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2022-12-31-accounts

Buttershaw Baptist Church

Charitable Incorporated Organisation, charity number 1168084

A member of the Yorkshire Baptist Association (YBA), charity number 247173 and the Baptist Union, charity number 1125912

Annual Report for year ending 31[st] December 2022

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Buttershaw Baptist Church 2021 Annual Report

Contents

Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors 3
Trustees 3
Charity number 3
Registered and principal address 3
Bankers 4
Independent examiner 4
Structure, governance and management 4
Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees 4
Objectives and activities 4
The charity's objects 4
The charity's main activities 5
Principle Vision 5
Achievements and performance 5
Baptisms 6
Mission 6
People 7
Life Groups 7
Trustee changes and activities 7
Our ministry 8
Buttershaw Baptist Church Core Activities 9
Three Particular VIsion Objectives 9
Heroes 10
Projects 10
Financial summary 11
Account changes 11
Summary of outgoings and incomings 11
Reserves policy 12

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Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors

Trustees

Trustees
Name Date of
Appointment
First or second
3 year term
Position
Gavin Humphries Minister Permanent
Louise Innes Treasurer 7thOctober 2020 First to 6thOctober 2023
David Bull Secretary 10thFebruary 2019 Second to 9thFebruary 2025
Matthew Law Trustee 6thOctober 2021 Resigned 5thOctober 2022
Elizabeth Radice Trustee 15thMay 2022 First to 14thMay 2025
Helen Thomson Trustee 15thMay 2022 First to 14thMay 2025

Charity number

The charity was registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, number 1168084, on 6[th] July 2016.

Registered and principal address

Buttershaw Baptist Church

The Crescent

Buttershaw

Bradford

BD6 3PZ

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Bankers

The Co-Operative Bank

P O Box 250

Delf House

Southway

SKELMERSDALE

WN8 6WT

Independent examiner

Lynne Roberts

27 Acre Avenue

Eccleshill

Bradford

BD2 2LL

Structure, governance and management

The charity is governed by a constitution adopted on 6[th] July 2016.

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees

The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at members’ meetings.

Objectives and activities

The charity's objects

The advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination.

The Church may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and/or other parts of the world.

The Church is committed to the provision, maintenance and improvement of its building, which is a place of religious worship and is open to the public.

These objects are as amended by the draft revised constitution agreed at the Ordinary Church Members Meeting on 3[rd] December 2020.

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The charity's main activities

The activities may include but are not restricted to:

Principle Vision

Through PRAYER communication and relationship with our FATHER and by the GOSPEL of JESUS we are EMPOWERED by the SPIRIT to see people whom God has called, to grow in the personal anointing , maturity and understanding of being a disciple of Jesus Christ and become a disciple maker through prayer, sharing the Good News with and in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Achievements and performance

The year of 2022 has been a time of re-establishing and repositioning as lockdowns eased. This has also seen some things come to an end. We have welcomed new trustees, developing new leadership and strategic direction of how we fellowship and relate to each other. We have developed a new partnership approach to our church family.

We have sought to continue to serve and change where needed, pursuing God’s vision and blessing for Buttershaw where we can. In it all, we are reminded in all things of the faithfulness of our Lord and Saviour.

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Baptisms

We are conscious of the absence of baptisms in the regular life of the Church and this remains a high priority. With the new Partner approach to engagement of our Church Family, on an annual basis, will require asking those who worship with us to intentionally join us as a partner and to intentionally ask about their personal commitment to following Jesus witnessed by the act of baptism by full immersion. We have not had the opportunity to hold a baptism service in the past year.

Mission

We see mission; locally, regionally, nationally and internationally as key to the calling upon the life of Buttershaw Baptist Church.

We have been blessed to hold our Community Choir. It has been great to see our community continue to sing together in voice and song. The Choir performed at our Jubilee celebrations, at a family day at the local youth centre and at our Christmas events.

We also have our community band with the same aims and goals as the choir. Although we would like to see more engaging in this activity, we do have a good range of people attending from different backgrounds and ages.

Our Jubilee celebration included performances by the Community Choir, bouncy castle, obstacle course and rodeo, crafts and food. The day was attended by around 120 of our local community who enjoyed the activities and music. There were families enjoying the activities, good weather and God’s blessing for our community. What better place for God’s Church to be than providing enjoyment and blessing to the families and children of this place.

We had an incredible Children's Club again this year, it was truly a blessing to be able to share God’s word with the young people of Buttershaw over a week of spirit filled entertainment. The Family Sunday was a vision of a community Church in action, multi-generational families eating, worshiping and engaging in celebration of God’s blessing.

