## **Community Watchmen Ministries**
## **Charity No. 1101322**
## **Trustees' Report and Unaudited Accounts**
**30 June 2023**
**Community Watchmen Ministries Contents**
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|Trustees' Annual Report|2 to 3|
|Independent Examiner's Report|4 to 4|
|Receipts and Payments Accounts|5 to 5|
|Statement of Assets and Liabilities|6 to 6|
|Notes to the Accounts|7 to 7|
|Detailed Receipts and Payments Accounts|8 to 9|
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**Community Watchmen Ministries Trustees Annual Report**
The trustees present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2023.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **Charity No. 1101322**
## **Principal Office**
25 Ronald Road Waterloo Liverpool L22 3XU
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity:**
**Name of person (or Dates acted if not for body) entitled to Trustee name Office (if any) whole year appoint trustee (if any)** R. Burden
C. Grant
A. Rimmer
S. Sinclair
S. Sinclair
## **Accountants**
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service Burlington House Crosby Road North Waterloo Liverpool L22 0LG
## **Bankers**
The Co-Operative Bank St Johns Precinct 1-3 Parker Street
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## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Type of governing document**
## **How the charity is constituted**
CWM had 5 Trustees appointed at the AGM, with vacancies filled, as required, by the Board of Trustees in accordance with the Articles of Association. Members of the Board of Trustees during this year are listed below.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
The Objects of the charity are to advance the Christian religion by equipping, empowering, and activating Christians to make a difference in their local communities across Merseyside, nationally and internationally.
## **Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects**
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**Community Watchmen Ministries Trustees Annual Report**
The team continues to be led by Sue Sinclair and the Leadership Team – Pam Shaw, Rosemary Burden, Steve Brooke, and Ali Rimmer. No remuneration was paid to any of the Trustees except for normal travel, administration and accommodation expenses paid to Sue Sinclair. CWM has no paid employees, and we continue to be dependent upon our amazing team of volunteers (age 21 - 85 years old). The oldest member of our team Betty passed away earlier this year and we were honoured to support her family and speak at her funeral.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities**
We have slightly reorganised our team of wonderful Advisors to reflect the transition we have been on and ensuring they are relevant and able to provide continued wisdom to us. Our current Advisors are Bishop Dave Connolly, Brian Mills, Mike Gowen, Jane Holloway, and John Sutton-Smith remain. We are pleased to have added Dave Lathom and Christine Larkin. We have been in contact with them all throughout the year and really appreciate their counsel and support.
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
We began our work in 2002 and decided to host a 20 year celebration at Foxhill, on 3rd June as this also coincided with the Big PUSH on 4th June. It was a wonderful opportunity to invite team members both past and present to share some of the amazing stories we have experienced together. We produced a wonderful timeline of our CWM charity story; very powerfully narrating our journey from our small beginnings in Liverpool, to the incredible adventures across the nations. We also produced a short video to demonstrate this, showing many of the volunteers and people we have served. Here is the link https://youtu.be/NUx7q3H6bvM
Now in our 15th year of the Big PUSH we continue to develop and are steadily growing our online presence via our Liverpool Big PUSH YouTube channel. People are accessing this from all over the world to connect with the worship and word which is very encouraging.
Our "Weekend Advance" for the CWM Team was once again at Foxhill House in Frodsham, with teaching and ministry from within the team. This is a powerful time of team building with teaching and lots of fun.
Once again, we are confident, we have adapted to the new season, and we are well positioned to continue flourishing in the days ahead.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
The charity had receipts of £26,589 and payments of £34,086 giving a deficit for the year of (£7,497). Unrestricted reserves were £17,507 and restricted reserves were £375.
The reserves policy is to keep between 3 and 6 months' expenditure in unrestricted reserves. Unrestricted reserves are £17,507 which complies with the reserves policy.
## **DECLARATION**
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
C. Grant S. Sinclair Trustee Trustee 22 August 2023 22 August 2023
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**Community Watchmen Ministries Independent Examiners Report**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Community Watchmen Ministries**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Community Watchmen Ministries for the year ended 30 June 2023.
## **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').
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 confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
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.
