## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **From** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 1 1 2023 **To** 31 12 2023 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Gateway Church Cymru **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1050515 **Charity's principal address** 281 CARDIFF ROAD ABERAMAN ABERDARE **Postcode CF44 6YA** ~~=—~~ **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) whole year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 LUKE MORGAN CHAIRMAN 2 PAUL MORGAN SECRETARY CHURCH COUNCIL 3 DAVID BISHOP CHURCH COUNCIL CHURCH COUNCIL 4 JEREMY MORGAN CHURCH COUNCIL CHURCH COUNCIL 5 ROBERT DAVIES CHURCH COUNCIL CHURCH COUNCIL ~~=———~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** ~~———~~ **Name Dates acted if not for whole year Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ~~Ss~~ **TAR** 1 April 2017 **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document - (eg. trust deed, constitution) > [Trust Deed ] How the charity is constituted[Constitution for local Churches in Fellowship with Assemblies of God. ] - (eg. trust, association, company) ## Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) > [Elected by Church Council, ratified by members ] ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: The charity is in Fellowship with Assemblies of God in Great Britain and N. Ireland. - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** To advance the Christian faith, to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by provision of funds, goods or services of any kind through the provision of counselling and support. To advance education. **Summary of the main** Church services, youth works, children’s works, community services, **activities undertaken for the** mothers and toddler groups, coffee morning, Foodbank. **public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** **TAR** April 2017 2 **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance During the last year the church services have maintained their **Summary of the main** attendance. At the heart of these services is Bible teaching and the **achievements of the charity** promotion of the Christian faith. **during the year** The youth work has seen periods of fluctuation in attendance but there continues to be a strong emphasis on providing a safe environment for them to develop relationship skills and to discover the Christian faith. The mums and toddlers have maintained their capacity attendance and establishing its impact in the community. The church is an established partner of Foodbank with the local Social Services. The impact of Foodbank through the coffee morning is providing families with essential food supplies on a weekly basis. The Assistant Pastor has become the Associate Pastor with view to succession to the Senior Pastor role in the future. ## **Section E Financial review** The policy of the church is to disburse all income over a period of time for the furtherance of its objectives whilst ensuring financial stability and the ability to discharge its debts **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** ability to discharge its debts **Details of any funds materially** No funds were materially in deficit **in deficit** **TAR** April 2017 3 ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: The main source of funds are from members’ contributions - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** > **Signature(s)** P Morgan L Morgan **Full name(s)** PAUL MORGAN LUKE MORGAN **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[SECRETARY ] CHAIRMAN **Date** 24.07.24 **TAR** April 2017 4 **Charity Name No (if any) Gateway Church Cymru 1050515 Receipts and payments accounts ts and payments accounts ayments accounts ments accounts CC16a** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/01/2023|**To**|Period end date
31/12/2023| |---|---|---|---| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|| |---|---| |**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Last year**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**|| |Offerings
**67,732**
**-**
**-**
**67,732**
**53,798**
Inland Revenue Gift Aid Income
**12,725**
**-**
**-**
**12,725**
**16,451**
Departmental Income
**-**
**-**
**1,865**
Event Income
**-**
**-**
**630**
Appeal Income
**1,309**
**-**
**-**
**1,309**
**1,520**
Donations
**3,800**
**-**
**-**
**3,800**
**6,450**
Interest
**2,224**
**-**
**-**
**2,224**
**218**
Miscellaneous Income
**-**
**-**
~~**_Sub total_**~~~~_(Gross income for_~~
_AR)_**87,790**
**-**
**-**
**87,790**
**80,932**
~~===~~|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**- -**
**_Total receipts_ 87,790**
**-**
**-**
**87,790**
**80,932**
~~———_————~~|| |**A3 Payments**
Salaries
**29,264**
**-**
**-**
**29,264**
**29,301**
Utilities
**5,017**
**-**
**-**
**5,017**
**3,212**
Office costs
**359**
**-**
**-**
**359**
**302**
Premises costs
**14,967**
**14,967**
**33,644**
Travel costs
**1,055**
**-**
**-**
**1,055**
**679**
Fees
**1,538**
**-**
**-**
**1,538**
**1,412**
Ministryfees
**1,350**
**-**
**-**
**1,350**
**940**
Outreach costs
**12,480**
**-**
**-**
**12,480**
**11,654**
Departmental costs
**3,027**
**-**
**-**
**3,027**
**2,918**
General runningcosts
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 69,057**
**- # -**
**69,057**
**84,062**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**- -**
**_Total payments_ 69,057**
**-**
**-**
**69,057**
**84,062**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**18,733**
**-**
**- 18,733**
**- 3,130**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**- -**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**18,733**
**-**
**- 18,733**
**- 3,130**
**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
1
13/08/2024
~~== Saee~~
~~_===s~~|| |**Categories**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank current account
Bank deposit account
Petty cash
**Details**
**Details**
Property
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**14,797**
**253,357**
**-**
**268,154**
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**116,789**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| Date of 13/08/2024approval Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees CCXX R2 accounts (SS) Signature Print Name 2 P Morgan P Morgan 13/08/2024 CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 13/08/2024 3 (HARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Indepeiident Examiiier s Report Report to th• tru•t•8• Gate￿ Church Cymru On accounts for th• year ended 31 December 2023 Chaffty no (rf any) 1050515 Sot out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the acCI￿nts of the above charity {Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 3111212023. bas13 of report accounts in a(z¢xdance wth the reqUir￿￿ts of the Charities Act 2011 {￿ Acr). I re[m￿t ill res￿ of my ex￿lIn*￿￿ of the frusfs wied out under section 145 of the 2011 Act ar￿ in carrying out my examination, I have follwd 811 the applicable Directions given ty the Charity CommissK Lmder seth 145(5Xb) of Ihe P4X. Independent tThe chwiVs gross inccKne exceeded £250,000 and l am qualffjed to •xamln•rfs statement undertake the examinatm by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed totyll. Delete [ ] rf not applicable. I have ccmnpknt￿I my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attentN)n in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed bekm ") which gives me cause to believe that in. 8ry material SF*Ct: th8 accounting records V￿re not kept in with section 130 of the Chaiiits Act,. the accounts dKI not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the appticable requirements nceming the fomi and cont8nt of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounls and Rep(xts) Regulations 2CX)8 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an indeFetht examination. wtth the examination to which attention should be drawn in thts report in order to enatAe a understanding of the accounts to be reached. Sign•d: Nam?: Relevant professional qUalif￿ation