Charity Number: 1060870
The Branches Christian Fellowship Annual Report and Financial Statements For the Year Ended
31% August 2020
Pennine Accounting Limited Suite 1, 33 Harehill Road Littleborough Lancashire OL15 9AD 01706 558584
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Reference and Administrative Details
Charity Name The Branches Christian Fellowship
Charity Number 1060870
Correspendence Address 3 Bank Close Littleborough OL15LancashireODP
Trustees
Mr David Clark Mr Wayne Hudson Mr Andrew Pringle Rev Alan Anthony Reeve MA Mr Howard Carl Smith Mrs Janet Smith
Date Constituted 8" December 1996
Accountant Pennine Accounting Limited Suite 1, 33 Harehill Road Littleborough Lancashire OL15 9AD
Bankers
Virgin Money and Kingdom Bank
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Branches Christian Fellowship
Registered Charity 1060870
Annual Trustees Report for year ended 31* August 2020
The objects of the Branches Christian Fellowship are to advance the Christian faith and to assist in the relief of human suffering and poverty. As per the rest of the UK, covid has restricted significant parts of our activities however, we have still continued to fulfil our objects. This included starting a new “Branches of Hope” initiative to support vulnerable families working with key council teams, NHS practices and Schools.
We are continuing to be blessed with growth and seeing the fruit that God promises, including believers baptisms, child dedications, lives being transformed and healings (physical and emotional) taking place exactly as described in the Bible.
As we write this report we are still under the relevant UK covid restrictions.
Sept 2019 — Feb 2020
During this period the Church functioned in its full capacity. On Sundays we held our services inviting everyone from the area to hear the Gospel and to commit their lives to Jesus. We held various believers baptisms, new baby dedications and people’s lives of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities being changed by God.
We are seeing stronger relationships being built across the Churches in Rochdale which is a central part of our vision as is supporting other Christian based groups. For example, we hosted the National Women’s Day of Prayer in Jan 2020 where ladies from all over the country came to pray for Rochdale.
a) Our= weeklySunday / monthlyServices activities include
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= Family Groups which include bible study, prayer and fellowship = Kids Klub for primary school children
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=> Saplings for the pre-school mums and children
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= Youth nights for High School children = Place of Welcome, which is part of a national initiative to offer a place to which people can come to relax, enjoy tea, coffee and cakes and meet informally with other people who may be lonely.
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§S.U.P.A. = School Uniform Pass Around where we offer parents to come and exchange local school uniforms or simply take those donated as a gift
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=> Foodbank as part of the Trussell Trust
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= Branches corporate prayer events
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Rochdale Leaders meeting with leaders from Churches of all denominations
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= Rochdale Townwide prayer events
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Annual Fellowship Weekend Away
In October 2019 a large number of us went away for the weekend to an outward bound centre in North Wales. Phil Shaw was our guest speaker and as well as teaching sessions we also had social activities, which help to build up a greater sense of community and belonging together.
March 2020 — August 2020
From March 2020 the UK was placed under covid restrictions which meant that the ‘normal’ life of the Church was changed as we were prevented from meeting together. Like other Churches, we immediately resorted to utilising the appropriate technology to broadcast our services firstly from people’s homes and then as restrictions eased, we broadcast them from the Church building. This meant that we provided a significant amount of our activities online rather than face to face.
The main areas impacted were the cessation of saplings, Kids Klub, Places of Welcome as they ~ were not practical if not held face to face. However, even during this lockdown period the Kids ™ Klub team made suitably distanced visits to the children / families dropping off activities, magazines and other goodies to encourage, bless and keep in touch and for a few months we reached out to the older, more isolated, vulnerable and lonely people in the area which was well received.
Food Bank and New Branches of Hope service
During the lockdown, we were allowed to continue to offer our Food Bank services and these were extended to cover other vulnerable people with a scheme called Branches of Hope. This is linked to the Bradford based, national Transforming Lives for Good (TLG). We have linked with various council teams, (e.g. Sure Start, Home Start, Early Help), NHS teams ( e.g. Focused Care practitioners, Pennine Care trust) and several school pastoral leaders / child welfare offices in order to identify families who are in need of food, toiletries and other supplies. During the 6 months (Mar — Aug), we gave away over 200 food parcels, helping in the region of 1000 people, consisting of over 3 tons of food. This was all donated by people from across the area including shops, other Churches, work places. This has been a tremendous blessing and built strong, caring relationships between the Church, the council, the NHS teams and schools. We are continuing this service going forward.
