dronfiel baptist church SHARING GOD'S LOVE Dronfield Baptist Church Annual Report for 01 November 2020- 31 October 2021 Registered Address Stubley Lane, Dronfield, Derbyshire S18 IPE Charity Registration Number 1184178 The Revd A C Gore (Minister) Mrs H M Machin (Secretary to April 2021) MrDLax (Secretary from 4)ri12021) Mr D H Charles (rreasurer) Mrs A C Bygrave Mr M S Pocock Mrs G Smith Mr E M Tomlin50n MrCMTurk Property Trustees The Baptist Union Corporation knmited Baptist House, 129 Broadway, Didco¢ Oxfordshire OXII 8RT Bankers Co-operative Bank plc, P O Box 250, Skelmersdale, WN8 6Vtr CAF Bank Ltd, 25 lthngs Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4JQ Independent Examiners Mr Simon Temple, Coniston Road, Dronfield w(hOuse S18 8PG Mr Michael HerTnan, Birchen Close. Dronfield WcKKlhouse S18 8ZD
Dronfield Baptist Church Annual Report for 2021 Report of the Managing Deacons/Trustees for the year ended 31 October 2021 IntsThluction The Managing Deaconsrrrustees present their annual rewrt and accounts for the year ended 31 Cktober 2021. The Deacons are also referred to as Trustees in this rep Structure, Governance and Management The Charity is govemed by an Approved Govemlng Document. Members of the Church are accepted in accordance with the Constitution which requires them to be or to have been publicly bapti5ed on the profession of faith in Jesus Chris¢ or follovling other modes of baptism to renew their public profession of faith in Jesus ChrisL The members Meeting normally tskes place ten times per year and has resEKinsibilty for the overall tK)licy of the church. In accordan with the Constitubon, the members appoint up to eleven Trustees, who together wth the Minister, Church Secretary and Treasurer (who a also appointed by the Members), are responsible for the day to day running of the church s work and witness, and the financial and legal aspects of the charity. All members are encourdged to take an appropriate part in the spiritual and practical tasks involved in the fiJrtheran of the charitsble obiecbve. Relevant matters may be submitted to the thurch meeling by the Trustees for guidan, or may be rdised by members in Church meeting for further consideration by the Twstees. Though the Constitution pem)its decisions to be made at Church meetings by appropriate majoribes, the thurch seeks to work by consensus wherever possible. Objectives and AthitRs The principal purpose of the thartty is the advanment of the Christian faith according to the principle5 of the Baptist denomination to indude the advancement of education, community service and such other general charitsble purposes in suth parts of the Untted Kingdom and the worfd as the Church shall detennine. In order to achieve the prinapal obJ"ective which is set out above, the (Urth provide5 a variety of attivities both to its membership and to the communty generally. The aim is to show the love of Jesus Christ in both word and deed and to bring people into a doser relationship wtth Him as our Imng Lord. Centszl to the work and witrEss of the Church is trE provision of regular public services of Christian worship. These serwces nornially take Pla each Sunday at Lth 10.30 am and 4.00pm or 6.30 pm, apart from the third Sunday evening when a United servi is hosted by the various Dronfield churches. There are also occasional services at other times which are advertsed on the Church Noti Board and the website at www.dronfieldba tist.co.uk There is a full children's programme during the moming servi. The church seeks to be a friendly and Y1comIng communty and anybcxty is free to attend any of these services. The Church runs a series of fellov4ship gr(pS for the growth of fatth and disapleship in the homes of some members or on the church premises, and further details of these can be obtained from the Trustees on reques¢ or at the Sunday seNces of YrShip. From time to time, in conjunction with other local diurd)es the thurch runs courses for people interested in discovering more aLx)ut Christianity, entided 'Alpha'. Guidan on Churth Membership and Believerfs Baptism is also available throughout the year. The Church nomially runs various regular aCtitieS for Families, Children & Young People and for people in the Third Age.
