## **– Report of the Elder and Deacons East Dulwich Tabernacle Baptist Church** _The elder and deacons here provide their report and the audited financial statements for East Dulwich Tabernacle (“The Tabernacle”) for the year ended 31[st] December 2021._ ## **Administration, Structure and Governance** The Tabernacle is an Independent Particular Baptist Church, founded in 1877, now established by its legal constitution of June 2015 and a registered charity since November 2016 (Charity Number 1170385). The Elder and Deacons are elected by the Church and are responsible for its leadership. **Elder:** Mr D Cadapen (Minister) **Deacons:** Mr S Boghurst (Treasurer) Dr J Clement (Secretary) Mr D South ## **Objectives and Activities** The objective of the Tabernacle is the advancement of the Christian faith, the nurture of God's professing people and the benefit of the public through religious and moral education, and pastoral care, of children and young people. The Tabernacle has a membership of 19 adults, and Sunday morning services consist of approximately 80-90 people including children. An evangelical Sunday School takes place weekly, which comprises of both children of members and those unattached to the Church, with parental consent. Local children are collected and taken home, using three Church minibuses. Those who attend on Sundays also take part in a Friday youth club, where they engage in activities and games which precede a talk, following a termly topic. Special outings and parties are arranged throughout the year for the different age groups. The Church consists of a diverse congregation with many different backgrounds. We welcome those from Barry House refugee centre. Farsi, Spanish and French Christian literature is made available to these prominent ethnic groups. ## **Achievements and Performance** The Tabernacle has prospered and grown during the year despite the gradual lifting of restrictions connected with the Covid-19 pandemic. Subscribers to the YouTube channel has grown continually throughout the year. Five new members were added to the Tabernacle church roll, and from September to November 2021, the Church baptised seven individuals. A wedding blessing service was also held in the autumn. Outreach has been maintained to the community through the provision of free Scriptures and literature at the church gate, and calendars and greetings cards distributed locally at the end of the year. The church displays an enlarged poster outside the nearby rail station on the street frontage. The Sunday School resumed full meetings, the Friday Meeting restarted, and outings took place again once the Covid restrictions were removed. The teenage Bible Class enjoyed separate residential trips for the boys and girls during the summer school holiday. Pastoral support and practical help continued to be extended to many through various means, including transportation to services and help to those in practical need. Membership classes for those interested in committing to the Tabernacle commenced online for the first time. The Tabernacle’s website continued to be developed integrating the YouTube videos, offering Biblical teaching to those who are remote or members who are unwell at home. The website is also a means by which others can find out about the Church. Further significant donation was made to the Trinitarian Bible Society Greater London Auxiliary to help with the provision of free Scriptures to children and others. Gifts were made to Pastors in Kenya and Ghana to help with benevolent work they undertake. |**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**East Dulwich Tabernacle Baptist Church**||**1170385**||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |01/01/2021
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**For the period**
**from**|**To**|31/12/2021
Period end date||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
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**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
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Internal Giving|**58,253**||**22,074**||**-**||**80,327**||**55,681**| |Outside Giving|**1,996**||**8,899**||**-**||**10,895**||**6,870**| |Interest|**4**||**9**||**-**||**13**||**123**| |Gift Aid Tax Recovered|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**17,941**| |Other Income|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**21,458**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**60,252**||**30,982**||**-**||**91,234**||**102,073**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**102,073**| ||||||||||| |
Ministry|**32,787**||**-**||**-**||**32,787**||**31,498**| |Utilities|**2,983**||**-**||**-**||**2,983**||**2,463**| |Church Renovation|**619**||**-**||**-**||**619**||**6,186**| |Equipment Purchases|**294**||**-**||**-**||**294**||**1,112**| |Vehicles|**4,708**||**-**||**-**||**4,708**||**53,649**| |General Expenses|**3,534**||**-**||**-**||**3,534**||**4,234**| |Children's Ministry|**1,404**||**-**||**-**||**1,404**||**1,114**| |Children's Camp|**1,064**||**-**||**-**||**1,064**||**-**| |Special Projects|**1,500**||**-**||**-**||**1,500**||**2,045**| |Mission|**7,000**||**-**||**-**||**7,000**||**2,750**| |BF Design|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |BF StatutoryFees|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |BF Project Menagement|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**55,892**||**-**||**-**||**55,892**||**105,051**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**105,051**| ||||||||||| ||**4,360**||||||||**- 2,978**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**49,012**||||||||**133,306**| ||**53,372**||||||||**130,327**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 14/10/2022 1 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period L¢nr8stri¢t8d funds to r*are8t£ R8StriGted fund& Endowment lunds Cattgor1es Detai15 to r￿arest £ to ￿￿areSt £ 81 Cash fuThl$ Cuttenl Alc t6.41S DEPOSIt 16.055 112.297 Alc 2 20.002 Totslcash funds 53,372 112,297 Unre8ts1ct8d funds Restdct£d funds Endowment funds Details B2 Other monetary assets Cwrert l(•onall Detai15 Cost lopt4L¥wll B3 Investment as5•ts FL￿ to w￿ch asyet b?1￿ C4st {￿¢￿> Cwr•ni Wdl lorAioMI B4 Assets retsined forthe ¢harlty's own use MiDiknts (ho.31 Wol￿nal 300 ¢0 whfGh liaL41ity TelBte Details (C￿c￿lI BS Llabllttles Signed by one or tm) I￿ste85 on beha￿ of the I￿31ee5 naknre PMI NatTE Dale ofapproval CCXX Rl auourtt¥ ISSI 1411012022 ## Independent Examiner’s Report Report to the Trustees/ Members of East Dulwich Tabernacle Baptist Church on the accounts for the year ended 2021 Charity Number: 1170385 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of East Dulwich Tabernacle Baptist Church for the year ended 31 December 2021. ## Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of East Dulwich Tabernacle Baptist Church (“the Trust”), you are responsible for the preparation 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 examiner’s statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention 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. ## E. Nwachukwu ## **Emmanuel Nwachukwu (FCMI)** 28 October 2022 Retired Chief Accountant (Transport for London) 157 Bexhill Road, London SE4 1SH.