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Melksham Baptist Church TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT 2020121 Page 1 of 13 MELKSHAM BAPTIST CHURCH TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS for YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 2021 Presented on behalf of the Deaconate by: Mr Alan McFall Chijrch Secretary & Treasurer Approved by Dea¢on$ (Managing Truste&sl at Diaconatg Megting on Chaim)an .. Mr Joshua Pamiar, Pastor

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Legal & Administrative Information

Name of Charity: Manse for the Minister of Melksham Baptist Church & Sunday School Commonly referred to as Melksham Baptist Church Address of Charity: Old Broughton Road Melksham Wiltshire SN12 8BX Email: Website: www.melkshambaptistchurch.org.uk Charitable Status: Registered with the Charity Commission of England & Wales Registration Number = 261709 Administration: The Church was founded under Trust Deed, originating in 1669. Day to day administration and leadership are the responsibility of deacons (managing trustees). Of the deacons, the church secretary and church treasurer constitute the officers of the church. Decision-making is the collective responsibility of the church members through the Church Meeting, a quorum being represented by thirty percent of the church membership. At the date of this report, managing trustees or deacons are: Mr Joshua P Parmar Pastor in training Mr Alan D McFall Secretary/Treasurer Miss Caroline Hancock Mr David Payne Mr Maurice Perry

Deacons are elected at the Annual General Meeting to serve for a period of three years; following which they must stand-down but may offer themselves for re-election. Mrs Elizabeth Young and Mr Philip Toop retired as deacons during 2020.

The Church is affiliated to the Baptist Union of Great Britain and its regional administrative body, the West of England Baptist Association.

The West of England Baptist Trust Company Limited are Custodian Trustees, holding in trust the title deeds of the property at Old Broughton Road, known as Melksham Baptist Church and Sunday School; and the property at Western Way known as The Old Baptist Burial Ground.

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Bank: Natwest Bank
Chippenham Branch
30 High Street
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 3HB
Independent Examiner: Mr John Viveash
4 Willow Close
Melksham
Wiltshire
SN12 6SD
Building Surveyor: Mr Adrian Male
Midtrees,
The Green,
Hambridge,
Langport,
Somerset,
TA10 0AT
Insurers: The Baptist Insurance Company
Beaufort House
Brunswick Road
Gloucester
GL1 1JZ

The Church

Melksham Baptist Church is affiliated to the Baptist Union of Great Britain and to the West of England Baptist Association. It is also a member of the Melksham Family of Churches.

Membership of the Church is open to all who profess faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour and whose lives bear evidence of that fact. The usual means by which people become members is through Believers' Baptism.

Those desiring to become members are asked to seriously consider the New Testament teaching on baptism, but the Church shall welcome into membership those who earnestly desire to serve and follow Christ and who come from other Christian traditions.

The fellowship was formed in 1669 and the building in which we worship today is Grade II listed, having been built around 1776 .

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Objectives

The advancement of religion for the salvation of all who believe in Jesus Christ and for the benefit of society in general, both locally and in the wider world. Specifically, making Jesus known in Melksham.

Principal Aims

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Policy Statements

Reserves

The policy of the trustees is to retain sufficient reserves to maintain the smooth day to day running of the church, avoiding as far as possible being overdrawn on any bank account. We also need to be in a position to meet our commitments as an employer of the Pastor both during employment and in the event of unexpected cessation. We need to be mindful of the requirement for significant capital expenditure, from time to time, on maintenance of our property portfolio which from 2020 now includes a manse.

Investment

Where the trustees have opportunity to exercise influence over investment decisions, they do so on the strength of advice from the Custodian Trustees, seeking to maximise the annual return over a period of at least ten years and through either Government or ethical stocks. Short-term surplus funds are held in a “pooled” bank account, managed by the Baptist Union Trust Company Limited.

Risk Management

A Health & Safety Review is conducted every two years and reported to the trustees. A two-yearly portable electrical appliance check is conducted.

An electrical installation condition report is produced every five years (latest in April 2019). A quinquennial (5-yearly) inspection of the property is carried out and reported to trustees and custodian trustees. (This was last done in April 2019).

The most significant risk we face is of the occurrence of a “cessation event” whereby we no longer make contributions to the Baptist Pension Scheme and are required to make a single payment to clear our share of the deficit in the Defined Benefits section of that fund. To this end, it is our policy to avoid a cessation event and to make use of the period of grace facility by which we continue making contributions during the time of a pastoral vacancy.

Internal Financial Controls

We follow the guidelines contained in the Association of Church Accountants & Treasurers Handbook as far as is practicable for a congregation of our size.

