Cb2rity Reg No. 240979
www.pbfund.org.uk
Particular
Baptist Fund
Report and Financial Statements
31 December 2023

PARTICUI,AR BAPTIST FUND
Report and Fln%inclal Statsments 2023
Contents
P*go
Report of tbe Executive Committee
Independekt Auditor'y report
ststemeTrt of fiT￿ne￿al aetivities
io
BalADce gbeet
Ca&h Fjtsiy Statsmtnt
12
Notes to the fin&n¢i&l $tat¢ments
13

PARTICULAR BAPTIST FUND
Report of the Executive Committee
For the year ended 31 Decen]ber 2023
The lixteutivt Committte $ub]llit5 11$ report and the fmantI￿ stalemellts of the Particular Bapiist Fund I'mhe Fund") for the Ye￿ enda4 31
2023. Th¢ f￿ancial 5tatGm¢tL15 COD]ply )vith Sw¢m¢rLI of R¢GoU]]]￿ded Pl￿tiCe (FRS102) "Acwwitill8 èlld ReporLiJJ8 by
CJw]tie3" Issued by the Chanty LoM￿sSIOn.
. Relerthee an
milli5tr
rma
l.l The T￿￿tee
The Trusiees 8eJve on the Executive Con￿lli￿. The Tpjslees who 8erYed durAttgthe year ond the Tn>stets who se￿ill8 At the dat¢ of
the report (uDle53 QttLeTwise stat¢dl were".
P Barton
C H Jcsne8
M O'M•a
M Trjce
Vi¢¢ ChairtrLan
K JobiL8
Ir¢signed 21 Sq)ttmb¢r 2023)
Kerth Jobns retsred trom Ibe LoJJ)mittee 21 bepttmlxr 2U23 bavtng relo¢aied and joined a ctlurch which i% not a MellLb¢r ot'the Furd and
therefo￿ feelymg him$e]f ntr longerable to CDntinue Js 8 Member's Representstive attd hence#É a memberof the Executive C0￿MIttee. The
¢ivC Col?￿¥11￿¢¢ hila foi hi5 dili8qlt %TriGC.
2 The Mcmbcrs
Tht xn¢nTrb6rs iertain Churthu i1￿1VidUAl3. Th¢ aiwGh¢s S￿VIO8 at 31 D(k"eJkilkn 2023, ElJg¢dkn With Eiitu J)uJ)Jb¢J vfJK¥is*iHI
rep￿SeJ]￿tiveS (including the Minister), each holding one voTr. are as follov¢ry'.
B￿￿rfOrIL EaliD8 Road
L¢yton. I{￿1>aUlt Road
Broml¢y. Haye$ L￿¢
New Cross Road
Cambenvell. Denrn8￿ Pl8ce
Toiienhfjm High Road
Cat¢riw
Tring
Croydon We8t
I'unbndge WelW PanW¢s
rrTeenwieh. VillA8e Chureh
WilthAm*tow
Hyde Heath
Walworth. Fa81 Street
Islington, Tollingron Park
Wand8wonh, Wesr Hill
L¢wisham. College Park
Warford Derby Road
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1.3 Princi
l Offjce
5 Sandalw(MNI Road
Wpslbury
Wiltshit¢ BA13 3UP
1.4 Profe&%ional Advisers and A
The principal profrssio￿l athi8eTh and agcnls tmploy¢d by th¢ Fund a8 at the date of this report are ￿ follo￿..
Poih¢oory Witham Weld
70 St George's Square
London SWIV 3RD
Tnv¢3tment
Manag¢
Tnv¢gl¢c W¢olth And TnY¢gim¢nt BartkG
30 GrCtha￿ st￿cL
London
EC2V 7QN
CAF B&nk Lirni*d
25 Kin¥% Hill Avenue
Kin¥% Hill
Wesl Mullits¥
Keni MLI9 4JQ
Audito
3bcob CaYenaEh & Skeet
S Robin Hood Lane
Sutton
Surrey bMI 2bW
Secretary
Johj) f.dwords
5 S#ndAlwood k(>Ad
We$tbury
wiltshi￿ IJA13 3UP

PARTICULAR BAPTLST FufgD
Report of the Exécutive Committee
For the year ended 31 December 2023
2. Structurt Governattct & Matta
emellt
2.1 Chantablo Status
The Fund wasestabli%hediR 1717 by Baptist Churche% itl LondonhtsldingthedoctrinesofPartLcuJaT RedemptioTr and BelievÈrg' Baptism.
The Furtd is registetred as a chatj.ty with the Charity Comltiission no. 240979.
2.2 The Gov
The FutLd is govethed by q Ch*ity Cl)￿1￿*14￿n Scbeme dated 27 August 2004.
2.3 The T
The TN5tee5 of tbe Fund ate the ffleJnbEts cf the Ex￿1Ve Co]Mmiftee I'%he Executive'j. The ￿ecUtiVe is apwinted by ttle membe￿ ill
general tneeting. Ex￿￿tIVe members serve three-year tertns. The Executive currently meets up to $ix time$ per annum #nd meets with itle
MetrtberÈ' RepTe$etststtves t￿ee pet Atllll￿.
The iftdu¢iion prtste￿ for 8nyllewly-appointed memberof the Exe¢utive ¢oTn￿lSe8 #tl initial rneeting wsth the Chairand the Board.
folloivtd by a Seri￿ of short meetillgB V12th th¢ S¢crctary on investrrLeDts, th¢ Sralltjnak￿BProUS£. powers attd te6ponÈibil*ti¢:.f the
Executive. Tht w¢l¢omt Infont￿tion pack in¢ludes'.
a brief hisiory of the Fund
copi¢s of r¢c¢nl Execu¢iv¢ 0￿j Memb¢r5' m¢¢iiTrg minul¢s
copic8 ot the tsst tbree years ot annuaj retM)rL8 2nd accounts
A topy tsf the Sthethe of Atr2ngemertt
buyy vrit￿ Rul¢s X¢gulaiiouS dtid
a copv of the Chanlv Cojnmission's kuidance'The Essential Trustee..
2.4 The M￿nber8
Thc me￿beT$ tsf thc FuThl art the Chur¢hes. Individuals may bc M¢mb¢¥s. but ¢uJretLily therc are no Individual Membct5. orc both
docrrSa21 and flDaDcial r¢qulrcmenrs for Membership. Doctrlnalty, Members musl bold ro Tkne dc¢[rln￿ of ParTi¢ular baptixs. FinaDGially.
Member5 makt an initial contribution to Ihe Fund's pemanent cwiial and thcreatler make continuing contri￿tiO[L8 by way of a]J 3nnual
4)ffaing or dc*nation.
Memberg. dutièg are lo..
atttnd Members. meetingF
elea members to the Executive
eive reports from fhe EX￿￿tile.. and
]nake retomtnendations to theExe¢utiYe reg￿lft￿the makFng ofgrants and loans.
¢ll￿lI P¥Lwt]u
2.i KY
Tr¢ Kcy mana￿￿￿￿1 Personnel of the Pund con8iSt5 of thc SErraary. John EdTward8 ￿c￿con) TO V¢1Jom a]1 theday w ¢J8y admInis￿&t1Ve
and a¢¢owJting funett<>n$ of the Fund art d¢lwted.
The Se¢retary's role is part-time and is Twrded as a vocation 8nd a¢cor(tingly remunelatiort is ealculated wsth Teference to one third of the
Bfyptist L'nion of Gre4t Brittyin gtiwd $¢410 and 16 reviwed tsDnwlly tow&rds the end of eaoh yoDrby the TnL3tceg itt o m¢dinS, who th
5Ct thc remuncrntion forthc coming YUT.
2.ti Risk Mat
Thc fujjd's ptithary cthjcorn attd objGCtiVC is th¢ ¥loryof God. Whil< it is thc fund's to trUSt wholly in th¢ Loid th&t 11¢ will WOLk out
his pU￿oSe 10 Ihi8 end. the Fund also ackLwwied¥es thai Ll has a responsibility for thc proper tnttthgemelll of the Fund in gccordancc wilh
applicAhle laws and Aecepleil ¥oDd praetice and far en%urin¥ Ihai the ri%kg fAeed hy the Fiind In Achieving Tt% pnmnry AITn SI￿. Ad[Irp￿lI AnA
managed AS be$1 as tx)ssible. The fxe¢ulii'e Committee has IhertfoT¢ conducied its own review of the major risks io ￿hiCh thc Fund is
exposed aT￿ systejns and proceduJL% hav¢ been ¢stablIsh￿ in OTderto ihosr ri8k$. This Teiicw is Tq)eatcd anTrually.
The mos( si￿1r1¢an1 risks identifiedand actions widertakett w mittgate theTn are..
The 1rusieei￿d¥ ceascto has'e a 8ufficien¢ ranRe of skElls and abil>liesdue to a de¢linknR tru$teebase. This ig being athlrek%ed by
seeking n¢w churchegto join the fund And invitittg 5Uttable officersof churches in the increased memEeYship t0￿corne TA￿tees.
D¢elin¢ in investment Yalues. This is b¢jng jadr￿cl[bY th¢ oppointment of PTOQCtiY¢ in¥"c5tm¢nt monr¢Bcr5 wlth ihstru¢tiony to
mi¥Trtayn a balanQ￿p0rtfollo and monitoring th¢iT Perforr￿n¢t though awo8Tam of Trustee meetings with them.
Incapacity of Key ManagemeniP¢rsonn¢l thro￿gh long terni illne55, resulting 12) failure to Continue grani-makingprocedures and
tOTnpliATre& AiliiTP< ThTQ ig AaArpq<e.rf hy thp. ThihA'* p.Iprtranir rRenTh4o hetng MA1ntAIn￿ ()n r.laiid_hA%+rt plarfnTm¢4 tli whie.h kry
Trust¢ex hove access enoblingthun to inter¥Ene if n¢ce&w.

