## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/04/20 Period start date To 31/03/21 Period end date** **Charity name: The Harvest Centre** ## **Charity registration number: 1052729** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|(a) To advance the Christian faith in East Anglia
and in such other parts of the United Kingdom
or the world
(b) To relieve persons who are in conditions of
need or hardship or who are aged or sick and
to relieve the distress caused thereby in the
said region and in such other parts of the
United Kingdom or the world
(c) to promote and fulfil such other charitable
purposes beneficial to the community in the
said area and in such other parts of the United
Kingdom or the world.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|•
Support of the local Foodbank, using the
building for both storage and distribution
of food to the community
•
Food parcels given to needy individuals in
area
•
Continued links with India supporting old
people’s homes and orphanages through
Maranatha Ministries.
•
Continued support of project in Uganda –
supporting teachers and various
developments in village of Kuffu including
assisting a young pastor build a family
home| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees consider they have responsibly
run the charity in a way that carries out its
purposes for the public benefit – in meeting
both physical, spiritual and social needs of the
local community and congregation.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|•
Covid restrictions meant that face to face
meetings were not held for the majority of
the year.
•
The church launched ‘on-line’ streaming of
services for people to access from their
homes. These included short times of
worship and a preach. This enabled us to
reach a wider catchment area of those who
could access the services online and as a
result some new families were added to
the congregation.
•
The Foodbank continued to operate and
provide much needed assistance to many
members of the local community who
found themselves in crisis situations during
the pandemic.
•
No community outreach events took place
due to the pandemic.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Accounts were verified and audited to comply
with legislation and the charity was in a
comfortable financial position at the end of the
year despite the difficulties of thepandemic| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Trustees have agreed that a minimum
reserve of £10,000 is held which protects the
interest of the trust during times when income
is lower but one-off or emergency expenses
arise.
Reserves may exceed this amount when saving
for larger projects and while plans are
established to expand the work of the church
but should not exceed £50,000 for any
significant length of time.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£26000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|NA| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|NA| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Declaration of Trust Deed dated 27thOctober
1995 and Deed of Amendment dated 26th
October 2005| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Appointed by existing trustees| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|The Harvest Centre| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|| |Registered charitynumber|1052729| |Charity’s principal address|Fengate Drove
Weeting
Brandon
Suffolk
IP27 0PW| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Steven Ahmed|||Trustees themselves| ||Lawrence Jackson|||Trustees themselves| ||Jennifer Thurman|||Trustees themselves| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**Steven Ahmed**||| |**Lawrence Jackson**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** Declarations Tho trustees declare that have approved the trustees. report al)ove. Signed on ￿half of the charity's trustees Slgnature(s) Full name(s) Po8ltlon {eg Secretary, Chalr. atc st8V8n Ahmed Twstee 1419r21 ## **The Harvest Centre** **Financial Statements** **For the year ended 31 March 2021** **Registered charity 1052729** ## **The Harvest Centre** ## **Index to Financial Statements** ## **For the year ended 31 March 2021** ||**Page**| |---|---| |Independent Examiners Report|**1**| |Statement of Financial Activities|**2**| |Balance Sheet|**3**| |Notes to Financial Statements|**4 to 5**| ## **The Harvest Centre** ## **Independent Examiners Report** ## **For the year ended 31 March 2021** ## **Respective responsibilities of the trustees and examiner** As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements, you consider that the audit requirement of section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the general directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 