Bethel Baptist Chapel St John’s Road, Bath, BA2 6PX Trustees Report with Accounts and Independent Examiner Report
Bethel Baptist Chapel
Charity Registration Number 1192188
Trustees Annual Report
From 1[st] April 2023-31[st] March 2024
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Bethel Baptist Chapel St John’s Road, Bath, BA2 6PX Trustees Report with Accounts and Independent Examiner Report
1. Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisers
Charity Details
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A) The Charity Name: Bethel Baptist Chapel.
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B) The Charity registration number: 1192188
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C) The address of the principal office of the charity: Bethel
Chapel, St John’s Road, Bath BA2 6PX.
- D) Names of Trustees
Mr John Gaskell – Trustee
Mr John Benjamin Gaskell - Trustee
Pastor Bill Goodman – Pastor and Trustee
2. Structure, governance and management
Bethel Baptist Chapel as a fellowship of baptised Christian believers has been in existence since 1890. The original trust deed of the church specified that all members and officers must accept the articles of the Gospel Standard Trust. In 2008 the pastor and membership felt unable to continue to accept these articles, and so rightly entered a lease with Gospel Standard Trust to retain the use of the building. In the light of this, the Gospel Standard Trust have charged a small amount as the annual rent. The Church finally registered as an independent charity with the Charity Commission in October 2019. A statement of faith differing from the Gospel Standard Articles was adopted by all the membership. The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689 adopted as the guide to all public teaching in the church. The Church has a defined membership of believers, who are baptised by immersion. A list of the current membership is available on request.
The Church Meetings of Bethel Baptist Chapel are the properly constituted means for conducting all the business and affairs of the Church. The minutes of these meetings are private. Some examples of matters arising at our Church Meetings are: The appointment of Trustees, the election of Church Officers, applications for Church membership, financial matters and reports, planning of activities, allocation of funds for missionary support, Sunday School, Sunday and Midweek worship services.
The principal object of the Charity is the advancement of the Christian faith according to Baptist principles and in accordance with the Basis of Faith as stated in Schedule 1.
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Bethel Baptist Chapel St John’s Road, Bath, BA2 6PX Trustees Report with Accounts and Independent Examiner Report
3. Financial Review
Our main source of income is derived from regular gifts of the Membership and congregation. The primary areas of expenditure are: The maintenance of premises, support of our Pastor for ministry work, grants to overseas ministries, and remuneration for visiting ministers. At present we do not hold any special reserves. This year we have completely refurbished the kitchen, to comply with regulations regarding the preparation and serving of food. We have also replaced the flat roof over the kitchen and undertaken extensive repairs to the roof at the rear of the building.
4. Funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others
The Trustees do not act as custodians.
5. Objectives and activities
(Charities that are not subject to a statutory audit requirement may limit their disclosures within this section to a summary of the charity’s objects as set out in its governing document and to providing a brief summary of the main activities undertaken in relation to those objects)
The objective of Bethel Baptist Chapel Charity is the spread of the Christian Religion. The main activities are: Sunday worship Services, Midweek Services, Sunday School for Children, Open Air Ministry and regular evangelistic outreach work, raising money to support missionary work and gospel evangelism.
6. Achievements and performance
In addition to our Sunday morning and evening worship, and Midweek service, this last year by God’s help and enabling we have been able to maintain our support to a number of important Christian charities and organisations in the United Kingdom. We have continued to support a full-time evangelist in Ethiopia. The Church has decided to move the weekly Sunday School from the afternoon to the morning to run concurrently with the morning service. We have organized one Saturday Special open to all children in March and we hope to run these on a regular basis throughout the following year. The Open-Air ministry continues on a weekly basis. 1000 Scripture
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Bethel Baptist Chapel St John’s Road, Bath, BA2 6PX Trustees Report with Accounts and Independent Examiner Report
verse calendars have been distributed to all care homes in Bath, and to many shops and cafes.
