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2020-09-30-accounts

The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust

Charity No. 1072048

Trustees' Report and Unaudited Accounts

30 September 2020

The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Contents

Pages
Trustees' Annual Report 2 to 5
Independent Examiner's Report 6
Statement of Financial Activities 7
Balance Sheet 8 to 8
Notes to the Accounts 9 to 15
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 16 to 17

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The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Trustees Annual Report

The Trustees present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2020.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Charity No. 1072048

Principal Office

Queens Walk Meadows Nottingham NG2 2DF

Trustees

The following Trustees served during the year:

P. Belinfante C.D. Foster M.A. Sterwart

Accountants

Gill & French Gothic House Barker Gate Nottingham NG1 1JU

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The purpose of the charity as set out in its governing document is to advance the Christian religion through all its activities ; including the facilities offered to the community by its buildings and the weekly services provided by its ministers and volunteers. As a Christian group we promote the Christian message of equality, inclusion, love and fairness and this is the ethos of all operations.

The Church Council is aware of the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in "The Advancement of Religion for the Public Benefit" and has regard to it in the administration of the Church. The Church Council describes its public benefits as:

The Pilgrim Church has two main sites based in inner city Nottingham and inner city Birmingham. The head office is at the registered address in Nottingham. The Church Office is normally open Tuesday to Thursday 10.00am to 5.00pm and Ministers are on call as required for the benefit of the congregation and the wider community.

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The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Trustees Annual Report

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

2020 was a year of unprecedented challenges on a global scale. The covid-19 pandemic impacted families, communities, our way of life, the economy, the health service and the church. The question of racial equality has been raised across all levels of society in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. Despite the great loss and challenges unleashed good has responded in equal measure. The Church, amidst hardship and suffering, continues to deliver on its mission of bringing hope through the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The Pilgrim Church has volunteers who perform many tasks associated with Sunday worship, pastoral care and social action. The church also employs an administrative assistant, who organises the church office.

The Church also provides facilities for weddings, infant dedications and funerals.

The Church moved from in-person to online and recorded services between mid-March and early September 2020. Planned activities were cancelled in-line with government guidelines following the onset of the covid-19 pandemic. Although it was not possible to continue with our normal in-person group meetings the Church was able to transition a number of our activities online, including a YouTube channel through which much of the congregation was served during the lockdown. This was only possible through the development of individuals and the commitment of members, teachers, preacher, praise teams and technical teams to producing high quality and spiritual uplifting materials.

The Church’s ministry to young people was sustained throughout the national lockdown by the innovative and tremendously encouraging work of the Youth Department led by Minister Brenton Dinham. The weekly Zoom calls and various sessions proved to be of great support to the mental well-being of young people in the community providing a vitally important social and spiritual point of contact.

Our lay workers and team of pastors kept in regular contact with the entire congregation as well as people from the wider community. In addition to the pastoral counselling provided by the ministers of the church, our person-centered counselling service is also available to members of the local community.

Our main operations are in the heart of the inner city during the year we focused on crime prevention, support for the elderly and social justice.

Our social action work, led by Rev. Clive Foster, has built upon building the good work of previous years. Some highlights over the past reporting period include:

Windrush work:

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The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Trustees Annual Report

Knife Crime & response to George Floyd death:

The church seeks to build upon and broaden our outreach, social justice and community engagement programmes in the coming financial period.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

The results for the year, and the charity's financial position at the end of the year are shown in the attached financial statements.

Note 12 to the financial statements shows the assets and liabilities attributable to the various funds by type. Total funds amounted to £500,182 of which restricted funds totalled £150,622. Unrestricted funds amounted to £349,560 of which £299,630 are designated. This leaves free reserves at 30 September 2019 amounting to £49,930. The aim is to build up and maintain free reserves to the extent that they will provide cover for three months running costs in the event of little or no income. Three months running costs are approximately £15,000.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

The activities of the Pilgrim Church are overseen by the Ministers and annually elected council members. The governing document of the registered charity is filed with the Charity Commission. The Church Council is responsible for the financial administration of the Church, and the care and maintenance of Church premises. The wider church membership meet at least quarterly to ensure representation in decision making and to give general guidance on the life and work of the Church and to get a gauge for the mood of the local community.

Following an analysis of the skills needed by the Charity trustee body, people resident in Nottingham who are active in the advancement of the Christian Religion and have the required skills are approached to become trustees. In the absence of such people, approaches are made to those having the skills, who are non-resident to Nottingham. Trustees are elected at the Annual General Meeting and the Board also has powers to appoint trustees at any time. Trustees so appointed hold office until the following AGM, when they become eligible for re-election.

A Board consisting of not more than seven Trustees manages the operation of the charity. The Board may regulate its own proceedings subject to the provisions of the charity's Articles, but normally meets bi-monthly. The Chief Executive acts as secretary.

The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust is a registered charity, number 1072048. The charity's governing document is a trust deed dated 21 September 1998. The charity's working names are The Pilgrim Holiness Church, Pilgrim Social Action and the Pilgrim Centre, the registered office is The Pilgrim Church, Queens Walk, Meadows, Nottingham, NG2 2DF.