43(7)(b) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiners report** Our examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and the comparison of the financial statements presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently we do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the financial statements. ## **Independent examiners statement** In connection with our examination of the financial statements as set out on pages 2 to 5 relating to the year ended 31 March 2021, no matter has come to our attention which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material aspect the requirements to keeping accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act and to prepare financial statements which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met or to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached. Signed Date 19 May 2021 DMG Accountants North East Suffolk Business Centre Pinbush Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 7NQ **Page 1** ## **The Harvest Centre** ## **Statement of Financial Activities** ## **For the year ended 31 March 2021** |**Incoming Resources**
Tithes and offerings
**76,755**
Tax refunds
**13,911**
Interest received
**12**
Other
**8,519**
**99,197**
**Resources expended**
Salaries and wages
**58,098**
Light, heat and water
**7,974**
Insurance
**2,128**
Telephone
**317**
Rates
**1,228**
Motor and travel
**-**
Sundry expenses
**2,339**
Maintenance and gardening
**9,577**
Fellowship Hall Refurbishment
**908**
Ministry support
**39**
Mission support
**6,702**
Outreach and special occassions
**3,260**
Gifts
**-**
Accountancy
**300**
Bank charges
**-**
Depreciation
**834**
**93,704**
**Net incoming resources**
**5,493**
**2021**
**£**|**2020**
**£**
66,711
10,125
24
28,007| |---|---| ||104,867
55,558
6,691
2,065
340
1,181
717
2,619
5,811
5,073
1,440
8,122
1,798
839
300
-
925| ||93,479| ||11,388| **Page 2** ## **The Harvest Centre** ## **Balance Sheet** ## **For the year ended 31 March 2020** |**Notes**
**Fixed Assets**
**2**
Land and buildings
Fixtures, fittings and equipment
**Current assets**
Bank and cash
**3**
**Current liabilities**
Creditors
**4**
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Represented by**
**5**
General funds|**367,830**
**7,490**
**375,320**
**32,271**
**32,271**
**1,111**
**31,160**
**406,480**
**406,480**
**406,480**
**406,480**
**2020**
**£**|**2019**
**£**
367,830
8,324| |---|---|---| |||376,154
27,410| ||**32,271**
**1,111**|27,410
2,577| |||24,833| |||400,987| |||400,987| |||400,987| |||400,987| **Page 3** ## **The Harvest Centre** ## **Notes to the financial Statements** ## **For the year ended 31 March 2021** ## **1 Accounting Policies** a) The financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis, in accordance with applicable accounting standards and the Statement of Recommended Practice on Accounting by Charities. b) Depreciation is provided on fixtures, fittings and equipment at 10% per annum on a reducing balance basis. Prior to 2007 depreciation was provided at 25% on a reducing balance basis. ## **2 Fixed assets** |**Cost**
At 1 April 2020
Additions
Disposals
At 31 March 2021
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2020
Charge for the year
Disposals
At 31 March 2021
**Net book value**
**At 31 March 2021**
**At 31 March 2020**|**Land and Fixtures, fittings**
**buildings and equipment**
**£**
**£**
**367,830**
**88,025**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**367,830**
**88,025**
**-**
**79,701**
**-**
**834**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**80,535**
**367,830**
**7,490**
367,830
8,324|**Total**
**£**
**455,855**
**-**
**-**| |---|---|---| |||**455,855**| |||**79,701**
**834**
**-**| |||**80,535**| |||| |||**375,320**| |||| |||376,154| **Page 4** ## **The Harvest Centre** ## **Notes to the financial Statements** ## **For the year ended 31 March 2021** |**3 Bank and cash**
Current account
Savings account
Cash
Drove Coffee Shop
**4 Creditors**
Inland revenue PAYE
Credit card
Accountancy
**5 Funds**
At 1 April 2020
Net incoming resources
At 31 March 2021|**2021**
**£**
**3,789**
**26,193**
**128**
**2,161**
**32,271**
**2021**
**£**
**-**
**811**
**300**
**1,111**
**2021**
**£**
**400,987**
**5,493**
**406,480**|**2020**
**£**
4,522
20,674
44
2,170| |---|---|---| |||27,410| |||**2020**
**£**
886
1,391
300| |||2,577| |||**2020**
**£**
389,599
