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Antioch Christian Centre

Annual Report and Accounts

For the year ending 31[st] March 2023

Charity number: 1009954

Antioch Christian Centre

Year ending 31[st] March 2023 Charity Number:1009954

Contents
	Page
Legal and Administrative Information……………..…………………………………………………...	2
Report of the Trustees……………………………….………………………………………………….	3-6
Independent Examiners Report……………………..………………………………………………….	7
Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) ..………...……………………………………….…………	8
Balance Sheet…………………………………………………………………………………………….	9
Notes to the Financial Statements……………………………………………………………….......	10-14

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Antioch Christian Centre Year ending 31[st] March 2023 Charity Number:1009954

Legal and Administrative Information

Charity Name:	Antioch Christian Centre
Charity Registration Number:	1009954
Address:	Copperworks Road
	Llanelli
	SA15 2NE
Trustees:	S C Hallett
	S Watkins
	P M Wisdom (Resigned 01.09.23)
Independent Examiner:	Nicola Lewis
	EasyBooks Wales Ltd
	Unit 4
	Dragon 24
	Llanelli
	SA15 2LF
Bankers:	Barclays Bank plc
	16 Vaughan Street
	Llanelli

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Antioch Christian Centre Year ending 31[st] March 2023 Charity Number:1009954

Report of the Trustees

Antioch Centre Report

Room bookings

Room hire was over £63,000 this year which is a big increase on the previous year. The Centre seems to have recovered well post Covid but there is still room for things to grow and develop. The main hall still has quite a bit of availability and evening bookings haven’t returned post covid.

Use of rooms

Main Hall has primarily been used by the Cardiac rehabilitation teams and pulmonary rehabilitation groups. It has also been used by the Expert Patient Programme and one of the groups that met established their own coffee morning support group that runs weekly. We were also able host the Welsh Youth Parliament this year, which felt significant. The hall continues to be used for Sunday services and one-off events and fundraisers.
Crazy Maisie’s hasn’t been used this year. The management team have decided that Crazy Maisie’s parties are no longer sustainable, and we are currently exploring how we release the space to the local community.
Garden Room/Blue Lounge have seen regular use. A retinopathy eye clinic has started this year and currently use the Blue Lounge and Garden room on a Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday weekly. Thursdays it is currently used by the Cardiac rehabilitation group. There is room for this to further increase.
Mission Music is still being used for the blood clinic. This continues to be successful. The service is currently running 5 days a week.
Business Units – Careers Wales had been using 2 of the units but finished in February 2023. In March 2023, an organisation called People Plus moved into 5 of the units and are helping people get back into employment. There are 2 other units used by professional counsellors. There are currently only 2 units available which is really encouraging.

Room hire has been stable this year but there is still room to grow. The future hope for the next financial year is to employ a Centre Manager to build and develop things. The Café opened in November 2019, and this really helps supplement the Centre and the room hire side of things. We want to make people feel welcome and feel this is being achieved.

The groups that we attract are in line with our heart to serve the local community and provide opportunities for people with a holistic approach.

One of the more challenging aspects of the Centre has been the increase in bills. This has put some pressure on finances, but things are building well.

The Centre has been accredited by the National Living Wage and we continue to be part of this.

Church Use of Centre

Church use of the centre continues – services on a Sunday with the Motivator classes using the Garden room and blue lounge and the crèche bouncing in the Fun Station. Stuart’s Men’s group meet during the week as well as the youth worship group who use the main studio/prayer room for practicing. The upper room is used for private and corporate prayer and worship, as well as for leaders’ meetings and hosting visitors.

The prayer room is currently being setup as an interactive space where people can connect with God in a variety of different ways. We hope to build on this in the next year and encourage the local congregation to use it to facilitate connection with God.

Ben is running a fortnightly prayer evening in the upper room where we pray for the Church, the Centre, and the local/ wider community on an alternative basis.

Liz has been using the prayer room on a Friday morning weekly with a group from church and this seems to be going well.

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Antioch Christian Centre

Year ending 31[st] March 2023 Charity Number:1009954

The Main Hall has also been used for various fundraisers for the Church.

General

Ben has increased his hours temporarily and is now paid a full-time role to reflect the increase in room hire and Centre responsibilities. The hope is to employ a Centre Manager by the end of this year and Ben will hand most of this role over. This will release Ben to lead the Church with Beth. Ben’s role will need to be reviewed in line with this change.

