2021-03-31-accounts - Christchurch Wrexham Trust

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Trustees' Annual Report					for theperiod
From	Period start date			To	Period end date
	Day 01	Month April	Year 2020		Day 31	Month March	Year 2021

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name ChristChurch Wrexham Trust

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1075397

Charity's principal address C/o Mr R A Fogg, Trustee

98 Erddig Road, Wrexham Postcode LL13 7DR

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
A J Ellinson
Dr C E Elliott		Chair
R A Fogg	Treasurer
G W Jones
Mrs E A Williams
G R Williams
F P Collins

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

Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
N/A

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Trust deed

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Trust

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

New trustees are approached and appointed by existing trustees

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

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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.

Trustees are familiar with all aspects of the Trust’s activities. They take advice from specialists on aspects of charity governance on which they are unfamiliar. Trustees keep themselves aware of current issues in charity governance.

The charity is led by a leadership team, which submits major proposals to congregational meetings for members’ approval. One of the leaders is designated Senior Church Leader and is remunerated. Other members of the church serve in various leadership roles for specific activities. In addition to the Senior Church Leader, four other members of the church were paid (part-time) for specific work during the year.

The trustees have produced and kept under review a Health and Safety policy that covers all aspects of the Trust’s activities. There have been no incidents that have required disclosure to a statutory agency.

The Trust operates Safeguarding policies ensuring all officers of the church and volunteers working with children and young people are subject to enhanced DBS disclosure checks.

Section C Objectives and activities

to advance the Christian Faith holding to the authority of scripture in all matters of faith and conduct in Wrexham and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees may from time to time think fit;

to relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship or who are aged or Summary of the objects of the sick and to relieve the distress caused thereby in Wrexham and in such other charity set out in its parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees may from time to time governing document think fit;

to promote and fulfil such other charitable purposes beneficial to the community in Wrexham or such other parts or the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees may from time to time think fit.

	to promote and fulfil such other charitable purposes beneficial to the community in Wrexham or such other parts or the United Kingdom or the world as the _trustees may from time to time think fit. _
	The trustees have reviewed our objectives and activities to ensure they continue
	to reflect our aims. In carrying out this review, the trustees took into account the
	Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and in particular its
	supplementary guidance on the advancement of religion for the public benefit.
	They consider that the Trust provides public benefit to the community through
	the Sunday and midweek activities, through its grant-making, and through its
Summary of the main	involvement and active participation in town-wide initiatives.
activities in relation to these objects	The principal activities of the Church (the Trust) comprised: Weekly public worship and other meetings for teaching and fellowship.
	Sunday activities for Children & Youth
	Support of Christian Ministries in Wrexham, Christians Together in Wrexham,
	etc and abroad through various agencies for the relief of suffering via:
	Tear Fund, and other agencies and supporting disaster appeals etc.
	Support of Community projects within the local Community e.g. Street and
	School Pastors (Wrexham), Foodbank, Feeding the Roofless, Baby
	Basics, IPAC and elsewhere: Fundatia Incredera (Romania), (GNF
	Hungary) and a projectin Nepal(interalia).

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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

Grants are made to various organisations and are reviewed by the leadership team regularly and changes approved by members at congregational meetings.

Policy on grantmaking
Policy programme related investment
Contribution made by Volunteers

Most of the activities of the Trust depend on the voluntary effort of members of the congregation. The majority of members are involved in one or more activities of the Trust.

The trustees, with the exception of the Mr G W Jones, receive no remuneration, as noted in the accounts.

The trustees continue to review the public benefit arising from the activities, and are satisfied that they do provide significant benefit to many within the community.

Section D Achievements and performance

Weekly public worship : The style and content of worship aims to be Summary of the main contemporary and accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds, and achievements of the charity particularly to people who are unfamiliar with public worship. during the year

Church based Youth and Children’s activities ran throughout the year adapting to the composition of the group.

(All of the above were delivered online or in-person based on Covid regulations at the time)

Support for Christian and relief work: The Trust has used its own resources and raised and distributed funds from the congregation for projects locally and abroad. These include, supporting the international relief work of TEAR Fund and other agencies, and initiatives. The Trust has worked with other organisations in Wrexham to promote initiatives via Christians Together in Wrexham.

