2022-12-31-accounts - Carters Lane Baptist Church

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CARTERS LANE BAPTIST CHURCH – ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2022

Structure, Governance and Management

Members of the Church are accepted in accordance with the Constitution which requires them to be or to have been baptised on the profession of faith in Jesus Christ, or following other modes of baptism to renew their public profession of faith in Jesus Christ.

The members Meeting normally takes place 5 times per year and has responsibility for the overall policy of the church.

FOR 2022, WE WERE ABLE TO ORGANISE CHURCH MEETINGS BUT WE HAD TO EXERCISE GREAT CARE BECAUSE OF CONTINUING PRECAUTIONS FOLLOWING THE RECENT PANDEMIC.

In accordance with the Constitution, the members appoint up to 10 deacons/Trustees, who together with the Minister, Church Secretary and Treasurer (who are 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 church/charity. All members are encouraged to take an appropriate part in the spiritual and practical tasks involved in the furtherance of the church’s objectives.

In 2022 the deacons continued to meet monthly and minutes are kept in the church safe.

In 2022 we were able to hold Annual General Meeting and the trustees were able to present reports and accounts.

Church members each receive minutes of the formal church meetings. These are sent out with agendas at least one week prior to the meeting.

Relevant matters may be submitted to the Church meeting by the Deacons/Trustees for guidance, or may be raised by members in Church meeting for further consideration by the Deacons/Trustees. Though the Constitution permits decisions to be made at Church meetings by appropriate majorities, the Church seeks to work by consensus wherever possible.

Objectives and Activities

The principle purpose of the church/charity is the advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination to include the advancement of education, community service and other general charitable purposes in such parts of the United Kingdom and the world as the Church shall determine.

Our particular aims and objectives are:-

To be a demonstrable place of Christian fellowship and worship furthering God’s kingdom on earth
To be a friendly, open and welcoming church, not just on Sunday services but throughout all activities
To encourage the growth of the membership of the Church attracting new young people and families to the congregation, whilst continuing to support and nurture the current congregation.
To mobilise the church membership to increase the number and range engaged in the running of the wider activities of the church.

The Church has a Minister, working at 60%, an active diaconate and around 70 active church members.

In the normal run of things we have around 120 young people involved weekly in Sunday Club, Friday Youth Club, the Brigade and the Toddler Group. There are a range of activities which normally take place during the week for adults and seniors including 65 Lunch Club for senior citizens, exercise groups, and an Over 50s Group. We are now offering weekly free Coffee Mornings as part of the Places of Welcome Scheme. In addition to weekly groups, the Church usually hold an annual Holiday Club for primary aged children, social evenings such as quizzes and concerts, garden parties and Autumn Fair. There are strong links with the worshipping community in the locality. We are very active members of Churches Together in Halesowen.

During 2022 these activities regularly took place at the church though, occasionally, some groups and activities were held using ZOOM.

The Church operates systems to ensure that all people working with children and vulnerable adults are appropriately verified with regard to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The church has read the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit, and is satisfied that the activities outlined above clearly demonstrate that the charity is providing a benefit to the public.

Activities and Performance

The Church does not measure the success of its programmes only in numbers, including financial numbers, but also in less tangible areas like fellowship and encouragement. The Deacons/Trustees recognise that these are difficult to measure, but believe that 2022 was a positive year in the life of the church, and that it will be able to pursue its mission purposes in 2023 with renewed enthusiasm.

At December 2022 the membership stood at 73.

For the first half of 2022 regular services and Bible Study sessions were held in church and on-line. These were well supported.

Government guidelines regarding COVID restrictions were still rigorously followed.

Financial Review

The Church continues to raise the funds which it needs to carry on its activities from within its own membership and congregation. No wider public appeal was made for funds during the year.

The most significant expense related to the continued appointment of the Revd Siôr Coleman as Minister of the Church, on a 60% basis, to lead and co-ordinate the church’s activities including the Sunday services, to provide pastoral care for the congregation and other people, and to equip and encourage the membership in their life, Christmas witness and service.

The Church expressed its part in the life of the wider church by making grants to national and international Christian organisations and societies with Christian aims and objectives compatible with the church’s own charitable purpose and other charitable causes.

The Church is heavily dependent on its membership working as volunteers in all aspects of the church’s activities, many of which run with little or no impact on the church’s expenditure, but nevertheless contribute substantially to the achievement of the church’s objectives.

The financial results for the year, together with a summary of the accounting policies adopted are set out in accompanying financial statements.

The church is a participating employer within the Defined Benefit section of the Baptist Pension scheme and has been making ongoing deficit payments to cover the costs of past service of its employees within the scheme under a recovery plan. The church has no plan to leave the scheme and expects to continue to make payments to the scheme in line with the recovery plan.