PARTICULAR BAPTIST FtiND
Report of the Executive Committee
For the year ¢nd¢d 31 December 2023
5 & StrAte
The object of die chariry 1$ st8ted as'.'Ihe odvanG¢tnentofthe Christian r¢Jwn in Qreat Britai￿ IreiaDd, the Channel 131gndsond the Isleof
M*k ill accordance with the doctritses of Particular Baptist5"
The Tnjstees aim to ¥hiev¢ this objective by..
supponing sele¢tt¥l projects which seek to revive or estsblish new P2rticllLgr Baptist Churches
¥upportiug th¢ thwlo8iG)l th¢atjOL dnd ptèctitsal trtinills of iiit¢lldii18 to JllithSl¢J Iv
sisting ivith the constructioa, ma2ntenave aThY repair ot'tbe fabiic. fitttn%s and fiuniThwe of the i￿ald1￿ of Churches wher¢ the
doctiine8 of the Pgrticuiar BapiJsts' are preached
rdievJn8 mitiisters ajjd rttired minisiers alld th¢ir dtp¢Ddattts wbo are iu ne¢d. b8rdship or dtstress
swh other means being cth"Mbl¢aDd ￿ pursuance of the object as th¢ Ex¢£utii'e CoAMllittee sball from tilne to tj.me th￿L fjt
Alongside the governing dtscument. the tsf the FiityA rn9D8gd iiDder a %er7e5 of Rules 4tLd Regulatity￿S formulkted by the
B71wutsv¢ Committcc. Within thi3 fArtV¥ork, thc Futd 3¢¢k8 to make..
granis foT Churcaes ivith 2 cleatTrision toi mission lo thcircommumty
Brallts to tUTr¢nl Baplisl ministers artd mittisttrs in traiTJin8 for educational needs
t to the A4us Libtary of Re8eui's Pa￿ ColleBe, Oxfor¢L the repository in the Brii]sti Isle& of P&nicul8r L38PUSt
historical mat¢ri81
lo*ttg to Chwehes for th¢ PUT¢ha8¢ of. and i)uildin8 worf(% to. Chur¢h buildings
ts ts) preseut fonnerBaptist ministers attd rettred miD25rers' widows for the￿￿ef of hard8htp
Th¢ Fund is con)￿ltted to distributing its unrestrJ¢l¢d reserv&% in accordance *ith its %tÉted obje¢tEves and also in accotdante with sts
uJJr¢stri¢led reserves policy. It is also wmmiii¢d to ill¢reasitL8 it8 IfltsnPQrtfolio. To these uxds the Executiv¢ i5 fQItLmiited to..
id¢ntifjq"n8 D¢W b¢tLtficiarits by..
appointsng. wher¢ pr2Ctieabldpossibl¢. individuals ro the Executive with etrnsive cotltacts within the Parti¢ular Baptist
mmunity
eiJiOUia8iii8 raili EX￿Ul1￿¥ IllfTltiKr4LTwJ ¥lbU thy Fwmi's I￿[nbe[S to bc ￿er[￿Charl￿ble opponuniTic8Thithin the Part￿[&￿
Baptist community
advertisin¥ throush awebsite IWww.pb￿nd?r&ukl and the distribution of upttrdare promotional liTeAture to th¢ PaTts¢uJaT
Baptist coIIittlllnity, notonly diTectly to ChuLhesbui alw via local a55OCittions
regularly reviewing the £urreni ra*ge of and loans lo cheek whetherthty Tneetthe cllrrent neai8 of Churehe$
revJqlTrins grnnt ond loan lev¢ts at l¢ogt on¢e p¢r4TKLum
reportsng halt-awjually to the members

PARTICULAR BAPTIST FUIYD
Report of the Executive Committee
For the year ended 31 December 2023
¢kl¢vt
htsa
d PErfo
bL*
Thtrin8 thp. yPAr thp. Fijnd ennt1ni￿I tn mske grants and l(YanA in sccnrdance with the Fiind'g ahjectives and in 2clnrd￿nee with the grants
and loan5 poSici¢5 CStabli5h¢d by th¢ EXc￿tIVe. The Fund contw to reptrrt perfor[[￿￿¢< in tertns of numbers of iDdividutt15, instilUtiofj$
and Churches who h&ve br¢tL a55i5red, Together wsth tnonewy atnounls d5sulbuted by ¢aiegory tsf gtsftT.
Th¢ Fund's Erant-Jnth'tLg exp¢lldittre of £378,375 ￿ 30 diff¢r¢ni paw¢s sbows a decrease (attributabl¢ almost ¢ntirely to the Rle8seof the
CanthDurne fi]Dd in 2022) agaiDSt the ￿loUS yeèr'5 expeDdsture of £650.962 to 22 differentparties, 45 follows..
2023
2021
21122
Education￿ Grattts {￿stitUtiOnS)
Lapitsl til￿r- LaDTrb¢)um¢
Conseuts to Chap¢L Tra￿t¢[s. ￿lated COSL8
Thvologi¢sl Ed￿￿tiOn Sllp￿rt Gr&rtts
inT4teMAI Tntp.rnghip fifAntg
Home Mission PastOTal fvts
Spectal Project thzn¢¥
Rdit¢d mitti91erilll 8mt9
Benevolent fJThnts
15,000
15,0(K)
,2?3
62.5
.tfh7
126,050
l82,5O0
12.0(k)
116,575
10
49,900
?,4nfl
49.900
Total
30
378J75
22
650.1102
Th¢ Fund's lom protlle. dtscLose(I ￿ ￿08rdEn￿e retsted ttlvebvllen￿ withkn nxed (notr 51 currcni ass￿ (llo￿ 61 illYesrneDt4 ￿ as
follows.
2•23
2023
2022
2&22
New loon5
Totsl loatss
46,456
85,079
The Fund'5 inTre5meRt pTrlicy L5 bw vurTn￿ fully at 0.1 ￿luW.
Th¢ inv¢8tmcn13 Producd divithnd in¢tyM¢ thf £192.825 12022. £203J93}
Ncl gains. re81isc41 and unre81ised,ot£81.816 (2022. (los&esl£(244.832llJ¢¢tued to IbeEndowtt*ntFulld tthD8 the valueoftheEndowment
rund to £2.194,881 ot 31 DKcTnbcr 202J. inGf&i&¢ of 3.gh M'cr thc year whi£h is di6appointitt8 a¥ain51 a¢hievjTh8 thc objcctiv¢ of
prolccting Ihc Endowment Fund winst inflation whi¢h unusually high in the ye8r (Jnd gen¢raiÈng incomel, bui musi ￿ se¢n in the
tontext Of m3Tket efyects of on-going world ei'ents from FebTuary 2022.
Net %ain9. realisixl and unrutlised, of £350.102 (2022.. (losses} £INOO,6311}) accrued to G¢nml funds, so tothl wurns on investm¢nty gains
and di¥idcnds. arno￿ted to a of £431.918 plu$ divid¢JMJg of £192.825. tot#11￿￿% £624,743. 9.10/4 of the vxlue fif ihVCSlrnents at the
start ofily v¢ar
4.2 Future Develo
Ihe I tostecs ¢o]JiinuaUy reviewmg ceryaiD ¥raLts ro makc them more appropriatr and relevani.
men15

