## Manor Court Baptist Church Nuneaton Report and Accounts Year Ending 31 March 2025 ## **MANOR COURT BAPTIST CHURCH** ## **LEGAL & ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE Manor Court Baptist Church Manor Court Road Nuneaton CV11 5HU GOVERNING DOCUMENT CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER TRUSTEES RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE CHARITY CIO constitution dated 26 September 2019 1186226 Asheri Chilolo - Appointed 19/09/2024 John Gordon - Stood down 19/09/2024 Bijaya Gurung - Appointed 19/09/2024 Carole Massey – Appointed 18/09/2025 Claire Tibbetts Elizabeth Watson Isaac Olanipekun -Stood down 18/09/2025 Margaret Showler Roy Shooter Sonja Wilson -Stood down 18/09/2025 Terence Salter - Stood down 16/05/2024 CUSTODIAN TRUSTEES NAMES OF BANKERS INDEPENDENT EXAMINER The Baptist Union Corporation Limited CAF Bank Ltd Virgin Money 25 Kings Hill Avenue 7-11 High Street Kings Hill Coventry West Malling CV1 5SB Kent ME19 4JQ Archie McDowall BA, CA Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage London EC1Y 8AB ## **INDEX** Page 1 Legal & Administrative Details Page 2 - 5 Trustees' Report Page 6 Independent Examiner's Report Page 7 Receipts and Payments Account Page 8 Statement of Assets & Liabilities Page 9 - 11 Notes to the Accounts Page 1 ## **MANOR COURT BAPTIST CHURCH** ## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES** **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** The Trustees have pleasure in submitting the Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025. ## **Purpose of the charity** The charity, which is a church, is governed by a constitution and is constituted as a charitable incorporated organisation. The charity's principal objects, as set out in its governing document, are: - a) The advancement of the Christian Faith in accordance with the principles of the Baptist denomination. - b) The Church may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and/or other parts of the world. ## **Summary of the charity's main activities and achievements** To further the above purpose, the charity's main activities and achievements were as follows: - **Worship** Sunday morning services took place weekly, with attendance typically around 65 individuals from different age groups and backgrounds. Following a period of joint worship, children and young people attended separate age-specific sessions. Communion was shared once a month during a morning service. An evening service which included Communion took place monthly. - **Little Treasures** Little Treasures, a stay-and-play group for preschool children, met on Tuesday and Friday mornings during school term time, accommodating up to 20 families per session. - **Youth Discipleship Group** The Youth Discipleship Group (for young people in school years 8 - 13) met on Monday nights during school term time. Activities included playing games, discussions, refreshments and chatting together. In August, some members of the group attend the Limitless Festival at Stafford Showground. - **Home groups** Five Home Groups met regularly at various times and locations, offering informal study, discussion of God’s word, and prayer support. These groups also provided the primary means for pastoral care within the church fellowship. - **Tuesday Fellowship** Tuesday Fellowship regularly took place every week, during school term time for an hour of praise and companionship, plus listing to fascinating speakers. Periodically through the year there are 'Food for Thought' events which include a meal together. - **Friendship Group** The Friendship Group, open to all ages, continued to grow during the year and met twice a month on Friday evenings. The group believe everyone needs friends, fun, opportunities to contribute and belong. - **Sew and Grow** Sew and Grow, continued to meet on Thursday mornings where a small group of people met together to spend time progressing their knitting, sewing or similar creative skill whilst chatting and enjoying coffee and cake. Page 2 - **Community and Outreach** - Food bank We continued to host and provide volunteer support to the Nuneaton Food Bank (Trussell Trust) at our church premises on Mondays and Thursdays between 10:30 am and 12 noon. During these sessions, food bank clients were able to collect their food parcels and were offered tea and coffee whilst waiting for their food parcels to be prepared. - Growbaby We also hosted, on the second and fourth Monday of each month, the local Growbaby group (a group providing good quality new and second-hand clothes and equipment to anyone who needs it). - CAP (Christians Against Poverty) We continued to employ a CAP Debt Centre Manager working 16 hours per week. Through the Debt Centre, working in conjunction with the CAP head office, help and support was given to a variety of clients in Nuneaton and Bedworth with unmanageable debts. Drop-in sessions, open to people in the community, to develop their money management skills, additionally took place. - Encounter Encounter has continued to provide support to a small group of individuals who wanted to develop English as a second language. - **Prayer** Prayer remained central to church life with prayer meetings taking place on Thursday nights twice a month. Throughout the year, we also circulated prayer requests via a ‘prayer chain’ email. - **Communication** A weekly notice