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2022-12-31-accounts

King’s Community Church Project Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31[st] December 2022

Registered Charity: 1086226 Registered Company 4036665 www.oaktreecentre.co.uk email: admin@oaktreecentre.co.uk

’ - Chairman s Report Rev. Matt Nott

If you read last year’s report you’d have heard how 2021 was the beginning of a season of recovery from post-pandemic restrictions, as we began to consider how to make the charity more adaptable for the future, more sustainable financially, while considering its demands on staff and volunteers.

The year of 2022, the year of ‘pruning’ for ‘adventure’ has been one of recovery financially and making some tough decisions to enable a brighter, simpler, future. Pruning can look like all sorts of things but for us it involved a reminder of why we do what we do and cutting back the extra things that, while good, aren’t feasible at this moment in time. This gave us a stable platform to pursue new paths, like an adventure, free of the excess baggage that may slow us down.

Pruning is painful and costly. Across the year we’ve had substantial costs (of time, wellbeing, and financial resources) to enable us to resolve staffing issues, improvements to rooms/building, as well as focusing on fundraising. All of this, as we head into 2023, have enabled us to have agility and stability to explore new avenues, ways of working, and partnership opportunities.

Our interim Centre Manager Lydia Lamb was appointed Centre Manager in July and was able to build on the work she had already started to bring in a greater diversity of weekly/monthly activities into our programme. Lydia, together with Geri, our seconded Administrator, worked to promote the Centre more productively through social media, the website, as well as physical displays and takeaway leaflets. This created better reach into the community and we saw more local residents engaged with what we can offer.

In 2022 the cafe remained closed for most of the week to passing trade. We used it as a space for drop-in wellbeing/activity groups, Welcome Wednesdays, meetings, and other events. We experimented opening to the public on a Friday with pastries and hot drinks which gave us useful reflections to explore what could be feasible in opening the cafe in 2023. Watch this space!

Maintenance of the facilities happened on two levels. Small scale jobs and general upkeep of the site were carried out by staff and volunteers. Where there were specific larger projects we were able to call on local and national contractors who outwork their social responsibility commitments in different charitable places and spaces. We’ve been fortunate to replace lighting, redecorate a medium sized room, and purchase new furniture for that room as part of this scheme.

As Trustees we continued to invest in discussions of how we relate to King’s Community Church with our shared site, staffing, volunteers, and partnering in projects. Building on our relationship as two charities we’ve had more regular meetings to explore a better way of the two charities serving the local community that doesn’t involve cumbersome processes and procedures. In September both teams came together and were facilitated by an external consultant where we were reminded of our shared sense of local purpose, Christian ethos, and commitment to working together. This has led to a joint commitment to explore future governance. In 2023 we will explore this with greater intensity to help us choose the right path ready for a brighter future.

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2020-2022 have been painful years for us as a charity but we have learnt a lot through the journey. We are better placed to move into 2023, and beyond, with a clearer sense of purpose and an efficient way of working enabling us to serve a wider range of our community.

Thank you

So on behalf of the staff team I want to thank our amazing team of volunteers and trustees. While the staff each play a vital role I want to thank the many volunteers who make the Oak Tree Centre what it is and enable us to provide so many great services to our local community.

In togetherness we can do more.

In togetherness we are more diverse.

In togetherness we can model something that seems truly counter-cultural in today’s society: A community that lives and cares for one another.

Rev. Matt Nott

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Structure, Government and Management

Governing Document

King’s Community Church Project (trading name The Oak Tree Centre) is a Registered Charity No 1086226 and a Company limited by Guarantee no 4036665, established in July 2000. Its governing document is its Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Organisational Structure

The Charity Trustees, who are also Directors of the company, are responsible for overseeing the running of the Centre. The Chair of the Board is the minister of King’s Community Church, Rev Matt Nott. The Treasurer, also a Trustee, oversees Centre finances and the Secretary helps keep the Charity compliant to its governing document.

