1 of 6 ## ivy Church Bristol, Assemblies of God ## Ashley Hill, Bristol, BS6 5JD o: 0117 941 1750 e: info@ivychurchbristol.org.uk w: www.ivychurchbristol.org.uk Pastor: Philip J.M. Watkins BA (hons), ALCM, LLCM (TD), PGCE, MA AGM to receive reports and accounts for the year 2022-23 ## Ivy Church Mission: _“Passionate about Jesus Christ and making Him known; Serving our neighbours, near and far.”_ Ivy Church is a registered Charity, Number 1050613; a member of the Evangelical Alliance; Assemblies of God (GB) and Churches Together. 2 of 6 ## AGM 17.05.2023… 7.30pm ## Agenda 1. welcome 2. apologies 3. prayer 4. purpose 5. minutes of 2022 6. trustee appointments 7. reports 8. accounts The objects of the Church: (a) To advance the ChrisSan Faith.. in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from Sme to Sme may think fit. (b) to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind including through the provision of counselling and support in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from Sme to Sme (c ) to advance educaSon in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from Sme to Sme may This report is intended to show how: 1. We have been fulfilling our purposes, as summarised in the “Objects” and 2. That we are of great benefit to the public. ## **Introduction** The Mission Statement of Ivy Church a^empts to capture the essence of the “Objects” above. Thus Ivy Church is “Passionate about Jesus Christ and making Him known; Serving our neighbours, near and far.” Our meeSngs and acSviSes aim to express this. EnthusiasSc and sincere worship, prayer, fellowship and bible-teaching moves us into acSon in sharing the love of God in pracScal ways. Ivy Church is a warm and welcoming community of people of all ages and a variety of ethnic backgrounds, and seeks to bring that warm and broad welcome to all people in our locality (and even further Ivy Church is a registered Charity, Number 1050613; a member of the Evangelical Alliance; Assemblies of God (GB) and Churches Together. 3 of 6 afield - especially by the use of technology). Our endeavours include support for a variety of causes in the wider world, supporSng missions which provide health care, food, medical and other pracScal support, and facilitaSng training and educaSon. It is the tesSmony of Ivy Church that, “This is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.” Jn 3.16,17 NLT. ## **The year 2022** 2022 was a year of gradually pushing forward with our endeavours to reach beyond our four walls, endeavouring to advance the ChrisSan faith, including country walks, picnics, li^er-picking & improving our local environment. We parScipated in the Good Friday walk-of-witness, Pentecost on College Green and “God Loves you Tour” with evangelist Franklin Graham. We are able to launch “Ivy-Tots” and have been delighted to welcome many families from the community. Later in the year we held a 12 week ‘Alpha Course’ for those interested in invesSgaSng the ChrisSan faith. A small number of members were able to serve our neighbours through volunteering in various ways at the Bristol Churches Winter Night Shelter. ## reaching This year has seen Ivy Church reading out with various iniSaSves to benefit our community and to fulfil our purposes far and wide. We have seen outstanding success with the relaunch of IvyTots. This has seen many families welcomed, enjoying welcome hospitality, high quality acSviSes in a safe and well serviced environment. The Alpha Course was well a^ended by church members, as well as guests, from the locality, as well as (much) further afield. Special thanks must go to Heather & Liam for their catering excellence. A sense of family and community was enhanced by a number of fellowship ventures: Walk, Cycle-rides, prayer picnic, curry, Picnic and games, Teaparty… PracScal work was done together, with a work-day on the Church grounds, and locally with li^er-picking, rubbish clearance and