sheet and a monthly magazine were published during the year to keep the church fellowship informed. - **Church Members Meeting** Bi-monthly church members meeting took place. ## **Public Benefit** In planning the activities, we have applied the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission. ## **Financial review** The initial budget for the 2024/25 financial year projected that total expenditure would exceed income by £10,461 at the year end. The actual results for the 2024/25 financial year, however, concluded with income exceeding expenditure by £16,924. The following key factors contributed to this result: - The recruitment for the advertised full-time minister position was unsuccessful. As a result, budgeted stipend payments and related costs for the minister role were not incurred. - An unbudgeted £10,000 restricted grant was received towards the cost of running the MCBC CAP Debt Centre and a further grant of £5,000 being received for unspecified purposes. - Overdue room hire payments in respect of 2023/24 hirings being paid to MCBC. - Only £3,680 gift aid claims being received compared to the budgeted income amount of £12,305. Further gift aid income relating to the offering received between June 2024 and March 2025 will be pursued in the next financial year. - Expenditure on utilities only being £4,225 rather than the budgeted expenditure of £9,920. Expenditure on gas and electricity was less than expected due to charges for gas and electricity, covering the period November 2024 to March 2025, totalling £4,405 not being invoiced. Outstanding payments to our gas and electricity providers will need to be paid in the next financial year, - £62,872 Offerings being received, which was only £2,504 below the budgeted offering income. Page 3 During the year a total of £15,696 was moved from General Funds to Designated Funds (funds set aside for specific purposes). £6,000 was allocated to the costs of operating the CAP Debt Centre, £8,700 was allocated to the church building maintenance and £996 was allocated to Manse Maintenance. Unspent money in designated funds at the year-end has been carried forward into the next financial year to make provision for anticipated future expenditure. The CAP Debt Centre has continued during the year to serve clients in Nuneaton and Bedworth. The cost of operating the Debt Centre was £16.593. This includes the employment of a Debt Centre Manager for 16 hours per week and monthly contributions towards CAP Head Office to cover the cost of supporting our client case load. The cost of operating the CAP Debt Centre was paid out of money held in Designated and Restricted Funds. At the end of the financial year £20,196 in total remained in the CAP Debt Centre Designated and Restricted Funds, which enabled us to commit to extending the CAP Debt Centre Managers contract beyond its current expiry date in May 2025. During the year expenditure, to bless our CAP clients, from the CAP Client Restricted Fund totalled £ 2,043. Much of this expenditure was off set against money received from successful applications to the "Acts 435" charity and other ad hoc donations received. The CAP Client Restricted Fund opened the year with a balance of £951 and closed with a balance of £298. Previously obtained Planning Permission, to rebuild our existing toilet facilities and build additional storage facilities, expired during the year before we were able to obtain the necessary funding to proceed with the contract works. New plans for a much small redevelopment project were drawn up and approved. We now plan to complete the project in phases as and when funding permits. From money held in the Building Project Phase 2 Restricted Fund, this financial year, we spent £3,925 on architect fee and planning/building regulation fees and £5,596 on the installation of a new boiler to supply heating and hot water to the existing toilets. Works on the office refurbishment and creation of a new counselling/meeting room were completed and all grant money received in relation to these projects was spent. Grants received for the refurbishment of the church vestibule were also spent. The Restricted Building Funds had an opening balance of £53,512 and a closing balance of £42,676. It is anticipated most of this money will be spent next financial year after the next phase (reroofing) of the Toilet Redevelopment (Phase 2) project takes place. The Youth Restricted Fund continued to be used to manage the funds received and spent in respect of our young people attending "Limitless Festival” in August. This fund also contained money previously given to purchase equipment and fund youth activities which remains to be spent, We continued to allocate 10% of offerings received and associated gift aid income to charitable activities outside of the church. This money is put into the Tithe Donation Designated Fund which had an opening balance of £4 and a closing balance of £454 to be carried forward into the next financial year. During 2024/25 £6,025 in total was donated to BMS World Mision, BMS World Vision and Baptist Home Fund. ## **Reserves policy** The trustees have determined that the charity should aim to hold unrestricted cash of no less than £12,000 (which equates to about 2 months of salaries inclusive of a Minister’s stipend) so that the charity could continue to operate should income and / or expenditure vary