WIMBORNE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT 01 JANUARY 2024 TO 31 DECEMBER 2024 Ob"ectives and Activities To love and worship God. To love and serve one another, our local neighbourhood, and the wider world. To love and speak the Good News of Jesus so that others become His disciples. Summa of The Main Activities We conduct Sunday services in the main church building. There is a craft ministry for non-church people, which meets once a month. We also organise home groups and separate prayer meeiings on Zoom and at the manse. Our Minister's wife also has a book club meeting once a month at the manse and during the summer months the Minister hosts a garden party/aftemoon tea at the manse every month from June to September. The manse is well used as part of our church life. We rent a room for £1 0.00 a session to the I st Merley Guides during terni time. We support the local Food Bank with food and with funds, usually from our Gift Day. Another organisalion which benefits from our Gift Day is the Gideons. The Gideons are involved with schools and Universities nationwide. We are involved with the Wimbome Folk Festival providing facilities for children to enjoy crafts and provide a safe space for nursing mothers. We hold Warm Space lunches for children as part of a Community Scheme. We support overseas Missions in Mexico, Senegal, P.N.G. and India through prayer and finance through a percentage of our giving and a monthly contribution to SCBA (Southern Countles Baptist Association) and the BUGB (Baptist Union of Great Britain) and Tearfund through the Big Quiz in November. Our Minister has a pastoral role to the pupils and staff at Queen Elizabeth school in Wimborne. Chari Commission Guidance The Trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit. Contribution Made B Volunteers All office bearers are volunteers. All volunteers are appointed to various roles in the church, in accordance with Baptist Union rules at the Church AGM and appointed by the Membership. This includes Deacons, Health and Safety oificer, Auditors, Safeguarding Officer. Children, Coordinator, Communion Steward, Welcomers on the Door for Sunday, and other roles. Achievements and Performance We achieve our objectives by nurturing relationships with individuals and the Community. We aim to bring the Trnth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all we meet so that their lives are healed and made whole. Although a small church we are encouraged by new faces and inspired by the people we meet. As we support Overseas Missions, we are regularly visited by those we support when they come back to the UK on furlough. They are working in difficult places. It is wonderful to hear how God is achieving His Purposes in a needy and for some, a terrifying world. We don't measure performance, as such, as we rely on The Holy Spirit to guide us, and we take no credit for prayers answered or pU￿oseS fulfilled. Financial Review The Trustees registered Wimborne Baptist Church with the Charity Commission on 07111123 (charity number: 1205604). As the annual accounts for the year ending 31112123 have been issued to the Baptist Union, the receipts and payments accounts presented alongside this report cover the period 01112124 to 31112124. 2024 has been a diificult year financially, energy costs, repairs and maintenance on an old building have been very challenging. Three people leaving the church meant our income from monthly giving reduced by £4,000 including Gift Aid no longer claimed. Gone are the days when people worked in a job for 30 years and had gold plated pensions. Our newer members are working and due to the cost of living cannot replace the income lost. An ageing congregation and the consequence of death also impacts on our monthly income. We were extremely fortunate to receive a large unrestricted donation from a deceased member's estate, which has improved the charity's financial stability. As at 31112124, the charity held £73,492 in net current asset5, of which £1,000 was held in restricted funds, leaving £72,492 aN'ailable for core funding. Total income was £86,996 for the year to 31112124. There were no funds materially in deficit and the charity is continuing as a going concern. Structure Governance and Mana ement Our Constitution is agreed by the membership. The Charity is an unincorporated association. The election of Deaconsrrrustees is every three years by the Members at the Annual General Meeting. The Charity's organisational structure is as follows: Deacons Minister Other associations Baptist Union of Great Britain Southern Counties Baptist Association Reference and Administration Details Wimborne Baptist Church. Charity Number 1205604 Address:. Grove Road, Wimborne Minister, BH21 IBW. Trusiee name OtTice (if any) Dale of Appointment Name of person (or body) entitled to a oint Truste¢ M¢mbers lan Thorpe Andrew Chadwick Pastor 07 November 2023 Co-s¢cretary Co-secretary Treasurer 07 November 2023 07 November 2023 Members Anita Hicks Members Christine Stones 07 November 2023 Members Hilary Foster Co secretary 10 March 2024. Members Additional Information The Church Building is held in the Fairbairn Trust in the BUGB. The Manse is held in the Fairbairn Trust in the BUGB. If the church building is ever sold the proceeds are held by the Fairbairn Trust and only released if the Members buy another building. If the Manse is sold, the proceeds of the sale revert to the BUGB, Funds will be released if another dwelling is purchased. Declarations The 'l"rusiees declare that they have approved the Trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's Trustees.. Signatures )