some heavy-duty pruning in the neighbourhood - in associaSon with “The Noise.” We have seen the property improved with repairs to the church roof, and we expect to have new main access doors fi^ed soon. Our heaSng system has been upgraded with the use of remote ‘Hive’ technology. This, together with quality roof insulaSon and double-glazed doors is of benefit to the environment and to our church economy. Support for needs in the neighbourhood was further enhanced by a generous offering of foodstuff for the local food-bank, in partnership with St Werburgh’s Primary School. We were very happy to receive St Werburgh’s Primary School for 2 Christmas Carol Concerts, well a^ended by families and friends. Special services, as usual were held for the seasons - Christmas, Easter, harvest, shoe-box appeal (for Eastern Europe)… Thanks are due to all those who volunteer to serve our neighbours, near and far, using all our resources for the Glory of God and the benefit of the community. Ivy Church is a registered Charity, Number 1050613; a member of the Evangelical Alliance; Assemblies of God (GB) and Churches Together. 4 of 6 Our Sunday services have gathered momentum to some degree since the return to the church building aker covid and various restricSons. Our membership is somewhat reduced, due to deaths and migraSons. A number of families and individuals regularly join us via zoom-links and a growing number follow our sermons via Facebook and YouTube. Our Website a^racts messages with prayer requests and other enquiries and we are pleased to respond as soon as possible. Zoom conSnues to be a helpful way of conducSng business meeSngs and prayer groups, with a saving on travel costs and environmental impact. The same applies to our two meeSngs each week for young people of various age-groups, where a variety of helpful topics are discussed. A hybrid (zoom = in-person) arrangement works well for LiFe groups, which meet for mutual support, prayer and bible-study. 2023 holds promise for a monthly “Bible-Course,” using video and discussion for all ages to gain an overall grasp of the bible story. It is anScipated that at least one member of the Ivy Church Council will a^end “Safeguarding” training in the coming year, and each year following. Ivy Church conSnues to be involved at leadership level with Ashley Churches Together Serving, Churches Together in Greater Bristol (Enabling Team), Local Leaders’ weekly early prayer, Assemblies of God Bristol area Hub leadership, and a^endance at Area, Zone, and NaSonal Leadership conferences. Some of these are done by Zoom and others involve travel to Torquay or Harrogate. Fellowship, support and pastoral care are helped by the use of WhatsApp. as well as the sharing of prayer needs for “our neighbours near and far.” These are no subsStute foe personal contact, but are a very useful addiSon. Ivy church has a well-presented website, facebook page and also an IvyTots Facebook page. Ivy Church Council have worked to put together policies on: Conflicts of Interest, First Aid, Data ProtecSon, Health and Safety, Risk-Management, Fire, Volunteer Management, Complaints, Reserves, and even a policies policy. And there is more to do. Special appreciaSon must go to our new treasurer and finance team, Youth, children’s and Tots teams, Musicians, Property maintenance, Missions Support, Welcome Team, I.T. technicians, website management, pastoral care, teaching, and serving in a host of ways. Some are able to give several hours a week, others less, but all is of value to bless and our community. Equally, the financial support to Ivy Church is necessary, and much appreciated and Ivy Church Council works to try to ensure that funds are well managed to fulfil the objects of Advancing the ChrisSan faith, the relief of sickness and hardship and facilitaSon of good educaSon. ## **IVY CHURCH MISSIONS REPORT 2022** Ivy Church is a registered Charity, Number 1050613; a member of the Evangelical Alliance; Assemblies of God (GB) and Churches Together. 