Conflict of Interest

We take care to avoid situations where conflict of interest may arise, whether in letting of contracts (deacons declare/monitor interest) or in making of decisions at church meetings (members absent themselves where necessary).

Complaint Handling

The Pastor and Church Secretary, who involve other deacons or specialists as relevant, initially deal with complaints. A record is kept of all correspondence and discussions. Where relevant, we take guidance from the Charity Commission guidelines on Reporting Serious Incidents.

Safeguarding

It is policy for Pastor, deacons and all involved in leading work with children or vulnerable adults to have attended the complete set of Safeguarding Training sessions to level 3, as provided by WEBA. DBS checks have been completed on all relevant members in the past and are renewed in line with recommendations (currently after 3 years). Policy and associated procedures were reviewed during the year 2020/21.

Data Protection

We have a policy and procedures to ensure compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations (May 2018).

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Brief Review of the Year to March 2021

Summary

An unprecedented year began with the introduction on 23[rd] March of severe restrictions on public activity due to the coronavirus pandemic. These brought to a standstill communal worship, prayer/study meetings, socialising, travel and all hosted activity in our premises with the exception of the Foodbank which has virtually doubled its throughput.

We have adapted to use of IT for sharing weekly worship by YouTube and Zoom, with most people on computers at home and a minimum of non-IT folk joining via facilities in the church or hall since January 2021.

We continue to be grateful for the moral and financial support of our neighbours in Corsham Baptist Church.

Members & Friends

Outreach

Social Activity

Church Growth – Development of Faith

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Our receipts for the year were lower than budgeted by approximately £7,000 – primarily through receiving no rental income for the whole year and members’ giving to mission causes being significantly reduced.

We benefitted from a repayment holiday of 3 months on the loan from WEBA and a 50% reduction for 6 months on Baptist Pension Scheme deficit payments.

For the year ahead, we are hopeful that we may be able to once again hire the premises to most of our former users from July and be able to return to more regular receipt of freewill offerings in a similar timescale.

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ANNUAL ACCOUNTS

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT

Note: Accounts have been prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis

Melksham Baptist Church TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT 2020121 Page9of 13 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report ta the truste8sl membor5 of c41v&ql On a￿ounts for the year ended Charity no lif any) Sr frL44qi Sèt out on pag¢s Of4£ - I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charty nhe Trust? forthe year ended Responstbilities and basÈs of r8port As the charty's trustees, you are ￿sponsIble forlhe preparation of the actounls in accor(18nce wrth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 Ilhe ACVI. 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 exarninalion, I h8vÈ followed all the applicable Directions gwen ty the Chariiy Commission nder Section 1495llbl of the Act. Indgpondent examinerfs statement Delete I l rfnot appl￿&￿16. I have completed my examination. I confim) that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination14lkgTr1 thsdose&bW whi¢h 9sve$ me Gauso lo boliove that in, any material respect the accounting records were not kept in accordance wf(h section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not accord with thE accourrting records,. or the accounts did not comply wlh the applicable requirements c¢nc£ming the torTll and content of accounts set out in the Charities (A¢counts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'tnJe and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an indop&ndenl examin81ion. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in eonnection wrth the examination to which attention should ￿ drawn in this report in order tts enab￿ a proper undetstanding of the accounts tts ￿ reached . Please delete the words in the brackets iflhey do not apply. Sign•d: Name: Kr R•levant professlonal qualificationl$l or body IER Oct2018