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Bethel Baptist Chapel St John’s Road, Bath, BA2 6PX Trustees Report with Accounts and Independent Examiner Report
7. Charity Accounts
| Unrestric | Total | Last year | Last year | Last year | ||||
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| ted | funds | 2022 | ||||||
| funds | 2023 | |||||||
| Receipts | ||||||||
| Giving | 30,860 | 30,860 | 25,015 | |||||
| Parking | 4,050 | 4,050 | 1,690 | |||||
| Gift Aid | 16,287 | 16,287 | 0 | |||||
| Refund | 11 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Error | 320 | 320 | ||||||
| Sub Total | 51,528 | 51,528 | 26,705 | |||||
| Asset and | ||||||||
| investment | ||||||||
| sales. | ||||||||
| Total receipts | 51,528 | 51,528 | 26,705 | |||||
| Payments | ||||||||
| Church Activities | 47,854 | 47,854 | 18.995 | |||||
| Grants to support | 6,622 | 6,622 | 5,677 | |||||
| external work | ||||||||
| Error | 320 | 320 | ||||||
| Total | 54,796 | 54,796 | 24,632 | |||||
| Net of | (3,268) | (3,268) | 2,073 | |||||
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| ents) | ||||||||
| Categories | Details | Unrestric | Tota | Total | ||||
| ted funds | l | 2022 | ||||||
| 2023 | ||||||||
| B1 Cash | Current | 8,877 | 8,87 | 12,14 | ||||
| funds | Account | 7 | 5 | |||||
| Total cash | 8,877 | 8,87 | 12,14 | |||||
| funds | 7 | 5 | ||||||
| B3 | Scottish | 14,582 | 14,5 | 14,38 | ||||
| Investment | Widows | 82 | 9 | |||||
| assets | ||||||||
| Total | 14,582 | 14,5 | 14,38 | |||||
| Investment | 82 | 9 | ||||||
| assets |
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Bethel Baptist Chapel St John’s Road, Bath, BA2 6PX Trustees Report with Accounts and Independent Examiner Report
| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s ownuse |
Electric piano Dell laptop |
500 0 |
700 75 |
Liabilities - There are no outstanding liabilities. The annual rent for the use of the building is not large and is met by cash payment each year.
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees. Signature
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Trustee
Date: 10[th] December 2024
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Bethel Baptist Chapel St John’s Road, Bath, BA2 6PX Trustees Report with Accounts and Independent Examiner Report
8. Breakdown of Receipts and Payments
| Receipts | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
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| VoluntaryGiving | 30,8605 | 25,015 |
| Gift Aid | 16,287 | 0 |
| Parking | 4,050 | 1,690 |
| Error | 320 | 0 |
| Refund | 11 | |
| Totals | 51,528 | 26,705 |
| Payments | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
| Building maintenance | 22,229 | 103.20 |
| Pastor's stipend | 17,225 | 11,518.77 |
| Ethiopia evangelist support | 2,560 | 3120 |
| HMRC | 1,623 | 573.51 |
| Gas and Electricity | 1,195 | 1,298 |
| Barnabas Fund | 1,099 | 769 |
| Open Air Mission | 1,099 | 769 |
| Trinitarian Bible Society | 1,099 | 769 |
| Insurance | 1,081 | 1,016 |
| Outreach (leaflets, calendars, books) |
947 | 571.37 |
| Visiting Preachers | 920 | 1080 |
| Online Services | 630 | 381 |
| Advertising | 579 | 670 |
| Tharuah Special School | 535 | 0 |
| Independent Examiner | 375 | 0 |
| Error | 320 | 0 |
| Nepal | 300 | 0 |
| Romania Ministries | 250 | 250 |
| Gospel Standard Trust (Rent) | 250 | 0 |
| ThirtyOneEight | 214 | 145 |
| Web site | 189 | 189 |
| Bank Charges | 77 | 65 |
| Legal Fees | 0 | 1,344 |
| Totals | 54,797 | 24,632 |
| Difference for the year | (3,268) | 2,073 |
9. Independent Examination Our Accounts have been independently examined by Hans Duodu FMAAT (pages attached)
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Bethel Baptist Chapel St John’s Road, Bath, BA2 6PX Trustees Report with Accounts and Independent Examiner Report
Schedule 1
The Church's Statement of Faith
We believe in:
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The full and verbal inspiration of all the Old Testament and New Testament Scriptures, and of these alone: their being in themselves the Word of God, without error, and wholly reliable in both fact and doctrine; their sole authority and perpetual sufficiency in all matters of faith and practice.
