## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period Period start date 1 April 2023 Period end date 31 March 2024** ## **Charity name: Goodshaw Baptist Church Charity registration number: 1198013 Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The principal purpose of the Church is the
advancement of the Christian faith according to
the principles of the Baptist denomination. 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 main activities
in relation to those purposes
for the public benefit, in
particular, the activities,
projects or services identified
in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|In fulfilling the purpose, the Church will engage
in a range of activities either on its own or with
others that will vary from time to time with
activities being initiated, expanded, or closed,
as appropriate.
The activities may include but are not restricted
to:

regular public worship, prayer, Bible
study, preaching and teaching;

baptism, as defined in the Union’s
Declaration of Principle;

the Communion of the Lord’s Supper
which shall normally be observed at
least once a month;

evangelism and mission, locally,
regionally, nationally and internationally;

the teaching, encouragement, welcome
and inclusion of young people;

nurture and growth of Christian
disciples;

education and training for Christian and
community service;

giving and encouraging pastoral care;

supporting and encouraging charitable
social action in the United Kingdom and
abroad;

encouraging relationships with and
supporting Baptists and other
denominations| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees have been involved in the transition
from un-incorporated charity to incorporated
charity and followed guidance in documents and
information issued by the Charity Commission| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a whole.|Para 1.20|The church worked toward becoming a CIO
throughout the period of 2020 - July 2023 with a
full and comprehensive review of the Church’s
constitution and the registering of land of the
Old Chapel graveyard. The church was
registered as a CIO on 22 February 2022 and
the transfer of assets took place on 1 July 2023.
Following a churchwide initiative in January
2024 - ’40 Days of Community’ - some new
ministries have begun through the hard work
and commitment of many people within our
fellowship, enabling us to be more effective in
our aim of ‘serving Jesus in our community’.
We have also continued with long established
ministries, which benefit our fellowship and
community.
During this year we have completed work on an
extension to our existing car park benefitting
visitors to our church and our local community.
The church continues to explore and plan for a
building project which may remodel interior
rooms, improve signage and possibly extension
work.| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the
period|Para 1.21|See separate financial statements for
clarification to the statements in this section.| |Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating
why they are held|Para 1.22|| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the charity
continuing as a going concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of any
person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are selected according to the
Church’s constitution:
The appointment of Charity Trustees shall be
undertaken by processes that are public, clear
and open so that all Church Members are
enabled to consider prayerfully who should be
appointed as Charity Trustees. The processes
shall ensure that notice is given of any
forthcoming election so that Church Members
may freely nominate prospective Charity
Trustees whose names shall be submitted
(after they have indicated a willingness to be
appointed) for decision to the Church Members
with the intention of ensuring that those
appointed have a sufficient level of support
from them.
The Church Members’ Meeting shall appoint
