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2021-12-31-accounts

Annual Report 2021 Financial Year

Introduction

The following report reflects the range of activities and financial position of Calvary Pentecostal Church for the year 2021, as such this report would be incomplete without the Fellowship conveying its heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the Rev. K Williams, who stood down as Pastor in September 21 after 47 years of faithful and dedicated service to the fellowship and the community which he served. We thank God for wholehearted commitment with which Pastor Williams lead and guided the fellowship over so many years. His sound Bible teaching, encouragement and care for the fellowship and his desire to stimulate the growth of faith and to develop an understanding of Praise and Worship of God were paramount features of his ministry for which we are incredibly indebted. The leadership of the Fellowship has now been taken up by the 5 Trustees, who form the new church leadership team.

Aim and Purposes

Calvary Pentecostal Church is an independent church situated in Upper Parkstone area of Poole and is a registered charity affiliated to the Assemblies of God UK, an association of over 600 member churches and which aims to: ‘Give every man, woman and child the opportunity of understanding the gospel and to provide a church where they can grow in ministry for the glory of God’

Objectives and Activities

The Church emphasises praise and worship and the teaching of the Bible, and encourages participation in both by young and old alike. Services are held on a regular basis and visitors are welcome to join us and to stay afterwards for fellowship or to discuss any questions or issues they may have. The young people also have their own meetings twice a month on a Sunday evening where they are encouraged to share and discuss topics and challenges of relevance to them.

Sadly during the Covid-19 lockdown the Kidzone Leaders retired causing our Kidzone provision in the local area on a Saturday morning to close after many years of faithful committed service to the community..

Our Core Values and Vision

It is our overarching vision is to see and experience a spiritual revival in our local area and in our country as a whole. By spiritual revival, we mean a work of the Holy Spirit which has the twofold effect of reviving God's people and bringing people to a saving faith in Jesus Christ. Whilst we cannot bring this about on our own, we believe we can play a part in preparing the way. Accordingly, we place great importance on the teaching of the Bible as the word of God

Calvary Pentecostal Church, Cromwell Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset BH12 2NS Registered Charity No. 1050247 Website: www. CPCParkstone.org.uk

and implementing its truth in our individual lives, and our relationship with others.

Fundamental to this is the emphasis we place on praise and worship, as is reflected in all our meetings. To this end; it has been our normal practice to provide pastoral care, prayer and Bible Study meetings both on Sunday and during the week both in the Church and in house groups held in people’s homes.

COVID-19

Throughout the past year, due to Covid restrictions, we held our all meetings remotely via Zoom until April when we regulations permitted us to hold Sunday morning services in church under strict COVID regulations for those able to attend. Since April we have provided access to our Sunday services both in person and via Zoom with the majority of our mid-week meetings remaining on Zoom. The Church website www.cpcparkstone.org.uk. also provides information, sermons an events diary and links to organisation which the church supports. In addition the Church provide a satellite service to the Poole Food Bank, once a week throughout the year, providing food parcels, support and advice to members of the local community in specific need.

Gift Boxes

To connect with our immediate neighbours, the church funded, and distributed, 200 gift boxes comprising tea, coffee chocolate etc., and a special message. They were delivered the weekend before what the government referred to as “Freedom Day” i.e.: when COVID restrictions were fully lifted. The response from the neighbours was overwhelmingly positive.

Youth Groups

Our Youth work has kept going despite lockdowns throughout the year every fortnight on Zoom, and latterly in person at the church. We are also planning to host a youth alpha course in the coming year which will focus on the basics of the Christian faith. It has been a blessing to see each one on zoom and to have prayer time together to celebrate the good and pray for the tougher times, to have fun and games and to keep in touch.

Church paid for a youth outing in the summer where they went to the Corfe Water Park and mud trail where lots of fun was had. Throughout the year we have focused on a theme looking at our personal story of our walk with God and have invited different ones to come and share their testimonies with us.

