Wick Bal$t Churc FiD8nci•l St*t¢rnent For the Year Ended 31 May 2023 SC 021252
Wid( Baptiqt Church Index to Fillanei StatemeDt Year to 31 May 2023 Page Church tnfornution Rep)rt of The Deacons Court Independent Examiners Report Regardi Receipts And Payments Account Receipts And Payment Account
Wiek Baptist Church Page I FinanciAI Stgtemen¢ For the Year ended 31 May 2023 Pastor The p&stordte w&$ vacant.from I st July 2017 . during the perilxl August 2019 to March 20?0 l August 2020. .,1 as part-tirne tyastor as appointed pastor on Tregsurer.IMinute Secretary Registered Charity Number SC 021?52 Bankera Clyd¢sdaEe Bank plc Bridge Street Wick )i-n£lLnf r.i:IT)iiner
Wick Baptist Cbureh P*ge 2 The Rqrt ofthe Degeons Court deacons submit their re and accounts for the year eNJed 31 May 2023 . . Coll¥titutio The church is established by Conslituiion and is gisTrroJ &8 a sc(t15h Charity. Printipal Objeetive The aims of the Churc which is affiliated to the Baptist Union of Scotlarf are to worship tog¢th¢r in Spkrit and TnrtJ¥ to bjild up the meM1S in the faith a1 10 proclaim the Gosp¢l of Jesw Christ in word and action to a dying world. Printipal Aetivitiej The principal tIvItieS of the church during a normal year were the public Worship of Jesus Christ and the nll)ning of praycr m¢cling4 Sunday youth and various fdlowship groups. During these last previous years the thwch embr&ed digital teLhni)IoL)i ap.d oonducted meetings via Whats App aThJ Zoom and with tk arrival o services weTe pr¢-weord¢d and placcd on Youtube. Whcn pemiitted servi¢¢s ¢onunu¢(i io be conducted Trthin the churLh building. Th¢ tlliijvrily uf srrviLVa now h¢ld physIlIY in Lh¢ ¥hurLh premises again Offiee Besirers The church is Congregation in policy and its day to day running is undertaken by the office bearers and deacon& The 01¢¢ bearers a1 deacons who scrvcd during th¢ ycar w¢rc a5 follows :_ The Deacons are the Charity TnL8te&s. Geoff Oswald also acts &8 church cleaner and currently receives £37.50 per week. . Pastor The pastorate was vacani frorn 1st July 2017 . during the period August 2019 to March 2020. l August 2020. as part-time pastor s appointed pastor on Flnanclal Statement The results tor the year are set out in th¢ accounts on pages 5 .
Wiek Baptiyt Cbur¢ P¢3 The Report of the DeaeoDs Court ( CoDlinu¢d I StVdteDJent by Dexeons, .The church delighted to w¢lcoJnc August 2020.. was aR)ointed paslor on I The church has rn2intsined attendan and membership. however the congregation is ageing and we are seeing a gradua] decre in atnd * the ei4'ening serviix. AS a result some ¢vening seryices have b¢¢n halt¢d. With th¢ r¢str1thS due to Covid some mejnbers are still reluctant to return to church The outreach tiVitieS of Sunday School in WicL Mainly Music in WicL Mothers and Toddlers in Wick and Youth Club in Keiss continued ts develop alarge number of contacts who are introduced to thc Gosp¢I m¢&sag¢. Th¢se had lo ce&8e for periods the Sunday Schix)I continued to operate every Sunday via Zoom. These are now fully Owional. In respect of accounts the Reserves are salisfactory we are gratrful to God for his provision. However these reserves are necessary iK)th for ttr provision of a pastor and during th¢ lockdown for thc catching up of the general rnaintenan¢e of the ¢hur¢h and provision for WQTk that Te4uires lo k L&1¥ out in th¢ futu on repldL"ing the LIoLk in the spire. replacement of wo(xden windows and rer of extcmai stonework. The Deacons decided to prepare a Receipts 2nd Payments Account in accorthce with the new 2006 r¢gulatioLs and this has been independently examined Deacons are appointed by election b)" the church members WneVer required. No deacons received an3, remuneration or expenses dwing the }ear. <1p. l-ri)m any reimbursement of expen.ses IncUed on behxlf of the church, apart from vho receiv&s £37.50 per week as chvrch ¢l¢aner. Approval This report Wa8 approved by the deacons court and the church at its AGM on 12 September2023 and sig1 on its behalf by "I rLabufLr
