## **CHARITY NUMBER – 1002074** ## **CLAREMONT CHURCH TRUSTEES** ## **ANNUAL REPORT 1[ST] April 2022 to 31[st] March 2023** During the reporting year, the Trustees of Claremont Church Bolton held one formal meeting in August, additional ad-hoc meetings were held as necessary to progress matters with regular communications via emails. The numbers attending service has increased from the previous year and we have seen also an increase of visitors attending our Sunday services. The outreach work of the church has again increased this year with a greater emphasis and willingness of the members to reach out to the local community and also to support those in need and less fortunate than ourselves. During the year, unfortunately our secretary and trustee Mr Peter McCrindle resigned, and we acted swiftly to appoint a new secretary ( Mr John Beatty) and a further 2 new trustees ( Mr Simon Harrison and Mr Stephen Kelly). This did have an effect on us but we feel now that we are in a very good position to look forward to carrying on the work needed. With regard to the budget this was unfortunately not produced in 2022-23 due to ill health of the Treasurer but should be re-installed in 2023-24 now that the Treasurer has recovered from his illness. Due to significant expenditure on the refurbishment and maintenance of the building the actual year end figure are as follows: Year End Income £78,690 Year End Expenditure £73,459 Year End Surplus £ 5,231 During this financial year, we have carried out major refurbishments and improvements to the building at Claremont House which is the main asset of the Trust. **Expenditure on Claremont House** **10[th] June 2022 All sockets tested £374.** **24[th] June 2022 Main foyer painted £750.** **1[st] July 2022 Children’s room painted £460.** **11[th] July 2022 outside railings painted £340.** **12[th] November 2022 Service of fire extinguishers £201.60.** **14[th] November 2022 Installation of 6 new windows £6,160.** **7[th] February 2023 Corridor and youth room painted £1,283.52.** **15[th] February 2023 Installation of 1 new window £860** **27[th] February 2023 Main Hall and gents toilet painted £1,414.32** **6[th] March 2023 Fire alarm service £168.** **6[th] March 2023 Repair roof £468.54.** ## **External Support** We have continued to upgrade all our protocols and standing documents on Health and Safety and Fire protection matters. The building continues to be used by community and charitable groups of various description and other churches for meetings and other services. We have continued to support the work of Create Bolton a separate charity which has continued to grow and now operate a popular craft-based café and workshop in part of the building. We have assisted them with additional accommodations for their work with handicapped children and children with learning difficulties with activities in craft, drama and music. We also have continued to work with Urban Outreach Bolton along with other churches in collecting and distributing food for the town food bank. We have continued to send funds abroad to support Christian projects among the needy and destitute. As a principle we set aside a minimum of 10% of our giving by our members to provide gifts to the various organisations and individuals we support in addition we may take up a special offering for charitable projects we wish to support. We have also had an independent valuer hired to give us an up-to-date value of the premises, something which hasn’t been done in a long time. This has had an effect of increasing the assets on the yearly accounts to a truer picture of the total assets owned by the church. ## **Coming Year** Looking to the future we foresee that the Church will grow in numbers and effectiveness. We will also continue to support Local charities and projects we feel is right for the church to be involved in. We have seen an increase in numbers during the year, which is very encouraging, especially young couples with children and also overseas students. Signed J Beatty Secretary to the Trustees, 16[th] December 2023. ## Claremont Church Bolton Accounts for the year ended. 31[st] March 2023 John Beatty Tel: 01204 455279 ## Claremont Church Bolton ## Accountants Report 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, March 31[st] , 2023, and Balance Sheet as at that date, from the accounting records information and explanations supplied to us. John Beatty 6 Foxholes Road Horwich Bolton BL6 6AL Date: 19[th] December 2023 ## **CLAREMONT CHURCH ACCOUNTS** Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31[st] March 2023 **INCOME 2023 2022** Gift Aid and Covenants 31017 28868 Other Regular Giving 8627 12832 Designated Giving (Gift Aid) 950 1040 Designated Giving (Non-Gift Aid) 590 4339 Rental Income 24805 15140 Sundry Income 709 570 Recovered Tax 8364 8006 Loan Repayments 0 280 Bank Interest Received 2843 3035 Utilities Income 785 610 **78690 74720 LESS EXPENDITURE** Employment Costs 14164 13782 Cleaners Wages 2484 1683 Building Costs/Refurbishment 13943 10321 Claremont Running Costs 2871 1546 Utilities Gas 4537 4310 Electric 4826 3878 Telephone 1243 1006 Water 145 516 Website 23 243 Charitable Giving 4659 8320 Mission and Outreach 625 368 Ministry Gifts 3848 585 Designated Giving 1025 5652 Children and Youth Work 220 43 Leaders Expenses 982 601 Office Expenses 1437 3520 Photocopier Lease 1083 1229 Building Insurance 3889 0 Training/Discipleship 232 0 Tax/NI 2292 2947 Subscriptions/Fees 1946 780 Music and PA Equipment 440 12 Miscellaneous 1482 0 Transfers to savings 4963 0 Petty Cash 100 0 **73459 61342 SURPLUS/DEFICIT FOR YEAR +5231 +13378** ## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31[ST] MARCH 2023** **2023 2022 FIXED ASSETS** Building at cost/valuation 815000 219720 Other Assets 41220 **856220 CURRENT ASSETS** Bank-Current Account 24884 20159 Bank -International Fund 2429 0 Redwood Bank 41183 38079 Cambridge & Counties Dep Account 32735 32150 Cambridge & Counties fixed 50000 52014 Cash in Hand 82 156 **151313 142558 CURRENT LIABILITIES** Accruals/Prepayments 0 0 NET CURRENT ASSETS 856220 142558 NET ASSETS 151313 362278 **REPRESENTED BY:** General Fund Balance B/F 319781 308402 Surplus/Deficit for year 5211 11379 Balance C/F 324992 319781 Designated Funds Reserve Fund 10000 10000 Charitable Fund 5763 2497 Roof Fund 30000 30000 Independent Examiners Report To the Trustees of Claremont Lhurch Bolton I report ori t￿ arxou4tcot the Trns* for tbe yEar en¢W Ji A4arth. 202 3. whith. ar• Set •)ut on the followin£ pages. A5 the charlty's trustees vou are responsible for the preparation of the accounts: you wnsider that the audit requirement of section 43{2) of the Charities Act 1993 {the Att) does not apply. It is my resporrsibiirty iu 513ie, on ihe bd5i> ￿ piocedure5 speuFied in the Geiieiai DirecL'ions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 4317)(b) of the Att. whether particular matters have come to my attention. My examination was carried out in accordan￿ with the General Dirertions given by thp Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a ￿VIeW of the accounting records kept by the cnarity ano a comparison of tne accounts presented with tnose record& It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as Erustees cOn￿rning any such matters. 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 connettion with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: {11 whirh oiyps me reasonable cau¢e to be!iAve that ip. any material respect the requirements to keep accotsfiting records in attofdartte Wilh Sèthon 41 of thÈ Att, afid To prepare accounts wnich accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Att Have not been met; or (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts io be reached Ruth Williams 10. Park Street Radcliffe Manchester M26 2GJ Signed ..................................-......