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2023-01-31-accounts

New Life Community Church (North Walsham) Registered Charity No. 1037991

Annual Report and Accounts for the year to 31 January 2023

Prepared by: Mr M Fairchild (Chair of Trustees and Treasurer) Approved by: Mr N Lawrence (Trustee) Mr I Dallain (Trustee) Mr B Lee (Trustee) Mrs L Owen (Trustee) Mr T Greene (Trustee)

New Life Conununity Church (North Walsham) Annual Report and Accounts 1 Febmary 2022 to 31 January 2023

Contents:

NEW
LIFE
COMMUNITY
CHURCH
(NORTH
(NORTH
(NORTH
(NORTH
WALSHAM)
WALSHAM)
WALSHAM)		 2-3
AIMS
AND
PURPOSES
OBJECTIVES
AND
ACTIVITIES
ACHIEVEMENTS
AND
PERFORMANCE		 2-3
OTHER
ACTIVITIES
AND
ACHIEVEMENTS
FINANCIAL
REVIEW
STRUCTURE,
GOVERNANCE
AND
MANAGEMENT
ORGANISATION.
TRUSTEES
ADMINISTRATIVE
INFORMATION
TRUSTEES
APPROVAL
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
FOR
THE
YEAR
ENDING
31
JANUARY		 2022 6-9
RECEIPTS
AND
PAYMENTS
ACCOUNT•
Receipts
Schedule
Payments
Schedule
STATEMENT
OF
ASSETS
AND
LIABILITIES
NOTES 8-9
PAYMENTS
MADE
TO
TRUSTEES/TREASURER		 DURING
THE
ACCOUNTING
PERIOD
INDEPENDENT
EXAMINER'S
REPORT
TO
THE
TRUSTEES		 10

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New Lite Conununity Church (North Wolshnm) Annunl Report nnd Accounts

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New Life Community Church (North Walsham)

Aims and Purposes

New Lite Community Church is a Christian church based in the Norfolk market town of North Walsham. The Church works together with local churches and community groups across North Norfolk, and the Eastern Counties.

The principal activities of the Charity during the year, to which this report refers, were to build up the church members in Christian worship and teaching, to serve and to communicate the Christian message to non-members in the surrounding community and administer the Church. New Life Community Church operates primarily in the town of North Walsham and the surrounding towns and villages.

Objectives and Activities

The church holds regular services, primarily on Sundays, involving worship and teaching from the Bible, as well as other activities such as children's groups and midweek small groups.

The church believes that the Christian life isn't just about Sunday mornings, so encourages people to live out biblical values in their everyday life.

To enable this, the church runs various activities and groups throughout the week. As this involves serving those in need, the church attempts to use its resources (whether in time offered by its members or other facilities) to benefit those living in the area, and particularly those in the greatest need. Fortnightly Youth Clubs, Parent Café for carers of children with additional needs and a weekly tots group are examples of this.

Achievements and Performance

Sunday services

The church is keen to hold services that are beneficial to all, particularly welcoming those who do not regularly attend the church.

As many people as possible are involved in the running of each service, so each week different people will lead worship, oversee the meeting, preach from a bible passage, as well as undertaking various more practical tasks such as welcoming people as they arrive and serving refreshments.

Children

The church has a large number of families with a lively set of engaging children's groups. These are run by a team of volunteers, and Thirtyone:eight (www.thirtyoneeight.org) guidelines are followed, including use of their guidance to form the church's Safeguarding policy, to ensure the safety of the children among us.

Youth

A particular area we concentrate on is the youth of the town, both those involved in our church and those who aren't. We therefore run various youth activities; some are religious in nature; others are purely social.

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New Lite Conununity Church (North WoJNj"trjj) Annual Report nnd Accounts February 2022 to 31 January 2023

'Harvest' youth groups are aimed at providing teaching and support to the young people in the church, and 'The Attic' on a bi-weekly basis providing an 'open door' youth venue for young people on a Friday night. The Harvest youth groups regularly attend the 'Newday' festival, for fellowship and teaching organised by Newfrontiers, although due to COVID this was not possible this year.

