## ||Names ofthe charit|y trustees
who m|anage
the charity|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Trustee name|Office (if any)|Dates acted if not for whole
ear|Name ofperson (or body) entitled
to a
oint trustee
if an||| ||Rev'd Graham|Minister||||| ||Hoslett|||||| |2|Mrs Jane Seals|Treasurer||Church|Meeting|| |3|Mrs Sally Staniforth|||Church|Meeting|| |4|Mr Paul Evans|||Church|Meeting|| ||Mrs Anne
Merritt-||19'"November 2023 to|Church|Meeting|| ||Harrison||date|||| |6|Mrs Heather Sims|||Church|Meeting|| ||Mr. Douglas|||Church|Meeting|| ## ## ## |||||||||0 ~
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r| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |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.| |||||||||Vision: Our vision is to be a God-centred,
vibrant,
growing
church,
full of| |||||||||passionate
disciples,
living
'life in all its fullness'
John 10:10| |||||||||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.
Messy| |||||||||Church
continued,
monthly
on Saturdays.
The monthly
Church
Prayer| |||||||||Meeting continued.
A Community
Carols
in the Car Park was held.| |||||||||Worship was livestreamed
onto the church Facebook page but this has| |||||||||now been discontinued.| |||||||||Bringing the love of Christ to the community:
Finance, produce
and| |Summary
ofthe main
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)||||||||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 mornings
were
held weekly and the bi-monthly
Lunch Club was well attended.
The
Guildford
Christians
Against
Poverty (CAP) Debt Centre continued
in
partnership
with other local churches,
hosted on Westborough
Church
premises. We gave regular financial
support to CAP and supported
the
Guildford
CAP Job Club and Life Skills Courses being
run
in other
churches
in Guildford.| |||||||||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 offinancial
support
and news shared
in our worship
to| |||||||||encourage
our praying.| |||||||||Youth &Children:
The toddler group (Kangaroo
Club) is led by the| |||||||||minister.
Childminders,
parents
and children
were welcome at the| |||||||||Monday Coffee Mornings.
In November
the church started
an Explorers| |||||||||group (Sunday School) on the first Sunday ofevery month.| |||||||||The Trustees
have read the guidance
on public benefit issued
by the| |||||||||Charity
Commission
and have had regard to it when
planning
the| |||||||||activities for the forthcoming
year.| ## |a|e|~||~
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r| |---|---|---|---|---| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during
the year||||Worship: The preaching
on Sundays
largely followed
readings
taken
from Essential 100by Whitney T. Kuniholm.
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.| |||||Five adult housegroups
continued
to meet.| |||||Messy Church
met on the third Saturday
ofthe month
(mostly),
with 12| |||||households
and 25 children
on average
attending.| |||||Bringing the love ofChrist to the community:
The WhatsApp
group| |||||has continued
to enable contact, fellowship,
and prayer.
Daily Bible| |||||Readings
were made available
on Facebook and YouTube twice a week.| |||||Youth &Children: The parent and toddler group offered children
the| |||||chance to share together
in Christian
songs and fun activities. Two family| |||||fun days were very well attended.
Four local families started attending| |||||Explorers.| |||||Bringing support to churches
and individuals
serving Christ| |||||elsewhere
in the UK and overseas: The minister
and one elder| |||||travelled
to Zimbabwe
to offer fellowship
and support
in January
and 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
supported
the work of Matrix Trust.| ## ## ## ## |||||||For|the period from 1|stJanuary 2023to|31stDecember 20|23|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||'||||||||||| ||||-||||||||| |~||||~|~|~|||||| ||||||||Unrestricted
funds|Restricted
funds|Endowment
funds|Total funds|Last year| ||||||||to the nearest
6|to the nearest 6|to the nearest f|to the nearest 6|to the nearest 6| |A1 Receipts|||||||||||| |Tithes and offerin||s|||||32,595|15,687||48,282|51,675| |Income tax refunds|||under|Gift Aid|||7,847|4,115||11,962|12,777| |Church
lettings|||||||13,452|||13,462|13,847| |Bank interest|||||||942||||216| |Activities|||||||3,857|||3,857|4,632| |CAP Centre|income|||||||24,668||24,668|26,529| |Grants|||||||10,765|||10,765|| |Other income|||||||274|||274|3,176| |Total receipts|||(Gross income||for
AR)||69,732|44,470||114,202|112,852| ||~|e||~|~|~||~|~||i ~|~|~||~|~ ~||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||||||Unrestricted||||Restricted|funds|Endowment| |||Categories|||||Details||||||funds|||||funds| |||||||||||||to|nearest||8|||to nearest F| |B1Cash funds|||||||CAF Bank-CAF Cash a/c||||||||574||1,048|| ||||||||CAF Bank Gold|||a/c||||40,351|||18,000|| ||||||||CAF Bank CAP|||a/c|||||||3,875|| ||||||||Lloyds Bank||||||||||1,158|| ||||||||Cash in|hand|||||||338|||| ||||||||||||Total cash funds|||41,263|||24,081|| ||||||||(agree balances||||with receipts and payments|||||||| ||||||||||||accouni(s))|OK||||OK||OK| |||||||||||||||||Restricted|funds|| ||||||||Details|||||||||to nearest f||| |B2Breakdown|||ofrestricted||funds||Group Fund|||||||||||| ||||||||Misison|Support||Fund|||||||2,204|| ||||||||CAP accounts||||||||||21,875|| ||||||||||Total||restricted funds||||||24,081|| |||||||||||||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||(2.(s/zy| ||||||||||||||||Jane|Seals||»I~) 2.V| ## ##