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2023-08-31-accounts

Connect Church Maidstone

Report and Accounts Year ended 31 August 2023

1 Lamb's Passage, London EC1Y 8AB www.stewardship.org.uk

CONNECT CHURCH MAIDSTONE

YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023

LEGAL & ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE 1st Floor, MSCC Titchfield Road Maidstone Kent ME15 8FX GOVERNING DOCUMENT Trust Constitution adopted 12 March 2007 (as amended on 29 April 2019) CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1119213 TRUSTEES Leon Mileham Peter Farmer David Evans (resigned Sept 2023) James Holland Jane Shankar BANKERS Royal Bank of Scotland, Maidstone Barclays Bank PLC, Kent INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Sarah Crispin ACA 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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1st Floor, MSCC Titchfield Road, Maidstone T 07757 129136 Kent ME16 8XY E office@connectchurchmaidstone.org.uk

Annual report for the year ending 31[st] August 2023

Registered Charity No. 1119213

Purpose

Organisation

Nationally a member of the Evangelical Alliance.

Locally is a part of Maidstone Churches Together.

CCM has its own team of leaders 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 2023 CCM has one full time employee, and two part time employees.

CCM does fund occupational pension scheme through the government’s workplace pension scheme, this started in November 2016.

All other work carried out on behalf of CCM is on a voluntary basis.

Activities during the year

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Registered Office: 1st Floor, MSCC, Titchfield Road. Maidstone, Kent. ME15 8FX Registered Charity Number: 1119213

1st Floor, MSCC Titchfield Road, Maidstone T 07757 129136 Kent ME16 8XY E

E office@connectchurchmaidstone.org.uk

In planning the activities, the Leaders/Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charities Commission on public benefit.

Financial Review

Financial Review
Incoming
resources		 £89,419
Expenditure £110,103
Surplus/(Deficit) £(20,685)

Grants

CCM is committed to the aid of overseas Christian workers and supports Friends of Helper in Tanzania and MAF in Uganda.

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 £112,073 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.

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

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Registered Office: 1st Floor, MSCC, Titchfield Road. Maidstone, Kent. ME15 8FX Registered Charity Number: 1119213

1st Floor, MSCC Titchfield Road, Maidstone T 07757 129136 Kent ME16 8XY E

E office@connectchurchmaidstone.org.uk

enables them to plan or curtail activities accordingly making judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.

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.

Responsibilities of trustees

Charity law requires us as Trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year which record the receipts and payments of the charity for the year.

We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011.

We also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities.

Signed by,

Peter Farmer

Peter Farmer (Jun 27, 2024 11:38 GMT+1)

Peter Farmer, on behalf of all the Elders/Trustees of CCM.

Report dated Jun 27, 2024

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Registered Office: 1st Floor, MSCC, Titchfield Road. Maidstone, Kent. ME15 8FX Registered Charity Number: 1119213

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 2023 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.

Sarah Crispin

Sarah Crispin (Jun 27, 2024 15:03 GMT+1)

Sarah Crispin ACA

Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB

Date: Jun 27, 2024

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CONNECT CHURCH MAIDSTONE

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023

Unrestricted Funds
General Designated Restricted
Funds Funds Funds 2023 2022
Notes £ £ £ £ £
Income receipts
Donations 70,700 - - 70,700 78,313
Gift aid receipts 12,711 - 21 12,732 14,455
Income from charitable activities - 429 - 429 168
Interest - 593 261 854 40
Other 2,587 2,116 4,703 453
85,999 1,022 2,398 89,419 93,429
Total receipts 85,999 1,022 2,398 89,419 93,429
Payments
Payments in relation
activities undertaken		 to charitable
directly		 2 99,763 - - 99,763 105,252
Grants paid in relation to charitable 3 9,940 - 400 10,340 10,990
Total payments 109,703 - 400 110,103 116,242
Net
of
receipts		 / (payments) before
transfers (23,704) (1,022) 1,998 (20,685) (22,814)
Transfers between funds (10,000) (10,000) - - -
Net movement in funds (13,704) (8,978) 1,998 (20,685) (22,814)
Cash funds as at last year end 18,478 116,277 138,826 273,581 285,405
Cash funds at this year end A 4,774 107,299 140,824 252,896 262,591