PARTICULAR BAPTIST FUND
Report of the Executive Committee
For the year end¢d 31 December 2023
The Ksults of the FuniL kn8e1kn￿W1th conwative figwes for 2022, canb¢ found iu the Statemeniof Finpneial A¢tivities ¢)n p&ge 10.
Totsi ebsntRble ¢xp¢ndituregTllQUlltqd to £446,791.
The fijnd benefited from pr¢xe¢l$ wmch ¢ould be quants"fi¢d bv the end of 2023 of chapels whith Closed UJ 21)22 an)Du￿1 to £495JlS.
dividend and itite]Egt of £199,551 other don*ions of £10289.
(iaLtL8 on mvesttwtts weTe t431,YIi¢12V22'. lossesUL.U45,47U) due to workl ¢V¢Dts of that ywl, so the Fulld sknows a surplus of£690,282 for
thè yeAr(2(1?_2.. dp.fir.it ¥{9R511?JII)
31 Dettmber :023, the Fundm assets of £7370.7t4 I￿22, £7,280.4221, piryeeds be qu8atitie41 by the end of
2023 of chapels w￿.£b clo8ed iti 2022 gJnDUnttt￿ to £564,595 had not then been receiv￿ were llot th•tfoTe #vailable for ￿ttt-
maksttg putytyse¥ at that dato.
The. tinallrial p)lieiegrelxtJtt8 to Futo 9re Hs follows..
Thechariivs p)ftlolio is divided into two Funds and oi'er the medium lern) the investment strategy in re8pecl of each Fund IR..
Endowtn¢ni Fu)yJ.. to maximiÈe ￿E￿me whi16t majntllining th¢ rcol voluc of thc copitul.
b. UJJrL'striLlYd Fund." to e5tabli5h a balanced portfolio toprofrct the real value of capital and income.
The tftvesbllellt Policy has been extensively ￿VIewed and precludes invegttneni incompaoies which ¢le2tly 8enernte $￿ifiCantprOfits from
amiamenty. a]cohcpl. 8omblin& high interest Icndin& porno8raphy and toba¢¢o.
For detalls of ijjvesurnjis held see no￿ 5 2nd6.
made w Churche5 sharing the doctrinal b&81$ of the Membtrs for the purcthe of, and building work$ to. Chur¢h buildings. i
¥cordance wilh the Fund'$ Rules and Regulations. Currently theM￿lmuM loan IB £1￿.￿0. Reptyment te[fi￿ 9re norm&lly ten yeÈr8 and
9re Énterest fre& Loang to unincorporated tha￿ti¢$ in England and Wales IdiffeJEnt anongements opply in other jurisdictions in tht
Bjiliyji Ibly￿] u]iS¢LLEt￿L bul Iuanb tv inwrpotut¢d rhaTiuts are guaranteed a6 4)proprtsr. Fordernils tsf loans, vthich 8r¢ 4¢COiUltvJ for
as programme rclated investttJeDL& see tLoies S 6.
6.3 Grant5 Pobcy
GranL8 orc made 10 ed￿all￿nal establishmeDts, Churcbcs and lltdividuals embra¢xÈ)8 the doetTi￿al basis of the Members Ind in aceordattc¢
with (he Rules ond ReElll2tions. Detsi14 are intlllded below..
Educuiioiial. Grants are also made to indivithjaj ttJini5ter5 ill training and 10 full ts"n)e mitiisters 5ttkin# to folloiv fi3rther studies
rel￿an1 lo the ministry. A grant 15 also made to the Angus Library of Regent's Park College. Oxford. the main rep05tlory in the
ritish Isltt of Pafticular Bapti$thi5torical tnaterial
MiY.¥inn. GTrnL% ar¢ made to Churches and Chur¢h-Plants whi¢h ar¢ culturally T¢l¢i'ani as well as being in Itme with th¢ Fund's
th¢ological posiiion. Sinc¢ 2023 such grants have bc¢n given for up 10 nme wears. Special PniJe¢i fjrants are giwen to mll
h￿￿h￿ ¢owards capitsl empendiiure on ¢v2ngelisii¢ projEet5
BeKevnléKI. Grnnt5 are givell to ￿lTed ministers With a low OTMI occasionally to serving PA8tors in siBnific&ni nEed

PARTICULAR BAPTIST FUND
Report of the Exeeutive Committee
For the yegr ended 31 Detember 2023
6.4 R¢seTV¢ Poli¢i¢s.' Cate
6.4.1 R¢s¢rrfE Cts¢¢sori¢s
The Fijnrf'g TP.sprveA Are trlxg%sfiprt fnllawg.
ori¢s ¥nd UnrestiTrcl¢d Reserve5
This tomprigei those wht& miistbe held permatsèntly bytheFuryd. Fncorae 9r1S￿ csn beused in a¢cord#nce Wlt
the objecis of the ¢hatityasLd t$ itL¢luded as ULrestti¢ted illGo]ne. Any capital gaiD¥ or1055¢$ ari$ingon tb¢ EudowA)ent Fulld ftstmpart of the
Eudowmelli Fund.
The Bttrhf()rd Fund. This arose frotD the proc¢ed$ of the ¢ba￿l 2t BathfoTd, Sotnerset. Inconx ari6inE on the B•thford Fu￿] could b¢ ustd
itt gccordatsc£ with objects of the eh2Kity ftsr the benefit of SW Ett8lAnd been gccounted gs restricted income. The LaPit*l of
the B•thford Fund wgs in th¢ tlature of an eiLdowm¢nt futld. Any capiial 8ai]Js or losses arising on the Bathford FuJ)d part of th¢
Puttd. itte0ll￿ denved from the isathford Trulld bcjng very t[￿est. duryng IlPlO the ￿K¢Cu￿Ve resolved io apply the ¢apiiaJ ot'the tijnd
* if it ivere incnme rffld na ahjectinn rec￿￿ed The Te$trittiDn thAi the. Rxlhfnrd Fiind Èhrnild iiVJl frt* thp bpnpfJ* of .SW Engiajjd
rematng. Th6 ivhole of th• Fulld ss llow aceountsd for as restricted attd tkn E%ewtiiTè int¢md to us¢ il in eonnection with proj¢cts
lor￿d 88 near as possible to Bathlord. tu 2020 it wes u$ed itl M¢lksharD, less 10 fftile5 away.
Restrkted Fund5 aDiOIIDtsd to:
2011
3032
Endowmeyrt Fund
2.194.881
2.112.865
Bathtord FuDd- In¢om¢
Unreslritf¥dFtsnd&.. These ￿MprISe those Fund8 which The knutive LB fiv to us¢ ￿ acwTda￿ with ¢he Ob3￿ts of the Fund and are..
Th¢ Gtncral Pr4
The L￿ff Fynd. This Fund is for the provision of loans ￿ CiWrcl￿ for the purchase ond extension of buddingy aJKI major repair
Costs.
The IY¢715h This Fvttd was up in 2012 from the pr(K¢eds of the sal¢ of Zkon Chap¢l, Scleajau, Fishsuayd. On a request
frotn the Welsh B2piisI UJJion Cor[M)￿tio0. the Trustees •greed to d¢signai¢ this aEtLount to provide MissioJJ grants to Welsh
rkniTehp.q Thiq Fijnd qdded tn diiiing ?_nis qnrf ?.QIA thp. nf ye￿inAl￿t pmwhpg in fhliw Blly Thjiing 2019
the proceed8 of Blaendulais chBpel were added to the fund, South Dairy (Nr. HaN'erfor(tw¢stl and Tal¥arth in )021. and Siloam.
KidwellyB1a¢ngsnvaJ￿ Partrygog,8ndTrerio. SLDavid'$in2022. andLittleNewca8tie. nr. HaNerfordww Hephzibah nr. Milford
Haven. and Si.Cleats in 2023.
Thc ￿￿<￿rn¢Pl*￿. tknnÉ ?016 th¢Ex¢wuv¢ tsgrced thoi, when rcttivcd, thoprowcdoof Caxton th￿IdbCtranSf￿rtd
Christ Church Camlx)um& Cambridgeshir4 for the p￿￿Ose of ￿]StillE in at4uiting a 5uitsbl¢ manse. the Fund To conrinue to
be the ultimate beneficity of i proportion of that property commensurate with the ptt)cee(L% of f.2KtoD thxpel. DurFng thp.
PWLwdg of C8xtr>n chapel wer¢ rec#iv¢d. but 2 long F¢Tiod elapsed b¢for¢ a suitable property Could be acquired. $0 as At 31
December 2021 (he Procttds were h¢l(f as CoDtsourne FuL(S pcndlng 8uiiable srr2ngements for rhelr applieaiion. which were
conrludeil in Suly 2022
For more dotsils on restp￿S tegcrve b￿kn￿e5. gee the bal•Dce gheet on pa8e I l #ttd 10.
6.4.2 Un¢rsÉnc(ed Ke9e¢veg Volicy
The Fund'$ unredrsctrd Tesernes amount￿£5,774,05l ai 31 fJe¢ember202312022.. £5,138,785). TheExecutive seeks ￿diSt￿￿Ulelhe entire
intiom¢ 8¢n￿at￿ by Ih¢so funds, t0geth¢r iyith tht inwmc ftwn Endow[￿rt fuDd.
TheExe¢ulive ht$4gteryaan unrtsiTiCtEdpolicy Whe￿bY apptOAiTnat¢ly£l,iXI0,O￿ wi11 beg¢tasid¢ formaking loans kn Chuwhes r￿T¥paIIS
10 c￿￿[ch buJMiu¥5 (the"tksi¥Th&*d LORD
The Execulivc consid¢ts thtst to the Fund tontinues ￿ opernte in the case ola substantial dccline in its income. the baJ8ttce orth¢
nrestrlcled reserves should nOt£￿belOW£1e0.0o0. Inllddition, the Executive is eDncerned no¢tn un&rtake Corn[￿ts￿entE Ihal de￿nd¢llt
upon capital ¥aiDSOll investments. as those gaittscould be rever*d iD futyre years. Ith8$ a rollirt¥ t¢tL-y¢arpl*n that seeks kn teduce re8etVe5
to £300.OUD and thereaft¢¥ to balance extwditurc with income.
6.4.3 Primary FttndinE Source8
The main SOUTC¢ of th¢ Fund'5 incom¢ is its inv¢5tmcEII5.

