(Iwmy IIA SC0176
SELKIRX BAPTSTCHURCH TRU5fEES' ANNUAL REPORT INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPCrtT STATEMENTOF RECEIPTSAND PAYMENTS STATEMENTOF &4LANCES NOTES TO THE FINANaAL sfATEMENIS
SELKIRK W115r CHURCH TRUSYEES, ANPIUAL REPORT The TAtee$ are Weased to present thefjr annual P)rt t(ythert•Jfth the finantlèl statrments for the year ended 31 March 2022. The thurth mi551on statement -connectin8 tyjr Nevdhbtyjr to Jesu<. As a churth we seek to enttura8e all in our community to come to know Je5US a5 thr Lcd and sa0ur. The thurth seek5 to operdte a variety of communlty-based actMts to both support our communrty and a150 to share Jesus h74e and concern for everyone. We seek to enttyjrage all to discT. use and de¥ehJp their ritual 8ift5. The thurth rwlarly re¥5 it Ktr¥rE5 in order to more effettfjvety serve In ourwmmunrty. The Church has offices and a small meeting hal at its wemi5es at Comrnvnrty Connections. Prh)r to the Coronavirus pandemic the Churth met for Sunday worship at the Philiphau8h Cornmunity Centre. The Church is affiliated to the Baptist Unlon of Scoljand. From April 2021. the past year has seen the felb)wship IwJihJwbg on the onle expertise rt ha$ 8ained slnce the starr of the coronavirus pandemK. As cases eased durin8 autumn 2021, the Church began to rreet aeair+ in ComMnIty Connectlons for Sunday worship. obseMn8 8tNernment From earty 2022 we been mtraneousfy uploadlni these Sundav serylces onto YouTube. week numbus iwlldln8 usualty range frrxn 40 to 50. wlth between 10 and 20 Wat1frOM home. Durfn8 the course of the year. Zi)om has been used fflaty for mJweek Meeth1 C4Jnntrt Gmps hwe beneffttted from thls plarform. but rntty. have begun once again to meet in home r Leadershlp Team has been In place for a year. ChJr cunbined team of tyht peop is fvnd¥)ninB well. We Contlnue to meet separatety as two sub tearns lone fcsIrrf on pa5tLval care. preKhin& and teachin& and the other fSing on admlnlstratlon. accounts. and pro[1. We meet all together usualty per month. and in Sub teams. once per month. We have found convenience in worknn8 separatEly and together. and ¢ommunlf3tion between leadershlp and fellowship is One of our members had a btslon for de%ping thè ¢aen behind Ccthmunlty r+e£l)nS. A tearn of ¥olunteer5 from the Church worked most Saturday morning5 for the past year, dearing out weeds and shrubs and gradualty tstmbn8 the 8afden Into a beaylilul spa¢e. Thiswas opened for all to use at a special event held ry4erthe Easter weekend. The SeIrk Foodbank contlnues to it5 base in Community Connertths. Non-perishable foodstuffs donated from the local communlty are stored there. Soaal 5er¥Kes, tharitatde Ofgantsations. and other professlonals identify need5 tTr the local area. Atsam ofwJlunteers frrffi SelklrY5 Churd9 dlstribute foodstthto these thIYfled p9)p. Dudng the xhool summer hIdaYs. a team of mainly Baptist Churth ¥dunteers was put in place to delNer a childrens holklay club in the grounds of The Haining estate. Aftnd 50 prlmary aeed thlldfen met for fi% momiry on the final week of the School holidays to enjoy 8ible Teach¥iL garres. arts and uaft Durtn8 September 202L Leadershlp (rdUcted a serns of with the felltrAfsh to hear their on the typE of future stipendlary leadershlp thry woukl prefer. Leèdershy took these views to a retreat day to dlscu5s and pray about the way forward. In Janvary 2022. on a reo)mmendatlgn from Leadershlp. the church agreed to tefflpNarf delay, for six Months, the 5ettin8 up ol a searth for a fum time minimer. The Church agreed to the settwt8 up of a trThKh of the Rerew Wellbelng ministry in Selkirt based in Commun6ty Connecrlons and its newty deveknped garden. Thls is a naikn•l mlntstry to those wlth mental health i55ue5. parttularty depress6on and lonelir4 We hab fomied a sizeai4e team from Churth, with a trlo of leaders in pLace. and are receNin8 ongoing trasninB from the national organisation. It is hoped this mlnistry wim have begun by summer 2022. In autumn 2021. kn txderforthe to rThJr thwly fjdentifv tyjrfctal polnt In the town. and to the Church a sense of its own identity. we had manufxtured and fitted on Wal ofCoTrYnunityConnecthJn5. two pbtces ofsl8na8e, whkh 9rnP say"Sel*lrk Baptist Churth".
