## **New Life Baptist Church**
## **2022**
Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **Table of Contents**
Statutory Information..........................................................................................................................2 Registered Charity Number............................................................................................................2 Registered Address.........................................................................................................................2 Trustees...........................................................................................................................................2 Property Trustees............................................................................................................................2 Bankers...........................................................................................................................................2 Independent Examiner....................................................................................................................2 Annual Report for 2022.......................................................................................................................3 Charitable Object............................................................................................................................3 Organisational Structure and Decision making processes..............................................................3 Objectives and Activities................................................................................................................3 Achievements and Performance......................................................................................................4 Financial Review............................................................................................................................5 Approval and declaration................................................................................................................6
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## **New Life Baptist Church**
## **2022**
Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **Statutory Information**
## **Registered Charity Number**
Registered as a charity in England & Wales with number 1164973
## **Registered Address**
37 Abbey Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 5NG
## **Trustees**
Mr H Williams Mr D Mellen (reappointed 15 May 2022) Mrs A Williams Mrs K Paterson Revd P Muir Mrs C Jackson (appointed 13 February 2022)
## **Property Trustees**
East Midland Baptist Trust Company Limited The Baptist Union Corporation Limited Baptist House 129 Broadway Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 8RT
## **Bankers**
Cooperative Bank Delf House, Southway, Skelmersdale, Lancashire WN8 6NY
## **Independent Examiner**
Debbie Caine
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## **New Life Baptist Church**
## **2022**
Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **Annual Report for 2022**
The trustees present their Annual Report and financial statements for 2022.
## **Charitable Object**
The Charity is governed by a constitution approved by the members in December 2015 and updated most recently in May 2022. The constitution states that the principal purpose of the charity is the advancement of the Christian faith.
## **Organisational Structure and Decision making processes**
Members of the church are accepted in accordance with the constitution which required them to publicly profess their faith in God, Father Son and Holy Spirit.
The members meeting takes place several times a year and has responsibility for the overall policy of the church. In accordance with the constitution, the members appoint the Minister, Treasurer and Church Secretary and other Leaders who are responsible for the day to day running of the church’s work and witness, and the financial and legal aspects of the charity. The Leaders, Minister, Treasurer and Church Secretary are the Charity Trustees. All members are encouraged to take an appropriate part in the spiritual and practical tasks involved in the furtherance of the charitable objective.
Relevant matters may be submitted to the church meeting by the trustees for guidance or may be raised by members in church meeting for further consideration by the trustees. Though the constitution permits decisions to be made at church meetings by appropriate majorities, the church seeks to work by consensus wherever possible.
## **Objectives and Activities**
In order to achieve the principal objective which is set out above, the church provides a variety of activities both to its membership and to the community generally. The aim is to show the love of Jesus Christ in both word and deed and to bring people into a closer relationship with Him as living Lord.
The church meets as a whole on Sunday mornings for worship and throughout 2022 the church continued to livestream services for those unable to attend in person. Recordings of most services were then made available through the website. We run a closed facebook group which provides thoughts for the day and a weekly midweek reflection and a chance for members to connect. Much of this content is also posted on the churches public facebook page. The church holds monthly breakfast services, to which members are encouraged to invite family and friends.
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## **New Life Baptist Church**
## **2022**
## Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2022
The church’s wellbeing café Renew 37 has continued to provide a safe space for those in the community who are lonely or suffering with mental health problems. Numbers using the space have increased and resources for the café are stretched. We have had funding support this year from the Co-op as one of their community charities. We also received £1000 National Grid funding for help with winter bills, for which we were recommended for by our local MP and a £500 grant from the Asda Foundation for the same purpose.
The milkshake bar for teenagers on a Wednesday at Renew 37 continues to be very popular with well over 100 young people attending each week.
The church has continued to run a friendship group meeting at Morrisons and a study group at Burton Manderfield. The church also runs a monthly service at Burton Manderfield.
The church held a weekend away at Yarnfield Park in June 2022. This was well attended with excellent teaching was provided by Elaine Burrows. Paul Muir ran sessions for those wanting to explore faith or ask questions.
