## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **From 1[st] January 2022 To 31[st] December 2022** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Grace Baptist Church **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 701443 **Charity's principal address** 290 Edgeley Road Stockport Cheshire **Postcode SK3 0RJ** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mr Stuart Hart|Secretary||Church Membership| ||Mr David Last|||Church Membership| ||Mr Tim Mills|||Church Membership| ||Mr Stephen
Rees|||Church Membership| ||Mr Carl Williams|||Church Membership| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** As above As above ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Trust Deed (1989) (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Trust (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Chosen by voting at a duly constituted meeting of the members of (eg. appointed by, elected by) the church. **Grace Baptist Church** Trustees Annual Report for the year **2022** 1 |**Section C**|**Objectives and activities**| |---|---| |**Summary of the objects of**
**the charity set out in its**
**governing document**
To spread the gospel of Jesus Christ by preaching and teaching
the truths that are contained in the Bible.
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for**
**the public benefit in**
**relation to these objects**
**(include within this section**
**the statutory declaration**
**that trustees have had**
**regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public**
**benefit)**
The church holds meetings at the building that it owns at 290
Edgeley Road, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, SK3 0RJ.
We have held our services which are open to all and have run our
activity for children which we call Bible Explorers. In these we
explain the truths of the Bible to children at a level and in a
manner appropriate for their age.
Our Wednesday evening meetings are mainly attended by
members of the church. At these meetings we study the Bible
more deeply and spend time in prayer for ourselves, for those
whom we know wherever they may be in the world and for those
in government; as we are commanded in the Bible.
We recommenced our free lunch programme which we hold every
Wednesday. This is open to anybody who wishes to attend.
Some of those who attended included pupils at the Pendlebury
Centre (a centre for students with additional needs) which is
across the road.
We continued our annual distribution of Christmas cards to
homes in the neighbourhood of the church and cards at Easter
and Harvest time.
We have run our youth outreach programme by visiting the local
parks seeking to engage in conversations with young people (and
others) and hope this will lead to their lives being much improved.
Trustees have considered the public benefit guidance issued by
the Charity Commission and have assessed the ways in which we
can contact people and teach them the timeless and society-
enhancing truths of the Bible.
**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You**may choose**to include
further statements, where
relevant, about:
policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related
investment;
contribution made by
volunteers.
All our work is carried out by unpaid volunteers except for a paid
minister who takes a large majority of the services.
All grants from the church are for humanitarian purposes or to
advance the cause of the gospel.
We ensure that all recipients are trustworthy and accountable. To
that end one of our trustees visited the person we support in
Albania to see the work he is doing and found all satisfactory.|| ||To spread the gospel of Jesus Christ by preaching and teaching
the truths that are contained in the Bible.| ||The church holds meetings at the building that it owns at 290
Edgeley Road, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, SK3 0RJ.
We have held our services which are open to all and have run our
activity for children which we call Bible Explorers. In these we
explain the truths of the Bible to children at a level and in a
manner appropriate for their age.
Our Wednesday evening meetings are mainly attended by
members of the church. At these meetings we study the Bible
more deeply and spend time in prayer for ourselves, for those
whom we know wherever they may be in the world and for those
in government; as we are commanded in the Bible.
We recommenced our free lunch programme which we hold every
Wednesday. This is open to anybody who wishes to attend.
Some of those who attended included pupils at the Pendlebury
Centre (a centre for students with additional needs) which is
across the road.
We continued our annual distribution of Christmas cards to
homes in the neighbourhood of the church and cards at Easter
and Harvest time.
We have run our youth outreach programme by visiting the local
parks seeking to engage in conversations with young people (and
others) and hope this will lead to their lives being much improved.
Trustees have considered the public benefit guidance issued by
the Charity Commission and have assessed the ways in which we
can contact people and teach them the timeless and society-
enhancing truths of the Bible.| ||All our work is carried out by unpaid volunteers except for a paid
minister who takes a large majority of the services.
All grants from the church are for humanitarian purposes or to
advance the cause of the gospel.
We ensure that all recipients are trustworthy and accountable. To
that end one of our trustees visited the person we support in
Albania to see the work he is doing and found all satisfactory.| **Grace Baptist Church** Trustees Annual Report for the year **2022** 2 |Section D|Achievements and performance| |---|---| |**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the**
**charity during the year**|| ||We are thankful to God that we have been able to maintain our
Sunday services and mid-week meeting throughout the year and
have continued our teaching in Bible Explorers
We have taught and believe the lives of attenders at the meetings
have been improved and also the lives of those with whom we
havehad contact.| ||| |**Section E**|**Financial review**| |**Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on**
**reserves**
Our expenditure was greater than our income by a small amount
but our reserves are still healthy.