The Board is made up of: seven Church members, five community members. The Board still meets every three months (as a minimum), assisted by the joint operational team (made up of 7 co-ordinators) who meet fortnightly. All Directors with the exception of the Chair, the Minister of King’s Community Church, are volunteers and give their time freely.

Paid staff are responsible for the day to day running of the Centre, assisted by a team of volunteers. At the end of 2022 the Centre had 4 employees; our new Centre Manager (Lydia Lamb), Seconded Administrator (Geri Knight), 2 Cleaners (Lyn Reeves & Shirley Stewart).

Recruitment of Trustees

As positions become available, vacancies among the 7 Church Company members are advertised, candidates interviewed and recommended by the Church Trustees, bearing in mind the skills needed on the Board at the time, and finally appointed by the Church meeting. Dave Tranter was appointed as a Church Trustee this year.

Dave recently retired after 47 years working mainly in the NHS as a senior biomedical scientist/operational manager. He has enjoyed several varied roles within the Church community, from Church Treasurer for many years to a very useful odd job person.

Community Company members are appointed taking into account their association with The Oak Tree Centre and their contribution to skills mix and balance of the Board, and in particular appointing persons from health, education or local business sector of the community. Jay Anandou was appointed as a Community Trustee this year.

Jay Anandou, is a financial professional and an elected Councillor of Old Warley Ward in Sandwell Council. Jay has a Bachelor's degree in commerce and accountancy (India) and two Post Graduate Diplomas in Hospitality Management (Switzerland) and International Business (France). Jay is widely travelled , before being a trustee of OTC, he has held trustee positions in Wildlife trust and Shireland Academy for a number of years. Jay is also the founder of Brandhall Green Space Action Group, a local community initiative to save the Brandhall Green Space (Formerly Brandhall Golf Course) from development. Jay specialists in finance, risk, control and compliance, apart from being involved in various local community work.

We are expecting to add more Trustees in 2023.

Risk Management

The Board have put in place procedures to minimise risk to Centre users. These include health and safety risk assessment, regular fire and emergency lighting checks, and Safer Food Better Business checks. The Centre is covered by Public liability insurance, and is monitored by CCTV. All staff and volunteers working with children and vulnerable adults are DBS checked and complete Safeguarding

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training. Centre finances are reviewed regularly with a reserves policy in place to minimise risks of a sudden loss in income although this has been difficult during the year.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

OUR AIMS ( as set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association)

OUR OBJECTIVES

AIMS + ACHIEVEMENTS for 2022

Our priorities for the year, and our performance at actioning them, are as follows:

  1. Inclusivity - We themed 2022 as ‘Making room: for God, each other and those we don’t know yet’. This theme has inspired us to explore practical ways for people to belong and play their part. There is always more to do in acknowledging unconscious bias and privilege but we have seen some positive ways that those with disabilities, such as the deaf community, become more involved in shaping our future. We will build on this in 2023 with a working group to explore how to include other marginalised groups.

  2. Good governance/operational management - With the appointment of Lydia Lamb as Centre Manager we have been able to refocus ways of running our centre during 2022. Unexpectedly Lydia suffered a serious, ongoing, medical challenge. This enabled us to better streamline our communication and staffing needs through her treatment and subsequent sick leave. As already mentioned, above the issue of good governance is an ongoing issue that will continue into 2023 and beyond.

  3. Sustainable fundraising - The training that our team undertook in 2021 has enabled us to think creatively about exploring multiple income streams and not be solely reliant on renting out rooms. This gives us a greater opportunity to explore partnership working with other charities and agencies to provides a more rounded offer to our community. This will be built upon to a greater extent in 2023 and beyond.

  4. Building maintenance/improvement - As has already been mentioned many of the simply maintenance matters have been addressed in 2022 with the support of volunteers and contractors working on site to fulfil their social responsibility commitments. This does mean that as we move into 2023 we are aware that some of the bigger issues are still to be addressed which may need external funding especially as we seek to become environmentally carbon neutral.

In summary 2022 has been a year of building on much needed changes and we move forwards with positivity and sustainability as key tenants of how we operate.