The Church operates systems to ensure that all people workrng wSth children and vulnerdble adults are appropriately vetted with regard to the Disdosure and Barring Servi. The church has read the Charity Commission guidan on public benefi¢ and is satisfied that the attivities outlined above clearly demonstrate that the charity is providing a beneft to the public. Risk Assessment The Urch regularty reviews the risks to whith it is exposed. It ¢)perates Sems to ensure that all people working with children and vulnerable adults are appropriately vetted with regard to the Disclosure and Barring Servi. Achievements and perfornn This has been a demanding year in the life of the churth as it has tsBnsitioned through the times of lockdown and the process of reopening the building as well as restarbng the many ways in which we as a church fijlfil our charitable objectives. We are very grateful particularly to the current Leadership Team and for all of the time and effort that has gone into helping us as a church navigate our way through this time so well. In parkncular we would like to gNe a special thanks to those who have overseen our management of risk as well as ensuring the building is as safe and covid protected as possible. During our experien of lockdown we explored the use of digital technology to fulfil our objective of enabling those within the church and the community to partiapate in worship. One of the consequences of this is that we will need to refurbish much of our PA and AV eyuipment that had been installed when the church was reftjrbished in the 1990,5 as it no longer enables us to fulfil the above charitsble objectives. Therefore, we plan to purchase and inslall the equipment necessary to livestream and record our rvices as we retum to the meet again in the building. Again, a huge amount of thanks must go to tho who have given this a lot of time and effort as wdl as train others in the use of the new equipment. We anticipate continuing to strengthen our tharitable objective of growing in our understanding and living out the Christian frdith by hawng a mid-week course, based upon our reading a book together, which will meet fortnightly from January to May. In the New Year we expect to dose our lunch dub for though we anticipate the numbets coming not to have changed significantly, the srze of the team has shrunk appreaably. We anticipate that we shall still be able to fulfil the charitable objectives the lunch dub met by fo551ng upon our w&kly Coff moming and serving of light lunche5 on Thursdays. A signfficant challenge we are facing is the change in size of our Trust group. We will seek to enlarge the current number of Trustees that may continue to serve the charity and ensure that its charitable objectives continue to be fjjlfilled. One of the ways we will seek to do this is by exploring the manner and regularity of our meeting that we may continue to ensure the charity working as effectively as it can be. ststement of Public Benefft The church aims to play a p0sVe role in the life of the communty of Dronfield, Sin in addition to activities fonnally linked to the church, members also setved as volunteers in other Icol charities and organisations, including the minister tsknng an active role in a local school and other members serving as school govemors. Members also volunteer with a local community project to protect and enhan specific areas of Dronfield. The Deaconsffrustees have read the tharlty Commission guidan on public benefi¢ and is satisfied that the activities outlined above clearly demonstrate that the charity is providing a benefit to the public.
Flnanaal Review Unrestritted cash balances decreased by £9,244 during the year, largety as a result of spending £7,010 in the first phase of upgrading Audio Visual equipment Cash balances at the year-end amounted to £81,383. As detailed in the ac¢ounts the Church contributed £10,106 for other causes including the denominational charities Home Mission Fund and the Bapbst Missionary Society. The Church continues to raise the funds which it needs to carry on its acbvities from within its own membership and congregation. No wider public appeal was made for fvnds during the year. The most significant expenses related to the ongoing appointments of the Revd A Gore as Minister of the Church and Mr Andrew Evers as Families, Youth & Children's Ministry Leader. Revd Gore's role is to lead and Cctrordinate the church s attivities induding the Sunday Services, to provide pastoral care for the congregation and other people, and to equip and cOUr3ge the membership in their life, Chrisban wttness and seNice. Mr Ever5 cmrdinates and leads actsvtbes for young families, thildren and young people and enables