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Forres Baptist Church

SC050133Registered charity from 06 May 2020
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This charity was established to replace Lighthouse Church Forres (SC031223) Lighthouse Church Forres (SC031223) has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to Forres Baptist Church (SC050133) which is a SCIO
Charity Information:
Address Forres Baptist Church
Clovenside Chapel
Clovenside Road
Forres
Moray
Postcode IV36 3BT
Website forresbaptistchurch.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Purposes are the advancement of religion, specifically the Christian faith, for the benefit and blessing of the Community (being those persons who profess faith in Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord and have been baptised, and who agree with and are personally committed to the Purposes, including the Declaration of Principle) and also for the benefit and blessing of all people with whom the Church comes into contact in any way, primarily in Forres and neighbouring parts of Moray and also throughout Scotland and the rest of the World to the glory of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, by all means consistent with: 1) The Christian Bible; and 2) The Declaration of Principle (of the Baptist Union of Scotland); including (without prejudice to the foregoing generality) worship, the observance of the Lord's Supper, ministry, mission, witness, prayer, fellowship, networking, education, service to the local community and the provision of activities and facilities for the local community, and the relief of poverty and other social needs, including the support of individuals and other charitable organisations and agencies involved in any or all of these.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
To glorify God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, through the advancement of the Christian faith primarily in Forres and district but also throughout Scotland, the rest of the UK and the World by all means consistent with the teaching of the Christian Bible including worship, observance of the Lord’s Supper, ministry, mission, prayer, witness, education, community service and the support if agencies and individuals and other charitable organisations involved in Christian missionary work and the relief of poverty or other social needs.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 06 May 2020
Main Operating Location: Highland
Number of Staff: 1
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of religion"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021 £64,067 £53,375 12 Sept 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £62,242 £69,364 29 Jul 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £76,335 £81,264 08 Jul 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £105,970 £85,257 03 Jul 2025 Yes Download
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Jon Mackenzie
Rosemary Pannell
Anna Gatward
John Teasdale
David Nelmes
Tara Engelmann
Andrew Dobbs
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