Report of th• TruJt•os
Year Ended 31 July 2023
The Trustse5 present thelr annual Dlrertor< Report and Ind*pendently examlned flfiandal
stat*ments for the year endlng 31st July 2023. This complles wlth the requirements for
Dlrectorg Report and Accounts under the Companles Art 2006.The Ilnanclal statements also
comply wlth the Charlties Art (Narthern Ireland) 2008. and the Compan￿% Artl¢les of
Association. They further mmply wlth the Aecovnting and Reportlng by Charltles Statement
of Recomrnended Practice {SORPI. applicable to charities preparing their accounts sn
accordance wlth the Flnanclal Reportln8 Standard FRS 102 applicable In the United Kln8dom
and Republlc of Ireland.
Ouft 5TrucfuRE. GOVERf4ANCI AND MANAGEMENT
Irlsh 8apttst Network5 Inow most often referred to a$18 N) operates under the lryal
Structure of • Charftable Compary fe8iStered wlth HMRC as l B Networks Trust Ltd
(Company Number xr169371, It15 also re8t5tered with the Charlty Comm15sion for Northern
Irel•nd {Charlty Rewstratlon Number Nia00323).
l.The Cornpary was set up b¥ a number of Baptlsts from Ireland who aecept the legal
ccountablllty for the Cornpan¥ as fvlembefs of the Company. The Member5 appolnt
a Board of Olrertors to manage l B Netwo￿ frust. The Dlrector< n•rnes are a$
IW•A
2.The appolntmgnt of Members •nd DlrectQfs of18 Notworks TNst Ltd. 15 covered by
the Artldes of th• Companv.
3.The Dlrettors held the Annual Me•tlni af i B Networks Trurt for 2022n3
on the 20th F¢bruary2024.
l B M Man•ymert Arrnnym•nts
l. l B N is m•na8ed throuth a Steerlni Group cornpris1￿ l 8 Networks Trust Lt
Dlrectors and others (see polnt 3 below).
2. The Steerfng Group of18N and new Membernl Dlr•ctors of18 Networks Trust Ltd
are appolnted from those persons who have Iderttffied thelr ￿MM1trnent to18 N.
3.Per50ns servlng on the SteerlnB Group who are not Olrectors of l B Networks Trust
Ltd are appolnted or reappolnted at an annual l 8 N meerini,
4.The Steerlng Group may from tlme to tlrne pmg05e names of rtew Dlr•ctots lor th•
Company.
5.The Steerlnl Group met In penon 7 tlmes overthe flnwclal year 202213, wlth Zoom
•rrangernents faalltstlnll those not able to be pre5enL

18 N•twork• T￿￿t
Report of th• frust••s
Year Endod 31 July 2023
OUR AIMS ANO OBJEcnvES
The frurt is established to advance Christian faith and practice for the public benefli
through the encouraeernent of ￿llOwshiP with. and understsndin8 of, the Baptlst family
around the ¥Yorld. In planning our activities, we keep under ongoinK re￿tW both our Aims
and Oblertives and also our stated public b•nefft as approved In our Nl charl￿eS
Commlsslon reilstratlon.
18 N is now the public prnflle under vthkh the Trust operates, 18 N emlsts to promote the
bulldlng of meaningful relation5hlps prlmarily. but not exclusively, wlth other Baptist
believers Ilobaly. Thi51s done by encouraglng and fJ¢llltating wlder lellowship and
relationshlp5 between Baptlsts across the Island of Ireland and the ilob31 communlty.
18 N15 a small ¥alunteer or8an158tfon Wh￿ seeks to be a voice to 6apttsts In Ireland for th•
klnidom ministrtes of a wlder famli v of 8apt15t bellevers. l B N •lso share$ Information and
pef5pettives from Ireland wlth the wlder Baptlst family. In Its actlvltles IBN wark5 In
rtnershlp with ather Ilke-mlnded iroups of bellevqr5 who share a 8aspel Eummltm•nL Dr
i ri14i. ¥ii gyioni•n OaPTisr i••aer, n•s aescnoea uaptists a5 tn05e who SI￿￿10 b•
..fietrworklfii under the Lordship of Chrlsf. W• are seeklni to do thlsl
Our •¢tlvltle5 normal￿ Include arranRinR confer•n￿.￿. cnn¢iJltatlnni Ath•r •wrtte
promote theologkal refiett[￿, and we a150 focus pn respondln8 to people In need,
prlmarlly Internattonally. We now h•ve well-establlshed Interftatlonal Ilnks •s an Afflllat•d
Network of the European 8apttst Federatlon IE8F}, www.ebf.orz. whlth expresses Baptlst
wltness across Europe, the Mlddle Easr, North Africa, and central Asla.18 N sends dele8ates
to the Annual Councll meetlng of the E8F. In September 2022 the EBF Coundl meetln8 wa5
held In Riga. Latvl•. The E8F is one of slx reglons of the 8aptist World Alllance IBWAI,
wWW.bwa.o￿, whlch operates globally and of whlch l 8 N Is an As%xiate member.18 N Is
also a partlclpant or8onlsatlon of the Fqllowshlp of 8aptlsts in Brftaln ind Ireland IFBBII,
which brin85 togethar reP￿sentatIveS from the 8aptlst Unlons of Wales, 5￿tland and Great
8r6taln and thelr mlsslon agency- 8MS WDrtd M15$1on. Through these Ilnks wo wlth,
learn about and contribute to the shared Ilfe of the wlder Baptlst hmlly.
ThE TRusfs AcfNmESAND ACHIEVEMENTS
We seek to encoura8e networkin8 wlth local churches by sKo¥ldlng therTT wlth opportunitles
to en8a88 wlth relevant tS5ue& We are always glad to welcome ¥l%tlni speakers. 2022ft3
Wa5 Stlll not a typlcal year (belni affetted bv G)vld restrlctlonsl and our actlvlifes were
reduced.

