WHITLEY BAY
BAPTIST CHURCH
F•xthe yew ermkd 31 De(xmber2023

WHITLEY BAY BAPTISTCHURCH
Contents
1-5
Independent Examinets Re￿rt
Batance She
8-10

WHITLEY
TRUSTEES, REPORT
Fortha year ended 31 2023
8APTIST CHURCH
LEGAL IIIFORIIAATION
The Church is regisiered wilh ts Chardy Comffdssm
CHURCH ADDRESS
P*Avenue. vvh￿ey Bay. NE26 1DX
CHURCH YIEBsfTE
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER
1201562
HMRC REFERENCE NUlblBER
Z031565
TRUSTEES
The Chaiity MawiFVJ oflhe Clxwch
Rev Joel meT￿r
Stephen Frank Davids￿ {appointed 30 March 2023)
Lynne Gradwell
Joanne Ha￿leS
Crispian Oates
Katherine Raine
Rev Anthony Vlctor Rud¢le (appoirted 30 2023)
H*n Sayer
PROPERTY TRUSTEES
The Bap&st Union Corrmxation Lllnfted. Ba￿lst House, 129 Br￿kny, Didiy)t. OX118RT
Bank of Scotland
Bardays Bank PLC
The Baplist Union Corporaion Limit￿1
INDEPENDENT EXANNNER
Paul Hutchinson Bsc FCA. HaThi%Jn H￿ch￿￿On Lrf 246 Pa￿ Whftby Bay.
Tyne and Wear. NE26 3(IX

WHITLEY BAY BAPTIST CHURCH CIO
TRiISTEES' REPORT (conlinuedl
Forthe year ended 31 DecembeT 2023
The charity is constiiuted as a Charrtable Organisthn registered with the Charity
Commissh)n urnler Regi51eKed Ch&ity No 1201562
Objectives and A¢thities
014ecfivr.
The piincipal purpose of Wlulley Bay Chutch CIO is the advancemetrt ofthe Chrtsban
faiih a¢¢ording to the piin(xples of the Baplist derM)minthn. The Church may also advan
or iiie w(Nid.
Activltles:
On 1 January 2024. the a8s*, ￿kneeS ofthe Church weTetransfe￿ed
from an establ'shed charity (aso c£5kd Whftley Bay Baptist Chwth) wlmth is registered
with the Charity Commission with rBgisteTed number 1126439. It is the ntention of the
trustees It￿t the existing incowated associthn cjwity referen￿ 11￿39 ￿ be dissolved
PtiDrto 31 December 2024.
In orderto achlave charttable pu￿the Church engages in a broad range of activities
knduding: regular public sery[￿S of Chii3tian W0￿h1p., Carers and Toddlers" Communty
Lunches: Open the BOOK. P￿15￿ Nursttw: Take S and Chat The ￿g￿. Wann welco￿ and
Youth activities and ev￿. It a150 supporfs those in our Church cornmuW though pastoral
care and smal groups-
Many ofthe activitles open lo any n￿rnber ￿the pubk C*ers and Toddlers is
paTlicularty ft)rth0￿ wikh yourwJ thikjren. Open the Book is a group that prO￿deS assembltes
for local schools, and Take 5 and ch￿ kyovths spxeforfknwl¥ch inc1￿le inthiduals
with addilional need&
The Twstee$ are ¢onfthntthatth6a(￿1eS ofthe Churth c(¥Wr￿d vAh OUT duty as a chaiiiy
to provide a public benefft ￿>￿dWig to ts glldar￿ *t out by the Charity Commission.

WHrrLEY BAY BAPTIST CHURCH CIO
TRUSTEES, REpoi¥f {coAtinued)
For the yearended 31 December 21y23
Achlevem8nt and P8rfon*ance
20Y3 &3wlheforn7aton ofthkq CIO. aml 1￿Mmer￿ from 1st Jarw2024.
Financial Review
The charity formed 12th Jarniary 2023. No ac11vi￿S vfft tsrried oui n the 2023 yearlhw this
organÉsation, but rfid in that ofits associ￿ ako na7*d ￿fi￿leY Bay Baptist Ctswth
registered thaTity number 1126439.
A budget forthe Church has been prepared frrxf24 as a (rflhelmster cl thibes to Ihe ne
incotpoiated CIO on la January 2024.

