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2023-12-31-accounts

Charity Registration Number: 502464

TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH BETHESDA CHAPEL ROYTON

Trustees Annual Report and Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2023

TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH BETHESDA CHAPEL ROYTON

Contents

Page
Members ofthe Board and Professional Advisers 2
Trustees Report Insert
Independent Examination 3
Receipts and Payments Accounts 4-5
NotestotheFinancialStatements 6

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TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH BETHESDA CHAPEL ROYTON

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Registered Charity Name Trust Property held in connexion with BethesdaChapel Royton
Charity Number 502464
Registered Office 12 ThornhamOld Road
Royton
Oldham
OL2 SUN
Trustees Geoffrey Goodwin
Eleanor Lily Potter
Andrea Rose
Jean Gill
Denise Debra Walton
Janet Nola Goodwin
Fraser Thomas Rose
Accountants CommunityAccounting Lancashire C.I.C.
Foxfields
9 Norley Close
Chadderton
Oldham
Lancashire
OL1 2RA
Bankers Virgin Money
2 Market Square
Royton
Oldham
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Dogford Road, Royton, Oldham. 0L2 6UA

BETHESDA CHAPEL

TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT

Date: 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 Charity Name: ‘Trust Property Held in Connexion with Bethesda Baptist Chapel Royton’ Registration Number: 502464 Principal Address of Charity: Dogford Road, Royton, Oldham. OL2 6UA Correspondence address: 12 Thornham Old Road, Royton, Oldham. OL2 5UN

TRUST DEEDS

The particulars of the deed regulating the purpose of the charity are set out in the trust deeds dated 26 November 1866

BANKERS’ NAME AND ADDRESS

Yorkshire Bank 9/11 Yorkshire Street Rochdale OL16 1BL Account numbers: 55851732 and 22424721

National Savings Bank Glasgow G58 1SB Account number: 138042892

TRUSTEES

New Charity Trustees are entitled to be appointed by Church Members at any of the Quarterly or Annual Church Meetings following discussion and agreement. The following is the list of persons who were trustees at the date this report was signed:

Geoffrey Goodwin Janet Nola Goodwin Denise Debra Walton Eleanor Potter Andrea Rose Fraser Rose Jean Gill No other persons were trustees during the year.

OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY

The objects of the Charity are to facilitate Christian worship and observance, and social action.

ORGANISATION AND DECISION MAKING STRUCTURE

Church members, including trustees, form the organising body. Quarterly meeting are held, at which decisions are made by a consensus of opinion of those present.

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PARTIES, CHARITIES, AND ORGANISATIONS

The Church is autonomous and the Charity has no formal relationships with other parties or with any other charities and organisations, other than by way of making grants. However, there is an informal relationship with Family Aid Direct, which is the Charity the Church uses for poverty relief and mission in India. Some of the Trustees are also Trustees of Family Aid Direct.

REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST YEAR AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.

Church Worship services, Charity Shop, Meetings and Social Activities

In the past year the Charity has provided Christian worship and ministry and opportunities for Christian service throughout the various aspects of Church life: Sunday Church services, mid-week fellowship meetings, Sunday school, a weekly toddler group and a Charity Shop in aid of local needy people. A number of delegates attended the Holocaust Study Day at Menorah Synagogue in Manchester. Social events have included monthly “Bring and Share” meals and the annual Christmas party. The trustees look forward to continuing to provide a spiritually healthy environment in which to worship and serve God, to help spread the Christian gospel and to engage in social action.

Whatsapp Group

Bethesda Whatsapp continued providing communication and spiritual support for members of the Church congregation.

Emergency Food Project

Basic emergency food parcels, including frozen ready meals have continued to be delivered by volunteers to needy people. Funding comes via donations into the Charity shop bank account. Shortfalls in the purchase of food are covered by unrestricted donations from a generous Church friend.

The Bread and Butter Charity

Each Wednesday this Charity brings groceries for local social housing tenants to buy at greatly reduced prices. The Church building then also becomes a Warm Hub, for which The Bread and Butter Charity donates £400 over winter towards heating.

Christmas Toys

Donations of new toys were received and passed on to Naomi Martin-Smith of First Choice Homes social housing and second hand toys were received and passed on to needy families in the local area.