There is room for the Centre to grow and develop and we hope to see that increase this year. Our heart is to see Antioch become self-sufficient and we would like to move away from grant funding as much as possible.

Church Report

We have continued to meet in person on Sundays and each Sunday we try to do things differently. The services take various forms: café church, worship Sundays, interactive - conversations, prayer focused, worship and the word and much more. Testimonies remain an important part of our Services as we recognise that when we hear what God has been doing in each other’s lives it helps us build faith in knowing that I can do it for us too.

In January 2023 we began to see a shift in our meetings as we more intentionally began to pursue the presence of God. It has been encouraging and exciting to see the different ways in which God has been moving in each of our lives.

We continue to need a children’s Sunday worker and are praying for a youth worker.

This past year we have started up small groups/home groups again. After many years of not having them, we recognised the need within the church for them once again.

Stuart leads the men’s group, Allison leads a women’s group, Bethany leads a mixed group and Liz leads a heavenly realms group. Each group is very different but has the same goal pursuing the presence of God.

There have been a few challenges throughout the year but despite this, leading Antioch church continues to be a pleasure and a joy. We have welcomed several different people into our church community which has been lovely.

Our annual women conference Carriers of the Fire was held in person in October 2022, it went well. There was a good number of women attending and we had the pleasure of having Cath Woolridge speak. God really moved and it was great to be together in person once again.

Wheelhouse Café

Finally, this year the Wheelhouse Café has had a full year of trading! We reopened after the heating was mended on Wednesday 6[th] April. Business has built consistently over that period, and our community profile has also continued to rise slowly. FAN groups continued to meet on a Wednesday morning, and links continued with Food bank. We started a ‘Knit and Natter’ group, which was well received, and continued to offer the café as a place for people to come and work. As we entered autumn/winter the whole country faced the cost-of-living crisis and we decided to see how we could address this. We became a warm safe place, where people could come and sit, have free tea and coffee and we also looked at our pricing structure to see if we could build on the ‘Pay it Forward’ scheme. We developed a ‘specials’ menu where we sold meals at a reduced price of £2.50 (£1.50 for soup and a roll), which we ran alongside our standard menu. We also made connections with Age Concern, who have certified us as part of Age Cymru Befriending Communities. Despite the reduced prices the café has maintained and grown its turnover and has increased its profile within the community. New groups within the centre have helped to bring in new faces. The end of March saw me reduce a day a week that I was open, so the café will be going into the new financial year only being open two days a week (Wednesday and Thursday) until a volunteer can be found to reopen Tuesdays.

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Antioch Christian Centre

Year ending 31[st] March 2023 Charity Number:1009954

Lifeshare

This year has seen an increased demand for foodbank services reflecting how the ‘Cost of Living Crisis’ has impacted our community; specific notable points include:

An increase in the average number of people we support each week; from 27 last year to 33 people per week this year.
An increase in the number of individuals seeking to ‘self-refer’ to the foodbank - not engaged with any referral agency and describe themselves as being in financial crisis.
A decrease in the quantity of donations received via Asda and Morrisons each week, which forms the mainstay of our regular foodbank provision.
Lifeshare received two grants from HFPF (Household Food Poverty Fund) totalling £4,900 from Carmarthenshire County Council
Recruited 6 new volunteers (4 existing volunteers moved on to other opportunities)
Facilitated specific events for foodbank volunteers:
In-house training/induction re Antioch, Wheelhouse Café & Lifeshare
Loan Shark awareness training delivered by Wales Illegal Money Lending Unit
Hosted two Volunteer Lunch events to thank and honour foodbank volunteers.
Key statistics for the year April 2022 – March 2023:
1,672 people fed through our food parcels (this includes adults & children)
11,952kgs of food given to individuals & families experiencing food poverty
33 = Average number of people we helped to feed each week (excluding Christmas Hamper Appeal)
265 Christmas Hampers - this equated to 567 people being fed and a total of 2,709kgs of food given away.
Collaborated with Coedcae School providing 16 students with the opportunity to pack Christmas Hampers at Antioch Centre over a 4-week period.
Participated with ‘in-store’ food drives to raise awareness of foodbank at Asda & Morrisons stores.

Men's Group

The Men's group has been meeting most Monday nights this past year at the Antioch centre. The evening is a relaxed time, of sharing and support of each other. We start with coffee, one or two jokes mainly from Brian or Stuart.