Charity Trustees to be responsible for the
governance of the Church and where there is a
Minister that person is a Charity Trustee
because of their role and responsibilities.|| |---|---|---|---| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Goodshaw Baptist Church| |---|---| |Registered charity number|1198013| |Charity’s principal address|Chapel street, Crawshawbooth, Rossendale, Lancashire BB4
8BS| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity at the date of signing the report** |**Trustee name**|**Office (ifany)**|**Appointed**| |---|---|---| |Jayne Haworth||11/07/2023| |Helen Bell||11/07/2023| |Rachael Rogers||11/07/2023| |Lynne Ainsworth||11/07/2023| |Robert Cooper||11/07/2023| |Christine Moores||11/07/2023| |Susan Edwards|Treasurer|11/07/2023| |BeverleyFarrow|secretary|21/05/2024| Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**| |---|---| |The North West Baptist Union|| |Goodshaw Baptist Church
Members|| **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**mes and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**mes and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**mes and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |**Independent**
**examiner**|Peter Terry FCA|The Croft, Cowpe Rd, Rossendale, BB4 7DQ| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Beverley A Farrow **Full name(s)** Beverley Ann Farrow **Position (eg Secretary,** Church Secretary **Chair, etc)** 8 January 2025 GOODSHAW BAPTIST CHURCH FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31 March 2024 Charlty Nwnbor 1198013 Goodshaw Baptlst Churth Independent ejomlner's report to the Trustees for the year ended 31st March 2024 I report on the unaudlted accounts of the Church for the period ended 31 March 2024 set out on pages 2 to 7. Rt5pectlve responslbllltles of the Trust¢ts and Indep•ndent Examlner. The trustees a￿ re5ponslble for the preparation of the accounts. The charlty's trustees consider that an a￿lt is not ￿qUired for the year under section 144121 of the Charftles Act 2011 (the Artl. and that an independent examlnation Is needed. It Is my responsibillty to.. - examlne the accounts under sectlon 145 Ofthe 2011 Atr, - to follow the procedures laid down In the General Dlrections gTrven ￿ the Charlty Commisslon (under Sectlon 14515llbl of the 2011 Aci: and - to state whether partlcular matters have come to my attentlon. Basls of Inde￿ndent Emamlnerfs Statemert My examinatlon was carrled out In accordance wlth the General Dirertlons 8iven by the Charlty Commlsslon. An examlnation Includes a review of the accountir8 records kept by the Charlty and a cornparlson of the accounts represented wlth those ￿cOrdS. It also includes conslderation of any unusual Items or dlsclosures In the accounts, and seeklng explanatlons from you as the deacons and trustees concemlng any sueh matters. The procedures undertaken do not provlde all the evidence that would be requlred In an audlt. and consequentty I do not express an audit opinlon on whether the accounts P￿sent a'true and falr vlew, and the report Is Ilmlted to those matters set out in the statement below. Ind¢pend•nt Examlner's Statemert In connectlon with my examlnatlon, no matter has come to my attentlon: lal whlch glves me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requlrements: 111 to keep accountlng records in accordance with Section 130 of the 2011 Act; and {111 to Prepa￿ accounts which accord with the accountin8 ￿COrdS have not been meL and {bl to whlch, In my oplnlon. attentlon should be drawn In order to enable a proper understandlng of the accounts to be reached. P Terry FCA Independent Examlner 8th January 2025 The Croft Cowpe Road Rossendale Lancs BB4 7DQ GOODSHAW BAPTIST CHURCH Statemènt of finandal artivitses forth• year ended 31 M•rth 2024 2023 Unrestrlcted FurKIs Totsl In¢omln8 Resourcos Offerings Investment Income Donations and other Income Contrlbutlons to other causes 43.060 6,177 1,758 Total