NEWPORT BAPTIST CHURCH SHROPSHIRE A CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION CHARITY NO: 1176587 TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT AND RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT AND STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 Newport NEWPORT BAPTIST CHURCH SHROPSHIRE TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT AND AccouKrs INDEX Tnjstees, annual ￿port Independent Exarnlnerfs ￿k¥)rt Recèipts and payments account Statement ofassets arbj Ilabllttks Notès to the accotsnts NEWPORT BAPTIST CHURCH SHROPSHIRE TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 TheTrustees presenttheirannual ￿p￿rtt0gether￿tththe receipts and paymefitsac£ountand statsmerrtof assets and IlabfjlJUes of the Church for the year ended 31 De￿mber 2021. NewpDrtBaptistChurch Shropshirewas reglrtered asachafftable IncorwratedOrKdni5ationon9January2018. Byan agreement executed by ihe Trustees dated S April 2018. all assets. liabilthes and act￿lt￿S of the Church were transferred from Newport Baptlst Church, an excepted chaTty (by￿rtue of its affi1kg￿n to the BaPt￿t Un•Jn of Gf83t B￿r31Th1 to thLscharity. The financial statementscornplywith the Charit￿$ Act 2011 and the Cl¥Jrch's Cortstitut#)n. OBJECTIVESAND AcllbryTIES The principal purpose of the Church is the advar￿ement of the Christban frditti according to the prIncip￿S of the Baptlst dÈnomination. 7he Churth moy a150 advarKe education and (arry ¢Jrt othercharitable purposes in the United Kingdom andlor other parts olthe worfd. a MeM￿rOf the Bapttst Union the Church subscn"besto the Union's DedaTrtion of Pri￿pIe._ That our Lord and Savlour Jesus Christ. God manrfest in the fiesh. is the sole and absolute authority in all matters pèrtaining to lar(h and prattice. as revealed in the HO￿ Scriptu￿. and that each Churth has liberty. under the RuKlance of the Hoty SpiriL to interprèt and administer His laws. That Chrlstlan Bapttsm 15the immersion In water into the nar￿ of the Father. the son ond HO￿ Spir￿, of those who have profe55ed repentarKe towards God and faith in our Lord Jesu5 Christ who 'died for our sins accoiding to the Scriptures,. wa5 tr*Jried. and rose a￿1n on the third da(. That it is the duty of every dtsciple to tear personal Wit[￿55 to the Gospel of Jews ChrisL and to take part In the evangelisation of the world. During the year the thurch has *n8a8ed in regular publ￿ worship. prayer and 8il)le study. preachln& teathing and observance of the ComrnunSon of Lor(f$ 5uprer. In view of restrictK*ns irnpjsed by Covld-19. rnuch of the Church's a¢tMty has been carried out using social med6a platfornis. such as You Tube. and rneÈtlr*s condueted vii Zoom. Wo returned to faté to facg meetings on S Septernber 2021. In shaping our objectwes for the period and P￿nn1￿ our acbvibes. the trustees have considered the Charlty Commisslon's guidance on public benefrt includin8 the 8uidarKe'Publk Benefft= Running a Charity IP821'. The (hurch is open to anyone who wlshes to attend. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Regular a(th*ftles urKler pandem All church activity werit onl1r￿ following the introductbn of the pandemK Wth)wm in Marth 2020. At the start of this year, the church was still F￿t meeting in person. Ourfirst servte back in the church buildrngwas on S September 2021. NEWPORT BAPTIST CHURCH SHROPSHIRE TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 Duringthis periodourthurch activ1b￿CO￿1nUed online I￿lUdIrE0￿rSeWlTr¥GY￿e mIn￿ry￿rOup. E5therWornen's Fellowshlp. our weekly prayer Meeting and a newly stsrted weekty qu￿ n¥ht and a coffee and chatgTOUP all of which were Carr￿ out over Zoorn. A5 a felkjwshipwe were able to continue to worshiptogether. through the medlum ofYouTube. Our WhatsAppgrwplorthe Church famity en8b￿d COrwer5at￿Tr5to continue amongstthefelk)wship. It became a way In whlch we could share prayer requests and $0 rnuch rrore. This has been very well used and welcomed by the Church famify, and undoubtedly has brought usck)ser tL¥etherthan before. Achurch Facebook and Instsyam account has also ￿en established. For those witkjut the lechnokjgy. or who do not embra￿ the use of ¢ we SI￿d in contact through tex¢ emall. regukr rnall outs and phone calls. Througlbjut the pandemk, our Pastor and his wile have recorded the church servKe5 onto DVDS and delNered them weekly to those in the exter#Jed felk)w5hip who are unable to access d(8ttal medla. Pastoral Ca￿ swions wlth the Pastorhavetsken pl￿e overzoomvideo conferenc1ngorbysocol￿dISLèr￿edva1￿SandwhenaJ1owedwe met inthe Pastorfs Rarden, folk)wing social dlstsnclng wles aM1the ru￿ of six foras ILryaswe couhl. weather pemitb We have madè contri￿tIo￿ to the b(al food bank. And all ￿Jr commitments to link misS￿narIES have beeTh rnaintsined. The Men'5 Fellowship. as a walknn88ffjUP+ ha5 reCom￿￿￿ed, we alx) restsrted our weekty Bib￿ studygroup which s held over digitsl video conferenun& Lookir¥ ahead Into2022 In 2022, the Church will celebrate itsthirtieth onnv￿r5ary. hawng b*n founded th Morch 1992. We look forward to 2022 wtth so￿* trepidayon, trusting in the Lord for his gUthn￿ and mercy. Our pastor left the church on 16 January. and after a short period off to relax and reAect. he will take up a T￿W posith)n as minister of another church In the Heart of England Baptist A550cvatÉon's a￿8. In the short terrn. our9Jnday semces are telng fed by a varietyof guest preacher& We are veryRrateful to them forsupporting us In this way.The Churth Is prayèrfvlty exploring the Fellowship's future.. we wait on the Lord. % the Impatt of Covi&19 reduces, we afe looking to restart50me of our regular a¢tivities On a face to face basls. 5ewin8 Grace and our Esther Group have both stsrted to meet again in the church t￿ildin& we a￿ in the proce55 of restarting a bible S￿dy group. but ourweekty prayer meetinE will continueto be hekl via Zo)m.Thls makes rt easierfor rN)re Feopk to attend. Our home qroup afid sbJdemfelkJwshlp8rwpwere suspended during the pandem￿. AsyeL they have Tr)t reopened. F114ANCIAL REIIIEW The Church's work 15 entlrety dependerton the Lords kadinÈ and the resources He pmwdES. At the be8lnningof the year, the Church had (ash reser¥*s in the bankof £50A15. DuriNgtheipar in￿rne recelved was £31353 whkh was£12.885 lower thatthe incomefo¥the prev6ousyear. E￿ndituTe toklled £59,758 which was £7.775 hIghert￿rt the expenditure Irsthe prewiousyear. DurinRthi5 year. we spent Q8,405 morethanwe receweLI. which reduced t￿aTr￿Unt we had in our tknkat the end of Ihe period Jwthe same amount. to £22.410. NEWPORT BAPTIST CHURCH SHROPSHIRE TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 The Church receNed a Home m￿￿1n grant of £8587 to conirfixjte tsiwards the payment of our ministerfs stfjpend. Durlng the