2023-12-31-accounts - Ark Church Nottingham

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Trustees’ Annual Report For the period 4 January 2023 to 31 December 2023

Ark Church Nottingham Registered Charity Number 1052625 88 Strelley Road, Nottingham, NG8 3AQ

SECTION A: REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION DETAILS

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity: Mark Wheatley Ellen Daft Sarah Wheatley Kate Simspon

Names of the holding trustees who hold the deeds for the building: The Charity Commission has been appointed as Official Custodian to hold the deeds of the property. We are in the process of updating the Land Registry to reflect this. Land Registry still shows the following as holding trustees: Mark Smedley Eunice Blyth

Elien Daft

Salary Committee Members: Kate Simpson Joan Arogbo Paul Blyth Joan Rix Ellen Daft

SECTION B: STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Type of governing document: Model Trust Deed How the charity is constituted: | Assemblies of God Model Trust adopted in Oct 2006 Trustee selection methods: Appointed by minister, approved by church council

SECTION C: OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Tne objects of the charity as set out in its governing document are:
To advance the Christian Faith 2. To relieve sickness and 3. To advance education
To relieve sickness and financial hardship

Summary of the main activities of the church in relation to these objects:

The church holds Christian worship services providing teaching and spiritual encouragement. 2. The church supports a number of missionaries, projects and other worthy causes both in this country and overseas as well as looking for opportunities to express Christian love through practical support in our immediate community and beyond.
Ateam of children workers provide activities and opportunities for spiritual encouragement and education and growth for young people throughout the year.
The church runs regular table top sales to raise funds and reach out to the community. Reasonably priced food is provided at these events.
Monthly drop-in sessions are run for those who feel isolated and would like some friendship.

SECTION D: ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

We have a warm and welcoming church family that many local people access, Although numbers on Sunday can be variable we have seen some new people attending & returning in the past months.

The Church Tabletop Sales have attracted increasing numbers and have proved to be an excellent way to connect with the local community and get people through the doors.

We do feel that in era of larger churches doing well, that local church in poorer deprived communities and on outer urban satellite estates is vital in a local community. To this end we have started a new group that we call: “Afternoon In” in which we are now trying to reach people who want to connect together, This began in September and we have already seen new people coming along to the group. We had a Christmas party with a fish & chips lunch which proved very successful. We received funding of £2,547 from the Lottery Community Fund towards this which has been very helpful. We also received grant funding of £3,000 to purchase & give out heated throws to various groups who may experience fuel poverty & this too has been successful & rewarding.

We continue to fundraise for our extension project though conditions are very tough at the moment and prices high we are still raising money & we are trying hard to get the funds needed. Our people continue to give, but streams of grant funding have been harder to find recently. To this end we are also looking at altering our plans for a more suitable extension for us. We do feel that with quotes it would be just too costly for us & so we are now in contact with an experienced firm who specialise in church buildings & refurbishments. We are awaiting their plans & we will then aim to re-apply for planning permission. The Church WhatsApp group has again continued to be a useful means for many to keep in touch and share news and information with new people joining the group.

Our minister Mark has also continued to be the local police chaplain and is involved with the local police station on a regular basis and he is also a part of the wider chaplaincy team for Nottinghamshire police. Mark is also involved in helping many families with bereavement including helping families with funerals & to this end we had our first memorial Sunday in September for bereaved families which was really well attended & new people & families came along for the first time.

SECTION E: FINANCIAL REVIEW

Despite the difficult year, the church people have continued to be very faithful in their giving, and we are thinking about ideas of new projects & opportunities for the coming year for income for possible projects and income streams. Offerings do not currently cover the running costs of the church.

The church has a Reserves Policy in line with advice from the Charity Commission. Wherever possible the church will aspire to maintain reserves of at least 3 months’ running costs based on the previous year’s expenditure. This is currently set at £20k for in reserves in total. All of the reserves are met by the church's funds. The costs for the closure of the nursery were met by the nursery reserves set aside.

DECLARATION:

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above, Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees: Full name: Deeley ae Position: Mireter

ARK CHURCH NOTTINGHAM FIIYANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECF.MBER 2023 Contents Page Independent Examiner's Report Receipts and Payments Account Statement of Assets and Liabilities Notes to the Accounts 4-5

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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACC ‘COUNT POR THE YEAR ENDED JI DECEMBER 2025

	Unrestricted	Restrieted	Restrieted	2025	2022
RECEIPTS	t		t	t	ft
Offerings Gif Aid	§,422 15,242		602	,604	6,024 16,948
lax Refunds	A456		48d	4840	6997
Rank Interest	27		4	All]	6
Room Hire	270		40	500	()
Sundry Income	472		52	525	398
Miscellaneous Set aside and Restricted	()		§,982	§,982	231
xPlore income	()		401	Sot	1109
Extension Fund (Restricted)	()		§,229	8,229	14846
Ark Angels Nursery	)		17,908	17,9608	65009
TOTALRECEIPTS	25789	YAMSSHINS111,906			111,906
PAYMENTS
Ministry Costsand Pension Missionary BenevolentFund NI]andTax oe Utilities Repairs and Replacements InsuranceandBusinessCosts Other restricted -xPlore!,Grants,Xmasmeal Mise and Kitchen Supplies Extension ProjectCosts ArkAngelsNursery	24,813 () 4,437 $138 204 4,646 (0 616 0 0		0) 3,29) () 0) 0 0 4,238 a () 0 19,934	24,815 3.291 : 4497 61 sro 3 a 1046 4238 636 0 19,934	2418 Bien 3901 A586 2993 106 2936 92 398 0 61,127
a TOTALEXPENDITURE	ee :	a	prteresmrrememesearnnenean 27,40) 66,428
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ARK CHURCH NOTTINGHAM : INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT

Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Ark Church Nottingham | report on the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 which are set out on pages 2 to 5.

Respective responsibilities of the trustees and examiner

As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements ofthe Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

| report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

| have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

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Mark Newey ACMA Derby Community Accountancy Service Babington Lodge 128 Green Lane Derby DE] IRY

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