SELKIRK WTisfcHURQI TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT IC014TDI MIEVEMENTS & PERKIRMANCE Icontdl The Church now has directi and rnomenturTh 14umbers attendlng on a Sund•y mLyn1 are sh)V in(rea51n8. We mlght therefore benefft from the rtropenint of Philiphau¥h Community Centfe to user 8roups for increased space on a Sunday m¢1 or it may be that we be led to consider a ne buiJdin8 akn8ether. Renew Wellbeing will brire us Into tontart wlth peOe who need care and patien. We are Sookfjne to expand our childrens tth, and devekjp a youth ministry. After the Summer. we ale due to consits the question of lull time paid mmibstry. The thurth is Optimistic about the lutufe. The Pastoral Leadershlp Team has mèt monthty thrhrAt the year. ChJr maln rtmlt has been four-fold.. to plan the preaching themes and organ¢ thè preachers for each Sunday. to plan the oJnulum and oversee our mhl-week Study 8roiip5 (Connect Groupsl. tyersee the pa5twal work of the Church and to coordinate the Cthurch prayer meeting5 and 'Chvrth Ilfe. Ibusinwl rr9 l. ther the past ar, apart from 51hJrt series for Advent and Easter Twe have had fr major preathing themes.. working through the Epistle to the Ephesin5, Turnin8 Points, (key moments in the earty chapws of Acts) wothnK throu8h Mark's G05pd and I$t recentty a s$ on key characters ol the O.T. We have benefr(ed from a vartety of speakers. all pre- recorded dun8 the latter part of Icthovm. now a mÉxture of some wtrrec(ded, trt Main lY¥e'. {tr the year we have developed I$treamIn& alhybn8 hwirld word5hip11.e. watthlrqrn kne, some pSent in the toftgrt8atitinl. 2. We ha¥e seen sT8nificant Browth in our Connect Grp$ with SO% of the c0n8re88t now bein8 VOlVed in seven 8roups. This has been on Zoom durbn8 krtkdtywn ènd that remains so for some group5. The key feature of thls year has been the writing and delidn8 of our own 14 week dixlpleshlp ctyjrse, entrtle 'FolbMn¥ Jesu5.' zn invltation to a loumel. Thls has been well receJve¢ 3. The pastoral work has rnalnty been done ty a Core Pastoral Team who meet bi-0thl to ¢Lthlnate 5UPPOrt each other and pray. The thair of the sub81p chalrs the Core Past¢Kal Team and reyts back to wr subgmup. The Core Pastoral Team arran8es the gi¥in8 Offlow$ and gifts as appwièteto pa5toTrl need. 4. For most of the year have trled to oynbth both pr•M and business at our ¥thlY Church Life Meeting5. These have all been online. Numbers attendin8 a usualty 2>30. We have disojssed iueS about our future tQ¥dether particukrty a paper relatlng to tthen begln to conskler callln8 a new paSr and de¢tslotrmaklnB Ilmellne re8ardln8 the fre of ourConnection5 A key dthEb)pment ha5 been the start of a Sunday nlght'Prayer &therln<. The Administrative Leadership Team con to focu5 on three area4 the detai15 of Church admin. Chvrth finan and Churth property. Nearly all Church record5 are now kept electronicalty on our MS share-int site. This allow5 US to be GDPR compllant, and for all membets of the dershiP team to at£e55 al relevant records wherever thty are. This has proved Invaluable iJurfjn8C£wld restr All othef records Imaénly PVGI are stored Secure In the Connettkjns office. We have continued to tow5 becomkng a SCIO. and with current woperty le$lakn Imporrant that thts Ls completed before April 2023. (r finances remain in gC health as refiected in the ac¢ompanWni accounts. The key than8e for the year has been the nJ¥e to using CAF Bank as our primary styjrce of day-ttrday bankin8. The Connect6ons 8arden has been Yested and we now need to mo¥Y to make the ConnEctions buihjing more welcoming. We ha¥e started this protess., hoY4er it ts drff*ult to understand how to make FAan5 for such a complex building. We reco8nlse that the bj11n8 is too small to be our re8uiar place of worshy a5 we gmw. and have begun the prLW5 of conslderln8 altematisE opts'on5 for rneetin8to¥ether on a Sunday ffwJrnin&