The relationship’s with the organisations and representatives of local schools, council, wardens, councillors, youth centre, churches, children centres and charities continues to grow and help to bring money, resources and help to local people and challenges they face. We continue to work in partnership to help deliver local events, bring help directly to local people in the form of roadshows and consult with police and city-wide organisations.

With ever growing financial pressure and the impact this has on health issues we have set up a warm space to help tackle and connect with local people by providing a space for those who find themselves isolated and worried to join us each week for food, warmth and conversation.

We expect that the cost of living crises will grow as we move into 2023 and we are expecting the need to continue to work hard as a community church alongside our partners is going to be pivotal to address these issues.

Our long standing youth mission programme, Eden Buttershaw in partnership with The Message Trust, has come to an end with the resignation of key people and team members.

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This has been an incredible and blessed missional field where we saw much of God’s blessing being poured out on the estate. We are sincerely grateful for the hard work of the Eden Team over the years and are confident in the anointing God has on them. We hope to work with The Message Trust on future mission initiatives.

People

We have had a number of membership resignations as families have moved into new seasons of their lives. We have also welcomed some new people and families who are regularly worshiping with us.

We would again like to thank and recognise the passion, vision and commitment of our current membership and we are enjoying seeing many of them stepping out into new areas as they put their faith into action.

In the summer we updated our Safeguarding policy and provided training to our church membership and those in regular worship with us.

Life Groups

Our Lifegroups are a place to connect and belong. They are a place where you are known and can grow. We take time to praise and worship God before delving into His word through bible studies or following a teaching series. We have started a series called ‘Godspeed’, which is about slowing down our busy lives in order to catch up with God. We endeavour to create a safe space, where we can be vulnerable and learn how to minister to each other, and where there is no such thing as a silly question. In essence, Lifegroup is essential in any faith journey. We know that Lifegroups are of key worth, for a few reasons; opportunity to check in with a small group of people mid week, get to know one another better, open up and be praying for one another, worshipping and studying the Bible together. It grows good friendships and is the fibre of our Spirit filled Church family.

We are blessed to have a handful of young people who are connected to us at Buttershaw Baptist Church. We said goodbye to Aurelia and Vickon who left for university, and have established a new young people’s group. The new group has 6 young people attending each week and we have followed teaching using resources from the ‘rightnowmedia’ platform which has been a great resource. Our aim is to develop relationships within the group and set our sights on mission and discipleship.

Trustee changes and activities

It was with regret we accepted the resignation of Matthew Law, in his role as a Trustee.

We however, have welcomed Elizabeth Radice and Helen Thomson as Trustees. Their enthusiasm and gifts are truly blessing us. Their passion to see God’s love shared, the Word lived out and proclaimed, for Prayer being at the heart of everything is a great blessing to the trustee team and the health of the Church. With a trustee team of five this is providing us with a stronger group to better serve the Church. We would still welcome the nomination of further

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new trustees in the forthcoming year to support the works of the CIO and see God’s blessing continue to increase on Buttershaw.

As a group of Trustees, we have been seeking to develop a more inclusive leadership approach. As part of this we held an away day for those providing key inputs, leadership and service to the life of the Church. This was a great day where we were ministered to by an old friend of the Church Ash Harding who challenged us on our hopes and faith for the Church. The day helped us capture our collective vision of our Church and the characteristics that are important to us..

In addition, we recognised the importance of taking time away to understand what God is calling us to. We had an extended elders meeting and away day in October where we shared and sought God’s direction. This was a valuable time of reflection, personally and as a body, seeking God’s direction. It helped us develop vision and planning further our activities.

Our ministry

At Buttershaw Baptist Church we are wanting to move away from the conventional model of membership and move towards being “PARTNERS '' of Buttershaw Baptist Church. We are looking to make the decision to change not because we fundamentally disagreed with the inherited system but because we are wanting to reclaim a more relational basis for commitment within the church community.

We continue to discern the mind of Christ as a church through prayerful discussion amongst those who are Partners (our new name for 'Members') but decision-making within a congregational system of church government is no longer the primary 'point' of membership. Instead, being a Partner of the church reflects those who are a 'part' of the church family, vision and values of Buttershaw Baptist church and most importantly, our relationship with God, each other and those in the wider communities in which we live.

Partnership should become first and foremost about meaningful covenantal relationships. Commitment is no longer a duty so much as a desire to walk together through the ups and downs of life and to encourage each other to become more like Jesus and to fulfill the vision and calling upon us all.