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CENTRE ACTIVITIES

Our regular weekly groups are the focus of Centre life. Our charitable activities, run in partnership with King’s Community Church include groups for young families, older people, and a professional counselling service. In 2022 we really concentrated on growing our groups to ensure we had something for most of our community.

Below is a summary of these regular groups that returned in 2022:

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New Centre Activities that started in 2022

We were so excited to be able to expand our groups within the centre and to reach even more of our community. We have been pleased to welcome a number of groups to cover different needs. We hope that we can continue to grow our groups and reach an even wider audience.

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Community Celebrations and Events that took place this year

It was so important to us to concentrate on bringing the community back together, to offer more for our community that was affordable and much more accessible. We aim to be as inclusive as possible and try and offer something for most.

Chinese New Year Celebration – At the beginning of 2022 we celebrated the Chinese new year inviting our community to join us to enjoy an authentic Chinese meal. We utilised the café space and came together to celebrate. Two of our congregation members cooked for everyone and it was a very enjoyable event which was ran as “pay as you feel” to ensure that everyone could be involved.

Flipping Marvellous Pancake Party – This was the first pancake event we could bring back after the pandemic. Historically this CAP fundraising event was extremely popular… this event did not disappoint. We were very unsure about the numbers of attendance but the crowds flocked. We used the café space, the room was full of familiar and new faces. The sense of community was amazing and we finally started to have that glimmer of hope after the pandemic.

The Queen’s Jubilee Community Event - Finally after several years of covid sweeping our community and isolating people we were able to celebrate this monumental event. We were honoured to receive a community gathering grant from SCVO allowing us to host an inclusive, affordable event for the people of our community.

We used the entire building holding a craft fair in one room where Brandhall choir also performed.

We had a family fun room with entertaining games, candy floss, face-painters etc. We also held a community pudding competition in which anyone could bake for which was judged by the Mayor of Sandwell. Buttons Community Café was open serving affordable food and drink.

We had floods of people come to the event, the atmosphere was amazing. The sense of community was strong throughout the whole day. We are so grateful for the opportunity to be able to host such an event.

CAP Debt Centre Fund raiser - An important aspect of our CAP Debt Centre has been organising client events, holding fortnightly coffee mornings, and promotional fund raising events as well as visiting clients at home. CAP in 2022 where once again able to visit clients in their home enabling them to see more people.

The annual gala was able to be hosted in the centre with a Gatsby theme enticing a large amount of people to join in the festivities to fundraise for the Oldbury CAP Centre.

This was a momentous occasion as not only did they raise awareness and funds for CAP charity but it was a great opportunity for The Oak Tree Centre to really showcase their rooms to the outside and show a different potential. The evening was well attended and everyone celebrated the amazing work that CAP achieve yearly.

Family Quiz – During the April half term we hosted a family quiz. We invited the community to come and join in a “quiz for all ages” ensuring that people did not feel excluded. We made some hot food and served drinks, we ensured that this was done at a low cost so that we could encourage more of the community to come and gather. A local restaurant kindly donated a voucher for a meal for four people as the prize. The atmosphere was wonderful, by the end of the night tables were mixing and enjoying group conversation… this event is something that we will repeat in future years.

Italian themed night – CAP looked at diversifying the events that they were holding to fundraise for the charity including offering something less exclusive. They dressed the café in an Italian themed atmosphere and served authentic Italian food. They seated around 20 people for the event. They

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raised a good amount of money for the charity as well as awareness of CAP itself. The feedback on the night was extremely positive and they will be exploring different themed cuisine nights going forward.

Summer Holidays

During the Summer holidays we wanted to offer more within the centre for families, more affordable and accessible activities to encourage children to socialise and be physically and mentally active. We offered places to these events to families less fortunate offering everyone an opportunity to be involved.

Encanto Tea Party – We used our centre to host an “Encanto” themed tea party. We played games, hired a mascot to come and dance with the children, we did arts and crafts and enjoyed food together. This was a very enjoyable and popular event in which we would recreate in the future using different themes.