The church has held social activities monthly, including coach trips and these are open to users of Renew 37 and others connected with the church. They have provided a valued sense of community.
The church operates systems to ensure that all people working with children and adults at risk are appropriately vetted with regard to the Disclosure Barring Service. All Renew 37 hosts and small group leaders attended Level 2 training in safeguarding in April.
The church has read the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and is satisfied that the activities outlined above clearly demonstrates that the charity is providing a benefit to the public.
## **Achievements and Performance**
The church does not measure the success of its programmes only in numbers, including financial numbers, but also in less tangible areas like fellowship, community involvement and encouragement.
In 2022 we were delighted to baptise 4 people and welcomed 5 people into membership. Two members were removed from the list, so membership has overall increased from 65 to 68..
The churches wellbeing café renew 37 continues be busy and is well regarded by professional agencies who frequently signpost people to the café.
A number of our members are involved in other community activities such as Safe Families. The church also actively supports The Friary in West Bridgford, which provides much needed assistance for deprived members of our community.
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## **New Life Baptist Church**
## **2022**
## Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **Financial Review**
The church continues to raise the funds which it needs to carry on its activities from within its own membership and congregation. No wider public appeal was made for funds during the year.
The most significant expenses relate to the renting of premises and the employment of team members.
We rent a space to meet on a Sunday morning and rent our wellbeing cafe at 37 Abbey Road.
Our paid team members throughout the year were:
Mr P Muir, Minister. Mrs V Bragg who is the Centre Host at our Wellbeing Café Mrs A Williams our church administrator.
The church expressed its part in the life of the wider church by making grants to national and international Christian organisations and societies with Christian aims and objectives compatible with the church’s own charitable purpose.
The church is heavily dependent on its membership working as volunteers in all aspects of the church’s activities, many of which run with little or no impact on the church’s expenditure, but nevertheless contribute substantially to the achievement of the church’s objectives.
The financial results for the year, together with a summary of the accounting policies adopted are set out in the accompanying financial statements.
The Trustees are satisfied that they have sufficient reserves at the Balance Sheet date, together with ongoing income anticipated, to enable the church to function effectively in the coming year.
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**2022**
## **New Life Baptist Church**
## Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **Approval and declaration**
I declare, in my capacity of charity trustee, that:
- the trustees have approved the above report and attached accounts; and
- have authorised me to sign them on their behalf
Alison Williams 217 Musters Road West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7DT 24 August 2023
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**New Life Baptist Church 2022 Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
|Independent Examiner's Report|2|
|---|---|
|Receipts and payments account|3|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|4|
|Notes to the accounts|5 to 8|
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**2022**
**Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
## **New Life Baptist Church**
## **Independent Examiner's Report**
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 set out on pages 3 to 8
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
have not been met; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Debbie Caine
Independent Examiner
2 Peveril Drive, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7AU FCCA CTA ACA
30 August 2023
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## **New Life Baptist Church**
## **2022**
## **Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
## **Receipts and Payments account**
|**Receipts:**
Note
General Offering
Church weekend income
3
Tax Recovered
4
Rental income
Grant income
5
Investment income
Special Offerings
6
**Total Receipts**
**Payments:**
Employment costs
7
Church weekend costs
3
Other church activities
8
Office & admin costs
Rent, property & insurance costs
