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| Section A | Reference and administration details | ||||||||||||
| Charity name Abbey Baptist Church Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1176927 Charity's principal address Abbey Baptist Church Checker Walk Abingdon Postcode OX14 3JB Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) 1 Dr Graeme Stonell 2 Iain Baker 3 John Lipp Chair of trustees 4 Elizabeth Rolfe 5 Peter Akrill 6 Clive Bowsher Until 31stDec 2021 7 Stephen Mayo 8 Daniel Bryant From 1stJan 2022 9 10 Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address |
Charity name Abbey Baptist Church Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1176927 Charity's principal address Abbey Baptist Church Checker Walk Abingdon Postcode OX14 3JB Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity |
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Abbey Baptist Church |
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Abbey Baptist Church |
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| Abingdon | |||||||||||||
| Postcode | OX14 3JB | ||||||||||||
| Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Dr Graeme Stonell | |||||||||||||
| Iain Baker | |||||||||||||
| John Lipp | Chair of trustees | ||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Rolfe | |||||||||||||
| Peter Akrill | |||||||||||||
| Clive Bowsher | Until 31stDec 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Stephen Mayo | |||||||||||||
| Daniel Bryant | From 1stJan 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) | |||||||||||||
| Name | Dates acted if not for whole year | ||||||||||||
| Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) | |||||||||||||
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Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
| Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) |
Constitution |
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Elected by membership |
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
| Youmay chooseto include additional information, where relevant, about: •policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; •the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; •relationship with any related parties; •trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. |
In addition to our constitution, we make use of our church handbook to guide our practice in the everyday running of our affairs. Elders direct the day to day operations of the church. All work conducted by the church is done under their leadership. The elders are also trustees of the charity and are joined by additional trustees. All elders and trustees are selected by the members in accordance with our church handbook. We are affiliated to two external organisations (The Association of Grace Baptist Churches (South East) and the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches). The nature of these affiliations is mutually supporting and both bodies are non-governing of our church’s affairs. As a long standing, stable church there are few operational risks. By offering services to vulnerable people there are risks associated to appointing volunteers/workers. These are managed through our Safeguarding Policy. |
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Section C Objectives and activities
The purposes of the Church are:
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the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis
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of Faith primarily but not exclusively within Abingdon and the surrounding neighbourhood; and
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• such other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the members of the Church in general meeting, put into practice the
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Summary of the objects of the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faith, including but not charity set out in its limited to: the prevention and relief of need, hardship and sickness; governing document the advancement of education; and the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life.
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provided that the advancement of such purposes must be undertaken in a manner that is consistent with the Ethical Statements as may be adopted and amended by the Church from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Church Handbook.
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This year has required continual adaptation to continue fulfilling our purposes during the pandemic and associated restrictions on meeting, and then to transition out of those restrictions when they were lifted. Many of our activities were initially moved full on-line where possible, and support provided to help all of our beneficiaries through the transition. This included our Sunday worship services and our midweek meetings. Most of our seniors meetings and youth work ceased, although some aspects of those works were maintained through online offerings. As the government vaccination program delivered benefits, we were able to restore more face to face meetings. Our main meetings have maintained Summary of the main an online option for the sake of those beneficiaries who were activities undertaken for the shielding or isolating. public benefit in relation to Meetings for seniors, youth and international people have these objects (include within restarted. this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance The trustees are satisfied that these activities are conducted in line with issued by the Charity the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit. Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
We are not involved in awarding grants or in investing (except for holding reserves in an interest paying bank account). All of our work is supported and enabled by volunteers from within our membership. The Trustees thank the members of the church who conduct all of these activities on a voluntary basis. You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about: • policy on grantmaking; • policy programme related investment; • contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance The continual healthy level of interest in our in-person meetings and Summary of the main activities by a mixture of members, families of members and non- achievements of the charity members is regarded as an achievement. during the year The online provision of our main worship activities has benefited our local supporters/beneficiaries, many of whom have faced periods where it was not possible or not wise for them to gather with the church. Although not fully measurable, we are also aware of a more geographically dispersed group of beneficiaries who have also been able to continue to receive benefit though remote ministry. We continued to employ a pastor-in-training up to the point in time where our minister left to work for Union School of Theology. Without him, we were unable to continue providing the same quality of training, but we redeployed the trainee as an Associate Minister on a full-time basis. He has served the church through our vacancy period.