SELKIRX BAPTISTCHUROI TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT ICOPITDI ACHIMMEKfs • PERF(IRMANCE Chlldr• In August 2021. S8C were p3rt of a Holiday aub for Prirnary School-age children at the Haining- in the 0dOors. We had a kjt of hjn and not too much rain and rt was good to be in a neutral hjcation whith many of the local childrefi a famlllar wthh. About 50 Volunteer5 from many k)¢al ¢on8re8•llons tWOed tO8ether to prOe a fvn week for the 50+ chlhjren who lofjned u> Teenaeers from seNtral local congre8aVons were an essentoal pan of the teèm. When school resumed, we started Kfjds Church, fix under-11-yea1ds. on Sunday mornlngs. We ha¥e one dass at present with intention to have more 8roup5 as soon as possit4e. The teaehin8team have done a greatjob ¥rkiT wbth a very wide a8&r3nge in one space. Yth For most of the year have been able to enjry In-perS ywth rnEetin85 for ales 11.18. These happen usually On per week and invOe fun actNitres, felbw5hip. teachin& and discus5•Jn. thJrin¥ the summer we joined In wlth the online Magnitude Festwal aftd helped with the tyJt(b)or HIdaY Cbub at the HoiDin8. Retentty. we hwe or8anised trips to Edlnburgh for a few young people to fake part in SU Equip (East) nI or of the tninistrie5 we felt led to de¥elop this past yezr wa5 a Renew Welbeing Café. Our first awareness of thls ministry was hearingake abtyrt it at the Bapw Unmin Canopy online E¥ent tn 2020. The primary concept of thls mlnistry is to treète a safe afid wekoming en¥1r{rnent wthere tt IS'OK not to be OKI. Central to this 15 a prtyer space. where teams and others gather to meditaie on a ¥wse of scryture and way before we open that is also open at short set time5 durtn8 the café for folks to en8a8e wlth. thty thL to and at the end of each ofé. Coffee. tea. etc will be provlded. along wlth a range of things to do alD or in youps. Ebryone ts free lust to be or to enjoy Some company. Enjoyin8 time relaxing or pottering in the garden. we antknpate will be a popular activity. 14one of us are experts, however. we will iJth ha¥e referra15 from and be able to n[st to bxal and national 5UPPOrt 5errictt. We belve God wlll support relationships to develop ar drfferent opportunit5 to frnrn rninistry. As we spoke wlth about what wouhl be In%ed and wayed ab)ut beco8 a part of ddiverirlg a café in our Church, we were able to gather a team of people who felt thei wanted to w)lunteertheir time to SUPFQrt tht5 work. We all particlpated In two trainin8 Se0$. We ha¥e re¥isiied as team thls might look and in ovr kJcAtion and have all been through Safeguarding Trainin8. We are a team of 14 people presenty. The Leadew5hip recenily apwlnted a Sfnall team of3 pwpbe to lead the teaffl and develop th15 exoiin8 mrJsional ministry. We have tsken the ¢)ppNtunity to Idn kn Zoom netwowk mtetin85 recentPy - wlth others nknnin8 "renew 5pace< in the Lothian and BO$ areas. In Marth 20215elkirk Bapttst Church became aware that Twe h•d an as whkh not being fvlty utilised. The 8arden at the slde and back of the Connection5 buildin8 was very overgrown and a brt of an eye50re. We 36reed it would be a great lea to work together In the garden. and de¥ebDP it into a wekOMM space for pee in Selkiwk to come and sot, 18¥, and Spend tlme wlth fr4end5. Many ol us thrted workknB kn the garden. this step prod to be benefia.al tor those of us wto gathered together wery Saturday morni. We hab deNk)ped and bultt relationships. workin8 outside 5afdy cowd was therapeutic for many peop. We have been able to ¢onne£t with our neighbours. buildin8 N)sitNe ielatKJnship5 With them. By developing posf(Ne relationship5 soffle of rfiehb(rS enivfftl comlng tolw usftyour Chrtstmas sery6ce. We were extremely thankfvl for the 8rant re(el¥ed fr¢ffi the Build Back a Better Borders fvnd at kottlsh Borde Council. Thls has enabled us to pay a Ial Kardenerlhandymaft ¥&tho recenty started hi5 own buslrtess INeate maintenan). we purchased and ererted a peryda and and water featttrre and plants. We have also been able to purthase some 8afden furnlture with this 8fanL The plan for the Garden of Mope 15 to see this bew open throughryjt the weeK and Weka the conwnunlly and sorne of our user Kroups to enlw en¥ironment. These 8roups Indude, a baby and t(hJdler gmup, mental health Renew Wellbeing 8roup.
