## **NEEDINGWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH – REPORT TO CHARITY COMMISSION**
**Period of Report** : 01 November 2023 to 31 October 2024
**Name of Charity** : Needingworth Bap�st Church CIO
**Registra�on Number** : 1200761
**Address** : High Street, Needingworth, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 4SB
**Trustees** : David Mann (Elder), Robert Keith Craigen (Deacon), Paul Michael Burton (Deacon). These trustees were in place for the whole period of the report.
**Purpose of the charity as set out in our Cons�tu�on:** The advancement of the Chris�an faith as a Grace Bap�st Church in accordance with our Basis of Faith, primarily in Needingworth and the surrounding neighbourhood.
**Structure and details of how it is managed, including how it recruits trustees** : Needingworth Bap�st Church was formed in 1767. It has a membership. Chris�ans in regular a�endance at the church, who would like to become members, apply by comple�ng and signing the applica�on form and wri�ng out their tes�mony of conversion and Chris�an life. This will be seen by the church members who will approve the admission of the new member in their Church Mee�ng. Elders and Deacons are the “Officers” of the church and the Trustees of the charity. These are chosen by the church members and appointed in a church mee�ng which has considered their suitability, calling and gi�s. The Pastor is an elder who is appointed by the church and usually supported financially by the church. When someone is appointed as a Church Officer or Pastor, they automa�cally become a trustee.
The Trustees have taken into account the Charity Commission’s guidance on Public Benefit in preparing this report. Our mee�ngs are open to all, and, as the only church in Needingworth, provide a community for all who seek to worship God according to the Chris�an faith, and provide pastoral care for all who seek it, according to their par�cular needs.
Our main mee�ng is the Sunday morning worship service. In the absence of a Pastor, this has been led over the period of this report by visi�ng preachers or by our elder. We seek to worship and praise our great God and Father by singing hymns of praise, praying, reading the Bible and listening to a sermon which expounds a passage of the Bible. We do this for the glory of God and for the strengthening of the faith of all who a�end. Services are recorded and placed on our website so that those who are unwell, or unable to a�end for any reason, can s�ll par�cipate and
Once a month in the summer months we also meet for an evening service. Our midweek mee�ng is held each Tuesday evening in the Chapel or on Zoom, consis�ng of a Bible study followed by a �me of open prayer.
Once a month on a Thursday a�ernoon, an outreach mee�ng, called “Tea and Time to Think” is held in the home of one of our members. The purpose of this is to reach out to neighbours and to provide a forum for discussion and Bible study.
Support is focussed on missionaries and mission organisa�ons involved in spreading the Gospel of salva�on through faith in Jesus Christ as given to us in the Bible. We are par�cularly focussed on suppor�ng the missionaries of Grace Bap�st Mission, but take an interest in many other mission agencies.
**Commented [DM1]:** Any other
**Members.** During the course of the year, two of our long-term faithful members died. We thank God for their service in the church, and rejoice that they are now “with the Lord,” which is “far be�er.” At the end of the period covered by this report, we had 8 members.
**Property.** Our land and buildings were previously held in trust by the East Midlands Associa�on of Strict Bap�st Churches. This has now been taken over by the Associa�on of Grace Bap�st Churches, South-East (AGBCSE), of which Needingworth Bap�st Church has become a member, so AGBCSE are now our Holding Trustees.
**Financial review.** The assets of the church (charity), income and expenditure are as per our Financial Statement of Accounts. Because our income was less than £25,000, the accounts were not examined by an Independent Examiner.
Funds were used for the upkeep of the chapel and grounds including our cemetery, running costs, expenses of visi�ng speakers and dona�ons to mission organisa�ons. No grants were made. Funds are kept in our bank accounts and we do not hold any investments. Cash in hand is par�cularly being held with a view to the support of a future pastor. We do not hold any funds as a custodian trustee.
the period of the report was healthy with a cash balance of £68,117
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed:** David Mann
**Full name: David Mann**
**Posi�on: Elder/Chair of Trustees**
**Date: 10 May 2025**
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Charity Name No (if any)
NEEDINGWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH 1200761
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01/11/2023 31/10/2024
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
17,817 - - 17,817 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 17,817 ] - - 17,817 -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 17,817 - - 17,817 -
A3 Payments
6,441 - - 6,441 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 6,441 ] - - 6,441 -
A4 Asset and investment
-
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 6,441 - - 6,441 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 11,376 - - 11,376 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 56,741 - - 56,741 -
Cash funds this year end 68,117 - - 68,117 -
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
31/07/2025
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
**Church furniture**
**Electronic organ**
**Lawn mower/garden equipment**
**Church kitchen equipment**
**Computer**
**Bank accounts**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**68,117**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**68,117**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**General funds**
**-**
**General funds**
**-**
**General funds**
**-**
**General funds**
**-**
**General funds**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
**DAVID MANN**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
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||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
**10/05/2025**|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
31/07/2025
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