2023-12-31-accounts

Trustees, Annual Report for the perfod From 01 January 2022 to 31 Docombor 2023 Charlty name: Calne Baptst Church Charlty reglstratlon numbor: 1195404 Objectlves and Activities The princlpal purpose8 of the Church are: The advancement of the Chrlstlan faith according to the principle8 of the Bapti8t denomination. The Church may a180 advance education and carry +Xrt other charitable wrp0888 In the United Kingdom andlor other part8 of the world. In fuSfi11ing the purpos68, the Church will éngage In a rarwJ8 of actlvlile8 erther on itg own or with oth•rs that wlll vary from time to ts'me with activitie8 boirKJ inrtiated. expanded, or c108ed, a8 appropriat•. The activiti88 may indude but w• not restrithd to: regular public wor8hip, prayer, 8lbl6 8tLKly. ryeachlng arKI toachirvJ. b8Ptism, a8 defin•d in Baptst Union's DeGlaration crf Principle. the Communion of the Lord'8 Supper whith 8hall nomally be ob8erved at least onc• month. evangoli8m and mi88ion. locally, r•gionally. nationally and internationally. the teaching, encouragomont. ￿lcorne and Indu8lon of young people. nurtur• and gr0￿h of CM'8ti8n d1$a￿e8. education arKI trainirva for Chn8tian and communty 8ervbCe. giving and encouraging pastoral care. supporting and encouraglng charitable S￿la1 action in the United Kingd(xn arKd abroad. encouraging relationships with and 8UPPOrting Baptists arKI other ChristiarA.

Public benefit declaratlon The trustees have noted thoir duty to have due rngard to the commlmlon's public b&n•fft guldance and are committed to •nsurlng that the actlvlties of the Church arn woll publlcisad and o￿n to maM￿r8 of tho Publ￿ ActivItl￿ are publlsh•d on th• Church ￿￿1t•. Contribution made by volunteers. Tho trustaes are glad to acknowledge thal the actlvltles of the Church go ah•ad onty wlth the voluntsry •ngagament of memb•rs of the congregatlon. The trusteos would like to thank all those who wllllngly give tholr tlme and ellort to tho 8ervlc•s conductod by tho church. Achievements and Performance Durlng 2023 th• church contlnued wMkly wornhlp on 8unday mornlng8, Includlng Junlor Church for chlldren at Prfmary School. Rogular prayer tlmes al80 take plac• on som• Sunday •v•nlngs. A wMkly coff•• mornlng opon to all momb•rn ¢)f th• communlty continues and •ome Fllm nlghts hav• tak•n plaG•. Th• Y4arni Spac•, that b•g•n In Nov•mb•r 2022 ha• contlnuod a• 'Tho Llvlng Room. and has b••n rogularfy att•nd•d by fourt••n poopl• a8 w•ll as occa•lon•l att•ndanco by a furthèr fourt••n peopl• ov•r the Y￿1. Whll•t n￿bOrn ar• rnlatlvely small, the opportunlty to d•v•lop rnlatlon8hip• ar• partbcularly good and glgnlflcant conv•rBatlon8 ar• able to tak• place. Th18 has bmn espoclally helpful for p￿P1• faclng amotlonal dlfflcultt•s and n••dlng •om•on• to talk kn Th• group18 •spgclally umful for old•r p•opl• who Ilv• alon• and n••d company. We put on a Communlty Blg Lunch on 7 PAay to c•l•brat• th• Coronatlon of Klng C￿rIe$ll1 whlch was attond•d by at l•a•t on• hundr•d p•opl•. Th1• •nabkd th• church to off hospltallty to all and to bulld r•latlon8hlps wlth othorn. H￿pItalIty agaln off•red al th• annual Motorblk• moot held In July. R•tumlng vlltor• w•r• very Int•rn8ted In tho plan8 for lh• church d•v•loyMnt and many compllm•ntary comments wore r•c•lved. ThM• •v•nts •r• al•0 opportun1t1￿ to Jhar• our falth vAth p•opl• and Ins￿1 qu•8tlon• that th•y may have. At th• b•glnnlng of 2023 w• •IcoM￿ 3 lrnnlan m•n, WI￿ ar• Ilvlng In a noarby lown, to our Sunday wornhlp. Th1• hu b••n an opportunlty to off•r •upport and encouragem•nt for tho¥• s••klng r•fuy and a8ylum In tho UK and s•ver•l m•mb•r• of th• congrngatlon hav• drawn along•ldo them men and got to know them and off•rod practlcal holp. All had •torles to tell of very dlfficuft clrcum8tanc•s In th•lr ovm country and thè dlscrlmlnatlon they •uff•rod bOCau￿ of thdr Chrl$Uan falth. Wo w•r• dellght•d to bapt18• two of them In May. thi8 wa• wonderful occaslon for us all. Earfy In 2023 w• •larted vmrklng wlth oth•r churchu In th• Calne Partnornhlp of Churches to run a rnonthly 'Me8sy chu￿h,. The Calne fAl•thodlst Church host th18 on th0 2nd Sunday of th• month and has volunts•rn from mosl of tho ChU￿h0$ In th• Partn•rshlp. Numb•rn attending hav• boon good, and famlllts come along to take part and to •har• In • •knpl• tea at tho end. Feodback ha• b￿n positiv•, and have grown. We hav• joined with Partnershlp ChU￿h•S durlng the y•ar at varlous tlmes Includlng the w¢•k of prayer for Chrlsllan Unlty. L•nt groupsg and Eastsr Mrvlco8. For the firnt thn•. we