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| Section E | Financial review | ||
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| We seek to maintain reserves of around 3-6 months of operating costs. | |||
| Brief statement of the | These are held in order to cushion the effect of any unplanned short term | ||
| charity’s policy on reserves | drop in income or increase in expenditure. | ||
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| Further financial review details | (Optional information) | ||
| Youmay chooseto include additional information, where relevant about: • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); |
Our principal sources of funding are donations and income from the renting of property. The former have been generously gifted by members and supporters without any explicit fundraising initiatives. A proportion of the pastor in training funding was provided by grants from Association of Grace Baptist Churches (South East) and the Particular Baptist fund. We record our thanks to those organisations for their support while we were conducting this formal training. |
Commented [LJ(1]:Chris, please can you detail. I think it was AGBC(SE), but have we received any support from FIEC too? |
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| • how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; |
Our largest item of expenditure has been for the ministry of the church. This has funded the various activities and provided a salary for the staff who support and prepare every volunteer for their work. |
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| objectives including any | A summary of our examined accounts is provided in Section F. | ||
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Section F Other optional information
Financial Report for the year ending 31[st] March 2022
| Income and Expenditure | Notes | 2020/21 | 2020/21 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | ||||
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| Donations to the church | 86,433 | 78,020 | |||||||
| Income fromproperties | 10,440 | 10,440 | |||||||
| Bank interest and other income | 19 | 5,653 | |||||||
| Gifts for support of second worker | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Donations for specificpurposes | 800 | 4,920 | |||||||
| Grants forpastor in training post | 10,845 | 7,517 | |||||||
| Total income | 108,537 | 106,550 | |||||||
| Designatedgiving paid out | 2 | 800 | 4,920 | ||||||
| Income for Church use | 108,537 | 101,630 | |||||||
| Expenditure | |||||||||
| Ministryof the Church | 3 | 48,787 | 52,828 | ||||||
| Gifts made bythe Church | 2 | 14,726 | 17,902 | ||||||
| Church maintenance | 11,761 | 33,674 | |||||||
| Properties maintenance | 3,205 | 3,582 | |||||||
| Total Expenditure | 78,479 | 107,986 | |||||||
| Net income(expenditure) | 29,258 | -6,356 | |||||||
| Balance Sheet | Notes | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | ||||||
| Fixed Assets | |||||||||
| Church buildings andproperties | 4 | 860,000 | 860,000 | ||||||
| Current Assets | |||||||||
| Debtors | 3,545 | 3,846 | |||||||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 58,081 | 51,581 | |||||||
| Total current assets | 61,626 | 55,427 | |||||||
| Creditors | 0 | 150 | |||||||
| Total Assets less liabilities | 921,626 | 915,277 | |||||||
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| Unrestricted funds | 61,626 | 55,277 | |||||||
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| Capital funds | 860,000 | 860,000 | |||||||
| Funds at end ofyear | 921,626 | 915,277 |
Commented [LJ(2]: This is the amount reported last year. A different amount shows in your report for this year – please can you check which is correct and make an additional note explaining the change if the figure is actually £17,902 Commented [LJ(3]: Needs checking after “gifts made by church” confirmed
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| Notes to the Accounts 1. Accounting policies Basis of preparation and audit of accounts These accounts have been prepared on a historical cost and accruals basis and in accordance with the Charities Commission SORP. The church is a small entity and therefore no cash flow statement is included and a full audit report is not required Church properties Church properties are held for the use of the church or for let to church members where possible. The properties are held in the accounts at market value and are independently revalued every five years. 2. Church Giving The church made gifts for the support of missionary work and other Christian work during the course of the year as detailed below. These figures include gifts from members for specific missionary work. Special offerings were taken duringtheyear to assist in ministryof compassion in the UK and other parts of the world. Churchgifts £ Grace Baptist Mission 9,870 Pilgrim Homes 2,760 AGBC(SE)Home Mission 480 Mission work in Poland 1640 Mission work in Italy 1525 Open Doors 1000 Other Missions 580 Gifts to members 47 Total Giving 17902 Designatedgiving £ Grace Baptist Mission 600 Relief needs arisingfrom Ukraine conflict 4000 Other compassion ministry 320 Total 4920 3. The Ministry of the Church Expenditure on ministry 2020/21(£) 2021/22(£) Elders and visitingspeakers 41,657 44,986 Outreach and Church Activities 800 1,409 Other 6,330 6,433 Total 48,787 52,828 4. Church Buildings and Properties 2020/21(£) 2021/22(£) Brought forward 860,000 860,000 Revaluation in theyear 0 0 Balance carried forward 860,000 860,000 |
Notes to the Accounts 1. Accounting policies Basis of preparation and audit of accounts These accounts have been prepared on a historical cost and accruals basis and in accordance with the Charities Commission SORP. The church is a small entity and therefore no cash flow statement is included and a full audit report is not required Church properties Church properties are held for the use of the church or for let to church members where possible. The properties are held in the accounts at market value and are independently revalued every five years. 2. Church Giving The church made gifts for the support of missionary work and other Christian work during the course of the year as detailed below. These figures include gifts from members for specific missionary work. Special offerings were taken duringtheyear to assist in ministryof compassion in the UK and other parts of the world. Churchgifts £ Grace Baptist Mission 9,870 Pilgrim Homes 2,760 AGBC(SE)Home Mission 480 Mission work in Poland 1640 Mission work in Italy 1525 Open Doors 1000 Other Missions 580 Gifts to members 47 Total Giving 17902 Designatedgiving £ Grace Baptist Mission 600 Relief needs arisingfrom Ukraine conflict 4000 Other compassion ministry 320 Total 4920 3. The Ministry of the Church Expenditure on ministry 2020/21(£) 2021/22(£) Elders and visitingspeakers 41,657 44,986 Outreach and Church Activities 800 1,409 Other 6,330 6,433 Total 48,787 52,828 4. Church Buildings and Properties 2020/21(£) 2021/22(£) Brought forward 860,000 860,000 Revaluation in theyear 0 0 Balance carried forward 860,000 860,000 |
