REGISTERED COMPANY liUMBER: 052704$6 IEng]Alld &nd Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1106918 RF.PORT TIIE'fRI'.STF.F.%.4N'D I"Th.II'DITF.D FIN..INC'I.4L STATE%IF.%TS ()R I11fr.' I"F...IIi F.NDF'D 31ST DF.C'Tr.IIBF.R 202J Trok I.II'ING I.IGHT (-IIRI%TI.IY (-III'R(-11 T..IC'*TO P¢a¢¢ ACC(￿ntancY Ltd 4 The Cres¢eni Taun(on Somers¢i TAI 4EA .II'ING I.IGIII' C'HRJ%I'I.4N C'HI'RI'II I'.II'%I'O PA%t Rrpuri of the'l rustcei I Iv2 Ihdtp¢hd¢nt F.'xMmln¢n Rtport ¢J¢¢mtDI of I'ln*n¢lil.Icll%'liltX l#n¢¢ %h¢¢l '(Trlt¥ tv ihe fr'lhJLnclul %lxttmtnt% LII'ING LIGIIT C"IIRISTIAI% C'lll'R(-H TAl.￿T0 RI.POR T I)V TIIL TIII'STEES FDIi TIIL IF.AM L.4DED JIST DF.C'Tr:IIBI'.R 21b2J The ￿fv0 Bre￿s0 direcwrs Dfth¢ ch#rii> th¢ purwesof the Comp4nie$ Act 20(h. their rw)rt 15lth Lhe linanci￿ staiemen15 of the charits lorthEve4fcndcd 31s1 2023 The i￿￿￿¢S have ￿￿OPl￿ ihc provi51on5 01.Ac. Iimiitsl by 8u#rantrt ￿ defin￿1 by the Cornponies Aci 2(K16 'Ih< LrusieL¥ hd¥e a duty to Ideftiilj and Ir%'irt4. thc rEsks iDwhich ihe chanty Isexpmed and io en8ur¢Awr0pt￿1 controls aFe In plÈtt re&%inhblc a55uiJnre a8ain51 fraud Ènd cftor RETrERE%C'E A￿￿11%1*fI1AT.1Vtr. I)F."I'AII.S 0527045& (E-ngland and ￿,￿1¢5> Rrybitr¢d ps5 Lartc Tduni SomeThd TAI 5LQ BcneJiil Kupert E"Thome Spiri{u￿ Ltsd Mi John C'hristopther IAl8ce S¢Dior Spilliv￿ LeaJcr Mr RichAtd Katl Appldry lifider- r¢Yigncd IIOlll4 MrTrtlur lun¢$ LeRd¢r Mi K¢vin PRtker Lea Mi BruiL lucti Ltader Mi C'hrisivphcr JlloL Mi Martin LLd8eT C•mpaDy Stt¥¢iA Mr B¢TredKI Kupert E Thonte FILlth IluLq)ord I-LA IIFP Pca¢t l.ld 4 ThL cle￿¢Thi Tallnlon TAI 4F LIVING LIGHT CHRISTIAN CHURCH TAUNTON REPORT OF THF. TRVSTF.ES FOR THE I'EAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023 co￿¥PREHENSIVE TR115TEF.S REPORT For the vesr under reiiew. Ihe irusiees have produced an in-depth report in relation to the Acllvltics of the irusl. Thi5 includes noies on charltable acliviti¢s. financial ovetview. adminisiration report. and asffls and objects tor the future. Thi5 r¢pun hs ollached ai the end of the formal o¢¢ounts. This report hds been prewed in a¢EoTdancc with the sp¢cial provLSLoll5 of Part 15 of the Compante5 Aci ?006 relaiin8 10 sm&ll companies. Approved by ordei ofthe board of Irusiees on 28th October 2024 &nd si¥fted on lis beh&lf by.. Mr Brncdi¢t Rupcrt E Thome- Secretary Page 2 INDEPENDF.NT EXAmI￿ER's REPORT TO THETRIISTEES OF LIVING LIGHT C-HRISTIAN CHIIRCH. TALNfoN Indtpendenl tAaminer's rtport to tht trusleei of Llvid¢ Light ChrlJtlAn Church. TAUllton I'the Company'l I rcFffl to the Lharit)r Irusie¢5 i)n Iiry CKaminaiion of the acLounL% ol'the Company f()r thr year cnd¢d 31si D¢Lxmtrtr 2023. R¢Jpon$lblllil¢¥ *nd bM>ls of report A% Ihe Lhllril>'% trIL51<¥5 ofihc C'ompan> land dl*i? ils direLtors for the pur￿15¢& iifLCltnpan% lawl YLIU dT¢ res￿>￿51b1C for tht pr¢puraLiun 01.￿1¢ aLLowiL4 111 (IciiirdaDLC M'ith IhL tt4uircmenis ol. Lhe Lumpuiii¢% AL¢ 201K) I'th¢ 2006 ALt'I. Ilaving s&tiifiLd m%xlf Ihai IhL dLLciunts ufih¢ L'unipJny are n(Il rt4Ulrtd to ￿ aDdii¢d uiidL'r Pdrt 16 of Ihe 2￿0 Act and r¥ p¥cI of m} ¢Kuminaiion i)f )￿u￿ ihJriiy'% a¥Louni% Larrild (iul linder ￿.c111￿ 145 1>l'thL L'hurilic% Ail 2011 I'thL 2011 ALI'I. In Lllrrjinbb oul m¥ L'x£minulicin I hJv¢ lolluw¢d Ihe l)ir¢ilii￿￿ 8iw¢n by ihc Lhariiv C'unimi%s$1)n under ¥*i15O11 145151 Ibl 4)1. th¢ 2UI I ALI. Indeptndtnt eiAmlntr's s￿le￿i#l %iiiLe yi)ur Lhuriij's ¥r£is% *Niitn¢ riLL¥d¢d £210.