Other Activities and Achievements

Charis Centre

On Sundays we generally met during the year at St Benets Hall for our church services, but post year end in summer 2023 we purchased our own building. We also rented the Charis Centre in the centre of North Walsham until May 2022, which provided us with a meeting room, office space, storage and a smaller 'counselling room'.

Ecumenical Relationships

New Life Community Church is self-supporting and autonomous, and as such is not part of a denomination. However, it does have an affiliation with other evangelical churches with similar aims and beliefs, called Relational Mission', which numbers around 50 churches across the UK and abroad.

The Church maintains close links with Relational Mission affiliated Churches in the local area, especially Aylsham Community Church and Life Church, Sheringham.

Through 'Churches Together in North Walsham' New Life also works closely with the other churches in the town and surrounding areas.

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New Life Conununity Church (North Walsham) Annual Report nnd Accounts I Fcbcuocy to 31 Jonuory 2()23

Financial Review

New Life Community Church is financially dependent on the voluntary support of its members. Through increased giving and a gift day, along with managing expenditure tightly, the Church was able to increase its reserves by El 9,149. This enabled the Church to be able to purchase a building, post year end, on 31 st July 2023. Total expenditure of E40,481 , is a E5,497 increase from last year. This increase primarily occurred as a result of initial costs associated with the purchase of a new building (El ,795) and additional Youth and Children's work costs as Clubs began running again as normal and the Newday event was running again. The largest areas of expenditure during the year were: Salaries (42%), Gifts (18%) and Accommodation (16%).

As at 31 January 2023, New Life Community Church had a total cash balance of El 37,622 (El 18,473 - 2022) along with a Gift Aid debtor outstanding of E6,470. The deed of trust and governing principles of the Trustees have no formal reserves policy, however the current reserves were being maintained in order to acquire a new building for the Church's activities.

The Trustees have considered the risks the charity could face and have taken the necessary steps to reduce or eliminate these risks. For example, all major insurable risks are subject to normal churches and employers' insurance. Contractual risks are reviewed before being entered into to ensure that they could not significantly impact upon the church's ability to fulfil its objectives.

Structure, governance and management

Organisation

During the year the Church was led by a team of four Elders; Mr I Dallain, Mr T Greene, Mr J Schaitel and Mr G Owen, supported by the Trustees listed below and a wider leadership team. There is a close working relationship between the Elders and Trustees ensuring financial accountability.

Trustees

The Trustees of New Life Community Church (North Walsham) during the accounting period were:

Mr M Fairchild Mr N Lawrence Mr I Dallain Mr T Greene Mrs L Owen Mr B Lee

The principal aim of the Trustees is to look after the financial and legal obligations of the Charity, enabling the Church leaders to oversee the pastoral and evangelical ministries of the Church. The Trustees perform their roles for the sole benefit of the Church and give their time freely. They did not receive payment for their duties and only claimed 'out of pocket' expenses, except for Ian Dallain, who was the only trustee employed in New Life Church during the period being reported.

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New Life Conununity Church (North Walsham) Annual Report and Accounts I Februmy 2()22 to 31 January 2()23

Administrative Information

New Life Community Church is based in North Walsham, Norfolk.

Registered Charity: No.1037991 Governing Document: Declaration of Trust dated 5th May 1994. Church office and correspondence address: 92 Norwich Road North Walsham Norfolk NR28 ODX Bankers: HSBC Bank 18 London Street Norwich Norfolk NR28 9BH

The accounts.Trustees have opted (under S42(3) of the Charities Act 1993) to use receipts and payments

Trustees Approval

This report has been approved at a meeting of the Trustees of New Life Community Church (North Walsham), on 6th November 2023 and is signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees.