5 of 6 Thank you to all who have given so faithfully over the past year to enable us to conSnue to support our missionary partners and to meet some of the needs presented to us. We have had visits from Simon and Victoria Ewing (Tanzania), Denis and Charmaine Squires (Peru), John and Liz Medcrak (Brazil), and Rod WhiSng represenSng Open Doors. What a blessing they each were as they shared how God is moving in various areas of our world and challenging us as we partner with them. We have also been able to send monies to: - the Ukrainian Appeal - contributed in sending three barrels and two boxes to Claire Kinkead (Jamaica) filled with much needed items for the work amongst all age groups. - India Hope as they serve the people there. Please conSnue to pray for all our missionary partners as they give themselves to share God!s love to those He has called them to serve in these difficult Smes and that many more people may find Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. May the Lord conSnue to bless you all. Jeff Rawlins, Chris Ashmeade and Pam Panton Missions Team, March 2023. Ivy Church is a registered Charity, Number 1050613; a member of the Evangelical Alliance; Assemblies of God (GB) and Churches Together. ## **Ivy Missions 2022** |**Income**|Jan-22|Feb-22|Mar-22|Apr-22|May-22|Jun-22|Jul-22|Aug-22|Sep-22|Oct-22|Nov-22|Dec-22|Totals|Opening Balance Jan 2022| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||£
800.00|£ 800.00|£
800.00|£ 800.00|£ 800.00|£ 800.00|£ 800.00|£ 800.00|£ 800.00|£ 800.00|£ 800.00|£ 800.00|£
9,600.00|**£**
**2,687.87**| |||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||| |Extra DonaGon-Kinkead||£ 250.00|||£ 250.00|||£ 250.00|||£ 250.00||£
1,000.00|| |||||||||||||||| |Returned Standing orders|||||||£ 20.00|£ 20.00|£ 20.00||||£
60.00|| |||||||||||||||| |Total Income 2021 _(should read 2022)_|||||||||||||**£ 10,660.00**|| |||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||| |**Expenditure (Regular Giving)**||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||| |Denis & Charmaine Squire|£
40.00|£ 40.00|£
40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£
480.00|| |Emmanuel InternaGonal: Simon & Victoria Ewing|£
80.00|£ 80.00|£
80.00|£ 80.00|£ 80.00|£ 80.00|£ 80.00|£ 80.00|£ 80.00|£ 80.00|£ 80.00|£ 80.00|£
960.00|| |AOG World Missions: Geof & Sue Smith|£
50.00|£ 50.00|£
50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£
600.00|| |Going Asia Mission|£
20.00|£ 20.00|£
20.00|£ 20.00|£ 20.00|£ 20.00|£ 20.00|£ 20.00|£ 20.00||||£
180.00|| |Evangelical AcGon: John & Liz Medcra]|£
50.00|£ 50.00|£
50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£
600.00|| |Light of Gospel: Sara & Sasha Vitakic|£
50.00|£ 50.00|£
50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£
600.00|| |Central African Mission: Carol & Ginny|£
40.00|£ 40.00|£
40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£ 40.00|£
480.00|| |InternaGon Bible College: Johnny & Eliana Whyte|£
30.00|£ 30.00|£
30.00|£ 30.00|£ 30.00|£ 30.00|£ 30.00|£ 30.00|£ 30.00|£ 30.00|£ 30.00|£ 30.00|£
360.00|| |CreaGve SoluGons: Peter & Jenny Kay|£
50.00|£ 50.00|£
50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£
600.00|| |Tom & Olive Kisaki (Japan)|£
50.00|£ 50.00|£
50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£
600.00|| |India Hope|£
50.00|£ 50.00|£
50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£ 50.00|£
600.00|| |AOG World Missions: Claire Kinkead||£ 560.00|||£ 560.00|||£ 560.00|||£ 560.00||£
2,240.00|| |||||||||||||||| |Total Expenditure (Regular Giving)|||||||||||||**£**
**8,300.00**|| |||||||||||||||| |AddiGonal Support||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||| |Denis & Charmaine Squire|||||||||£ 500.00||||£
500.00|| |Emmanuel InternaGonal: Simon & Victoria Ewing||||||||£ 500.00|||||£
500.00|| |AOG World Missions Ukraine Appeal|||£
400.00||||||||||£
