GATEWAY CHURCH MERSEYSIDE
SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION
| Registered Company Number | 5916906 | |
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| Registered Charity Number | 1119581 | |
| Trustees | Russell Kain (Chairman) | |
| Jonathan Dale (resigned 20 12 2020) | ||
| Anthony Canning | ||
| Kenneth Clark (Appointed 02 02 2020) | ||
| Secretary | Anthony Canning | |
| Registered Office | Goodlass House | |
| Goodlass Road | ||
| Hunts Cross | ||
| LIVERPOOL L24 9HJ | ||
| Solicitors | Fiona Bruce & Co | Justice House |
| 3, Grappenhall Road | ||
| Stockton Heath | ||
| WARRINGTON | ||
| Cheshire | ||
| WA4 2AH | ||
| Independent Examiner | Ian Afflick FCA | 336a Wellington Road North |
| Heaton Chapel | ||
| STOCKPORT | ||
| Cheshire | ||
| SK4 5DA | ||
| Bankers | HSBC Bank | 23 Allerton Road |
| Mossley Hill | ||
| LIVERPOOL | ||
| L18 2DA |
GATEWAY CHURCH MERSEYSIDE
YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2020
DIRECTORS REPORT
The Company is limited by Guarantee, being incorporated on 25th August 2006, and with Charity Commission on 11th June 2007. Its name was changed on 21 12 2011.
The Trustees throughout the Year and to the date of this report and the advisors are set out on the accompanying Information Page.
Appointment of Trustees.
Trustees are elders, or church members with eldership experience in the church and are selected from among the members who have shown themselves to be faithful, full of integrity, and who agree wholly with our statement of beliefs and our vision and values.
Aims and Organisation
To advance the Christian faith in accordance with our statement of beliefs. The advancement of education and the relief of hardship and distress. The geographical scope being the Merseyside, UK and the World.
The church (charity) provides a place of worship, teaching,pastoral care and fellowship for people within the Merseyside region.
Vision Statement
To be a Church in Liverpool that would truly love God and would passionately fulfil the Great Commission.
Public Benefit
The trustees are committed to enabling anyone from the community to worship at the church and become part of the church family. We regularly have people from the community visit the Sunday service as well as many of the weekly online groups. It is intended that as many people as possible have their lives impacted by the gospel of Jesus Christ and we are always seeking ways to bring this message to the wider community in the form of both relief and teaching. The biblical teaching provides people with relational/interpersonal skills and equips them to face the challenges of life. We have done this in 2020 through numerous outreaches, training events, study groups and numerous social and specific interest groups. We have also given financial help to people in need locally, nationally and internationally.
Review of Activities & Achievements
The core of the church work includes:
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1) A Sunday morning & a Tuesday evening service.
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2) Various weekly activities/meetings/courses. (Youth groups, Mens groups, Ladies groups, Home based groups, Training courses...)
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3) Pastoral care of church and community members.
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4) Training of leaders. Leadership training has been provided for local church members and other local & national churches, in the form of National Leadership Training events and visiting speakers.
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5) Hardship relief in the form of donations/service to numerous national and international charities.
The church (charity) volunteers do outreach to the homeless, hospital & care home visitations, perform in a musical capacity at community events hosted by the church. ie. Christmas carol evenings, Care Home carols etc., are involved in various weekly activities ie. childrens groups, youth groups, bands, catering teams, welcome teams and outreaches abroad and locally. This has been limited due to COVID lockdowns.
The church (charity) provides a place of worship, teaching, pastoral support and fellowship for people within the Merseyside region. The prime purpose being that each person would be given the opportunity to know the God of the Bible and an opportunity to express their faith in real and practical ways amongst the people of Merseyside, the UK and the world. During 2020, the church (charity) was led and managed by four trustees. One elder (trustee) was employed full time by the church, and the other three trustees worked on a voluntary basis, together with a team of leaders.
The core of the church (charity) work continues to be a Sunday morning and a Tuesday evening Service, various mid-week house meetings, numerous open social events, community outreaches, support of charitable works (local and abroad) and training of church members and leaders. During 2020, as a result of COVID lockdowns and in adherence to social distancing measures, most of these functions have been carried out online via ZOOM.