A little time sharing how we are. The rest of the evening we take a subject like Prayer, Faith etc or a bible passage we then have a great time of sharing and discussion. Learning from each other's thoughts and experiences. It's a fun and supportive group of guys which any other men are welcome to join.

Healing Rooms Report

The healing rooms continue to be used for Emmanuel healing prayer. There are a small but steady flow of people who access it with good outcomes. Unfortunately, due to health difficulties we have not been able to have Rob and Cath Whillier with us for a while, but we hope they return soon.

Newid Studios

Rockschool exam days: At least one day per term exam days are organised. The connection with education is welcomed as part of the aims of the studio.

Bookings:

There has been an increase in rehearsal bookings. This coupled with price increases has meant that income has increased significantly.

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Antioch Christian Centre

Year ending 31[st] March 2023 Charity Number:1009954

Notable recording in February- voice over for the BBC series “Darklands” and for the Discovery Channel “Cursed Treasures”

Mastering:

There has been an increase in people having their material mixed and mastered. Also recording audio books.

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report and it is signed on their behalf by:-

Signed:……………………………….................................Trustee Date:……………………

Print Name:.......................................................................

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Antioch Christian Centre Year ending 31[st] March 2023 Charity Number:1009954

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Antioch Christian Centre

I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31[st] March 23, which are set out on the following pages.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act)) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts (under section 145 of the Charities Act);
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act);
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner's report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. 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 no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

(1) Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
a. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
b. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act

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 to be reached.

Signed: Nicola Jayne Lewis

Date: 4[th] January 2024

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Antioch Christian Centre

Year ending 31[st] March 2023 Charity Number:1009954

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Funds	Total Funds This Year	Total Funds Last Year
44,886 109,461 154,347 124,225 6,347 130,573 23,774 (10,624) 71,184 84,334	1,060 1,060 84,156 0 84,156 (83,096) 10,624 236,527 164,054	44,886 110,521	62,075 64,003 126,078 200,643 5,719 206,362 (80,284) 0 387,995 307,710
		155,407
		208,382 6,347
		214,729
		(59,322) 0 307,710
		248,389

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Antioch Christian Centre

Year ending 31[st] March 2023 Charity Number:1009954

Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Funds	Total Funds This Year	Total Funds Last Year
118,529 7,667 27,434 35,101 10,863 10,863 24,237 142,766 58,432 84,334 84,334 84,334 (0)	164,054 0 0 0 0 0 0 164,054 0 164,054 164,054 164,054 0	282,583 7,667 27,434	364,353 251 26,138
		35,101	26,389
		10,863	11,756
		10,863	11,756
		24,237 306,820 58,432	14,633 378,986 71,275
		248,389	307,710
		164,054 84,334	236,527 71,184
		248,389	307,710
		0	(0)

The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP FRS102), and with the Charities Act.

Signed by………………………………………......................... Trustee Print Name………………………………………....................... Dated……………………..

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Antioch Christian Centre

Year ending 31[st] March 2023 Charity Number:1009954

Notes to the Financial Statements

1. Basis of preparation & Accounting Policies

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Change in Basis of Accounting

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since last year.

Changes to previous Accounts

No changes have been made to accounts for the previous years.

Accounting Policies

The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year.

a) Income

Recognition of income – Incoming resources are included in the statement of financial Activities (SoFA) when:

the charity is entitled to the resources.
the trustees are virtually certain that they will receive the resources; and
the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Incoming resources with related expenditure – Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) the incoming resources & related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.

Grants and donations - Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.

Tax reclaims on donations and gifts – Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift to which they relate.

Contractual income and performance related grants – These are only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.

b) Expenditure and Liabilities

Liability recognition – Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resource.

Support costs – Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources e.g. allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.

c) Fixed Assets

Tangible fixed assets for use by the charity – Expenditure is capitalised if the asset has a useful life of more than 1 year and its cost exceeds £100.

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Antioch Christian Centre

Year ending 31[st] March 2023 Charity Number:1009954

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less residual value of each asset over its expected useful life as follows:

Freehold Property 2% Straight Line Basis Fixtures & Fittings 25% Of Reducing Balance Motor Vehicles 25% Straight Line Basis Final Phase Renovation 10% Straight Line Basis

2. Voluntary Income

Donations income consists of regular giving by church members in tithes and offerings, plus “one off” gifts or donations. Where these gifts are given for a specific purpose or project they are held in a restricted fund. This includes gifts received under the gift aid scheme.

Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds	Total Funds This Year	Total Funds Last Year
44,886 0 0 0 0 0	44,886 0 0	60,214 1,861 0
0 0	0	1,861
44,886 0	44,886	62,075

3. Grants Receivable

Government Grants re. Covid Total Grants Receivable	Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds	Total Funds This Year	Total Funds Last Year
	0 0	0	1,861
	0 0	0	1,861

4. Incoming Resources from Charitable Activities

Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds	Total Funds This Year	Total Funds Last Year
5,122 0	5,122	220
0 1,060 23,340 0 80,999 0	1,060 23,340 80,999	0 7,083 56,700
104,339 1,060	105,399	63,783
109,461 1,060	110,521	64,003

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Antioch Christian Centre

Year ending 31[st] March 2023 Charity Number:1009954

5. Total Resources Expended

Direct costs Costs of goods sold Employment costs Establishment costs Repairs and maintenance Office expenses Subscriptions and donations Ministry and Outreach Training & Charitable support Cleaning Legal and professional costs Bad debt expense Bank charges Interest payable Depreciation of tangible fixed assets	Ministry & outreach Community centre Governance	Total	Total Last Year
	11,326 28,279 35,710 15,851 9,004 1,253 2,284 1,649 4,187 11,288 2,553 6,347 62 448 2,719 81,769	11,326 63,989 15,851 9,004 1,253 3,933 4,187 11,288 2,553 6,347 62 448 2,719 81,769	5,227 84,417 12,549 7,881 1,575 1,319 0 0 2,233 5,913 38 388 1,898 82,924
	46,039 162,343 6,347	214,729	206,362

6. Trustees Remuneration and Expenses

During the year Philippa Wisdom (wife of Paul Wisdom who is a trustee) was employed as part-time Foodbank Manager and received a salary of £9777.97.

7. Employees Remuneration

The employment costs including all NI, pension and additional costs were as follows:

Wages and salaries Equivalent Number of Full time employees	This Year Last Year 63,989 84,417
	3 3

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Antioch Christian Centre

Year ending 31[st] March 2023 Charity Number:1009954

8. Tangible Fixed Assets

Cost As at 1 April 2022 Additions for the period Disposals for the period As at 31 March 2023 Depreciation As at 1 April 2022 Charge for the period Released on Disposal As at 31 March 2023 Net book value As at 31 March 2023 As at 1 April 2022	Freehold land & buildings (inc. heritage assets) Fixtures, fittings and equipment	Total
	955,612 127,071 0 0 0 0	1,082,683 0 0
	955,612 127,071	1,082,683
	595,527 122,804 80,702 1,067 0 0	718,331 81,769
	676,229 123,870	800,100
	279,383 3,201 360,085 4,268	282,583 364,352

9. Debtors

Trade debtors	This Year Last Year 7,667 251
	7,667 251

10. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

Bank loans and overdrafts Trade creditors PAYE and Pension Creditor Accurals and deferred income	This Year Last Year 5,500 5,500 -862 1,068 215 0 6,011 5,188
	10,863 11,756

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Antioch Christian Centre

Year ending 31[st] March 2023 Charity Number:1009954

11. Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

Bank loans and overdrafts Accruals and deferred income	This Year Last Year 43,400 51,232 15,032 20,043
	58,432 71,275

12. Related parties

Controlling entity

The Charity is controlled by the Trustees.

13. Analysis of funds

At 1.4.22	Income Expenditure Fund Transfers	At 31.3.23
71,184	154,347 130,573 (10,624)	84,334
19,129 18,159 195,240 4,000 0	0 7,355 0 0 15,308 0 0 48,810 0 0 1,000 0 1,060 11,684 10,624	11,774 2,850 146,430 3,000 0
236,527	1,060 84,156 10,624 164,054
307,710	155,407 214,729 0	248,389

14. Net assets fund

14. Net assets by fund

14. Net assets by fund
Tangible assets Current assets Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year Net assets	Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds	Total Funds This Year	Total Funds Last Year
	118,529 164,054 35,101 0 -10,863 0 -58,432 0	282,583 35,101 -10,863 -58,432	364,353 26,389 -11,756 -71,275
	84,334 164,054 248,389		307,711

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