year, the Church a￿0 receNed gtrts and donations of U.879 whkh We￿ for specffk cause> These fvnds We￿ pald out In accordancewththe donors. wiSheS.T￿ChurCh irKurred costsof almostE7.C#JOto bri￿the buildin8 Upto the required stsndard of safetyto enable the bulldln8 to re0￿n folkn￿￿g the perM)d of doyjre caused by the Covid-19 pandernK. Cov1&19 The global pandemk has a slRnrftart impatt on the Churcws final￿ The building was dosed to the public from March 2020 until 5 September 202L when in pÈrson seNces were resumed. Durin8 the period of cb5ure, the church lost Its rental income. The or8anlsa￿ons rentlng the chuich IxJildin85 have erther clO￿d pennanentty or they have found new premlses in whKh to meet.￿S0.there was a signrfKant ￿duttiOn in weektyofferings ￿auseServIceSWere notheld Inchurchon a Sundav. There wa5 a 5rnall savlftg in the estsblishrnent costs L￿￿Se it wa5 not necessary to heat and Ilght the bulldlng when It was not in use, Iwt as Men￿oned above, substantial costswere irKurred on upJatiw andcertifying systems within the buikjing. The ChurtKs cleaner wa5 fijrloughed from February to May and the Church made ckims underthe Corona*An¢s Job Retent)on Scheme of £77712020.. £4511. The wlll Con￿nUe to impact ad¥elSe￿ the Churth's finances into 2022 wlth the bss of rentsl i￿ome. Trustee5 have monltoredthe levelsof cash reserves, and It beCam@appa￿￿tdUrirrftheYearthatthe bssof Incomewould make itvery dtFPi¢ult to continue to pay a fvll time minister. Whibt forecasts and were ￿Ing di5CU5sed. and the Lord's will was being sought, our mlnisterfelt ledto knokfora new chureh and as a resufc. he fesgned in Ortob2r 2021 and leftthe church on 16January 2022. Reservts polky Reserves are needed to bridge the gap between ￿ spending and re￿Ning of Incoff* and to cover Unp1anr￿d ernergenry expenditure. The church had buitt up re5eryes to enab￿ ￿10 fvndthe cost of a fullifirne mlntsterfora numberof yearswrththe ald of a Home Mwsion grant. Over ihe last four years. those Te5ewves have been er(Mled, tecause they were needed to plug the gap between our income and expendtture. The main causes oFthi5 were a fall ingmrvadue to a redL￿t￿)n in the slze of ourcongregats'on over that Feriod and latterlythe Iw of rentsl irKon*. The Trustees feel that it is prudent for the Church to aim to maiiiiain a thl of cash reserves equivalent to the cost of runnlng the church for a period of six nKJnths. GNen our newtircum5tsrw. with ￿ minister to pay. the running costs of the church for six months will ￿ in the region of £7.S(Kl. Reserves at the yearend amounted to E22,410. however, there will be a final salary paymerbt to our minister iThJanuary 2022 and we wlll have to paythe pensbn fund defKitof £7,7CiI. Reserves afterexceptional (05ts cU￿nItyeXCeed the Fdky ￿1 try £5.n4. G￿Tr ￿ curyentfinanaal and the current levels of gNln& It is unliketythat the Church will be ableto employ a new minister. R15k wjlky The Trustees have identffied and re¥￿ the risk to whKh the thvrch s exymised and taken steps to eliminatè, reduce or manage those Ti5ks. They have atststsken stepstoensU￿t1WtzPpr0prt3te contydsare in placeto provlde reasonable assurance agalnstlraud or error. NEWPORT BAPTIST CHURCH SHROPSHIRE TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing 00￿ment The Church is a Charltable Ir￿orpOrated Organ4satK¥n ICIOI. It Ls go¥eTh￿ by its Constitution thurnent which