Mr M Fairchild

(Chair of Trustees)

Dated

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New Life Conununity Church (North Wnl%lujrn) Annual Report and Accounts

2022 to 31 January 2023

Financial Statements for the year ending 31 January 2023

Receipts and Payments Account

Receipts Schedule

022/23 022/23 021/22 021/22
Unrestricted
Restricted		 Unrestricted Restricted
Funds Funds Funds Funds
R
ular
Givin		 Notes
Tithes
and
Offerin		 s
Gift
Aid		 1 28.176 32
568		 14
462
Tithes
and
Offerin		 s
Non
Gift
Aid		 9
646		 2
903		 4,264 6,510
Gift
Aid
Retums		 2 18,514 3,637
56
336		 2,903 40
469		 20,972
2022/23 2021/22
Unrestricted Restricted Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds Funds Funds Funds
Other
Recei
s		 Notes
Gifts
Received		 0 0
Miscellaneous
Income		 3 120 5,122
Bank
Interest		 271 4
391 4 5,122
Total
Recei
ts		 56 336 2
903		 40 473 26
094

Payments Schedule

?022/23_ ?022/23_ 2021/22 2021/22 2021/22
Unrestricted Restricted Unrestricted Restricted
Funds Funds Funds Funds
Direct
Charitable
Pa
ments		 Notes
Salaries 4 17
070		 9
761		 5 122
Church
Events		 1
055		 311
Youth
Events		 5 1
,866		 416
Children
&
Youthwork		 1
,082		 1 001 0
Trainin 50 0
Gifts 6 7
160		 8
204
Publici 222 77
Accommodation 7 6
590		 7
877
E
ui
ment
and
Resources		 8 1
803		 177
Administration
Insurance		 148
405		 30
386
Professional
Fees/Subscri		 tions 9 1
285		 1
572
New
Buildin
Costs		 10 1
795		 0
Total
Pa
ments		 40
481		 29
862		 5
122

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New Life Community Church (North Walsham) Annual Report and Accounts

I February 2()22 to 31 January 2023

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Categories Categories Categories Categories Categories Categories Categories Details 022/23
Unrestricted
Restricted		 022/23
Unrestricted
Restricted		 022/23
Unrestricted
Restricted		 022/23
Unrestricted
Restricted		 2021
Unrestricted		 2021
Unrestricted		 2021
Unrestricted
22
Restricted
Funds Funds Funds Funds
Cash
Funds		 Current
Account
Balance		 33,878 75,000
Reserve
Account
Balance		 43,473
Total
Cash
Funds		 137,622 o 118,473
Other
Monetary
Assets		 Debtors 6
470
Assets Sofas 500
retained
for
the
Charity's
own
use		 Consoles
and
TV's
for
Attic
S
eakers
and
Wireless
Mic
Church
Tents		 615
1
,426
514		 1 769

,783
643
PA
e
ui
ment
2015		 1
145		 1
,432
Attic
e
ui
ment		 930 1
162
TV
and
S
eakers-
Charis
Centre		 649
Music
Mixer		 807
Total
Assets
retained
Char
•
s
use
for		 5
437		 6
938
Total Liabilities Lovewell
Blake		 390 120
Suzie
Schaitel		 292
Emma
Lee		 350 260
St
Benets
Hall		 448 481
HMRC
Em
10
ers
Tax
and
NI		 277
Total
Liabilities		 1 188 1
430

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New Life Community Church (North Walsham) Annual Report and Accounts

I February 2022 to 31 January 2()23

Notes

1 — Tithes and Offerings

The total amount received through Tithes and Offerings for the year ended 31 January 2023 was €40,725 (E57,804 - 2022). Of this figure, 28,176 qualified for Gift Aid (E47,030 - 2022). Within income, 2,673 was given as gifts from other Churches to support the building fund and 2230 was raised by the Church to be given towards the Ukraine appeal.

2 — Gift Aid Returns

of During February the year 2020 the to Church January received 2022. Included El 8,514 within from Debtors Gift aid returns, is E6,470 which for Gift represents Aid receivable the periodfor the period of February 2022 to January 2023.

