## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 01 2024 **To** 31 12 2024 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Earl Shilton Baptist Church **Other names charity is known by** LBC Earl Shilton **Registered charity number (if any)** 1183482 **Charity's principal address** Mill Lane Earl Shilton Leicester **Postcode LE9 7AW** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Helen Burchnall||Until 11.03.24|Church Members Meeting| ||PhilipEvans|Treasurer||Church Members Meeting| ||AnthonyLaw||From 11.03.24|Church Members Meeting| ||Helen West|||Church Members Meeting| ||AntonyWakefield|||Church Members Meeting| ||Victoria Wakefield|||Church Members Meeting| ||Marie Porter|||Church Members Meeting| ||Elizabeth Evans|||Church Members Meeting| ||Jennifer MacDonald|Secretary||Church Members Meeting| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **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 - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by the Church Members 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; In September 2022 Earl Shilton Baptist Church joined with the network of churches known as LBC (Londonderry Baptist Church, Charity Number 1197875) and are now known locally as LBC Earl Shilton. The network are supporting Earl Shilton church in its principle purpose to advance the Christian faith locally and wider to other parts of the world. - 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** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 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. March **2012** **TAR** 2 In order to achieve our purpose, and with regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit, the Trustees report the following activities that have been undertaken in the reporting period: - Weekly church services run, mainly in person but with a Zoom option for those unable to attend. - Regular Bible study groups, in person and/or online - Contributed to the running of a local Foodbank which, during the reporting period, has relocated to our church. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** - Community Hub, meets weekly, providing drinks and snacks, friendship and fellowship to members of the local community. A Christians Against Poverty life skills course runs out of this periodically. - During 2023, the Mobile Community Pantry has set up a site at LBC Earl Shilton on Tuesday afternoons, in coordination with the Hub and Warm Space. This is an external organisation (supported by Cadent) whose social mission strongly ties in with our social activities. - We run an annual free Community Barbecue, with family-friendly activities, usually around the August bank holiday weekend. - Links and support to LBC Pakistan church. ## **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. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** A key part of our outreach and social activity remains our weekly Community Hub, which provides a welcome and friendly space for people to drop in for conversation, hot drinks and cake. Periodically, we run courses such as the Christians Against Poverty Life Skills or the Alpha course out of the Hub, though this did not happen during 2024. During the winter months, the Hub transforms into the Warm Welcome, with longer opening hours and (free) hot soups provided at lunch time. The Mobile Community Pantry continued to operate out of the Hub throughout 2024, providing discounted food items for people in need. This initiative, supported by Cadent, also involves contact with NGOs and Citizens’ Advice, who periodically send representatives along. Unfortunately, towards the end of 2024 Cadent withdrew their funding for this and it is likely that it will cease to operate early in 2025. While meeting the physical needs of disadvantaged members of the community, these events also practically demonstrate the love that Jesus called us to show (see, for example, Matthew 25:34-40, James 2:15-16). Several people we meet on a Tuesday have begun to join us in worship on Sundays as well. Our Sunday worship services continue a key part of our work, and attendance fluctuates quite strongly but with a good core of about 20-25 people. We have a group of people within the church who will lead services and preach, and the LBC leadership in Birmingham send us speakers, usually twice a month, to help share the load. We continue to advertise and search for a minister, and in the meantime to build up our reserves to allow us to run a deficit budget once a minister is appointed. We are close to being able to afford three years of ministry, which may make us a more attractive option for potential candidates. We have also joined together on several occasions for united services with the other churches in Earl Shilton and will be hosting such a service early in 2025. In the Summer we put on our second free barbecue for the local community, providing food (of course) and also fun activities for individuals and families. This was well