Lego Club – We created a space for the older children to socialise and to enjoy some creativity. This was taking the place of the “youth café” that we had previously done pre Covid. This was a relaxed group that was enjoyed by children leaving primary school entering high school and was a good platform for them to meet potential new friends that they would be going to school with.

Big Kids Playgroup – Aimed at children four and over we created a playgroup for older children. This included a packed lunch, arts and crafts and games. This was really popular and something we recreated again.

Dance Workshop – The dance instructor that runs the weekly dance classes hosts dance workshops during the half term breaks for all children (even those who don’t attend weekly classes). This summer the dance workshop was beach and summer themed. They learnt a small dance routine, did some activities and was visited by “Poppy the troll” mascot. Many children attended and they had so much fun, this is an event that will be repeated in the future.

December

In the build up to Christmas we decided to host a “ Breakfast with Santa ” event. We looked at the local area and saw that there was a need for an affordable way of children visiting Santa. Our trustees all personally donated so that we could purchase books to give as gifts. One of our trustees kindly dressed as Santa whilst others helped as Elves, kitchen staff and greeters. We supplied each guest with arts and craft activities at their table, a festive hot chocolate and a choice of bacon or sausage cob. Once they had enjoyed the activities and ate they were then invited up to meet the “big man” himself. We had a massive amount of feedback after this event of parents thanking us to enabling them to not miss out on this traditional event and making it accessible to all. We will be repeating this event in 2023 to ensure that families get to meet Santa at a low, affordable cost.

We finished the year holding the “ Christmas ADVENTure ” event where we explored the true meaning of Christmas through interactive fun. The community set out around the local area identifying sections of the nativity through displays in the neighbours windows. We then opened our café for seasonal food and drinks. In the centre we had an area in which people could gather to eat but also meet after the big performance for stolen, mince pies, hot drinks and mulled cider. After everyone had ate we gathered in the church to take part in an interactive nativity where members of the community dressed up to represent the different people and animals. The nativity was controlled chaos leaving the building in floods of laughter… as we sat watching young children riding the animals around the stage, different members playing several versions of Mary and the audience participation shouting “it’s all about Jesus!” This gave such a relaxed approach to the “typical” church Christmas celebration and the whole community embraced it. The “Christmas ADVENTure” event was really popular, it was

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very much an uplifting, emotional and encouraging experience. We saw people returning, new members of the community entering and a new, exciting future of possibilities and connections appearing. We very much look forward to what 2023 will bring.

2022 really started to map out the way we would approach 2023. We were still heavily recovering from the damage and devastation of Covid. We were seeing an increase in bookings, financial stability and the community we were reaching. This gave us hope and a new foundation to grow more and to impact on more of our communities lives. The popular events that were successful made us want to explore further in 2023 and to do bigger and better things...

Party Bookings

The Centre is a popular venue for parties and groups of all ages. We have maintained the services offered to our customers, buffets, room hire, use of equipment, and bouncy castle.

Private bookings for parties have been booming over 2022. Most weekends the centre has been booked to celebrate personal occasions. It has been wonderful to be able to consistently greet parties and to be a part of their celebrations. With affordable booking rates the centre has been a popular, local venue in which we will continue booking parties in the future.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Total income for 2022 was £74,514 (2021 £56,494).

After a fall in income in 2021following the pandemic, 2022 saw a rise in Group rental income to £31,313 (£18,334 2021).

Rental Income was further increased by the return of Healthy Minds counselling service. Total income received from counselling was £23,262.

With restricted opening hours and use of the café for other groups, Cafe income for the year was reduced to £5,162 from £12,108 in 2021. In 2023 we will consider prudent ways of increasing the number of café opening hours.

Expenditure for 2022 also increased to £94,063 from £84,491 in 2021.

The major challenge financially was ongoing legal expenditure which amounted to £18459. This resulted in the necessity of cutting back on other expenses such as decoration, and the reduction of our reserves. We do not anticipate further legal costs and intend to build up our reserves in 2023.

