2023-04-05-accounts

King's Church Beverley Annual Report 2023

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Administrative Details of King’s Church Beverley

Charity Name

King’s Church Beverley

Charity Registration Number 1128073 Registered Address Swinemoor Lane, Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17 0JX Trustees as of 5[th] April 2023 John Beynon (Chairman) John Emmerson (Secretary) Yvonne Rout Naith Bickerton Liz Lauritzen Chris Blackburn Duncan Fugill

Treasurer Naith Bickerton

Bankers

TSB 14 Market Place Beverley HU17 8BD

Structure, Governance and Management

Governing Document

The Charity’s affairs are governed by its governing document, a Trust Deed, which was adopted on the 18[th] December 2008 and registered with the Charity Commission on 16[th] February 2009.

Appointment of Trustees (members of the Church Council)

Trustees are appointed by the nomination of the Senior Minister and the agreement of the church council, decided by a simple majority vote. The trustees are responsible, along with the Senior Minister, for the general running of the church and for all matters of general concern and importance to the church, including deciding how the funds of the church are to be spent.

All trustees are familiarised with the practical work of the charity, including but not limited to;

• The obligations of the charity

• The obligations of trustees

• The main documents which set out the operational framework for the charity, including its trust deed

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• Resources and current financial position, as set out in the latest published accounts together with periodic management accounts

• Ongoing plans and objectives

Financial Year 6th April 202 2 – 5 th April 202 3

Opening Balance

The funds & assets held at the beginning of the financial year were;

	202 2	202 3
Cash Funds	16,300.81	13,408.06
Assets	53,685.62	53,584.34
Income

The Total income for 2023 was £67,172.64 This income is broadly categorised as follows;

	202 2	202 3
General Donations	13,805.96	£10,124.79
Gift Aided Donations & Tax reclaim	45,386.49	£40,581.54
Grant Funding	1,918.00	£0.00
Events, Sales & Subscriptions	719.56	£826.36
Hall Hire	12,695.08	£9,483.67
Bank Interest	26.94	£5.34
Trust Income	0.00	£4,650.94
Sale of Bus	0.00	£1,500.00
Total	74,552.03	£67,172.64

Expenses

The Total expenses for 2023 were £76,860.80. This expenditure is broadly categorised as follows;

	202 2	202 3
Administration Costs	3,980.36	£6,845.04
Children & Youth Work	6,297.27	£7,230.09
Gifts to Christian Workers, Charities & Churches Overseas	3,102.30	£3,572.86
Staff Costs (including mileage & training allowance)	35,549.57	£44,008.66
Meetings Costs	830.58	£2,273.72
Building Costs	25,357.85	£11,883.40
Purchsse of Assets	2,326.85	1,047.03
Total	77,444.78	£76,860.80
Breakdown of significant expenditure elements
	202 2	202 3
Administration Costs
Computer	1,494.11	£2,064.31
Insurance	452.01	£683.94
Legal	1,537.25	£1,644.25
Postage & Publicity	97.59	£102.60
Resources & other	330.44	£2,331.80
Stationery	68.96	£18.14
Total	3,980.36	£6,845.04