(X)O your cyorniner bc a memlK'r i)I'll listed ￿d￿. l Lan cfrntinn ihHI qudlilild i() undertake thL ¥yuminaliurt ￿La￿lL. l ttm a m¢inher ofihe 1114lilUtr lif C'hartered ALLI)unthnL% rn [..ngl￿n￿ ond Il'a1¢5. wh¥ch is One of the Iisiid ￿￿j1¢S. I huv¢ Lompl¢i¢d my lxumln￿ti1M. l uinlirni th41 nv rnulters htsv¢ Lum¢ kni m). atlcnli(In ni LIM)n¢rlli￿ H ith th¢ ¢x￿￿1￿￿t1￿l 8IVSII8 m¢ caus¢ ts) IK.lirv¢'. a¥¥()uniing reL41rd> i%¢re noi kepi in respLLI iil'th¢ Compan) lls required by 5eLiion 3¥fi ul'the 211U6 Acl.. OT the ULLOUnlS du tKil JLLi>rd wilh ihci%¢ rn'iiirds.. the dLLI)uni% (ki tx)l Li?Inpl) wilh IIK. Uikciuniinu rt4uiremenL% ufseciiun 39fv ofih¢ 20(kn ALI 411heT than 8n) quir¥m¥nl Ihul Ihc aLC()unis giv¢ and foir vi¢M Mhi¢h il u m4ii¢r ron.4id¢￿d purt iTrl'an the &LLi>uni% Iillv¢ n()1 bE¢n prepared in aLLord&n¥e *iih Ihe meth(xl% and prinLiples of the Siatrnicni or 4ILL(IUnls in #L¢ÉirdunL¢ wilh ¢h¢ F'inunoiul ￿<￿￿ning 4IMndllrd Jppl¢¥obl¢ Iii ihl IJK •nJ R¢publi¥ ul'Irel￿d ha%e ni> Ll)nLLniS aiiJ lIJ￿¢ LiiillL Jifii%S n(1 ()IhL'r IllQli¥rs in ionn¥4livn th-ith th¥ ¢xumin&lion lo which all¢ntiM should %1 pnirlr iindersiundin¥ vl'ih¢ UCLUUlil* rLtsLhed. PeaLt ALLciunthno Lid 4"lThe C'yesctni 'I'uunion i?mery¢i 'I'A14b.A PB8E 3 LIVING LIGHT CHRISTIAN CHLIRCH, T.4IINTO BALANCE SHEET 31ST D£CF.MBF.R 2023 3111212023 'rot*l 31112n022 I'D￿￿triCI¢￿ R¢stritted ruod Tllngible ass￿8 793,162 793,162 JS1.449 C'ash ai bank 1111,937 181.937 174.170 246.690 246,6YO 241.404 C'Hfr'I)I I"OR4 AJThiunl% lullin8 due within on¢ ye&r (J,791 lJ.7911 12.9421 242J199 242,¥99 23H.462 1,036.1161 l.OJ6.1161 I'Rfr.-I)I'I'(>R. Amounts IAlliw due ilt¢T move ihan on¢ y 1264.0001 1261,11001 771,061 771,1161 'i'NI) Ilnr¢ytrLLl¢d ftsnd 771,1161 78Y,911 771,061 7x9,911 Ihe ¢harii4bli comp￿> 1$ ¢Dlitled to ¢x¢mplion linm au(lii und¢r S￿¢10n 477 1?f th¢ Comp￿1¢5 A¢1 2(YJ6 for Ihe year ¢nd¢d 3151 D¢¢&'m￿r 202J. I"hL' ￿'1￿b¢r¥ have ni)I r¢quircd Ihc coM￿n> lo Iibthin tsudil ofils fi¥L4ttti&l 514lemLwts lor the y¢or ¢nd¢d 3151 t)e￿￿￿￿r 2023 in wilh %L'Lliull 47h (bf Ci)mpani¥% Ail 21)06. Th¢ iru$i¢¢y gcknowl¢d8C their reswn5ibiliiity for cn¥urin¥ Ihoi the choriiahle CuMp￿Y kel'ps ￿Cl)UntIng rc¢ord5 thai comply wilh Sectiony 386 8nd 387 of C'ompllniL'5 ALI 20()6 und pTrpthrin¥ lin￿ni1￿1 Sllll¥ni¢Dts which 81￿¢ a tru¢ ond fHir vi¥w of Ihl 51Ht¢ ufglTairs of ihe ehoritsble c4}M￿n> rt5 ai th¢ vl'L'OLh liiittnLi41)'car and i)fi14 %urplu% or dL'liiii liir c4¢h IinwiLilll )¥ui in ULci>rduii¢c with IhL' r¢4uifL'mclll% uf cL'liiiny.344 iiiid 395 ond whi¢h Dih¢rwi%¢ ¢umpl) wii11 Ihi r¢qu1￿m￿nIs 1)I'the C'{ImpRnie5 2(KJt* Teluiiiig 11) linonLiAI Nlllliment& xo fllr gs AppIiL'gbl¢ tn th¢ ¥ompAn%. Ibl Th¢yk IIiiRnL'illl slolL'm¢n15 h*%¢ PWaTed in A¢wnlAn¢e wilh Ihi provisions applicabl¢ to Lharii4ble c4)tnpwn¢J &ubjL*i ii) Ihe ymthll itsmp4ni¢% rr8¢m¢. 'I'he linonkial ¥lBi¢nKnis w¢re approved bj the Bollrd of Trusl¢¢Y tsuihDrised for issuo on 2Bih Ociot¢r 2024 ond w¢rt Si8￿d Mr J1¢N￿l¢l Ru￿rt F. Thorn¢- Trn5t¢¢ The nola forni part ofihese financial sth*rneMs P4Be 5 LIVING LIGHT CHRISTIAN CHURCH, TAUNTON STATF.MF.YT OF Fif4ANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023 3111212023 Total fundi 31112ll022 TotAI rullds Unrtstrlet¢d nd Re5trlcted lund Notes INCO￿lE AND ENI)OWMENTS FRO￿1 381 J66 20.995 402 J61 420 *08 Ini'vsun¢ni inLumc 4JJ8 4J38 19.133 Tot*1 385.704 ?0,995 406.699 439,341 F.NPFNDITIIRF. ON Raisin¥ fun¢l% 81.7SS 20,995 102,750 97.405 C'hArllxble *ctlvltleJ l)l¥rhL'Jd 209.262 209.262 177,671 Othrr I lJ,$37 79.199 TolAI 404,554 20.995 425,$49 354JJS NET INCOMEIIE¥PENDITURE (18,850) 118.850) 85.006 RF.CONCILIATION OF FiINDS .1 i)tal lunds brou¥lit li)n%wJ 789,911 789,911 704.905 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 771,061 771,061 789.911 The notc$ foTm pHrt of thesc financi￿ 51at¢mtnts PaBe 4 LIVIWG LIGHT CHRISTIAN CFIL.RCH. TAUNTON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STA TEMENTS FOR THE YEAR KNDEDJIST DECE￿IBER 2023 .4C.C-OI'YTIPiC. POI.JC'IE.S B.I,SIS PRTr:P..IRING I'IIF fr IN.I%('I..IL STATF.