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## Trustees' Annual Report 

For the period:  01 September 2023 to 31 August 2024 

**Section A Reference and administration details Charity name** Ackhill Baptist Church **Registered charity number** 1195592 (Date of registration: 23 August 2021) **Principal address** Ackhill Manse, Dolley Green, Presteigne, LD8 2EE **Charity Trustees** (appointed by voting members of Ackhill Baptist Church) **Name Office Held Dates Acting** Richard John Mansell Pastor and Chairman For the full financial year Philip Pain Deacon For the full financial year Benjamin Peter Thornton For the full financial year Cherry Tooley From 14[th] October 2023 

**Section B Structure, governance and management Type of charity** Ackhill Baptist Church is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) **Governing document** Ackhill Baptist Church is governed by its constitution, Revision 1 dated: 24 April 2023 **Trustee selection** All Charity Trustees must subscribe and adhere to, in belief and lifestyle, the Statement of Faith as set out in the constitution. New trustees are proposed by the existing trustees or the leadership team at a members’ meeting. A two-thirds majority of voting members is required for the proposed new trustee(s) to be appointed. 

**Policies and procedures** Although Ackhill Baptist Church is a small fellowship (typ. 35 people attend Sunday worship each week), we nevertheless have put in place a number of policies and procedures to ensure the safety of our attendees and the proper management of our affairs. These include: 

- Health & Safety Policy (including a series of risk assessments for activities where hazards could lead to injury or harm) 

- Safeguarding Policy 

- Data Protection Policy 

- Conflict of Interest Policy (to ensure trustees’ outside interests or loyalties do not compromise their ability to make decisions in the best interests of Ackhill Baptist Church) 

- Financial Controls Policy 

- Reserves Policy 

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## **Section C** 

## **Objectives and activities** 

**Charitable objects as set out in** The Object of the CIO is, for the public benefit, the advancement of the Christian **our constitution** faith according to Baptist principles and in accordance with the Statement of Faith. 

**Main activities undertaken for** We exist to glorify God and to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ as His disciples. We do **the public benefit** this in a variety of ways. We: 

- Gather for corporate worship, prayer and praise, welcoming all who would join us 

- Proclaim the salvation available by grace alone, through faith alone in Christ alone 

- Teach children the Word of God in Sunday School 

- Run a mother-and-toddler group 

- Encourage our members to live godly lives, understanding what God expects of them 

- Stand ready to disciple new converts 

- Observe the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Table 

- Reach out to those we meet with the compassion which Christ affords us, hoping to be the fragrance of Christ 

- Hold faithfully to the whole counsel of God in our teaching and practice 

- Cooperate with other evangelical fellowships 

- Support missionary work at home and overseas 

**Grants and investments** 

Ackhill Baptist Church does not dispense grants, neither does it invest, other than at the bank in a savings account. Total funds in our current and savings accounts do not exceed the FSCS compensation limit of £85,000. 

|**Section D**|**Achievements and performance**|
|---|---|
|**Main achievements during the**|<br>We said farewell to two members of our congregation during the period as they|
|**year**|went to be with the Lord. Funeral services were held at the Chapel, one of which|
||saw ca. 250 people in attendance, including many from the local community.|
||Sunday School and the Dolley Tots mother-and-toddler group meetings are both|
||running regularly, with all leaders and helpers being trained and DBS checked.|
||Dolley Tots numbers continue to grow steadily. Sunday School numbers have|
||fluctuated as families with Sunday School-age children have both joined and|
||moved away from the area. We are often blessed to welcome visiting families|
||and grandchildren of regular members. Our overall attendance at Sunday|
||worship is up by ca. 16% compared to 2022/23.|
||Our mid-week prayer and Bible study meetings continue to be held on-line as this|
||has been found to suit those living further away from the Chapel and not wishing|
||to drive, especially during winter months. In October 2023 we started a|
||homegroup meeting for those wishing to meet face-to-face for fellowship, prayer|
||and study during the week. This group, which meets twice a month, has grown to|
||the point where it may soon split into two with one part meeting in a different|
||geographical location.|



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## **Section D, cont** 

## **Main achievements during the year, cont.** 

## **Achievements and performance** 

Ackhill Baptist Church has continued to reach out to its congregation and the local community. We have held three fellowship meals in the period – one in the Autumn after our harvest service, one at Christmas and a barbecue in the summer. As well as regular chapel-goers, friends, family and neighbours were invited, all free-of-charge. 

