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2024-12-31-accounts

Wheatley Park Baptist Church Registered Charity Number 1174552

Annual Report for 1st January 2024 to 31 December 2024

Registered Ad d ress

Address :- Wheatley Park Baptist Church Winchester Avenue Doncaster South Yorkshire England DN2 4JE

Trustees

  1. Mark Snelson

  2. David Lampard

  3. Alan Robinson

  4. Ben Blidar

  5. Peter Fernandes

  6. Andrea Robinson

Trustees are appointed by Church members votes.

The “Church” means members of the charitable unincorporated association governed by the Church constitution and known as “Wheatley Park Baptist Church”.

Property Trustees

The Baptist Union Corporation Limited Baptist House, 129 Broadway, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 8RT

Bankers

Lloyds Bank plc

Doncaster Branch PO box 1000 BX1 1LT

Independent Examiner

Mr E C Buffin Accountant

Ashleigh and Co Accountants, 57 Owston Road Carcroft, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN6 8DA.

Structure, Governance and Management

The Charity is governed by an Approved Governing Document. Members of the Church are accepted in accordance with the Church Constitution, which requires them to be or to have been publicly baptised on the profession of faith in Jesus Christ or following other modes of baptism to renew their public profession of faith in Jesus Christ.

The members meeting normally takes place four times per year and has responsibility for the overall policy of the church. In accordance with the Constitution, the members appoint six Trustees, who together with the Minister, Church Secretary and Treasurer (who are also appointed by the Members), are responsible for the day to day running of the church’s work and witness, and the financial and legal aspects of the charity. 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 meetings 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

The principal purpose of the charity is the advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination to include the advancement of education, community service and such other general charitable purposes in such parts of the United Kingdom and the world as the Church shall determine.

Objects of the Charity

Although the principal purpose of the Church is 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.

We aim to be a welcoming, outward looking, praying, growing, serving, worshipping church with team leadership. We desire to see people coming to faith in Christ, being incorporated into the fellowship and growing in discipleship. We value love for God and for one another.

Our Mission

Our purpose is to show Jesus to people everywhere by loving care and sharing the Christian good news, to help them believe, be baptised, join the church community and grow as Christians and worshippers of God.

We are aware that we need to continually review our activities to ensure they are fulfilling our church mission and aspirations.

In fulfilling the purpose of the Church, we engage in a range of activities either on our own or with others that will vary from time to time with activities being initiated, expanded, or closed, as appropriate.

The activities may include but are not restricted to:

• baptism, as defined in the Baptists Union’s Declaration of Principle.

• the Communion of the Lord’s Supper, which shall normally be observed at least once a month.

• evangelism and mission, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

• the teaching, encouragement, welcome and inclusion of young people.

• supporting and encouraging charitable social action in the United Kingdom and abroad.

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.

Central to the work and witness of the Church is the provision of regular public services of Christian worship. These services take place each Sunday at 10.30 am. There are also occasional services at other times which are advertised on the Church Notice Board and the website at https//www.wheatleyparkbaptist.com.uk.

There is a full children’s programme during the morning services. The church seeks to be a friendly and welcoming community, and anybody is free to attend any of these services.

The Church runs a series of Care/House groups for the growth of faith and discipleship in the homes of some members, and further details of these can be obtained from the Trustees on request, or at the Sunday services of worship.

The Church is responsible for a Parent and Toddler Group, which meets in the Church premises on Monday and Tuesday mornings, with the purpose of assisting the community and demonstrating the love of Jesus Christ.

The Church runs various events for Young People and for people in the Third Age.

The Church operates systems to ensure that all people working with children and vulnerable adults are appropriately vetted with regard to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The church has read the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and is satisfied that the activities outlined above clearly demonstrate 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 and encouragement. The Trustees recognise that these are difficult to measure, but believe that this year was a positive year in the life of the church, and that it will be able to pursue its mission purposes next year with renewed enthusiasm

The Church continues to serve its local communities. Wheatley Park is situated in an area of both social and private housing, 2 miles from the centre of Doncaster. Some of the social housing is newly built and contact with the new residents has been a priority. The church was founded in the 1930’s when much of the original social housing was developed.

We are a lively and informal evangelical church, committed to ministry in the power of the Spirit, seeking to love and honour God. We are members of both the Baptist Union and the Evangelical Alliance.

The active membership of around 50 adults is multicultural with a good spread of ages. We have around 15 children and young people in the congregation. The average total congregation is around 60 people. We aspire to be a church community with a broad range of ages, and which is diverse by gender, race and background. We want everyone in our community to feel at home and to feel they belong.

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 expense relates to the appointment of Minister of the Church.

The Trustee’s and Minister lead and co-ordinate the Church’s activities including the Sunday services and provide pastoral care for the congregation and other people, and equip and encourage the membership in their life, Christian witness and service.

The Church expressed its part in the life of the wlder church by making gifts 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 memborship 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 substanlj'alty to the achievement of the church's objectives, The financial results for the year, together with a summary of the accountlng policies adopted are set oul In the ac￿1Mpany1ng financial statements. The church is a participating employer within the Defined Benefit section of the Baptist Pension scheme and has been making ongoing deficit payments to cover the costs of past sorvice of its employees within the schome under ir recovery plan. The church understands that if It had left the scheme at the year-end, it would have to have made a one-off payment to meet Its statulory obliglltions to the scheme. The church has no plan to leave tho scheme and expects to continue to make payments to the scheme in line with the recovery plan. Reservos Pollcy The Trustces have established a Reserves Policy lo enablo the church to function effectivoly and meet its obligations in the event of a dedine in our income or a major All svrplus 15 held for cash flow purposes and any capltal resorves pnsure the ongoing objects of the Charity. The Trustees work to a three-to-six-month operating cost minimum Capital rcserrfes policy. Having considered the relevant risks of changes in income and expendilure. the Trustees have determlned that the approprlate level of cash reseryes is in the range £20,000 to £30,000. The Trustees declare that they have approved the Annual report and financial statements Slgned on behalf of the Charity's Trustees 'A 1$. JUi[iin.iun Alan William Robinson Wheatley Park Baptist Church (Trustee and Treasurer) Dated: 4 Septcmbor 2025

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Receipts andpayments accounts CC16a
For the period
from
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31/12/2024
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Endowment
funds		 Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Regular contributions 32,005 - - 32,005 28,733
Other income 43,803 - - 43,803 26,237
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Sub total(Gross income for (Gross income for
AR) AR)75,808 - - 75,808 54,970
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Total receipts 75,808
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75,808
54,970
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A3 Payments
Wages 21,069 - - 21,069 18,320
Church maintenance 10,005 - - 10,005 11,825
Tax and National Insurance 3,655 - - 3,655 4,035
Other outgoings 32,374 - - 32,374 38,007
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**Sub total ** 67,103 - - 67,103 72,187
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Total payments 67,103
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67,103
72,187
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Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end		 8,705
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- 17,217
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8,705
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- 17,217
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

11/09/2025

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets		 Signature
Details
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
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Details
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funds
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to nearest £
to nearest £
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to nearest £
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asset belongs
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liability relates
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approval

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

11/09/2025

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