9
Subtotal
Giving away
10
**Total payments**
**(Deficit) / Surplus**
Opening Funds:
**Funds at the end of the period:**
General Funds:|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2022**
£
72,639
6,845
16,290
9,200
1,150
1,294
10,872
**118,290**
72,047
8,850
9,409
3,335
28,518
122,159
19,212
**141,371**
**(23,081)**
114,732
**91,651**
**91,651**|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2021**
£
74,698
1,110
8,113
9,600
2,667
367
2,307|
|---|---|---|
|||**98,862**|
|||52,349
740
8,717
2,298
26,836|
|||90,940
15,096|
|||**106,036**|
|||**(7,174)**
121,906|
|||**114,732**|
||||
|||**114,732**|
The notes on pages 5 to 8 form part of this Statement
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## **New Life Baptist Church Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
## **2022**
## **Statement of assets and liabilities**
## **Assets:**
The balance reported as total funds is made up of the following assets:
|Note
Cash on deposit with the BU
Cash at Co-Operative Bank
Cash in hand|60,264
31,314
73
**91,651**
**At**
**31-Dec-2022**|89,970
24,689
73
**At**
**31-Dec-2021**|
|---|---|---|
|||**114,732**|
In addition to the assets above, the following items should be taken into consideration to understand the financial status of the church:
|Equipment (at insured value)
Gift aid tax recoverable
Rental deposit (on 37 Abbey Road)
Rental deposit (on manse)
Total Cash bank and other assets|41,591
11,000
3,900
1,615
**58,106**
**149,757**|36,872
12,100
3,900
1,615|
|---|---|---|
|||**54,487**|
|||**169,219**|
## **Liabilities:**
|Special offerings to pay on
10
5
Sunday morning rental
1,520
Total Liabilities
**1,525**
Prepared by
Huw Williams
Assisted by
Mhel Handy
Rob Moss
Independent Examiner
Debbie Caine
**At**
**31-Dec-2022**|237
3,390
**At**
**31-Dec-2021**|
|---|---|
||**3,627**|
|||
The accounts were approved by the trustees on 24 August 2023 and signed on their behalf by Huw Williams (treasurer)
The notes on pages 5 to 8 form part of this Statement
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**2022**
## **New Life Baptist Church**
## **Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
## **Notes to the accounts**
## **1 Accounting policies**
These accounts have been prepared on a 'receipts and payments' basis in accordance with the Charities Act 2011
## **2 Church Funds**
Apart from special offerings which are paid on within a few weeks or used for specific church projects, and the grant income received for Renew 37 (see note 5), all church funds are unrestricted and may be used for any of the church's ordinary purposes.
## **3 Church weekends**
We held a church weekend “at home” in 2021 and a weekend “away” in 2022. Income and expenditure is now shown separately because the amounts are large and would otherwise distort figures for “special offerings” and “church activities.”
## **4 Tax Recovered**
Tax recovered under the gift aid scheme covers the period April 2021 to March 2022 (12 months). The amount recovered in the 2021 accounts was for 6 months to March 2021. The amount receivable for donations made between April and December 2022 is shown under 'assets'.
## **5 Grant income**
Three grants were received during the year to help with the costs of Renew 37 in different ways. In 2021, as part of the response to the covid pandemic, the church, along with other local rate-payers, received a grant of £2,667 from Rushcliffe Borough Council.
The use of this income is restricted to costs on Renew 37, but as those costs are far in excess of the grants (the premises costs alone exceed £15,000) we have not shown restricted funds separately.
|**6 Special offerings**
**Paid away or to be paid away (see note 10)**
Breakfast services
Other special offerings
Subtotal
**Utilised during year**
Gifts for Renew 37 costs
Sale of surplus assets (tent and laptop)|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2022**
2,207
4,161
6,368
4,504
-
10,872|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2021**
630
920|
|---|---|---|
|||1,550
616
141|
|||2,307|
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## **New Life Baptist Church Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
## **2022**
## **Notes to the accounts**
## **7 Trustee remuneration**
During the year we had two trustees who were paid by the church. In 2021 one other trustee was paid for part of the year and another was appointed during the year
David Mellen, an employee of the church, was appointed as a leader (and therefore a trustee) in May 2016 and ceased to be employed (but remained as a trustee) in July 2021. Alison Williams was appointed as a leader (and therefore a trustee) in December 2018 and took on the paid role of administrator in May 2019. In July 2021 we appointed Paul Muir as our minister.