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Children & Youth Work

Children & Youth Work
			202 2	202 3
Craft				326.41	£92.44
Refreshments				684.20	£736.08
Resources				660.01	£921.23
Events				244.45	£80.00
Bus Expenses				4,382.20	£5,400.34
Total				6,297.27	£7,230.09
Gifts to Christian Workers, Charities & Churches Overseas				202 2	202 3
UK based Christian Workers and Churches				95.00	0.00
Overseas Missions				3,007.30	3,572.86
Total				3,102.30	£3,572.86
Staff Costs				202 2	202 3
Pension				1,023.50	£1,310.31
Self Employed Support				973.75	£0.00
Tax & NI				1,670.42	£1,887.02
Training				1,378.43	£1,280.40
Travel				0.00	£0.00
Wage				30,503.47	£39,530.93
Total				35,549.57	£44,008.66
Who	Wage	Training	Other	202 2	202 3
John Beynon	£11,653.65	£380.42	£0.00	11,917.02	£12,034.07
Jill Walker	£6,041.49	£129.00	£0.00	14,483.38	£6,170.49
Jane Frank	£4,351.99	£0.00	£0.00	4,139.82	£4,351.99
Reuben Beynon	£1,163.59	£0.00	£0.00	1,442.03	£1,163.59
Others	£0.00	£95.00	£0.00	249.50	£95.00
Hillary Wright	£354.00	£0.00	£0.00		£354.00
Paul Hemmingway	£9,177.20	£309.33	£0.00		£9,486.53
Amy Scheepers	£4,656.32	£366.65	£0.00		£5,022.97
Oliver Sexton	£1,358.29	£0.00	£0.00		£1,358.29
Well – One Clinic	£774.40	£0.00	£0.00	623.90	£774.40
Cost of Pension, Tax & NI	£0.00	£0.00	£3,197.33	2,693.92	£3,197.33
	£39,530.93	£1,280.40	£3,197.33	35,549.57	£40,008.66
Meeting Costs				202 2	202 3
Special Events				0.00	£358.03
Small Equipment				174.26	£312.81
Refreshments				341.32	£797.88
Visiting speakers				315.00	£805.00
Other				0.00	£0.00
Total				830.58	£2,273.72

Building Costs

Rent Cleaning (minus cleaner wage) Construction Maintenance Utilities Total

Assets

On the 5[th] April 2023, the assets of the church were £54,713.74 which is made up of the following amounts;

	202 2	202 3
TSB Current Account	8,428.66	£2,804.98
Savings Account	2,752.99	£348.14
Petty Cash	601.35	£141.95
Paypal	1,625.06	£424.83
Total Cash Assets	13,408.06	£3,719.90
Fixed Assets at written down value	53,584.34	£50,993.84
Total	66,992.40	£54,713.74

FIXED ASSETS Church Extension Portacabins Double Glazing Construction work Bus Floor Cleaning Machine Projectors Generator Total	Value Deprec iation Current Purchas e Value Depre ciate Curre nt year brought forward Value 22,920.0 0 22,920. 00 22,920.0 0 2,520.00 20 6 1,890.0 0 126.00 1,764.00 34,687.0 2 20 6 26,015. 27 1,734.3 5 24,280.9 2 1,000.00 sold 1,000.0 0 0.00 0.00 1,558.80 5 2 1,247.0 4 311.76 935.28 768.05 3 2 512.03 256.02 256.01 1,047.03 5 1 0.00 209.41 837.62 64,500.9 0 53,584. 34 2,637.5 4 50,993.8 3	Value Deprec iation Current Purchas e Value Depre ciate Curre nt year brought forward Value 22,920.0 0 22,920. 00 22,920.0 0 2,520.00 20 6 1,890.0 0 126.00 1,764.00 34,687.0 2 20 6 26,015. 27 1,734.3 5 24,280.9 2 1,000.00 sold 1,000.0 0 0.00 0.00 1,558.80 5 2 1,247.0 4 311.76 935.28 768.05 3 2 512.03 256.02 256.01 1,047.03 5 1 0.00 209.41 837.62 64,500.9 0 53,584. 34 2,637.5 4 50,993.8 3
		53,584. 34 2,637.5 4 50,993.8 3

The church has been given a double decker bus valued at £10,000 with a current value of £8,000.

Restricted and Designated Funds

Name of Fund	Opening	Income	Transfers	Expenses	Closing
	Balance				Balance
Restricted Funds
ACNunes	£100.00	150.00		250.00	0.00
Bus Fund	£4,007.53	3,830.00		6,272.05	1,565.48

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Steve	-£9.58	932.44		922.86	0.00
Jill Leaving	0.00	850.57	349.09	1,199.65	0.00
Total Restricted Funds	£4,097.95	5,763.01	349.09	8,644.56	1,565.48

Transactions with Connected Persons

The church rents its hall from the Beynon Family Trust, the trustees of which are Rev John Beynon, Dr Beryl Beynon, David Beynon and Samuel Nunes.

he Well-one Clinic is run by Dr. B. Beynon.