%IF.NTS Thc linaniial slulcmknL* ol-thL' Lhdrilablr CUTnpan). wthiih is a public benefit enliD' under FKS 102. hatre been prcpared in *iciir6an¢e Miih the Chariti¢$ SORP IFIIS 1021'Accouniing Repwlins b) Lhllriiics.. S¢a¢¢ment of R¢¢oniiiiended Pra£ti¢¢ gpplicabl¢ 10 rhdrilie.s PT¢parin8 th¢it in ac¢ordsn¢¢ wih lh¢ F'inBncial Rewrtin8 Sthndard applicable in the IIK anJ R¢public ol'lrelAnd IFRS1021 lelYe£iiN'e l Janugr) 10191.. Financi#l H￿￿￿1n8 Siandxrd 102 Fina￿(1￿1 RcFx)rtlll8 %iandaTd appli¢able ir) ihe IJK Republi¢ ofirel8nd' and the Companics Aci 2006. fhL' finpncial %iatements hoic bgen p￿Pared under the hisr(brical cosi conycntion. All income is T¢LO8niStd in Ihe Sia*meni of Finllncial Activities once ihc Eharity has enisilemeni to the fund& il is Probable thai the in¢ome yryll k received and the 9[[￿U￿1 can tneLsured ￿liablY. FXPEYDITT'RF l.igbiliiie5 gre recngnised a$ expenditure s￿n gs there is 8 legal or con5truc11￿ ubli8atipn comTnittin¥ ihe ¥hari¢v 10 tkai ¢xp¢ndiwT¢, it is probthlc thai & transl¢ruf eLonomi¢ bcncfits ￿.11￿ be requir¢d in seitlem¢ni and ihe Bmount ol'the obli8&1ion c&n ￿ me&*ured ￿lIabl) r.xp¢nditure i.E accounled for on accrllals basis nd hu5 bEcn clossili¢d tsndcr he8din85 ihai aggreg￿￿ all CL)St reloied ￿ ihc calc80ry. Whcre cv51s c2nn¢)i direcili altribuicd lo puticular heading5 Lhe!. liaie be¢n all(Ka￿d to &CllVLlie5 on a basis tonsisicnl I¥lLh rhe use of resources. T.4NGIBI.E FIIF.D A55ETS l)cprtLiaiion is pyowided ai the followin8 ar￿￿91 in order lo wyiie Liifeath ￿¢1 ovef its eslima￿d wful lif¢. Fre¢hold property F'ixture5 and titlin8S 1% sirai8hi lir* btsis 25%on reducin8 baiHnc¢ T..IX.ITIO The ch8rity is txemo from corwraiion tsx ott its ch￿l￿ble arliiilies. FI'YD.4CC'O(';%TJ?4G u[k￿$tricted funds can ￿ used in 8ttordan¢e Ihc £h&r1￿b}e objeciii'es ai th¢ dss¢reiion ol'the tr￿S￿es. RcSiric￿.d fund5 Lan i?nly used (or particular restricted purwses withia ihc objects lif the LharLTh'. R¢str¢¢i¢otts aris¢ 5p¢¢ifi¢d b), th¢ donoror wthvn fun(b" att raised lur purticuldr r¢siriL*d puryx)ses. INI-&ST)IF.NT 144COME 31112n023 31112n021 Rents recei%ed T)¢posit accouni int¢rest 4.338 4.338 .JVIYG I.IGHT C'HHI.%TIAN CIII.'RCH. T.41'NTI) I'OIF.S 1.0 TIIE FI%.4NC'I.4L.SI'ATE.MENI'.S-¢Ulltintttd FI)R THE I'E.4R F.NDF.D 31ST DEC-EIIBER 2023 T 1￿(0%1F￿1￿.￿PF.'￿DITI.Rk) Nel thtomellexpendiiurel 15 sI￿¢d alier rhar8ingllrredilin81'. 31112121123 3111212022 tkprt¢iati4)n- &ssets 6.744 6.892 TRI'5TEES' REMI'NEIL4TIOP4 AN4D BE%Tr.FITS 3111212023 3111212022 Trustees. s￿811eS 79.199 TRI'5TF.ES'EXPF.).5F..% Thcrc were no iru5t¢¢S' L'XP¢J)S¢5 pa¢d lor ih¢ y¢ar r￿jed 31si DecembeT 2023 nor fly the yrur enthd 31$¢ DehiplAdm¢nisir&J( No empltyces T¢ceived ¢moltsments in excess of £bO. COIIPARA TIVES FOH TIIE ST.4TE%IE)T OTr FlTr4ANiCIAI..4C.TII'ITIES I'nrcstrlcted fund Ruirliitd lund Tol¥l l)onaiions aid le8acies 31,697 420.208 Invcstmenr incomc 19.133 Toial 407,644 31.697 439.341 F.IPE%T)ITI'HTr. O R￿sIng fundg 31.697 97.465 Charflable *ttlYltle Ovcrheads Olher 177.671 79.199 177.671 79.199 Pa8¢ 7 LIVING LIGHT CHRISTIAN CHURCH, TAUNTON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATF.MF.NTS- con¢lnued