Jolntly ran a stall at the Chrfstmas lights went In November. We had a natlvlty scene and costumes for pooplo to dress up and take thelr own photograph. We also gave out four hundred childr•n's books from Blble Soclety and had many conversations with m•mbgrs of tho public. Wo rec•lved lots of posltlve comments from p•opl• who approciatod what wa offered. The 'Open the book, team has •lso contlnued to visit three of the local Prfmary schools and seems to be well appreciated by staff and children. We, as a church, were also Invltod Into another School to l•ad an A￿mblY in Dec•mber whlch we were dellghtsd to do. The ChU￿h was abl• to support th• work of The Rf9• Trust by provldfng Tosco Vouchers to number of n•edy famlll•s in Decomb•r. Wo also supported tho Prf80n Fellowshlp and TEARfund with donatlon8 at Chrlskna& During thh y•ar we havo had tho prtvllego of rK•lvlng Mlnl•try from atlgut a dozen very able spoakern. We have been especialty grat6ful for the 8UPPQrt of the Reglonal Team and Todd Nlghtlngale. In tho Autumn ￿ re￿I¥•d a profile from a prosp•ctlv• Minlster. and aftor ma•tlng wlth hlm on several o¢uslon, th• Church docldod to ￿&11 hlm as our next Mlnlst•r. Wayn• Lawthor will be Jolnlng us as our Mlnl8t•r on 1 March 2024. Pastoral care ha• conllnuod throughout th• y•ar by mombern of th• church who vl•lt and •upport those In need In many ways. R•gular prayer• are also Mid for all those ￿0M wo arn •war• of wlth sp•cfflc n••d•. We w•r• •orry to •ay goodbye to G•off Cook who dl•d In S•ptember, he18 fondty rnmembored. Wo ￿lcoM￿ vlsltor to th• church throughout th• yoar and Luk• and Th•m• Into mffiib•r8hlp in Decemb•r. The church r•davelown•nt plans w•r• approvod by Wlltshlrn Councll In Aprll 8ubJocl to ••v•ral condltlon•. In the Ilm• slnco th•n. many hourn hav• bo•n •p•nt rnfining th• d•Lill• of th• plan• and conductln9 *urv•y• •u¢h as th• Archa•ologkal Surv•y. Grant appllrAtlon• ar• also In tho Pr￿•$$ of b•lng mado to top up th• funds that w• alr•ady have so that ￿ can do all th• thlng• wo hav• planned. Thls l• v•ry much on golng and l• not Ilkdy to ￿ ready to •ubmlt for tsnd•r untll MarchlAprll 20X Flnanclal Revlew Durlng th1• year we had roc•lpts totslllng £103,861 and paym•iits of £85.413 cr•atlng •urplu8 of £18,448. Thh m•an• w• •nd•d th• year vthh cash funds of £87,661. P•rt of th• r•colpts wa8 £56,013 Int•mt from our Bulldlng Trust Fund and part of th• paym•nts w•r• £48,938 of InvolcM rnlatlng to our r•d•v•lown•nt proJ•cL Our Bulkllng Tru•t Fund r•maln• at £1,494,419. In th1• comlng y•ar the appolnlmont ol a Mlnl•t•r, from 1•t ma￿h, wlll hav• a •lgnlflcant Impact on our gen•r•l funds. The Charlty romaln• In a 8trong flnanclal P￿IllOn. Structure. Governance and Management The Church is gOV￿￿d by a con8tituiion dated 23 May 2021 The Church is register8d WFth the Charity Commission as a Charrtable Inwrated Organisation. Any per80n qualffied to be a Member of the Church 18 el￿1b10 for election as a Charity Tru8t•• (un1•88 disqualified by sLgtuie) provided that they affimi in wrttsng when accepting nomination that they uphold the Purpose of the Church as stated in dau8e 3 arKI the Bel￿ as stated in dause 4 of the Constiiuti'on.

