North Bradley Baptist Church CIO Charity Number 1179667 Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements For the period 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024 NORTH BRADLEY BAPTIST CHURCH Rerrt)rt of the TnL8tees for the ￿rIOd IA January 2024 ￿ 31" December 2024 Contents Cont&nis................ . Report of the Trusie￿.. Objectlves ol the ClO..........................................................- Govern8nco. Pubti¢Benefft...................................................................... Activitles. Financial Review......................... ........... .- Trusteg9' Responsibilitiey...................................... Reter8nces and Administrative Inlorm8tion..................-.....-... Independgnt Examiners Reportto the TnJ8tees ol North Bradley Baptistchurch.... Rec&lpts and Payments Report..................... Stai8ment of assets end liabilitie8......................-..-....... Fund movementbytype.............. Accounting Polici88.-......-.. .10 .11 Page 2 oflj NORTH BRADLEY BAPTIST CHURCH Report of the Tn￿ for the Fri(Ml ]* January 2024 to 31. D¢cemlxr 2024 Report of the Trustees Objectives of the CIO The ￿VanCeMent of the Christian faith in acconlance with the Basis of Faith, ptimarilyy not exclusively. within North Bradley, Trowbridge and the surrounding neighbourhood" and Such other charitable purposes &$ shall. in the opinion of the Ch￿lty trustee& put into prncti¢¢ the Christian faith in a¢cord8n¢¢ wlth the B&8is of Faith. includin8 bu¢ not limited to- The prevention and relief of need hardship and sickness The advancement of education The provision of f￿1]ItieS in the intrrests of SOCI￿ Welfa￿ for recreation or other letsure time occupation of individual$ who have need of such facilities by rwqon of their youth. age. infimiity or disability, financial hardship or social CifCUTll51an¢es. with the objeci of improving their conditions ofiife. Governance The trustees are also the elde￿ of the church. Th¢y meet regularly to discu&s the ￿tiVItieS of the Church. Matthew Neal. Richard Haddow. Philip Taylor and Waltrr Burgess served as trustees l eldets durin8 this period. Carol Reid P￿ts &8 Tre&surer and Hay1￿ O'Brien acts as bookkeeper for the chw¢h a¢¢ounts, which also includes carrying out payroll. Rachel marti￿ Fiona IWilliam5. John Reid Carol Rei¢L Will Hargreav¢s and David Brake act as church deacons. Public Benefit North Bradley Baptist Church is a Christian church working in accordance with their Basis of Faith, doctrinal distinctiv¢$ and ethical ststemenL primarily within Wiltshire and the surrounding area. They seek to serve the community through public Christian worship, p8storal care and acrivities for all ages. They atE activ¢ in projects of social concern including the relief of w)vttty and support for th¢ homeless. Activities Various regular grouFk8 and ¢hurch Meetin￿ ar¢ usually at North Brsjley Baptist Churd4 North Bradley, or in other locations &8 appropriate. These include: Sunday church worship Meetin￿ live streamed for those who &2nnot attend Age-appropriate Sunday teaching for primary age and younger chilthn Mid-week fellowship. Bible studies and prayer meeting& held either at the ¢hur¢h or * peoples, homes A children's meeting held monthly during terni tim< for ￿lMary school ag￿ ¢hil(tren A teens. me¢ting held most weeks during temi tim4 for secondary school aged children A porent and toddler group. named 'Fiddlers'. held weekly during tern) lime A bi-wcckly meeting called 'Together' for generally older memiKT5 of the church and community Events airn￿ particularly at either men or women COnn￿ted with the church, giving op]M)rtunities for spiriiual dtxwions and for deeper friendships to develop Page 3of11 NORTH BRADLEY BAvfisT CHURCH RetX)rt of the Tn￿te¢S for the peri￿ l* January 2024 to 31" tkc¢mber 2024 Courses for those intertstsj in learning more aErf)ut Christianity. or for those l(M)king to deepen and strengthen their exTsting Chrislian faith Regular sOU￿Sa[￿hVlch provision to membets of the public who are in particular need in the local A regular'open the Book, evenl presenting narratives from the Bible to the children at the local primary sch￿1 Regular oss¢mblies within the l(ul primary school Over the summer, we organised and hos*d a family fun day with rn￿Y free activities open w all. and io celebrate Christmas we organis¢d a carol singing