PARTJCULAR BAPTIST FUND
Report of the Executive ComJnAttee
For the year ended 31 December 2023
TIublrTh huv¢ lkn IDIU the pubJi5hed by the Ch8[j￿ Comml&8kn on thc provisi¢)n olpublic b¢n¢tit. Jhey cont
that Public Bentfil is proyidol thtoug
supporhng turrent 2nd retired mitti*téf4in fiThanci21 need. thp. yptt. onpl￿W Award wag made t¢ * Church.PlaDt12022..
11 and two ChUr¢h￿ {2022..21 had their gfanls renewed. At 31 DeceiDber 2023 wen12022..91 ch￿￿￿¢$ were re¢eiviry8 on-g02ng
8rantS IOW8nls their￿]￿l￿¢￿' stipends. al￿ ten retired ministers ortheir widows weTe tselp￿ durtng the ye8r12022..101
heJpin8 Churches by me￿5 of loalls io upgrade their premi*, enablsng them to ser¥e their cotLm￿liIe$ bet￿. At JI ￿ember
2fj21 Aix chiirtrhp.g l?n??.91 Ivup tA}nti￿[￿s to benefit from fitlldg wkniéh have knelped them ettbAtsce IhetrpNnis¢È
8upptsrtiti8 projectF th4¢ sttk to r¢a¢h out to attd help theit 00mmuniti￿ by providitt8 Cbrijtido t¢4¢hth8 #ttd S￿)dI support. N
ttew one-off PToj¢¢ts iv¢r¢ approv￿ forhtjp duritt8 tbe ytrdr12022'.nollel
ID to indii'idual minisiers and churches leadlng io the I￿prOVemenT of the abiliiy QI ChuJrhe5 to 5ervc the
communiiies. Durini the yeaT olle educauonal instiNtiott (2022.11 and (me trxinee pa%inr l?.il??.I l *ptteivpA 8ratttg. alld 21 31
December 2023 sevellteen ¥b￿ellI pastors {2022..111 were ¥upPOrt￿ itt contsnuitt8 tbeirsEudies
lyS]ltie¥ of the Ei
¢i*l St&tquJ
The Ex¢cutiv¢ is rtsponsible for pr¢paring the An]]ual Repotr and the fina0¢121 staterlltnts irj accordance with applicxhle lllw aDd United
Kin8dom Generally AccEPted Arcowitins Pra¢ti¢e. Charity luw r<qUi￿ the EK¢cutivc to Pre￿ fJrtEncial Jthtcrnfjnts for ¢adJ fittdncJa]
yearwhich 8iTr¢ a truc and fair vi¢w of Lh¢ S￿1¢ ot'affair3 of the chatiry and of lis f￿￿tIal acti￿tits for thai period.
In prep8rJn8 thoge financial stalem¢nts. the Executive is required io..
$eleol wit9ble gccountllJ8 policies attd apply them éonsistffjily
bsent the method$ ond pri)￿lpleS sei vut in ihE ChaTities SORP
[[￿e judgements aJ)d estimates that are reasonable and pn]dent
state whether applicable accounting srandard8 have be¢n follow¢d subj¢ct to any nJat¢rial dyrniF￿ disc105ed and explained iD
th¥ financial 51atements
PT¢paF¢ the financial Staren￿)ts o* the going concern ba8is unless li 18 itw)propti8te to presume that the Activitie$ of the ch4rity
will tontim
The Exceutivf i¥ ￿￿pOnsIbl¢ for ktepirt8 proper a¢¢owitin8 ￿￿01th wliicli di$clvse Willi iraJviJubl¥ aLvurdLy 4LI titne Ih¢ tln8nclal
posiliott of the charity and ¢nablts it to engute that ihE financial stst¢ments comply with p8rt 8 of the Charjties Art 2011. It is also
resoonsible for safeguarding the of the tharity and hen￿ fm tAkine TesgonHble gteps for the prevthtion and dkntion of fi*ud And
other it7ewlaritieg.
The report olthe Execllhve eomTDitteewas approved by the Exeeutive Cotnmittec otl Ilth September2024 ￿ Si￿ed on ils bebalf by..
Eric Couslfjs
Treasurer