FOR THE I'EAR ENDED31ST DECEMBER 2023 COIMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMEwf OF FINAWCI.4L AcfiviTIES- ¢ontinu¢d Unrestricted Rtstrleied fund Toi•l fundy Total 3?2.638 31.697 354,335 NLT INCOMEIIE.XPEYDITURE) 85.006 85.006 RECOYCILIATION OF FUNDS Tol&l funds bwu¥hi lorward 704.905 704.905 TOTAL FIINDS CARRILD FORWARD 789.91 789.911 TANGIBI.E FIXED A&%ETS Flx¢yr¢x And Freehold property TotAIs COST Al 1st January 2023 Additions 630.042 248,4$6 878.498 32.291 662J33 248,446 910,789 A¢ 3151 Dw¢mber 2023 32,291 DEPRECIATION At 1st January 2023 Q"hNT¥C for year Ai 31 si D¢¢ember 2023 80J67 6JOO 110,884 6,744 444 86.667 30.961 117th28 NET BOOK V'ALiIE At 31st December 2023 791,831 lJ31 793.162 At 31 st Der¢mber 2022 $4g.67S 1.774 441.449 DEBTORS: AMOIINTS FALLIYG DiIE WITHIN ONE I'EAR 31112n023 3111212022 Prepayments and accrucd income 67.234 Pa8c 8 cotIllDU¢d. LIVING LIGHT CHRISTIAN CHLIRCH. TAUNTON NOTES TO THE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS. conliuutd FOR THE I'EAR ETr4DF.DJIST DECEN1BF.R 2023 9. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR J1112ailZJ 31112n022 A¢¢ru¢d ¢¥Fr￿5 J.791 3,791 2.942 IQ. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFfKRONE YEAR 3111212023 31112n012 Oth¢r Ivans I I. MOVEMENT IN FiIP4DS movtm•ni In fun At 3111Zn023 Ai IllllJ Ilnre$irlcled fund$ G¢n¢rAI fund 7B9.9I I 118.8101 789.911 TOTAL FUNDt> 789.911 118,8qOI 789.911 Nrl m(w¢m¢n¢ in lknThd& inilud¢d in ihe atrf>v¢ ar¢ li5lli>￿'S'. Inromlng rtjources Resourrtj txpended In fundj linrestrltttd fund# 18JllJl Restrltted f¥mds Re%iriilLd fund 20.995 TOTAL FUNDS 406.699 42.1.4491 118Jl.40 CompAr•tlvts for movtment In fundj Nel mo%emeni fundj At JI11212012 At 111122 nrestrirttd fuDd• IjLnerdl fund 704.405 85.006 789.911 TOTAL FUNDS 7V4.91I5 X5.11(KJ 78Y.YI I Pooe 9 LIVING LIGHT CHRISTIAN CHURCH. TAUNTON NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMF.NTS- cuntinued FOR THE YEAR ENDED JIST DECEMBER 2023 I I. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- eontlnued Comparative nei movement in funds. included in Ihe above are as follows.. Incornlng resourees R¢s0￿rr¢S expended Movem¢Dt In Tund$ Unrtstrlcted fund8 GenerRI fijnd 407.644 (322.6381 85.006 Restrleted funds RestriLILd lund 31.697 131,6971 TOTAL FUNDS 439.341 1354,3351 85,006 A curreni year 12 months and prior yehr 12 monih5 combined position is as lollow5', Ntt movernen( In fundj Al 3111212022 At 111122 UnreJ¢rl¢t¢d fund Gener81 fvnd 7841,911 (18.8501 771.061 TOTAL FUNDS 78Y.g11 118.8501 771.061 A curreni year 17 iiionths and prior year l ? months combined n¢¢ movemeni in fijnds. includ¢d in Ihe bove are &5 follows.. 1￿cOMIng rtsour¢es R¢$our¢¢s expended Muvement In fyrydL4 Unrestrlclfd General fvnd 793.348 (727.192) 66.156 Restrl¢t¢d fulld$ R¢4LriLled fund 52.692 (52.692) TOTAL FUNDS 846.040 1779,884) 66.156 Pag¢ 10 ¢ontinued... LIVING LIGHT CHRISTIAN CHURCH. TAUNTON OTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- continued FOR THE I'EAR ENDED31ST DECEMBER2023 12. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES Th¢r¢ were no related party typnsa£iion5 for the year ¢nd¢d 315t Deccmber 2023. Pag¢ I LIVIYGLIGHT CHRISTIAN CHL'RCH. TAUNTON DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE I'EAR ENDED315T DECEMBER2023 3111ZnU23 31112n022 1I4C'OME,IYD ENDOW'IIENT5 337,608 305,929 114.279 Gitl aid 4112J61 420.208 VDY¢$im¢n¢ In¢om¢ Ren14 Te¢eivcd Dcwsil 8¢couJiI in*rc51 4J38 4J38 Tot#1 intomln% resuur¢es 406.099 439.341 FXPENDITI'RE RAi5in¥ doNAtiOUs aTrd Itytlti Gitlg iilhcs & offerin85 101.750 97,463 C'hArlixblr a¢tlvlilty Ilonorarium & salaries IiiriL% idministrdllfrll ¢OSLS Rook5. C ns & publications CThildrL'n's yx)rk Church ei'ea15 F.van8cIisiic & oulrethth Ripairs rcn¢Mals & ¥l¢Bniog R¢ht ￿f premis¢s .iL¢llLe% & %ubs¢rip(ions blililics & W7S1c disFwl 'rrllvcl & hospiloli Ind¥'pend¢Ai ¢xaminerfs f¢es Inburatti¢ Bank ¢haT8¢S rrLYhiild prts￿rtY I"'ixiurL'5 and IiEEillBS 39.698 7.135 447 7,465 20.574 2,061 41.950 19.245 1.475 6.DlJ 2,410 9.186 29,213 4.92S 34.rffj6 18.969 1.520 16.248 I,￿0 12,703 1.774 4.465 992 6,301 591 209.262 177,671 (hhrr T￿￿tres. salaries 113.V7 79.199 Totsl WSOUTC¢$ cxpend¢d 354,335 tl incomelltxpendliurtl 118.&WI 85.OU6 This page d(¢s tNx Dfth¢ ST0￿Ments Pw12 LIVING LIGHT CHRISTIAN CHURCH Worshipping God - Nurturing Believers- Evangelising the World Trustees'Report January- December 2023 Truste John Lalgee Rlchard Appleby Ben Thorne T￿lOr Jones Bru￿ Izzett Kevin pa￿er Chris Izzett Martln Ledger Ch)rlty Reglstratlon No. 1106918 Company RegIstratI￿ No. 05270456 Postal address The Old Schwl Building Gipsy Lane Taunton TAI 5LQ Church Tel. No. 01823 326924 December 2023 marked the end of Living Light Christian Church Taunton (and Wellington's) (LLCC) 20th year of ministry. The church has continued to grow and develop in its objectives, which are to worship God, nurture believers and evangelize the world. The church now has 3 congregations comwising of all age groups, with many families and young people and 2023 saw the increase of prayer, outreach. The church plant in Bridgwater continued to develop during the year after the Sunday morning meeting was established in September 2022, with commitment from people from the Taunton & Wellington congregations to support a local people from Bridgwater. Plans were well under way to purchase a church house in the ae where the church was meeting (Hamp Academy) and Ben & Angela Thorne prepared to move h¢)me to help further establish the church. All three congregations continued to see significant growth during this year, which has required changes in oversight and administration to provide all relevant support. John and Kim Lalgee, who have oversight for the Taunton and Wellington visited the churches and kept in close contsct with the leaders. These were exciting times, as more and more Individuals and families from ethnic minority communities, continued to Join the churches, adding great richness to the already diverse congregations. The current trustee5 are John Lalgee (Apostle/Chairman), Richard Appleby (soon to 'retire), Trefor Jones (elder), Bruce Izzett (elder), Kevin Parker, Ben Thorne (elderlsecretary), Chrls Izzett and Martin Ledger. During this year, Ben was recognised as an 'Ephesians 4 Pastor,. ApLwtollc overslght John Lalgee (of One Church Minlstries) now cares for a number of churches in the USA, 3 In the UK & l in Germany and has numerou5 connections with other church ministries and initiatives around the world (e.g. Liberia and India) and ensures that a good working connection is maintained through the building of strong relationships between the congregations and the sharing of the gifting of God as outlined in Eph 4, Elders & Deacons Bruce Izzett, Ben Thome and Martin Ledger are the elderslleaders in Taunton and Trefor Jones, Kevin Parker and Chris Izzett in Wellington (Ben and Chris were more and more supporting the work in Bridgwater during this year). The leadership brought sound support and clear direction to the body in line with the