CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES + Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Newhaven Baptist Church General Fund On accounts for the year ended 318t December 2023 Charity no (If any) 247232 Set out In the Recelpts and Payments accounts attached. I report to the trustee8 on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ('the Trust.) for the year ended 3111212023 Responslbllltles and As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of r8POrt accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's ststement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,, the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned: Date: Name: lan Johnson Relevant professlonal qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 97 Bevendean Avenue Saltdean Brighton BN2 8PE IER Octobar 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here detslls of any Items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Ilewhav•n B•ptlst Church Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the perlod To 0110112023 3111212023 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrlcted funds toth• n••r•#t Restrlcted fund• Endowment Tthl funds L••t year to th• nKr•¥t£ to th• n•T•Stt to th• n•ar•rtt toth• Mir•#i £ A1 Recelpts rxfiat5 For OtIrCauSes Hall u8e other 313 43 4027 Sub to¢al(Gross incom& for AR) a1M14 A2 Assel and Inv••lm•rt sal (see table Sub total Totalracal 31,134 38.366 16.807 A3Pa Em PenBvJn CA)ntrthdk)n Expnae8 Conlrtbut Td telInter1 Home M1881on L81 Outreath Othtt Causes CO4 Tax 461 120 087 Fire E In8uran¢e Masnlenance- Chur¢h kl8intenanGe. Manse Walerls e Rat*8 Affilwlion fees OtIEr Items Visitor$ E 2S2 2S2 262 761 121 121 118 434 00,874 Sub tolal 81737 A4 Asset and Investment rchases. see table Sub total 36,978 46.769 83.737 0.574 13.747 6.313 A5 Transfers belween funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash ndS this year and 18.690 13.247 21.217 12.813 31807 21060 39,806 CCXX Rl accounts ISS)
Sectioii B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Untestrlcted Restrlct funds funds to n•ar¢st£ Endowment nds to n••T•stt Catsgorl B1 Cash funds General Fund 13347 Fo1 Fcnd BarJbuki domfjon rsi6Tht grant PaT8rt6 and T¢)Jdlw8 Pastorf6 SEBA MAD ¢knaltr)n Tea raxl (#t Gweral TIM Cou1 Grnnt 2021 Bank Total cash fvnds IJ,247 ill OK Unrestrlctad funds OK OK Ratrfct•d Endowm fund• nd• to nMr••¢É to n•ar•#¢ D•tall• Pund to Cutt•ttt v•lu• D•tal B3 InVIm•nt as••ts FUNI tOThthkh 84 Assets retslned for the charitys own use Ft0Th1ch Ilabll AMntdu• onal W du• B5 Uabllltles 81llMd by on• orl¥)tnMt48s on béhllol•l th• tnNt•8s l*)t Name 014R)S rt013
Trustees as of 31/12r2023.' Mandy Ashenden Kate Carver Chris Roberts Newhaven Baptist Church Newhaven Baptist Church General Fund Charity Registration Number: 247232 Trustees, Annual Report Year Ending 3111212023 Newhaven Baptist Church is a charitable unincorporated association. The Trustees, also known as Deacons. are chosen from Church Members by a Church Members, Meeting. They are appointed for an initial three year term with the opportunity to be nominated for reappointment at the end of each three year term. During 2023 we continued to pursue our primary objective to spread the message of God's love and salvation through Jesus, by Christian witness, preaching of God's word and involvement with and support of members of the local community. Our church activities have now retumed to normal, after the COVID restrictions. Addits'onal activities were held at Easter and Christmas, including craft mornings and local deliveries of plants and greeting cards on both occasions. As usual we hosted a Light Stop on October 31st, with food and craft activities, as an alternative to Halloween. The majority of our numerous volunteers received safeguarding training this year, provided by the South Eastern Baptist Associats'on, for which we are grateful. The church Food Bank has continued to expand, which was a blessing in that we could support the Socal community in this way, but unfortunate as it indicated ever-increasing need. We have received a number of generous grants from local organisations. Many individuals have also donated both food items and money. The church's income in 2023 was £69,989, of which £27,968 was donated directly to the Food Bank, includlng grants, and £6,000 was granted by the District Council for our Uniform Bank. The latter was a new venture started towards the end of 2022 to make school uniform available for families who could not afford it. We conts'nue to be grateful to the church members who continued and even increased their regular offerings during the year, and to the organisations and other individuals who donated to the work of the church. We used about 58% of our General Fund outgoings of £36,978 to support the Minister and the Manse, and we were once again grateful to the South Eastern Baptist Association for awarding us a Growth Grant as a contribution to this. This year nearly 28 /0 of our general outgoings was spent on church building maintenance and support, a significant increase from 2022, but there is still a great need for building maintenance and improvement, and we are planning this for the near future if we can obtain sufficient grants. Over 56Vo of our total outgoings was spent on local outreach and other missions, equivalent to nearly 680/0 of our income. A significant contribution to this achievement was the large amount of donations to the Food Bank. Towards the end of the year we were sad to hear that Jac Parson, our Minister for the past slx years, had decided to move to another church early in 2024, for family reasons. We are so grateful for her leadership during the time she has been with us.. for her energy and persistence in reaching out to the local community, especially during the pandemic., for her friendly pastoral work within the congregation and beyond,. and for her strong Christian witness through both words and actions. We wish her and her family well. As ever, we very much look forward to continued expansion of our activities during 2024, enabling further Christian witness in the community. The trustees declare that thoy havo approved the report above, whlch Is slgned on tholr bahalf by Chris Roberts, Treasurer