Charity Shop

The Charity shop continues to operate from rooms upstairs in the Church building. It is staffed by a small group of volunteers and all proceeds are for the needy, with none being kept for church funds, apart from a contribution towards heating and lighting. White goods, furniture, household items and clothes are often provided free to local people in crisis, who are introduced by support workers or simply word of mouth. The Charity also uses Acts 435, an online Christian crowd-funding scheme, to help fund the supply of white goods and other items.

Special Appeals

Members of the Church responded generously to the appeals for the earthquake in Turkey/Syria and for the plight of those in Ukraine

Facebook

The Charity's Facebook pages help to make local people aware of the Emergency Food project, the School Uniform Swapshop Facebook groups, the Charity Shop and the Church services.

Grants

The Charity has continued to make many grants to worthy causes, both those to whom the Charity has an ongoing commitment, and also those of a one-off nature. The Trustees hope for continued involvement in social action and to providing financial support for worthy causes that relate to the objects of the Charity.

THE CHARITY’S POLICIES ON RESERVES

The amount of reserves at 31 December 2023 was £25,934 (comprising Church funds: £19,129 and Charity Shop funds: £6,805). The existing policy is to set aside tithes from the Church collections and donations into various funds in order to meet commitments to good causes. The use of tax-efficient giving through Gift Aid is encouraged where possible. The Emergency Food Project has a separate fund for donations and purchases. Church members are made aware of the need to ensure that the Charity's income is adequate to cover the financial responsibilities and that no financial commitments are made that the Charity cannot fulfil.

The following arrangements will continue in order to ensure there are adequate reserves for beneficiaries: the setting aside of £300 per quarter into a building fund for maintenance work; the setting aside of 10% of Church donations into missionary work funds and a further 10% to ease poverty at home and abroad. The trustees do not consider there is a need to adopt any new policies to determine the level of reserves that it is appropriate for the Charity to maintain in order to meet effectively the needs of its beneficiaries.

THE CHARITY’S INVESTMENT POLICY AND PERFORMANCE

The trustees do not consider there is a need at the present time to adopt any new policies for the selection of investments for the charity. The trustees confirm that there are no major investment risks facing the charity and appropriate buildings and public liability insurance continues to be in place.

GRANT-MAKING POLICIES

There is a continuing commitment of dedicating from Church Sunday collections 10% to missionary work and 10% to relieving poverty. Any further needs for grants to individuals or organisations come from general funds and are considered as and when they come to the notice of Church members, after ensuring that other financial responsibilities are met. The trustees do not consider there is a need at this time to adopt any new policies for the selection of individuals and institutions that are to receive grants out of the Charity assets.

DISCLOSURE OF GRANTS

Details of grants are as follows:-

Individuals

  1. Audrey Sharples, 16 Norfolk Way, Royton, Oldham. OL2 5BD. Grant: £225

This was help to an elderly widow in financial need.

Michaela Voinea, 14 Queen St, Shaw Oldham OL2 8RW Grant: £120

This was help to a Ukrainian in financial need. Michelle Slater, 15 Pemberton Way Shaw Oldham OL2 7TZ Grant: £50

This was to help with bus fares and bills while caring for her husband in hospital

A Walmsley, Oldham Grant: £25 This was help with a taxi fair to hospital

Ndumiso Moyo, 8 Queen St Shaw Oldham OL2 8RW Grant: £170

This was to cover bills whilst between jobs and interview transport costs

Kirsten O'Grady, 97a Beal Lane Shaw OL2 8PH Grant: £70 This woman has fed from domestic abuse and struggles with bills

Robert 4 Bartland Place, Oldham. Grant £80 This was help with electricity

Jodeine O'Neill, 134 Boundary Park Rd, Oldham. OL1 2NZ Grant: £425 This was help over a sustained period with bills and transport costs after fleeing domestic abuse complicated by serious medical problems

Andrew Dalton, 4 Hobson St, Oldham OL1 1TT Grant: £50 This was help with electricity

Sharon Morland 6 St Marys Close OL1 3SL Grant: £40 This was help with electricity

Stacey Williams 3 Norbury House AbbeyHills Rd Oldham OL4 1RH Grant: £60 This was help with food

L Bottomley, no fixed abode Grant: £60 This was help with food

David Greenacres, 5 Beech Avenue Oldham OL4 2EE

Grant: £30 This was help with electricity

E Golding, Social Worker Grant: £49 This was for a microwave for a needy client

Organisations

  1. Image Coverdale Centre, Coverdale Crescent, Manchester, M12 4FG. Charity no.1141832

Grant: £840 Image is a pregnancy crisis centre that cares for life from conception to natural death.