400.00|| |Claire Kinkead||||||£ 500.00|||||||£
500.00|| |Evangelical AcGon: John & Liz Medcra]|£
150.00|||||||||£ 400.00|||£
550.00|| |India Hope||||||||£ 500.00||£ 200.00|||£
700.00|| |Open Doors||||||||||£ 200.00|||£
200.00|| |||||||||||||||| |Total AddiGonal Support|||||||||||||**£**
**3,350.00**|| |||||||||||||||| |**Summary**||||||||||||||| ||**Opening balance**||**£ 2,687.87**|||||||||||| ||**Total Income**||**£ 10,660.00**|||||||||||| ||**Total Expenditure**||**£ 11,650.00**|||||||||||| ||**Closing Balance 31 Dec 2**||**2**
**£ 1,697.87**|||||||||||| 1 ## **Ivy Church Accounts for 2022. AGM report** - Giving decreased by 2.4% - Thank you to all those who have continued to give regularly, in church, online or by standing order. This has been remarkable and has been fundamental to maintaining our financial strength. - Ivy Church (it’s people!) are very generous. its - Gift Aid income for the year was £11300 - Our total cash assets are very healthy at £133840. However, given the reduction in giving we must take care to invest wisely. - Costs for gas, electricity, water continued to be low but will increase in early 2023 as our current contract expires, new contracts will see a sharp rise in utility tariffs. - Building updates included: Final part of IT, Gates, Blinds, Roof above foyer, New Doors, update to tots room - additional thanks to those who gave their time decorating the lower back room (receipts22). - Bank charges remain low from bank (included in Admin). - Overall spending for the year rose by 1% - There was a surplus at the end of the year of £933. - Predicted spend for 2023 include and update to the church house, parts of an which are overdue and update. Vernon Holmes Ivy Church Treasurer |**Ivy Pentecostal Church Accounts**|**Ivy Pentecostal Church Accounts**|**Ivy Pentecostal Church Accounts**|**Ivy Pentecostal Church Accounts**||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Year ending 31st December 2022**|||||||||||||||| ||Savings Bank
Accounts|Current
Account|Totals 2022|Totals 2021|Totals 2020|Totals 2019|Totals 2018|Totals 2017|Totals 2016|Totals 2015|Totals 2014|Totals 2013|Totals 2012|Totals 2011|Totals 2010| ||£|£||£|£|£|£|£|£|£|£|£|£|£|£| |OpeningBalances|80730|51537|132267|124981|122724|114128|117758|131455|113786|102565|88743|90379|83547|73012|59852| ||||||||||||||||| |**Income**|||||||||||||||| |UndesignatedGiving|||54726|56053|56726|59190|55009|61244|59039|58393|57099|57951|55004|51036|54233| |DesignatedGiving|||50|3820|325|3053|5450|7713|1352|2754|21185|11090|15586|4356|1724| |Gift Aid Reclaim|||11300|11654|11684|11516|11719|13364|10358|11391|13129|13076|11145|13236|12850| |Rent|||10180|10080|9700|9500|8960|10015|11365|9380|8807|7680|7260|6598|6751| |Interest|127||127|297|418|588|749|521|316|434|449|592|589|487|552| |Misc|||741||196|62|0|104|200|330|2592|260|140|1663|18| ||||||||||||||||| |**Total Income**|||77124|81904|79049|83909|81887|92961|82900|82682|102261|90649|89724|77376|76218| |**Expenditure**|||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| |Church Admin|||37540|40920|43156|44767|45742|40126|36930|36891|54982|64767|48144|36071|35379| |Church Property|||22827|8472|7971|8168|11953|51444|11003|11870|8597|8546|12972|8514|9050| |Church Purposes|||14243|24308|22808|17175|20486|14579|15106|22267|18519|18627|20913|19314|13968| |Church Mortgage|||0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0| |Cash Account closed|||0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0| |Manse Property|||941|918|2857|5203|7336|509|2192|433|7341|345|863|2942|4571| ||||||||||||||||| |**Total Expenditure**|||75551|74618|76792|75313|85517|106658|65231|71461|89439|92285|82892|66841|62968| ||||||||||||||||| |**TransfersOut**|||||||||||||||| |**Transfers In**|||||||||||||||| |**Closing Balances**|80857|52983|133840|132267|124981|122724|114128|117758|131455|113786|102565|88743|90379|83547|73012| ||||||||||||||||| |||||moved to down to