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el House Christian
Fdlowshi||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Re ort ofthe Trustees for the
ear ended 31stMarch 2023||||||||||| |The Trustees present their report with the financial
statements ofthe charity for
1.The name ofthe charity is Chapel House Christian
Fellowship|the year ended 31'March 2023|||||||||| |2.The Address ofthe charity is3AMoor Road, Chorley, Lancashire. PR72LW||||||||||| |3.The charity functions
under a Constitution
with Trust Deed adopted by resolution ofthe Trustees on the 30th April 2006and amended
13 October 2013and now filed and recorded at the Central Register ofthe Charity Commission.|||||||by aResolution|||dated| |4.The Charity Registration
Number
is 1051877.||||||||||| |S.The objects ofthe Charity are forthe benefit ofthe public:||||||||||| |a)to advance the Christian
Faith in accordance with the Statement in such ways and in such parts ofthe United Kingdom||||orthe world|as the Church||||Council|| |Irom time to time may think fit;||||||||||| |b)to relieve sickness and financial
hardship
and to promote and preserve good
the provision ofcounselling
and support in such parts ofthe United Kingdom
c)to advance education
in such ways and in such parts ofthe United Kingdom|health by the provision offunds, goods or services ofany kind including
through
or the world as the Church Council from time to time may think fit.
orthe world as the Church Council from time totime may think fit.|||||||||| |6.The Trustees ofthe Charity are:||||||||||| |lan Moulton (Chairman k Minister).||||||||||| |Jennifer M. Farrimond
(Secretary),||||||||||| |Paul Hamson (Treasurer).||||||||||| |Alan Durham||||||||||| |7.The Trustees are appointed
under the terms ofthe Managing
Document
(Constitution).
The Trustees meet aminimum offour times in ayear under the terms of
the Trust Deed,but in practice they meet as often as required to consider matters put before them and the day-to-day
business ofthe Church. The powers ofthe
Trustees are in accordance with the Managing
Document
and are exercised only in promoting
the Objects.||||||||||| |8.The Trustees receive no remuneration
with the exception of Ian Moulton who, as aminority ofthe Board is permitted
Trust Deed.||||such remuneration|||under the terms|||ofthe| |9.The Trustees have ahands-on
approach to the day to day running ofthe Charity,
all having
involvement
in various|||aspects ofthe Church's||||work.|||| |10.The Holding Trustees who hold the property
in Trust are:||||||||||| |Ian Moulton.||||||||||| |Paul Harrison.||||||||||| |Ken Farrimond.||||||||||| |11.The Solicitors acting for the Charity are Geldards LLP, (Mr.S.Marshall), 21-22Burns Street,llkeston, Derbyshire,||DE7 8AA.||||||||| |12.The Independent
Examiner's
Report on the Charity's
Accounts is carried out
Cross, Bolton, BL79DX|by Peter Wilson FCA, Suite 12,Rockfield House, 512Darwin Road,||||||||Bromley|| |13.The Charity's
bankers are the Co-operative
Bank||||||||||| |14.Statement ofthe Trustees Responsibilities:||||||||||| |The Charities Commission
requires
the trustees to prepare financial
statements
for each financial year which give ahue and fair view
affairs and ofthe profit or loss ofthe charity for that period. In preparing
those financial
statements,
the trustees are required to:|||||ofthe||state ofthe charity's|||| |i)select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently.||||||||||| |ii)make judgements
and estimates that are reasonable
and prudent.||||||||||| |iii)prepare
financial
statements
on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate
)|to presume
that the charity will continue|||in business.||||||| |IS.Review ofthe year||||||||||| |The Church's
regular weekly programme
included:||||||||||| |Sunday: Morning Worship, 10.30am; includes
Sunday School for children aged 0-11years.||||||||||| |Gospel Service, 6.30pm.||||||||||| |Tuesday: Prayer Group, 10.00am.||||||||||| |Thursday:
Bible Study and Prayer Meeting, 7.30pm.||||||||||| |Afonth1y: An Open-Air Service is held in Chorley Town Cenne, I0.00am.||||||||||| |The Church also uses YouTube to livestream
Church Services and Bible studies as well as social media platforms
to keep members
connected.