As part of this covenantal principle, the Partnership approach is to each year invite those who worship with us to intentionally consider the vision and values of the Church and intentionally choose to partner, or not. The February AGM will be a regular point at which this covenant is invited and responded to. The approach to a Partnership model of church family has been developed as a standalone document and may be read separately. This identifies the rhythm of Partnership and principles of engagement. At the February AGM, three particular vision objectives will be confirmed following consultation with the Church Family for the year ahead. The covenant and commitment to Partner with the Church will be based on Partnering to support these vision objectives. The church’s core activities and the three visions items are described below.

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Buttershaw Baptist Church Core Activities

In our expression and practice of the commission God sets before us the main activities of the Church and CIO are described earlier. These are our core activities and the outworking of them in particular aspects are as follows:

Three Particular VIsion Objectives

In 2022 the Particular VIsion Objectives had not previously been established and are being introduced as part of the new approach in 2023.

For 2023 the proposed Particular VIsion Objectives to be presented at the February 2023 AGM are:

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Heroes

Our Heroes children’s work has continued to grow and develop. It is with regret that Hannah Law and Kieran Asher have stepped down from leading this work but this has provided a great opportunity to welcome other people and particularly parents of our children to participate in the provision of our children’s work. Heroes, targets primary aged school children to learn, discover and experience more about our Christian faith. Leadership and vision being provided by Alex Radice and Teresa Walsh. The Heroes programme follows the same themes and teaching which we are sharing within church as we encourage both adults and children to share with each other what they have learnt with each other.

The resources we are using come from Gavin’s 10 years of experience in children's work mixed with the vast resources found on RightNow Media which includes songs, stories, teaching and much more. We also are using the opportunity for the young to share within our service what they have been doing and taking every chance we can to celebrate our children and what they have learnt and think about Christian faith.

Projects

There have been various requirements in response to leaks and weather to continue to undertake repairs on the building’s roof. We have had poor service by one of our contractors and have learnt from this engaging with a more reputable contractor. There are two further areas of work to undertake on the building’s roof that are planned for the forthcoming year.

We still carry an ambition to improve the kitchen and toilet facilities but these have not been pursued in the year due to financial challenges. In the forthcoming year and aligned with the Family Centre we will be looking to pursue these improvements further.

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Financial summary

Account changes

The bank account used for the Eden Youth Mission has been closed in line with this team ending.

In the budget established for 2023 and following review of how finances are managed it has been recognised that some budgets need to be protected, stewarded and managed over multiple years to help fund exceptional requirements. These restricted aspects are most notably for maintenance requirements of the Church building and to the Manse.

Two new bank accounts are in the process of being established, these are for the following items:

Summary of outgoings and incomings

Over the past year with reducing membership and continuing maintenance expenditure on the building and manse has depleted our reserves. The roof repairs in 2022 have required specific expenditure of £6104. There are two further roof repair actions identified to be addressed in 2023. Some money has been donated specifically for addressing these remaining repair works. Reducing giving receipts is adding financial pressure to Church operations and requires ongoing review in 2023 as they are now less than regular outgoings. This is causing the budget to draw on reserves Avenues for financial assistance are being sought along with growth of the church giving receipts. Without this, and with the limited reserves available the financial sustainability of current operations in their current form is unlikely to be viable. However, in faith we are prayerfully pursuing God’s heart for mission in Buttershaw.

Specific actions being developed to help address these problems are as follows

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For the Buttershaw Baptist Church Accounts;

For the Eden Buttershaw Account - closed on 22nd September 2022;

Note, remaining funds amounting to £2,087 transferred to the Youth and Community account.

Reserves policy

The charity's free cash reserves at the year end were £25,743.

The Church has a policy to always keep £15,000 in reserve to allow for the charity to be closed down in an orderly fashion if necessary.

Unfortunately due to the heating being replaced and many roof repairs we have needed to take £5,000 from our protected reserves to allow us to continue as a functioning and community blessing church. This will come into our general account by the end of January 2023 and will deplete the protected reserves to £10,000.