We were able to recommence in person meetings in September on alternate Sunday evenings with regularly 9 youth attending and we are praying over time that this will increase in the New Year. The Youth band is also back up and running and performed at the Christmas Carol service. We are hoping that they will also be able to play in church on occasions as they work towards playing as part of the worship team.

One of our Youth Leaders has had to step down for the time being due to her new work commitments but we have been extremely blessed to welcome a new member to the youth team alongside our existing leadership.

We regularly have 9 youth attend and are praying over time that this will increase. Next year we are hoping to hold an outreach curry evening once Covid restrictions allow and will be doing the sleep rough at the end of March 2022 in support of the YMCA Bournemouth initiative. We are also hoping to organise a youth weekend away later in the year.

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Most of the older youth have volunteered to take part in the Africa trip next summer and we have organised a camp for those 16 and under who wish to go and have encouraged them to invite friends to join them.

A number of the Youth have volunteered as part of a team who manage the AV and Hybrid online requirements in support of our Sunday Services

As Youth Leaders we encourage our church membership to continue to pray for the youth as being a Christian teenager is tough. We are seeing God at work in different lives and the different characters and giftings and it is such a pleasure to spend time with them.

Sunday School

From January 2021, the Sunday School restarted on a regular basis, initially biweekly on Zoom and subsequently in person, at the church, on a weekly basis. Additional events were also scheduled on special occasions, for example at Easter, a summer Sunday School outing and a Nativity Trail at Christmas. The year was challenging due to the small number of children in the church and their varying attendance affecting the ability to teach a curriculum, and the constant change due to COVID restrictions. However, those attending and teaching have shown enthusiasm and received a blessing, and our belief is that God will grow the little that we have.

Safeguarding

All our team of youth workers have undertaken training in child protection and have all been DBS checked. The church has adopted and implemented the ‘Safe and Secure’ safeguarding standards published by the Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS).

Calvary Pentecostal Church is a member of the Churches’ Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS) and our safeguarding policy is designed, in line with the CCPAS ‘Safe and Secure’ standards to help the Church provide a safe environment for children to be able to develop physically, intellectually and spiritually, and to safeguard all members of the church community, of all ages. In so doing it is the responsibility of everyone to prevent the physical, sexual or emotional abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

‘Safe and Secure’ has been adopted by the Church Council and forms the safeguarding policy of the Church. A copy of which is held in the church and is available upon request. It is also used as part of the training for Children’s workers and every Children’s worker will be issued with a copy. A shortened version is displayed on the Church notice board.

Open Doors

During 2021 Open Doors has continued to support Christians suffering persecution worldwide who have uniquely suffered during the pandemic. Many have not received what food and medical support is available due their faith and Open Doors has been able to fill that gap where feasible. Specific campaigns highlighted the double persecution of women (for their gender and faith) and the rise in persecution in India due to Hindu fundamentalism.

Foodbank

The Foodbank operation was halted during the first half of the year due to the high risk to volunteers. It restarted in June on the normal Wed 12-2 slot. Initial uptake was slow and attendance intermittent until the year-end when numbers attending rose to 2,3 or 4 per session. There have been some good conversations with attendees and perhaps a rapport built with the local community. The need is certainly there.

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Mission and Evangelism

In this year financial support was provided, from our missionary account and freewill offerings, to the following organisations:

A total of £4,460.00 going to external organisations, whilst maintaining a sum of £1000 for Special Purposes. In addition the Church actively supported the Shoe Box Appeal by providing Christmas gift boxes for families in Romania, Moldova, Ukraine and Bulgaria.

Further donations have been held throughout 2021 in order to respond to needs resulting from Covid-19 from external charitable organisations for which members of the congregation have an active interest.

