## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 1[st] January 2023 31[st] December 2023 **To** **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Aintree Baptist Church **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1198165 **Charity's principal address** 96 Longmoor Lane Aintree Liverpool **Postcode L9 0EF** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Rev. G Bentley|Minister||| |||Mr A Pevely|Deacon||| |||Mrs A Pevely|Deacon||| |||Mrs S Sillifant|Deacon||| |||Mrs B Bresnahan|Deacon||| |||Mrs P Copland|Secretary||| |||Mrs J Beazley|Deacon||| |||Mrs L Jones|Deacon|April 2023|| |||Mrs J McGowan|Deacon|April 2023|| |||Mr G Harrison|Deacon|April 2023|| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||| |||**Name**||**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of adviser**|**Name**
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) (C.I.O) How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by church members Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** In fulfilling the purpose, the church will engage in a range of activities either on its own or with others in the community. This will vary from time to time with activities being initiated, expanded or closed as appropriate. (see section 5.1 in the constitution) March **2012** **TAR** 2 ## Activities undertaken:- - Regular public worship, prayer, Bible studies, preaching and teaching - Baptism, as defined in the Baptist Union’ s Declaration of Principle - The communion of the Lord’s Supper - Evangelism and mission, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally - Nurture and growth of Christian disciples - Education and training for Christian community service - Giving and encouraging pastoral care **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** - Supporting and encouraging charitable social action in the UK and abroad - Encouraging relationships with and supporting others Baptist churches as well as other Christians - (see 5.2 in our constitution) ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** - We have begun a conversation with the Liverpool City Council Planning Office with regard to the condition of our building, in order so that we could possibly rebuild. - We became a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) in July of 2022 - We made many contributions to our local food bank and Salvation Army toy appeal in 2023 - We Baptised 6 people in 2022, 2 from Brazil, 1 from Zimbabwe and 3 from Liverpool and will baptise another two in 2024 - Church has now become an international church hosting many people from different parts of the world - We have trained our Sunday School, Care team working with the latest Safe Guarding Training - We are now live on social media, via Facebook and Instagram March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** All charity reserves are put back into the charity **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially in deficit** N/A ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; Please see attached accounts for 2023 Main income come via personal giving Home Mission Grants and Letting our premises Expenditure As seen on the account - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** ## **Signature(s)** Miss Pauline Copland **Full name(s)** Rev G Bentley **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Minister/Treasurer Secretary **etc) Date** March **2012** **TAR** 5 |||**Aintree Baptist Church**|**Aintree Baptist Church**|**Aintree Baptist Church**|**Aintree Baptist Church**|**Aintree Baptist Church**|**Aintree Baptist Church**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| ||||Accounts for 2023||||| ||||||||| ||||Year End Accounts||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |Balance Brought forward|||||||19,513.01
£| ||||||||| ||||||||| |RECEIPTS|||||||| ||||||||| ||Plate Ofering||||||| |||GASDS||4,655.26
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£|||| |||NON-GASDS|||||| |||Gif Aid receipts|||||31,449.01
£| ||||||||| ||HMRC Receipts||||||8,983.21
£| ||||||||| ||Other Income||||||104.40
£| ||||||||| ||Letngs||||||4,390.26
£| ||||||||| ||Donaton for Mission Causes||||||40.00
£| ||||||||| ||Home Mission Grant||||||12,000.04
£| ||||||||| ||Transfer from Deposit Account||||||-
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£| ||||||||| ||BMS|Birthday Scheme|||||250.00
£| ||||||||| ||Building Fund||||||24,530.00
£| ||||||||| ||||||||| |Total Receipts|||||||81,746.92
£| ||||||||| |Total Income|||||||101,259.93
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£||||| |||Housing Allowance||||||| |||Pension Fund||||||| |||NI||||||| |||Minister's expenses||||||| |||Manse Expenses||||||| |||Visitng Speakers|||||40,063.36
