## Connect Church Maidstone
Report and Accounts Year ended 31 August 2020
1 Lamb's Passage, London EC1Y 8AB www.stewardship.org.uk
## **CONNECT CHURCH MAIDSTONE**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020**
## **LEGAL & ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE GOVERNING DOCUMENT
1st Floor, MSCC Titchfield Road Maidstone Kent ME15 8FX
Trust Constitution adopted 12 March 2007 (as amended on 29 April 2019)
CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1119213 TRUSTEES Simon Nunn (until 31 December 2019) Leon Mileham Peter Farmer David Evans (from 1 January 2020) James Holland (from 1 January 2020) Jane Shankar (from 31 January 2021) BANKERS
Royal Bank of Scotland, Maidstone Barclays Bank PLC, Kent
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
Mary Evans Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB
## **INDEX**
Page 1 Legal & Administrative Details Pages 2-4 Trustees' Report Page 5 Independent Examiner's Report Page 6 Receipts and Payments Account Page 7 Statement of Assets & Liabilities Pages 8-9 Notes to the Accounts
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## **Annual report for the year ending 31[st] August 2020**
Registered Charity No. 1119213
## **Purpose**
- The advancement of the Christian faith in the UK and overseas
- The advancement, for public benefit, of Christian teaching and other learning
- The relief of the poor, sick, disabled and homeless
## **Organisation**
Nationally a member of the Evangelical Alliance.
In the south east it is a member of Synergy Alliance.
Locally is a part of Maidstone Churches Together.
CCM has its own team of elders who meet on regular basis on church and charity matters.
CCM meet in a hired hall at the Maidstone Skills and Community Centre (MSCC), it also has a rented office at MSCC and occasionally uses other rented premises for its various activities.
## **Staffing**
As of 31[st] August 2020 CCM has one full time employee, and two part time employees.
- Leon Mileham is employed full time as CCM’s Pastor/Minister.
- Karen Kamundi is employed part time as CCM’s Administrator.
- Esther Barnes is employed part time as CCMs Youth Pastor.
CCM does fund occupational pension scheme through the governments workplace pension scheme, this started in November 2016.
All other work carried out on behalf of CCM is on a voluntary basis.
In January 2020, James Holland and David Evans were appointed to the board of Trustees. In January 2021, Jane Shankar was appointed to the board of Trustees.
## _**Activities during the year**_
- The various activities of CCM include life groups, youth & children’s clubs, bible teaching & training events, etc.
- CCM has financially supported Christian workers in Tanzania. Involvement in foreign missions and humanitarian work is a primary objective for CCM.
- _‘Little Steps’_ is a weekly group for parents with pre-school age children to provide a friendly, welcoming environment where parents & children can build real and lasting friendships.
- CCM Holds a summer Family Fun Day at Maidstone Skills & Community Centre in Senacre annually as an outreach and to build links and friendship with the local community.
Registered Office: 1st Floor, MSCC, Titchfield Road. Maidstone, Kent. ME15 8FX Registered Charity Number: 1119213
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- CCM runs ‘Team Spirit Social Cycle Rides’ for members of the church and friends for socialising, fundraising, for building relationships and connecting in an everyday way with those outside the church.
- Members of the congregation are also involved in other community activities e.g _. ‘Street Pastors’_ , _‘Maidstone Churches Winter Shelter’, and ‘The Princess Project’._
In planning the activities the Elders/Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charities Commission on public benefit.
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**||
|---|---|
|Incoming
resources|£109,959|
|Expenditure|£99,859|
|Surplus/(Deficit)|£10,100|
## **Grants**
CCM is committed to the aid of overseas Christian workers and supports _Friends of Helper_ in Tanzania.
In Maidstone CCM regularly gives to local charities.
CCM also made gifts to _CAP_ clients and to various members of its congregation.
## **Reserves**
It is an agreed principle that at least three months cash reserves in hand should be kept in CCM’s current account. This is kept under periodic review. 3 months running costs are approximately £25,000, at the end of the financial year, there was approximately £16,000 in unrestricted cash reserves, with the Trustees able to reassign designated funds should the need occur.
When the COVID-19 pandemic started to impact the UK in March 2020, the Trustees immediately repurposed money from the designated building fund into a Financial Assistance Fund, and members of the church also contributed towards this fund. A number of grants have been paid to various individuals and families to support them financially since the fund started.
As with all other churches, the charity has been impacted by COVID-19. Church meetings have ceased and the church has operated online. Cash flow has not been severely affected because of a slight increase in giving combined with a reduction in rent payments. As a consequence, as at 28 Feb 2022 the church held approximately £39000 of unrestricted funds held for general purposes.