We are grateful for the following Grants from Trusts and other organisations received during 2022.

Business support grant of £4,000 from Sandwell MBC, following the pandemic.

£500 from Sandwell Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) towards costs of community event for Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee.

£1076 from Axis towards cost of refurbishing rooms. We are grateful to Axis for electrical works completed including replacement of external lighting.

£3076 from SCVO, cost of running Warm Space in the café for 6 months from October 2022.

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KING’S COMMUNITY CHURCH PROJECT

t/a THE OAK TREE CENTRE

Registered Charity: 1086226 Registered Company: 4036665

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT

AND

INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION REPORT 12 MONTHS ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2022

Luke Silver Accountancy & Taxation Services 25 Ellicombe Close Minehead Somerset TA24 6DQ

Mobile: 07710 456376

E-mail: luke-silver@puresilver.org.uk

Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts

Receipts and Payment Accounts

Report to the trustees/members of King’s Community Church Project

Registered Charity Number 1086225

On the accounts for the 12 Months ended 31[st] December 2022

Set out on the following pages

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity¹s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to: examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and

state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner’s report

My 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 a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, 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 no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements

(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed L A Silver

Date: 27 March 2023

Luke Silver HNC Business & Finance Accountancy Practitioner

Accountancy & Taxation Services 25 Ellicombe Close, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 6DQ

Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees

Introduction

Thank you for submitting the accounts for independent examination. They have been well maintained and the treasurer and others responsible are to be commended for their hard work. Therefore I will keep my comments to a minimum.

Charity Law and Financial Regulations

The independent examination has been carried out in accordance with the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 1995 (Statutory Instruments No 2724) and the Accounting by Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP).

Signing of Accounts

I shall be obliged if you will please forward a copy of the signature page for my records after the accounts have been signed by a representative appointed by the Trustees.

Conclusion

There are no other matters I feel need to be brought to your attention.

Please do not hesitate to contact me for further clarification or for further assistance.

Luke Silver

Date: 27 March 2023

KING’S COMMUNITY CHURCH PROJECT

Report of the Trustees / Directors for the 12 Months Ended 31[st] December 2022

The trustees and directors during the year were as follows:

Andy Nott 19 Brunel Road, Oldbury B69 1JD

Julia Button 61 Perry Hill Road, B68 0AW

Matthew Nott 27 Elsma Road, Oldbury. B68 0LX

Michaela Beavan 51 Kingsway, Oldbury, B68 0QD

Derek Fewtrell 32 Hartside Close, Halesowen. B63 1 HP

Matthew McArdle 394 Ridgacre Road, Quinton, Birmingham. B32 1AP

Lorraine Webster 29 Hall Road, Smethwick. B67 6SG

Linda Riding 36 Tame Rise, Oldbury. B68 0JW

Jay Anandou 74 Chestnut Road, Oldbury. B68 0AY (Appointed 12 October 2022) David Tranter 2 The Orchard, B68 9LS (Appointed 12 October 2022)

Patricia Sheridan 87 Cockshed’s Lane, Halesowen. B62 8LL (Resigned)

Statement

We certify that the books, vouchers and information produced to enable the independent examination of our accounts to be conducted contain a full and correct record of our financial transactions and activities to the best of our knowledge and belief.

SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES

Please print name: ______ Date ____

King's Community Church Project Registered Charity Number 1086226 Company Number 4036665 Accounting Statement: Receipts and Payments Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022

INCOME
Incoming Resources from Donors (Note 1)
Charity Activity Receipts (Note 2)
Other Incoming Resources
Investment Income
Total
EXPENDITURE
Costs of Generating Funds
Charitable Objects Activities (Note 3)
Support Costs (Note 4)
Management & Administration (Note 5)
Total
Capital Costs (Note 6)
Loan Repayments Capital Repaid
Total		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
300
0
300
270
74,206
0
74,206
56,208
0
0
0
0
8
0
8
16
74,514
0
74,514
56,494
0
0
0
0
38,411
15,393
53,804
58,914
21,074
0
21,074
16,463
19,185
0
19,185
9,114
78,670
15,393
94,063
84,491
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

