## ## |||||||||~| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||~| |Summary
ofthe objects
charity set out in its
governing
document|||||||ofthe|The object ofthe charity
is the advancement
ofthe Christian
faith for the
benefit ofthe public
in accordance
with the Scheme of Union ofthe
United
Reformed
Church.| |||||||||The New Testament
reveals the Church as a community
of people,| |||||||||properly
taught
and cared for, who are committed
to love and care for| |||||||||each other and to bring a blessing
to the area
in which they live.| |||||||||Members
ofthe church are encouraged
to join one ofthe housegroups| |||||||||that exist within the church to foster deeper fellowship,
to encourage| |||||||||more committed
discipleship,
and to enable and foster personal
and| |||||||||corporate evangelistic
concern.| |||||||||During 2021 the Coronavirus
pandemic
continued
to impact the activities| |||||||||ofthe church.| |||||||||Worship:
Fulfilling
the objectives
in preaching,
teaching
and showing| |||||||||practical care in the community,
in the normal teaching
in the Church
on| |||||||||Sundays
at our weekly 10.00am service, and
in the housegroups.
In| |||||||||2021 Messy Church
continued,
meeting
on Zoom for all but three ofthe| |||||||||months
when
it was possible to meet
in person. The monthly
Church| |||||||||Prayer Meeting
continued,
meeting
on the premises
when possible and
otherwise
on Zoom. A Community
Carols
in the Car Park planned
for 11'"| |||||||||December took place inside due to poor weather.
Worship continued
to| |||||||||be livestreamed
onto the church Facebook page, an audio version of the| |||||||||Sermon
being available
on the church Sermon for Today phoneline| |Summary||ofthe main||||||(01483)959616most Sunday afternoons.| |activities
undertaken
for the
public benefit
in relation to
these objects (include
within
this section the statutory
declaration
that trustees
have
had regard to the guidance
issued
by the Charity
Commission
on public
benefit)||||||||Bringing the love ofChrist to the community:
Finance, produce
and
practical voluntary
help was given to other charitable
organisations
operating
in the Guildford
area such as Besom, Matrix Trust and the
North
Guildford
Foodbank, as well as on occasion to individuals
through
a designated
Hardship
Fund, administered
by the church treasurer,
an
additional
Elder, and a church
member.
Monday coffee morning
restarted
at the end ofJune and the bi-monthly
Lunch Club met again
in October
and December. The Guildford
Christians
Against
Poverty (CAP) Debt
Centre continued
in partnership
with other local churches,
hosted
on| |||||||||Westborough
Church
premises,
appointments
with clients taking place| |||||||||remotely
for part ofthe year. We gave regular financial
support to CAP| |||||||||and supported
the Guildford
CAP Job Club and Life Skills Course being| |||||||||run
in other churches
in Guildford.
During the year the post of Church| |||||||||and Community
Worker was advertised
but it was not possible to make| |||||||||an appointment.| |||||||||Bringing support to churches
and individuals
serving
Christ| |||||||||elsewhere
in the UK and overseas: The church supports
missionary| |||||||||endeavour
overseas
through
relationships
with particular
individuals
and| |||||||||the churches
or agencies they work through,
based
in France,| |||||||||Zimbabwe,
and Redhill (UK). Monthly
collections were made for the| |||||||||purpose
of financial
support
and news shared
in our worship
to| |||||||||encourage
our praying.| |||||||||Youth &Children:
The toddler group (Kangaroo Club) was suspended| |||||||||for most ofthe year, but restarted
under the leadership
ofthe minister at| |||||||||the beginning
ofSeptember.
Childminders,
parents
and children
were| |||||||||also welcomed
back as part ofthe Monday Coffee Morning
at the| |||||||||beginning
of November.| |||||||||February 2022| ## ||e|~||A
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ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during
the year||||Worship:
During the year a Risk Assessment
for use ofthe building
remained
under regular
review as government
guidelines
varied
during
the continuing
pandemic.
The preaching
followed a series ofthemes agreed
in the Elders' meeting,|| |||||beginning
with the Letters to the 7 Churches
in Revelation
1 to 3.A CAP|| |||||(Christians
Against Poverty) Sunday was held
in March, and
in May a|| |||||theme "We Three Kings" spread over three Sundays
looking at Kings|| |||||Saul, David, and Solomon. On and following
Pentecost Sunday we|| |||||considered
Unleashed
Power, People, Presence,
Potential,
and|| |||||Participators,
before following
a series looking at Women of God in the|| |||||Old Testament
during
the rest ofthe summer.