Cart•r• Lana Baptlst Church Accounts for 1Mf202241M2r2022 The Deacons {actirvJ as managing trustees of the Churd)) a responSIb for the preparation of the a¢Unts under S.42(3) CharÈbes Act 1993. The Income of the Church 18 below the threshold of £250,0Th) arKI trwe accounts tk9ve tyretre been prepared on a 'Receipts and PaYnnts. basis with review by an indeperKlent examiner. The fdS for the Church are distriLKrted a(xoss 4 xLx)unts. There afe no restrictions placed on the funds held by the Churth. 1. Buslness BanklTrJ Exlrd Current A[[nt Ltyjs Bank (tern1 hereafter a8 Treasurers Current ACCnt[rA) 2. 30 Day A(xwnt Ltyls Bank (tened hereafter as 30 day ac(x)unt130D) 3. NS&I BorKIs 4. HEBA The a¢Unts for the Treasurers Current Atal £1 154.00 Total Recei Total Pa £ 91365.30 £ 86 543.07 Note: Comparatlve figwes fty 2021 Total Receipts of £64.390.03 Total Payments of £63.015.78 Surplus £ 1.37425

Flnanclal Statamont for the yoar ondod 31 D•c•mb•r 2022 G•n•rnl R•colpts and Paym•nts Recelpts and paYnnts are suwffiar here. Addlll(mal detall glven kn the accompanyin9 rte$ later in the document. RECEIPTS Weekly collections Collections Istandin Donatlons Glft Ald Investment Incomellnterest Income from rent of ro Hall Rental late} order) £7,119.22 £30,758.04 £11,373.65 £9.210.49 £953.81 £2,412.40 £4,290.00 £5,0(K).00 £565. £2,292.39 £99.60 £i,(x)o. £14,978.66 £1.312.04 £91.365.30 acy Weddln / funerals Ralsed for other causes Prlntin and statione Youth Minist Profit on sale of manse Bank interest from HEBA TOTAL RECEIPTS PAYMEpirs Minlst Youth Mlnl Adminlstration £33,232.18 £660.fy) £6,873.62 Church Premlses £43,627.27 Amounts passed onto other causes £2,150.00 £86.543.07 TOTAL PAYMEpirs Ov•rall Incom• and •xp•ndliuro Recel £91,365.30 £86.543.07

Statement of Assots and UablllU05 at 31112r202Z 00511 3V1212022 £0.00 £0. £488,976.23 £44&976.23 OperA IIV2022 £0. Freehold Land and Bulldin Manse Cash Assets Total Assets Note 3 Note 4 £290,0. £154,154. £444,ts4. £290,(KX).(X) £294822.23 £4822.23 Uabllltles Penslon Fund Totsl Uabllitles Overall Po•ltlon £20,9(X) £20. £423.1 £20,900.(X)) 1£29.9LYJ.(K)) £25.72223 £0.00 £o.cM) £448.976.23 Note 5

stotho The aC)Unts have been preparwj on a 'receipts arKI payrmnts. basis arKI in accordance with Section 133 Charlties Act 2011. . Addlth>nal Detdkn of Rec•W8 BMS BMS Blrthth StMe HO Missfjon ett- DeLIVERI £594. £652m £637.49 £ 2. Addlllon•l D•talls of P•ym•nl• MINISTrY £10 £4.165.16 Bank £23&02 ScMe £350.f HMRC 9735 7421 8MS Horre 57 £75QQQ Manse Fl £50 Penslon V151tlng Preach•rs Re £L22&07 £240.CQ £13&97 £39&66 Youth Mln ofman 39Ji OAI 3. Fr•ohold land and bulldlng• Froehotd land and buildings are shwi at no valu8 as it 18 cx)nsid8red that they have no commerclal value due to the restricled (xjvenant placed by the vendor when the land was originally acquired. This is a conser¥atiV8 Position since, if time and resources are Invested in pursuir¥J thls. a more tve (xrtcom8 may be forthcoming but canrK>t be assumed unle5S tesled legally. If the Church were to b8 In financxal dfficults'es YUlj be wrsued fvlty.

Manse The Carter5 Lane Manse %YdS sold 4 November 2022. The freehold title of tt)e Manse was in the name of Heart of England Bapb"st Association (HEBA) and was purchased by moniès raised by the members of Carters Lane. The Manse was sold for £310,000 and £304,978.66 was received by HEBA net of expertses rdated to the sale. The proc88ds are now held on behalf of Carters Lane for their fijbjre use. Payments Salo Prlce £310.IJ)O Land Registry Office Coples Estate Agents Professional Fees EPC Report (Estate Agent Fee) Indemnty Pdicy Premium Anthony Colllns Wl Fees (Salo) £6.00 £3720.00 £90.00 £65.34 £1.140.00 Total• £310,OIXI £5021.34 Balanc• Transf•rr•d lo HEB £304978.456 nsIOn Fund On 30th Jun8 2022 the 88plst Penslon Schèrn sKJned an agreement with the in8ur8fK company Just Group {°Jusf) to secure DB Plan members, pension benefits. Just are now providing finanaal bad(irvJ for all pensions provided throLwJh the Scheme's D8 Plan and following this transaction. the Scheme no longer has 2 shortfall. An updated ReLX)very plan was Ihen signed in August 2022 under vhlich recow OtributiOnS from each participating employer in the DB pfan reduced to £1 per from August 2022. Mrs. Gall Rolhnle. Treasurer Mrs. LesleyJones.................................................... . . .... ......... Ms. EmokeSinN)n, Indefw Examiner... ...................................