The Trust has responded to various appeals for relief in response to natural and other disasters and emergencies throughout the period, notably in Haiti, East Africa and Yemen.
Community projects .

The Trust has continued to support the following :

The ongoing work of Street & School Pastors (Wrexham) to provide a caring presence in the town centre on busy evenings, and at a local secondary school at lunchtimes.
• Wrexham Foodbank. • Provided a team of volunteers taking part in the Feeding the Roofless project within Wrexham.
• Baby Basics Wrexham – providing support for individuals/couples or families with newborn children
. and outside the UK:
Continued to support Fundatia Incredera in Oradea, Romania (alcohol and substance abuse education), a community project in Nepal, and a church in the Roma community in Hungary.

Covid-19

During 2020/21 meetings were held on-line. Following the easing of restrictions since June 2021, the church has resumed in-person meetings subject to local requirements as well as providing on-line alternatives.

Section E Financial review

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The trustees believe that it is appropriate for the Trust to maintain sufficient Brief statement of the reserves to enable it to meet its current expenditure for six months without charity’s policy on reserves further income. Reserves are currently higher than this level, and the trustees have considered how this excess should be utilised in accordance with the objectives of the Trust. Certain funds have been designated to support a new town-wide project should it gain sufficient support elsewhere. Details of any funds materially At the end of the year no funds were in material deficit, and any small deficits in in deficit Restricted Funds were met from transfers from the General Fund.

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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

The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising).

The charity’s main source of funding is the voluntary donations of members and friends of the Trust.

The main items of expenditure are salaries, support for youth and community activities and grant-making.

How expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity.
Investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

The trustees have introduced a contributory pension scheme that complies with the The Pension Regulator’s auto-enrolment requirements.

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Position (eg secretary, chair, etc) Date	CE Elliott	RAFogg
	Chair	Treasurer
	31/10/2021

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	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	No (if any)	No (if any)	CC16a
	Christchurch Wrexham Trust			1075397
	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	Period start date	To		Period end date
		01/04/2020			31/03/2021

Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds		Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £		to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations and collections	67,950	10,279	-		78,229	78,045
Events inc Lunch Club	-	-	-		-	367
Interest	1,214	-	-		1,214	1,312
Grants & Legacies		750	-		750	9,534
Other Income			-		-	-
			-		-	-
	-	-	-		-	-
	-	-	-		-	-
*Sub total* _(Gross income for AR) _	69,164	11,029	-		80,193	89,258

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-	-	-		-	-
	-	-	-		-	-
*Sub total*	-	-	-		-	-

*Total receipts*	69,164	11,029	-		80,193	89,258

A3 Payments
Wages,Salaries,Pensions and NI	44,656	-	-		44,656	44,337
Training,Conferences & Affiliations	810	-	-		810	4,671
Hire of Premises	123	-	-		123	8,702
Resources for Church	2,764	756	-		3,520	1,544
Youth & Childrens Activities	129	-	-		129	1,178
Donations and Grants	400	17,712	-		18,112	21,939
Office Costs	1,093	-	-		1,093	2,586
Cost of Events & Fundraising	1,124	-	-		1,124	1,948
Legal and Professional fees	480	-	-		480	480
Insurance	849	-	-		849	837
	-	-	-		-	-
**Sub total **	52,428	18,468	-		70,896	88,222

A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, (see table)
	-	-	-		-
	-	-	-		-
**Sub total **	-	-	-		-	-

*Totalpayments*	52,428	18,468	-		70,896	88,222

*Net of receipts/(payments)*	16,736	(7,439)	-		9,297	1,036
A5 Transfers between funds	(7,439)	7,439	-		-	-
A6 Cash funds lastyear end	89,660	-	-		89,660	88,624
*Cash funds thisyear end*	98,957	-	-		98,957	89,660

CC16a-2020-21 final

07/01/2022

	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	No (if any)	No (if any)	CC16a
	Christchurch Wrexham Trust			1075397
	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	Period start date	To	Period end date
		01/04/2020		31/03/2021