The Church supported
five missionary
couples/organisations
financially
on amonth by month basis as well as supporting
other missionaries
and
with financial
gifts &om time to time.|||||||||organisations|| |The Church remains
committed to provide financial
help and support for the needy both at home and oversees. When||||the Government||introduced|||lockdowns|| |the Church set up its own Covid 19Benevolent Fund to help any who found|themselves
in financial
dittuculty
as|aresult ofthe measures|||||which|the||| |Government
put into place. We have now extended this by creating aFood|Store in the Church tohelp those who||are|in need. WE|also|remains||committed to||| |helping people and organisations
whose work is consistent with our Statement
and Objects according tothe Deed.||||||||||| |16.Valuation ofProperty.||||||||||| |The most recent valuation ofthe property
carried out by Peter Gilkes k Co.
February 2018and valued the property atf310,000(re-instatement
value).|for purposes ofthe Insurance Policy was submitted
to the Trustees on||||||||the 14a|| |17.Insurance
Policy.||||||||||| |The Church's
Insurance Policy was renewed
based on are-assessment
in 2017.The Church's
Insurance
is through
Business Park, Mere Way, Ruddington,
Nottingham.
NGI I 6JS
Tl8|||Kingdom Bank,||Ruddington|||Fields||| |18.Child Protection Policy.||||||||||| |All Children's
Workers, Youth Workers and Trustees are subject to clearance through
the Disclosure &Barring Service using the agency ofThirtyone:eight
formally known as The Churches'
Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS). The Church's
Safeguarding
Policy was reviewed
and updated in 2016||||||||||| |19.Investment
Policy||||||||||| |The Trustees have power to make investments
at their discretion. At present|all incoming
funds are used to progress||the objectives ofthe||||charity.|||| |Investment
policy will be reviewed
as the church develops.||||||||||| |20.Voluntary
Help.||||||||||| |The Trustees are very grateful for the generous
giving-of the church members
as it does.|in terms ofhelp, time and finances, without which the charity could not function|||||||||| |Signed on behalf ofthe Trustees ofChapel House Christian
Fellowship||||||||||| ||||YrEnd||||YrEnd| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||tiwar-23||||Ifar-23| ||||||||E| |35,505.75|Tithes 8Offerings||47,282.40|22,82562 Pastorate|||23,1'l5 91| |7,493.97|Gift Aid||8,689.79|5,005.32 Mortgage Payments|||4„854.90| |1„150.00|Felix —Kenya||1,165.00|5700.00 Missionaries|||4,800.00| |4,220.00|Misc income||||37869 Electricity||| |0.00|Gifts|||1,033.81 Gas|||| ||||||34868 Water||| ||||||380.11 Telephone 8 Internet||| |1'i,483.58|Bank balance blvd||||72704 insurance||| ||||||8011 Maintenance||| |||||1,680.00 Loan Repayment|||| |||||5„652.04 New Equipment|||| ||||||11308Sunday School||| ||||||0.00 VisiTing Speakers||| |||||9,469.21 Misc Expenditure|||| |||||6,782.65 Bank Balance cffwd|||| ||||E||2 Ilisc Ex|nditure|f| ||Asia Link||1,200.00||Pastor Felix (Kitchen etc)||1,800.00| ||Pastor Felix||1,200.00||Pastor Felix||1,400.00| ||Open Doors||1,200.00||Other Gifts||1,2QO.OO| ||Gospel for Asia||600.00||Christmas
Gifts||90Q.OG| ||IMJP||600.00||Roof Repair||625.00| ||||||Misc Expenditure||693.55| ||||4800.00||Benevolent
Fund||46782| ||||||CCLl||16435| ||||||Thirtyoneeight||145.00| ||||||Bank Charges||126.80| ||Externai Hard Drive||55.99||Audit Fee||50.00| ||New Livestream|Equipinent|1„0?7.20||||| ||Projector||535.73||||| ||Epson Projector||263.69|0|nin
3 BankBalances||| |||||||General|'l5,?51.07| ## ## ## ##