  1. Vis De Copil (A Child's Dream), 56 Battock Road, Brightons, Falkirk, FK2 OTT. Charity no. SC037354 Grant: £206.79

Vis De Copil ministers to the needs of street children in Romania (Str. Ludovic Szsntay Nr. 15 Arad, Romania, 310 100)

  1. Good News For Everyone (formerly Gideons International), Western House, George St, Lutterworth, Leics. LE17 4EE. Charity no. 221605 Grant: £137.86

Good New for Everyone distributes bibles to schools, hospitals, prisons and hotels.

  1. World Wide Evangelisation for Christ (WEC International), Bulstrode, Oxford Rd, Gerrards Cross, Bucks. SL9 8SZ. Charity no. 237005 Grant: £137.86

WEC is a missionary organisation that facilitates the work of Christian missionaries.

  1. Grace Baptist Mission (GBM), 12 Abbey Close, Abingdon, Oxon. OX14 3JD. Charity no. 1157506

Grant: £100 GBM is a missionary organisation that facilitates the work of Christian missionaries

6. Family Aid Direct

Family Aid Direct, C/o 12 Thornham Old Road, Royton, Oldham. OL2 5UN. Charity no. 1110147

Grant: £174

Family Aid Direct is a poverty relief Charity, operating in India.

  1. Mark Curtis Evangelism Trust Incorporating Passion For Jesus Ministries, 10 Cambridge Drive, Little Lever, Bolton. BL3 1XJ. Charity no. 1086475 Grant: £350 (13Feb,

PFJ Ukraine Appeal. PFJ operates in Ukraine, so it is well placed to respond to the crisis in Ukraine.

  1. Disasters and Emergency Committee Turkish/Syrian Earthquake Appeal, PO Box 999, London. EC3A 3AA. Charity number 1062638 Grant £700

DEC represents 15 Charities working in disaster areas

  1. Soul Cafe 58-60 Yorkshire St Oldham. OL1 1QX Grant: £25 This is an Christian organisation working with youth of Oldham

CONTRIBUTION OF VOLUNTEERS

There are no paid posts within the Charity. The Charity benefits from volunteers who are involved in various activities within the Church. These include preaching, Sunday school teaching, musicians, leading fellowship meetings, ministering to people in the local community, weekly toddler group, Charity Shop work, purchasing, packing and delivering emergency food parcels, cleaning and maintenance, accounting and administration.

FUNDRAISING

The Charity continues to hold to its longstanding principle of looking to God in faith to provide funds for the Church's overheads and grants, through gifts and donations from members, congregation and friends, rather than fund raising. Money made in the Charity shop is not used for Church funds, but rather is used for local people in financial need, apart from covering the cost of electricity used. Donations received for the Emergency Food Project are used for local people in food crisis. Donations from Acts 435 crowdfunding are used to purchase white goods and other household items for local people in financial need.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees:

JANET NOLA GOODWIN

25" March 2024

TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH BETHESDA CHAPEL ROYTON

REPORT TO THE MEMBERS ON THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH BETHESDA CHAPEL ROYTON

YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 December 2023, which are set out on pages 4 to 6.

Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

The charity’s trustees consider an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the 2011 Act, and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility as independent examiner to:

~ to state whether particular matters have come to my attention

Basis of Independent Examiners Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the 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 of disclosures in the accounts,

and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters.

The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.

Independent Examiners Statement

I have completed my examination for the year ended 31 December 2023.

I can confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and 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.

25 March 2024

Miss Jacqueline Bird F.M.A.A.T.