Wick Baptist Church Pag¢ 4 Indcpendcnt ExamiDers Report to th¢ Deacons of Wiek B•ptist I rep)rt on the accounts of the chwity for th¢ year ended 31 May 2023 which are set out on the attached page. Respectfve responsibiliiles of Trnstees and exawiner The clwitvs trustees are resw>Dsible foT the preparation of the accounts in accotdan(r with the ternis of the Charities and Trusiee Investment ( Scotland ) Act 2005 and the ChaTities Accounts ( Scrtland } Regulations 21X)6. The charity trustees cott8ider that the audit requiremctRt ofR¢gulation 10 (I) (d) of the A¢counts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts Ullder StIOn 44 (1) (c) of the Act and to state whether ticul matters have come lo my attrnrion. Basis of indepeDdent eJminers ststement My exaMinon is caTtied oul in accornIae with Regulation I l of the Cbarities Accounts { Scotland ) Regulations 2(KK). An examination IlUdeS a review of thc a(Eount1i records kept by th¢ charity and a comparison of the xcounts presented with those records. It also in¢ludes consideration of 8ny unugjal items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeks ¢xplanations frorn the trStee$ conceming matters. The wdureS undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would t¢quired in an audiL conSeqntIY I do not exptss an audit opinion on the view given bv the accounts. Independent Eigminer's ststement In the course of my examinatioo no matter has con to niy attention : l. which gives me reasonable Ca to believe that in any material respect the requirements : * to kcep aoUntIng records in accordance with Sectinn 44 (1) (a) of 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regu]ation4 * to prepare ac¢ounts which accord with the accounting records and compty with Regu12tion 9 of the 2006 Accounts R¢gulatiO¥LS have not Iwi met, or 2. to whi¢lL ITh my Opinio attention should be drdwn in order to enable a prop¢r understanding of the accounts to be reach L£ J¢VlfLLIV¢I
Wick Baplist ChUb Pag¢ 6 Receipts and Payments Account For the Years ended 31 May 2023 G¢n¢ral Fund 2023 2022 Receipts Church offerings Gift Aid income tax recoverable Sunday School Donations and gifts Repair grdnts S[1a1 collections Sunthy income Inte$t on Gifi Aid 58426 7435 293 2(KlO 55840 7434 669 21000 5250 235 335 118 90881 420 40 124 68738 Payments Addition5 to church fixtures Additions to manse Pastogs remunerdtion and allowances Pastols expenses Church contribution pensio Tlong1 insurance Pulpit supply Contribution to BUS Fund Church insurance Church water Church heat aTMJ light Church cleaner Church repairs renew?Is and disposables Manse insurance and council lax Manse heat and light Manse repairs and renewals Postagcs, ststionery. photocopier. CCLI etc Telephone Audio and computer eXnSeS Donations Sunday School, Mainly M8]e. Keiss YC Sundry expenses 525 26653 192 3315 2483 2400 4035 27012 124 3225 463 2400 4300 4381 2180 5184 2804 2854 4063 2150 13517 4913 2088 2112 1893 757 140 6507 3087 2644 81920 1255 728 324 3902 5068 1381 69139 (Deficit) / Surplus for the year (401) 8961 Balance of Cash in Bank and on Hand to Begin 4061 loo Balance of C&sh in Bal and on Hand to End