adversely. At the year end, the charity held unrestricted cash of £69,469 (£41,590 in General Funds and £27,879 in Designated Funds) and therefore it is complying with its reserves policy. ## **Governance** Responsibility for setting policy and for making operating decisions rests with the trustees who meet regularly to monitor the activities of the charity. Page 4 ## **Risk statement** The Trustees have reviewed the risks to which a small charity operating with a small number of employees and (when appointed) a minister as an office holder is exposed. Appropriate procedures are in place to identify, monitor and review these risks on a regular basis. The trustees actively review the major risks which the charity faces on a regular basis and believe that maintaining the free reserves stated, combined with controls over key financial systems helps to protect the charity from financial risk. The trustees have also examined other operational and business risks which they face and confirm that they have established systems to mitigate the significant risks. ## **Responsibilities of trustees** Charity law requires us as Trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year which record the receipts and payments of the charity for the year. We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. We also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities. ## **Approval** This report was approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by: ## E Watson E Watson (Dec 11, 2025 11:09:44 GMT) Elizabeth Watson – Church Secretary / Trustee Date: Dec 11, 2025 Page 5 ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT** ## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF** **MANOR COURT BAPTIST CHURCH NUNEATON** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Manor Court Baptist Church, Nuneaton ('the charity') for the year ended 31 March 2025 on pages 7 to 11 following. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the trustees of the charity, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ## Archie McDowall Archie McDowall (Dec 17, 2025 14:16:45 GMT) Archie McDowall BA, CA Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage London EC1Y 8A > Date: Dec 17, 2025 Page 6 ## **MANOR COURT BAPTIST CHURCH** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT** **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** |Notes
**_Income receipts_**
Donations
Gift Aid Receipts
Ministry
Income from Grants
Income from letting of facilities
Legacy & Funeral Income
Bank Interest
Other
**_Total receipts_**
**_Payments_**
Payments in relation to
charitable activities undertaken
directly
2
Grants paid in relation to
charitable activities undertaken
by others
3
**_Total payments_**
Net of receipts / (payments)
before transfer
Transfers between funds
4
**Net movement in funds**
Cash funds as at last year
end
**Cash funds at this year**
**end**
A|Unrestricted Funds
General
Funds
£
Designated
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
2025
£
2024
£
56,586
6,287
2,425
65,298
87,841
3,312
368
-
3,680
19,123
2,092
814
2,116
5,022
2,377
5,000
-
15,855
20,855
26,027
6,679
-
-
6,679
4,632
501
-
-
501
1,000
777
-
-
777
577
143
100
411
654
3,363| |---|---| ||75,090
7,569
20,807
103,465
144,940| ||39,015
14,621
26,289
79,925
76,137
-
6,205
411
6,616
8,062| ||39,015
20,826
26,700
86,541
84,199| ||36,074
(13,257)
(5,893)
16,924
60,741
(15,696)
15,696
-
-
-| ||20,378
2,439
(5,893)
16,924
60,741
21,212
25,441
55,441
102,094
41,353| ||41,590
27,879
49,548
119,018
102,094| The notes on pages 9 – 11 form part of these accounts Page 7 ## **MANOR COURT BAPTIST CHURCH** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** |Unrestricted Funds
Notes
General
Funds
£
Designated
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
**A Cash Funds**
Cash at bank with
immediate access
27,724
27,797
49,548
Notice deposits
13,356
-
-
Petty Cash
510
82
-
41,590
27,879
49,548
**B Other monetary assets**
Gift aid due to charity
10,550
-
438
Other debtors
1,234
-
-
11,784
-
438
**C Liabilities**
**Falling due within 1 year**
Fee for independent
Examination
1,428
Gas and Electric Charges
4,178
-
-
5,606
**D Assets retained for charity’s own use**
Land and buildings – Church Building and Manse
Contents including music and PA equipment, computers and IT equipment
and furniture|Unrestricted Funds
General
Funds
£
Designated
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
27,724
27,797
49,548
13,356
-
-
510
82
-|2025
£
105,069
13,356
592|2024
£
88,925
12,720
448| |---|---|---|---| ||41,590
27,879
49,548|119,018|102,094| ||10,550
-
438
1,234
-
-|10,988
1,234|1,656
916| ||11,784
-
438|12,222|2,572| ||1,428
4,178
-
-|1,428
4,178|1,080
-| ||5,606|5,606|1,080| |||Fund to
which asset
belongs|
Current
Value
£| |||Endowment
General|5,359,927