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 2023

A Cash funds
Cash at bank with immediate access
Notice deposits
B Other monetary assets
Gift aid due to charity
C Liabilities
Trade creditors
PAYE due
Accounts and Examination fee for 2022
Accounts and Examination fee for 2023		 General
Designated
funds
funds
£
£
4,774
107,299
-
-
4,774
107,299
856
-
856
-
1,110
-
760
-
1,170
-
1,188
-
4,228
-
Unrestricted Funds		 Restricted
funds
£
73,211
67,612
140,824
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 2023
£
185,284
67,612
252,896
856
856
1,110
760
1,170
1,188
4,228		 2022
£
General
funds
£
4,774
-
4,774
856
856
1,110
760
1,170
1,188
4,228
206,574
67,007
273,581
1,011
1,011
90
760
-
-
850

All liabilities fall due for settlement within one year.

D Assets retained for charity's own use

ets retained for charity's own use
Music, PA equipment
Computers and IT		 Fund to
which asset
belongs
General
General		 Insurance
value
£
18,845
6,991
25,836

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

Peter Farmer (Jun 27, 2024 11:38 GMT+1) -------------------------------------------Peter Farmer Date: _____ Jun 27, 2024

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 2023

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.

General
Designated
funds
funds
£
£
2
Payments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly
Employment costs (Note 4)
53,649
-
Hall Hire
32,405
-
Insurance & subscriptions
2,286
-
Ministry expenses
100
-
General expenses
11,324
-
99,763
-
3
Grants paid in relation to charitable activities undertaken by others
Individuals:
Personal gifts / hardship payments
-
-
Overseas mission
1,800
-
Institutions:
Friends of Helper
1,200
-
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF)
5,040
-
Other institutions <£500
1,900
-
9,940
-
Unrestricted Funds		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
400
-
-
-
-
400		 Total
2023
£
53,649
32,405
2,286
100
11,324
99,763
-
1,800
1,200
5,040
1,900
9,940		 Total
2022
£
52,625
24,146
3,112
920
13,459
94,262
1,750
2,000
1,200
5,540
500
10,990

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CONNECT CHURCH MAIDSTONE

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023

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 £40,000 (2022: £38,104) plus employer pension contributions of £1012.92 (2022: £956) in his capacity as Minister as permitted by the governing documents.

Donna Farmer, wife of a trustee, was paid £2,791 (2022: £4,268) in her role as a CAP Debt Counsellor. . Donna was employed until 31st March 2023

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

Restricted funds
Building Fund
Financial Assistance Fund
CAP Client Gift Fund
Youth Activities Fund
Other
Total Restricted
Unrestricted Funds
Designated funds
Financial Assistance Fund
Building Fund
Charity Fund
Care Fund
Little Steps
Outreach Fund
Women's Ministry Fund
General Funds
Total unrestricted
Total Funds		 Opening
Balance
£
126,304
7,298
2,270
2,955
-
138,826
29,710
83,076
780
565
705
1,276
164
116,277
18,478
134,755
273,581		 Receipts
£
261
1,095

20
-
1,022
2,398

-
593
-
-
429

-
-
1,022
85,999
87,021
89,419		 Payments
£
-
(400)
-
-
-
(400)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(109,703)
(109,703)
(110,103)		 Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
(10,000)
-
-
-
-
-
-
(10,000)
10,000
-
-		 Closing
Balance
£
126,565
7,992
2,290
2,955
1,022
140,824
19,710
83,669
780
565
1,134
1,276
164
107,299
4,774
112,073
252,896

The transfer from the Designated Buildings Fund to General Funds was to maintain the Buildings Fund at the level as agreed by trustees.

The transfer from the Financial Assistance Fund to general funds reflects the original policy of the fund which was to reduce the fund as restricted income was received.

Restricted Funds:

The Building Fund is money held for the future purchase of a building.

The Financial Assistance Fund is money held to support those in financial hardship. The CAP Client Gift Fund is money held for the specific needs of CAP clients. The Youth Activities fund is money for the setup and running of a new Youth Club in the Senacre area of Maidstone. The Other fund is for donations received for specific organisations

Designated Funds:

The various designated funds are money set aside by trustees for or relating to particular projects or activities.

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