evening around the local community. Pttstoral ¢are is provided to those who may n¢¢d extsa SUPlXlrt for any re4$0 Church members attend various ￿)nferenceS. such &8 the Bibliul CounselliDg UK conference. the Bath Women's Conference and the South West Men's Conveniion. The church support gospel work in the Valathi area of South Indi& Daniel Caballero (who has a ministry in Peru), Grdce Baptist missio￿ and Open Doors (who sllpt￿rt puSeCu￿ Christians around the WOTld). Humanitarian relief dOn￿lOnS are also made a5 and when the need arises. Financial Review From 1st January 2024 to 3 1st December 2024. North Bradl¢y Baptist Church ￿e¢]Ved an income of £113,203. while incurring an eX￿ndItUre of £94.896. This resulted in an exc￿3 of £18,307 for the year. In¢ome increased by IYA compared lo the previous year. wimarily due to s¢verAI one-off gifts totalling £16,480. along with an inCr¢￿t of £1,500 in rentsl income. Expendittlre rose by 28V• ￿mpared to 2023. mainly of the employment of a part-time assistant pastor. During the year, various repairs were undenaken at the man￿. N¢w chairs w¢re purchased to acLommodate the growing coftgregaiion, and groutth work was carried out to improve the w park and surrounding boundarriés. Additionally. donattons to supwrt overw8 rninistri&s amounted to £4.350. an Inc￿*$e of £1.500 from the previo￿% year. Trustees, Responsibilities Under the Charities Act 2011, the trustrts are r4uired to prepare 8 statemet)t of account for each accountinB year. They are responsible for keeping proper accounting ￿CordS which disclose with re&8onable accuracy at any time the financial wsition of the church and to ensure that such alxounts and records comply with the Charities Aci 2011. They a]so have a n8tM)nsibiliry to safeguard the awts of th¢ ChU￿h and to tske reasonable s*PS to delect fraud or other irregularities and to provide re￿nable ￿urdn¢eS that: The church is 0￿ratIng efficiently and effectively Its assets ar¢ safeguarded against unauthorized use or distx)sition Financial inf0m￿tion used within the church of for publication is reliable Th¢ church complies wÉth relevant laws ar￿ regulations Page4of11 NORTH BRADLEY BAFfisT CHURCH R¢tKYrt of the TTUStees for the period l* Januory 2024 to 31" December 2024 References and Administrative Inforniation Name of charity North Brwjley Baptist Church CIO Charity registration numi￿ 1179667 Princip￿ address l A Westbury Ro•l North Bradley. Trowbridge BA14 OTN I ntsttt5 The tTUStees serving during the year were: Richard John H*&low Philip Brian Taylor Wal*r David Burgess Matthew Colin Neal Independent Examiner John Edwards B.Sc {Econ) 5 Sandalwocrfj Roa4 Westhury. Wiltshire BA13 3UP Approved by the Board of Tnk8tets and signed on its beh￿r by: Page5 of11 NORTH BRADLEY BAPTIST CHURCH Report of the Trustees for the period l. January 2024 to 31# Decemb¢r 2024 Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of North Bradley Baptist Church I report to the truste¢s on my examination of th¢ accounts of North Bradley Baptist Church Charitable Incorporated Organisation for the period ended 31 December 2024. Responsibilitles and basls of report As the charity ttvsiees of the Trust you are Tesponsiblc for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Act.). I r¢port in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts Ca￿ led out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have follow¢d all th¢ applicable Directions given by the Charfftty Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the ACL Independent examlner's gtjtement I have completed my examination. I confirni that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any malerial respect: l. accounting records w¢r¢ not kept in respect of the TTUSt as required by section 130 of the Act. or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the forni and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'trne and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the cxamination to which attcntion should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. John Edwards B.Sc.(Econ) 5 Sandalwood Road W¢stbury Wiltshirc BA13 3UP Sign: Page 6 of 11 NORTH BRADLEY BApfisT CHURCH ReFX)rt of the TTUStees for the period l* January 2024 to 31" De¢unlxr 2024 Receipts and Payments Report 2•24 2(123 Rwlpt8 Inc0￿g resourc4sfrThn genwat•J fur• Invtrslmentmo)t Ini¢wt 120 148 120 Inc￿ ro¥ourrJJ8frtyn