The church constitution says that a minister will usually be paid and that trustees can be paid with the approval of the church members in general meeting. The church considered whether or not to appoint paid employees to the leadership team before appointing David Mellen and whether to appoint an existing trustee to a paid position before employing Alison Williams. In particular the trustees considered the disadvantage of some trustees being unable to participate in decisions when they had a financial interest in those decisions because they were being paid by the church; the trustees could not identify any situations in which this might prove to be a problem.
The figures shown below are for remuneration, pensions, and other costs paid whilst the employees were also trustees.
|were also trustees.|||
|---|---|---|
||**Year to**|**Year to**|
||**31 Dec 2022**|**31 Dec 2021**|
|Remuneration (total gross)|£28,020|£16,415|
|Pensions (total employer payments)|£2,811|£1,403|
|Manse costs|£19,980|£14,712|
|Expenses|£1,576|£912|
## **Expenses**
Expenses are paid primarily to the minister and shown under “employee expenses”
Training and related expenses are also paid for or on behalf of church members involved in particular areas of church service whether they are trustees or not. The relevant costs are shown under the appropriate headings in the expense analyses. No separate record is made of how much of these costs is incurred for or on behalf of trustees.
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**2022**
## **New Life Baptist Church**
## **Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
## **Notes to the accounts**
|**8 Analysis of Church Activities**
**General**
Catering - general
Equipment & repairs
Evangelism - General
Craft materials for 37 and trips from 37
Pastoral (gifts/cards and financial support)
Training / conferences
Visiting Speakers
Other general payments
**Children and youth**
Milkshake bar
**9 Rent, property & insurance costs**
37 Abbey Road
Other property and insurance costs
see below**(*)**|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2022**
1,237
1,468
686
531
559
1,714
360
1,556
1,298
**£9,409**
**Year to**
**31 Dec 2022**
17,043
11,475
**£28,518**|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2021**
510
2,328
88
1,188
2,110
1,047
1,013
433|
|---|---|---|
|||**£8,717**|
|||**Year to**
**31 Dec 2021**
19,337
7,499|
|||**£26,836**|
> **(*)** During 2021, the lease was extended for a further 5 years and the 2021 costs include the associated £2,120 legal costs
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**2022**
## **New Life Baptist Church**
## **Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
## **Notes to the accounts**
|**10 Analysis of Giving away**
BMS World Mission
CAP West Bridgford
Friary Drop in Centre
Home Mission Fund (EMBA)
Nottingham Refugee Forum
Tear Fund
Open Doors
Butterfly Space (Malawi)
Other giving (amounts under £500 each)
Giving from General Fund
Special offerings paid away (see note 6 and below)
Total Giving away|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2022**
3,200
408
3,600
2,400
696
996
996
-
316
12,612
6,600
**£19,212**|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2021**
3,000
408
3,600
2,400
696
1,511
996
500
550|
|---|---|---|
|||13,661
1,435|
|||**£15,096**|
£5 of the special offerings were paid away in 2023 (previous year £237 paid away in 2022)
Included in special offerings paid away were additional gifts to Friary Drop in Centre of £43 (2021 £20), Tearfund £980 (2021 £722) and BMS World Mission (their Ukrainian appeal) £2,404 (2021 £nil)
Also included in special offerings paid away was a gift to a Polish church supporting Ukrainian refugees called Spolecznosc Chrzescijanska Pulawska £600 (2021 £nil)
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**New Life Baptist Church 2022 Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
|Independent Examiner's Report|2|
|---|---|
|Receipts and payments account|3|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|4|
|Notes to the accounts|5 to 8|
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**2022**
**Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
## **New Life Baptist Church**
## **Independent Examiner's Report**
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 set out on pages 3 to 8
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
have not been met; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Debbie Caine
Independent Examiner
2 Peveril Drive, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7AU FCCA CTA ACA
30 August 2023
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## **New Life Baptist Church**
## **2022**
## **Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
## **Receipts and Payments account**
|**Receipts:**
Note
General Offering
Church weekend income
3
Tax Recovered
4
Rental income
Grant income
5
Investment income
Special Offerings
6
