofholding office||
|||- With a skill set that assists/supports/contributes<br>to the deliverance ofservices||
|||and ongoing success ofBSC||
|||- The Managing<br>Trustees are mindful ofthe importance<br>ofsuccession<br>planning||
|||and aim to select Trustees that fulfil BSC's future management<br>requirements.||
|Trustee Appointment:||Trustees are appointed<br>in accordance<br>with our Governing<br>Document<br>and are||
|||elected by members<br>at the AGM.||
|Trustee Training:||Trustees are committed<br>to the ongoing education<br>and development<br>ofTrustees,||
|||which takes place during<br>the regular Managing<br>Trustee meetings<br>by way of||
|||sharing<br>information<br>on the requirements<br>and responsibilities<br>ofholding office.||
|Trustee Management:||Management<br>ofthe Trustees is achieved between<br>the Trustees by implementing||
|||a'collective'<br>approach||
|FINANCIAL REVIEW||||
|Policy on|Reserves:|BSCdoes not at present have a formalised<br>Policy on Reserves||
|||However, BSCconsiders that its policy should be to maintain<br>sufficient||
|||unrestricted<br>funds to meet its short/long<br>term needs and to monitor,<br>on aregular||
|||basis, the performance ofany deposits/investments<br>made with the intention|to|
|||receive optimum<br>return on those investments<br>within<br>a Financial<br>Services||
|||Compensation<br>Scheme (FSCS)protected (Government<br>backed) institution|and|
|||any investments<br>are made in line with The Trustees Act 2000 or any other|Act|
|||ofParliament<br>currently<br>in force||





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|OBJECT|IVESAND|IVESAND|ACTIVITIE|S|
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|Charity's|Objectives:|||To advance<br>and diffuse the knowledge ofthe religious philosophy<br>ofSpiritualism.|
|Activities|undertaken||to meet|Boumemouth<br>Spiritualist<br>Church provides<br>a comprehensive<br>and wide programme|
|the Charity's||objectives and||ofactivities<br>and events for the benefit ofacross section ofthe public:|
|for public|benefit:|||Spiritualist<br>teaching<br>and philosophy<br>is available<br>through<br>the week by way|
|||||ofDivine Services, Spiritual Awareness<br>meetings<br>and discussion<br>groups|
|||||Personal development<br>groups are available<br>as are workshops<br>and demonstrations|
|||||Spiritual<br>Healing<br>is available<br>on average<br>five days a week|
|||||All ofthe above are provided<br>to the general public and promotes<br>positive values,|
|||||well being and a greater understanding<br>ofspirituality<br>and Spiritualism.|



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|||2022||2021||
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|Fixed assets|Note 2||6,719||7,869|
|Current<br>Assets||||||
|Bookstall stock at cost||51||51||
|Stock ofhymn books|and covers|500||500||
|Lloyds Current Account||11,218||15,690||
|Lloyds Saving Account||45,010||50,001||
|S.N.U. Building Fund|Pool|250||395||
|S.N.U. fixed rate deposit accounts||61,122||59,830||
|Petty cash in hand||200||200||
|||118,351||126,667||
|Current<br>liabilities||||||
|Sundry creditors and|accrued charges|(1,080||1,080||
|Net Current<br>Assets|||117,271||125,587|
|Total Net Assets|||123.990||133,456|
|CAPITAL ACCOUNT AS AT I JANUARY 2021|||133,456||81,044|
|Net surplus/(deficit)|for the year||(9,466)||52,412|
|CAPITAL ACCOUNT AS AT 31DECEMBER 2022|||123,990||133,456|



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|Income||||Note|3|26,656|69,796|
|Expenditure||||Note|4|36,122|17,384|
|Surplus/(Deficit)|for|the|year|||~9466|5'2,412|





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||Furniture|Piano|Computer|Amplification|Closed|Library||
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||Fittings|&|Equipment|system|Circuit||TOTAL|
||& Equipment<br>f|Organf|||TVf|||
|COST||||||||
|As at 1 January 2022|37,820|1,232|744|806|685|204|41,491|
|Additions||||||||
|Disposals||||||||
|As at 31 December 2022|37,820|1,232|744|806|685|204|41,491|
|DFPRFCJATION||||||||
|As at I January 2022|30,469|1,138|744|639|633||33,623|
|Charge<br>in period|1,103|14||25|||1,150|
|On disposal||||||||
|As at 31 December 2022|3 .37|1132|744|664|641||4<br>73|
|NET BOOKVALUE||||||||
|As at 31 December 2022|6 248|80||142|44|204|6,718|
|As at t January 2022|7,351|||167|52|204|7rgdg|





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|NOTE 3||2022|2021|
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|Income||||
|Church collections||8,607|5,065|
|Healing guild and collections||2,546|594|
|Seekers group dt circles||2,089|840|
|Membership<br>subscriptions||1,020|800|
|Donations||3,301|55,500|
|Weddings,<br>naming ceremonies|and funerals|1,040|557|
|S.N.U. Trust interest||1,148|2,298|
|Miscellaneous<br>income||||
|Private sittings||2,875|2,626|
|Magazines<br>dt news||120|48|
|Events and fund raising||3;558|1,311|
|Film shows||324|157|
|Profit on bookstall||19||
|INCOME||26 696|69 796|





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|NOTE 4||2022|2021|
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|Expenditure||||
|Medium fees and|expenses|5,293|3,616|
|Light, heat and water||2,839|2,700|
|Printing,<br>stationery|and postage|621|308|
|Repairs, renewals|and skips|12,557|2,831|
|Accountancy||1,398|1,545|
|Professional<br>fees||2,557||
|Telephone<br>and broadband||454|336|
|Sundry expenses||621|295|
|Ret'reshments<br>and|other small church purchases|521||
|AGM and delegates<br>expenses||116|120|
|Subscriptions<br>and|donations|739|777|
|Flowers||88||
|Advertising<br>and website||3,807|554|
|Events and fund raising||200|70|
|Depreciation offixed assets||1,150|1,352|
|Cleaning materials|dt wages|1,257|1,075|
|Equipment<br>leasing||1,904|1,805|
|EXPENDITURE||36,122|17,384|