18 N•￿th* Trust
Report ofthe TNst••s
Year End•d 31 July 2023
We had a Ilmited pragromme of ￿ents. but we enloyed an iTh•efson Annual TMetln8. One
f the few positlves to emerge from the Covid pandemlc has been a greater ablllty to use
dlgltal means to enable friends and partners 8lobaUytD participats in events. Thls Is provini
to be Invaluable.
The18 N Steerfng Group was encouraged by the Intertst shown In. and support for. tho
mlnlstrles and artivltles enabled through18M. Wè cantlnue to operate is volunteers and
were grateful for all the supportil¥en to th• Dlrector5 and Steerfng Group members.
Durlng the year. we benefitted from a more acti￿ website, www.Ibnetork5.orr, this is
regularly updated wlth reports and news. We spent some tlme revlewlng our l 8 N1080 and
strapllne and at the Annual Meetln8 we presented our new IBN logo and strapline... and our
website wlll be refreshed In our new corporate colours.
t)esplte fewer regular events. support for some of pur key partners became a major focu5 of
our 2022/23 activltle& At our Annual meetin& whkh wa5 held In Harnilton Road 8apti5t
Church In 8an8or. we welcomed Llna Toth {8aptisf Collew Scotland) and Jonathan Rea
jNew treiana ArtS}. "Pralse that wlll Last" was the theme for a wonderful evenin8 gf 50n
and stories of how worshlp and prnise have sustalned ind shaped God5 people in all klnds
of sltuatlons..an Insplring and profoundly movlng e¥enL
In September 2022 Stephen Adams, alon8 wfth Paul and Chrlsttne Flemln& represented18 N
•t the European 8aptlst Federltlgn (EBF) Councll meetlng In Rl8a. Christlne •nd Stephen
Joined in an on-line November 2022 rneetln¥ of the Fellowship of Baptlsts 8ritaln and
Ireland IF8811, and an In-person meetln8 In March 2023. Stephen also partlcipated In several
on-flne moetln8s of the F881 Mlsslon Communlty.
Since January 20231 B N have been supportlng a new'ehureh planterf working In Chornlhiv,
Ukraine. He leads a newchurth plant rea£hlng out to thelr local communtty. Indudlng
provldln8 humanftarian rellef. In March 2023 we arrnnged a *lrtual Vtslf to meet ILYA
VYSOTSKIY and some of his team of young leadets. Oanlel TntsOewl4 M1551on Qj-ordlnator
from EBF and Roman Wetherkowsky, Secretsry of Mi55ton in Ukrn5ne 8apt15t Union, also
shared In the vlrtual visit.
UKAA114E
KIIVCHURCH PLAf4TING PROJECT:
Since January 2023 we have supparted i Chernlhlv church plantlng project, led by Ilrd
Vy5otskiy, as mentloned above. We are CQfnmltted to ralslng E330 a month. Thls church
plant Is engaglng wlth younger peaple. 18 N works through E8F MtS5ian Partners fMPI who
are overseeing the support of Ilya In cfyoperauon wlth the AlkUkralnl4n Union of