Incomlng Resources 50.146 Resources Eynd Misslon Depreciatlon Church Premlses Admlnlstratlon 2.445 622 8,767 2,268 Total Expended 14.102 Net resouf¢es fi>rth• ￿ar l(hrtgoln8) 36,044 Funds transferred into CIO 1st July 2023 862.721 Total lund• brou8ht foThYard Total funds arrled forward 898.765 The Statement of Flnanclal Activtties includes all gains and losses in the year and thei statement of total recognised gains and losses has not been Prepa￿d. All the actlvltles of the church are classed as continui￿. GOODSHAW BAPTisf CHURCH Balance Sheet as at 31 Marth 2024 Notes 2024 21Y23 Flxed assets Tangible assets 684,894 CU￿Qnt assets Cash at Bank and in hand Deposit wlth Baptist Corporation Buslness Reserve Redwood Bank Deposlt 7.328 91.593 25.583 89.367 213,871 Credltors.. amounts lallln8 du• wlthln one year io Net current assèts 213.871 Credltors: amounts fallln8 due after more than one year li Totsl assets less Ilabllltles 898,765 Funds Unrestrltted- General purposes 12 898.765 Restrlcted 13 Desl8nJted Fund5 14 898,765 These finandal statements were approved the Trustees on 8th Janaury 2025 and are slgned on their behalf by: Farrow Church Secretary GOODSHAW 6APTisf CHURCH Nots5 to theflnanclal statsm•ntfor the par ended 31 Marth 2024 l A¢countln8 polldes sojpreparudo The financlal ￿ate[rents are wepared urKlerthe hlstorocal cost ¢onvert*)n. The property has Mt teen dewedated. The financial Ststerna￿ are prepared In accordance wtth thecurrent ChaT￿lessORP and •pplKable xcountlro st•nd•rd5 IFRS 1021. Thts tharlty wasfomed and reRlstered as a Charrtable IrKorpornted (knanisjtlon on 22nd Febnjary 2022. No financlal tnnsattlon5 occurred untll lstjufv 2023. On that date the unincorpornted a5sodatlon knowx as Goc45hJw 8aoist Church tsan5ferred (by way of 81ft1 )11 tts 4ssets and all ts •Ct5￿￿e$ ￿ th5$ Inst.The assetstrarthred were.. ank balances Non Mon•tsry A#•¢$ Church ￿11￿￿$ Graveyard Total r•wlMd u• tr•nsf•r 276,940 575.781 io. Unrestrlcted funds are available for use. at the dlscretlon of the Trustees, In furtheran¢e of the eneral oblectlves of the Charlty. Unrwrkted funds I￿l￿dea re¥•I￿t￿>rt re5er¥e represertln8 the restatement 0fta￿￿e assets at InsuraKevalue. Des*n•ted funds are unrtstrfrted fuThts earn￿rknj tytheTrusteesforpartlcul•r purwses. Restrtcted fund5 ares&*lerted to restrkkn on thelr UpendItu￿ Imposed tsYt￿ donor. IrKryne tu recovernbleon th ald and Investment Income IsrecoBnlsedon recelpt. Thechurch is the beneficial ¢￿￿er(s￿b￿￿t tothe rele4ant trusts) of ts chuf¢h bulldln& th* le8al tltleto whKh Is hdd by the thLtrch'5 cumodlan tn￿•* the 8aptlst Unlon Corpjratton Ltd.. Propertles comprfslr&the church fixture5 and fittir4s are411 Induded at C05L Proputles held tythe Church are stated •tCOSL Pmpwves are malntalned in a state of repalr s￿h thatthdrestlm•ted resldual value ts not lessthanthe5r carylns valu& The ann￿1 chargef0rdep￿18t￿jn l$therefo￿ nil. This rq>re5ents a departure from the statutory rul•s requiring all assets w￿h a flntte Ilfe to be deprxkqted ￿rth￿rrOr￿rnK Ilte. DeprK1a￿on ts eakulated so as towriteoff the cost of an as*L lessthe estimatèd rsldupl valu4 overthe useful Économlc life of the osset •sfollow5: Fixtures and fittin85- IOX straltht I1￿ peranNm. GOODSHAW BAPTisf CNURCH Notes to the flnand•l statement fortheyear•nded 31 Marth 2024 2 Off•rlngs- unre5trlLt•d 2023 Cash. envelopes. SO and CAF Gft aid tax reclaim 16.754 3 In¥•stm•nt In￿rn* Interest recefved 6,177 4 Don•tloni wxl oth•v Incom• General Donatlons Other donatlons Fellowshlp Churth Sodals Churthyard 228 355 270 100 1,758 5 Tlthm & Fundi In¢omlnq BMS Tojdler gr￿P 575 150 725 Remltled 525 750 249 50 L574 Home Mb551on Pathfinders Toddler Group Net IncomlnyJlout8oln81 GOODSHAW BAPTisf CHURCII Notss to th•fin•￿lat stateM￿tfor th• tr*•r end•d 31 Marth 2024 2024 Mlsslon Soda Dlscovereis Fellowship General Donatlor Support Donations Hospltsllty Pulplt Supply 276 871 270 397 262 178 2024 2023 Churth pr•ml Gas and eleCtrfc￿1 