£|| |||||||||| ||Insurances||||||1,776.65
£|| |||||||||| ||Premises||||||1,646.63
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£|| ||Legal Fees||CIO Set up|||||| ||New Buildings Costs|||||||| |||||||||| ||Church Utlites|||||||| |||Gas/Water/Electric||1,861.65
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£||||| |||Fellowship needs||||||| |||Equipment|||||562.34
£|| |||||||||| ||Subscriptons|||||||| |||(BU,NWBA,Free Church, CCLI)|||||946.50
£|| |||||||||| ||Misc. Expenditure||||||237.00
£|| |||||||||| |Total Monthly Expenditure|||||||51,062.32
£|| |||||||||| |Balance Carried forward|||||||50,197.61
£|| |PLEASE NOTE:||Net Designated Giving to building fund|||||36,396.20
£|| ||31/12/23|Deposit account Balance|||||7,335.98
£|| |||HMRC Tax Refund|||||1,047.54
£|| |||Total Balance|||||22,184.93
£|| ||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Total Monthly Expenditure|||||||51,062.32
£| ||||||||| |Balance Carried forward|||||||50,197.61
£| |PLEASE NOTE:||Net Designated Giving to building fund|||||36,396.20
£| ||31/12/23|Deposit account Balance|||||7,335.98
£| |||HMRC Tax Refund|||||1,047.54
£| |||Total Balance|||||22,184.93
£| Depost Account Held with the Baptst Union (see atached statement) |Church Deposit Account
01/01/2023
Interest Received
Balance
31/12/2023|7,124.18
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£| ## NOTES TO ACCOUNTS |RECEIPTS|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |1|Letngs||||| ||Healthiness Lung & asthma|£|595.00
||| ||ACAL|£|1,360.00
||| ||First Class learning|£|1,120.00
||| ||Slimmers World|£|1,167.00
||| ||ILD Nurses|£|74.00
||| ||Park Group|£|74.26
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| |2|Building Fund||||| ||Fords Motor Company|£|800.00
||| ||Gif Day|£|3,300.00
||| ||General Giving|£|130.00
||| ||Personal Donatons|£|20,300.00
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| |NOTES TO ACCOUNTS|NOTES TO ACCOUNTS||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |PAYMENTS|||||| |3|Cost of Ministry||||| ||Gross Stpend|£|26,499.96
||| ||Housing Allowance|£|7,134.00
||| ||Pension - Churches Share|£|3,027.00
|£|36,660.96
| |4|Minister's Expenses||||| ||Travel & Materials|£|274.50
||| ||Telephone|£|360.00
|£|634.50
| |5|Manse Expenses||||| ||Council Tax|£|2,030.95
||| ||Water Rates|£|433.33
||| ||Manse Insurance|£|303.62
|£|2,767.90
| |6|Premises||||| ||Roach Roofng|£|350.00
||| ||Celtc Fire|£|72.90
||| ||P McGowan TV Brackets|£|73.98
||| ||Shorrock - Bins|£|214.87
||| ||Key Fobs for Shuter|£|140.00
||| ||Skips|£|470.40
||| ||Rentokil|£|270.00
||| ||J Higham - Filter Kit|£|54.48
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| |7|Church Utlites||||| ||Gas/Water/Electric|£|1,861.65
|£|1,861.65
| |8|Subscriptons||||| ||Data Developments - Finance|£|75.00
||| ||Baptst Union Subs|£|144.20
||| ||DDC - Ministers Safeguarding|£|38.00
||| ||Songpro|£|80.00
||| ||CCLI|£|584.30
||| ||Free Church Council|£|25.00
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| £ 946.50 Songpro £ 80.00 CCLI £ 584.30 Free Church Council £ 25.00 |AINTREE BAPTIST CHURCH||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT 31ST DECEMBER 2023||||||| |Monetary Assets:-||||||| |Cash Funds -|Bank Current|Account|||£|50,197.61
| ||Deposit with|Baptst union|||£|7,335.98
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| |Other:|Tax recoverable||under Gif aid/GASDS||£|1,047.54
| ||Oferings not banked Chq No. 819||||£|620.00
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| |Non Monetary Assets (at Insurance Valuaton)||||||| ||Church Building||||£|1,288,165.00
| |`|Contents||||£|36,631.00
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| |||||||| |Total Assets|||||£|1,383,997.13
| |Liabilites||||||| ||Chqs uncleared through bank|||910|£|1,078.12
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| |Total Liabilites|||||£|1,428.12
| ||New Building Fund Account|||||| |Balance B/F|||||£|14,336.20
| |Receipts Received Gif Aid||£|1,150.00
|||| |GASDS||£|2,400.00
|||| |Non-Gif Aid||£|20,980.00
|||| |Tax reclaimed on Gif Aid||||||| |Receipts received|in 2023||||£|24,530.00
| |Total Receipts|||||£|38,866.20
| |Payments Made|||||£|2,470.00
| |Balance C/F|||||£|36,396.20
| |Tax reclaimed on Gif Aid
Receipts received in 2023
Total Receipts
Payments Made
Balance C/F|24,530.00
£| |---|---| ||38,866.20
£| ||2,470.00
£| ||36,396.20
£| Approved by the Trustees of Aintree Baptist Church on: and signed on their behalf by Rev Geoff Bentley (Minister and Treasurer) Signed[G Bentley] 1/25/2024 Checked and verified by independent examiner on 02/05/2024