contacts to be made that encourage a sense of communty. The Urch is heavily dependent on ts membership working as volunteer5 in all aspects of the church's activities, many of which run wtth little or no impact on the church s expendittjre, but nevertheless contribute substantially to the achievenent of the churth s objectives. The finanaal results for the year, togeth with a summary of the accounting poliaes adopted are set out In the accompanying finanaal statements. The church is a patticipating employer Vthin the Defined Benefft section of the Baptist Pension scheme and has bn making ongoing deficit payments to cover the costs of past service of tts employees within the scheme under a recovery plan. The churth underslands that if it had left the scheme at the year-end, it would have to have made a ontroff payment estimated to be £ 49,21XI to meet its statutory obligations to the scheme. The church has no plan to leave the scheme and expects to continue to make payments to the scheme in line the recovery plan. Reserves policy The Trustees have established a Reserves Policy to enable the thurth to funtt¢on effectively and meet ts obligations in the event of a significant dedine in our income or a major c05t. The Church expressed its part in the life of the wider thurch by making donatiors to national and international Chrisban organisations and )etieS with Christian aims and objectives compatible with the ' churth's own tharItale purpose. Having considered the relevant risks of changes in income and expenditure, the Twstees have deterniined that the appropriate level of reserves is in the range £25,CO) to £30,0. As at 31 October 2021, the church held totsl cash funds of £81.383 of which £1,662 were restricted and £14,129 designated. It follows that cash resources available to spend on any of the Church's attivitres amount to £ 65,592. The Church strives to remain a force for gK)(xl in the communty in the longer term in its own right. It follows that as all of its reserves were given towards this, its primary purpose and are retained in accordance with its objects. Independent Examiner A resolLrtion to appoint S Temple and M Herman as Independent Examiners was put to the Annual General Meeting. And this has been agreed. sapp by the Trustees David - Managing Trustee
Independent EXamineS Report to the Managlng Trustees of the charity We report to the managing trustee5 on our examination of the accounts of Dronfield Baptist Church (the Churth) for the year ended 31 October 2021, which are set out on pages 7 to 11. Responsits1£S and bags of As the charity trustees of the Church you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 Act). We repKJrt in respect of our examination of the Trustee's accounts carried out under sectron 145 of the 2011 Att and in carrying out our examinati we have followed all the appliCate Direciions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 A(L Independent examinerfs statemert We have completed our examination. We confirm that no material matters have come to our attention in connection with the examination giving us cause to believe that in any material respect: (i) accounttng records vme not kept in rwett of the Trust as required by section 130 of the (2) the accounts do not accord with those record& We have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this rert in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. S Temple M. Hernian 0£
Dronfield Baptist Church Accounts for the year ended 31 October 2021 Receipts and Payments Account 2021 Total 2020 Total Receipts WeeY offerings Appeals and speaal gifts Grants Income tsx recovered on glfts to 5 April Legacles Other Church groups Youth Camp Interest received Sundry 71,356 1,371 71,356 3,639 1,966 13,607 67,399 6,43 1,780 14,141 300 3,215 210 270 1,314 2,268 716 13,607 io 1,023 1,023 60 951 951 Totsl ripts rounded to nearest £ 92.018 2,984 95,002 95,073 Payments Minister and Manse Upkeep of Churth premises Baptist Missionary Society Home Mission Worship and OLrtreath Discipleship and training Youth Camp Grants and donations Families, YoLrth and Children Other Church groups Administration Other costs New fixiures, fitttngs and equipment 35,761 11,915 3,560 35,761 12,731 3,650 3,560 678 3,715 33,913 13,617 4,296 4,136 596 2,528 534 3,401 26,165 3,434 2,498 3,352 354 816 90 678 3,700 15 1,737 26.+13 1,055 1.709 2,954 8.190 1,158 2,895 26,443 1,055 1,709 2,954 8,190 io Total payments rounded to nearest £ 101.262 2,079 103,341 98,823 Excess of (expendityre) over receipts (9,244) 905 (8,339) (3,750) Balances brought forward from previous year 88.965 757 89.722 93,472 Balan orried forward to next year 79,721 1,662 81,383 89,722 All activities derive from continuing activit* The notes on pages 8 to 11 forni an integral part of these acrount&
