CHARITY NUMBER - 1002074
CLAREMONT CHURCH TRUSTEES
ANNUAL REPORT 1[st] April 2021 31[st] March 2022
The year commenced with Covid 19 restrictions still in place with the ongoing consequence that during the early months we continued to hold the Sunday services and other meetings by means of Zoom. During July, the restrictions were lifted and we were able to move towards meeting physically together once again.
During August and September members of the church started to meet together once again, however we continued Zoom meetings for some months until everybody felt secure enough to meet together. Appropriate precautions have been retained where considered necessary.
The Trustees recommenced actual physical meetings from September onwards but reinforced these with additional meetings by Zoom and communication where necessary by email.
During this year with covid restrictions still in place for the first four months and a gradual return to normality, there was some uncertainty as to the effect on the income of the church. The trustees therefore continued our general policy of a cautious approach in settling the budget having regard to the expected annual income.
Due to the unexpected death of our Treasurer, a formal budget was not produced for the year April 2021 to March 2022. The intention is that this will be re-instated for the year 2022 to 2023.
With the return to normality following Covid the income for year ending 2022 was substantially in excess of the income for year ending 2021.
The increase in giving amounted to £13,630 above the income level for 2021. This however included an amount of £5,379 of designated giving, which was intended to be passed on to other precipitants.
Although some expenditure elements indicated an increase over the previous year, this was because of greater use of the building following the opening up after Covid.
The overall expenditure in 2021 to 2022 was £6,682 less than the previous year, which was largely the result of significantly less repair and refurbishment being done on the building.
Therefore, the year-end figures for April 2021 to March 2022 were as follows
Year End Income £72,721 Year End Expenditure £61,342 Year End Surplus £11,379
The Trustees consider this outcome satisfactory considering that during the first four months we were still under Covid restrictions.
We anticipate it will be a good springboard for the next financial year.
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Expenditure on Claremont House
| July 2021 | New Firestone rubber roof to small flat roof area. - £1,000 |
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| Electrical Pat Testing - £275 | |
| September 2021 | New blinds to main meeting room - £1,900 |
| Further minor roof repairs - £400 | |
| October 2021 | Replacement of 5 windows in lower floor meeting room - £2,592 |
| Fire extinguisher service - £1,074 | |
| November 2021 | Replaced window mechanisms and handles in main meeting room - £1,188. |
| December 2021 | Cleaning of downpipes £270 |
| January 2022 | Additional blinds - £300 |
| Lift service - £712 | |
| New Led lighting to main meeting room - £488 | |
| February 2022 | Electrical work - £735 |
External Support
The building continues to be used by community and charitable groups of various descriptions and other churches for meetings and other events. Twice a year we host the memorial service for Bolton Hospice. The local authority has used the building for seminars and self-employed business workshops.
We have continued to support the work of “Create Bolton” a separate charity which has continued to grow and they now operate a popular craft based cafe and workshops in part of the building. We have assisted them with additional accommodation for their work with handicapped children and children with learning difficulties with activities in craft, drama and music.
We have continued to work with Urban Outreach Bolton along with other churches in collecting and distributing food for the town wide food bank.
We continued to send funds out to associates in Nepal to support Christian projects among the needy and destitute in the slums in Kathmandu. Funds have also been provided to assist local Christian Pastors working in various areas in Nepal.
We also gave one off gifts to various charitable works serving the needy in the local area and other Christian organisations with similar aims and objectives to ourselves both at home and abroad.
As a principal we set aside a minimum of 10% of our giving by individuals to provide gifts to the various organisations and individuals we support. In addition, we may from time to time take up special offerings for charitable projects we wish to support.
Coming Year
Now we are free from the restrictions of Covid we have every reason to believe that next year will be a year of steady growth. We have maintained our numbers and towards the end of this year, we started to see some growth in families with young children, which is particularly encouraging.
Signed G P McCrindle Secretary to the Trustees 27th November 2022
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Claremont Church Bolton
Accounts for the year ended 31[st] March 2022
John Beatty Tel: 01204 455279
Claremont Church Bolton
In accordance with instructions given to us, we have prepared without carrying out an audit, the attached Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended[st] 2022 and Balance Sheet as at that date, from the accounting records information and explanations supplied to us.
6 Foxholes Road
[st] September 2022
CLAREMONT CHURCH ACCOUNTS
Income & Expenditure Account for the year ended 31[st] March 2022
| BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH 2021 FIXED ASSETS Building at cost/valuation CURRENT ASSETS Bank - Current Account Redwood Bank Cambridge & Counties Dep Acc 2 yr Cambridge & Counties Acc Cash in Hand CURRENT LIABILITIES Accruals/Prepayments NET CURRENT ASSETS NET ASSETS REPRESENTED BY: General Fund Balance b/f Surplus/Deficit for year Balance c/f Designated Funds Reserve Fund Charitable Fund Roof Fund |
2022 219720 20159 38079 32150 52014 156 142558 0 142558 362278 308402 11379 319781 10000 2497 30000 362278 |
2021 219720 31422 18000 31343 50000 142 130907 0 130907 350627 317335 -8933 308402 10000 2225 30000 350627 |
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Independent Examiners Report To the Trustees of Claremont Church Bolton I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 March 2020, which are sot out on the following page5. As the chariWs trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; VOU consider that the audit requirement of section 43121 of the Charities Act 199.4 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on I'he basis of procedures sperif led in t.he C)ene.ral Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under Section 4317llbl of the Act, whe.ther particular matters have come to my attention. My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a revlew of the aCCOL5nting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual item5 or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matter5. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: (11 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act, and To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accountin8 requirements of the Act Have not been met; or (21 To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a prGper understanding of the accounts to be reached Roger Speare MBE MA Cantab 3 Mayfair, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6DH