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Butternhaw Baptist Church Annual Financlal Report 2022 Genoral Rgcelpts and Paynxnts Account Notes Unreslrfcted Restricted Totsl FurKls Total FurKIs Funds Funds 2021 Rec•ipts Offerings Donations Other Income Income Tax Recovered on Gifts Interest Rent- Family Centre ReceNed for Other Causes Home Mission Grant and Other Ministerial Income Balance from Eden account YoLrth and Communtty 30,527 20 30.527 39,371 2,500 83 7,287 71 9,000 350 30 833 6.gKJ7 294 9,000 6,907 9,1)00 1,000 18 2,087 105 1,000 18 2,087 105 Totsl Rgcelpts: 46,748 4043 50,791 58.692 Paymènts Ministry Mission Church Premises Grfts io Other Causes Administration Other Expenditure Youth and Communty Total Paym&nts: 31746 435 10781 5,900 2,372 431 18 1,014 31.764 1,449 10.781 6,671 2.372 431 78 31,585 1,568 26123 10,113 2.305 196 10 11 12 13 771 78 1,881 51,665 71,890 Surplus (Deficit) for tho year 8alan¢e Broughl Forward Balance Carriod Forward 4,917 2,162 -2,755 22,304 19,549 -13.198 35,502 22,304 Overseas Ml881on Account Notes Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Total Funds Funds Funds 2022 2021 Recalpts Oonations Loan repah Total Receipts T¢xard5 Costs of Trip Loan Donations Total Paymènts Surplu8 (DefKttTr for thfr year Balance Brought Fopward Balanee Carrtod Forward 2.755 2.755 2,755 2,755 Legacy Aetount

Unrestricted Restric￿j Total Funds Total Funds Funds Funds 2022 2021 Recoipts Legacy Totsl Rgcelpts Payments Equipment Book4reeping Costs Total Payments 2,329 2,329 2,329 2A29 2,131 2.131 Sury)lus IDefi¢lt) for tha yoar Balancg Brought Forward Balanco Carried Forward -2,329 4,329 5,768 3,439 4.131 7,899 &768 statèment of Assets and Liabilltios as at 31st December 2022 Notes 2022 2021 Tangible Ftxod Assets Propety, FLXtures and Fittings 14 290,000 290,C()O Tanglble Current Assets Bank and Other Cash Balances 15 16 25.743 30,827 Representlng Balances on the Following AGcount8: General Account Mission Account Legacy Account 19,549 2,755 3.439 22,304 2,755 5,768 Llabllities Current Liabilities Non£urrenl Liabill￿S

Butknhaw Baptist Church Note8 to th• Accounts unrest￿Cted Restrict8J TO￿ FurKls Total Fund$ FuThJs FUN 2022 11 Donation Genefal Donatons Outreath Eklers Weekend Away Pffjm Warm Spa 20 2500 20 383 4(X) 30 833 30 250D 21 Oth•T Incom• Hdiday Club Fun Day. For i)Jtreac 13 3} InternJt Current Account Hn YBAAryxunt BOC DeposrtActount 17 17 2TI 70 71 41 Rec8lveil for Olher Causes Wam7 Spats Grant Buitershaw Partnership Fund 1000 350 350 6} HOMÈ Mi•8lon Grantand Other Mfnlthrl•l Ineorne Dovesdale Fulld 18 18 18 30 30 61 Youth and Communlty Donations 105 105 7) Alinlsty Minister sts.rend aThJ Or￿Gotts Ministers Eypenses Mar6e Expen8es 18 28524 937 2303 31764 28200 92 3293 31686 937 2303 31746 18 81 Mlsslon Chiklr8n & Young Pecs)le's Wo Outreach Resourr Speu81 EVe[￿WE￿IeY3 kn￿ekend 12 12 631 144 624 8CK) 279 383 1014

91 Church Prem1• Building fe8$ Equiprnenl Insurance R8pairWGenero1 ma￿enance util￿&$ 2318 15741 1826 5191 1047 1939 1792 1792 560 10781 10781 26123 101 Gins to Other Cau•eg BMS Buttwthaw Partne¥ship FuTrJ Eden Buttersh& Homg Mission Hope Hou51ng Wami S Zephaniah Tru9t other 2000 20Q) 656 856 2400 24 115 115 150 10113 B900 771 6871 111 Admlnistratlon Geneml Administration SubwFg88 1429 1429 1542 763 2306 2372 2372 1210thgr ExpèndlluT• mi￿lIane0115 E%￿ndIture 431 431 431 131 Youth and Communlty Heroe8 Holiday Cl 42 36 78 78 14) Tan9lblg Flxed As•ts Property F￿reS & Frttir& T¢)tal T•nglbl¢ Flx•d PAsets 200000 OD 290000 101 Bank and Other C•gh Balances Current Aecount BOC Deposit Acc(yJnt Total Tanglbl• CuryeTht A8ts 10114 15629 20743 161 Bank Ae¢ount Unretrl¢tsth•8trlct¢d fundB $plIt General Funrj Legacy ActJyJnt mt5s1￿ Attwnt Youth and Communty Aceourrt Baby Bank rttershaw Parthership Furky Outreath Furrfj Premi8es Donation Wam) spa￿ FUTh 452 150 3439 2755 2114 16 949 S)7 18737 5768 2755 3439 2755 2114 16 804 1604 ffj59 507 400 915 915 Tot•1 B•nk Account Unmtrfclodlmtri¢ted fund 452 25T43 The acc(xJnts and statenEnt of assets and liabilihes set out at￿t rolating to Ihe year ending 31st De(emb9r 2022 are as apwo¥ed by thè church meeting h￿d on 12th FeLYuary 2023 Signed-. Signed.. Church Treasurer Church Secretsry 12 February 2023