11,388| |||400,987| **Page 5** ## **The Harvest Centre** **Financial Statements** **For the year ended 31 March 2021** **Registered charity 1052729** ## **The Harvest Centre** ## **Index to Financial Statements** ## **For the year ended 31 March 2021** ||**Page**| |---|---| |Independent Examiners Report|**1**| |Statement of Financial Activities|**2**| |Balance Sheet|**3**| |Notes to Financial Statements|**4 to 5**| ## **The Harvest Centre** ## **Independent Examiners Report** ## **For the year ended 31 March 2021** ## **Respective responsibilities of the trustees and examiner** As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements, you consider that the audit requirement of section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the general directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 43(7)(b) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiners report** Our examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and the comparison of the financial statements presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently we do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the financial statements. ## **Independent examiners statement** In connection with our examination of the financial statements as set out on pages 2 to 5 relating to the year ended 31 March 2021, no matter has come to our attention which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material aspect the requirements to keeping accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act and to prepare financial statements which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met or to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached. Signed Date 19 May 2021 DMG Accountants North East Suffolk Business Centre Pinbush Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 7NQ **Page 1** ## **The Harvest Centre** ## **Statement of Financial Activities** ## **For the year ended 31 March 2021** |**Incoming Resources**
Tithes and offerings
**76,755**
Tax refunds
**13,911**
Interest received
**12**
Other
**8,519**
**99,197**
**Resources expended**
Salaries and wages
**58,098**
Light, heat and water
**7,974**
Insurance
**2,128**
Telephone
**317**
Rates
**1,228**
Motor and travel
**-**
Sundry expenses
**2,339**
Maintenance and gardening
**9,577**
Fellowship Hall Refurbishment
**908**
Ministry support
**39**
Mission support
**6,702**
Outreach and special occassions
**3,260**
Gifts
**-**
Accountancy
**300**
Bank charges
**-**
Depreciation
**834**
**93,704**
**Net incoming resources**
**5,493**
**2021**
**£**|**2020**
**£**
66,711
10,125
24
28,007| |---|---| ||104,867
55,558
6,691
2,065
340
1,181
717
2,619
5,811
5,073
1,440
8,122
1,798
839
300
-
925| ||93,479| ||11,388| **Page 2** ## **The Harvest Centre** ## **Balance Sheet** ## **For the year ended 31 March 2020** |**Notes**
**Fixed Assets**
**2**
Land and buildings
Fixtures, fittings and equipment
**Current assets**
Bank and cash
**3**
**Current liabilities**
Creditors
**4**
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Represented by**
**5**
General funds|**367,830**
**7,490**
**375,320**
**32,271**
**32,271**
**1,111**
**31,160**
**406,480**
**406,480**
**406,480**
**406,480**
**2020**
**£**|**2019**
**£**
367,830
8,324| |---|---|---| |||376,154
27,410| ||**32,271**
**1,111**|27,410
2,577| |||24,833| |||400,987| |||400,987| |||400,987| |||400,987| **Page 3** ## **The Harvest Centre** ## **Notes to the financial Statements** ## **For the year ended 31 March 2021** ## **1 Accounting Policies** a) The financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis, in accordance with applicable accounting standards and the Statement of Recommended Practice on Accounting by Charities. b) Depreciation is provided on fixtures, fittings and equipment at 10% per annum on a reducing balance basis. Prior to 2007 depreciation was provided at 25% on a reducing balance basis. ## **2 Fixed assets** |**Cost**
At 1 April 2020
Additions
Disposals
At 31 March 2021
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2020
Charge for the year
Disposals
At 31 March 2021
**Net book value**
**At 31 March 2021**
**At 31 March 2020**|**Land and Fixtures, fittings**
**buildings and equipment**
**£**
**£**
**367,830**
**88,025**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**367,830**
**88,025**
**-**
**79,701**
**-**
**834**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**80,535**
**367,830**
**7,490**
367,830
8,324|**Total**
**£**
**455,855**
**-**
**-**| |---|---|---| |||**455,855**| |||**79,701**
**834**
**-**| |||**80,535**| |||| |||**375,320**| |||| |||376,154| **Page 4** ## **The Harvest Centre** ## **Notes to the financial Statements** ## **For the year ended 31 March 2021** |**3 Bank and cash**
Current account
Savings account
Cash
Drove Coffee Shop
**4 Creditors**
Inland revenue PAYE
Credit card
Accountancy
**5 Funds**
At 1 April 2020
Net incoming resources
At 31 March 2021|**2021**
**£**
**3,789**
**26,193**
**128**
**2,161**
**32,271**
**2021**
**£**
**-**
**811**
**300**
**1,111**
**2021**
**£**
**400,987**
**5,493**
**406,480**|**2020**
**£**
4,522
20,674
44
2,170| |---|---|---| |||27,410| |||**2020**
**£**
886
1,391
300| |||2,577| |||**2020**
**£**
389,599
11,388| |||400,987| **Page 5**