# FIVE VALLEYS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP ANNUAL REPORT **1st April 22- 31st March 23** **Registered Charity No. 1124934 www.fivevalleys.org** ## **OUR PURPOSE...** - Five Valleys Christian Fellowship is a group of people that exist to: LOVE AND WORSHIP GOD - MEET THE NEEDS OF CHURCH AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY SEE PEOPLE BECOME MORE LIKE JESUS - JOURNEY TOGETHER IN FELLOWSHIP AS A FAMILY - REACH OUT TO THOSE THAT DON’T KNOW JESUS YET AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS HE HAS DONE IN OUR LIVES ## **OUR PROGRESS...** - This year we were not hampered by covid restrictions as most regulations had been lifted by the beginning of this year. As a church we took learnings from how we had operated during the covid restrictions and wanted to grow and learn as we came out and moved forward. - We have held regular Sunday morning services where we have a time of praise and worship and bible teaching for all ages. These include communion services, worship services and joint services with other local churches. We want these times together to be accessible for all people and ages and have dedicated times for the children in the church. We regularly have ‘Connect Sundays’ which are a time for members of the congregation to meet up on a Sunday morning for a more informal time of fellowship and connection. We encourage people to arrange social events and activities with other members of the church. - We held weekly mid week events which include prayer meetings, bible studies and dinners in people homes. These are a time to explore the richness of our faith in Christ and grow as disciples through study and prayer. - As a church we believe eating together creates fellowship and we place a big importance on carving these times out. We host regular breakfasts and dinners, mixing up hosting these for everyone, and having children focused events. - Every month we host a daytime hangout which is a friendly relaxed coffee morning. The aim of this is to provide a friendly easy going space for families and children which people can invite their friends to. We put on coffee and cake and activities for the younger children. - We host specific men’s and woman’s events throughout the year including retreat days, weekends away, social events and Bible studies. As a church we place a big focus on our children and youth. We want to create a space where they can connect to Christ at their level. We do not want to separate them from the rest of the church family and so often on a Sunday we put on services which they can interact and engage with within the context of the whole church family. We also put on children specific activities such as breakfasts, bible studies and social events like bowling, mini golf and climbing. - As the children in our church are growing up we have created a new youth group for the older children where they can look more deeply at the Bible and how this impacts their lives as they grow up. This new youth group is called Five Valley Lions. - This year we were able to put on a weekend away for our congregation. This is the first time in 3 years that we have been able to do this due to covid restrictions. The weekend away is an extended time of fellowship, bible study, worship and connection. We place a high value on this time. We want to help people carve out good quality time with one another in the midst of busy every day lives. A lot of planning and organisation goes into this weekend and almost all members of our congregation are able to attend. This weekend is pay-as-you-can for all our members as we never want cost to be a barrier for anyone to come along. - As well as a centrally organised weekend away, we also organise a group trip of families who attend a large scale family summer camp at New Wine in August. - Throughout the year we put on a number of social events for our members, these include walks, afternoon teas, games afternoons and sport events. - Our pastors continued to support members of the fellowship who needed pastoral support. As well as our pastors providing this support, we also encourage all of members to support each other throughout the year. Just as important as all this is the unseen relationships that go on between everyone in our fellowship as people love each other and live their lives together as family. ## **OUR FINANCES...