WHITLEY BAY BAPTIST CHURCH CIO
TRUSTEES. REPORT (continued)
Forthe year efided 31 DeGember 2023
Reserves Policy
The Trustees have adopted a reseNes to hokj in availabk balance an arnount equal to
between thTee and four monts of operaling CO￿&. cu￿entlY £42000 to £57,000. Ourlrrtal
available reserves at the end of 2023 was nil as the charity cartied out its works under Ihat of
its associated organisatton, aso named Whitley Bay Baptist Church Tegistered chariiy number
1126439. The reserves wll be trdnsferred effective 1st January 2024. and the Trustees are
satisffed that they will have sufficient reserves at future balan￿ sheet datss. logether with
ongoing income anticipated, to enable the Church to function effe&ivdy in the cOw￿ng year
t8king into account all the economic ar￿ Porrt￿al uncertaintÉes.
Rlsk Management
The Trustees have made an assessment of the rnajor iisks faarYJ the Church and are
salisfied that there are policies in place to minimise these risks. The key iisks identtfied are
detsiled bgknv.
Risk Factor
str*gic and
leadership
Loss of key *aff
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Leaders and assoGlated team members in
am key areas of Ministry.
Regular Church MembeTg meetings to
discuss problem areas.
Idenlified group taking part in GTthMng
Leajers Course
Annual safeguarding training for everyone
involved with chddren or vulnerab18 adults.
Higher level training leaders.
Safeguarding
Breach of
safeguariji
guidefines
Safeguarding is a standing agenda item (
every Trustee meeting
Following Baptist Union procedures
Regular giving monitored monthly. Abl￿￿ to
Finance
Fa15ing givwvJ
income
Misappropriation
of funds
Fire or another
event occurs
iji
Aonthly financBI reports lo Trustees
Internal controls reviewed annuallv
Quinquennial rewew undertaken by
professionals.
Fabr￿ Team arrdnge and perfom regular
Buildings and
property
Fire aiarn% in place. Inspected annually
Fjre extinguishers in place. Inspected
annua
Fwe drill has b￿n canfed out duiing a
Knowledge of oltr￿ I￿adIng5 which could
be used.

Repulalion
Negative pubiKty
Contacts in Baptst Urkn press olfice
Abiw to contarA membern and regular
attenders
uickl
Poficy and giadelines in plac* and
(fistiibuied to membe
Health and safety p0￿cY in afMI
viewed anr￿al .
Legal and
bleach
a*iii
Health and safdy
breach
By order oflhe Tn*es
201h June 2024

Indep￿dent Examiners ReporttslheTn*ke5 (*
Vlhllley Bay Wtist Chwch CW)
This reportis made solely to IhE trwiees. as a bNty. in ￿￿[danCeyth section 145 ofthe Chanlies Act2011
and reoulabons made und¥sethn 154 of11￿ MyTADthlws bean undertaken soOh2t I wwJht slate to thg chaii
Ints thos8 l am re4uipd to 51ate to them Wide￿￿nI and forno otherpuryjose.
To th?fvltes1 extenl peJmrf￿ by law. I do ￿t2￿p1 oras*** respJ•*) awoneo1herl1Aftthed￿ffty4￿d the
chaws trustees as a i￿. formywr#korforthi5 ryoTL
2011) andthatan ndeperthntewiiwth Ills
'lofolliMthè procedures taffl (km in the byth8 Qmity Corni￿n l￿derseCtion
14515)(b} of Ihe act). and
Basss afindependentexan•Ws report
An exaMn￿￿tiOft indudes a ￿VIew011ho acc(xrfng I￿￿d￿ke[1byth2 rjwhy and a rthw8nson oflhe acCA>￿IS
prespntedwilh Ihose rerxlrds. Italso considerthn of any ￿m￿jaI itans ordisd¢)5ur¢s in the ac£otin4 and
from YC￿ as trustees ￿n[￿nIng any suth mallels. The undertaken do notixovidB all evldefi￿th*
lrtdependertexanmnèes slatem
Inth& COU￿ of my exam&￿]1 no mthhas (xllnetrtr rffj
1. which gives me wea5￿8b1è rxu* lo be￿Qve￿al inany ffiatell￿ respeci the ieqiwe
Chartered Accountart
246 ParkViev4
Whlty Bay
and Wear
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Flxed Assets
Tangible Fixed Assets
Bank and Ca*1
CuiTert Liabililles
Cr￿rrt0[s. anounls fairing due wtihin y
NetAssets excluding pensv(m Ilablllly
Defined b¢nefrt penslon scherne asset or
Total net assets or Ilabllllles
Charfty Funds
Endowment
Design*d
Unrestricted
Total Charlty Funds
These accow*swere apwoved bytr on 201h June 2024 and siw on thelr
behalf by:
L<
Joel Mercer
Trustee
steph￿ Davilson