TRU5fEES' ANNUAL REPORT IcoKfD) ACHIEVEMEPITS& PERFORMANCE People who attend our Sunday ser¥ices have alg) akeath benefftèd frorn the Space. 8arden spate ¥AII (ontknue to be de¥doped and we tru51 will be a great efft to the ¢(mMnunlty. FINANCIAL REVIEW lrin8 the year. total recelpts wern £71394 compared to a totsl of £248.055 for the prvious year. thLs Indudln8 £179,606 of proceeds from the salt of the Church's share of the manse in that year. Total payments were £35,269 compared to £74.829 for the previous year. Incorr in the year comwtsed mainty that from tlthe5 offertry and donations. 3$ wdl 35 the 888B grantfrom Scottish Borders Crmjndl. In réspect of reseThK the Churth ha5 a PDly of malntabnlry reseprts to protect a8aln5t urrfreSeefi flucttwtknis In Income. The poly is to main>ln Unrestrf fuAd5 at a le%el tthich ¥wuhl enabbe the Church to continue its prcwlsh)n of seT¥rn rf rt5 sources of inc¢)me were to cease or be delayed gÈnifanth in their paymenL The TnJstet5 con%der that it is prndent for them to alm to cthr three months expendtture by way of reserve. The Trustees cor&k4er that the batance on available restricted fvnds to be at a 5atisFactLYy at 31 Marth 2021 The Church Is an unlncor)r3ted tharity aThJ is ltyrned by ts Constilution. The Olficers of the Churth are the ChaSr, the Secretary and the Treasurer. The OlficeF5 and rnember5 of the Pastoral leadehIp Tearn and the AdmInratIOn Leadership Team are the Trustees of the tharrty for the pwpJse5 of tharity law. Un¢Jer the orrfinal leadership structure the OffKefS and the Deacons We the Trustees for the wrpose5 of charity law. Trustees are proposed by exi5tin6 Trustees and endorsed by Church members. New Trustees •PPfOWiate inducthin and train[ The Tasurer Is supported by a Flnance Team vtho work with the Treasurer to manage the Chtsrch fin•n¢es aswell as deal with the day to day management ofour cash and bank a¢¢OUn The TteS are $111 can5k1nI Con¥ to a sao. AÈFERENCE & AOMINISTRATI¥E DETAIIS Charlty nurnber prtndpal •ddf thalr SC017631 Corytrn"p<CtlPTteP$. 35 Eatk Selkirt TD7 4LP 022
stLKIRK 8ApnsrcMuRCM I report on thefknandal statementsforthe tharlty for the year ended 31 March 2022. tthkh a srt page5 6 to & The Trustees are TesF4Jnslble for the preparation of the financial Statements In accordan wtth the term5 of the Charltles and Twustee Investment Iscouandl Art 2CQS and the Charities Accounts Iscotlandl Regulations 2CQ6 la5 amended). The Trustees consider that the audit requirnents of RegUlan 10111 lal to Icl of the 2CQ6 Regulatiws las amendedl does not app. It is my responsibillty to examlne the firtancial statements as required under settion 4411) It) of the 2C(t5 Act and to state whether particular nttew5 Imvt tomt to my atttnkn. My examinatw)n Is frr in with Re8ulotioft 11 of the 2(lJ6 Re8uSatiDns las amended). An examination include5 a review of the xcounting record5 kept by the charity and a cory3rison of the financial statements presented, with those records. It also wKludes consideration of any unugjal item5 or disd05ures in the ffinancsal statements. and seeks explanations from the Trustees Concerni gxh rnatter& The predureS undertaken do Trot provide all the ewdence that WOU be required in an aud and Cfjnsequent I do not express an èudrt opiniofi on the eW glven by the financial statemtn In the course of my examination. no matter hascome to myattent)n: l. whkh Rl¥es me reasonab ¢ause to belie¥t th in any materlal respe¢t the requirements.. to keep accountin8 records In accordan with SectJn 44111 lal of the 2C)S Act and Regulation 4 of the 2(K6 ulations la5 amerKledl. and to prepare financial 5tstements7thKh Xcord TMth tre a¢u)untin8 rttwds and ccrfnpty Tnth Regulation 8 ofthe 2C( Regulations las amended) have not teen met. or 2. to which. in my opinw. atteni*)n shId be drawn in order to enable woper Understandi of thefinand statements to be reached.