There are two main meetings during the week (A Sunday Morning Service & Tuesday Evening Prayer) and various other groups that meet throughout the year. These groups include Bible Study groups, Youth groups, Young Adults groups and social events. All groups are open to anyone in the wider community. We hosted numerous online socials, in the form of Quiz and Games Nights during lockdown.
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GATEWAY CHURCH MERSEYSIDE
YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2020
DIRECTORS REPORT (Continued)
Through these various open groups and by motivating individuals within the church to voluntarily serve the Merseyside community (e.g. work amongst the elderly, disabled & grieving, singing in care homes, hospital visitations, outreach to the homeless, abortion awareness outreaches...), the charity has seen people from the wider community joining the church and benefiting from our members community service. In addition, we run a Childrens group (ages 4-10) on a Sunday morning, a Youth Group (ages 13-18) on a Friday evening and a Thursday evening Young Adults group
(ages18-30).
We hosted various events to serve the interests of the community e.g. A Mothers' & Fathers' Day Service, an Easter Service, a Christmas Service, and various online social events.
The church (charity) gave 9.67% of its total income received from members to:
1) Various sources of need e.g. Great Lakes Outreach (GLO) assisting children who can't afford schooling, Hope Pregnancy Centre, an initiative to assist pregnant women in need of housing,Abortion awareness projects,Work amongst AIDS orphans in South Africa,the unemployed, the elderly, the poor, the sick and the hurting in Liverpool, various people within our church community, the wider UK church community and outreach work into Burundi, Canada and South Africa.
2) The training and equipping of leaders through various means e.g. We hosted National and International church leaders before Lockdown who taught at various events. We take our Young people for training to 'Regenerate' (an annual Youth Conference in Edinburgh). However this was cancelled due to COVID
Our goal is always to concentrate on the same activities and although we always attempt to increase the scale of them, the area of emphasis may change from year to year, according to the need.
Policies
The church (charity) policy, to provide relief of need/hardship, training for leaders, pastoral care of people and to support other church ministries (local & abroad) that do the same, has been reached.
The reserves at the beginning of the year were £ 20 000. The church (charity) which receives its funding from members, did not experience significant growth in numbers, and because of extended periods of not being able to meet due to COVID lockdowns, annual income was reduced. However running costs were also reduced during lockdowns, thus the reserves account at the end of 2020 had a balance of £ 23 500. The purpose of holding reserves is to ensure the work of the organisation can continue to meet its objectives, even in times of financial shortage; or, if needed, to use reserves for any one-off special expenditure or project.
................................ Mr A Canning, Secretary 28th March 2021
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GATEWAY CHURCH MERSEYSIDE
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2020
| Year to 31st December | Year to 31st December | 2020 | Year to | ||
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| INCOME & EXPENDITURE | Notes | 31 12 19 | |||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | ||
| INCOMING RESOURCES | Funds | Funds | |||
| £ | **£ ** | **£ ** | £ | ||
| Offerings & Donations Received | 1 | 76,232 | 652 | 76,884 | 78,341 |
| Charitable Trading Sales | 625 | 625 | 3,260 | ||
| Investment Income | 16 | - | 16 | 37 | |
| Other Income | - | - | - | 3,050 | |
| TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES | 76,873 | 652 | 77,525 | 84,688 | |
| Less: RESOURCES EXPENDED | |||||
| Direct Charitable Expenditure | |||||
| Trading Cost of Sales | 966 | 966 | 4,353 | ||
| Ministry Gifts | 4,015 | 199 | 4,214 | 2,602 | |
| Other Ministry Expenses | 31,465 | - | 31,465 | 33,557 | |
| Outreach | 100 | 100 | - | ||
| Poor Relief | - | 267 | 267 | 1,721 | |
| Property Costs | 7,754 | - | 7,754 | 8,526 | |
| 44,300 | 466 | 44,766 | 50,759 | ||
| Support | 26,681 | - | 26,681 | 32,216 | |
| Administration | 1,850 | 1,850 | 1,711 | ||
| TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED | 72,831 | 466 | 73,297 | 84,686 | |
| NET INCOMING RESOURCES For the Year | 4,042 | 186 | 4,228 | 2 | |
| FUND BALANCES as at 1st January 2020 | 29,460 | 604 | 30,064 | 30,062 | |
| & as at 31st December 2020 | 33,502 | 790 | 34,292 | 30,064 |
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BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2020
| Notes FIXED ASSETS 3 Current Assets Debtors & Prepayments Cash at Bank Cash in Hand Less: Current Liabilities payable within one year Creditors & Accruals NET CURRENT ASSETS Represented By: FUNDS (Per Income & Expenditure Account) Unrestricted General Fund Restricted 5 People Needs Other 5 |
31 12 20 £ 2,490 27,891 100 30,481 ) (1,074 £ 436 354 £ |
£ 4,885 29,407 34,292 33,502 790 34,292 |
31 12 19 £ 2,443 23,150 100 25,693 ) (958 £ 571 450 £ |
£ 5,329 24,735 |
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| 30,064 | ||||
| 29,043 1,021 |
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| 30,064 |
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BALANCE SHEET (continued) DIRECTORS STATEMENTS REQUIRED BY S 249B(4) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2020
In approving these as of the company we hereby confirm:
(a) that for the stated above the company was entitled to the exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 ;
(b) that the members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006;
(c) that the directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.
