## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 12 2023 **To** 30 11 2024 

**From** 

**To** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** Shipley Baptist Church 

**Other names charity is known by** Shipley Baptist Chapel 

**Registered charity number (if any)** 227924 **Charity's principal address** New Kirkgate 

Shipley 

**Postcode BD18 3QY** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 


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Dates acted if not for whole  Name of person (or body) entitled<br>Trustee name  Office (if any)<br>year to appoint trustee (if any)<br>1 Steven Walshaw  Treasurer<br>2 John Froud  Deacon<br>3 Martin Butterworth  Deacon<br>4 Yvonne Froud  Deacon<br>5 Keith Jones  Deacon<br>6 Katie Jones  Deacon<br>Caroline  Deacon<br>7<br>Whitehouse<br>8 Iain Buglass  Deacon<br>9 Rebecca Baylis  Deacon<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 


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Name Dates acted if not for whole year<br>Yorkshire Baptist Association<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name 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** 

Conveyance Type of governing document 

(eg. trust deed, constitution) Unincorporated association How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Elected by the church members to serve office for 3 years 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** 

Religious activities as a church 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

March **2012** 

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The church has held weekly Sunday morning services plus additional services for Christmas. A junior church and crèche was provided for younger people. 

During this period, the church hosted a community cafe, a food bank and a parent and toddler group. The church was used for 1 week in the winter as a shelter for the homeless. This included the provision of food, beds and washing facilities for homeless guests. 

The church also made rooms available for hire by the community. 

**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)** 

The activities of the church have helped provide a moral and ethical framework for people to live by and advance the moral and spiritual welfare of the community. 

The charity is aware of the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. 

## **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** 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

The charity has continued its activities as a church. The church hosted a winter shelter for Inn Churches and welcomed homeless guests. The church was used by Bradford North Foodbank to distribute food parcels to the needy. The church ran Welcome / Warm Spaces - an initiative for people to come together in a warm space for refreshments and activities The church has a part-time youth worker and runs meetings and a dropin centre for youth. 

The church collected shoeboxes for distribution by International Aid Trust. 

March **2012** 

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Section E
Financial review
Brlef statement of the
charity's policy on reserv88
The church does nol aim to keep a particular amount in reserves but rf
the reserves go below the level of 6 months. committed expenditure, the
financial situation will be kept under ¢onstant review by the deacons.
Committed expendtture is defined as costs which the church is
contrartually obliged to meet in order to continue operating in its current
manner.
Details of any fund8 materially
in deficit
Further financial reviow details (Optional inforniation
"lou may choose to indude
additional infomation, vthere
relevant aboLrt'.
the charity's principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising).,
how expendrture has
supported the key objectNes
of the ¢harity',
investment policy and
objeclives inGluding any
ethical investrnent 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 thg charlty's trustses
Slgnature(s)
Full name(s
Po8ltlon leg Secretsry, Chalr,
Keith Grant Jon88
Deacon
Yvonne Froud
Deacon
Date
31 /t /loL5

## **SHIPLEY BAPTIST CHURCH** 

## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH NOVEMBER 2024** 

|**RECEIPTS**<br>Offerings - General<br>- Gift Day<br>Gifts<br>Legacies<br>Use of premises<br>Tax refunds<br>Grant Received<br>Fundraising<br>Interest Received<br>Donations for outside causes<br>Traidcraft sales<br>**PAYMENTS**<br>CAP Debt Centre<br>Youthworker<br>Youthwork expenses<br>Rent<br>Water Rates<br>Insurance<br>Lighting & Heating<br>Telephone<br>Website costs<br>Repairs<br>Legal & Professional<br>Bank Charges<br>Fixtures / Fittings<br>Licence / Subscriptions<br>Cleaner's wages<br>Postage & Stationery<br>Waste Disposal<br>Sundries<br>Preaching fees<br>Events<br>Junior Church<br>Donations for outside causes<br>Traidcraft purchases<br>Loan repayments<br>Deposit for church weekend<br>**Net surplus / (-= deficit)**|Unrestricted<br>Funds<br>£<br>39,368<br>1,015<br>8,956<br>6,961<br>9,631<br>4,343<br>760<br>66<br>71,100<br>1,620<br>6,588<br>2,099<br>1,200<br>843<br>2,725<br>9,721<br>628<br>150<br>2,374<br>96<br>2,679<br>1,147<br>6,192<br>521<br>1,556<br>60<br>798<br>252<br>8,258<br>4,334<br>53,841<br>17,259|Restricted<br>Funds<br>Total<br>£<br>£<br>39,368<br>1,015<br>8,956<br>6,961<br>9,631<br>4,343<br>760<br>66<br>1,627<br>1,627<br>1,627 72,727<br>1,620<br>6,588<br>2,099<br>1,200<br>843<br>2,725<br>9,721<br>628<br>150<br>2,374<br>96<br>2,679<br>1,147<br>6,192<br>521<br>1,556<br>60<br>798<br>252<br>1,603<br>9,861<br>4,334<br>1,603 55,444<br>24 17,283|Y/E 30/11/2023|
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||||30,199<br>6,056<br>7,333<br>6,142<br>3,738<br>375<br>24<br>3,252<br>290<br>57,409<br>1,620<br>13,060<br>1,157<br>1,200<br>1,006<br>2,732<br>7,519<br>615<br>150<br>2,548<br>1,290<br>72<br>1,020<br>7,666<br>70<br>520<br>1,508<br>95<br>786<br>100<br>10,226<br>118<br>3,667<br>58,745<br>-1,336|



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