VAK'J'ILULAR LIAYJ'lb'l VUND
Independent auditor's report to the trustees of Particular Baptist Fund
For the year ended 31 December 2023
Opinlon
We have audtted the £DAtt¢itiI 9tateft￿rtll of Particular baptist Futyl (the £ortbe yeAteniled 31 Decemkn 2023 which COmpr￿e
th¢ Ststun6nt of Fin3nGial Artiviti¢s, the Balanc¢ Sheet, th¢ Statem¢t2t of Cash FIoiYs and notes to tht financial stat¢mcnts. including a
summary ot si￿11]can1 accountmg policies. llie tllwjc￿I rq)orttng trame%York that has bceD applied in tttelT prtparatson Is applicable law
xttA I IniTpd KstheAfkm Atfnijniing qtsnd%rA*. inTr.IiJdin8 Finsffltial Reynrtine RtxrtdArA In?. Thp. FinAlltiAI Rq)Th•tihe Appli(Yhl*. in
the UK and Republic of Irel*nd (United Kirt£do￿ Generally AecountiD8 PActi¢el.
I￿O￿rOP]n$t￿￿ the fJJ)snciAi stAtett￿ts..
giv¢ a true alld view ofthe strat¥ of the Chatity's affairs as At 31 Dec¢tnber 2023 and of*5 incoming rcsourtts and
li¢atiott of re￿￿1¢¢5 forthè yè8r thèrt ¢ttdèd:
hwe beeu Properlyprep￿e￿ w4)rJgnce with United KiD8dom QeThernllyAccepted AccowJtin8 PT4Ctice'
hbve beuj prepAred 2tt accordance with the W￿￿entS ofthe Chmties Act 2011.
B*$iS for opiDioD
W¢¥vuJuLINI ouditiJ] a(Widauc¢with Illl￿1￿&1[￿a[ StthlthsoJiAudili118(UKI(1SAs (UK)lak￿ aypliiable Jaw. OUL I¥syvu$ib&lili
under those slalld)rds are further described ill the Audilor'g responsibijilies for the audii of the fmanoal st2oments se¢tio]J of Qur r¢p)rt.
We ￿ indePend￿t of the Chgrity iti &eeDrdanee With the ethieal reqiiireJ￿tttr that sre relei'Attt to our au&tof the kn#Dci#l #tat¢ments irL
theUK tncludlng theFRC'$ Ethical St3lldardat￿ w¢have fulfJll¢d owother¢thicairesponsibilities inaccordancewiih thtse requIr￿￿ents.
We beli¢v¢ that the audjt eTridellce we ttaTr'e obtajrleii ￿ sufficient a]Jd app￿pnatC to proi'ide a b&￿￿ for ouropullon.
In auditing the fJJ)ancial ststements, we have conc1t￿ed th#t th¢ tTU8tees' use of going concern basLS of accounting in the preparatson
orth¢ fjnancidl s￿l￿]IlLIll5 Ib aPPtuptiair.
Based ott thc wotk wc have peitotmc>l we have not identified any tMt¢riai Ul￿ertaI￿￿¢S ￿1&11￿8 10 events or¢onditi¢Trns thal indiVid￿LlY
or collectively, may casi s]￿lfiCant doubt on (he Chanty's ability ty continw &s a going concern for a pcrtod of at Ica￿ 12 months from
when the financial slatemetLts' ait authoTised lor issue.
Our ￿SpOnSIbl]IneS and the responsibilities of the rNsiee5 wilh respe￿ ￿ goin8 concern are described iti the reEevatst se¢ti0ft8 of this
rep()rt.
Other inform2tlon
The oth¢r inform&tion ¢omprise* th¢ infoTtnation includ¢d in the annv41 r¢p(prt, inGluding th¢ m]S¢¢S' T¢PK>rt oth¢r than the finatt¢ial
Sfatements and ourauditor'5 rew7n thereon. Tb¢ ￿slee& are Teswnsible lor the other infornurion conmined Wit￿.￿ the annual rep)rt. Our
opinion on the fjjj￿¢ia1 slalemellts does norcover the other infornuiion and. ex¢epl 10 the extelll otherwise exp]ieitly stakd illourreport.
we do not ¢xpietss attv fonllof &sbuianc¢ coll¢lusiOll t1￿cOu.
OUT responsibility is to reRd th¢other ijth0Tn￿tIon in doiD8 w, considerwhether the other iThfokTh&ti¢m is mglerially ill¢onsi8tenl with
iv fiiiuiiviul blai¢iIJ¥iil¥ uruw kJivwltxly¥ubtsiiitxl iii ww¥¥vfili¥ duibi. vt UL1]ri￿1￿ ¥pur6 wb¥ ITiuluially lJllSblat¥LI. If wi ilivntify
s￿h m&t¢rial Inconsistencie5 or apparent tllaterial mi&8tatements. we are required to d¢termin¢ wh￿h¢T this Rive8 to a Ma￿rial
miÈ&titernetst in the financi￿ statements themselve8. If. based on the WO￿ we have performed. we conclude that there is a material
mi5mt¢m¢nt of thi5 Othw iDfornwtion. w¢ rrquir¢d to teportthat fact.
Wc have rK>thing to ￿pOrt in this reg&rd.
Mstt¢r5 on whl¢h we ire Nlllred to ￿￿pOrt b). èiteptloD
In the light of Ibc knowlcdg¢ and underttsnding ol the Cjwi'ty WKI its envsronment obtaincd ￿ the couThc of tk audiL we hav¢ nol
identified maierial misstaien]ents in the tNs'ttts' report.
Ive have nothing to report In r¢$￿t ot.tbe lollowiog matters m relaÉioiJ to which the LThariknes A¢t 2UI l Tequires u$ 10 r¢pc*rt to you if, in
our opinithb..
a(kquat¢ atld proper *eounting mrds have ￿01 becn kept. OT Tcturns adeqmte for our audit hav¢ Tro( been received from
bTaJ)che8 not visiied by us; OT
the fin#ntial siaiemenls IQ not agreemenl with the a¢tt>unling rttords Ind Tel￿r￿s. or
certain disc105ures of trustees, reTnuneTation specified by law are not Tnade.. or
we hJvc lloL tttctved all the ￿tOrMa￿On and cxp12nalioo8 Wt requwc ti)r our audit.
Kespofjsibilities oftke trustets
AS explained more ￿llY ￿ thetrustees. responsibilities stalemenl, theirustees areresponsible for the preparationof the fin8nci21 statementy
and for being sJtisfJed that thcy give a tDJc and fair vi¢w. and for Such iDt¢rnal control as th¢y d¢l¢rTrine i5 nece55ary to enable th¢
preparation of financiHI statements tharaTe free fvom material misststemenL whether dueto fraud oreTTOT.
In preparing the financial srarement& the irusit£s are rwon5ibl¢ foT a$5e55ing ttJB Chariry-s ability ro con15nue as a going concern,
digclosino 8s applirAble. rnatters Telated 10 goillg concern aJ%l usingthegoing concern basis ofaceounting unlessthe trustees either intend
to liquidtste the Chamty or to operations. OT hai-e no realiEtic alternativg but ro do so.

PARTICULAR BAPTIST Fuf4D
Independent auditor's report to the trustees of P4rticular Baptl8t Fund
For the year ended 31 December 2023
Audltor's responsibilities for tbt Audit of the finwnciHI statements
We have been appolti￿d auditor und¢r section 145 and report in accordan¢¢ with the Aei 2nd relevant regu18tion£ m2de tsrhavTng pffe
theTeunder.
Our obj¢aivcs ar¢ to obtain re&wtthle assuran¢e 8tx)ui whether the financi￿ statemenis gs a whole are fret from material mi%%t#tem¢rt
whetherdue to frxud or error. and to issue an audiioT'S repprtthat in¢lud¢s our opinion. RpAJson4bl¢ ￿5￿rr￿ce ig a high l¢v¢l of a33uriincc,
but is not a guarantee that an audit condu¢i¢d in ac¢oTdtn¢c with ISAS IUK) will alivayb del￿t a Tnttrrial mis*aiemeni when it exa￿5.
hlisstaternents can ètige frotn fr9ud or ¢m>r and are considèreo m4t¢rid if, individually ot in thc aggrc8at4 thcy could r¢osonably b¢
expt¢ted to iDflu¢iic¢ the ¢conomii d￿]sIonS uf taken on the ￿lS of ihese financial statetn¢ni5.
The ¢Ktènt to which ourprocedurett copoblc of d¢tc¢ting irrcgularitic4 includitt8 fTaud is d¢tailcd bcloiv.
R￿￿ed an nlir IindpTRtAnilinB thp rh>rity. we identified that the ￿￿tIPal T15kts of non-compliAnce with regulation" related to
¢mployment gnd financial reporting legislation ￿.¢ considered the ¢xtent to which non-compliance n)ighthave a matrrial effeci tsn th¢
flllanc1￿ statemenrs. We also considered Ihose laws and r¢gulationb that have adIrect Impaa on tht preparntioll Ot'the financial %tat¥ments
such as the Charities Aci 2011.
We assessed the su%¢¢piibility of the cotnpany's financial statrments io material tni55tat¢men¢ including obtaining an undersiandEng of
how fraud inighi occur. by making eRguiries of manB8ement, Considering the internal controls in place 8ttd discussion amongsi the
on8a8¢m¢nt team.
Wp dptÈrmineA that the princtpAi risks were rel*d to pregcntation of sep&TAtel? diwlosed items. thc recognition of gront ¢xp¢nditur¢ tsnd
¢xGeptional income. and managctncnt ov¢rrid¢ of controls.
In response to ihe risks identified we desiBned proccdureg ivhtch included. but w¢r• not limitèd to revivving trustX3' minLItC3, ¢Yuluoting
the inicrnal ¢onlri)14 agT¢¢ill8financial siatemeni disl10suT￿ io underl)ing supwniiig dviurn¢ntation. andiesiingjournal enTries. A fi)nh¢r
d¢s¢ription of our re5pon51bl1its￿ tor lh¢ audil ot" the tinancial 5tatem¢Dts 18 I￿aled on ihe Financi￿ Rewrtlljg Council's w¢bsite at..
www.frc.or&uklauditorsre%pon%ihilitie.4 This des¢ripiion fomis part of our auditor's report.
Use of our report
Thi% t¥pon iSTnud¢ 5DltlytOiht Charifi'%TfusTees, a$a￿d￿. in accordanccTh'ith Part 4 of the Lhariti¢slAccounls and Reports) R¢gulations
2008. 1)uraudit work h05 b¢¢n undertaken so thai we might *tatc iothc Charity's Irustee5 those matters we are r¢quired 10 slate to them in
pn 8udTtor's report and for no other pu￿08￿. To the fullest extent permitted by luw. we do not èc¢¢pt or t453urnc rcspon%ibility to 4nyOt2¢
otherthan the charity and the charity'slThst¢¢5 as a body, for our audil WOTk, for this repor( or forthe opinions Th'e hav¢ fonned.
Jacob Cxvénagh & Skeet
stat￿tsry Auditor
Chartered Attnunt#n
S Robin Hood L4nt
Siitto
Surrey
SMI 25W
JuLvb Cuvgnu¥h & ts ellglbleforappolnintenr t7$ audliorofihe chorlly by vinme oJrfS eligibility JorqppolnlmÈni amdilorofa
undersectlon 1212 ofihe ConwaniuAa2110