Community Accounting Lancashire C.I.C. Foxfields

9 Norley Close

Chadderton Oldham OL1 2RA

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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
Funds Funds Funds Funds
2023 2023 2023 2022
RECEIPTS £ £ £ £
Church
Collections& Donations 9,863 - 9,863 7,674
Gift Aid 1,202 - 1,202 1,719
Rainy Day Fund - 125 125 600
Family Aid Direct - - - ’
Afghanistan Crisis Appeal - - - 460
Turkey EarthquakeAppeal - 700 700 -
Ukraine Appeal - 350 350 2,060
Shadrak MotorbikeAppeal - - - 460
Refunds (Utilities) 69 - 69 -
Bank Interest 146 - 146 83
Other Income - : - :
11,280 1,175 12,455 13,056
CharityShop
Shop Sales 4,404 - 4,404 2,102
Gift Aid 991 - 991 1,125
Action Together Grants:
Help with Electricity & Bills - 500 500 -
Celebrating Volunteers - 480 480 -
Donations 6,150 - 6,150 4,400
Acts 35 - 2,415 2,415 4,085
Food Project - 2,957 2,957 5,502
Other Income : - : :
11,545 6,352 17,897 17,214
TOTALRECEIPTS 22,825 nls 30,352 30,270
PAYMENTS
Church
Building Maintenance 691 - 691 619
Insurance& Fire 1,898 - 1,898 1,723
Utilities 4,840 - 4,840 2,781
Resources 284 - 284 361
Rainy Day Fund - 125 125 660
Family Aid Direct 174 - 174 1,391
Afghanistan Crisis Appeal - - - 1,000
Turkey Earthquake Appeal - 700 700 -
Ukraine Appeal - 350 350 2,560
Shadrak Motorbike Appeal - - - 1,000
Capernwray Missionary Fellowship - - - 1,000
Image Pregnancy Crisis 840 - 840 840
WEC International (Missionary Society) 138 - 138 165
Gideons UK 138 - 138 165
Romanian Street Children 207 - 207 247
Women’s World Day ofPrayer - - - -
Epilepsy Society - - - -
GBM (Annual Donation) 100 - 100 100
British Heart Foundation - - - 100
Accountancy Fees 455 - 455 450
Sundries 552 - 552 607
10,317 1,175 11,492 15,769

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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT continued

YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
Funds Funds Funds Funds
2023 2023 2023 2022
£ £ £ £
PAYMENTS continued
CharityShop
Beneficiary Goods 1,008 500 1,508 1,482
Acts 35 - 2,415 2,415 4,085
Food Project 7,600 2,978 10,578 8,459
Gas& Electric 1,097 - 1,097 250
Volunteer Celebration Events - 480 480 -
Sundries 674 - 674 1,122
10,379 6,373 16,752 15,398
TOTALPAYMENTS 20,696 1,548 28,244 31,167
Net ofreceipts/(payments) 2,129 (21) 2,108 (897)
Cash funds at 1 January 2023 23,695 131 23,826 24,723
Cashfundsat31December2023 25,824 __110 25,934 23,826

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on the 25" of March 2024 and signed on their behalf:

JANET NOLA GOODWIN

Trustee

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

for the year ended 31 December 2023

1. Receipts and Payments Accounts

Receipts and payments accounts are statements that summarise the movement of cash into and out of the organisation during the financial year. In this context “cash” includes cash equivalents, for example, bank accounts where cash can be readily withdrawn to pay for debts as they become due.

2. Related Party Transactions

During the year transactions were made between ‘Trust Property held in connexion with Bethesda Chapel Royton’ and ‘Family Aid Direct (Registered Charity Number 1110147)’ which has the same trustees as the ‘Trust Property held in connexion with Bethesda Chapel Royton’.

Unrestricted (general) funds of £174 were paid to ‘Family Aid Direct’ during the year from the Tithe Fund.

3. Fund Analysis

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|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Fund Name|Balance|as|at|Receipts|Payments|Balance|as|at| |1st January|31st|December| |2023|2023| |£|£|£|£| |Unrestricted|Funds| |General|Funds|23,695|22,825|(20,696)|25,824| |Restricted|Funds| |Acts|435|-|2,415|(2,415)|-| |Food|Project|131|2,957|(2,978)|110| |Action|Together:| |Help|with|Electricity|&|Bills|-|500|(500)|-| |Celebrating|Volunteers|-|480|(480)|-| |Rainy|Day|-|125|(125)|-| |Ukraine|Appeal|-|350|(350)|-| |Turkey|Earthquake|Appeal|-|700|(700)|-| |131|7,527|(7,548)|110| |TOTAL FUNDS|23,826|30,352|(28,244)|25,934|

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