The Church Secretary and Church T￿aSurer shall auiomaticalty be a Charity Trustee because of their role arKI responsibilities. Any Minister or Minister8 appointed to serve the Church shall automaticalty be a Charity Trustee. The Church is a member of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the Regional Association known as webnet. The Church supports the work of BMSWorldMission. The Church 18 a member of the Calne Parlner8hip of Churthes and is affiliated to the Evangellcal Alliance. Reference and Admlni8trativ• detslls Charty name Calne Bapts8t Church Registered charfrty number 1195404 Charity'8 principal addre88 Castle Stroot, Calne SN11 ODX Names of the charlty trusta•s who manage tho charfty. OIHc• Imary) Treasurer Mr Tery Mi118 Mr8 Ro8 Mi118 MJ Imogen Willgre88 Mr8 Jenny Wood8 S•cretary Mr Tèry Mi118 was appointed a8 Tr•a8urer and Ih•refore Tru8te8 on 22 May 2022 following the re8ignatlon of Mr Adrian Bray. Reverend Sam Kirvj resigned a8 Char#y Truste• from 31 July 2022. Looklng ahead 1 March 2024 wlll th• appolnlmenl of IAlr Wayn• Lawth•r a• th• n•xt Mlnl•t•r of Calne Baptlst Church. Th• Tru8t•M look forward to a PAlnlsty and th• opportunltl•• that th wlll brlng to the Ilts of th• Church. Th• ongolng bulldlng plan• condnue to b• a challenge to make •ur• •v•rythlng l• and look lorward ts) th• work actually •tartlng In th• SprlnWSumm•r of 20X Durfng th• Ilm• that w• wlll not b• able to our own bulldlng, th• Trut•es hopo that Some tompornry accommodatlon can ￿ •ecurod whlch wlll •nabl• th• church to conllnu• to h•v• a pre9•n￿ In th• t(Mffl. If at all po•8lblo, w• want to b• ablo to •ngag• wlth p•opl• In a t•mporary plac• and to ront prom1￿ for Sund•y Y)rshlp. Thls l• •ll to b• negollated at tho approprlat• lkne. Durfng th18 porlod of Ghange. the TnMtso8 naed to kn•p the focus of tho church on its coro prfn¢lplos and valu

Declarations Tho tru8toe8 declare that thty hav• approved the trustees, report abov•. Slgn•d on behalf of tho charlty's truste 81gnature(s) Full namo(81 Posftlon l•.g. Secretary, Chalr) lIMc￿￿> C£EsSib A TRusT£E i Fè6.

CHARffY COMMIS5 Recei tsand ents accounts CC16a To Section A Receipts and payments Unrnstri¢ted funds RKtri¢tod lund8 Endowment T¢)tsl funds Last year A1 Rttel GiftAid CLW" 4.347 32 10.369 12.149 1,919 Rental Irvxfi InvewMnt Inu 1.919 14013 R¢￿Tr HI l1ZI 2.193 ee Tiust 10 Fllm 32 CARP BMS Funds fvtth UIA 232 AR) IOIJ07 Total rocrfpts Bank Chorges 8oDkkMF¥r4 cl￿nIng 72 4,061 4.106 2,368 IngurarKe 2.017 37 10,890 1,701 2,662 IOMO M#tkotin Pen￿0￿ 7S3 418 9.3f8 fXJl 4.325 178 In SlalfTrar 47 879 210 13.662 tm Propety Fur¥J 88 Tr￿[ Film Nwhl 1fK IIK* IS 105 1rJJ 15 Sub lotal 13 86A13 343 CCXX R1 acuurf8 ISS} 111¢J2r2024

Sub to 85A13 W13 11448 A6 Trnn•f•rn bolwwn fund• A6 C••h lund• th•t y•ar•nd C•slJ lund* thls y••r•nd 87.M1 87,661 09.21 CCXX P2 acojunb ISS

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment La.'I B1 C•h fund8 .861 Endowm•nt nd• fund• Detsi13 82 (Xher monot*ry •M•t8 IAO4794 Cth ￿ TnAt Fty Delails CuvYentvalu• 2,53•M2 Pl￿db>whAch Detsll8 ¢urr•rrtvahw B4 Ae80ts rotsln•d forth• charlty'• own u I0¥A￿ch Delails BS Llabllltt•• S¥ne¢J byor• ortthv on tehaifof81 * tru5bJes 1.4 C>Z I 13.oz.x CCXX ISSI

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report	Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages	Calne Baptist Church 31 December 2023 Charity no (if any) 1195404 1
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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 31/12/2023. Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

• the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or

• the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or

• the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

• Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Date: 15/02/2024

Signed: Name: Rachel Proto Relevant professional ACA qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 7-7c Snuff Street, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 1DU

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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