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Melksham Baptist Church
Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 31 March 2021
Version: 1 Date: 09/04/2021
Notes Unrestricted Designated Restricted Total Total
Funds Funds Funds Funds Funds
£ £ £ 2021 2020
Receipts & Payments Account
Receipts
Offerings 23,437 23,437 23,021
Donations 508 508 5,770
Grants 14,004 14,004 12,837
Fund-raising activities 0 0 0
Legacies 0 0 0
Gift Aid Tax 6,163 6,163 4,578
Investment Income 5,025 5,025 5,016
Property Income 1,510 1,510 5,027
Other Causes 4,874 4,874 7,156
Realised investment gains 0 0 0
Total Incoming Resources 50,647 0 4,874 55,521 63,405
Payments
Ministry 25,916 25,916 29,593
Church Life 514 514 3,049
Properties 12,200 12,200 17,456
Administration 14,051 14,051 12,606
Other Causes & Mission 4,647 4,647 7,426
Total Resources Expended 52,681 0 4,647 57,327 70,130
Net before transfers -2,033 0 227 -1,806 -6,725
Transfers between Funds 0 0 0 0 0
Net Receipts/(Payments) -2,033 0 227 -1,806 -6,725
Opening Balances 24,321 31,046
Closing Balances -2,033 0 227 22,515 24,321
There are no recognised gains or losses other than the results for the year as set out above.
All activities are classed as continuing.
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Melksham Baptist Church Melksham Baptist Church Melksham Baptist Church
Statement of Assets & Liabilities
At 31 March 2021
Notes 2021 2020
£ £
Fixed Assets
TangibleFixedAssets 0
Investments 8 4,000
4,000 3,880
Monetary Assets
ShortTerm Deposits 9 10,668 10,594
CashatBank 11,846 13,725
22,513 24,320
Liabilities
Missionpayments 10 1,129 607
Loans (interest-freefrom members) 0 0
Loansfrom WEBTCo.Ltd 11 86,857 93,028
PensionSchemeliability 12 33,100 44,800
121,086 138,435
Note re Assets / Investments:
Investmentis CharincoFundwith Blackrock. Evaluation is at
Insurance value -
Buildings 3,294,284 3,291,014
includes pipe organ 73,155 73,083
Contents 88,437 88,349
Burial ground at Western Way, Melksham.Nomeaningful valueis available soithasnot
been includedInthe Statement of AssetsAndLiabilities
Manse at 102 Linnet Lane, Melksham £250,000 purchase pricein April 2019
Purchasedinconjunction with West of EnglandBaptistTrust Company,
who,when loan repaid,will hold a 60%interestinthe property

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Melksham Baptist Church Melksham Baptist Church Melksham Baptist Church
Notes to the Accounts
For the Year Ended 31 March 2021
1. Accounting Policies
The accountshave beenprepared underthehistoricalcost conventionandrecorded on
aReceipts andPayments basis.
2.Grant of£14,000 p.a. is beingreceivedfrom West of EnglandBaptistAssociationto support
the appointment ofaminister intraining.
2021 2020
3. Ministry
Minister's Stipend andEmployers costs 24,419 23,394
Expenses 1,377 5,604
PreachingFees 120 595
25,916 29,593
4.Church Life
Worshipmaterials 0 26
Developingfaith& community support 302 613
Flowers 0 66
JuniorChurch 0 0
Catering 3 1,714
Piano & Organtuning 0 0
Donations 0 360
Subscriptions 209 170
OthercostsincAssembly 0 100
514 3,049
5. Premises
Manse 3,173 5,594
Repairs,Renewals andImprovements 1,140 6,024
Heat andLight 4,313 2,747
Water Rates 93 86
Insurances 2,521 2,469
Cleaning 380 333
Equipment & depreciation 579 203
12,200 17,456
6. Administration
Printing & stationery 315 310
Telephones 0 227
Audit & accountancy 100 1,680
ITcosts &musiclicences 826 389
Loan repayments 9,000 10,000
Other(ministry training) 3,810 0
14,051 12,606
7.Other Causes and Mission 2021 2020
HomeMission 1,284 1,420
BMSWorldMission 1,399 1,768
MAF 33 210
Alabaré 263 382
Bible Society 117 213
Spurgeon'sHomes 665 618
Christian Aid 0 267
LeprosyMission 38 78
Bristol Baptist College 25 75
Melksham FoodBank 200 235
TWAM 0 60
Cancer Appeals 480 1,228
Stewardship (H. Wood) 0 0
MFoCBlessMelksham 25 95
CrisisFund 0 325
TheTurning 0
MIND 13
WHCT 25
CSW 55
Other(2021 - WEBA Albania) 25 453
4,647 7,427

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Melksham Baptist Church Melksham Baptist Church Melksham Baptist Church
Additional Notes
For the Year Ended 31 March 2021
8. Note re Assets / Investments:
InvestmentisBlackrockCharitableInvestmentFund. Evaluationat 31/12/2020
9. Short termdeposit is with Baptist Union Corporation 3mth notice account
10. Mission Payments to be made £
HomeMission 187.50
BMS 202.50
BMSB'day 60.00
MAF 5.00
Alabare 40.00
Bible Soc 15.00
Spurgeons 105.00
CAid 30.00 uncleared cheque
M Foodbank 70.00
TWAM 10.00
MBC CrisisFund 354.18
CSW 25.00
TheTurning 25.00 uncleared cheque
£1,129.18
11. WEBA Loan is £100,000 toward purchase of Mansein April 2020, to berepaid over 10 years
At currentrepayment andinterestrate,loan willbe paid offbymid-2029.
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