Notes to the Accounts 1. Accounting policies Basis of preparation and audit of accounts These accounts have been prepared on a historical cost and accruals basis and in accordance with the Charities Commission SORP. The church is a small entity and therefore no cash flow statement is included and a full audit report is not required Church properties Church properties are held for the use of the church or for let to church members where possible. The properties are held in the accounts at market value and are independently revalued every five years. 2. Church Giving The church made gifts for the support of missionary work and other Christian work during the course of the year as detailed below. These figures include gifts from members for specific missionary work. Special offerings were taken duringtheyear to assist in ministryof compassion in the UK and other parts of the world. Churchgifts £ Grace Baptist Mission 9,870 Pilgrim Homes 2,760 AGBC(SE)Home Mission 480 Mission work in Poland 1640 Mission work in Italy 1525 Open Doors 1000 Other Missions 580 Gifts to members 47 Total Giving 17902 Designatedgiving £ Grace Baptist Mission 600 Relief needs arisingfrom Ukraine conflict 4000 Other compassion ministry 320 Total 4920 3. The Ministry of the Church Expenditure on ministry 2020/21(£) 2021/22(£) Elders and visitingspeakers 41,657 44,986 Outreach and Church Activities 800 1,409 Other 6,330 6,433 Total 48,787 52,828 4. Church Buildings and Properties 2020/21(£) 2021/22(£) Brought forward 860,000 860,000 Revaluation in theyear 0 0 Balance carried forward 860,000 860,000 |
Notes to the Accounts 1. Accounting policies Basis of preparation and audit of accounts These accounts have been prepared on a historical cost and accruals basis and in accordance with the Charities Commission SORP. The church is a small entity and therefore no cash flow statement is included and a full audit report is not required Church properties Church properties are held for the use of the church or for let to church members where possible. The properties are held in the accounts at market value and are independently revalued every five years. 2. Church Giving The church made gifts for the support of missionary work and other Christian work during the course of the year as detailed below. These figures include gifts from members for specific missionary work. Special offerings were taken duringtheyear to assist in ministryof compassion in the UK and other parts of the world. Churchgifts £ Grace Baptist Mission 9,870 Pilgrim Homes 2,760 AGBC(SE)Home Mission 480 Mission work in Poland 1640 Mission work in Italy 1525 Open Doors 1000 Other Missions 580 Gifts to members 47 Total Giving 17902 Designatedgiving £ Grace Baptist Mission 600 Relief needs arisingfrom Ukraine conflict 4000 Other compassion ministry 320 Total 4920 3. The Ministry of the Church Expenditure on ministry 2020/21(£) 2021/22(£) Elders and visitingspeakers 41,657 44,986 Outreach and Church Activities 800 1,409 Other 6,330 6,433 Total 48,787 52,828 4. Church Buildings and Properties 2020/21(£) 2021/22(£) Brought forward 860,000 860,000 Revaluation in theyear 0 0 Balance carried forward 860,000 860,000 |
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| Churchgifts | £ | ||
| Grace Baptist Mission | 9,870 | ||
| Pilgrim Homes | 2,760 | ||
| AGBC(SE)Home Mission | 480 | ||
| Mission work in Poland | 1640 | ||
| Mission work in Italy | 1525 | ||
| Open Doors | 1000 | ||
| Other Missions | 580 | ||
| Gifts to members | 47 | ||
| Total Giving | 17902 | ||
| Designatedgiving | £ | ||
| Grace Baptist Mission | 600 | ||
| Relief needs arisingfrom Ukraine conflict | 4000 | ||
| Other compassion ministry | 320 | ||
| Total | 4920 | ||
| 3. The Ministry of the Church | |||
| Expenditure on ministry | 2020/21(£) | 2021/22(£) | |
| Elders and visitingspeakers | 41,657 | 44,986 | |
| Outreach and Church Activities | 800 | 1,409 | |
| Other | 6,330 | 6,433 | |
| Total | 48,787 | 52,828 | |
| 4. Church Buildings and Properties | |||
| 2020/21(£) | 2021/22(£) | ||
| Brought forward | 860,000 | 860,000 | |
| Revaluation in theyear | 0 | 0 | |
| Balance carried forward | 860,000 | 860,000 |
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Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
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Stephen Mayo
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustsesl members of Abbey Baptist Church On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 Charity no (if any) 1176927 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above Charity (°Ihe Trust") for the year ended 3110312022. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I'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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5){bl of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention In connection with the examination {other than that disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance wth section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not accord with the a¢¢ounting records- or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements OnrnIng the fom and conlent of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examinalion. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete Ihe words in the brackels if Ihey do not apply. Signed: Date: 16.09.2022 Name: Andrew Woods Relevant professional qualificationlsl or body lif any): Address: 23 Blenheim Gardens, IER Oct 2018
Grove, Wantage, OX12 ONP Section Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give her8 brief dètails of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018