Trustee Annual Report
- Name of Charity as it appears on the Register:
BALLYCLARE BAPTIST CHURCH
- NI Charity Commission Number:
100662
- The Purpose of your Charity:
The charity’s purpose is ‘The Advancement of Religion.’
- Names of Charity Trustees on Tuesday 16[th] October 2023. Stephen Blair, David Scott, Jimmy Mills, Philip Allen,
Michael McFall and Ian Turk
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This report relates to the financial year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
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Our Charity’s main activities to further our purposes for the Public Benefit are as follows:We seek to proclaim the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, as outlined in the scriptures, so that those in the local community and surrounding villages will hear the Good News of Salvation. The benefit which flows from our purpose is that through attending Sunday Services and midweek Bible Study Meetings, the regular congregation along with visitors will get to know God in a deeper, fuller and personal way.
The benefits are evidenced through verbal feedback to the Elders, from individuals who have come into a closer relationship with God through the Bible teaching and fellowship experienced.
In addition to our Sunday Services and Mid-Week Meetings, we have our Sunday School and Young People’s meetings throughout the year. Kidzone is our Children’s meeting. Once a month we have a Fellowship Dinner which is provided free of charge to all who attend. Numbers vary, with new faces on a regular basis. We have a Women’s Meeting and a Men’s Breakfast each month, these meetings are open to the public with additional visitors attending. During the Spring of each year, we do door-to-door visitation in Ballyclare and the surrounding villages with tract distribution, we include an invitation to our meetings.
Missionary Meetings are held periodically and donations are sent to help in other parts of
the world.
- All of our Trustees are aware of and have regard to the Charity Commission’s Public
Benefit Requirement.
- Charity’s Financial position at the end of the financial year 31/03/2023
Total Income: £61,520.38 Total Expenditure: £61,204.18
- Details of any fund held by the Charity that was in deficit.
There are no funds held by the Charity which are in deficit and therefore no action is
required.
- Signature of Trustees:-
Stephen Blair:- Date 16 October 2023
Philip Allen:- Date 16 October 2023