We continue to support the local Knighton & Presteigne Foodbank both financially and with donations in kind, as well as providing the services of the treasurer and designated safeguarding officer free of charge. Both treasurer and safeguarding officer are also trustees of the foodbank. 

The church has long been a supporter of the Samaritan’s Purse Shoebox Appeal by making up a number of boxes and acting as a local collection point and dropoff centre for the area. This work continues under the oversight and direction of one of the trustees, Cherry Tooley. 

Several in the congregation are elderly and struggle with health problems of various kinds. As well as long term health troubles there are a number who have been waiting on operations.  As we continue to remember one another in prayer and seek to encourage and support one another, there is a strong spirit of unity and love in the fellowship. 

We continue to receive several visitors throughout the year. These have included people on holiday who have looked us up via our website, visiting family members and people thinking of moving to the area. There have also been some who are already local or from the surrounding area. Several have continued to attend regularly and have become members, and it is expected that at least one further couple will be accepted into membership at the AGM in October 2024. This bodes well for the future of Ackhill Baptist Church. 

Following our registration as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), all work to transfer the various property assets of the church and make the CIO sole holding trustee of the property trusts has been completed and all property assets have been registered in the name of the CIO at the Land Registry. 

Some minor roof repairs have been carried out to the flat roofs over the Chapel kitchen and the Manse garage and a new overhead projector was purchased and installed inside the Chapel. 

As well as the regular, in-house, quarterly electrical checks under our Health & Safety Policy (plugs, sockets, lighting, etc), we have also instituted annual PAT testing of all equipment by the same qualified electrician who undertakes our 5- yearly electrical system testing. 

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|**Section E**|**Financial review**|
|---|---|
|**Reserves policy**|We aim to maintain reserves at the bank of £68,000, £36,000 of which covers|
||approximately 12 months running costs and £32,000 is designated for significant|
||renovation/repair projects or other unforeseen major costs. Any additional|
||reserves will be considered by the Trustees for funding other appropriate|
||missions in keeping with the charitable objects of the church.|
|**Funds in deficit**|There are no areas where funds are in deficit.|
|**Sources of funds**|Income arises from weekly giving, monthly giving via standing order direct to the|
||Ackhill Baptist Church bank account, one-off gifts and gift aid. One regular gift|
||aided donation is still administered by Stewardship and paid by grant to the|
||church each month.|
|**Main areas of expenditure**|Staff costs, building maintenance and utilities accounted for 71% of total|
||expenditure in the period. Other significant items were solicitor's fees of £1,990|
||(final costs of charity formation), Council Tax of £2,392, and purchase of|
||equipment of £1,052.|
|**Payment to Trustee**|As allowed within the Constitution, a salary and pension amounting to £21,172|
||for the year to 31 August 2023 was paid to the Pastor who is also a trustee of the|
||church. Our independently reviewed financial statements are set out in the|
||Appendix.|



## **Section F Declaration** 

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above (at the trustees’ meeting on 20[th] September 2024). 

Signed on behalf of the trustees: 

|**Signature(s)**||
|---|---|
|**Full Name(s)**|Richard John Mansell|
|**Position**|Chairman|
|**Date**|20thSeptember 2024|



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## Appendix 

## **Ackhill Baptist Church financial statements for the year to 31 August 2024** 

This draft contains last year’s IER for now … 

|Receipts and Payments|A1|
|---|---|
|Statement of Assets and Liabilities|A2|
|Independent Examiners Report|A3&A4|