Anthony Deegan MAAT
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service Burlington House Crosby Road North Waterloo Liverpool L22 0LG 22 August 2023
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## **Community Watchmen Ministries Receipts and Payments Account**
## **for the year ended 30 June 2023**
|**Receipts from:**
Donations, legacies and
similar income
Fundraising
Investment income
**Total gross income**
**Total receipts**
**Payments on:**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Total**
**funds**|**Total**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**2023**|**2023**|**2023**|**2022**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|||||||
|||26,298|45|26,343|21,312|
|||228|-|228|634|
|||18|-|18|2|
|||26,544|45|26,589|21,948|
|||||||
|||26,544|45|26,589|21,948|
|||||||
|||||||
|Charitable payments||24,891|94|24,985|15,466|
|Fundraising costs
Charity costs
**Total gross expenditure**
Asset and investment
purchases
**Total payments**
**Net of receipts/(payments)**
Transfers between funds
Cash funds last year
**Cash funds this year end**||621|-|621|674|
|||5,177|-|5,177|2,811|
|||30,689|94|30,783|18,951|
|||3,303|-|3,303|-|
|||33,992|94|34,086|18,951|
|||||||
|||(7,448)|(49)|(7,497)|2,997|
|||||||
|||-|-|-|-|
|||24,955|424|25,379|22,382|
|||17,507|375|17,882|25,379|
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**Community Watchmen Ministries Statement of Assets and Liabilities**
## **at 30 June 2023**
## **Charity No. 1101322**
|**Charity No. 1101322**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Cash funds**
Current accounts
Petty cash
**Total cash funds**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2023**
**£**
375
-
375|**Total funds**
**2023**
**£**
17,882
-|**Total funds**
**2022**
**£**|
||**2023**||||
||**£**
17,507
-||||
|||||24,831|
|||||548|
||||||
||17,507||17,882|25,379|
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Signed by the trustees on 22 August 2023
And signed on their behalf by:
C. Grant S. Sinclair Trustee Trustee 22 August 2023 22 August 2023
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**Community Watchmen Ministries Notes to the Accounts**
## **for the year ended 30 June 2023**
- 1 **Accounting policies**
## **Basis of preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared on the 'Receipts and Payments' basis.
## **Fund accounting**
- Unrestricted funds These are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objects of the charity.
- Designated funds These are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes. Revaluation funds These are unrestricted funds which include a revaluation reserve representing the restatement of investment assets at their market values.
- Restricted funds These are available for use subject to restrictions imposed by the donor or through terms of an appeal.
## **2 Restricted and Endowment Funds**
Restricted funds:
Kampala Childrens Centre Monies raised to support a childrens centre in Uganda
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**Community Watchmen Ministries Detailed Receipts and Payments Account**
## **for the year ended 30 June 2023**
|**Receipts from:**
**Donations, legacies and similar**
**income**
Donations
Kampala Childrens Centre
Big Push
Gift Aid Refunded
**Fundraising**
Book Sales
**Investment income**
Bank interest
**Total gross income**
**Total receipts**
**Payments on:**
**Charitable payments**
Big Push
KCC Uganda
Events
Accomodation
Hospitality
Gifts
Christian Copyright Licence
**Fundraising costs**
Book Sales
Motor and travel costs
Travel and subsistence
Premises costs
Rent
Other premises costs
General administrative costs
General insurances|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2023**
**£**
15,877
-
6,876
3,545
26,298
228
228
18
18
26,544
26,544
10,450
-
1,231
7,407
3,377
2,128
298
24,891
621
621
2,547
2,547
-
956
956
325|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2023**
**£**
-
45
-
-
45
-
-
-
-
45
45
-
94
-
-
-
-
-
94
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|**Total funds**
**2023**
**£**
15,877
45
6,876
3,545
26,343
228
228
18
18
26,589
26,589
10,450
94
1,231
7,407
3,377
2,128
298
24,985
621
621
2,547
2,547
-
956
956
325|**Total funds**
**2022**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||17,370|
|||||20|
|||||770|
|||||3,152|
|||||21,312|
||||||
|||||634|
|||||634|
||||||
|||||2|
|||||2|
||||||
|||||21,948|
||||||
|||||21,948|
|||||-
-
6,657
5,599
1,741
1,185
284|
|||||15,466|
|||||674|
|||||674|
|||||-|
|||||-|
|||||500
609|
|||||1,109|
|||||333|
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## **Community Watchmen Ministries Detailed Receipts and Payments Account**
|Postage and couriers
Software, IT support and
related costs
Stationery and printing
Subscriptions
Sundry expenses
Telephone, fax and broadband
Legal and professional costs
Accountancy and bookkeeping
**Total gross expenditure**
**Asset and investment purchases**
Apple Mac & Video Equipment
**Total payments**
**Net receipts (payments)**
**Transfers between funds**
**Cash fund last year end**
**Cash fund this year end**|12
107
466
345
88
256
1,599
75
75
30,689
3,303|-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
94
-|12
107
466
345
88
256
1,599
75
75
30,783|-
-
144
-
738
402|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||1,617|
|||||85|
|||||85|
||||||
|||||18,951|
||||||
||||3,303|-|
||3,303|-|3,303|-|
||33,992
(7,448)|94
(49)|34,086
(7,497)||
|||||18,951|
||||||
|||||2,997|
||||||
||-|-|-||
||||||
||24,955|424|25,379|22,382|
||17,507|375|17,882||
|||||25,379|
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