mansep|||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| 1 |**Year ending 31st December 2022**|**Year ending 31st December 2022**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Income**|||**Expenditure**|||||| ||£|£||£|£|TOTAL||| |**Undesignated**||**54726 **|**Church Admin**|||||| |**Designated**|50|**50**|Leadership Salaries(Nett)||26072|||| ||||Pensions||2845|||| ||||NI,Tax||6981|||| ||||Expenses/Benefits||962|||| ||||Conference||531|||| |||||||||| ||||BankCharges||149|||| |||||||||| ||||**Total**||37540|**37540**||| |||||||||| ||||**Church Property**|||||| |**Gift Aid Reclaim**||**11300**|Maintenance||17263|||| |**Rent**||||||||| |Manse|9480||Insurance||1924|||| |Church|700||Gas||685|||| |**Total**||**10180**|Electricity||469|||| |**Interest**
127||**127**|Water rates||169|||| |**Misc(Refunds)**|741|**741**|Church Phone&Internet||443|||| |||||||||| ||||Cleaning||1873|||| ||||**Total**||22826|**22826**||| |||||||||| ||||**Church Purposes**|||||| |**Total Income**||**77124**|MinistryFees||334|||| ||||MissionaryAccount||9600|||| ||||Safeguarding||250|||| ||||Evangelical Alliance|||||| ||||Gift||150|||| ||||Resources||1221|||| ||||Fees-Audit||300|||| ||||AOGNational||1702|||| ||||Web Domain||**133**|||| ||||Copyright/Licences||553|||| ||||Total||14243|**14243**||| |||||||||| |||||||||| ||||**Church Manse**|||||| ||||Maintenance& Safety||585|||| ||||Insurance||356|||| ||||**Total**|||**941**||| |**Income-Expenditure**|**1574**||**Total Expenditure**|||**75550**||| |||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||| 1 INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO TH CHURCH TRUSTEE F IVY PENTE TA I report on the accounts of the Charty (number 10506131 for the year ended 31 t)ecember 2022 which are set out on pages 1- Respective responsibilities of Trustees and exarniner: The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 43(2) of the Charrties Act 1993 (the act), as amended by s.28 of the Charriies Act 2006 and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: examine the accounts (under section 43 of the Act. as amended,. to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 43{7){b) of the Act, as amended); and to stste whether particular matters have Cofne to my attention. Basis of independent exarninerfs report: My examination was carried out in accordance wrth 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 the trustees COn￿mIng any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequentty I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. Independent examinerfs statement.. In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that: proper accounting records are kept (in accordan￿ with section 41 of the Act): and accounts prepared agree with the accounting records and compty with the accounting requirements of the Act. PHIL BATER MA4T (Association of Accounting Technicians) 1st April 2023 ## **ivy Church** ## **(Assemblies of God) Ashley Hill, Bristol, BS6 5JD** **Minister: Philip Watkins (0117) 908 3295** - **Passionate about Jesus Christ & Making Him Known;** - • **Serving our Neighbours, near and far** ## **Ivy Pentecostal Church** ## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities As at 31 December 2022** 1. Church Building known as ‘Ivy Church’ at Ashley Hill, Bristol BS6 5JD 2. Church Manse at 33 Alcove Road, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 3DS 3. Bank Accounts: - a. Current a/c Lloyds bank, Downend branch, Bristol with a balance of £52983 on 31 Dec 2022 - b. Savings a/c Kingdom Bank, Nottingham with a balance of £54319 on 31 Dec 2022 - c. Savings Bond of £26538 value with Triodos Bank on 31 Dec 2022 - d. A trust a/c for missionaries at Lloyds Bank, Horfield branch, Bristol with balance of £1697 on 31 Dec 22 4. Mortgages: There are no mortgages on Ivy Church Property 5. Loans: We have no loans 6. Creditors: We have no creditors **Ivy Pentecostal Church** (Registered Charity Number 1050613)