## **CHARITY NUMBER – 1002074** ## **CLAREMONT CHURCH TRUSTEES** ## **ANNUAL REPORT 1[ST] April 2023 to 31[st] March 2024** **During the reporting year, the Trustees of Claremont Church Bolton held three formal meeting in May, August and October, 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 to support those in need and less fortunate than us.** ## **Regarding the budget** **Due to significant expenditure on the refurbishment and maintenance of the building and the cost of gas and electric, we have had a deficit on the yearly expenditure, so the actual year end figure are as follows:** **Year End Income £99,245 Year End Deficit £ 16,958** **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** **5[th] April 2023 New window fitted £450** **17[th] April 2023 Refurbishment of gent’s, ladies and disabled toilets £2,164** **21[st] April 2023 Replastering of gent’s, ladies and disabled toilets £600** **21[st] April 2023 Service of passenger lift £783** **11[th] May 2023 Materials for new ceiling in bottom hall £6,424** **18[th] May 2023 Repainting of above toilets £600** **26[th] May 2023 Servicing of 183 electric sockets £374** **26[th] May 2023 Repair of passenger lift £693** **6[th] June 2023 Plastering boarding and plastering wall in bottom hall £540** **19[th] June 2023 Work done of new suspended ceiling in bottom hall £1,550** **18[th] July 2023 As above £1,320** **18[th] July 2023 Cost of wiring and installing new lights in ceiling £350** **11[th] Oct 2023 New flooring in gent’s, ladies and disabled toilets on main entrance floor £1,119** **18[th] Oct 2023 Service & repair of intruder alarm £328** **6[th] Nov 2023 2 new windows fitted £760** **13[th] Nov 2023 Part payment for new fitted kitchen in bottom hall £900** **20[th] Nov 2023 New flooring in entrance to bottom hall £991** **28[th] Nov 2023 Painting of bottom hall & new kitchen £1,600** **1[st] Dec 2023 Work completed on new kitchen before painting £1,000** **4[th] Dec 2023 Painting of wooden slots in bottom hall £650** **6[th] Dec 2023 New kitchen appliance £655** **19[th] Dec 2023 New flooring for toilets on bottom floor £825** **23rd Dec 2023 New fitted kitchen appliance £1,600** **11[th] Jan 2024 Lift maintenance £861** **29[th] Jan 2024 New French doors at back on building £2,140** **2[nd] Feb 2024 New locking device for French doors £397** **28[th] feb 2024 Gutters cleared and roof inspection £ 1,458** ## **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.** ## **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 overseas students.** **Signed J Beatty Secretary to the Trustees,** **7th[th] October 2024.** ## Claremont Church Bolton Accounts for the year ended. 31[st] March 2024 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] , 2024, and Balance Sheet as at that date, from the accounting records information and explanations supplied to us. ## ## 6 Foxholes Road ## > [th] October 2024 ## **CLAREMONT CHURCH ACCOUNTS** Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31[st] March 2024 |**INCOME**
|**2024 2023**| |---|---| |Gif Aid and Covenants|35466 31017| |Other Regular Giving|8893 8627| |Designated Giving (Gif Aid)|1513 950| |Designated Giving (Non-Gif Aid)|1150 590| |Rental Income|33385 24805| |Sundry Income|5473 709| |Recovered Tax|8999 8364| |Bank Interest Received|2373 2843| |Utlites Income|916 785| |Refund|180 0| |Event income|897 0| ||**99245** **78690**| |**LESS EXPENDITURE**|| |Employment Costs|14517 14164| |Cleaners Wages|3145 2484| |Building Costs/Refurbishment|30906 13943| |Claremont Running Costs|4814 2871| |Gas|6590 4537| |Electric|5423 4826| |Telephone|1465 1243| |Water|1335 145| |Website|0 23| |Charitable Giving|3543 4659| |Ministry Gifs|925 3848| |Designated Giving|3165 1025| |Misson and Outreach|802 625| |Children and Youth Work|544 220| |Leaders Expenses|936 982| |Ofce Expenses|1548 1437| |Photocopier Lease|3363 1083| |Building Insurance|6516 3889| |Training/Discipleship|0 232| |Tax/NI|2748 2292| |Subscriptons/Fees|2045 1946| |Music and PA Equipment|2614 440| |Miscellaneous|2205 1482| |Transfers to savings|16414 4963| |Refund|140 0| |Pety Cash|500 100| ||**116203 73459**| |**SURPLUS/DEFICIT FOR YEAR**|**-16958 +5231**| ## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31[ST] MARCH 2023** **2024 2023 FIXED ASSETS** Building at cost/valuation 815000 815000 Other Assets 29165 41220 **844165 856220 CURRENT ASSETS** Bank-Current Account 7324 24884 Bank -International Fund 3455 2429 Redwood Bank 57221 41183 Cambridge & Counties Dep Account 28945 32735 Cambridge & Counties fixed 50000 50000 Cash in Hand 29 82 **146974 151313 CURRENT LIABILITIES** Accruals/Prepayments 0 0 NET CURRENT ASSETS 844165 856220 NET ASSETS 146974 151313 **REPRESENTED BY:** General Fund Balance B/F 1012764 1007533 Surplus/Deficit for year -16958 5231 Balance C/F 995806 1012764 Independent Examiners Report To the Trustees of Claremont Church Bolton I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 March 2024, which are set out on the following pages. As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of section 43{2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to State, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 43 {71{bl of the Act, whether 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 review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning 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 connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: (l) 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 accounting requirements of the Act Have not been met; or (21 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached Ruth Williams 10, Park Street Radcliffe Manchester M26 2GJ Date ..as .t...a4-............