**Total Receipts**
**Payments:**
Employment costs
7
Church weekend costs
3
Other church activities
8
Office & admin costs
Rent, property & insurance costs
9
Subtotal
Giving away
10
**Total payments**
**(Deficit) / Surplus**
Opening Funds:
**Funds at the end of the period:**
General Funds:|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2022**
£
72,639
6,845
16,290
9,200
1,150
1,294
10,872
**118,290**
72,047
8,850
9,409
3,335
28,518
122,159
19,212
**141,371**
**(23,081)**
114,732
**91,651**
**91,651**|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2021**
£
74,698
1,110
8,113
9,600
2,667
367
2,307|
|---|---|---|
|||**98,862**|
|||52,349
740
8,717
2,298
26,836|
|||90,940
15,096|
|||**106,036**|
|||**(7,174)**
121,906|
|||**114,732**|
||||
|||**114,732**|
The notes on pages 5 to 8 form part of this Statement
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## **New Life Baptist Church Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
## **2022**
## **Statement of assets and liabilities**
## **Assets:**
The balance reported as total funds is made up of the following assets:
|Note
Cash on deposit with the BU
Cash at Co-Operative Bank
Cash in hand|60,264
31,314
73
**91,651**
**At**
**31-Dec-2022**|89,970
24,689
73
**At**
**31-Dec-2021**|
|---|---|---|
|||**114,732**|
In addition to the assets above, the following items should be taken into consideration to understand the financial status of the church:
|Equipment (at insured value)
Gift aid tax recoverable
Rental deposit (on 37 Abbey Road)
Rental deposit (on manse)
Total Cash bank and other assets|41,591
11,000
3,900
1,615
**58,106**
**149,757**|36,872
12,100
3,900
1,615|
|---|---|---|
|||**54,487**|
|||**169,219**|
## **Liabilities:**
|Special offerings to pay on
10
5
Sunday morning rental
1,520
Total Liabilities
**1,525**
Prepared by
Huw Williams
Assisted by
Mhel Handy
Rob Moss
Independent Examiner
Debbie Caine
**At**
**31-Dec-2022**|237
3,390
**At**
**31-Dec-2021**|
|---|---|
||**3,627**|
|||
The accounts were approved by the trustees on 24 August 2023 and signed on their behalf by Huw Williams (treasurer)
The notes on pages 5 to 8 form part of this Statement
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**2022**
## **New Life Baptist Church**
## **Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
## **Notes to the accounts**
## **1 Accounting policies**
These accounts have been prepared on a 'receipts and payments' basis in accordance with the Charities Act 2011
## **2 Church Funds**
Apart from special offerings which are paid on within a few weeks or used for specific church projects, and the grant income received for Renew 37 (see note 5), all church funds are unrestricted and may be used for any of the church's ordinary purposes.
## **3 Church weekends**
We held a church weekend “at home” in 2021 and a weekend “away” in 2022. Income and expenditure is now shown separately because the amounts are large and would otherwise distort figures for “special offerings” and “church activities.”
## **4 Tax Recovered**
Tax recovered under the gift aid scheme covers the period April 2021 to March 2022 (12 months). The amount recovered in the 2021 accounts was for 6 months to March 2021. The amount receivable for donations made between April and December 2022 is shown under 'assets'.
## **5 Grant income**
Three grants were received during the year to help with the costs of Renew 37 in different ways. In 2021, as part of the response to the covid pandemic, the church, along with other local rate-payers, received a grant of £2,667 from Rushcliffe Borough Council.
The use of this income is restricted to costs on Renew 37, but as those costs are far in excess of the grants (the premises costs alone exceed £15,000) we have not shown restricted funds separately.
|**6 Special offerings**
**Paid away or to be paid away (see note 10)**
Breakfast services
Other special offerings
Subtotal
**Utilised during year**
Gifts for Renew 37 costs
Sale of surplus assets (tent and laptop)|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2022**
2,207
4,161
6,368
4,504
-
10,872|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2021**
630
920|
|---|---|---|
|||1,550
616
141|
|||2,307|
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## **New Life Baptist Church Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
## **2022**
## **Notes to the accounts**
## **7 Trustee remuneration**
During the year we had two trustees who were paid by the church. In 2021 one other trustee was paid for part of the year and another was appointed during the year
David Mellen, an employee of the church, was appointed as a leader (and therefore a trustee) in May 2016 and ceased to be employed (but remained as a trustee) in July 2021. Alison Williams was appointed as a leader (and therefore a trustee) in December 2018 and took on the paid role of administrator in May 2019. In July 2021 we appointed Paul Muir as our minister.
