## **Dunstable Baptist Church**
## **2022 Trustees’ Annual Report**
## **Section A Reference and Administrative Details**
## **Full Name and Principle Address**
Dunstable Baptist Church, St Mary’s Gate, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 3SW
## **Registered Charity Number**
1164112
## **Financial Year**
1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022
## **Trustees**
The managing trustees are the elders and deacons of Dunstable Baptist Church who are responsible for Church funds and the running of the Church.
The trustees who served during 2021 were:
|Steve Burton|Pastor & Elder|Whole Year|
|---|---|---|
|Jef Hewitt|Elder & Chairman|Whole Year|
|John Keble|Pastoral Worker & Elder|Whole Year|
|Barry King|Pastor & Elder|Whole Year|
|Nigel Browne|Deacon|Whole Year|
|Robert Davies|Deacon|Whole Year|
|Graham Starkey|Deacon|April-Dec|
## **Professional Advisers**
Grace Baptist Trust Corporation, 19 Croydon Road, Caterham, Surry, CR3 6PA
## **Section B Structure, Governance and Management**
## **Governing Document**
Dunstable Baptist Church Constitution, Version 1 dated 28th January 2015
## **Appointments of Trustees/Church Leaders**
The Trustees/Church Leaders were appointed by resolutions of the Church and every new appointment will be made in the same way and are recorded in the Church minutes.
## **Associated Charities**
Dunstable Baptist Chapel (Charity Commission registered no. 233323) which is in the trust of the Grace Baptist Trust Corporation.
Christian Books, Dunstable (Charity Commission registered no. 801449)
## **Section C Objectives and Activities**
## **Objects of the Charity**
The principal object of the charity is the advancement of the Christian faith according to Baptist principles and in accordance with the Basis of Faith as stated in Schedule 1 of the Constitution. The charity may also carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and/or other parts of the world.
## **Main Activities in Relation to Public Benefit**
The Trustees/Church Leaders are aware of, and have taken regard to, the Charity Commission’s guidance to public benefit in “The Advancement of Religion for the Public Benefit” and believe that the Main Activities detailed in Section D below, that are an outworking of the Objects above, provide a benefit to the public by:
- providing resources and facilities for public worship, pastoral care and spiritual and moral development, both for our members and for members of the public who want to benefit;
- promoting Christian values (based on the Bible), and service by members of the Church to the local community, to the benefit of individuals and society as a whole.
## **Grant Making Policy**
Grants (donations) from the Church for Mission/Relief and pastoral gifts for individuals are decided by the Trustees/Church Leaders at the time that they are required and endorsed as necessary at the next Church members’ meeting.
## **Investment Selection Policy**
Current and future policies are decided by the Trustees/Church Leaders, with professional advice being sought when necessary.
## **Section D Achievements and Performance**
The church employs two pastors, Barry King and Steve Burton, and one pastoral worker, John Keble. They are responsible for the pastoral care of the members of the Church and any others who come to the Church for spiritual help. In addition, the pastors and elders are responsible for overseeing the teaching given at all meetings of the Church.
Apart from the pastors and pastoral worker all involved in the work of the Church are volunteers. Discretionary payments have been made to those inside and outside the church undertaking individual preaching engagements that have been required. The church has a Safeguarding Policy (Protection of Christian and Vulnerable Adults) and volunteers working with children and vulnerable adults are DBS checked and trained.
Regular services and meetings have continued through the year including: Sunday worship, midweek Bible study and prayer meetings, Early Learning Time, DBC Kids, Tots and Co, and Ladies’ Bible Study.
During the year donations were made to our four main missions: Grace Baptist Mission, European Missionary Fellowship, Grace Baptist Partnership, and Caring For Life.
This year we also purchased a manse to house our current and future pastors of the church.
## **Section E Financial Review**
## **Reserved Funds**
At the end of the year the money held in the Barclay’s Business Premium Account for the Church was £75,869.
## **Source of Funds**
The principle source of funds is the voluntary giving by the members of the church and congregation, making use of the Gift Aid Scheme and the Small Donations Scheme where appropriate.