Water Rates I￿￿lanCe Repalrs and Property Expenses Church Supplies Grnss Cuttln8 Equlpment L680 838 754 1,394 1.015 505 581 8,767 8 Admlnlstr*tlon Prlntln8, photocopler, ststlonery Subs¢rlptlon$ Professlonal fees 419 638 1.211 GOODSHAW BAPTIST CHURCH Notes to theflnandal 5tstement for the ￿*r *Nled 31 Marth 2024 Tanllble Flxed Assets Churth Premlses Flxtures and Flttlnq5 Totsl Voluotlon At l April 2023 Tra￿fer In Istjufy 2023 Addftlons Car Park 585,781 585,781 93.516 6.219 99,735 Oepredodon At l Aprfl 2023 Char8e for year 622 622 622 622 NetboDk volue At 31 Morth 2024 679.297 5,597 684,894 At 31 March 2023 St*t•m•rt olAM•ts 202J Flxed assets Current a￿ets1 liabilities CreL4tws: Amounts due after more than one year 3mi 898.765 GOODSHAW BAPTIST CHURCH FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31 March 2024 Charlty Nwnbor 1198013 Goodshaw Baptlst Churth Independent ejomlner's report to the Trustees for the year ended 31st March 2024 I report on the unaudlted accounts of the Church for the period ended 31 March 2024 set out on pages 2 to 7. Rt5pectlve responslbllltles of the Trust¢ts and Indep•ndent Examlner. The trustees a￿ re5ponslble for the preparation of the accounts. The charlty's trustees consider that an a￿lt is not ￿qUired for the year under section 144121 of the Charftles Act 2011 (the Artl. and that an independent examlnation Is needed. It Is my responsibillty to.. - examlne the accounts under sectlon 145 Ofthe 2011 Atr, - to follow the procedures laid down In the General Dlrections gTrven ￿ the Charlty Commisslon (under Sectlon 14515llbl of the 2011 Aci: and - to state whether partlcular matters have come to my attentlon. Basls of Inde￿ndent Emamlnerfs Statemert My examinatlon was carrled out In accordance wlth the General Dirertlons 8iven by the Charlty Commlsslon. An examlnation Includes a review of the accountir8 records kept by the Charlty and a cornparlson of the accounts represented wlth those ￿cOrdS. It also includes conslderation of any unusual Items or dlsclosures In the accounts, and seeklng explanatlons from you as the deacons and trustees concemlng any sueh matters. The procedures undertaken do not provlde all the evidence that would be requlred In an audlt. and consequentty I do not express an audit opinlon on whether the accounts P￿sent a'true and falr vlew, and the report Is Ilmlted to those matters set out in the statement below. Ind¢pend•nt Examlner's Statemert In connectlon with my examlnatlon, no matter has come to my attentlon: lal whlch glves me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requlrements: 111 to keep accountlng records in accordance with Section 130 of the 2011 Act; and {111 to Prepa￿ accounts which accord with the accountin8 ￿COrdS have not been meL and {bl to whlch, In my oplnlon. attentlon should be drawn In order to enable a proper understandlng of the accounts to be reached. P Terry FCA Independent Examlner 8th January 2025 The Croft Cowpe Road Rossendale Lancs BB4 7DQ GOODSHAW BAPTIST CHURCH Statemènt of finandal artivitses forth• year ended 31 M•rth 2024 2023 Unrestrlcted FurKIs Totsl In¢omln8 Resourcos Offerings Investment Income Donations and other Income Contrlbutlons to other causes 43.060 6,177 1,758 Total Incomlng Resources 50.146 Resources Eynd Misslon Depreciatlon Church Premlses Admlnlstratlon 2.445 622 8,767 2,268 Total Expended 14.102 Net resouf¢es fi>rth• ￿ar l(hrtgoln8) 36,044 Funds transferred into CIO 1st July 2023 862.721 Total lund• brou8ht foThYard Total funds arrled forward 898.765 The Statement of Flnanclal Activtties includes all gains and losses in the year and thei statement of total recognised gains and losses has not been Prepa￿d. All the actlvltles of the church are classed as continui￿. GOODSHAW BAPTisf CHURCH Balance Sheet as at 31 Marth 2024 Notes 2024 21Y23 Flxed assets Tangible assets 684,894 CU￿Qnt assets Cash at Bank and in hand Deposit wlth Baptist Corporation Buslness Reserve Redwood Bank Deposlt 