For the rest ofthe year,|| |||||worship
generally
followed
the Revised Common
Lectionary
readings
Year B,except notably the Service on 24" October when one ofthe|for| |||||church's
missionary
partners
preached
on Ecology and the Gospel to|| |||||mark COP26.|| |||||Communion
was offered monthly.|| |||||Along
with the Minister
and guest speakers,
several church members|| |||||preached
in the year.|| |||||The church
held a prayer meeting
monthly
except in August,
held mostly|| |||||on Zoom.|| |||||Five adult housegroups
continued
to meet.|| |||||Messy Church
met on the third Saturday
ofthe month
(mostly)
in|| |||||January,
February,
March,
April, May, June, July, and December on|| |||||Zoom, with 12 households
and 30 children
on average
attending
online.|| |||||Messy met in person
in September
and October, with numbers
of|| |||||households
attending
being limited to 15,typically 55 individuals
(not|| |||||including
helpers)
being present.|| |||||Bringing the love ofChrist to the community:
For much ofthe year|it| |||||was a challen
e to maintain
contact and offer su
ort to local
eo le.|| |||||February 2022|| ||||A|| |---|---|---|---|---| |~|~||~
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the WhatsApp
group has continued
to enable contact,|| ||||fellowship,
and prayer.
Daily Bible Readings
were made available
on|| ||||Facebook and YouTube on weekdays,
reading
a chapter ofthe New|| ||||Testament
a day and consequently
reading
through
the entire New|| ||||Testament
in the year. A dedicated
telephone
number
was maintained|to| ||||host the Daily Bible Readings
on weekdays
and the Sunday Sermons|on| ||||Sunday afternoons,
with those not online
in mind.|| ||||Youth &Children:
The parent and toddler group recommenced
in the|| ||||year, offering children
the chance to share together
in Christian
songs|| ||||and fun activities.|| ||||Bringing support to churches
and individuals
serving
Christ|| ||||elsewhere
in the UK and overseas:
It was not possible for members|of| ||||the church to travel to Zimbabwe
to offer fellowship
and support
during|| ||||the year, but the church has continued
to contribute
to and support
the|| ||||work
in Zimbabwe
making
financial
gifts and providing
prayer support.|| ||||Otherwise,
overseas
support has been primarily
through
personal|| ||||relationships
with individuals
and the churches
or agencies they work|| ||||through,
based
in France and the UK. In addition
we have regularly|| ||||su
orted the work of Matrix Trust.|| ||||The Trustees have set a policy of retaining
reserves
sufficient for the|| |Brief statement||ofthe|foreseeable
needs ofthe Church,
in the region of 6 months
anticipated|| |charity's|policy|on reserves|expenditure.
There was an overall excess of expenditure
over income|| ||||this year of2566.|| ||||Two trustees were paid expenses
during the year. The minister
is paid|| ||||travel expenses
and is reimbursed
for other expenses
incurred
in the|| ||||fulfilment
of his ministry. Jane Seals is paid travel expenses
and is|| ||||reimbursed
for other expenses
incurred
in the fulfilment
of her role as|| ||||CAP Centre manager.
The minister's
wife is also paid expenses
in her|| ||||role as CAP debt coach. A trustee's
son was appointed
church cleaner|| ||||(the trustee was not involvement
in the appointment
process).|| |Trustees'|Responsibilities||Charity
law requires
the Trustees to prepare accounts for each financial
year which give a true and fair view ofthe state of affairs of the charity|| ||||and ofthe profit and loss ofthe charity for that period.
In preparing
these|| ||||accounts, the Trustees are required
to:-|| ||||Select suitable
accounting
policies and then apply them|| ||||consistently.|| ||||Make adjustments
and estimates
that are reasonable
and|| ||||prudent.|| ||||Prepare the accounts
on the ongoing concern basis unless
it is|| ||||inappropriate
to assume
that the charity
will continue
in operation.|| ||||The Trustees are responsible
for keeping
proper accounting
records|| ||||which disclose with reasonable
accuracy at any time the financial
position|| ||||ofthe charity and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply|with| ||||the Charities Acts. They are also responsible
for safeguarding
the assets|| ||||ofthe charity and hence for taking reasonable
steps for the prevention|| ||||and detection offraud and other irregularities.
