## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 6[th] April 2023 **Period start date To** 5[th] April 2024 **Period end date** **Charity name:** Criccieth Family Church **Charity registration number:** 1102905 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the
purposes of the
charity as set out in
its governing
document|Para 1.17|The Church’s objects are:
•
The advancement of the Christian faith in the United
Kingdom and overseas by any appropriate means
as the Leadership Team in their absolute discretion
shall determine.
•
To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of
Criccieth any exclusively charitable purpose in
particular but not exclusively the relief of poverty,
sickness and distress and the advancement of
education as the Leadership Team in their absolute
discretion shall determine.| |||| |---|---|---| |Summary of the
main activities in
relation to those
purposes for the
public benefit, in
particular, the
activities, projects
or services
identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The Church has continued to hold services every
Sunday, which have included preaching and Bible
teaching, and a Sunday School was provided for
children attending the morning service. These services
have been held in person in the Church Hall and with
simultaneous online video conferencing technology for
those not able to be in the hall.
In addition to the Sunday services, the church has held
other activities and meetings which included prayer
meetings, midweek Growth Groups, Adeiladu (women’s
group), Bobol Bach (parents and toddlers), CC4G
(youth activity club), Paned a chacen (cuppa and cake
afternoon), and Clwb Sadwrn (for primary age children
and families). These meetings have been held in the
church hall or in homes.
The Church commenced employing a full-time Pastor
during the year (starting 3rdSeptember 2023).
CFC continues to regularly support Mission Partners,
including those based in Wales, England, Mali, India
and Romania. There have been visits to the church from
some of these Mission Partners throughout the year.
Video conferencing technology and email have also
been used to maintain communication with them.| |Statement
confirming whether
the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued by
the Charity
Commission on
public benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have taken into account the Charity
Commission’s guidance (PB1, PB2 and PB3) on public
benefit. In particular the Trustees consider how planned
activities contribute to the aims and objectives that have
been set for the charity.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| ||SORP
reference|| |Policy on grant
making|Para 1.38|The Church makes discretionary grants to individuals
and institutions:
•
Our Mission Partners
•
People in financial hardship
•
Christian workers
•
Charitable causes (e.g.for Ukraine)| |||| |---|---|---| |Policy on social
investment
including program
related investment|Para 1.38|The Church does not make social investments.| |Contribution made
by volunteers|Para 1.38|The Church’s activities are mainly run by volunteers
who are Church members. Members give their unpaid
time to teaching, youth and children’s work, cooking,
stewarding and visiting the elderly, sick and needy. It is
impossible to quantify, but it runs into many thousands
of hours.| |Other||The Church continues to operate a policy for
safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk
and update our practices regularly. We operate safe
recruitment of workers and volunteers with children,
young people and adults at risk, including taking up of
references and DBS checks. We have trained new
workers and monitored workers and volunteers and we
work to guidelines and procedures - all of which are
taken from “_Working together to Safeguard Children”_
and_“Working together to Safeguard People_”| ## **Achievements and Performance** |||| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Public benefit has been provided through
the teaching of the Christian faith,
mentoring of adults and children and
engagement in the services highlighted
above.