212,075| ||||5,572,002| The trustees have used insurance values as the trustees are unable to reliably estimate current values insurance values may differ materially from current values ## **E Guarantees and secured debts** The charity has not given any guarantees and has not provided its assets as security for any liabilities The accounts were approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by: ## E Watson E Watson (Dec 11, 2025 11:09:44 GMT) Elizabeth Watson – Church Secretary / Trustee > Date: Dec 11, 2025 The notes on pages 9 - 11 form part of these accounts Page 8 ## **MANOR COURT BAPTIST CHURCH** **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** ## **1 Accounting policies** The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis and comprise a statement that shows the charity's receipts and payments, a statement that summarises the charity's assets and liabilities and related notes. The accountancy profession have determined that only accounts prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards present a 'true and fair' view and, as these receipts and payments accounts have not (and cannot) be prepared in accordance with accounting standards, these accounts do not present (and are not intended to present) a 'true and fair' view of the charity's financial activities and state of affairs. General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes. Restricted funds are donations which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors; they include donations received from appeals for specific activities or projects. ## **2 Payments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly** |Administration
Building Costs
CAP Client
CAP Debt Centre (including Centre
Manager Salary)
Employment Costs
Equipment
Friendship Group
Governance
Insurance
Ministry
Utilities
Worship Expenses
Youth Work
Other Costs / Miscellaneous|Unrestricted Funds
General
Funds
£
Designated
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
2025
£
2024
£
2,374
-
-
2,374
2,570
1,748
3,121
17,497
22,366
8,257
-
-
2,043
2,043
958
-
10,978
5,615
16,593
16,541
19,730
-
-
19,730
24,635
1,851
-
-
1,851
803
-
-
-
-
59
1,445
-
-
1445
1,415
3,912
-
-
3,912
3,822
2,403
521
-
2,924
3,583
4,225
-
-
4,225
9,620
1,327
-
-
1,327
1,139
-
-
1,134
1,134
1,942
-
-
-
-
795| |---|---| ||39,015
14,621
26,289
79,925
76,137| Page 9 ## **3 Grants paid in relation to charitable activities undertaken by others** |Grants for:
Baptist Home Fund / Baptist
Union Home Mission
Betel
BMS World Missions/ Baptist
Missionary Society))
BMS World Vision / World Vision
CAP Head Office
Charities - Linked to Daniel
Evangelical Alliance
Grants to individuals
Saints Project – Nuneaton
Salvation Army
Tearfund
Ty Hafan Hospice|Unrestricted Funds
General
Funds
£
Designated
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
2025
£
2024
£
-
3,300
-
3,300
3,300
-
-
10
10
286
-
2,700
-
2,700
2,800
-
205
-
205
274
88
88
-
-
-
-
-
122
-
-
-
-
300
-
-
-
-
300
-
-
-
-
100
-
-
-
-
89
-
-
-
-
492
-
-
313
313
-| |---|---| ||-
6,205
411
6,616
8,062| ## **4 Movement of Funds** |General funds
Designated funds
Tithe Funds
Church Repair Fund
Manse Repair Fund
CAP Debt Centre (Extra Ministry
Fund)
Friendship Group
Restricted funds
Building Work – Phase 2
Building work - General
CAP Client Fund
CAP Debt Centre
Youth Work (Limitless)
Bid Writing
Special Offerings
Total funds|Opening
Balances
£
Receipts
£
Payments
£
Transfers
£
Closing
Value
£| |---|---| ||21,212
75,090
(39,015)
(15,696)
41,590| ||4
6,655
(6,205)
-
454
1,760
(2,161)
8,700
8,299
2,903
(960)
996
2,939
20,459
100
(10,978)
6,000
15,581
314
814
(521)
607| ||25,440
7,569
(20,826)
15,696
27,879| ||45,159
3,630
(9,521)
-
39,268
8,353
3,030
(7,975)
-
3,408
951
1,390
(2,043)
-
298
10,230
(5,615)
-
4,615
773
2,116
(1,134)
-
1,755
205
-
-
205
-
411
(411)
-
-| ||55,441
20,807
(26,700)
-
49,548| ||| ||102,094
103,465
(86,541)
-
119,018| Page 10 ## **The Trustees with the agreement of the Church Meeting have set up the following designated funds:** Tithe Donation Fund - 10% of offerings and associated gif aid claims are put into this fund and then given away in support of other charitable activities undertaken by others. Church Maintenance Fund - £100 per month is set aside for routine maintenance of the church premises. Manse Maintenance Fund - £83 per month is set aside for manse repairs to ensure the building is maintained. CAP Debt Centre Fund – This fund sets aside money to cover the cost of operating the MCBC CAP Debt Centre and pay the salary of the Debt Centre Manager. This money is only be spent when there is no money held in the CAP Debt Centre Restricted Fund. Friendship Group - A separate ledger has been set up so that this group can raise funds and then spend them on events at a later date. _Further detail about movements on "Designated Accounts" are recorded within the Trustee Report._ ## **The Church receives money which is Restricted by the giver & thus it is kept separate until it has been spent as intended.** Building Work Phase Two Project - Money held in this fund has been donated specifically for spending in connection with redevelopment of the toilets including repairs to the roof over the toilets to prevent water ingress. Building Work General - This fund is for specific improvement/refurbishment projects and major work on the building that is not part of the Building Work Phase Two Project. CAP Client Fund - This is money given for the benefit of CAP Clients and therefore spent in line with any restrictions. CAP Debt Centre Fund – This contains money received to cover the cost of operating the MCBC CAP Debt Centre and pay the salary of the Debt Centre Manager. Youth Fund – This money received into this fund is used to pay for equipment and expenses for our Youth and Leaders to attend the "Limitless Festival". Money in this fund has also been given to support other youth activities. _Further details about movements on "Restricted Funds" are recorded within the Trustee Report_ Page 11