## **Risk Management**
The Elders/Trustees of CCM meet on a regular basis and receive regular reports and financial statements detailing the opportunities and risks that CCM faces. This
Registered Office: 1st Floor, MSCC, Titchfield Road. Maidstone, Kent. ME15 8FX Registered Charity Number: 1119213
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enables them to plan or curtail activities accordingly making judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
CCM has suitable accounting standards and policies which are applied consistently. Financial statements are prepared on an ongoing basis. At the end of each accounting year records are produced which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the church, disclosing with reasonable accuracy the financial position of CCM, whilst protecting assets and taking reasonable steps to detect fraud or any other irregularities, thereby complying with the Charities Act 2011.
CCM has an operational Safeguarding Policy to ensure that children, young people, vulnerable adults and workers are protected at all times. This is kept under constant review.
Signed by,
Peter Farmer
Elder/Trustee, on behalf of all the Elders/Trustees of CCM.
Date: 04 May 2022
Registered Office: 1st Floor, MSCC, Titchfield Road. Maidstone, Kent. ME15 8FX Registered Charity Number: 1119213
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF**
## **CONNECT CHURCH MAIDSTONE**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Connect Church Maidstone ('the charity') for the year ended 31 August 2020 on pages 6 to 9 following.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 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 2011 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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; or 2. 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 order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Mary Evans
Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB
Date: 05 May 2022
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## **CONNECT CHURCH MAIDSTONE**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020**
|||Unrestricted|Funds|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||General|Designated||Restricted|||
|||Funds||Funds|Funds|2020|2019|
||Notes|£||£|£|£|£|
|**_Income receipts_**||||||||
|Donations||87,747||-|2,660|90,407|62,786|
|Government grants||1,809||-|-|1,809|-|
|Gift aid receipts||15,660||-|-|15,660|13,295|
|Income from charitable activities||-||-|-|-|157|
|Interest||-||-|198|198|224|
|Other||1,885||-|-|1,885|909|
|||107,102||-|2,858|109,959|77,371|
|**_Capital and similar receipts_**||||||||
|Share of proceeds from property sale||-||-|-|-|79,446|
|||-||-|-|-|79,446|
|||||||||
|**_Total receipts_**||107,102||-|2,858|109,959|156,817|
|**Payments**||||||||
|_Payments in furtherance of the church's objectives_||||||||
|Direct costs|2|99,859||-|-|99,859|100,579|
|**_Total payments_**||99,859||-|-|99,859|100,579|
|Net
of
receipts
/
(payments)|before|||||||
|transfers||(7,243)||-|2,858|10,101|(56,239)|
|Transfers between funds||(4,710)||2,530|2,180|-|-|
|**Net movement in funds**||(2,533)||2,530|5,038|10,101|(56,239)|
|Cash funds as at last year end||13,736|118,023||126,064|257,822|201,583|
|**Cash funds at this year end**|A|16,269|120,553||131,101|267,922|257,822|
The notes on pages 8 - 9 form part of these accounts.
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## **CONNECT CHURCH MAIDSTONE**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020**
|**A**
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank with immediate access
Notice deposits
**B**
**Other monetary assets**
Gift aid due to charity
Unbanked cash at year-end
JRS Grant due for August
Overpaid hall hire
Estimated employers NIC refund due from HMRC
**C**
**Liabilities**
PAYE due
Accounts and Examination fee for 2018
Accounts and Examination fee for 2019
Accounts and Examination fee for 2020
Accrued charges
**D**
**Assets retained for charity's own use**
All liabilities fall due for settlement within one year.|**A**
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank with immediate access
Notice deposits
**B**
**Other monetary assets**
Gift aid due to charity
Unbanked cash at year-end
JRS Grant due for August
Overpaid hall hire
Estimated employers NIC refund due from HMRC
**C**
**Liabilities**
PAYE due
Accounts and Examination fee for 2018
Accounts and Examination fee for 2019
Accounts and Examination fee for 2020
Accrued charges
**D**
**Assets retained for charity's own use**
All liabilities fall due for settlement within one year.||General
Designated
funds
funds
£
£
16,269
120,552
-
-
**16,269**
**120,552**
589
-
-
-
606
-
5,220
-
9,000
-
**15,415**
**-**
930
-
-
-
1,020
-
1,170
-
-
-
**3,120**
**-**
Unrestricted Funds|Restricted
funds
£
64,132
66,969
**131,101**
500
-
-
-
-
**500**
-
-
-
-
-
**-**|2020
£
200,953
66,969
**267,922**
1,089
-
606
5,220
9,000
**15,915**
930
-
1,020
1,170
-
**3,120**|2019
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||General
funds
£
16,269
-
**16,269**
589
-
606
5,220
9,000
**15,415**
930
-
1,020
1,170
-
**3,120**||||
|||||||190,954
66,867|
|||||||**257,822**|
|||||||2,045
1,236
-
-
6,000|
|||||||**9,281**|
|||||||930
1,050
1,020
-
1,887
|
|||||||**4,887**|
||||||||
||Music and PA equipment
Computers and IT||||Fund to
which asset
belongs
General
General|Insurance
value
£|
|||||||18,845
5,463|
|||||||24,308|
|**ets retained for charity's own use**|||
|---|---|---|
||Fund to|Insurance|
||which asset|value|
||belongs|£|
|Music and PA equipment|General|18,845|
|Computers and IT|General|5,463|
|||24,308|
The trustees have used insurance values as an approximation for current values.