The Financial statements were approved by the Board on 21stApril 2021 and signed on its behalf by
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R Kain
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GATEWAY CHURCH MERSEYSIDE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2020
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Financial Statements are prepared on a historical accounts basis, taking into account accruals and depreciation where relevant, in order to ensure consistency.
Gifts to Restricted Funds are accounted for upon receipt, though Restricted Tax Refunds are included when net donation is received.
All Restricted gifts are separately recorded when received, though expenditure is not separately analysed when made, outstanding amounts being noted at the year end.
Gifts in kind are only recorded and included if material as income in the year given.
Only reimbursements of expenditure are netted off against such and not counted as income. Unpaid voluntary services, though not measured in monetary terms, are invaluable.
Unrestricted Funds are incoming resources, which can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees.
Designated Funds are unrestricted funds set aside by the trustees for particular purposes.
Restricted Funds are to be used for specific purposes. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Assets are Capitalised, irrespective of finance sources and methods, provided such are permanently intended to be used by the Trust. Only items costing more than £150 will be capitalised and then only if they have a resale value of more than £50.
Current Assets are shown at the lower of cost and net realisable value.
Current Liabilities are shown at settlement value.
2. FUNDS & FUND TRANSFERS
Small amounts are given from time to time and Restricted Funds kept for such, though none are of any material amount or held for any great length of time.
| 2020 | 2019 | ||
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| **3. ** | TRUSTEE'S EMOLUMENTS | £ | £ |
| Remuneration and other emoluments | 28,500 | 26,400 |
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2020
4. FIXED ASSETS
| Leasehold Musical & PA Fixtures Property Equipment & Fittings Equipment COST £ £ £ £ Cost as at 01 01 20 2,030 17,843 16,934 5,397 Additions in Year - 250 - - As At 31 12 20 2,030 18,093 16,934 5,397 DEPRECIATION As at 01 01 20 2,030 16,549 14,102 4,194 Charge for Year - 282 239 173 As At 31 12 20 2,030 16,831 9,055 4,367 NET BOOK VALUE 31 12 20 - 1,262 7,879 1,030 31 12 19 - 1,294 2,832 1,203 Normal Depreciation Rates (Reducing Balance) 100% 20% 20% 33.3% 5. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUND Unrestricted Restricted Total £ £ £ Fixed Assets 4,885 4,885 Current Assets 29,691 790 30,481 Current Liabilities ) (1,074 ) (1,074 Fund Balance at 31st December 2020 33,502 790 34,292 |
Total £ 42,204 250 |
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| 42,454 | |
| 36,875 694 |
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| 37,569 | |
| 4,885 | |
| 5,329 | |
6. TRUSTEES & CONNECTED PERSONS CONTRACTS
One Trustee was employed by the Charity for ministerial services. One (year to 31 12 19 - one) Trustee's spouse was employed by the Company for services rendered and paid £ 19,500 (Year to 31 12 19 - £ 21,600). Otherwise, expenses incurred in non-trustee capacities have also been claimed by Trustees and their spouses.
7. INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S FEE
The Independent Examiner received £ 180 (Year to 31 12 19 - £180) for the independent examination of the accounts. He also received £270 (Year to 31 12 19 - £270) for the preparation of Accounts and other advice.
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