From June to Aug 2020 we sawa phased easing of restrictions which allowed the Church to start meeting together under the relevant covid guidelines. However, further UK restrictions were brought into bear later in 2020 that again impacted the Church not covered by this report.
Funding and giving
As in previous years we have made gifts from our funds to a variety of Registered Charities, working both in this country and overseas. As a Charity we continue to be self-financing, and have not made any appeals for financial help to the general public.
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Reserves Policy
The trustees are confident that the charity is not dependent upon any one source of income to support its charitable activities. It has regular receipts from a number of donors. The trustees have agreed to ensure that sufficient reserves are always held to meet the usual running costs of the charities activities over a six month period. This is currently anticipated to be £9,000. At the date of this report cash balances in excess of £70,000 are held. and the trustees are therefore confident, especially given the discretionary nature of much of their annual spend, that the charity has adequate funds to enable it to continue to meet the costs of its charitable activities for the foreseeable future.
Signed (Chairman/Trustee)
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Independent Examiner’s Report
Independent Examiner’s report to the trustees of The Branches Christian Fellowship
| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Branches Christian Fellowship (the Trust) for the year ended 31% August 2020
Responsibilities and basis of the report
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the 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 | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent Examiner’s Statement
| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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lan Cunningham AAT Licensed Accountant
Pennine Accounting Limited
Suite 1 33 Harehill Road Littleborough Lancashire OL15 9AD
lan Cunningham is
Licensed and regulated by AAT under license number 10254750
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Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31st August 2020
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|General|Restricted|
|Funds|Funds|Total|2020|Total|2019|
|£|£|£|£|
|Incoming|Resources|Charitable|Giving|
|Give|as you|earn|4512|-|4512|6912|
|Gift|Aid|Donations|(&|Gift|Aid|Relief)|45970||45970|29942|
|Other|Gifts|—|103|103|10000|
|Other|Income|
|Other|Income|2751|400|3151|4664|
|Bank|Interest|159||159|2|
|Total|Incoming|Resources|53392|503|53895|51520|
|Resources|Expended|
|Direct|Charitable|Expenditure|
|Evangelism|282|—|282|2115|
|Ministry|Gifts|3550||3550|2920|
|Tithe|Donations|1850|=|1850|4050|
|Other|Gifts|&|Donations|1182||1182|136|
|Stephen Centre||240|240|452|
|Church|Weekend|1504|2172|3676|1629|
|M|Smith|Ministry|—|750|750|250|
|Rev A|Reeve &|ministries|—|||2522|
|Childrens’|Ministry|&|Kids|Klub|3861|—|3861|1903|
|Other|Expenditure|
|Premises|and|Utilities|2953||2953|3641|
|General|Running|Expenses|5225|=|5225|4735|
|Building|repairs and|renewals|9367||9367|6695|
|Purchase|of Equipment|—|||1740|
|Gross|Expenditure|29774|3162|32936|32788|
|Loan|repayment|to|external|funder|||—|11500|
|Total|Outgoing|Resources|29774|3162|32936|44288|
|Net|Receipts/(Payments)|23618|-2659|20959|7232|
|Transfers|to/(from)|funds|-2040|2040||_|
|Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|21578|-619|20959|7232|
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Transfers and movements
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Total cash assets brought forward Plus income/(deficit) for the year Cash funds this year end
53,661 20,959 74,620
Statement of Assets and Liabilities for the period ended 31st August 2020
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|£|£|£|£|
|Cash|Funds|2,020|2,019|
|Bank account|No.1|39,868|18,446|
|Bank account No.2 (Note|1)|4,593|5,215|
|Treasury Bank|Building Fund|30,159|30,000|
|Total Cash Assets|74,620|53,661|
|Other Assets|retained for the|charity's own|use|
|(Unrestricted|Fund)|
|Freehold|Property|114,224|114,224|
|Kitchen|3,000|3,000|
|Moveable|Equipment|2,164|2,164|
|Integrated|Features (PA System)|3,200|3,200|
|Total other assets|122,588|120,848|
|Total Assets|197,208|176,249|
|Total Assets less Total|Liabilities|197,208|176,249|
|Net Charitable assets brought forward|176,249|155,777|
|Increase/(decrease)|in assets during the year|20,959|20,472|
|Total net charitable assets|197,208|176,249|
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Approved byC on 29 June 2021 and signed on their behalf by:
Andrew Pringle
The Branches Christian Fellowship
Notes to the Accounts
- The ‘Number 2 Account’ receives donations to fund ministry and educational work of the charity and is therefore ‘restricted’ for this purpose.
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