** - We started 22/23 in a good financial position and this continued throughout the year, mainly due to some large donations given at the start of the year. The trustees and leadership team pledged to be generous with the financial gifts that we were given. Costs did increase during the year from previous years, due to the fact that this was the first year in a few without covid restrictions and we wanted to come out of covid well and put on a number of events, including a weekend away. - During the financial year to 31st March 2023 total income was £139, 347. £130,769 was from church member donations. Gift aid totalled £5,376 and events income totalled £3,146. - Expenditure was £77,023 leaving a positive excess of £62,324. The majority of expenditure falls on staffing. The increase in spending from 21/22 was mainly due to increase staffing costs, event expenditure increasing and donations out increasing. - At the end of the year cash funds stood at £118,975 which leaves us in a very positive financial position as we move into 23/24. - The Trustees are pleased that during this financial year the accounts were positive and we increased cash reserves moving into 23/24. Heather Conboy continued as bookkeeper and Matt Gorman as Treasurer in 22/23. ## **OUR STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT...** During this period the church was structured as follows: - **Senior Pastors** – Steve and Katrina Woodcock are Senior Pastors of the church - **Leadership** – Steve Geers, Anne Geers and Rachel Woolcomb served on the leadership team. - **Trustee Board** – the main role of the Trustee board during this period was mainly financial stewardship and charity governance, and not strategic leadership or spiritual oversight. This includes financial administration, and implementation of policies and procedures, including Safeguarding, Data Protection, Health and Safety and Financial policies. - The Trustees during this period were Jo Mansell (Chair from June 2021), Sharon Mansell, Pippa Birch (Became a trustee in June 2021), Antony Woolcomb (Became a trustee in February 2023) and Simon Jarvis (Stepped down from Trusteeship in October 2022). - The Trustees continued to meet during this year, to ensure any potential financial, health and safety or safeguarding issues could be resolved. Thankfully there were no major negative issues that need to be reported to the Charity Commission. ## **ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION...** Five Valleys Christian Fellowship (Five Valleys) is a registered charity ( **charity number 1124934** ) covering the whole of the Five Valleys area. The administrative address during this period was Five Valleys Christian Fellowship, c/o Sharon Mansell, Garden Cottage, Lower Newmarket Road, Nailsworth, GL6 0RW. As a church we are members of Churches in Community International. Our Senior Pastor, Steve Woodcock is accredited by this nationally recognised body. CIC provide us with love and support. http://www.cicinternational.org During this period RiverView Portfolio, Chartered Management Accountants supported us with our financial strategy, policy and accounts. http://www.riverviewportfolio.co.uk During this period Thirtyone:eight helped support us with our Safeguarding Policy https://www.ccpas.co.uk/ Five Valleys Christlan Fellowship Accounts to 31° Marth 2023 Registered charity Nurnber. 1124934 FNe Valleys Christian Fellowship Accounts to 31 Marth 20Z3 C(mtents Independent Examiners Report Receipts and Payments Account Notes to Accounts Approval of accounts Riverview Portfolio Ltd l Market Hill. Calne, Wiltshire. 