Dronfield Baptist Church SL*ement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31 October 2021 Monetary Assets Cash in hand and on de Coop savings accounts Coop } CAF current accounts Cash balances - Other Church groups Cash in hand Net Monetary Assets 2021 2020 78,724 81,125 7,416 1,161 20 89,722 1,014 1,145 81,383 Represented by funds: Unrestricted funds General fund Desi nated funds Special fijnd Other Church groups 2021 2020 65,592 72,618 10,668 3,461 79,721 12,369 3,979 88,966 io Restricted funds Amounts received for other causes Audio Visual Upgrade Garden Project fund 67 1,300 295 81,383 61 300 395 89,722 Other Monetary Assets and Liabilitses Debto Gift aid recoverable reditors Taxes and Social Security 2021 2020 5,{XI Est 5,000 (649) 4,351 (543) 4,457 Baptist Pension Scheme (BPS) Liability Statement The BPS estimated that £49,200 (2020 £61,600) was the leve] of employer debt that the church would need to pay, if it had chosen to extt the defined benefft scheme at the year end. Non.Monetary Awts Fixed assets for Chaiity use Church insured value Manse insured value Fumiture and equipment Total Fixed Assets for Charity Use 2021 2020 2,167,052 214,197 24,303 405,552 2,126,646 203,220 16,833 2,346,699 David Charles Trustee Approved by the Trustees The notes on pages 8 to 11 forni an integrnl part of these account Dronfield Baptist Church
Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 October 2021 l Accounting poliaes The accounts have been prepared on a reIpts and payments basis. The Managing Deaconstrrustees confimi that as far as are aware, there is no relevant acunting information of which the examiner is unawa. 2 Winding up or dissolution of the drity If upon winding up or dissolution of the charity there remain any financial assets, after satisfaction of all debts and liabilities, the assets represented by the accumulated funds shall be transferred to some other charitsble body or bodies having smilar objects to the charity. 2021 Total 2020 Totsl Unrestrtcted Restricted 3 Appeals and special gifts cp Ashgate Hospice Audio visual Refijrbishment BMS BMS - Bithday Scheme Coffee machine etG Christian Aid Derbyshire r Ambulance Elm Foundation (Domesttc Abuse) Holiday aub Homele&s & Rootless at thristmas St Lukes Hospi Families, YoLrth & Children ALtvit]es Sundry & Anon Angel Tr Baby Basics - Christmas Donations Bluebell Wood Building Fund Children In Need Corona Wirus Fund Extraordinary women HSBC re Treagjrer Lent LN)oks and reading notes Macmillan Canr Support Weddings and funerals 45 1,000 45 I,crf)o 90 388 244 20 132 114 537 434 45 410 145 300 119 425 546 244 20 132 114 cp cp 537 434 45 cp 70 410 39 loo 295 133 190 50 1,530 60 1,000 loo 122 cp cp 1,371 2,268 3,639 6,443 CP 'Coffee Poy coff& mornings raised £336, having again bn limited by CoVid-19 pandemlc.
Notss to the Accounts for the year ended 31 October 2021 2021 Totsl 2020 Total 4 Mlnister and Manse Stipend, PAYE and pension Ministers, expenses Manse UPkP Manse repairs and improvements Current minister sutFtotal Baptist Pension Scheme defi(it 27,608 262 2,830 1,281 31,982 3.779 27,608 262 2.830 1,281 31,982 3,779 27,407 631 2,376 131 30,546 3,367 35,761 35.761 33,913 5 Upkeep of Church premises Cleaning Insurance and water Light and heat Maintenance and repairs 2,620 5,584 2,803 2,804 2,222 2,496 4,270 4,370 2,731 11,915 816 12,731 13,617 * Restricted amount for cleaning was HM Govemment Job Retention Scheme (furtough) grant towards wages already paid in previous accounting year. 716 3,336 2,803 6 Grants and donations Angel Tree Ashgate Hospi BMS - Birthday Scheme Children In Need Derbyshire Air Ambulan Elm Foundation (Domestic Abuse) Homeless & Rootless at Christmas Life Dronfield St Luke's Hospice YBA Biglsfe India Appeal Baby basi(s - Christmas donations Bluebell Wood Macmillan Cancer Support External organisations Corona Wirus fund 312 312 45 412 145 425 50 45 25 132 114 434 1,200 45 200 132 114 434 1,200 1,200 70 45 2(K) 295 133 122 2,851 550 3,401 1,737 1,158 2,895 1,737 1,158 2,895
Dronfield Baptist Church Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 October 2021 2021 Totsl 2020 Total 7 Farnilies Youth and Chlldren Salary, PAYE and pension Materials and expenses Holiday Club Messy Church 23,721 2,111 537 74 26,443 23,721 2,111 537 74 26,443 22,980 1274 667 243 26,165 8 Other costs Catering Subscriptions Delegates expenses Sundry 452 1312 452 2,312 29 162 2,954 690 2,082 205 376 3,352 162 2.954 9 New fixtures and equipment Audio Equipment Laptop Computer Wideo Equipment 1,833 1,180 5.177 8,190 1,833 1,180 5,177 8.190 354 354 io
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