King's Community Church Project

INCOME
Incoming Resources from Donors (Note 1)
Donation towards repayment of Interest Free Loan
HMRC Gift Aid Refund
Total
Charity Activity Receipts (Note 2)
Room Hire; KCC groups & other activities
Bookings by other groups & individuals
Café Donations / Income
Counselling
Grants
HMRC Job Retention Scheme
Reimbursements
Other Income
Total
EXPENDITURE
Charitable Objects Activities (Note 3)
Catering / Traidcraft
Wage Costs
Community Events
Café Food & Drink
Licences
Charitable Donations
Depreciation
Total
Support Costs (Note 4)
Building Running Costs
General Costs
Total
Management & Administration (Note 5)
Audit & Companies House
Legal Fees
Bank Charges
Total
Capital Costs (Note 6)
Building
Computers
Equipment
Total		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
0
0
0
0
300
0
300
270
300
0
300
270
22,816
0
22,816
4,080
8,497
0
8,497
13,477
5,162
0
5,162
12,108
23,262
0
23,262
777
9,458
0
9,458
0
0
0
0
20,904
0
0
0
0
5,011
0
5,011
4,862
74,206
0
74,206
56,208
0
0
263
31,279
0
31,279
31,405
715
0
715
2,833
2,036
0
2,036
3,661
471
0
471
471
0
0
0
0
3,910
15,393
19,303
20,281
38,411
15,393
53,804
58,914
7,072
0
7,072
5,364
14,002
0
14,002
11,099
21,074
0
21,074
16,463
453
0
453
438
18,459
0
18,459
8,580
273
0
273
96
19,185
0
19,185
9,114
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

King's Community Church Project Registered Charity Number 1086226 Company Number 4036665 Balance Sheet for 12 Months Ended 31 December 2022

FIXED ASSETS
Tangible Assets
Leasehold Property
Depreciation
Additions
Furniture & Equipment
Depreciation
Additions
Total Tangible Assets
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash at Bank
The Coventry A/C 061037251
CAF Bank A/C 00024597
CAF Bank A/C 00025286
CAF Bank A/C 00029905
Petty Cash
Total Current Assets
Creditors due within 1 year
Creditors falling due after 1 year
Total Liabilities
NET ASSETS
Accumulated Fund
Balance brought forward
Funds Generated by Operations
Transfers
Total		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
0
227,493
227,493
242,886
0
(15,393)
(15,393)
(15,393)
0
0
0
0
19,551
0
19,551
24,439
(3,910)
0
(3,910)
(4,888)
0
0
0
0
15,641
212,100
227,741
247,044
3,479
0
3,479
3,471
526
0
526
712
169
0
169
217
214
0
214
234
0
0
0
0
4,388
0
4,388
4,634
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20,029
212,100
232,129
251,678
(55,733)
307,411
251,678
279,675
(4,156)
(15,393)
(19,549)
(27,997)
0
0
0
0
(59,889)
292,018
232,129
251,678

Balance Sheet continued

King's Community Church Project Registered Charity Number 1086226 Company Number 4036665

Accountants Report

For the year ended 31 December 2022 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

Signed on behalf of the Board

Print Name

King's Community Church Project

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022

Grants

During the year, the following grants from Trusts were received:

Business support grant of £4,000 from Sandwell MBC, following the pandemic.

£500 from Sandwell Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) towards costs of the community event for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee.

£1,076 from Axis towards cost of refurbising rooms. We are grateful to Axis for electrical works completed, including replacement of external lighting.

£3,076 from SCVO which is the cost of running Warm space for 6 months.

Legal Costs

Ongoing legal fees towards the defence of an employment tribunal amounted to £18,459 during the financial year.

This was concluded in August.

We received £2,000 from insurers towards the cost.