G•nvMI RecèirAs and Paym•tsts A¢cowrt Lknre8trlX￿ Restrkted Total F￿￿& lo Tota F￿d¥ 09.22 2021 Rec•ipts Grants S Donations Other In￿me Balance recelved hDm previou$ ￿Cl￿mI Total R•¢•lpts". 6,325 5,135 519 519 1.027 11.903 Team L88der 8818ry and cffi eo Actiwties Baby Bank Equipment Events Ggrdemg Proje ChildrerTr's work Olher Expwdlluro Resources Rent Total P4ym•nts.. 14 13.782 14 20 20 71 151 1.019 18 18.349 1.019 18 78 420 4.197 125 420 1258 520 31,661 Surplus (Dfrficit) forth• year 8•lane• Brought FoEwa¥d 8alance C•rried Forward .170 5.257 2.087 -19.758 25.015 5.257 Statèm•nt ofA•••ts and Li•bllltso¥ as at 22nd Sop1￿1￿ 2022 Tanglble Flxod A¥wis Property. Fi￿reS and Fittings Tangiblè Curyet7t AtsB¥ts 8￿￿k aThJ Other Cash Balarrs Bank ￿¢ restr4Cted Bank alc unrestri¢tsd Cash alc TOTAL 16 a071 4.301 The accounts and stment of88sets and liabilib'es ¥et out ai¥J¥e relatiry lo the yew endwy 2 ar8 a3 approved by the cthurth Mee￿n9 Si9ned.' OTr 121hFebruary 2023 i./ Churd) Treasurer 12 February 2022

Notes to the Accounls UnrnstricW R•8trfcted Total Fund8 Total Funds Funds Funds to 22.09.22 2021 1) Grdnts Salary HMRC Cconavirus Job Retention Scheme 6325 6325 2) Donations church DonatK>ns General Donations Baty Bank 300 219 300 219 3600 535 1000 5135 519 519 3) Gard8nlng ProJe¢l Garden EqLJipment Other Expenditure Team Leader Salary and on costs Grant ￿tUrned to National Lottery 151 999 3277 1061 4140 7871 16349 151 41 Childron's work Heroes Hol￿aY Club 223 223 796 1019 1019 Sl Bank Account Restrlcted Funds Baby Bank The Message Trnst Nional Lottery- Eden Gardening Project Totsl Bank A¢¢ount Restrfcted Funds 16 16 2977 16500 19477 16 16

Sectwon A Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Independent Examinorfs Report Report to the trusleogl members ol Butershaw Baptlst Church 31st Doc 2022 On accounts for the year ended Charlty no (If any) Set out on pages 1 to 4 Respectlve responsibilities of t￿￿tee$ and oxamlner antys trust8es ar8 responsible preparatr'on o accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 43(2) of the Charits"es Act 1993 {￿ 1993 Ad) and that an indep8ndent examination is needed. It is my responsibilty to.. • examine the accounts under section 43 of the 1993 Act. • lo follow tha proc8dures laid down in the general Directions given by the Chanty Commission (under sedion 43(7){b) of the 1993 Act. aThJ • to state whether pa￿.1)JIar matters have come to my attention. Ba$1$ of independent examlnerfs My examin8tion was carried out in accordance wlth genera stst•ment Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting rewrds kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with t￿se records. It also indudes consideration of any unusual Items or disclosures in the accounts. and seekn.ng explanations from the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not Ixovide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and nsequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a Yrue and fairf view and the report is lirnrted to those matters set out in the statemerrt beknv. Independont examinerf8 Statement In o)nnection ¥￿th my examination, no matter has come to my attention (other than that dusdosed below .) 1. which gives me reasonable cause to b8li8ve that in, any material ￿speCt, the requirements." • to keep ac£ounting records in accordan￿ with section 41 of the 1993 Act," and • to prepare accounts whth accord with the accounting records and Comply with th8 accounting requirements of the 1993 Act have not been met ' or 2. to which. in my. opinion, attention should be drawn Tn order to enable a proper undetStanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Fyease delete the words in the brackets rf the do not a Signed: Data: 30101r23 Name: Lynne Roberts Relevant professlonal quallfkatlon¢s) Address: 27 Acre Avenu8 ,Eccleshill Bradford BD2 2LL Page 1