5NII OBT Fjve Valleys Christian Fellowship Accounts to 31" March 2023 Independent Examinerfs Report to the trusteesl menkn of Valleys thristian Fellowship I report on the atcounts ft)r the year ended 31 March 2023 which are set on page 2. Re5pertive responsbi ilities of trustees and Èxzminer The chèrivs trustees are ￿sponsIble for the preparat￿n of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Art 20111.the Art). The charity trustees considerthat 3Tt audit is not required for this year (under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 of the Actl and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responstbility to- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charties Act. to follow the applicable Direttiorjs given by the Charity Commission (under sèction 14515llbl of the ACL and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of Independent examinerfs report My examination was carried out in accordan￿ wtth Generdl DirKuons given bythe Charity Cornmission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also indudes consideration of any unusual iterns or disc105ures in the accounts, and seeking explanatiofts from you 85 tnjstees COn￿MIng any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the eviden￿ that would be required in an audrt. and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fairf wew and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examinerfs statement In the course of my examination, no matters have come to my attention which gNes me cause to believe that in, atty material respeLt. the reqU1￿Ments= accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the acwunts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and hove come 3cri)5s no other matters in connection with the examination to which my attention should be drawn in orderto enable a proper understandiro of the accounts to be reached. Shannon Btnnett MAAT RiVe￿IleW Portfolio Ltd Chartered ManaYmentAcc￿Mttnts l Market Hill Calne Ihshire SNII OBT 16th Au8USt 2023 Rtverwiew Portfolio Ltd l Market Hill. Calne. Wiltshire, SNII OBT Five Valleys Christian Fellowship Accounts to 31" Marth 2023 Receipts and Payments Account RÈstricted Funds Totsl 2025 Total 2022 Fund5 Incoming Re50urce5 Donations- Gift Aid Donation5- General Income tax recovered Events Income Bank Interest £130.769 £0 £5,376 £3,146 £56 £139,347 £130.769 fo £5.376 £3,146 £56 £139.347 £84.016 £810 £12.251 £0 £0 £97.077 Payments Family Czmp & Event Expenses Teaching Resource5 Staff costs Refreshments Conferentrs and Venue costs Travel Costs Printing. Postage & Ststionery ProfÈssional Services Training Costs Subscriptions Insurance Grfts & Entertaining Donation5 Bank Charges Disposal of Assets E5.759 £434 £5.759 £434 £25563 É1.727 £2,632 £3,608 £1.369 £17.698 £75 £2.312 £298 £5,232 £8,986 £118 £1.060 .OZ3 £246 £172 £21,875 £735 £2.632 £2.685 £649 £12.901 £373 £2,116 £256 £2.088 £1,086 £25 £0 £47￿39 £25.563 £1.727 £2.632 £1,369 £17.698 £75 £2,312 £298 £5.232 £8,986 £118 £1.060 £77.023 Exce55 of rrfeipts ovèr payments £613Z4 £6Z,324 £49,238 Bank current and cash accounts l April'22 Plus liobilitie5 movement in period Bank current and Cash accounts 31X Mar'23 £54304 £64￿71 £118,975 ATEMENT OF ASSETS AND UABILMES Cash funds HSBC Current Account HSBCMoney Manager EvÈnt Funds Cash Tin-Ann Geers £103.451 £1 £15.225 E298 £118.975 Ftted a55et5 Five Valleys Liabilities Creditors PÈnsion Payablè PAYE Payable £20.fKJ4 1£1,1631 1£3311 (£1091 Riverview PortFolio Ltd l Market Hill, Calne, Wiltshire. SNII OBT fwe Valley5 Christian Fellowship Ac(ourrtS to 31" Marth 2023 Approval of Accounts These accounts have been presented to the trustees and members of Five Valley Christian Fellowship. The trustees and members have approved the accounts for the period ending 31" March 2022. In approval the accounts have been signed and dated by tr40 authorised tnjstees or members Name Iplease print) tho Signature Date 191O9/22zS Name (ple￿e print) P%kliJA Signature Date 19 /Dq zo2 Riverwiew Portfolio Ltd l Market Hill, Calne, Wiltshire, SNII OBT FNe Valleys thristian Fellowship Accounts to 31" March 2023 Notes l. The financial Statements of the FNe Valleys Christian Fellowship have been prepared in "accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2￿6 using the payments and receipts basis. Riverview Portfolio Ltd l Market Hill. Calne. Wiltshire. SNII OBT Five Valleys Christlan Fellowship Accounts to 31° Marth 2023 Registered charity Nurnber. 1124934 FNe Valleys Christian Fellowship Accounts to 31 Marth 20Z3 C(mtents Independent Examiners Report Receipts and Payments Account Notes to Accounts Approval of accounts Riverview Portfolio Ltd l Market Hill. Calne, Wiltshire. 