ia 11 I

0￿¢C
8 &

PARTICULAR BAPTIST fuND
Cash Tr'low ￿•￿tement
For the year ended 31 December 2023
2023
2022
C*sts from operatkng acdvltles
C#sh flows knvestlng attlvltles
Intcre5t received
DiNidends reeeiv¢d
(PAyJneut intr)) fjxed •BBet ioveBtments tnan*Bed potrfojio
Repaym¢llt from fJx¢d 885¢t investnxjt nmllag￿F￿0jlu
Repayjlleut of programme relaied investtnenis- loan repayments
Net Cash 8eneraled by investJn8 activitieg
0.720
192.112_S
(S￿.1￿)0)
300,IKKI
1,5511
2n.4,.lQ.I
3(PO,000
IDecre25eylncreAs¢ ¢4sh eA$h eouivalents during the
65.139
(02.483)
C•stL and ca8h equivalenLq as at l January
Cash and ea$h e4Mivaients as al 31 D¢eember
RecorteMi*tion of nel moveolent kn fwids to etssh
optr*lillg a¢llvffitles
2023
2022
Net movement in hndg
690.282
88,3.'8)
Adlustmtnts f•r:
Ilnleresi rec*vedl
{Dividend$ received)
InYeStsll￿t los5¢sI(gallJ51
Mana8¢metti charges borne within D)allaged l￿follO
ncreagel debttsra- In¢om¢ r¢r¢ivgble
In¢r¢asd(D#rea8el in CTditoi
16.7261
1192.825)
1431,918)
36,764
176.1501
{J.558}
(203.393)
1.045,470
37.733
(502.090)
21
Net cA8h lutilistdyprovided by oper&tin% Adivitst5
12

PARTICULAR BAPTIST FUND
Lyotes to fhe Financial Statements
For the year cnded 31 December 2023
.l('(-uIINI'I￿(: p()i.Ic-Iri.
The principal accounting policies adopted. judgements Ind k2y nf eRtimatinn iincErtAifiry in fv. prepArntion of tlLe
fuLgn¢ial staiemènts are as follow&.'
Accountlng co￿1.¢￿11￿
The fin￿￿181 ststetnents have been prepAted undeT the Ch8ri1i¢B A¢1 Il￿d itt a¢<otdtsTrce wittL th¢ Chariti¢9 8tateJncJJt
ofRecomm¢nded Prd¢ti¢t Iclwrities SORP IFRS lQ2114nd FuwKiaJ Re￿￿1￿¥ StaTrdard 102 IFRS IOZI. The fJnanciaJ
statemejjts are drnwn up on the h￿OriCal cost b&8is ot a¢¢ountin2, as modified by the r¢valuaiion of inve$ttneni properti
and other investrrtellts. Thereareno MI￿nal lltttert&illtie9 llboutthe¢h8rity's abilitytrl ¢oDtinlle op¢rntion. The accounts
ar¢ siatcd in pounds $t¢rlin8 and wulld¢d to th¢ O¢aTest p)und. TheParti¢ulatBApti*FutHi Me¢ts￿ d¢fJniI￿ll of a pub]i¢
benefit entiry under FRS IV2.
Fund fjccountkng
The fjenerai Fund Is aJJ UDmLrlcred li¢nd wbl¢JJ 2s &vaiiable for use at the dixrettottot th¢ bxecutsye UJ tiirtberance ot.tbe
general objectives of the charity aTLd ivhich IL&5 not been desi8nated for other t￿M)S￿. The Desi8naied Loan FuJ)d 15 an
wJJrstri¢ted fi￿d which hasbe¢rt set asideby thE Ex¢cutive foTpofft¢ular pulp￿. The EudowmcTht Fund r¢pr¢seLts tho$e
funds wliiikn mu81 br bvldpE￿O?￿e]jtIy by the Fulld Inv￿ment inwmt is allocated to th¢ GoD¢rnI Fund. G¥ins amd ko$ses
hcld by rhe General and Desi¥nated Fullds are alloCa￿d proportionally to the appropriate fimd. Gaing and lo%Fe% fin
Endowtnent F￿1 investsnents axe Allo¢4ted di￿￿1Y to the EndowmeJ)i Futt¢L
Vvluulwy Jnivm¢ thTrlluLI()D¥ (iDc1u¥i￿8 Colle￿10￿5 k82cJes) are a￿o￿nIta for otLCe Ihe cjwiiy bas eniiiJem¢nt to
th¢ income, 11 is Probable the income will be received a])d Ihe amount of tti￿￿e receivable can be reliably measuTed.
InwegimeJ)l ineome Is AttoutLted ti>r on an accrualg b2aiS.
Gtants otberespendlture
Grdnts yayabl¢ are cknrged irt th¥ whEll the offer i5 ronvcyed to the recipient exeept irt th05e cL5es where the offer is
conth"*ioftal. such gTrllts bein¢ TtcogiLi5ed as expenditure when theconditlOD5 attachingare flllfjlled. GTant8 offered Aubject
to ¢ondition8ththich have notbeen met at the ye8f-ertd are noted as a ¢ommithnent. not xcNed 06 expEnititvre.
A prowigiOJJ ftrr ll Tnulti-y¢8rgTalll is re¢ogDi6ed al its prèa<tttvalue wh¢r¢ sciilemcnl 15 dtsc ol'cr rtk)Te than onc yur fro
the date of tbe award. the￿ art no uJjfuifill￿ perfoTttLanC¢ Gonditions Ulld￿ the £ontrol ofrhe Fund to Mvoid making the
tiitvrep8yn]enllsl. settlement Is probable. and the effectofdiseounling Is malenal. The di￿O￿ntrateUSed is therar¢ offered
on goverDTnetLt bods IGiits) for a eommensura* or sAmilar time pviod otyered in the year irt whith the grnnt Jward is
Ottm exyrii%bLwr i¥ awruyd suuH ¥ d liability i¥ CODl*id¢red probable, dIsct)￿l￿j io pres¢nr i'aiue for longer terni
liabilitie$. Exp¢nditti¢ in¢lud¢5 atiTibutabl¢ VAT which c&nnot b¢ recoNcred. GoNernance cttts 2r¢ tttsw allocated 10 gfdnt
Artivitieg
I￿Ve￿¢MentS
Listed ￿V¢s#￿¢￿tsart stattd at quoted thet v4lue. R¢ali8¢d U￿rea￿Eal￿5 alld ioss¢¥ ¢Jn invesiments retl¢cr¢d
through the Stalcment ofFllwi¢tsl Actsi'Iu￿. Prowamme related iiivesth]ents. being 102ns ¢0 Churches. are stated at the
gmount lts*ied. Jdiustd fi)r anyTepaymeLts. lltctued illterest and ally tttecfjverable ay[￿Unt.
DebtOTS
AmotJnL* fiweA tn the chgrity fny 8rtiths oth& dEbtor$ 4re inchukd * the gettlEmeJlt WTnoBnt due.
l¥epayments are ialued at the BTnouN prepaid.
Ca5b at bA#k and in hattd
Cysh &t bank and in hand inGludoÉ and short kn hi¥bly liquid irtYcotKttFnts witlL 4 ahort maiurity ofth]tG moJJth5 Q[
fn)m th¢ dukufopEnin¥ of the de￿SIL
Crtdltors PToi4slon5
Credits)JS aiid piuFiSiuiiS air Iwiiib￿ wliu¥ Lhv Lhyriry ha¥ a p￿Sent obligaiion th31n8 Itom a pasi event ihat will
probably result In the transfer of fund5 lo a Ihird pam and the amouni due lo settle the obliketion ran be me8SUTd or
stimthed Telisbly. C.reditOTS and provisions 8rt ￿to￿niSed at their settlement an￿u￿1.
F]"nAncial iustrnments
The charily 0￿Y has fu￿r￿jaI Hssets 2nd ligbilitic% tsf a kind that qualify as bHsic fmaryciaj ins￿]Ments. Basic fjrtthll¢ial
iJ¥stn1m￿ts are iJJit*ally re¢oBtissed at ttatl8ac￿ vdue th sub$¢qutntly measured al their setdrni Yalu¢.
13