attended, reaching around 200 people from the local area. We plan for this to be an annual event, although are considering the best date on which to run it. The other major achievement of 2024 was the major renovation of the car park and surrounding lands, using funds raised by the sale of a portion of the land last year, and the generous support of Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council via their Parish Community Initiative Fund. This work saw the aging and crumbling boundary wall and its topping of shrubs removed, and the ground landscaped to a gentle slope. This has significantly improved the visibility both of activities within the grounds (our first burger at the barbecue was served to someone who was just passing and saw what was going on) and of the road junctions around Almey’s Lane / Mill Lane / the Anglican church. At the end of 2024 we are still awaiting the final phase of this work – the installation of a new fence and the planting of native, wildlife-friendly plants. March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** As standard we hold 3 months’ full running cost in reserves. **Brief statement of the** We are actively seeking a minister and have secured the promise of **charity’s policy on reserves** financial support towards this from the East Midlands Baptist Association. Even with that in place, our finances are such that, barring some sizable change in income, any form of ministry will require an operating loss. We are therefore actively working to raise our reserves to the level required to guarantee an office holder a 3-year contract with our current income; this equates to reserves of circa £87,000 (not including the standard 3 months’ running costs) – we are nearing this level of reserve now. **Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit 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) Full name(s)** Helen West Philip Andrew Evans March **2012** **TAR** 5 |**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
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**Date**|Trustee|Treasurer| |---|---|---| ||03/06/2025|| ||03/06/2025|| March **2012** **TAR** 6 **Earl Shilton Baptist Church** **1183482** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **CC16a** |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
1/1/2023|**To**|Period end date
12/31/2023| |---|---|---|---| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**
Donations and offerings
**28,923**
Rent of rooms & Manse
**12,340**
HMRC tax refund
**5,304**
Raised byspecific activities
**1,114**
Raised for external causes
Misc
**4,501**
Grants
**1,500**
Land sale and subsequent interest
**53,682**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**A1 Receipts**
Donations and offerings
**28,923**
Rent of rooms & Manse
**12,340**
HMRC tax refund
**5,304**
Raised byspecific activities
**1,114**
Raised for external causes
Misc
**4,501**
Grants
**1,500**
Land sale and subsequent interest
**53,682**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**to the nearest £**
**848**
**1,201**
**-**
**2,049**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**29,771**
**12,340**
**5,304**
**2,315**
**-**
**4,501**
**1,500**
**-**
**55,731**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations and offerings|**28,923**|**848**|**-**|**29,771**|**29,985**| |Rent of rooms & Manse|**12,340**||**-**|**12,340**|**7,259**| |HMRC tax refund|**5,304**||**-**|**5,304**|**4,746**| |Raised byspecific activities|**1,114**|**1,201**|**-**|**2,315**|**2,391**| |Raised for external causes|||**-**|**-**|**887**| |Misc|**4,501**|**-**|**-**|**4,501**|**1,059**| |Grants|**1,500**||**-**|**1,500**|**1,200**| |Land sale and subsequent interest|||**-**|**-**|**52,696**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**53,682**
|**2,049**|**-**|**55,731**|**100,223**| |**-**
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**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 53,682**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||**-**
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**2,049**|**-**
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**55,731**|| ||||||| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||| |||**2,049**|**-**|**55,731**|**100,223**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table).**|||||||||||| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_**||**53,682**||**2,049**||**-**||**55,731**||**100,223**|| |**A3 Payments**
Ministrycosts
**1,456**
Pension deficitpayments
**10**
Bills
**9,884**
Maintenance
**5,030**
Donations
**4,410**
Other
**6,520**
Spent byspecific activities
**996**
Capital expenditure
**2,325**
Paid out to causes moneywas raised for
**_Sub total_ 30,631**|**A3 Payments**
Ministrycosts
**1,456**
Pension deficitpayments
**10**
Bills
**9,884**
Maintenance
**5,030**
Donations
**4,410**
Other
**6,520**
Spent byspecific activities
**996**
Capital expenditure
**2,325**
Paid out to causes moneywas raised for