John Beynon is also CEO of the charity Jacob’s Well Appeal.

The employees whose wages are listed below are either trustees of the church or family members of trustees:

	Connected Persons Transactions Who Total Wage Rent John Beynon £12,034.07 £11,653.65 £0.00 Reuben Beynon £1,163.59 £1,163.59 £0.00 Jill Walker £6,170.49 £6,041.49 £0.00 Beynon Family Trust £4,131.93 £0.00 £4,131.93 Well - One Clinic £774.40 £774.40 £0.00 Jacob's Well £1,348.28 £0.00 £0.00 Total £25,622.76 £19,633.13 £4,131.93	Training £380.42 £0.00 £129.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £509.42

Reserves Policy

The charity has no reserves policy, although it aims to ensure that it holds a sum of money that is neither excessive nor insufficient to supply the costs of the daily running of the church. At the same time, it ensures that it has sufficient in reserve to be able to meet any unexpected contingencies.

Other Policies

The Church has adopted the following policies and ensures that all relevant volunteers comply with their recommendations. The church has achieved recognition by the East Riding Council for Voluntary Youth Services as a safe provider of activities for children and young people.

• Child Protection Policy, including DBS checking any who work with children or vulnerable adults

• Protection of vulnerable adults policy

• Equal opportunities policy

• Health and Safety policy

• Anti-bullying Policy

• Moral Policy

• Partnership Policy

• Doctrinal Basis

• Data Protection policy

• Confidentiality policy

• Fire Safety Policy

The Church adheres to a comprehensive health and safety policy. It has also put into place procedures for food handling, hygiene and cleaning. The church building has been assessed and approved for fire and electrical safety and all the electrical appliances have recently been PAT tested.

Risk Review

The church council aims to conduct a periodic review of the major risks to which the Charity is exposed.

 Risks are minimised by the implementation of the policies mentioned above.

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• All the buildings that we rent or use comply with the Fire Safety regulations. A specific risk assessment is carried out before using any venue for public meetings.

• The need to minimise financial risks is recognized, and is managed by the implementation of procedures for the authorisation of expenditure by the church council or a nominated representative.

• The church holds a current insurance policy, which covers public and employers’ liability, legal expenses, money in transit and loss of income.

Objectives, Activities and Public Benefit

Objectives

The objects of the Church are for the benefit of the public:

(a) To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from time to time may think fit.

(b) To relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind including through the provision of counselling and support in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from time to time think fit; and

(c) To advance education in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from time to time may think fit.

Public Benefit

The Church is committed to helping people of all ages and social backgrounds to develop a vibrant Christian faith, to grow in their spirituality and to become a part of our church community. The Church council maintains an overview of worship and outreach activities, and makes suggestions as to how our services can attract new people from the community and beyond.

King’s Church confirms that its trustees have paid due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity should undertake, paying particular attention to the guidance for charities on the advancement of religion.

Activities

Worship, Prayer and Christian Discipleship

• King’s Church has run regular worship services, providing a service of worship on every Sunday of the year. The attendance at these meetings increased throughout this year, especially the number of children coming. The church current averages of around 30-50 adults and 15-25 children.

• The House of Prayer has continued to hold twice daily prayer and worship services, with a special prayer focus on the churches in the area, young people, revival, our nation, mission work overseas and Israel. These have enabled the church to become a hub that gathers together people from different churches from across the region with a desire to pray. These meetings were broadcast on Zoom, which has enabled a wider range of people to attend.

• We also continue to hold regular mid week bible study meetings, both in church and in people’s homes.

Youth and Children

• King’s Club, our Sunday club at King’s Church had a successful year, and gained a number of children through the outreach of the bus on the Swinemoor estate, especially through the summer period.