Statement of trustees' responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

The charity trustees are responsible for preparing a trustees' annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

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The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Trustees Annual Report

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, and the provisions of the Trust deed. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees

M.A. Sterwart Trustee 14 June 2021

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The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Independent Examiners Report

Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust for the year ended 30 September 2020 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet and the related notes.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011('the Act'). The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under the Charities Act 2011, s.144(2) (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I can 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:

I 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.

R. Muntanga MAAT Association of Accounting Technicians Gill & French Ltd Gothic House Nottingham NG1 1JU

14 June 2021

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The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Statement of Financial Activities

for the year ended 30 September 2020

Notes
Income and endowments
from:
Donations and legacies
2
Total
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
3
Other
4
Total
Net gains on investments
Net income
5
Transfers between funds
Net income before other
gains/(losses)
Other gains and losses
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Unrestricted
funds
2020
£
75,410
Restricted
funds
2020
£
11,192
Total funds
2020
£
86,602
Total funds
2019
£
88,058
75,410
63,498
5,556
11,192
-
-
86,602
63,498
5,556
88,058
55,739
6,900
69,054
-
-
-
69,054
-
62,639
-
6,356
-
11,192
-
17,548
-
25,419
-
6,356 11,192 17,548 25,419
6,356
343,204
11,192
139,430
17,548
482,634
25,419
457,215
349,560 150,622 500,182 482,634

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The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Balance Sheet

at 30 September 2020

Charity No. 1072048
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
7
Current assets
Debtors
8
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors:Amount falling due within one year
9
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors:Amounts falling due after more than one year
10
Net assets excluding pension asset or liability
Total net assets
The funds of the charity
Restricted funds
11
Restricted income funds
Unrestricted funds
11
General funds
Designated funds
Reserves
11
Total funds
2020
£
335,066
335,066
2,500
172,946
175,446
(6,530)
168,916
503,982
(3,800)
500,182
500,182
150,622
150,622
49,930
299,630
349,560
500,182
2019
£
340,622
340,622
2,500
154,475
156,975
(7,048)
149,927
490,549
(7,915)
482,634
482,634
139,430
139,430
60,620
282,584
343,204
482,634

Approved by the trustees on 14 June 2021

And signed on their behalf by:

M.A. Sterwart Trustee 14 June 2021

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The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 30 September 2020

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic if Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.

Change in basis of accounting or to previous accounts

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and method of accounting) since last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years.

Fund accounting

Income

Volunteer help The value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts. Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable. Gains/(losses) on This includes any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value revaluation of fixed at the end of the year. assets Gains/(losses) on This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments. investment assets

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The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts

Expenditure

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:

Motor vehicles 20% reducing balance Fixtures and fittings 15% reducing balance

Freehold investment property

Investment properties are measured initially at cost and subsequently at fair value at each balance sheet date and are not depreciated. All gains or losses are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise.

Stocks

Stock is included at the lower of cost or net realisable value. Donated items of stock are recognised at fair value which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay for the items on the open market.

Trade and other debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or current liabilities. In the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the company's cash management.

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The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts

Trade and other creditors

Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

Research and development

Expenditure on research and development is written off in the year in which it is incurred.

Foreign currencies

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the charity are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing at the end of the reporting period. Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency of the charity are recorded at the rate of exchange on the date that the transaction occurred.

All exchange differences are are taken into account in arriving at net income/expenditure.

Leased assets

Where the charity enters into a lease which entails taking substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of an asset, the lease is treated as a finance lease.

Leases which do not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to charity are classified as operating leases.

Assets held under finance leases are initially recognised as assets of the charity at their fair value at the inception of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet date as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are apportioned between finance expenses and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are recognised immediately, unless they are directly attributable to qualifying assets, in which case they are capitalised in accordance with the charity's policy on borrowing costs. Assets held under finance leases are depreciated in the same way as owned assets.

Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In the event that lease incentives are received to enter into operating leases, such incentives are recognised as a liability. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognised as a reduction of rental expense on a straight-line basis.

Pension costs

The charity operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the charity pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the charity has no further payments obligations. The contributions are recognised as expenses when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the charity in independently administered funds.

Receipt of donated goods, facilities and services

All donated goods, facilities and services received are recognised within incoming resources and expenditure at an estimate of the value to the charity.