## **Section F Declaration**
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
## Dunstable Baptst Church
Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31 December 2022
|Note
Receipts
Voluntary Receipts:
Planned Giving &
collecton at services
All other giving
2
Gif Aid recovered
Actvites for generatng funds
Investment income
Church actvites
Total Receipts
Payments
Church actvites
3
Governance costs
Cost of generatng funds
Total Payments
Excess of Receipts over Payments
Transfer between funds
Net movement in funds
Cash at bank and in hand 1 January
Cash at bank and in hand 31 December|Unrestricted Funds
Total
Total
Notes to the Financial Statements
General
Manse
Funds
Funds
Fund
Fund
2022
2021
1 The Financial Statements of the Church have been
with the Charites Act 2011 using the Receipts and
59,050
475
59,525
97,504
2 All other giving
92,403
0
92,403
356,200
Donatons
11,462
0
11,462
16,048
Legacy
Loan
162,915
475
163,390
469,752
0
0
0
0
0
8
8
1
3 Church actvites
0
0
0
0
Pastoral Ministry
Mission Support
162,915
483
163,398
469,753
Ministry Expenses
Purchase of manse
Repayment of loan
414,906
29,735
444,641
148,204
Building Capital Expenditure
250
0
250
325
Building Repairs and Renewals
0
0
0
0
Utlites and Insurance
Manse Expenditure
415,156
29,735
444,891
148,529
Administraton Expenses
Miscellaneous Expenses
-252,241
-29,252
-281,493
321,224
-10,000
10,000
0
0
-262,241
-19,252
-281,493
321,224
331,520
25,842
357,362
36,138
69,279
6,590
75,869
357,362|prepared in accordance
Payments basis.
2022
2021
6,860
330,200
85,543
0
0
26,000|
|---|---|---|
|||92,403
356,200
77,396
68,574
20,420
22,150
10,305
10,665
296,790
0
26,000
0
1,496
29,913
2,647
4,346
5,946
5,012
2,409
4,403
512
1,219
918
1,922|
|||444,839
148,204|
Statement of Assets and Liabilites as at 31 December 2022
|Cash Funds
Bank Current Account
Deposit Account
Loan|Unrestricted Funds
Total
Total
General
Manse
Funds
Funds
Fund
Fund
2022
2021
69,279
69,279
331,409
6,590
6,590
25,953|
|---|---|
||69,279
6,590
75,869
357,362
-26,000|
||69,279
6,590
75,869
331,362|
## **Dunstable Baptist Church**
## **Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31 December 2022**
|Note
**Receipts**
Voluntary Receipts:
Planned Giving &
collection at services
All other giving
2
Gift Aid recovered
Activites for generating funds
Investment income
Church activities
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
Church activities
3
Governance costs
Cost of generating funds
**Total Payments**
**Excess of Receipts over Payments**
**Transfer between funds**
Net movement in funds
Cash at bank and in hand 1 January
**Cash at bank and in hand 31 December**|Total
Total
**Notes to the Financial Statements**
General
Manse
Funds
Funds
Fund
Fund
2022
2021
1 The Financial Statements of the Church have been
with the Charities Act 2011 using the Receipts and
59,050
475
59,525
97,504
2 All other giving
92,403
0
92,403
356,200
Donations
11,462
0
11,462
16,048
Legacy
Loan
162,915
475
163,390
469,752
0
0
0
0
0
8
8
1
3 Church activities
0
0
0
0
Pastoral Ministry
Mission Support
**162,915**
**483**
**163,398**
**469,753**
Ministry Expenses
Purchase of manse
Repayment of loan
414,906
29,735
444,641
148,204
Building Capital Expenditure
250
0
250
325
Building Repairs and Renewals
0
0
0
0
Utilities and Insurance
Manse Expenditure
**415,156**
**29,735**
**444,891**
**148,529**
Administration Expenses
Miscellaneous Expenses
-252,241
-29,252
-281,493
321,224
-10,000
10,000
0
0
-262,241
-19,252
-281,493
321,224
331,520
25,842
357,362
36,138
**69,279**
**6,590**
**75,869**
**357,362**
Unrestricted Funds|prepared in accordance
Payments basis.
2022
2021
6,860
330,200
85,543
0
0
26,000|
|---|---|---|
|||92,403
356,200
77,396
68,574
20,420
22,150
10,305
10,665
296,790
0
26,000
0
1,496
29,913
2,647
4,346
5,946
5,012
2,409
4,403
512
1,219
918
1,922|
|||444,839
148,204|
## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31 December 2022**
|Cash Funds
Bank Current Account
Deposit Account
Loan|Total
Total
General
Manse
Funds
Funds
Fund
Fund
2022
2021
69,279
69,279
331,409
6,590
6,590
25,953
Unrestricted Funds|
|---|---|
||69,279
6,590
75,869
357,362
-26,000|
||**69,279**
**6,590**
**75,869**
**331,362**|
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Dunstable Baptist Church**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2022.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
- Accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or The financial statements do not accord with those records; or
3. The financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of financial statements set out in the Charities (Financial statements and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the financial statements give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
Robert Felix FCA 33 Broomhill Road Woodford Green Essex IG8 9HD Date : 19 October 2023