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories	Details		Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds	Endowment funds
			to nearest £		to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	Current Account		13,824		-	-
	Deposit Account		19,469			-
	30 Day Notice Account		18,600
	95 Day Notice Account		47,045
	Petty Cash		19			-
	*Total cash funds*		98,957		-	-
	(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))		OK			OK
			Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds	Endowment funds
	Details		to nearest £		to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets					-	-
					-	-
			-		-	-
			-		-	-
			-		-	-
			-		-	-

	Details		Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets					-	-
					-	-

	Details		Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the char					-	-
					-	-
					-	-

	Details		Fund to which liability relates		Amount due (optional)	When due (optional)
B5 Liabilities					-
					-

Signed by one or two trustees on behal	f Signature		Print Name			Date of approval
	CEElliott		C E Elliott			31/10/2021
	RAFogg		R A Fogg			31/10/2021

	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	No (if any)	No (if any)	CC16a
	Christchurch Wrexham Trust			1075397
	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	Period start date	To	Period end date
		01/04/2020		31/03/2021

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories	Details		Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds	Endowment funds
			to nearest £		to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	Current Account		13,824		-	-
	Deposit Account		19,469			-
	30 Day Notice Account		18,600
	95 Day Notice Account		47,045
	Petty Cash		19			-
	*Total cash funds*		98,957		-	-
	(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))		OK			OK
			Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds	Endowment funds
	Details		to nearest £		to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets					-	-
					-	-
			-		-	-
			-		-	-
			-		-	-
			-		-	-

	Details		Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets					-	-
					-	-

	Details		Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the char					-	-
					-	-
					-	-

	Details		Fund to which liability relates		Amount due (optional)	When due (optional)
B5 Liabilities					-
					-

Signed by one or two trustees on behal	f Signature		Print Name			Date of approval
	CEElliott		C E Elliott			31/10/2021
	RAFogg		R A Fogg			31/10/2021

CC16a-2020-21 final

07/01/2022

	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	No (if any)	No (if any)
	Christchurch Wrexham Trust				1075397
	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from		Period start date	To	Period end date
			01/04/2020		31/03/2021

Section C	Notes to the accounts

Note 1Basis ofpreparation

*This section should be completed by all charities*.
1.1 Basis of accounting
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.
The accounts have beenprepared in accordance with		CharityCommission Receipts and Payments Template(CC16a):
• and with*	x	the 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 of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July2014
• and with*	x	the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)
• and with the Charities Act 2011.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.*						
* -Tick as appropriate
1.2 Going concern
*If there are material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to* *continue as a going concern, please provide the following details or state "Not applicable", if appropriate:*
An explanation as to those factors that support the conclusion that the charity is a going concern;
Disclosure of any uncertainties that make the going concern assumption doubtful;
Where accounts are not prepared on a going concern basis, please disclose this fact together with the basis on which the trustees prepared the accounts and the reason why the charity is not regarded as a going concern.

CC16a-2020-21 final

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Charity Name No (if any) Christchurch Wrexham Trust 1075397 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/04/2020 31/03/2021 1.3 Change of accounting policy The accounts present a true and fair view and the accounting policies adopted are those outlined in note { 2 }. YesNo ~~-~~  * -Tick as appropriate Please disclose: The accounts have been prepared on a Receipts and (i) the nature of the change in accounting policy; Payments basis since 2017. Receipts and payments provide accounts that are (ii) the reasons why applying the new accounting policy provides readily understandable by lay readers. The additional more reliable and more relevant information; and reporting requirements required under FRS 102, were deemed too onerous. (iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line affected in the current period, each prior period presented and the aggregate amount of the adjustment relating to periods before those presented, 3.44 FRS 102 SORP. 1.4 Changes to accounting estimates No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS 102 SORP). Yes  * -Tick as No  appropriate Please disclose: (i) the nature of any changes; (ii) the effect of the change on income and expense or assets and liabilities for the current period; and (iii) where practicable, the effect of the change in one or more future periods. 1.5 Material prior year errors No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS 102 SORP). Yes  * -Tick as No  appropriate Please disclose: (i) the nature of the prior period error; Some Bank Balances classed as Monetary Assets (ii) for each prior period presented in the accounts, the amount of the correction for each account line item affected; and

(iii) the amount of the correction at the beginning of the earliest prior period presented in the accounts.

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