COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER 05289119 THE COMMUNITY CHURCH IN THE NORTH-WEST OF ENGLAND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 31 MARCH 2024 Charity Number 1107226 D SMITH ASSOCIATES LTD 14 Yellow House Lane Southport Merseyside PR8 1ER THE COMMUNITY CHURCH IN THE NORTH-WEST OF ENGLAND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 CONTENTS PAGE Members of the Board and professional advisers Trustees Annual Report Independent examiner's report to the members Statement of financial activities (incorporating the income and expenditure account) 12 Balance sheet 13 Notes to the financial statements 14-19 The following pages do not form part of the financial statements Detailed statement of financial activities 20 THE COMMUNITY CHURCH IN THE NORTH-WEST OF ENGLAND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISERS Registered charity name The Community Church in the North-west of England 1107226 Charity number Company registration number 05289119 Principal office The Family Life Centre Ash Street Southport Merseyside PR8 6JH Registered office The Family Life Centre Ash Street Southport Merseyside PR8 6JH Trustees Mr G M Grice (Chairperson) Mr D C Gregg C B Charnock J Sutton-smith Mr H Pickett Mr M Rothwell Mrs A Rothwell Secretary D Gregg Independent examiner D Smith Associates Ltd 14 Yellow House Lane Southport Merseyside PR8 1ER Bankers Cafcash Limited Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4TA THE COMMUNITY CHURCH IN THE NORTH-WEST OF ENGLAND TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Tlie tl-LlStees. wlio are also directoi's for the piii'poses of coiiipany law, preseiit tlieir report and tlie uiiauditcd fiiiaiicial stateiiiciits ot tlie compaiiy foi. tlie year elided 31 March 2024. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Referei)¢e aiid adiniiiistrative details al'e sliown in the scliedlile of meiJ)bers of tlie board and protessioiial advisers oii pagye l of tlie fiiiaiicial stateinei)ts, THE TRUSTEES Tlie trustees wlio served tlie coinpaiiy dliring the pei'iod were as fol lows.. Mr G M Grice (Cliaii'pei'soii) Mr D C Gregg C B Cliariiock J SLiltoii-Sinith Mi. Fl Pickelt Mi. M R()Iliwell Mrs A Rotliwell STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMF.NT Governing clocument 1.lie Cliarity is controlled by its gFoveriiing doLiiiiieiit, a decd of triist, aiid constitiite5 a liinited coiiipaiiy, liin ited by gyiiai'aiitee. as defiiied by tlie Coiiipaiiies Act 1985. Tlie CIILircli was establislied linder a triist deed dated 26 Septeimber 1984 as The Soutliport Coiniiiiiiiily Cliiircli. I'liis ti'ust deed was supei'seded by a revised deed dated 15 Apri 11996 Liiidei. tlie iiaine of Tlie Coiiiinuii Ity CIILircli iii Soutliport & West Laiicasli li'e (1057579), Iii order to deal witli expaiidiiig work aiid operatioii tlie iiew cliaritable tl'LlSt lias beeli opeiied 'Tlie CoiiiiiiLllI Ity Cl)Lll'c11 111 tlie Nortli West of l-. iigylai)d" (1107226). Duriiig tlie year Iliere liave beeii iio cliaiiges iiiade to tlie Trust Deed. THE COMMUNITY CHURCH IN THE NORTH-WEST OF ENGLAND TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT( continued) YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 ORGANISATION a) Tlie Coiiiinunity Churcli is iiot ali indepeiideiit organisatioi) but part of a i)etwoi'k of churclies iii tlie UK and abroad kiiowii as 'Miiiistries WithoLlt Borders Suppoit, g%Liidaiice aiid oversigTlit reiiiains tliroligli Olir apostle Keri Joiies wlio leads tliis gi'oupiiigy of cliLirches aiid li) iiiislries. Tliere is iio legyal 01- finaiicial obl igatioii to be a part ot tli is iietwoi'k. Local ly, tl)e chiiirli is led by eldei's - David Gregg, Geoftrey Grice aiid M ike Rotliwel l - app()iiited aiid recogrii ised by OLir apostle Keri Jones Otliei. depaitineiits of the Lhlirch are led by gyi Aed voluiiteer Inembei's of tlie coiig?reg7atioii who iii tiirii report to tlie leadersliip teain. Vai'i()Ll8 people liead lip ai'eas of service l ike cliildi'eii's aiid yOLltI) work, liospitality, welconie teanis aiid stewarding. Al I tliose workiiig aiid sei'ving ii) areas of cli i Idren, yOLltII and wuliierable adLilts are cliLirch members aiid liave eiilier beeii DBS checked or are iii Ilie process of beiiig cliecked wliere appropriate. b) } Tlie cliiircli Ineels weekly oli Siiiiday iiiorniiigs ai Tlie Faimily Life Centi'e Soiiiliport aiid Ilien Inidweck ilie cliiircli giatl)ei's in siiialler gyailieringys called 'coiiiiect gyroLlPS' arouiid tlie regyioii. Tlie adiniiiisti'atioii of Ilie cliiii'cli activities is based c2t 'l'lie F'aiii i ly Life Ceiiti'e. Iii tli is base Aiiiaiidc1 Cai-r is OLII. Adiniiiistrative Di l'ector (til I l-tiine), Paiil Asl)Li'()ft Sile C'ai'etakei'(fLI I l-tiiiie), Al ison Rotliwel I Coiifereiice Co-ordiiialoi. l Adiii iiiisti'ative Assist¢llit (Pai'l-tiiiie), BLiiiiiie l)iLkelt woi'ks Pcirl-liiiie OVLrs¢LiiigJ l)layaivays (Oiir Pai-eiit toddler gJroLlP) aiid SLiiiday Scliool. klarry PiLkett is oli start" as oui. stLideiit/yoLiiigi adults woi'ker /co-oi'diiiatoi' of gFI'aiit5 ai)d iiied ia ovei'sigil)t. c) Tlie LIILircli lias a iiieinbersliip of appi'oxiinately 140 adLilts aiid clii Idren. TRUSTEES TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Wli¢ii there is a i)eed to add to tlie IlLimber of triistees tlie fol lowingi step% are t¢1keii;. Prospective trLlStees are approaclied abolit tlie possibi lity aiid theii tlie expectatioiis, respoiisibilitics aiid liiil)ililies al'e explaiiied. Tliis is aLLc)iiipaiiied with the booklei fr()iii tlie Cliai'ity Coiiiinissioii i iviiigi delai led explai)atioii abolit tliese Inatters. Dui'iiiby tlie dLiratioii of TrLisleesliip, there is a distribLltioii of aiiy i'elevant litLI'ature lo tl'LlStec5 tliat tlie cIILircl) I'eceives fi'oin tl)e cliai'ity coininissioi). If tliei'e ivere aiiy I'elevaiit seiiiiiiai's we becoine aware ot. tliat woiild beiiefit tlie 01-gaiiisatioii, tlien we would I'esource tlie trLlSte¢ to attci)d oli oui. belialt giviiig fe¢db