PARTICULAR BAFfisT FUND
Notes to the Flnanefial Sthtements
For the year ended 31 December 2023
2023
Geknerli
Fund
2023
Lohn Fund
2023
Wel8h
2023
Endow
ment
Fund
2023
2022
Toiol
Donallo115 aad 1¢
acits
Collectiolls & donatiotts
Members
fjtfts frotn b¢ll¢firigTi¢S
850
1.050
1,025
5.6.$0
.0.$0
I￿Y
0.44
Uther yjfts
i¥y
1,114
4.4.19
5.650
200
10289
8.587
IhveglmM15
Dividends
166.638
0,726
19.473
0.714
192.825
203.393
J.551f
Bonk M￿reSt
6,726
173.364
19.473
6.714
199.551
204.951
het incomc
Redu]Jdaftt Churebes
364.040
131275
495.315
562.740
T•lal lll¢ome
2S123
137,989
70%155
776,271
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PARTICULAR BAPTIST FUPID
otes to the Financial Slalements
For the ycar endcd 31 December 2023
FXPFNfiiTI IRF
2023
2Q22
Cknritable Activities
Grt7nts tsJ4Y5hlulions
Allgus Library
EducoiloBulgrqm
13,(
J5,1)
Minsteriallntsrnship Grani Abingdou
Bajlymetvd
DundoDald
{3,333)
io.o(hJ
Paytoral SupportGiwnts
Aberdeen
DldLOT
FAlleshnmiJ8h
Hydc H￿th
Melkshatn
Wakefield
Wick
6,375
14,800
68.400
72,900
27.(kn)
J5,000
38.750
yliql fjroni
58¢022
G¢fj ill Spei(E
Redw￿e￿ CtLUJLh Splvii Chap¥l
2.225
GranLv lo
'IlieoloÈical Eth]c2tson SuppDrtQrants
Erfts¢atioifrolgranis
Retire¢1M￿lsÈerI￿Js￿r¢¥nl
182.500
49,900
62.5
49.900
378J75
11,696
654962
JQ,906
-47.4$7
2.138
2.007
1,665
4,J57
5,300
5,202
f??
(y¢v belvwl
Invesiment Managernent
Ad%'¢rtising
Otlice Runnmg Costs
TTsvel eo&t$
itgal & proft6WOtMI
Audit
1,130
1,953
2,794
4.641
4.840
3.813
477
Other
Totsl eXwdJ￿re
440.79J
719,130
lrtLludtxi Witli&ii TIHv¥l ivbts WIWUTlib ￿￿1]111¥ £701 K2Q"..
£ 70) which four (20"..
i) members ofthe Execu￿￿¢ r¢¢tiv¢d
for costs irtcuned in ￿Tth¢rance of the Fund'8 a¢tll'lt>es other than in wnnection with governance. Also included in Ttavel
Appn¥e$ are Att)tsimts to1￿[￿ll8 £1.013 (202?: £891) which six (2012.. 6) membeTS of the Bxecutsve roc¢ivod for costs i
¢Ortn￿(lOn with 8overnanLe. In total six members of th¢ Ex¢cuiiv¢ Claimed travelliJJ¥ exp￿￿ toiallinx £1,714 (2022.. 6
Members clai￿e￿a lotulo[1901J. No member ot the Pxtcuiii'e received rrmunrr&tsLin ￿ thc year ur preceding ye41r.
Totol Cwts •mou74t¢d t•
9,702
9.550
Thtre Iv#i one employee {11122.. JJ-'
BS Galury I￿0. sry ljeu PgnsionContributiono}
Employer's National Insuwc¢
11,&16
JQ.900
Ilh96
Itl.9Q6
15

PARTICULAR BAYfisT FUND
Notes to the Flnancial Statements
For the year ended .11 December 2023
DurÈttEthc yearatransfcrof £76.32% fromthe Des1￿Jated tnan Fut￿ tothe Geu¢EAI Fund12022.. £96,942 totheDesignated
LoaEt rtwd frotn the Gwwal fund) wtts rd¢¢t th¢ wishcs of th¢ EA¢GUtiYe to keep the D￿ls￿at& L(pa
kund at Ll,(MMI.UW.
Commtrei#i
lTrve$tmetsts
at
ProEramme
rEknted
valut
Totsl 2023
Tffl412832
At l Jalluary 2023
Additions withij 1118D&ged portfolio
DlsposBI procccds within maiLaged PDnfolio
Ca8h recycled in manag&l trfo]io
RatsA4 su￿1￿5/(J¢rl[1tsTr ab3QtbtsJ iti llJana8¢d
portfolio
r.hAYBP.¢ within MAY*A￿ pirtfnltn
Cash introduced to Inanaged portfolio
Cash wittulAwm from managed porttolio
Ncl burp1￿31(dcfI¢itI on rcvaluaiion
6246,097
2.435.715
(2,IOJ,2541
{270.464}
57,862
47,746
6.293.843
1435.715
12.1053541
1270,4641
57,862
7.739,299
J.163.230
fl,2JO,J14J
52.B75
(J43.482J
(IA.74$11
500,000
131jo.lh￿}
374,056
(IA 7611
500,000
{300.0001
374.056
l2I.6231
(37 71OJ
{300.fJOO)
<902.432}
(ts2,235J
[21,6231
At 31 Decembtt 2023
6.841251
26,123
6.867.374
6,293,843
Commcfcsil snvestsneots at m&rkd value in¢lud¢
ca8handush¢quivaler￿heldWll￿invts[Me￿I￿￿S
part of a managed portfolio
2023
2022
Cotnmercial ittvesimertts ot origittal cost
Quoted SecuAtie$ Portfolio mattaBed by tttveste¢
6.37J,088
079,J66
6.371.088
6.079.166
Programme related investment5 are loans made to ChurchK forbutldinewo￿s to Churches.
All itivestments are h¢ld withijj the UIL
Pro8rAmth
rel•ted
Investments
At ¢￿t
2023
2022
At l January 2023
"Ir8ll8fers from tlxcd asset illves(tDents
Disposals
37J33
21,623
138.6231
29,135
62.355
(54.053}
At 11 ftreA%.PmhÈ.r%)?I
2023
21122
A¢¢n￿d dividend ￿COrne
Accnwd redundant ¢h8pel proc¢¢ds
50,708
47,496
16

PARTICULAR BAPTIST FUND
Notes to the Finallclal Statemenls
For the )'ear cnded 31 December 2023
2023
2022
Aiiivuuts lullill¥ fjluv un¥ vexi-
Cthstwctive Obligatiibns
Pcmnai GTaIlt5
Prnje¢i Grattt8.'
F.llahler
Hojne Mi$5ion P&*oral Grarlts
Aberdeen
CknrtEford
130
5.6J5
19,115
Didcot
Edle8borough
Gran￿et0￿M
Hvde Heath
elksl]aJJl
Sp¢n Valky
9250
22,8fK)
4.575
24,3(XJ
8250
Jn,919rf
18.300
24,300
2.JJJ
4.82f
7.200
22.-SQO
J8.6L70
Q2.7fj0
1.800
18,750
4.650
124,100
Walthamsww
Wick
FdIle￿Ill￿l frfAtyts
2J9,675
IJ7
14,4fj0
23d296
J24
14.289
OthtrtaA¢5 aT￿ SQGIAI JcE4ltity
Accnjab Bnd otheT creditors
234J72
254709
Arnounts falllng due ift¢rone year:
P￿ter￿ Support Cjfdnts
4J,6(A)
G¥attBe￿WrA
Hyde Hellth
M¢lksham
Wakefield
W&lthamstow
Wi¢k
Ethi¢ational Grni
4.575
48,600
24,3QO
1.800
J&750
4,650
21,050
41.500
123,400
99,425
SPECIAL PROJECIE
Mlssityn ENablerwa6 a project in Pernbrok¢shire. l¢dby P¢mbrok¢shirE Bupli5t Association (Ellglisli Wit)g) to cncourdgL Lnubly
local commuJ)iti& to ¢ngagc In IKal ￿155¢0￿ actiTritlLY."lkne PToJeLI Staited in V¢tober 2UlJ tor three y¢ar5 and support way
forannther rhrce yEarA in 2ft1fi. The grant wx< revFeWeA in ?nig onA slip￿rt IV•9 Agrppd for the rem&iniTr8 4 ye￿￿ of the ￿￿TiMUM
10 y¢or ienn of thJ$ %roni. Th¥ otnount uf ¥ranl allucoicd i¥ £73,500. ThL'rL wjll k, no furth<rxrant allocal¥d ￿ thi¥ PrnjeLI.
17