Word of God and continued to receive input and support from John Lalgee in taking forward the vision God has given for church and in the context of the wicler church in Taunton, Wellington & Bridgwater. Ben, Bruce, Trefor and Kevin and Chris were paid by the church on a fulltime/parttime basis alongside their regular jobs. The elders worked together to provide pastoral care to church members, bringing teaching from the Word of God and overseeing programmes, such as church administration, outreach, care for the needy, relations with other church leaders in each of the towns. Taunton continued to work on plans to have deacons, but, as the year ended, this still hadnt been sorted out. lLc￿ - Annual ￿rUStee$l Wort 2015 Page2of6 Administratson Staff Glyn Hammond continued in his role doing the accounts for LLCC churches (UK) and OCM (UK), with an increasing workload in response to more church activities. In the New Year Katie Whittle took over from Sheila Ledger to do the general admin for Taunton, Wellington and Bridgwater. Aaron Dunne, (paid to work one day each week) supervised the management of the church building and helped with the interns on the internship programme. David Ledger continued to develop audio visual and media (assisted by the interns), and the church maintained its excellent ministry, Streaming meetings live on YouTube, along with PA in Taunton & Wellington (including meeting our data protection requirements). Significantly, David worked hard on the ongoing Music & Media Intemshlp programme, with Sujith Sunil and the 6 interns were named 'The Catalyst Team (see below). Financlal Overvlew of 2023 The church's income is primarily received from the majority members giving IOO/o (a tithe) of their income and offerings. This biblical principle is taught in the church and works in practice as a voluntary contribution from those people with enough faith in these principles to put them into practice. In addition to this, from time to time, special voluntary offerings are made by members. Ideally the tithe is used to provide for people and offerings for projects - this is reflected in the accounts. Slgnificantly, 2023 saw the continued use of the church site, with sufficient finance to help the ongoing maintenance and internship programme to support a church congregation growing in numbers. At the end of the 20th financial year, the church's flnances remained in a strong posltlon and the Trustees are confident In being able to meet the financial commitments and to be able to continue to be generous in giving to the needs of others inside and outside the church and across the church in Taunton and to pay the salaries of the staff. At the beginning of this year, the salary structure for pald employees changed and there were increases to the rates paid to elders and admin staff brough uniformity and the hours of some Stsff increased in line with need and church growth. Church Offlce The church office continued to provide support on all levels to the various mini5trie5 in the church and provided a place for people to meet to talk over issues, etc. Office systems were maintained, the church website, Facebook and Elvanto were used throughout the year as part of developing communications (and continued some alignment with admin processes based in the Kenosha church). It was decided that the systems for managing the church accounts would be completely overhauled in 2023, with the focus being to store all data elettronically and preparing for continued church growth. Therefore, professional