**_Sub total_ 30,631**|**-**
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**26,340**
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**-**
**848**
**27,188**|**-**
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**-**
**-**|**1,456**
**10**
**9,884**
**5,030**
**4,410**
**32,860**
**996**
**2,325**
**848**
**57,820**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Ministrycosts|**1,456**|**-**|**-**|**1,456**|**2,162**| |Pension deficitpayments|**10**|**-**|**-**|**10**|**12**| |Bills|**9,884**|**-**|**-**|**9,884**|**12,367**| |Maintenance|**5,030**|**-**|**-**|**5,030**|**8,632**| |Donations|**4,410**|**-**|**-**|**4,410**|**5,250**| |Other|**6,520**|**26,340**|**-**|**32,860**|**5,930**| |Spent byspecific activities|**996**|**-**|**-**|**996**|**1,538**| |Capital expenditure|**2,325**|**-**|**-**|**2,325**|**4,783**| |Paid out to causes moneywas raised for||**848**|**-**|**848**|**892**| |**_Sub total_**|**30,631**|**27,188**|**-**|**57,820**|**41,567**| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||||| |**_Total payments_**|**30,631**||**27,188**||**-**||**57,820**||**41,567**|| |||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**23,050**||**- 25,139**||**-**||**- 2,089**||**58,657**|| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**85,255**||**52,696**||**-**||**137,951**||**79,289**|| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**108,306**||**27,556**||**-**||**135,862**||**137,946**|| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**unds**|**Details**
Barclays bank / BUC trust fund|**to nearest £**
**111,584**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**27,568**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Barclays bank / BUC trust fund|**111,584**|**27,568**|**-**| **B1 Cash funds** ## **B2 Other monetary assets** ## **B3 Investment assets** **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees ||Cash|||**1,232**|||**122**|**122**||**-**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Uncleared transactions||**-**|**4,510**||**-**|**134**|||**-**|| ||**_Total cash funds_**|||**108,306**|||**27,556**|||**-**|| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||OK|||OK||||OK|| ||||**Unrestricted**||||**Restricted**|||**Endowment**|| |||||**funds**|||**funds**|||**funds**|| ||**Details**|||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**|| |||||**-**||||**-**||**-**|| |||||**-**||||**-**||**-**|| |||||**-**||||**-**||**-**|| |||||**-**||||**-**||**-**|| |||||**-**||||**-**||**-**|| |||||**-**||||**-**||**-**|| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|||**Cost (optional)**||||**Current value**
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**(optional)**|| ||Church building||Restricted|||||**-**||**-**|| ||Manse||Restrited|||||**-**||**-**|| ||Church furnishings and equipment||Unrestricted|||||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||**Fund to which**||||**Amount due**|||**When due**|| ||**Details**||**liability relates**||||**(optional)**|||**(optional)**|| |||||||||**-**|||| |||||||||**-**|||| |||||||||**-**|||| |||||||||**-**|||| |||||||||**-**|||| |Signature|Print Name
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approval| |---|---|---| ||Philip Evans|1/8/2025| ||Helen West|3/11/2024| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Report to the trustee ember3 of E2rt Shilton B2Ptigt Church On accounts for the yea ended Dec 31 2024 Charity no (rf any) 1183482 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {'the TnJst"I for the year ended a I I l Responslbllltles and basls of réport As the charity's trustees. you are fesponsible for the preparalton of the accounts in accordance wilh th8 requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {"the cv). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts Ca￿led out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examinats'on, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Chartty Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examiners statement an amqu to undertake the I have ¢ompleted my examinalion. I confirm that no material matters have come to my altention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below.) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respe￿. . the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or • the ac(x)unts did not ac(th with the accounting records.. or . the accounts did r￿t comply with the applicable requirements cnnceming the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Rewrts) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that fhe accounts give a 'lrue an(J fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an indepenaeni exatnirFation. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the bTrckets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: ILLI PS Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (' any)". Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Giv¢ here brief delails of any items that the examiner wishes to dtsclo$e. IER Oct 2018