Ackhill
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGIANO AND WALES
Ackhill Baptist Church
Receipts and payments accounts
1195592
CC16a
For Ihe period
froffl
To
0110912023
3tIO612024
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestncto(1
funds
to Ihg n￿r￿t
RestnGtBd
funds
Endowmen¢
lunds
Total funds
Last year
toth• nBaroSt£
toth• noarnst£
toth• n•*r•*t£
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A1 Recelpts
weekly Offerit
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Gift Ala Payrnentsfrom MMRC
UPkeepofGr?¥ayard
Other otswi￿n5
Resale ol TeacningMa*nals
InlÈre8t Receiv
16,363
2,822
21,800
11,363
?.822
21.800
(413
13,340
14,855
4.316
120
1.280
120
165
2.020
1BS
153
922
922
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AR)
J9,84
A2 As¥et and Inv88tment èales,
18t8 t•blel.
Sub total
.493
285
50.778
39,840
A3P
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Salary. Peh>w 8 Tax Cos
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Var40US M15510Th5
In5uran¢
Bank Charges
CounGIl Tax &Wal
light 8 He31
Repairs& R￿O￿a￿On5
Puichase of Eouiprnent
Health & Salety
Giounos M3illtenat
TelephoneBroadband
Pogl. Stslionery website. etc
Genwal Eipen8es
Sub5cTrpuons & Licerices
Protssyt￿l Fees
21.779
70
695
21.719
19.347
140
658
esJ
122
2.554
2.641
2,794
165
91¥
133
2,661
*,175
2.661
2,980
1,Q52
186
640
478
195
246
305
404
152
425
302
62
265
6.310
37,029
120
478
246
Sub total
36.456
2¢5
36,141
A4 A880t and InvestsnÈiit
purchases,
setr table
Sub total
Tot*1 payments
28
30.741
37.029
N81 Ofrectlpt￿{wYrn•￿tsj
AS Tran8fer8 bets¥een funds
A6 Cash fursds188t year ¢nd
Cash fund$ thts yoarend
14.037
14.037
2.811
61,928
75,965
61.92B
75,965
59.117
81,928
CCXX R1 èccotsn15 ISSI
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestrictvd
funds
to n￿rg￿l£
Restncted
funds
to ngorest E
Endowmeni
funds
81 Cash fund$
S8C chants￿E Ai%y)Jni
Hsec
68,619
Cash r￿ly￿j bth noibankets
Total cash lunds
75,965
sii
Unr88trfjcted
funds
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fund8
to nE¥¢¢SI E
Endowment
funds
to npartst E
Details
to rt¢argst£
82 Other monetary a850ts
Fundtowhich
a￿¢ b•lon
cur￿￿1v￿1￿￿
Detalls
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B3 Investm¢nl a888ts
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$W b•lo
Curronlv&lu•
onal
Details
B4 A8$•ts r¢talned for the
charity'8 own uso
Fund towhlch
Whèn due
Details
B5 Llabllltles
Signed by on8 or w) truswes on
behalf ol all the trustees
s￿nature
Print Name
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CCXX R2 accounts Issi
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
S•ctlon A
Indèpendent EKaminerf8 Rgport
Report to the trustee51
members of
ACKHILL BAPTIST CHURCH
On a¢¢ounts for the year
endod
31 AUGUST 2024
Charity no
lif any)
1195592
Set out on pagès
AI AND A2
I report to the trustees on my examinalion of the accounts of th8 above
chanty 1.the Trust"} lor the year ended 3110812024.
R•sponsibilitl85 and As the Ghafily trust895 01 the Trust, you aro ￿SpOnSible for the p￿paration
basts of report of Ihe a¢wunls in accordance with the requirÈments of the Charibes ACL
20111'th8 Acl'l.
I report in respect ol my examination ol the Trust's accounts camed OLrt
under seGtion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the appli¢able DirectlOn5 gwen by the Charity Commission
nder section 14515llbl of the A¢1.
I have completed my examination. I confimi Ihat no matenal matters have
come Its my attention I
below") in connection wtlh
the examination which gives rne ￿USe to believe that In, any rnateri81
respect..
accounting records We￿ nol kept in ac¢ordar¢e with Section 130 01
the Act or
the aeeounts do mt aecord with the acctsunting record5
Independent
examiner's statèment
I have no concerns and have cotne a(xoss no other matters in conne¢lion
th the exarninatKin to which attention should be drawn in order lo enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please ddete the worLls in Ihe br8ckets if they do noi apply.
Sign8d'.
Date.. 0111112024
Name:
CHRISTOPHER THOMAS NATHANIEL DAVIS
Relevant prof¢s8ional
qualifi￿tIOn{$1 or body
lif anyl..
ACA IICAEW MEMBERSHIP # 29561471
Addr•ss:
HOUSEGO ACCOUNTANCY & TAXATION LIMITED
OFFICE 10 BROADAXE 6USINESS PARK
PRESTEIGNE POWYS LD8 2UH.
IER
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Section B
Dlsclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlighl mallers ol Corn￿m Isee CC32,
Ind8pendenl examination ol charity accounts.. dir8etlons and guldanc8 for
&X8rnir¢ersl.
GFve here br58f details of
any ttems that the
examiner wishes to
dlsclose.
NOTHING FURTHER TO REPORT.
IER
October 2018
A4