PARTICULAR BAPTIST FUND
Notes to the Fln*neixl Statsments
For the ve*r ended 31 December 2U23
Siocc thc inccption of thesc Grdnls, awards &PPToa¢hing £1.6M hav¢ been atlocatedané will be paid as follows..
Pkld llp to
eomnwAfed 31 Dee 20Z3
Total
Due 2124
Due Z•25
Due 2026
Total gikncated
lJ73.724
81.550
25
1.578.674
io.
2023 th¢ rnovetn¢ttts of th¢ varÉtsus Funds w¢r¢ 4$ followy..
General
an
We15b
F￿nd
Fllnd
Ml$$lts
Fumd
341,986
B&th19rd
Fumd
Total
t Fuudy
Bff)ught f(bN#rd rtserv
3.796,799
i.(x)o,o
2,111865
28.772
7.280,42
IDcomc
Expettdjture
TransleT5 beliveen FundÈ
Invc5uncni 8aingllDsy¢y)
541,843
1413.4601
76.328
27J,912
25,123
13.9641
(76.3281
53.109
137.989
(2.3671
200
705.155
1446.7911
I27.(￿)
19,021
81,816
431.918
Total CaTried fonvard
tesvtves
4,277.422
i.O(K).QOO
496,629
2,194,881
1,772
7.970.704
In 2022 theMOIYMe1115 ofthe various Funds aslollows..
BrO￿s￿lI0￿,0￿l ￿e￿*S
4.:4U.163
254.(WO
5￿,021
,357.697
2J.7r>
. 708.150
776.278
nlQ.J_16)
607.276
24,546
144.450
Expeitdiiure
bentryen FMn¢ls
ljjl.354J
6.942)
1642.339)
(3.774)
dy42
(117,7J4)
lJ5.481)
8¥.02.'
14Q.585)
¢J44.83?
{1.fj15.470)
3.79&700
J.oortooo
34J.486
2.JJ2.965
29.77J
1.180.4Jl
Th￿ty thots¢ Fwth whi¢k th¢ Ex¢¢utiv¢ is to Ug¢ in 4¢¢ordan¢0 tho thfyritabl¢ obj¢L7ts of the Fund and
TC..
The CJetteral Fund
The Loan Fund. This dts1gn4t￿F￿nd is for thc PTovr$ion of loans to Church&s forth¢ W%Tch8se a¥Jd extcnsion of
b￿lIding5 and maj(kT repair c0815.
Tlie Wel%h Fund. This deS1￿￿ted Fund was yet up in 2012 frorn the pr()eeeds nf tle sale of the %al¢ of 7.io
Chapcl, S¢lcdaau. Fishgu4rd. On 4 Trqu￿t fron) th¢ W¢l$h Bapti3tUnion CoTrornlion, th¢ TTU31¢c8 agrccd 10 3CL
a81d¢ihi8 atnouni LO PTovid¢ Mission grants lo Wclsh Churches. The Tru5¢e¢5 hai'¢deci(l¢d 10 increase the We15h
FUEYJ to irlclude ihe PTorceds olTedundonl chapels in all port5 oIWale%. Durin¥ 2023 the proceeds of chapels at
Liiil¢ N¢w¢8Stl¢, nr. HaverfoTdwest, Hwh74bah nT. Milford Hav¢￿ St.Cl¢ors hovc b¢¢n ￿d¢d to th¢ fund
The Cgmboiime Fiind. DurirL¥ 2016 the Executive a¥reed thaL when received. the pn)cttds of Caxton chapel
61iould k l¥an&frLird Lo Clirist Church CaTnboutnc. CaTrbridBc5hirc, for tiic putposc nf &551stin¥ in aquiriiig
$uilablt t[￿n5e. the Ftttrf to Continue 10 bc ¢knc uliin]ale bcneficiaryofh propotlion of thatPTopetty coffjmensurale
With thp. pmt*pl% nf faxtnn tha￿1 Thirin¥ 2019 the pmceodA t)f C.Axknn chapel were Teteived. knit A qiiitshle.
property wa5 not acquired untLI July 2022, so the PFoceed5 were held as the Catttbourn¢ Fund pendiD¥ suitable
rrangements for their application being concludcd were distributed in 2022
J8

PARTICULAR BAvfIsT FUND
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the ycar ended 31 December 2023
dowjnent Fun
incom¢ ￿lSIng oll the Endowm￿1 Fulld £4ry be used In uccordance with ihe objec15 of the charity attd is included 2$
unresirickd i]Jcome. Any capitsl gain8 Dr AriRirtE on Fnknwmetst Fuy)d¥ forn7 pgn of the Endowtn¢nt FUJA. Whon
¢hurche$ berom¥ memb¢r chur¢h# ¢f th¢ Fund th¢y ar¢ rcquird to Jllake d ¥api&I ¥wJJknibutivR iv thE Fu]]d alld these
¢ollttibutiDns added to the Endowllmi Fund.
athfoFd Fund
IJ)tome grisIn8onthe BAthfoJdFund ¢anb¢ used irt a4cordon¢¢ with thcobjcctsof th¢ ¢h￿ltY Forthe ben¢fii of SW Ell8la¢i
and wijl b¢ included as restricted ino)Ell¢. Atty ¢&pitui gains or l¢)sses arisitt8 ou th¢ Bathford Fund fom) part of the Fund.
The ittcome derived from the Bathford Ftjnd being very modest. duriDg 2018. the Exetiitive r￿￿1V￿d in Apply the clPit91
of the fvnd a8 rfit ￿￿e It￿e. J)win8 2019 the ttsolution was duly notified to the Charity Commissioo aDd no obje¢rio
r¢ceiv¥￿. The ￿striCtIon that the Bathford Fuod should bt us¥d fvitb¢ b¢llefit of SW Englattd ]rmaLll8. Accordingly. the
wbol¢ of th¢ Js llow a¢counl¢d tor as restricl¢d income. The Execut&ve intend to use it ill coJlleLlioa with projects
loc&ted neAT A% pnsgihle tn R*thford. so whets the Home missi<￿ Pg•oral Grafil to hltsIkd￿ ju* a fuv JJJil¢& from
Bathford, Iva￿ rettewed iu 2020, and a8aill io 2023, thi8 was kned th¢ BathfoAI FU￿￿.
At 31 D#aDbcr2023 tb¢r¢were no programme T¢lawl investtnenty autborlsed but not yet tsk¢n up12023." rtone).
Iz.
PI ISI" BAL.INI"r. %1 Iri."T IIYFXI
A& at 9 S¢pl¢mb¢r 20?4. the Inve61mettl& hAd <b&n8cd in i'aluc to £4.730,687 (Ull￿TrICted fuiKd¥ illLluditib £0 dddirion81
illve51mcnl and nei vf wiihdTaTrals o1.£150.000, a gain of £176,3971 and £2214,694 {endowmem- a Aain 01. £77.7331.
(in)x¢h Yales ofarouttd 4°A are not loo th"sappollitin8 in the face of the continuing effetts nf internation￿ ￿tertainty. It is
aniicipaled that W8lues will r*over fvnher in the Ion8 terni.
13.
Bwlok is the Past¢Jrof Jlyde Heath Baptist Chutch. Hyde HtrEth Baptist Qurch was awarded, u pernJitr&l by clause
13(21 ofthe Fund's LOttstrtUtw￿ a Home Mtssion P&sioral Grant duiing 2022. The 8mtsuni awarded m 2022. pttyable over
3 years. was £72.9t>o.
14.
The Put￿ is an unincotporated tharity. governed by o Charity Commi&ion Sclwie da*d 27 August 21XM. The addtt8$ of
thc ￿gister?93 otTi¢e 18 5 Sandalw£kod koad Westbury Wiltshire BA13 31JP
19