## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 1 January 2023 31 December 2023
**From**
**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Duckpool Road Baptist Church CIO **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1183379
**Charity's principal address** 53-54 Duckpool Road
Newport **Postcode NP19 7EN**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 David Gregory Church CIO Members
2 Christopher Davies Church CIO Members
3 Graham Knight Church CIO Members
4 Julie Gregory Church CIO Members
5 Gillian McAnulty Church CIO Members
6 Anthony Perry Church CIO Members
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document Constitution Adopted 13[th] May 2019
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
CIO
How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected in accordance with the Church CIO Constitution Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to 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.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
To advance the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist Denomination. This shall include holding regular public **Summary of the objects of the** services for divine worship and to financially support other **charity set out in its** charitable purposes locally, nationally and internationally. **governing document**
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Activities include: Regular Public Worship, Prayer and Bible Study, Baptisms, Communion, Evangelism, Pastoral Care, Young Church, Creche Facilities, mid-week Devotional and Social Activities.
The Church continues to support the local Food Bank and charitable purposes locally, nationally and internationally and serves the local community in running mid-week devotional and social meetings, including meetings for Ladies and Men’s **Summary of the main** Fellowship, monthly Praise and Worship evenings and a weekly **activities undertaken for the** Saturday morning Open Doors coffee morning. **public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory** The Trustees have read the Charity Commission guidance on **declaration that trustees have** public benefit, and are satisfied that the activities outlined above **had regard to the guidance** clearly demonstrate that the charity is providing a benefit to the **issued by the Charity** public. **Commission on public benefit)**
**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
Throughout the year the church holds special events and services for church members and the wider community to celebrate the Christian calendar and important national commemorations.
The church and its ministries continue to regularly give financial support to Home Mission Fund, Baptist Missionary Society, The Leprosy Mission, Tear Fund and many other charities and organisations locally, nationally and internationally. Special events also take place to raise funds for other charities including The Royal British Legion, Cancer Research, the Childrens Society, Sparkle, Smile Train, Scripture Union International, Moving Mountains International Charity and the Wales Air Ambulance.
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
The Trustees are satisfied that they have sufficient reserves at the Balance Sheet date, together with ongoing income anticipated, to enable the church to function effectively in the coming year. The reserves and continued income will also provide opportunity to sustain the ministry of the church.
**Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** David Gregory **Full name(s)** David Gregory **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 21st October 2024
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Duckpool Road Baptist Church CIO 1183379
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01-Jan-23 31-Dec-23
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Weekly offerings, church covenants, thank 32,026 - - 32,026 42,229
offerings, gifts, and tax refunds for covenants
Donations to Local, National and International 3,095 - - 3,095 4,822
charities and organisations
Rent from church properties, use of church, 18,018 - - 18,018 17,898
bank interest and rebates
- - 53,138 64,949
Sub total (Gross income for AR) [ 53,138 ]
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 53,138 - - 53,138 64,949
A3 Payments
Ministry - - - - -
Ministers stipend, income tax, visiting
speakers fees, travelling expenses, Young
church activities 29,761 - - 29,761 29,457
- - - - -
Upkeep of church properties and
operational services - - - - -
Church properties repairs, renewals and
maintenance 19,399 - - 19,399 2,918
Light, heat, water and telephone 5,441 - - 5,441 3,299
Insurance of church properties 3,811 - - 3,811 3,434
Cleaning of church premises 1,733 - - 1,733 2,080
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Mission and Donations -
Donations to Local, National and International
charities and organisations 6,857 6,857 7,872
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Church Administration -
Consumables, house keeping and catering
1,247 1,247 725
Stationery and printing 1,002 1,002 1,265
Affiliation fees 797 797 466
Church web site services 526 526 509
Miscellaneous admin services 318 318 306
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Sub total [ 70,893 ] - - 70,893 52,331
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 70,893 - - 70,893 52,331
Net of receipts/(payments) - 17,754 - - - 17,754 12,618
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
Cash funds this year end - 17,754 - - - 17,754 12,618
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## **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**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**
Community Account (Current Account)
Business Premium Account (Deposit
Account)
Rate Reward Account (Reserve Account)
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Duckpool Road Baptist Church and
Christian Centre, 53-54 Duckpool Road
Newport
55 Duckpool Road, Newport
The Manse, 80 Somerset Road, Newport
Capital Items
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
David Gregory|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**56,669**
**-**
**1,042**
**-**
**106,939**
**-**
**164,650**
**-**
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David Gregory|**Endowment**
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Date of
approval
21-Oct-24|
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner s Report
Report to the truste
embers of
Duckpool Road Baptist Church CIO
On accounts for the year
ended
31 December 20223
Charity no
(if any)
1183379
Set out on pages
(remember to inGILxJe Ihe page nurnbers of additional 5heetsl
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (Yhe Trusf) for the year ended 31112 12023.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of Ihe accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 Iyhe 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 Charty Commission
under section 145(5)Ib} of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm thal 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
Ihe Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to whiGh attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words the brackets rf they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualrfication{s) or body
(if any):
Address:
IER
October 2018