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The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts

2 Income from donations and legacies

Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
2020 2019
£ £ £ £
Donations and legacies 75,410 11,192 86,602 88,058
75,410 11,192 86,602 88,058
3 Expenditure on charitable activities
Unrestricted Total Total
2020 2019
£ £ £
Expenditure on charitable
activities
Gross Wages 14,980 14,980 14,980
National Insurance Costs 865 865 909
Pension Costs 449 449 375
Other Costs 46,004 46,004 38,275
Governance costs
Accountancy Fees 1,200 1,200 1,200
63,498 63,498 55,739
4 Other expenditure
Unrestricted Total Total
2020 2019
£ £ £
Amortisation, depreciation,
impairment, profit/loss on 5,556 5,556 6,900
disposal of fixed assets
5,556 5,556 6,900
5 Net income before transfers
2020 2019
This is stated after charging: £ £
Depreciation of owned fixed assets 5,556 6,900
6 Staff costs
No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
The average monthly number of full time equivalent employees during the year was as follows:
2020 2019
Number Number
Charitable activities 1 1
1 1

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The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts

7 Tangible fixed assets

7
Tangible fixed assets
Cost or revaluation
At 1 October 2019
At 30 September 2020
Depreciation and
impairment
At 1 October 2019
Depreciation charge for the
year
At 30 September 2020
Net book values
At 30 September 2020
At 30 September 2019
8
Debtors
Other debtors
9
Creditors:
amounts falling due within one year
Obligations under finance lease and hire
purchase contracts
Other taxes and social security
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income
Land and
buildings
£
311,834
311,834
-
-
-
311,834
311,834
Motor
vehicles
Fixtures and
fittings
£
33,126
33,126
29,090
605
29,695
3,431
4,036
Total
£
393,007
£
48,047
48,047
23,295
4,951
28,246
19,801
24,752
2020
£
2,500
2,500
2020
£
4,115
405
810
1,200
6,530
393,007
52,385
5,556
57,941
335,066
340,622
2019
£
2,500
2,500
2019
£
3,677
71
899
2,401
7,048
10 Creditors:
amounts falling due after more than one year
Obligations under finance lease and hire
purchase contracts
2020
£
3,800
3,800
2019
£
7,915
7,915

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The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts

11 Movement in funds

Movement in funds
At 1 October
2019
35,436
103,994
139,430
60,620
282,584
282,584
482,634
Incoming
resources
(including
other
gains/losses)
£
-
11,192
11,192
75,410
-
-
86,602
Resources
expended
£
Gross
transfers
£
-
-
-
(17,046)
17,046
17,046
-
At 30
September
2020
£
35,436
115,186
Restricted funds:
Restricted income funds:
Fixed Assets Fund
Building fund
Total
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
Designated funds:
Fixed assets fund
Total
Revaluation Reserves:
Total funds
-
-
-
(69,054)
-
-
(69,054)
150,622
49,930
299,630
299,630
500,182

Purposes and restrictions in relation to the funds:

Restricted funds: Fixed Assets Fund represents donations received which have assisted in the purchase of the freehold property. Building fund represents donations received for the church renovation project. Designated funds: Fixed assets fund has been designated to cover future depreciation costs of fixed asset expenditure already incurred from unrestricted reserves.

12 Analysis of net assets between funds

Fixed assets
Net current assets
Creditors due in more than one year and
provisions
Unrestricted
funds
£
299,630
53,730
(3,800)
349,560
Restricted
funds
£
35,436
115,186
-
150,622
Total
£
335,066
168,916
(3,800)
500,182

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The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts

13 Reconciliation of net debt

Reconciliation of net debt
Cash and cash equivalents
Obligations under HP/Finance leases
Net debt
At 1 October
2019
£
Cash flows
£
At 30
September
2020
£
154,475 18,471 172,946
154,475
(11,592)
(11,592)
142,883
18,471
3,677
3,677
22,148
172,946
(7,915)
(7,915)
165,031
Commitments
Operating lease commitments
Annual commitments under non-cancellable operating leases
2020
Land and
buildings
£
Operating leases with expiry date:
In the second to fifth years inclusive
-
-
are as follows:
2020
Other
£
1,148
1,148
2019
Land and
buildings
£
-
-
2019
Other
£
2,680
2,680

14 Commitments

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The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust Detailed Statement of Financial Activities

for the year ended 30 September 2020

Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
Donations and legacies
Total income and endowments
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Gross Wages
National Insurance Costs
Pension Costs
Other Costs
Governance costs
Accountancy Fees
Total of expenditure on
charitable activities
General administrative costs,
including depreciation and
amortisation
Depreciation of
Depreciation of Motor vehicles
Depreciation of Fixtures and
fittings
Total of expenditure of other
costs
Total expenditure
Net gains on investments
Net income
Net income before other
gains/(losses)
Other Gains
Net movement in funds
Unrestricte
d funds
2020
£
75,410
75,410
75,410
14,980
865
449
46,004
62,298
1,200
1,200
63,498
605
4,951
-
5,556
5,556
69,054
-
6,356
6,356
-
6,356
Restricted
funds
2020
£
11,192
11,192
11,192
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11,192
11,192
-
11,192
Total funds
2020
£
86,602
86,602
86,602
14,980
865
449
46,004
62,298
1,200
1,200
63,498
605
4,951
-
5,556
5,556
69,054
-
17,548
17,548
-
17,548
Total funds
2019
£
88,058
88,058
88,058
14,980
909
375
38,275
54,539
1,200
1,200
55,739
712
6,188
-
6,900
6,900
62,639
-
25,419
25,419
-
25,419

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Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
343,204
349,560
139,430
150,622
482,634
500,182
457,215
482,634

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