5NII OBT Fjve Valleys Christian Fellowship Accounts to 31" March 2023 Independent Examinerfs Report to the trusteesl menkn of Valleys thristian Fellowship I report on the atcounts ft)r the year ended 31 March 2023 which are set on page 2. Re5pertive responsbi ilities of trustees and Èxzminer The chèrivs trustees are ￿sponsIble for the preparat￿n of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Art 20111.the Art). The charity trustees considerthat 3Tt audit is not required for this year (under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 of the Actl and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responstbility to- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charties Act. to follow the applicable Direttiorjs given by the Charity Commission (under sèction 14515llbl of the ACL and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of Independent examinerfs report My examination was carried out in accordan￿ wtth Generdl DirKuons given bythe Charity Cornmission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also indudes consideration of any unusual iterns or disc105ures in the accounts, and seeking explanatiofts from you 85 tnjstees COn￿MIng any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the eviden￿ that would be required in an audrt. and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fairf wew and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examinerfs statement In the course of my examination, no matters have come to my attention which gNes me cause to believe that in, atty material respeLt. the reqU1￿Ments= accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the acwunts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and hove come 3cri)5s no other matters in connection with the examination to which my attention should be drawn in orderto enable a proper understandiro of the accounts to be reached. Shannon Btnnett MAAT RiVe￿IleW Portfolio Ltd Chartered ManaYmentAcc￿Mttnts l Market Hill Calne Ihshire SNII OBT 16th Au8USt 2023 Rtverwiew Portfolio Ltd l Market Hill. Calne. Wiltshire, SNII OBT Five Valleys Christian Fellowship Accounts to 31" Marth 2023 Receipts and Payments Account RÈstricted Funds Totsl 2025 Total 2022 Fund5 Incoming Re50urce5 Donations- Gift Aid Donation5- General Income tax recovered Events Income Bank Interest £130.769 £0 £5,376 £3,146 £56 £139,347 £130.769 fo £5.376 £3,146 £56 £139.347 £84.016 £810 £12.251 £0 £0 £97.077 Payments Family Czmp & Event Expenses Teaching Resource5 Staff costs Refreshments Conferentrs and Venue costs Travel Costs Printing. Postage & Ststionery ProfÈssional Services Training Costs Subscriptions Insurance Grfts & Entertaining Donation5 Bank Charges Disposal of Assets E5.759 £434 £5.759 £434 £25563 É1.727 £2,632 £3,608 £1.369 £17.698 £75 £2.312 £298 £5,232 £8,986 £118 £1.060 .OZ3 £246 £172 £21,875 £735 £2.632 £2.685 £649 £12.901 £373 £2,116 £256 £2.088 £1,086 £25 £0 £47￿39 £25.563 £1.727 £2.632 £1,369 £17.698 £75 £2,312 £298 £5.232 £8,986 £118 £1.060 £77.023 Exce55 of rrfeipts ovèr payments £613Z4 £6Z,324 £49,238 Bank current and cash accounts l April'22 Plus liobilitie5 movement in period Bank current and Cash accounts 31X Mar'23 £54304 £64￿71 £118,975 ATEMENT OF ASSETS AND UABILMES Cash funds HSBC Current Account HSBCMoney Manager EvÈnt Funds Cash Tin-Ann Geers £103.451 £1 £15.225 E298 £118.975 Ftted a55et5 Five Valleys Liabilities Creditors PÈnsion Payablè PAYE Payable £20.fKJ4 1£1,1631 1£3311 (£1091 Riverview PortFolio Ltd l Market Hill, Calne, Wiltshire. SNII OBT fwe Valley5 Christian Fellowship Ac(ourrtS to 31" Marth 2023 Approval of Accounts These accounts have been presented to the trustees and members of Five Valley Christian Fellowship. The trustees and members have approved the accounts for the period ending 31" March 2022. In approval the accounts have been signed and dated by tr40 authorised tnjstees or members Name Iplease print) tho Signature Date 191O9/22zS Name (ple￿e print) P%kliJA Signature Date 19 /Dq zo2 Riverwiew Portfolio Ltd l Market Hill, Calne, Wiltshire, SNII OBT FNe Valleys thristian Fellowship Accounts to 31" March 2023 Notes l. The financial Statements of the FNe Valleys Christian Fellowship have been prepared in "accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2￿6 using the payments and receipts basis. Riverview Portfolio Ltd l Market Hill. Calne. Wiltshire. SNII OBT