In addition to the spiritual and eternal
benefit of such teaching and mentoring, the
core principles at the heart of the Christian
faith should, when implemented, lead to
constructive and progressive engagement
of those mentored with the wider
community.| ## **Financial Review** |**inancial Review**||| |---|---|---| |||| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The statement of financial activities shows
net income for the year of -£12,415. Given
this net income and the level of free
reserves held by the Church, the financial
position is deemed satisfactory.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|It is the policy of the Church to hold £12,000
in reserve. This provides us with in excess
of six months general running costs.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£12,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|No current uncertainties| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The Church’s income mainly comes from
direct giving from its members directly to the
bank account.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Apart from interest from our bank accounts,
the Church does not make investments.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |||| |---|---|---| |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The governing document of the Charity is the
Constitution dated 1st April 2003, as
amended 11th March 2004, 25th May 2016,
17th May 2017, 18th March 2020, 19th May
2021, and 20thSeptember 2023.| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|A person may be appointed to the Leadership
Team, some of whom are the Trustees, from
amongst the Church members by special
resolution of the existing members of the
church at a General Church Meeting.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** ||| |---|---| |Charity name|Criccieth Family Church| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1102905| |Charity’s principal address|Criccieth Family Church
Lon Ednyfed
Criccieth
Gwynedd
LL52 0AL| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**| |1|Steven Trythall|Elder|6th April 2023 to
17th May 2023|Church members| |2|Michael Bull|Treasurer|6th April 2023 to
11th October 2023|Church members| |3|Simon
Brennan|Elder||Church members| |4|David
Newbould|Elder||Church members| |5|Emma
Broadbent|Treasurer|17th May 2023
onwards|Church members| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** None Name of Trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity ||| |---|---| |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**| |Andrew Bradley|| |Andrew Hinton|| |Robert Harris|| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** ||| |---|---| |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|None| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and segregation
of such assets from the
charity’s own assets|| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** David Andrew Newbould Simon Francis Brennan > **Position (eg** Elder / Trustee Elder / Trustee **Secretary, Chair, etc)** > **Date** 14/08/2024 14/08/2024 ~~es~~ ||**Charity Name**|||||**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Criccieth Family Church**|||||**112,905**|||| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||**CC16a**| ||**For the period**
**from**
~~ee ~~||6th April 2023
Period start date
~~ee ~~||**To**
~~ee ~~||5th April 2024
Period end date
~~ee~~||| ||**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**||||||||| ||Regular donations income
**34,652**||**0**||**0**||**34,652**||**30,968**| ||Non-regular donations income
**5,527**||**4,083**||**0**||**9,610**||**3,936**| ||Gift Aid tax back
**7,752**||**0**||**0**||**7,752**||**7,213**| ||Projectsgiving
**0**||**6,202**||**0**||**6,202**||**0**| ||Bank account interest
**2,297**||**0**||**0**||**2,297**||**510**| ||Other
**2,450**||||||**2,450**||**0**| ||||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**| ||||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**| ||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**| ||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**52,678**||**10,285**||**0**||**62,963**||**42,627**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**_Sub total_**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**_Total receipts_**
**52,678**
**10,285**
**0**
**62,963**
**42,627**
~~————_——~~|||||||||| ||**A3 Payments**||||||||| ||Charitablegiving
**7,880**||**4,083**||**0**||**11,963**||**10,446**| ||Church and Hall operatingcosts
**16,814**||**6,202**||**0**||**23,016**||**7,528**| ||Ministarycosts
**3,186**||**0**||**0**||**3,186**||**3,773**| ||Bank charges
**60**||**0**||**0**||**60**||**72**| ||Salaries
**18,735**||**0**||**0**||**18,735**||**0**| ||Pension
**1,418**||**0**||**0**||**1,418**||| ||College fees
**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**2,000**| ||Building projects
**17,000**||||**0**||**17,000**||**4,060**| ||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**| ||**_Sub total_**
**65,093**||**10,285**||**0**||**75,378**||**27,879**| **A4 Asset and investment none** ~~ee~~ **purchases, (see table)** _**Total payments**_ **65,093 10,285 0 75,378 27,879** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **-12,415 0 0 -12,415 14,749 A5 Transfers between funds 0 0 0 0 0 A6 Cash funds last year end 89,902 0 0 89,902 75,153** _**Cash funds this year end**_ ~~=~~ **77,487** ~~SSS~~ **0 0 77,487** ~~=~~ **89,902** CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 26/07/2024 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
None
**Details**
Furnature, fixtures and fittings
Bank accounts
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
None
**Details**
**Details**
None
**Details**
Church hall
Computers and audio visual equipment|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**77,487**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**77,487**
**0**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**0**
**0**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**0**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
criccieth family
church
**0**
criccieth family
church
**0**
criccieth family
church
**0**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**0**
Print Name
EmmaBroadbent|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**0**| ||||**0**| ||||**0**| ||||**0**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**0**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**0**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**0**| ||||**0**| ||||**0**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||EmmaBroadbent|15/07/2024| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 26/07/2024 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Report to the trusteesl members of GEI Goirrl FIMIL th)r,1202 On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) 1102904 Set out on page5 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ('the Trust") for the year ended Responslbilitlos and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act") I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention I ) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: ,1,102lt Name: MIL14EL IIWKEW CR05S Relevant professlonal qualification(s} or body (if any): Address: EAS LL IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of con￿rn (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any itsms that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018