• We continue to run Gems, our parent and toddler group each week, with around 20-30 families coming regularly.

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• We also host a Baby Sensory day with 4 or 5 separate classes and another weekly educational toddler group. The building has a reputation as being a good and safe place for parents & toddlers' activities, aided by the excellent garden and outdoor play facilities.

• We have continued to run a weekly children and youth outreach on the Swinemoor (council) estate. During this year, our old single decker bus was deemed to be coming to the end of its life. A museum in Sheffield bought the bus. Acklams coaches of Beverley kindly donated a double decker bus in good condition. During the winter months we spent considerable time converting the bus from a 72 seater bus to a mobile youth club, including fitting tables and chairs facing each other, 3 large screen TVs that can be used for video games or showing other videos. We also fitted a separate table football and air hockey table, a drinks serving area and a lot of storage space. From May we started going out with the bus as before onto the Swinemoor housing estate with activities such as arts & craft, board games, and sports such as table tennis, table football and swing-ball. The number of children here has increased due to the larger capacity and range of activities that the double decker bus offers. We usually have between 30-50 children including a number of parents. We also experimented taking the bus to Beverley Grammar School for a number of weeks, and have more recently been taking the bus on outreach to the council run travellers site.

• We also ran an after schools mid week youth and children’s club in the church hall from October to March. This included sports, games, craft ie sewing, cooking and Bible cinema. The children also benefitted from a free meal & drinks plus individual time talking to the adults for those who wanted it.

Mission, Evangelism and inter-denominational activities

The Church has organised a range of activities designed to promote the Christian faith to those who are outside the church community. These include;

• Organising and advertising special "easy access" meetings, which are designed to be more accessible to families who are not regular church attendees.

• Holding a special “Christingle” service to which family, friends and members of the public are invited.

• Using the “King’s Bus” to run a weekly after-schools club on the Swinemoor (council estate).

• The Church continues to have a significant interest in Burkina Faso. Our Pastor, John Beynon regularly visits and a number of people within the church sponsor children in the school that we support there,

• The church is actively involved in a wide range of inter-church activities including Ministers’ prayer meetings, town-wide youth events, Churches Together prayer meetings and united services.

• The Church continues to play a leading role in helping other churches across the region. Teams and individuals from the church are regularly involved in leading services across the region.

• The Church continues to set aside a portion of its general income to support charitable church and missionary work outside of its own community.

• Many from the church are involved in helping the aid organisation Jacob’s Well which is on the same site as the church building, and which is led by the church pastor, John Beynon.

• The church has supported financially and in prayer a missionary sent out from our congregation who has the goal of sharing the Christian faith with potential believers in North Africa.

• The Church building has become home for many community groups, including choirs, exercise classes, guides, youth groups, health support groups and garland dancers!

• The Church held a number of baptisms for new believers during this year, made easier by having our new baptistery inside the main church hall.

The Church Building

The congregation has been enjoying our church facility for Sunday services, mid-week groups and as a base for its administrative work. The building enables the church to provide a high level of service to different sections of the community, including Church lunches, teas, a range of social activities; mid-week groups for children and young people; support groups, for example for Chronic Fatigue sufferers; etc

Summary of Achievements and Performance

• We continue to hold regular and meaningful worship services that have helped those who are Christian believers to grow in their faith;

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• We have succeeded in explaining the Christian faith to many people who are currently not church attendees.

• The numbers of people who attend our Sunday services or mid-week meetings at least once per month, or benefit from some of the activities we provide is between 150-200 people.

• The church continues to employ staff and provide an effective service to the community.

• We have continued to help missionaries and churches overseas, with a continued emphasis on the ABC School in Burkina Faso in West Africa, and North Africa through our own missionary links.

• We have continued to provide a regular youth & children’s club to families on the local council estate, using the bus.

Volunteers

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers who contribute a huge amount of time and energy to the church. Without your help, the church would not be the vibrant and healthy community that it is.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees………………………………….John Beynon Date .........../........./............