The Trustees
confirm that|| ||||the accounts
comply
with current statutory
requirements.|| ## ## ||'|||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||-|-|||||||||| |~|||~|~|~|~|~|||||| |||||||||Unrestricted
funds|Restricted
funds|Endowment
funds|Total funds|Last year| |||||||||to the nearest
f|to the nearest f|to the nearest f|to the nearest f|to the nearest f| |A1 Receipts||||||||||||| |Tithes and offerings||||||||43,116|14,250||57,366|54,513| |Income tax refunds||under|Gift Aid|||||7,953|4,156||12,109|14,407| |Church
lettings||||||||4,701|||4,701|4,800| |Bank interest||||||||17||||114| |Activities||||||||2,494|||2,494|6,732| |CAP Centre|income||||||||22,034||22,034|25,684| |Grants||||||||25|||25|5,779| |Other income||||||||9,433|||9,433|| |Total receipts||(Grossincome|||for
AR)|||67,739|40,440||108,179|112,029| |A2 Payments|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |MINISTERIAL|COSTS||||||||| |URC M&M and|local ministry costs|||||28,087||28,087|28,145| |Grou
expenses|||||||7,518|7,518|6,915| |Children
8 Youn||Families||Worker|||||| |COSTS OF CHURCH|||ACTIVITIES||||||| |Church costs:|||||||||| |Insurance||||||3,121||3121|2,950| |Water rates||||||159||159|104| |Buildings
maintenance||||and cleaner||12,200||12,200|7,385| |Gas||||||1,929||1,929|1,293| |Electrici||||||1,066||1,066|1,390| |Tele hone||||||496||496|616| |Teaching costs|||||||||| |Pul
it su|ly|||||175||175|190| |Children
&youn|||people|||65||65|287| |Administration|||||||||| |Office lk Administration||||||6,757||6,757|7,953| |Caterin||||||14|44|58|19| |Publici||||||240||240|541| |Other||||||628||628|1,878| |Other
ro rammes|||||||||| |Major pro'ects|||||||||1,504| |Events|||||||||162| |Mess
Church||||||282||282|298| |Evan
elism|&books|||||28||28|20| |Trainin|||||||||| |CAP Centre|costs||||||24,787|24,787|24,437| |Governance||||||756||756|744| |Grants payable
and||restricted||donations|passed||||| |on||||||823|19,570|20,393|21,150| ||||Total payments|||56,826|51,919|108,745|107,981| |Net ofreceiptsl(payments)||||||10,913|1'l,479|566|4,048| |A3 Transfers|between|||funds||7,800|7,800||| |A4 Cash funds last|||year end|||47,290|30,934|78,224|74,176| |Cash||funds||this year end||50,403|27,255|77,658|78,224| ||~|e|~|~|||~||~|~|~|~||~|~ ~||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||||Unrestricted||||Restricted|funds|Endowment| |||Categories|||Details|||||||funds|||||funds| ||||||||||||to|nearest||6|||to nearest 6| |B1Cash funds|||||CAF Bank -||CAF Cash a/c|||||||4,703|||| ||||||CAF Bank Gold|||a/c|||||13,146|||3,766|| ||||||CAF Bank CAP|||a/c||||||||11,029|| ||||||Shawbrook||Bank|||||||||5,294|| ||||||Lloyds Bank|||||||||1,912|||| ||||||Skipton|Building||Society|||||30,642|||7,166|| ||||||Cash in|hand|||||||||||| ||||||||||Total cash funds||||50,403|||27,255|| ||||||(agree balances||||with receipts and payments||||||||| |||||||||||account(s))|||||||| ||||||||||||||||Restricted|funds|| ||||||Details||||||||||to nearest 6||| |B2Breakdown ofrestricted||||funds|Group Fund|||||||||||1,605|| ||||||Misison|Support||Fund||||||||2,161|| ||||||CAP accounts|||||||||||23,489|| ||||||||Total||restricted funds|||||||27,255|| ||||||||||||Fund to||which||Amount|due|| ||||||Details||||||liability||relates||||| |B3Liabilities|||||||||||||||||| |Signed
trustees|by two trustees||on behalf of|all the||||Signature||||||Print|Name||Date of
approval| |||||||||||||||Graham|Hoslett||(~ 5(| |||||||||||||||Jane|Seals||is(sip&| ##