SELKIRK WTlSfcHVRCH STAYEMEKT OF RECEiIFf5AND PAYV41Epirs Forth• Y••r End•d 31 Mth 2022 (As restptedj Unl•$trk ReStrk Totsllwds Totsl fvnd5 2022 20 Thhes, Offer1 a1 donath)ns 5¢1)ttish Borders Counal BBBByarrt Sundry income Bank interest 62.884 2,141 6,270 65,025 6.270 63 Sale of Manse 179.606 Totsl rec•ts 248.055 Conne¢tions Connectlons Bafden Churth In Community Gathered Churth 9,105 9.105 2.093 1,607 2.876 10,619 431 4.374 2,093 2.876 1.694 7.091 2.377 8,835 41.470 5.806 316 Donations to other Christian charrt 2.811 Pastoral 431 5.126 Admlni5trathJn 5.126 Stsff costs Manse msts Partnershlps SeNng Indepefident examinerfsfees L212 2.21)) L212 2.2fy) 1.212 30,277 4,992 35.269 74,829 SIIRPWS FOR YEAR 32.7C 3.419 36,125 173 226 The notes on p• 8 forni p•rt ofthese fin•ndal statement
SELKIRK 8APTISTCHUAOI (h•rty Mo. SC017631 srATEMENf OF BALANCES As •t 31 hlwth 2022 -stated) 2022 2021 op1 at bank and In hand Surplus for year 254.281 961 255,242 82,016 32,706 3.419 36,125 173,226 286.987 291.367 Z55J42 2022 )21 Connections building at c Equlpment etc at ap0mate math *ahJe I40,0) 140,(KQ 3.51)J 3,5 143.500 The flnanclal StatM on pages 6t0 8 were arvv4d the Trustees on LLL 2022 and We stgned bv:
NOTESTOThE FINA14CIALSTATEMEIIYS Fortheyeai Erthl 31 M•rth 2022 The fiftancral 5tsternents are rKW prepared on the Receipts and Pants basts in accordance wrth the thartties and Trustee Investment Ikotlarxll Art 2rx15 and the Charilies A¢¢fwnts IS¢otlandl Re8ul•tion$ 2614$ amendedl. The prlor year fwures have been re-ttated on the same bas. The surplus for the prior year Is £83.721 more than preMOuV reported and th15 maSnty In relat to the sale of the Manse. The figure prthryousty repNted wa5 the wofit made on the sale. whereas It is now Shown as the net proceed5 reca%d frorn the sa. 2 Funds Unrestnrted funds are those can be Used in accordan with the Charitab objècts of the Churth at the dtscretlon of the Trustees. RestrKted fvnds are th(bse whth can onty be used for parV(ular restrkted purpose5 wlthin the oblects of the Chh. Restricvons ase when speafd by the donor of ¥then fvnds are raised for particular restricted purposes. Restrkted funds indvde the 88B8 grant from Scottbsh Borders Cwnol toward5 the CettI0$ garden. the remainin8 balance on this was £4.177 at the year end. The remainder of restr¢(ed fvnds comprlse various donat•Jn5 and Similar income from donLYS spe¢th"n6 a pwpose for the funds gi¥en. Ihe remaining balance in total was £203 èt the year end. These fvftds will be wbsequendy spent in acCOrdaft with the donors wishe5. Totsl re5trtcted funts therefore at th* ytar end were £4,X)as shown on the Ststwrwrtof Baknces. No Trus¢ees were pald or receNed any other benefits from employment frorn the Church in the year or prevlous year. Expenses reimbursed totalled £34212021.. £2851 in iespertol l Trustee12021: 11 fow 5eryite5 prwdpd io the Church. 2022 2021 ux 4,42S 3.559 3.532 7.091 ChErseas 10.619 2021 6 Adrnlnlstr•tlon osts Church tsffice costs 8ookkeepin& sUt15uipkn4 Insurance etc 8apt15t Union 1.199 2.247 962 5.485 8.835