Our policy concerning reserves is that we should have enough to
cover between six and nine months expenditure (equivalent to
£18,000-27,000). We have a higher level of reserves because the
church building is a modular, pre-fabricated structure and we
anticipate there could be major expenses in future.
The manse is in good condition but it is an aging property and
needs maintenance more frequently.
Our reserves are £59,700 and are held in interest bearing
accounts.
**Details of any funds**
**materially in deficit**
**Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You**may choose**to include
additional information, where
relevant about:

the charity’s principal
sources of funds
(including any
fundraising);

how expenditure has
supported the key
objectives of the charity;

investment policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.
All our income is from voluntary contributions by members of the
congregation and friends of the church. We do not fund-raise in
any way.
Our current funding enables us to support our minister who
teaches the Bible week by week.
A small portion of our funds go to support those working overseas
or to alleviate material suffering in other parts of the world.
The latter comes from gifts restricted for that purpose which is fully
supported by the trustees. The church passes on those gifts for
such designated purposes.
None of the trustees receive any remuneration for any of the work
they undertake in their role as a trustee. The minister is paid for
undertaking his role of church leader and not for being a trustee.
He is also granted accommodation in the manse owned by the
church.
Apart from our reserves being in interest bearing accounts there is
no other formof investment.|| ||Our expenditure was greater than our income by a small amount
but our reserves are still healthy.
Our policy concerning reserves is that we should have enough to
cover between six and nine months expenditure (equivalent to
£18,000-27,000). We have a higher level of reserves because the
church building is a modular, pre-fabricated structure and we
anticipate there could be major expenses in future.
The manse is in good condition but it is an aging property and
needs maintenance more frequently.
Our reserves are £59,700 and are held in interest bearing
accounts.| ||| ||All our income is from voluntary contributions by members of the
congregation and friends of the church. We do not fund-raise in
any way.
Our current funding enables us to support our minister who
teaches the Bible week by week.
A small portion of our funds go to support those working overseas
or to alleviate material suffering in other parts of the world.
The latter comes from gifts restricted for that purpose which is fully
supported by the trustees. The church passes on those gifts for
such designated purposes.
None of the trustees receive any remuneration for any of the work
they undertake in their role as a trustee. The minister is paid for
undertaking his role of church leader and not for being a trustee.
He is also granted accommodation in the manse owned by the
church.
Apart from our reserves being in interest bearing accounts there is
no other formof investment.| **Grace Baptist Church** Trustees Annual Report for the year **2022** 3 **Grace Baptist Church** 4 Trustees Annual Report for the year **2022** ## **Grace Baptist Church, Stockport** _**Charity Registered in England & Wales, No.701443**_ ## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities - 31/12/2022** |Cash Funds
Bank Current Account (CAF)
Bank Deposit Account (COIF)
Other Monetary Assets
Unclaimed Gift Aid|£
9,491
53,173
62,664
2,578
31/12/2022|_£_
_16,468_
_48,678_
_65,147_
_3,361_
_31/12/2021_| |---|---|---| Assets retained for charity's own use: Church Manse – approx. current value 220,000 Church Hall – approx. current value 180,000 Piano, books, tables, chairs and other furniture & equipment kept at Church Hall – current value unknown. |Liabilities
Committed Missionary Support
Fee for Independent Examination
Signed on behalf of the Trustees|4,440
600
5,040
D.Last
T.Mills
(UFM Worldwide & IGT)|_4,200_
_600_
_4,800_
14/10/2023
14/10/2023| |---|---|---| Page 1 ## **Grace Baptist Church, Stockport** ## _**Charity Registered in England & Wales, No.701443**_ ## **Receipts and Payments for year ended 31 December 2022** |**Receipts**
Offertory - cash donations
Donations to Bank Account
Bank Interest (CAF)
Bank Deposit Interest
Reclaimed Tax|General
£
4,820
24,268
10
465
3,522
---------------- ------
33,085
Unrestricted Funds|Harvest
Study Week
£
£
1,034
928
30
581
---------- ----------------
2,543
30
Restricted Funds|Total-2022
£
5,854
25,196
10
495
4,103
----------------
_-----_