WHITLEY BAY BAPTIST CHURCH CIO
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM 2023
4. A¢couri* Policies
Basis of preparalion
The accounts are ptepaTed in aCa)rdan￿ Ythh the S1*em￿tt OfReC￿mended Prac11￿ (Chathies
SORP 2021), FRS102 and th the Charl￿e5 Ad 2011.
Vvhmey Bay Baplist Church 15 a regstered chaiity {12015F2) and meets the definilion of a pubiic benefft enlAy
under FRS102. Assets and ies are initmlly recognised a hi￿1￿ cost ortransaction Va￿ unless
olhewise stated in the rdevant ac£oLlltting pthy nole&
Income recognition
All Inwming resources will be included in the Slatement of Financial Aclivhies when the chaiity is legatly
enfftled to the income after any perfOrn￿n￿ conthfions have been rt the arnou￿ can be measured ￿lIablY
and it is probablethatlhe income be receiv&J.
Donallons
Donalions WRI be accourrted for gross kn recave& Fued asset gffts in kwxl are recognised when
receivable and are induded at fairvalue.
being receiv￿1.
Inveslmertlncome
Investment ir￿rne be Y￿￿ded in the Ihe Y￿ in which R is ￿1vab[e.
Expenditure recogniknn
All exr.ndilute will be accounied toron an accw* bas& Expenrfth Yau be recognised where there Is a
legal orconslfuclive obligation to make payments tothird partles, ti is p￿babIe that settternent will be requtred
an(1 the afftount ofthe obwon be fflea￿ f*bly.
Cost of rasing funds
Tho Church vAi nol make foffl￿ app* for￿ndS. aKI eX1￿￿lre on these items is therefore not rna￿1
Grants payable
The Church will make granlsto otherorgalltsaions whose charitth objects complement ts work TheyvJill
be accounted forwhen the recipient has been notifigj ofthe grarrt and payment is uncondittDnal.
Supportcosts
Support costs wll be Ihose Itiai assisi the worf( of1he (*utch but do not thety tepreseJrt Gharttable a(*vitte5
and include office costs and govemance cosL Vthere support costs cannot be directly attribuled to particular
headingsthey WFiI be allocated to the cost of raising furNls and expen(rrtute on charitable acaivilies on a ba51S
consistentwith the use of reg)urce& This wll represent thred expendrture on the governance of the church.
Most of fhe Managernentwll be canied Out￿lfhoUt by volunteer5. Th￿ ittsnL¥ble cost wfl not induded
in the St*ment of Frk3ncial ACknvIts￿ since therewll be ￿stt0 ￿ VO￿nteerS fortheir

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECErn 2023
l. Accounling Policies (Gon1#W￿
d Assets
Tangible fixed assets will be capitaised if they ￿ be usgj for motethan one Year￿￿ cost at le8st£1,000.
They be initially recognised al ￿St. orkn don*d ass&4 ata rewnable eslim* oftheirvalue on
Funds
Unrestricled funds be avalable for use atthe disueSon of the ttustees in furtheran￿ of the general
objectives of the chwity and which have nol been des*ed for other purposes.
Designated funds will compiise Unrestric￿ ￿ndS that wll be sel aside bythplfu&eesfor parficuiar purposes.
The aim and use of each designthl fund w]I be in the notestothe fuHncial slatemen
Restrfded funds are funds which are to be used in accordance wRh speth reslrtthns ifflposed by don0￿ or
which Tr￿ve been ralsed by the chaiity for parlicular The c05t of raistng &)d administerKwJ such
funds will be thatged agaristthe spethcfund. The am ￿ use OF each restsicled fund is set out in the nrtes
EndOwmert￿ftd8 represent those assds which musi be held Perm￿￿ndY by the Cha￿￿. Income aiising on
the endowment funds will be used in attonlance wilh Ihe obieiAs of the charity and is induded as unrestricted
Incom& Any capxt41 Wn5 or losses arisin9 on the inv¢sIme￿ fomi ￿ oflhe Investment mana9ement
eharges and legal advti relating to the fund will be Ch￿ed aJainst Ihe fund.

IIVHITLEY BAY BAPIIST CHURCH CIO
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDU) 31 DECEM￿ 2023
Employee benefits
The chaiity ￿ Op￿ a defined contiilyjkn pkn forls ￿npkny￿. A defmed contribulion plan Is 8 pension
plan underwhi¢h the chanty pays r￿ed contn1x￿1onS into a separ* entty. Once the contribulions have been
paid the chaiitywli I have further payments obligalions. The ￿ntribull0n$ be recognised as an expense
when they are due. Amounts not paid wll be shown in acCn￿lS li the balan￿ sheeL The assets ofthe plan
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Trustees, annual report
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ideniified io the acco￿1
5th1emeM confimilng vthellw the
trustees have had regèid to Ihe
gLudance issued by chaiity
Conunission on public bel￿11
Additional inforfflation (optiona
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of IhE charity, 1dentlfw￿ the
ifferen￿ the thèiirfs wotk has
made to rhe cIrcumstsn￿ ￿ its
beneficiafle5 a￿1 any wider I￿nefits
to srKiety as a whole.
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ExVartai1￿ ot any ￿(￿a￿lieS
abuui the dwiily I1)nli￿l￿g 05 a
901ng cOn￿M
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Additional infor￿allOn (optionat)
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The Ihatitv's prinopal sour￿$ ol
I￿ndS (InC￿dIng fundrafring)
PJa 1.47
Inveslment policy and objectiyEs
tn(k)th'ng any s0(ial invesune
policy adopied
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or r￿me of any pers￿ 01 body
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the Inductk)n D7ining ot I￿￿tee5
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and aiiy widef network wliKI)
the thaiily works
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