was unanimouslv adopted at a Church membe￿ meeting held on 30 October 2017. wK)r to it bein8 subrnitted to the Charities Comm￿s￿)n for Ewland & Wales as part of the registrdtion Pr￿sS. The d￿￿￿nt is based on the Model constitution prodU￿d by the Baptlst Union Corporation Limited in consultation with the Charity Commission lor Er)8land & Wales. Recrultment and apN)inimtnt of newtrustees The Church Members, Meeting uThder the guidart￿ of the Hoty Spirrt app)int Trustees to be reswjnSfb￿ for the 8ovemance ol the Church. The mIn￿ter is also a Trustee because of hi5 role and reSpo￿lb[l￿*$. Deacons are appointed loran initK3lthree year term vthh the tspportunty to be nomir4ted for reappjintment at the end of exh three year term, or a5 ayeed from tlrne to time by the Church Members. Meetin8. The Church Secretsry and Church Treasurer a￿ app)inted annually and theie Is fio restriction on the number of years thatthey cafi serve. New TTUStee5 are trained and guided on the job by the Minister and the more exp*riErKed Twstee5. QrganlsatTonal 5tru(tyre Church Members meet together in a Church Memberf Meeting undert1* ofthe Ho￿SpIrit and underthe Lordship of Chrtstto discern the mind of God in the affairsof the Church. Mernber5 shall. so faras is 1x)ssib￿, seek c005ews on all matters considered at a Church Meeting. However. for matters requirin8 a decisKsn. a vote shall be tsken and the outrome of the vote recorded asa re501Lrtbn ofthe Merni%rs.Therearet¥¥OtyFeS offorrnal Church Memberf Meetings, Ordinorychurch Members. Meetlngs Inormalty held quarterly) and Speckil Church Members. Meebry. In order to be carried. a resolution at an Ordinary Church Members, Meeting requires a ￿rnple majorrty of Members atterKI1￿ and ¥otin8. At a s￿￿1 Church Membets, Meeting a re501ution requlres a two thlrds majorlty of MemL*w5 attending and votTnK in orderto be carried. Imder n•twork The Church is a rnember of the Bapt￿t Union of Great Bitiain the Heart of Ewnd Bapli5t Assoclatyon. Church will nomially promote. encourage. sup￿rr and ad¥arKe the work of the Bapttst Union. The AsKtSation and BMS World Mission through prayer. through financial contr1t￿lOn$ and, where appropriate. tty making personnel avallable from rnembership ol the Church. The Church will also sUPPOrt local Bapts"st and ecumenical gatherin8s when it is able to do so. The Baptist Union has no controlling interest in the conduct and opewat*Jn of the Churth. REFERENCE A14DADMINISTrATrVE I)ETAILS Charty narne.. Newpjrt 8aptist Cl￿rch Shropshlre Aegistored Ch¥lty ￿Mbtr. 1176587 fving￿l address Water Lane Newport Shropshire TFIO 7LD NEWPORT BAPTIST CHURCH SHROPSHIRE TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 Trustees Minister= Revd David Middleton restgned 16Janu3ry 2022 Deacons= Chris Cathright Mr5 Alison Davies Mrs Helen Wilsort ppolnted 19 1kn)ber 2021 ap￿ifftted 11 Marth 2019 reap￿￿lnted 9 March 2020 Other ¢)ffKers: Miss Tarnlyn FoW￿r Isecretsryl larb Walsh Itrea5urerl ap[￿Inted 19 Octobei 2021 reapwinted 191ktoter 2021 PropertylTU5tee.' Legal titk to the Church's freehold pro￿rry Ls held by HEBA trrustl As50aat*)n Iformerty The West Midland Baptist (Twstl Assoclatk)nl forthe ￿nefit of the membe¥s of Newport Bami5t Church Shropshire. 1ndepend•nt•Xan￿hQl Tim Herriott Enterprises 15 Br￿rSle1zh 51afft)rd 17 4QP The Trustees approved the Trusieeg Annual Reporton 16 March 2022. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD MissTamlyn Fowler Isecretsryl INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF NEWPORT BAPTIST CHURCH SHROPSHIRE l ￿port on accountsof Newport Bapttstchurrh Shropshire ICTharity No.. 1176S87) forthe year ended 31 December 20215et out on pages 7 to 10. Re5pecll¥e responsbilt* of TNstees and Examh*r As the char6ty trustees. you arè reSpO￿lbIe for the p￿paration of the accounts in accordarKewth the requirernents of the Charitie5 Act 20111lhekfl. I report in respett of my e￿MInatIon of the Charivs acwunts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examinatlon, I havefollowed the applKable DlrecDoA$ 8wen tsythe (harity Commssion under sectlon 14515llbl of the Ind•p•ndent examlnerfssta¢*m•nt I have completed my examination. I confirni that no material rnatters havecoThe to myattent￿)n in connection with the exarnlnatlon which gffts rne cause to beI￿ve that in. any material respect: aett￿ntIng recordswere not kept in aCcOrda￿e wrth sert*)n 130ofthe*thor the attounts do notaccord with the accoLtntinK records I have no concems and have come across no other rnatter5 in connettK>n with the examination to attention should be drawn in OTderto enable a PToper understandingof the accounts to ￿ reached. T Herriott Tim Herriott Erferprise5 15 8rkirslei8h sfAFFORD ST17 4PQ Date.. NEWPORT BAPTIST CHURCH SHROPSHIRE RECEIPTS AND PAYMEKfs ACCOUKt FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 T¢ Re￿[pts orfertn85- general Offerin65- appe415 Home Misslon Grant GiftAid retovered 16.103 429 14103 19349 1,710 19,349 L659 &587 5.131 5570 5,131 125 Rents rÈtÈived corona￿ruS support Other incorne Total reulpt6 1,827 451 717 22 3L353 451 20.887 34.072 44,287 P8whents Mlnlsrer'sstipend Minister's pen5wcontrfbutlons Mlnlster's housin8al￿n Minister'sexpense5 MansÈ Èxpenses Contributlon to Pen&cffl Fund def Vlsitin8speakers' expenses Donations Insuran Heat, li8hL ielephonèand water Ckonlng Subscriptions Repalrs and maintenarKe Miscellar*wsexpen5e5 IndepÈndent RevSewees fee IS.913 3.J)7 6279 1.371 1645 3.387 8587 245 3.%)7 279 L377 1645 3387 14,400 3,025 24,C¥)J 6,248 1S2U 646 2.497 2.497 1252 4.131 L081 L919 1912 472 4.915 L919 1912 472 1912 503 263 391 391 855 49J92 59.758 4L817 ,165 51.982 Purthase olfuinliweand tguipment Toial payments 49.292 59.758 41,817 NÈtush outllowforthep¥tod 1244051 17.7451 (7.7451 Cashfunds at lJanuary2021 Cashfitnd5 at31 D￿m￿r2021 15 5&5[ 21410 NEWPORT BAPTIST CHURCH SHROPSHIRE srATEMENT OF ASSEfs AND LIABILITIES ASAT31 DECEMBER 2021 sh ftMx15 Cash at bank 22,410 22.410 50.815 Totyi Gift recovwableon wfts L397 dmatgd A55ets reialnedlorown FreehoM property Equlpmenrand furniturÈ 327,266 327.266 L861 327,266 4,094 327,266 2,629 329 895 Legal iitleto the(hurth'5freehold k¥operty is by HEUITru#l Iswts3tthlfrymethTheWest Midknd 8èptist tTrustl A5SOCKtkJnl for the benefitofthe members Of Newport Baptsst Churth. In reco8nition ofthe Pension Trustee allowin8the pensiMfuTrJ deficrito betsansferred tothe newCIO, the churchcothsented in a special church meetingdètÈd 18 tkcember 2017 tothe PensionTruAee protedingthe BP5finandal interest bypl4rin8a L￿d Registry re5trictK)n onthe church property. The pension fijnd defitit will be repaid ￿.therefOre no lor4er￿￿red.AS IE was Mt registered, no fvrther attion will be ￿tr$sary. Uabllnles Estimated amount owin8for utyfftles pflorto pe￿1 end Expendrf