advice was sought to help maintain and improve financial efficiency, transparency and compliance. This happened with the invaluable help of Beth Meekma from the Kenosha church working alongside Glyn Hammond and Helen Hubbard (who replaced Tony Doyle, a5 the church accountant). Vision & Commitment Course The Vision and Commitment Course (V&C) is the'way in, to church membership and consists of a 20-session series and ran during 2023 in the three churches, along with Alpha courses LL￿- Annual ffru5teesl Rewrt 2015 P)ge3of6 and good contacts were made with people during these courses. The V&C course covers the basic foundations of church life and prattice. Everyone who wants to become a committed member of the church goes through this course to ensure that we all understand the principles upon which the life of the church is founded. Children The church is blessed with many children of a variety of age groups, who are a credit to their families and who are learning about Jesus and endeavouring to live out their faith. There are varied activities such as: Teaching during the Sunday meeting Involvement in many areas of church life The children's work continued to use the outside classrooms at the church building and classrooms at Court Fields School and Hamp Academy. Youth Throughout 2023 the work with the Youth (teenagers) continued to develop, with activities and meetings arranged throughout the year (including for the 'Young Adults? - the youth is worked jointly across the 3 congregations. A major highlight of the year was the youth going away together to a youth camp 'Limitless' with the youth leaders and helpers - this had a significant impact of the young people and they had a great time together. The youth group was named 'Fires Youth,, during this year. Preaching and Teachingpmgram Preaching and teaching continued on Sunday momings, led by Ben and supported by various speakers including Ben, Bruce, Trefor, Kevin & Chris (in their role as Elders), Matthew Wright, Paul Mew, Peter Fox, Pete Gibson, Alex Akhigbemen, Kevin Parker, etc. Good preaching and teaching is foundational to the growth of the church and has proved provoking and challenging. The teaching that is brought each week continues to be discussed regularly through the home groups, with the emphasis being on practical implementation of what is shared. YouTube videos of all Sunday teaching in all the related churches are available to be listened to on the church app along with 'special' directional teachings from John Lalgee and Scott Goodwill. Prayer Monthly prayer meetings have taken place since the churth started in each congregation and these have been very powerful and proved to be significant times where God has moved among us and spoken to us of his intentions. Music & Media Internship Programme The music & media internship programme continued in September 2023 and involved the intems receiving teaching and training in a number of areas to support their activities such as school outreaches (a55emblies); making testimony videos,. live streaming meetings. worship; helping the needy inside and outside the church,. street outreach to share their faith; attending home groups and helping with worship across the 3 congregations. The LLccf- Annual ￿rustee5) ReW 2015 Page4of6 interns stayed with host families and were provided with a car for their travel. They continued to be an integral part of the church family and Sujith Sunil once again remained in the UK to help with the 2023124 Internship Programme. Worship Teams A