The accounts were approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:
## Peter Farmer
## Date: 04 May 2022
The notes on pages 8 - 9 form part of these accounts.
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## **CONNECT CHURCH MAIDSTONE**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020**
## **1 Accounting policies**
The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis and comprise a statement that shows the charity's receipts and payments, a statement that summarises the charity's assets and liabilities and related notes. The accountancy profession have determined that only accounts prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards present a 'true and fair' view and, as these receipts and payments accounts have not (and cannot) be prepared in accordance with accounting standards, these accounts do not present (and are not intended to present) a 'true and fair' view of the charity's financial activities and state of affairs.
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes. Restricted funds are donations which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors; they include donations received from appeals for specific activities or projects.
|**2**
**Direct costs**
Employment costs (Note 4)
Hall Hire
Insurance & subscriptions
Ministry expenses
General expenses
Grants, Gifts & Donations (see Note 3)
**3**
**Grants, Gifts & Donations paid**
Individuals:
Personal gifts / hardship payments
Overseas mission
Institutions:
Friends of Helper
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF)
Others < £1,000||General
Designated
funds
funds
£
£
49,899
-
23,701
-
2,898
-
2,130
-
5,141
-
16,090
-
99,859
-
8,650
-
1,200
-
1,200
-
5,040
-
-
-
16,090
-
Unrestricted Funds|Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|Total
2020
£
49,899
23,701
2,898
2,130
5,141
16,090
99,859
8,650
1,200
1,200
5,040
-
16,090|Total
2019
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||General
funds
£
49,899
23,701
2,898
2,130
5,141
16,090
99,859
8,650
1,200
1,200
5,040
-
16,090||||
||||||48,603
23,864
3,489
1,240
9,802
13,582|
||||||100,579|
||||||6,142
1,200
1,200
5,040
-|
||||||13,582|
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## **CONNECT CHURCH MAIDSTONE**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020**
## **4 Staff & Trustees**
At the end of the year, the charity had one full time employee, and two part time employees. Leon Mileham, a trustee, was paid £36,750 (2019: £36,554) plus employer pension contributions of £918 (2019: £918) in his capacity as Minister as permitted by the governing documents.
Other than direct reimbursements of expenses made on behalf of the charity, no amounts were paid or are payable to any trustee or to any person connected to them.
## **5 Movement of Funds**
|Opening
Balance
£
**Restricted funds**
Building Fund
126,064
Financial Assistance Fund
-
CAP Client Gift Fund
-
**Total Restricted**
126,064
**Unrestricted Funds**
**_Designated funds_**
Financial Assistance Fund
-
Buildings Fund
112,352
CAP
2,180
Charity Fund
780
Care Fund
565
Little Steps
705
Outreach Fund
1,276
Women's Ministry Fund
164
118,022
**_General Funds_**
13,736
**Total unrestricted**
131,758
**Total Funds**
257,822|Receipts
£
198
2,660
-
2,858
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
107,102
107,102
109,959|Payments
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(99,859)
(99,859)
(99,859)|Transfers
£
-
-
2,180
2,180
29,710
(25,000)
(2,180)
-
-
-
-
-
2,530
(4,710)
(2,180)
-|Closing
Balance
£
126,261
2,660
2,180|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||131,101|
|||||29,710
87,352
-
780
565
705
1,276
164
|
|||||120,552
|
|||||16,269
|
|||||136,821|
||||||
|||||267,922|
The Building Fund (restricted) is money held for the future purchase of a building.
The Financial Assistance Fund (restricted) is money held to support those in financial hardship.
The CAP Client Gift Fund is money held for the specific needs of CAP clients.
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