Financial review

The Church Council has introduced a new Finance and Reserves Policy to ensure that the income it receives must be spend within a reasonable timeframe and that trustees should be able to justify holding income as reserves in order to comply with Charity Law and ensure that monies are used in accordance with the charitable purposes of the church. The overarching principle is that everything it has comes from God and that the Leadership Team, as responsible stewards, are to ensure that the funds are used in the way God intends.

Total receipts were £55,345.77, which includes interest on the deposit account:

The church will make an annual membership contribution of 3% of its non-designated revenue to the Assembly of God UK, calculated on the previous year’s revenue. This amount is set aside in the deposit account for payment to the AoG in July 2022 and will be a payment of £1654.00 for the year 2021 but will be shown as a payment in the 2022 accounts.

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Assets and Liabilities

The church is a registered charity supported solely by direct contributions of members and tax recovered under the Gift Aid Scheme. The church has no outstanding liabilities.

Land and Buildings:

The church is solely responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of its buildings and this year spent £5,081.00 on roof repairs and essential heating work.

Structure and Governance

The Church Council comprises the following trustees:

There is now only one salaried employee Mrs. V L Williams who is also a trustee. Her remuneration relates solely to her Ministerial role in the Church.

The Church Council met eight times during the year. Minutes are taken and approved for accuracy at each meeting.

R F Elms CPC Chairman of Trustees

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CALVARY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2022

INCOME EXPENDITURE

CHURCH ACCOUNT

OFEERINGS
GIFT AID TAX REFUNDS
DEPOSIT ACCOUNT INTEREST
GIFTS

YOUTH WORK

MISCELLANEOUS

TOTAL INCOME
OPENING BALANCE
TOTAL		 £42,991.15
SALARIES
£8,637.00
BENEVOLENT GIFTS
£2.71
CATERING
£3,500.00
CLEANING
£0.00
ELECTRICITY
£217.62
GAS
HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS
INSURANCE/A.O.G/ACCOUNTS INSPECTION
MAINTENANCE & FURNISHING
MINISTRY
POSTAGE & STATIONERY
SUNDAY SCHOOL
TELEPHONE
TRANSFERS TO SP & MISSION ACCOUNT
TRANSFERS TO DEPOSIT ACCOUNT
WATER
YOUTH WORK
ROOF REPAIRS
MISCELLANEOUS
£55,345.77
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
£9,769.18
BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD
£65,114.95
TOTAL		 £19,013.20
£0.00
£281.27
£3,225.00
£285.94
£682.35
£1,611.80
£1,835.63
£941.00
£204.50
£30.59
£43.99
£1,022.84
£4,200.00
£19,000.00
£264.50
£448.48
£4,140.00
£1,341.03
£58,572.12
£6,542.83
£65,114.95
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
BANK BALANCES
CASH IN HAND
CURRENT ACCOUNT
DEPOSIT ACCOUNT
TOTAL		 CHURCH ACCOUNT
£0.00
£6,542.83
£42,734.00
£49,276.83
TOTAL		 £49,276.83
£49,276.83

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SPECIAL PURPOSES & MISSION ACCOUNT

INCOME
TITHE ON CHURCH OFFERING
REGULAR GIVING
SPECIAL PURPOSES
TOTAL INCOME
OPENING BALANCE
TOTAL		 £4,200.00
£1,240.00
£1,000.00
£6,440.00
£8,185.95
£14,625.95
 EXPENDITURE
TRANSFERS TO OPEN DOORS
MINISTRY GIFT FREDDIE AFRICA
SHOE BOX APPEAL
TRANSFERRED TO AOG
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD
SPECIAL PURPOSES
TOTAL		 £2,400.00
£2,000.00
£60.00
£1,700.00
£6,160.00
£7,465.95
£1,000.00
£14,625.95

R F Elms CPC Treasurer

Note:

As a small charity below the Charities Act’s audit threshold the Church Council approved the appointment of Mrs. Trudy Sollazzo to conduct an Independent Examination of the church’s finances, which was carried out and approved on the 28[th] January 2022 with the following report:

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