foundational element of the church continues to be a fim focus on the importance of worshipping God. The worship teams continued to develop under with a considerable number of musicians working on a rotation basis in all 3 congregations and 2022 saw the continuation of the Worship Academy to select and train more musicians and to work with musicians from the Bl churches. Pre-mamage Training/wedding This continues as and when needed. Town Wide Events The emphasis on town wide events and developing the church's relationship with other churches in the area, mainly through the Bl connections, where church leaders meet weekly for breakfast - this continued to be helpful as new local church leaders came to Taunton. There were joint meetings and the debut of 'A Gospel Christmas, in December at the Wellsprings leisure centre, which was enormously successful, was sold out and was a great statement of church unity in Taunton Evangelism The church continued to look for ways to fulfil the call of God to 'Evangelise the World, through various activities and outreach, including sharing faith on the streets and working into local school assemblies. Hospitality The church continues to demonstrate hospitality, with many in the church gifted in this area. A'family, environment 15 established for visitors to be welcomed and cared for and when someone is in need (e.g. at the birth of a babyi or if there is sickness), then meals are provided and organised by the leaders and home groups. Pmphetic Words We have continued to receive a regular flow of prophetic words in the church, which express God's intention to increase our effectivene55 and fruitfulness in reaching the community with the gospel, The churches continued to pray and work through prophetic words to determine how the two congregations should move forward in the will of Gc41. Church weekendaway- OCM Conference 2023 Last year, the OCM conference moved from Torquay to Cefn Lea in mid-wales and took place on 20-23 April 2023 and was hugely successful with around 300 attending. There was teaching from the apostolic team and plenty of leisure time together, with particular focus on the children and youth. LLC￿- Annual (Tnjsteesl Repcrft 2015 P8ge5of6 other ministnes in Taunton, Wellington & 8rfdgwater Members of the church have been involved in the following ministries in the respettive towns: Bl and town-wide artivities Bridgwater Convention at Canalside in Bridgwater for all the Bridgwater churches, with Andrew Ollerton as one of the Speakers. Christians Against Poverty (led by Richard Appleby) The Besom Trust (furniture delivery to needy families; food for the food bank. monthly contribution to the storage warehouse; projects to help people in thelr homes) Monthly contribution to the Taunton Food Bank ROC (churches and local community group and authoritles working together to affect the local area) street Pastors Best Before Food Store in Wellington run by the LLCC Wellington congregation. Connections with the churches in Wellington and Bridgwater. Conduslon The church has been built on clear biblical principles. The gr0￿h of the church will continue as strong foundations are constantly built into the lives of those God adds to the church. We will continue to respond actively to all that God says to us through prophecy, teaching of the Word and the structure of Godly leadership that operates in the church. Through falth and patience, we wlll see HIS promises to Us fulfilled and God's name glorifled In the earth. LLC￿- Annual ffru*eesl Report 2015 Page6of6