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
rxfiat￿5
For OtI￿rCauSes
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
Exp*nae8 Conlrtbut
Td t￿elInter￿1
Home M1881on
L￿81 Outreath
Othtt Causes
CO￿￿4 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
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TIM Cou￿1 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•#¢
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Pund to
Cutt•ttt v•lu•
D•tal
B3 InV￿Im•nt as••ts
FUNI tOThthkh
84 Assets retslned for the
charitys own use
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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