3 — Miscellaneous Income

During the year, the Church received a El 10 gift for support provided for a funeral. No grants were received during the year.

4 - Salaries

Salary expenditure at El 7,070 (El 4,883 - 2022) provides New Life with two part-time members of staff; Ian Dallain (Church leader) and Suzie Schaitel (Children's and Families Worker), the former being reimbursed for one day a week and the latter two days a week.

5— Youth/Children's Work

The Youth Events that the Church financially supports each year are: The Attic, Newday, Youth Weekend Away (YWA) and Harvest. The Attic is a fortnightly youth club serving an average of 30 children each time. Newday is a festival held each year for around 6,000 young people. YWA is our Relational Mission youth residential weekend and Harvest is our weekly Church youth group.

During the year 22,948 (El ,417 - 2022) was spent on supporting these groups and events, which continue to serve hundreds of young people every year.

The church spent El ,340 contributing towards the cost of Newday tickets for leaders serving event and children was particularly who could significant not afford for to the go themselves. lives of both With Children the event within being the Church cancelled and in those 2021 that, this had been invited from The Attic. E526 was spent on the Attic Youth Club, covering resources and games and a further El ,082 was spent on activities and resources for the young people in our Church, within Harvest and Kidzone.

Youth and children's work continue to be an area that the trustees and elders see as important to the life of the Church and resources and activities were provided for Youth and children to engage with during the services and in their midweek group.

6- Gifts

The Church gave gifts totalling E7,160 (E8,208 - 2022). Regular giving to Relational Mission (€3,600), Good News Church in Serbia (22,600), along with gifts to supporting preachers (E300), a E460 donation to the Ukraine appeal and gifts to support individuals (E200). Giving to others continues to be very important to the Church and towards the end of the year the

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New Lite Connnunity Church (North Woj%hojn) Annual Report nnd Accountg i pcbnjocy to 31 Jnnuory 2023

trustees agreed to make an emergency fund available to those people being gorvod by tho Church, which had immediate financial need. Nothing was paid out during the year, but it io expected that this will be required within 2023.

7— Accommodation

The total of E6,590 (E7,877 -- 2022) includes amounts paid for the use of St Benets Hall (E5,168) for weekly Church meetings and for The Attic and New Life Tots groups along with the rent of the Church office premises and associated costs involved with running the building (El ,422). The Church stopped renting the Charis Centre in April 2022, resulting in a reduction in accommodation costs for the year.

8— Equipment and Resources

El ,803 was spent on new equipment during the year (El 77 — 2022). This primarily related to a new Music mixer (E807), 2 x iPads for the worship team (E550) and a Laptop for Sunday services (€337). New Life capitalises equipment purchases with a value of E500 or greater.

9— Professional Fees/Subscriptions

El ,285 was spent (El ,572 — 2022) and covered copyright licenses, Evangelical Alliance membership fees, DBS checks, domain renewal, independent examiner fees and payroll costs.

10 - Reserves

The Church continued to raise funds for the purchase of a new Church building during the year. For this reason, the Church continued to build up its reserves increasing from El 18,473 to 2137,622.

Il - Payments made to Trustees during the Accounting Period

During the year, 22,187 was paid to Ian Dallain and €313 to Lysa Owen to reimburse for Churchexpenses paid directly, wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the Church. Receipts or Invoices were received to ensure the validity of these claims.

None of the other trustees made any payments on behalf of the Church during the accounting period, and therefore did not receive any reimbursement from Church funds.

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New Life Conununity Church (North Walghmn) Annunl Report ood Accounts I go Jonoocy 2023

Independont Examinor's Roport to tho trustoos of Now Lifo Community Church (North Walgham)

I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 January 2023, which aro oot out on pages 6 to 9.

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 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

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:

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.

Name: Stacey Borrow

Address: 31 Bluebell Road, North Walsham, NR28 9EH Date: \ / 7--0—3

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