## **GRANGETOWN BAPTIST CHURCH**
**______________________________**
## **REPORT AND ACCOUNTS**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31[ST] MARCH 2023**
**_____________________________________**
**C Management Services 69 Velindre Road Whitchurch Cardiff CF14 2TF**
## **GRAMGETOWN BAPTIST CHURCH**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] MARCH 2023**
## **CHARITY INFORMATION**
|**Trustees:**|Ian James Parry|
|---|---|
||Richard Thomas MacDonald|
||Timothy Shaun Prive|
||Elizabeth Joy Parry|
||Sandra Maud Mcfarlane|
||Alan Arthur Cowley|
||John David Wilding|
||Dr Michael Sheen|
|**Treasurer:**|Richard Thomas MacDonald|
|**Charitable position:**|Registered Charity number 500597|
|**Governing Document:**|Trust dated 4thJanuary 1971|
|**Address for correspondence:**|Grangetown Baptist Church|
||Clive Street|
||Grangetown|
||Cardiff|
||CF11 7HP|
|**Independent Examiner:**|Paul Burnell ACMI|
||C Management Services|
||69 Velindre Road|
||CARDIFF|
||CF14 2TF|
|**Bankers:**|Co-operative Bank|
||1 Balloon Street|
||Manchester|
||Lancs|
||M60 4EP|
||**CONTENTS**||
|---|---|---|
|||Page|
|Charity Information||2|
|Trustees Report||3|
|Independent Examiners Report||4|
|Statement of Financial Activities||5|
|Statement of Assets and Liabilities||6|
|Notes to the Accounts||7|
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**GRANGETOWN BAPTIST CHURCH**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] MARCH 2023**
The Trustees have pleasure in submitting the Report and Accounts for the period ended 31st March 2022.
Throughout this year (April 2022-March 2023) we have continued to pursue our charitable objectives.
Our regular Sunday Services have continued, and our attendance has continued to grow, regularly reaching one hundred people on a Sunday morning, with many visitors and the gallery in regular use.
The English Classes have continued to develop, these classes have been enhanced since we have employed two part-time international workers. One of their many aims is to deepen the relationships with the English class students and the wider international community. We have also held a number of international evenings to celebrate the different nations that are represented by our church family.
The Toddlers Group has gone from strength to strength with about thirty children in attendance.
We are still operating both the Foodbank and the Fareshare market on a Friday afternoon. Both these services are very busy with well over sixty families coming every week.
People have come to our Sunday services through all of these ministries. Our weekly prayer meeting continues and is growing.
Sunday School continues to be well attended and our membership has continued to grow. After a short break we have resumed our Townkids sessions on a Sunday evening with around 8 children in attendance.
As with any building we are continually looking at how we can improve and maintain our building. We have a number of projects that we are looking at starting in the near future.
Our online presence continues also. We stream our Sunday Services and a daily livestream at 8.45am each weekday continues also.
We continue to thank God for the financial situation of the church. We are greatly encouraged by this.
We continue to invest in training with the aim of supporting our volunteers and raising up new leaders in the church.
We look to God to continue to build his church in the year to come.
This report is signed on behalf of the Trustees on 16th June 2023 by
Ian Parry
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF**
## **GRANGETOWN BAPTIST CHURCH**
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the period ended 31[st] March 2023, which are set out on pages 9 to 12.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## Paul Burnell
Paul Burnell ACMI 16[th] June 2023
For and on behalf of:
C Management Services (trading name of C Mgmnt Services Ltd) 69 Velindre Road Cardiff CF14 2TF
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**GRANGETOWN BAPTIST CHURCH**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2023**
|Note
**RECEIPTS**
_Receipts from generated funds_
2
_Receipts from charitable activities_
3
_Other receipts_
4
Interest received
Total Receipts
**PAYMENTS**
Charitable activities
5
Governance costs
Loan Repayments
Total payments
**Net Receipts/(Payments)**
Transfers between funds
Fund balances at 1st April 2022
Fund balances at 31st March 2023|Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total
Funds
2023
£
Total
Funds
2022
£
70,767
-
70,767
62,462
-
-
-
-
22,672
18,300
40,972
27,883
78
-
78
220|
|---|---|
||93,517
18,300
111,817
90,565|
||80,921
18,300
99,221
84,361
-
4,800
-
-
-
4,800
-
4,800|
||85,721
18,300
104,021
89,161|
||7,796
-
7,796
1,404
-
-
-
-
56,714
755
57,469
56,065|
||64,432
755
65,265
57,469|
The notes on pages 11-12 form part of these accounts.
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**GRANGETOWN BAPTIST CHURCH**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] MARCH 2023**
## **1. Fixed Assets**
|||Insurance Value||
|---|---|---|---|
|||2023|2022|
|||£|£|
||The value of assets owned are:|||
||Buildings|3,918,140
|3,149,073|
||Equipment|155,344
|121,324|
|||4,073,48
|3,270,397|
|**2.**|**Bank & Cash Balances**|||
|||2023|2022|
|||£|£|
||Cash at bank and in hand|65,265|57,469|
|||65,265|57,469|
|**3.**|**Other Assets and Liabilities**|||
|||2023|2022|
|||£|£|
||_Assets_|||
||Gift aid tax recovery not yet received|-|-|
||_Liabilities_|||
||Unbilled fee for Independent Examination|180|180|
The accounts were approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf on 16[th] June 2023 by Richard McDonald as Treasurer
## Signed:
The notes on page 10 form part of these accounts.
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## **GRANGETOWN BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31[ST] MARCH 2022**
## **1. Accounting Policies**
The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis with a statement of assets and liabilities
|**2. Voluntary receipts**
Donations
_3. Receipts from charitable activities_
Conferences and events
**4. Other Receipts**
Grant received
Rent
Other income
**5. Charitable activities**
**a. Direct Charitable Costs**
Salaries & staff expenses
Ministry expenses
Youth & children
Evangelism
**b. Support and Administration**
Premises rental and expenses
Administration and general expenses
Insurance & professional fees
Catering
Training
**c. Grants**
World Mission
Benevolent gifts|Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total
2023
£
Total
2022
£
70,767
-
70,767
62,462|
|---|---|
||70,767
-
70,767
62,462|
||-
-
-
Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total
2023
£
Total
2022
£
13,000
18,300
31,300
18,300
8,295
1,377
-
-
8,295
1,377
9,250
333|
||22,672
18,300
40,972
27,883|
||Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total
2023
£
Total
2022
£
34,026
18,300
52,036
41,730
5,010
966
2,381
-
5,448
1,113
819|
||42,383
18,300
60,683
49,110|
||24,668
-
24,668
24,200
4,245
-
4,245
2,597
4,389
-
4,389
3,600
857
666
-
-
857
666
758
441|
||34,825
-
34,825
31,596|
||
1,379
-
1,379
2,449
2,334
-
2,334
1,206|
||3,713
-
3,713
3,655|
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## **6. Staff and Trustees**
The charity has three employed members of staff. Its activities are generally carried out by volunteers. No staff received salaries at a rate of more than £60,000 per annum.
The Pastor, Ian Parry, who is also a Trustee, was employed and received a salary of £42,333 in his capacity as Pastor of the church.
No remuneration or trustee expenses were paid to any other trustee during the year, nor to any person connected to them.
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