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The unity of the Godhead and the divine co-equality of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; the sovereignty of God in creation, providence, and redemption.
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The total depravity of human nature in consequence of the fall, and the necessity for regeneration.
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The true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, his virgin birth; his real and perfect manhood; the authority of his teaching and the infallibility of all his utterances; his work of atonement for sinners of mankind by his substitutionary sufferings and death; his bodily resurrection and his ascension into Heaven; and his present priestly intercession for his people at the right hand of the Father.
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The justification of the sinner solely by faith in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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The work of the Holy Spirit as essential for a true and spiritual understanding of the Scriptures: for regeneration, conversion, and for ministry and worship.
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The universal Church, the body of which Christ is the Head, embracing all the redeemed, called by God through the Gospel, born of the Spirit and justified by faith; the local church, comprising such believers as the expression of the universal Church, and fellowship between such churches, manifesting the unity of the body of Christ.
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The ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's Supper as being instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ, but not in Baptism as conveying regenerating grace, nor in the Lord's Supper as being a sacrifice for sin or involving any change in the substance of the bread and wine. The ordinance of Baptism is for believers only and by total immersion.
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The personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ in glory. The resurrection of the body; the judgment of the world by our Lord
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Bethel Baptist Chapel St John’s Road, Bath, BA2 6PX Trustees Report with Accounts and Independent Examiner Report
Jesus Christ, with the eternal blessedness of the righteous and the eternal punishment of the wicked.
This brief statement summarises the doctrines that all church members believe. In the Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689 these truths are amplified. The teaching of the church will reflect the doctrines of the 1689 Confession, to which the Pastor and all other Officers are required to give assent.
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Charity Name No (if any) Bethel Baptist Chapel 1192188 Receipts and payments accounts
payments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 4/1/2023 3/31/2024
Section A Receipts and payments
| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||
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| A1 Receipts Giving 30,860 Parking 4,050 Gift Aid 16,287 Error 320 Refund 11 - - - 51,528 - - Sub total - Total receipts 51,528 A3 Payments Church actvities 47,854 Grants to support external work 6,622 Error 320 - - - - - - Sub total 54,796 - - Sub total - Total payments 54,796 Net of receipts/(payments) - 3,268 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 12,145 Cash funds this year end 8,877 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ 30,860 4,050 16,287 320 11 - - - 51,528 - - 51,528 47,854 6,622 320 - - - - - - 54,796 - - - 54,796 - 3,268 - 12,145 8,877 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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30,860 | 25,015 | ||
| 4,050 | 1,690 | |||
| 16,287 | - | |||
| 320 | - | |||
| 11 | - | |||
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| 51,528 | 26,705 | |||
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| - | 51,528 | 26,705 | ||
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47,854 | 18,955 | ||
| 6,622 | 5,677 | |||
| 320 | - | |||
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| 54,796 | 24,632 | |||
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| - | 54,796 | 24,632 | ||
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- 3,268 | 2,073 | |
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| - | 12,145 | 10,072 | ||
| - | 8,877 | 6,473 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Details Current Account Details Details Scottish Widows Details Electric Piano Details Signature #VALUE! Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ to nearest £ 8,876 - - - - - 8,876 - Agreement Error OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) 14582 - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name WJR GOODMAN Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| OK | |||
| to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| 14,582 | |||
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| 500 | |||
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| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| #VALUE! | WJR GOODMAN | 12/10/2024 | |
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
| Report to the trustees/ members of On accounts for the year ended Set out on page |
Charity Name Bethel Baptist Chapel |
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| 31/03/2024 Charity no (if any) 1192188 |
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2024.
- Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 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 Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 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 which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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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.
| Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: |
Date: | 07thDecember 2024 |
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| Mr Hans Blix Duodu | ||
| Association of Accounting Technicians (FMAAT) | ||
| 49 Peppercorn Drive | ||
| Northstowe, Cambridgeshire | ||
| CB24 1BF |
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