The church constitution says that a minister will usually be paid and that trustees can be paid with the approval of the church members in general meeting. The church considered whether or not to appoint paid employees to the leadership team before appointing David Mellen and whether to appoint an existing trustee to a paid position before employing Alison Williams. In particular the trustees considered the disadvantage of some trustees being unable to participate in decisions when they had a financial interest in those decisions because they were being paid by the church; the trustees could not identify any situations in which this might prove to be a problem.
The figures shown below are for remuneration, pensions, and other costs paid whilst the employees were also trustees.
|were also trustees.|||
|---|---|---|
||**Year to**|**Year to**|
||**31 Dec 2022**|**31 Dec 2021**|
|Remuneration (total gross)|£28,020|£16,415|
|Pensions (total employer payments)|£2,811|£1,403|
|Manse costs|£19,980|£14,712|
|Expenses|£1,576|£912|
## **Expenses**
Expenses are paid primarily to the minister and shown under “employee expenses”
Training and related expenses are also paid for or on behalf of church members involved in particular areas of church service whether they are trustees or not. The relevant costs are shown under the appropriate headings in the expense analyses. No separate record is made of how much of these costs is incurred for or on behalf of trustees.
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**2022**
## **New Life Baptist Church**
## **Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
## **Notes to the accounts**
|**8 Analysis of Church Activities**
**General**
Catering - general
Equipment & repairs
Evangelism - General
Craft materials for 37 and trips from 37
Pastoral (gifts/cards and financial support)
Training / conferences
Visiting Speakers
Other general payments
**Children and youth**
Milkshake bar
**9 Rent, property & insurance costs**
37 Abbey Road
Other property and insurance costs
see below**(*)**|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2022**
1,237
1,468
686
531
559
1,714
360
1,556
1,298
**£9,409**
**Year to**
**31 Dec 2022**
17,043
11,475
**£28,518**|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2021**
510
2,328
88
1,188
2,110
1,047
1,013
433|
|---|---|---|
|||**£8,717**|
|||**Year to**
**31 Dec 2021**
19,337
7,499|
|||**£26,836**|
> **(*)** During 2021, the lease was extended for a further 5 years and the 2021 costs include the associated £2,120 legal costs
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**2022**
## **New Life Baptist Church**
## **Annual accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2022**
## **Notes to the accounts**
|**10 Analysis of Giving away**
BMS World Mission
CAP West Bridgford
Friary Drop in Centre
Home Mission Fund (EMBA)
Nottingham Refugee Forum
Tear Fund
Open Doors
Butterfly Space (Malawi)
Other giving (amounts under £500 each)
Giving from General Fund
Special offerings paid away (see note 6 and below)
Total Giving away|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2022**
3,200
408
3,600
2,400
696
996
996
-
316
12,612
6,600
**£19,212**|**Year to**
**31 Dec 2021**
3,000
408
3,600
2,400
696
1,511
996
500
550|
|---|---|---|
|||13,661
1,435|
|||**£15,096**|
£5 of the special offerings were paid away in 2023 (previous year £237 paid away in 2022)
Included in special offerings paid away were additional gifts to Friary Drop in Centre of £43 (2021 £20), Tearfund £980 (2021 £722) and BMS World Mission (their Ukrainian appeal) £2,404 (2021 £nil)
Also included in special offerings paid away was a gift to a Polish church supporting Ukrainian refugees called Spolecznosc Chrzescijanska Pulawska £600 (2021 £nil)
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