l B N•hYork8 Trust
R•pwt of tho Trugts•9
Year Ended 31 July 2023
E¥an8elical Chrlstlan 8apt15t Churches. We recelve 6-monthly reports, and pos1 thern on our
websit¢ See http5-/lwww.ibnetwork&oTg/proJects Our in-year MP expenditure was £2980.
UKRAINE REUEF:
Our support for Ukralne started Just d•ys after thE tnvasion In February 2022. We are so
irnteful for churthes and indi￿dual5 who have supported the18 N appeal durlng thls
ftnancia year. W• sent £20 200 to support thè Wlntorwar Apwl by EBF.
TURKEYMRIA EARTNqUAKE:
After the earthquake in February 2023, whlch damaged a wlde area of 140.OOOsq miles and
affected about 14 mllllon people,18 N launched an Appeal, and 8ttts of £25,000 (from
churches and personal Klftsi were promptly sent to EBF to support the Immediate response
èoth In Turkey Itself •nd from Lebanon Into Syrla.
LEOANON..
We rontlnued our support for LSESD In Lebanon with £3￿00 belni sent to LSESD (now
known as Thlmarl for support In thelr"area5 of greatert need., as they contlnue to face the
financlal mèltdown of the Leban•¢e noiintl
l B N sends its profound thanks to all those who have practlcally supported the wlder Baptlst
f4mlly In Europe and the Mthle East, who are 80Sni throu8h the most testlng of tlrnes.
For more Inlormltlon and reports. vlslt the Irlsh Baptlst N•tworks
webs5te.'¥*vM,Ibnthorks.or£,
or contart the Hon, 5eErrfary'. stephen.adam$dllbnet*wk&orz
A tofflm•rt fr•m ow ¢h4lrman Dr. H•dden Wknn:
Isrqel. Goza, Lebunon, Ukmine, Yemen. . . $0 mttny tirenos of deoth qndsufferlnq are
grophlcolly covereddalfy on ourrelevlslon screens andyetitallseems ot c sofr d15tonre.
The threat to oursrundord of livlng due to rfslnq'prf¢es and the Ivnq NHS wqltlno ltsts seem
nwepresslnq issues. 8utfvrhDW lonqP
5orne of ourpolltlcaland mllltory leaders are sayinq We murtchqnge ourmlnd-set ondqet
the nadon Into o state of preporationfvq loomlnqpotentlal war. How shouldfvnowers of
the loréJe5tss Chrfrtrlse ta thls mpldly wornnln¢ sltuationP

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Report of th• TnMta•s
Year Er￿ 31 July 2022
I wos ewhtYeO￿ old when thesee0ndvm￿ worended. Andsome menwles remain vlkvd.
Thesounds of the t71ertt7ndal￿¢Je0r oir-mldsirens the seorchllghtbeomF ovYr8ellort
walklnq withporentsond neiqhbours to the saftty of the Cd5tlereaqh hills durlng the locol
blitz qndlooklng on thefires In the clty centre. My parents ond relotives We￿ Just
sirngle. ordinary bellevers. They believed in a soverelgn God who is worklno out His ploft end
f they We￿ ofvld itdldn'tshow.
The bible st7y5 thot the heort5 of people wlllfvl 05 o mnsequence ofAearin the last dops. The
Christian Church can andmust rrJdiate o splrlt ofhope andconfidence in the developing
storni. We know that tfvefvture15JESUS The whole createdorder In eorth artd hetjven win
acknowledqe hls lordsh1￿ The klnqdom5 of thls worfd will becorne the Klngdom of ourGod
qndmls Gtsrfst, o Klngdom thatconnot be shake
In heovenfy love abldln
No rhanqe my heortshollftor
Andsafr & such conJTdln
For nothlno chonges here,.
InesttNm may roar wlthout m¢
Myheartmaylow be lold..
8ut Godls round oèout ffle,
ReFERENCE AND ADMINisfRATM DEr￿Ls
Mrs Jennrfer Harvey joln•d u5 as •n18 Nerworks Trust Dlre¢tor In February 2023. We thank
•ath Dlrertor for th•lrwdluable le￿1￿.
Approvod by the Board ind slined on Its behalf ty:
Steph•n Adam$ Trustee
Date

l B N•lwork• Trust
Report ￿ TrustO•S
Year Endod 31 J￿Y 2023
The trurtees. who are also the directo￿ of18 Networks Trurt tor the purpose of company law,
afe ￿SPOnsible for preparinq the Trustees, Report and the fiftanoal statements In accordance
with applicable13w and United Klngdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Genernlty
Accepted Attountini Prnrtlcel.
Company Law requlres the trustEes to prepare flnanclal ststtments for each flnanclal year whlc
live a true and fair vlew of the State of affalrs of the tharlty and of the incomlni resourcesand
appllcatlon of rosources, Includlrf the irtcorn* and expendI￿re, of the charltsble company lor
th* year.
In preparini these fFnancl•l statementy th• trurt•¢$ arn r•qulr•d to:
1: select 5ultable accounttnl pollcies and then applythem ￿n$[StentI¥,,
2: obser¥• the methods and prln¢lplqs In the thaTltl•s SORP:
3: make Judiem•nts •nd estlmat•5 that are rea$on•ble ind prnden¢
4: state whether applicabl• UK Account1￿ Standird5 hav¢ been followed. subject to any matei
departures dls¢losed and expl•lned In the flnanclal star8m•nts," and
5.. prepare the flnanthl ststements on the iolng cijncem basJs unless It Is Inapproplate to
presume that the chartty wlll contlnue oper•tlDn.
reasonable •Kur4ry at any tim¢ the finandal posltlon of the charlty and Enable them to ensurn
that theflnanclal rtatem•nts ¢ornply TpAth th• Cornpanlos Art 2tY)6. They are also responslble fi
safe8uardln8 the assets of the charlty and hence fortskln8 rea￿nable Jteps forthe pre¥entlon
and datectknn of hud and gther irrniularltle&
Approv•d by the 8o¥rd ind slined oft its behlf bv:
KCJ
S¢ephen Adams
Trustee