35,658|_2021_
_£_
_10,331_
_29,711_
_6_
_2,675_
_-----------_
_42,723_| |---|---|---|---|---| ||------|Harvest
£
1,034
928
581
----------
2,543||| Note 1: Reclaimed Tax is for Gift Aided donations made from 06/04/2021 to 05/04/2022, amounting to £16,412. Note 2: Gift Aided donations made from 06/04/2022 to 31/12/2022 amounted to £10,310; tax on this, to the value of £2,578, is to be reclaimed in 2023; £128 of this is owing to the Harvest Fund, thus there was a negative balance in this fund on 31/12/2022. |||on 31/12/2022.||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Payments**||||| |**Payroll**||||| |Salaries|18,729||18,729|_17,537_| |Pensions|3,255||3,255|_3,139_| |Payroll Administration|466||466|_463_| |**Missionaries**|----------------
22,450|---------------- ----------------|----------------
22,450|----------------
_21,139_| |Illyrian Gospel Trust - Albania|1,360||1,360|_1,200_| |UFM Worldwide - Kenya|3,000||3,000|_3,300_| |Other Missionaries|500||500|_250_| |**Activities and Outreach**|----------------
4,860|---------------- ----------------|----------------
4,860|_----------------_
_4,750_| |Visiting speakers|300||300|_250_| |Worship Material|61||61|_107_| |Other Travelling Expenses|413||413|| |Evangelistic Material|464||464|_338_| |Catering|575||575|_34_| |**Communications**|----------------
1,813|---------------- ----------------|----------------
1,813|----------------
_729_| |_Tele-comms_||||_130_| |Bulletin|65||65|_30_| |Website|267
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332|---------------- ----------------|267
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332|_100_
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_260_| Page 2 |General
**Church Hall**
£
Utilities - Water
174
Utilities - Gas
384
Utilities - Electric
552
Insurance
1,123
Maintenance
323
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2,556
**Manse**
Insurance
270
Council Tax
1,422
Maintenance
1,362
---------------- ------
3,054
**Miscellaneous**
Conferences
30
Independent Examination
600
_Books for Library_
Miscellaneous
30
Bank Charges
81
---------------- ------
741
**Payments from Restricted Funds**
EMF Ukraine Appeal
Kabwata Baptist Church, Zambia
---------------- ------
---------------- ------
**Total Payments**
35,805
---------------- ------
Net receipts/payments
-2,721
Cash funds at start of year
62,413
Cash funds at end of year
59,692
Unrestricted Funds|Harvest
Study Week
£
£
---------- ---------------- --
---------- ---------------- --
184
---------- ---------------- --
184
550
1,600
---------- ---------------- --
2,150
---------- ---------------- --
2,150
184
---------- ---------------- --
393
-154
-521
3,254
-128
3,100
Restricted Funds|Total-2022
£
174
384
552
1,123
323
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----
2,556
270
1,422
1,362
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3,054
214
600
30
81
--------------
----
925
550
1,600
--------------
----
2,150
--------------
----
38,139
--------------
----
-2,482
65,147
62,664|_2021_
_£_
_241_
_349_
_417_
_1,049_
_1,279_
------------
_3,334_
_257_
_1,369_
_25_
------------
_1,651_
_600_
_13_
_45_
_98_
------------
_756_
_3,400_
------------
_3,400_
------------
_36,018_
------------
_6,705_
_58,441_
_65,147_| |---|---|---|---| ||Harvest
£
----------
----------
----------
550
1,600
----------
2,150
----------
2,150
----------
393
-521
-128||| ## **Funds** **General** . Unrestricted. For general running of church. **Harvest** . Restricted. Offerings given for any restricted purpose. **Study Week** . Restricted. Gifts to support pastors/preachers study weeks. ## **Transactions with related parties** S.V.Rees served as church leader and was paid £21,984 (including employer pension contributions) and provided with a house for serving in that capacity, not for serving as trustee; these payments are permitted by the charity's governing document. During the year, the trustee S Hart and his spouse travelled to Albania to visit a supported charity there. The costs are shown in ‘Other travelling expenses’. Signed on behalf of the Trustees T.Mills 14/10/2023 D.Last 14/10/2023 Page 3 ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT** ## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF** ## **GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Grace Baptist Church ('the charity') for the year ended 31 December 2022 on pages 1 to 3. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’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 2011 Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. 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. Jaimée Young Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB Date: 18 October 2023 Page 4