7.328 91.593 25.583 89.367 213,871 Credltors.. amounts lallln8 du• wlthln one year io Net current assèts 213.871 Credltors: amounts fallln8 due after more than one year li Totsl assets less Ilabllltles 898,765 Funds Unrestrltted- General purposes 12 898.765 Restrlcted 13 Desl8nJted Fund5 14 898,765 These finandal statements were approved the Trustees on 8th Janaury 2025 and are slgned on their behalf by: Farrow Church Secretary GOODSHAW 6APTisf CHURCH Nots5 to theflnanclal statsm•ntfor the par ended 31 Marth 2024 l A¢countln8 polldes sojpreparudo The financlal ￿ate[rents are wepared urKlerthe hlstorocal cost ¢onvert*)n. The property has Mt teen dewedated. The financial Ststerna￿ are prepared In accordance wtth thecurrent ChaT￿lessORP and •pplKable xcountlro st•nd•rd5 IFRS 1021. Thts tharlty wasfomed and reRlstered as a Charrtable IrKorpornted (knanisjtlon on 22nd Febnjary 2022. No financlal tnnsattlon5 occurred untll lstjufv 2023. On that date the unincorpornted a5sodatlon knowx as Goc45hJw 8aoist Church tsan5ferred (by way of 81ft1 )11 tts 4ssets and all ts •Ct5￿￿e$ ￿ th5$ Inst.The assetstrarthred were.. ank balances Non Mon•tsry A#•¢$ Church ￿11￿￿$ Graveyard Total r•wlMd u• tr•nsf•r 276,940 575.781 io. Unrestrlcted funds are available for use. at the dlscretlon of the Trustees, In furtheran¢e of the eneral oblectlves of the Charlty. Unrwrkted funds I￿l￿dea re¥•I￿t￿>rt re5er¥e represertln8 the restatement 0fta￿￿e assets at InsuraKevalue. Des*n•ted funds are unrtstrfrted fuThts earn￿rknj tytheTrusteesforpartlcul•r purwses. Restrtcted fund5 ares&*lerted to restrkkn on thelr UpendItu￿ Imposed tsYt￿ donor. IrKryne tu recovernbleon th ald and Investment Income IsrecoBnlsedon recelpt. Thechurch is the beneficial ¢￿￿er(s￿b￿￿t tothe rele4ant trusts) of ts chuf¢h bulldln& th* le8al tltleto whKh Is hdd by the thLtrch'5 cumodlan tn￿•* the 8aptlst Unlon Corpjratton Ltd.. Propertles comprfslr&the church fixture5 and fittir4s are411 Induded at C05L Proputles held tythe Church are stated •tCOSL Pmpwves are malntalned in a state of repalr s￿h thatthdrestlm•ted resldual value ts not lessthanthe5r carylns valu& The ann￿1 chargef0rdep￿18t￿jn l$therefo￿ nil. This rq>re5ents a departure from the statutory rul•s requiring all assets w￿h a flntte Ilfe to be deprxkqted ￿rth￿rrOr￿rnK Ilte. DeprK1a￿on ts eakulated so as towriteoff the cost of an as*L lessthe estimatèd rsldupl valu4 overthe useful Économlc life of the osset •sfollow5: Fixtures and fittin85- IOX straltht I1￿ peranNm. GOODSHAW BAPTisf CNURCH Notes to the flnand•l statement fortheyear•nded 31 Marth 2024 2 Off•rlngs- unre5trlLt•d 2023 Cash. envelopes. SO and CAF Gft aid tax reclaim 16.754 3 In¥•stm•nt In￿rn* Interest recefved 6,177 4 Don•tloni wxl oth•v Incom• General Donatlons Other donatlons Fellowshlp Churth Sodals Churthyard 228 355 270 100 1,758 5 Tlthm & Fundi In¢omlnq BMS Tojdler gr￿P 575 150 725 Remltled 525 750 249 50 L574 Home Mb551on Pathfinders Toddler Group Net IncomlnyJlout8oln81 GOODSHAW BAPTisf CHURCII Notss to th•fin•￿lat stateM￿tfor th• tr*•r end•d 31 Marth 2024 2024 Mlsslon Soda Dlscovereis Fellowship General Donatlor Support Donations Hospltsllty Pulplt Supply 276 871 270 397 262 178 2024 2023 Churth pr•ml Gas and eleCtrfc￿1 Water Rates I￿￿lanCe Repalrs and Property Expenses Church Supplies Grnss Cuttln8 Equlpment L680 838 754 1,394 1.015 505 581 8,767 8 Admlnlstr*tlon Prlntln8, photocopler, ststlonery Subs¢rlptlon$ Professlonal fees 419 638 1.211 GOODSHAW BAPTIST CHURCH Notes to theflnandal 5tstement for the ￿*r *Nled 31 Marth 2024 Tanllble Flxed Assets Churth Premlses Flxtures and Flttlnq5 Totsl Voluotlon At l April 2023 Tra￿fer In Istjufy 2023 Addftlons Car Park 585,781 585,781 93.516 6.219 99,735 Oepredodon At l Aprfl 2023 Char8e for year 622 622 622 622 NetboDk volue At 31 Morth 2024 679.297 5,597 684,894 At 31 March 2023 St*t•m•rt olAM•ts 202J Flxed assets Current a￿ets1 liabilities CreL4tws: Amounts due after more than one year 3mi 898.765