**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **01 Januar 2020 31[st] Decemb 2020 From y To er** 


## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name MARANATHA COMMUNITY CHURCH (WILTSHIRE)** 

**MARANATHA COMMUNITY CHURCH Other names charity is known by MARANATHA COMMUNITY CHURCH TROWBRIDGE TRUST** 

**Registered charity number (if any) 1061916** 

**Charity's principal address GB COMPONENTS** 

**41 LANCASTER ROAD, BOWERHILL** 

**MELKSHAM** 

**Postcode SN12 6SS** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

**Name of person (or body) Dates acted if not for Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee (if whole year any)** Chair 1[Mr Jeremy ] Andrew Francis 

- 2[Mrs Janet Anne ] Francis 

- 3 Gaie Marshall 4/8/2020 4 Amanda Preston 4/8/2020 5 Robert Dewsbury 4/8/2020 

- 6 John Mills Secretary 1/10/2020 

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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 

**Dates acted if Name not for whole year** 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name Address** 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

Declaration of Trust made on 24[th] February 1997 

How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) 

By Trust Deed 

Trustee selection methods 

(eg. appointed by, elected by) 

Invitation and appointment by existing trustees 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

## **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

- a) To advance the Christian faith in the County of Wiltshire and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees may from time to time think fit 

- b) To relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship or who or aged or sick and to relieve the distress caused thereby in the said County and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees may from time think fit 

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- c) To promote and fulfil such other charitable purposes beneficial to the community in the said County and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees may from time think fit 

## **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit** ) Local mission’s community activities: 

Sunday meetings for public worship and teaching as a local community of Christian believers where we share in making Jesus known by knowing Jesus. 

Maranatha Assembly Squad have been leading assemblies and acts of worship in primary schools for the last 19 years. Our objective is to enable children to participate in worship of a Christian nature allowing them time for thinking and reflection. We do this in various ways including drama, music, songs and puppets in a way which children enjoy and can participate. We now lead assemblies twice each year in 30 schools in the West Wiltshire area reaching over 6000 children as well as staff and parents. 

Little Seeds Toddler Group continues to be well attended and meets on a Friday afternoon at the Longfield Community Centre, Trowbridge. Our aim is to provide a friendly and safe environment for people with pre-school children to come.  For the adults to relax over a cup of tea/coffee and a chat while the children play, make crafts, have fun and make new friends! We finish our times together with a sing-song! Our vision is to show Jesus to people by reaching out into the community. 

The coffee morning for the aged / isolated / unchurched at Longfield Community Centre on Thursday mornings continues to flourish, is well received and supported. 

Parenting Puzzle run with Family Links trained group leaders, introducing helpful ways of improving emotional health and relationship skills for parents and carers of children of all ages. 

Four times each year we run a free Family Fun Day at the Longfield Community Centre with crafts, competitions, games, face-painting refreshments and the best free bacon butties on the planet and everything is free! 

We take every opportunity to support community events taking fun and the gospel along to share with the folk of Trowbridge and surrounding area. 

The trustees confirm that they have paid due regard to Charity Commission guidance on public benefit in deciding what activities to undertake. 

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## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grant making; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

## Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

Maranatha is part of the church of Jesus Christ. Our primary aim is to serve God. Besides meeting together to worship and deepen our relationships with God, this also involves serving & helping people. We have a focus on supporting the Longfield estate in Trowbridge but also **support Christian works around the UK and in other countries** . 

We continue to provide financial support to various ministries at home and overseas: 

- African Pastors Fellowship, 

- CRESS, 

- India Village Ministries, 

- Love into Action, 

- Operation Mobilisation, 

- Send A Cow, 

- Wycliffe Bible Translators 

In addition, we continue to be blessed to 'send and support financially' those of our family called to short - medium term mission. 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

To ensure that there are adequate buffer funds to allow Maranatha Community Church: 

- a. to continue its activities in the short term if its income stream is unexpectedly interrupted 

- b. in the future to invest in our own property 

Ordinarily Maranatha Community Church will aim to retain approximately £40,000 in accessible reserves, this to be reviewed annually, and increased from £30,000 in 2019. 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

Not applicable 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include Tithes and offerings made by attendees both regular and additional information, infrequent remain our prime source of funds, we do not apply where relevant about: for grants. 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** 

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## **Full name(s)** 

Jeremy Francis Jan Francis 

**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** 

Chair Trustee 

## **Date** 

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|INCOME|2A2A|||2428||2019|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|TITHES&<br>OFFEHINGS<br>OTHEH|47158.2260712.29<br>goo.oo44o.oo||BANK CHAFIGES<br> couRSESAND<br>CONFEBENCES|**1**Bi<br>885.00120.00<br>0.00<br>0.00|||
|BANK INTEREST|345.53279.As||EQUIPMENT|15s2.32591.86|||
||||ESTABLISHMENT COSTS|2781.84||3091.89|
||||EVANGELTSM|1278.77||5728.47|
||||EVENTS<br>trvtrt\tJ|ol60.00||6423.81|
||||trJ|369.70||313.96|
||||MUSICiLITERATUFIE|93.57||155.40|
||||PASTORAL EXPENSES|0.00||200.00|
||||RENTOFPREMISES|2343.15||8956.14|
|li::***_**--<br>_|<br>t||SUBSCRIPTIONS|100.00230.00|||
||||YOUTHWORK|277.04||1089.18l|
|EXPENDITUHEoyeT<br>INCOME|0.00|0.00|INCOMEoveTEXPENDITURE|11748.63||3129.31|
|TOTAL|47803.75|61431.34|TOTAL|47803.7561431.34|||
|SURPLUS<br>ACCOUNT|||CUHRENLASSETS||||
|Balance<br>forward<br>brought|s894s.34|55816.03|HSBC CurrentAccount|29666.23|18251 .80||
||l<br>1I||KingdomBankLtdSavings|40979.87|40634.34||
||||Petty Cash|47.87||59.20|
|INCOME OVER<br>EXPENDITUFIE|1r748.63|3129.31|||||
|TOTAL|70693.97|58S45.34|TOTAL|70693.97|58945.34||
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