## **Shanklin United Reformed Church Charity Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year**
**Ended 31 December 2022**
**Shanklin United Reformed Church Charity Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2022**
## **Administrative Information**
Charity Number 1130459
Shanklin URC is situated in the High Street in Shanklin town centre, on the corner of Landguard Road. The building and the manse are held in trust by The United Reformed Church (Wessex) Trust Limited.
The Elders of the Church who have served from 1 January 2022 until the date this report was approved are listed below. There was an election at our AGM in March when changes occurred:
Minister Rev Brian Harley Chairman Elected Elders Mr Peter Dawson Until March Ms Lou-Rosanna Jupe Until March Miss Sheilagh Courtnage Mrs Yvonne Sparks Mr David White Mr Robin Wightman Secretary Mr Roy Wilson Mr Alan Hutton Elected in March Mrs Janet Moore Elected in March Mrs Karen Ogier Elected in March
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
The Elders Meeting operates under the Basis of Union and the Manual of the United Reformed Church. The Elders are elected from among the Church Members in accordance with the Constitution of Shanklin United Reformed Church. Monthly Elders meetings have continued on Zoom and Members Meetings have been held in person with a Zoom facility for others to connect which has continued to work very well.
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## **Objectives and Activities**
The Elders Meeting exercises oversight of the spiritual life of the local church. Church Members’ Meetings are held usually held six times a year.
The Church Vision Statement reads:
_Our aim is to build up a lively Church as an effective witness to Jesus Christ in the community and to provide a central and flexible resource for all ages and abilities._
The church is part of the Isle of Wight URC Group alongside the congregation at Ryde, though they have remained as two separate churches served by the one ordained minister. He continues to work 75% of the time for Shanklin and 25% for Ryde. Local pastorate expenses are shared.
## **Achievements and Performance**
At the end of 2022, the membership of the church stood at 88.
Eight members have been removed from the role having moved away or ceased to attend worship and nine people were received into membership.
After a couple of difficult years of Covid restrictions, church life began to slowly return to some kind of normality, though people remained cautious for some months. Numbers on Sundays have not returned to pre-Covid levels but quite a lot of people watch the livestream on YouTube; this has been a real lifeline for a few house-bound members and a blessing to some more distant friends.
The Tuesday Bible Bite has continued each week though it has not been possible as yet to resume lunches. Several mid-week fellowship groups have resumed regular meetings and we ran a very successful Freedom In Christ series in the autumn after the last course was sadly interrupted by the lockdown in 2020. A number of regular meetings and groups still utilise Zoom as this makes coming together much easier and time efficient.
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## **Shanklin United Reformed Church Charity Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2022**
Our weekly Newssheet continues to be emailed out and a quite a few copies distributed by hand or post to those not online.
We offer children’s activities on three Sundays a month but sadly only see a few children from time to time, but our Messy Church has continued to be very successful in drawing in a good number of local families. Our toddler group is still very popular and provides a warm welcome for young families from the community. We have regular contact with several local schools both through our minister and the Open the Book team which enacts Bible stories in collective worship times. We continue to prayerfully explore how we might reach out more effectively to the younger generation.
A few of our members join in afternoon or evening worship with other local Christians and some shared activities resumed such as on Good Friday, at Easter sunrise and the summer open air meetings at Rylstone Gardens. There was also some very effective engagement with local people and visitors during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Members have again been very generous in supporting our work and giving has remained strong. They have continued to get behind wider mission including helping our partner church and its school in Uganda, IW Youth For Christ, Street and School Pastors, work to support persecuted Christians and Jews for Jesus. There have also been additional thank-offerings at Harvest time for the work of Tearfund in Nepal and the local Foodbank. and at Christmas for relief work in Ukraine. As the cost-of-living crisis began to hit, we started plans to open a warm welcome space and have also committed to supporting a new Island project for Christians Against Poverty (CAP).
## **Financial Review**
The General Fund is used for the day to day running of the Church and associate activities and the accounts show the offertory income (and the tax reclaimed on it) totalled £60,955 this year, which is £1,419 up on last year (£59,536). As the Church activities have continued to return to normal after the covid restrictions of the last few years the day to day running expenses have also risen this year to £69,968 form £61,917 last year. Which means that the General Fund has a cash balance at the year-end of £20,881 (last year £27,637).
We continue to be extremely grateful to our regular congregation who have continued to support us financially.
The Youth Worker Fund stands at £9,274 at the year end, the same as last year. We are still considering the best way to move forward with the youth work.
The Maintenance Fund stands at £4,286 at the year-end (last year £6,773). Some further redecoration work was carried out this year. We are continuing to transfer £200 per month from the General Fund to the Maintenance Fund as a provision towards the ongoing maintenance of the Church.
For some time, it has been the Church's policy that, funds permitting, we would make donations of at least 10% of the Offertory given to the General Fund (including any Tax Reclaimed). These donations would be made to other charities or individuals as agreed by the Church Meeting.
This year it was decided by the Church Meeting that we would also donate 10% of the legacy received in 2021 and makeup for slight short fall in donations last year, so we have made gifts greater than the 10%, this year.
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## **Shanklin United Reformed Church Charity Financial Statements Year Ended 31 December 2022**
## **Treasurers Statement**
I have prepared the financial statements on pages 4 to 11 for the year ended 31 December 2022.
……………………………………….................................................…………………… Colin Tamcken
Date ………………………………….
## **Independent Examiners Report**
I report on the financial statements of Shanklin URC for the year ended 31 December 2022, which are set out on pages 4 to 11.
## **Respective responsibilities**
The church is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements, and considers that the audit requirement of Section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under Section 43(7)(b) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions of the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the church and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements, and seeking
explanations concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the financial statements.
## **Independent Examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination of the church funds, nothing came to my attention which gave me cause to believe otherwise than that the financial statements accord with the accounting records of the church, and that those records satisfied the requirements of the Act. I am not aware of any matter to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
Signed by the Independent Examiner: ………………………………….....................…….. Date: ………….........………..
Name and address of the Independent Examiner:
## **Authorisation Statement**
The Annual Report and Financial Statements on pages 1 to 11 were approved by the Shanklin URC Church Meeting on ………….............................……and signed on its behalf by
Name………………………………………………............….. Signature................................................................................
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## **Shanklin United Reformed Church Charity Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2022**
|**Notes**
**Income**
Offertory Cash
Gift Aid
Tax reclaimed
Other Income
Bookshop
Shanklin URC Youth
Dividends and Interest
Miscellaneous
Caturpillars
Grants
**Total Income**
**Payments**
Ministry & Mission Fund
Bookshop
Shanklin URC Youth
Manse
Church
Donations
6
Miscellaneous
Caturpillars
Depreciation
2
Youthworker
**Total Payments**
**Transfers Between Funds**
**Net Income**
**Fund Balances Brought Forward**
**Fund Balances Carried Forward**|**General**
**Fund**
**£**
18,634
32,745
9,576
500
61,455
12
1,794
495
**63,756**
37,992
3,058
11,950
8,575
5,993
0
**67,568**
-2,400
-6,212
27,605
**21,393**||**Designated**
**Funds**
**£**
0
0
0
827
827
698
35
0
1,148
**2,708**
967
0
5,714
706
**7,387**
2,400
-2,279
13,170
**10,891**||**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
**0**
0
**0**
0
0
9,274
**9,274**|**Total**
**£**
18,634
32,745
9,576
1,327
62,282
698
35
12
1,794
1,148
495
**66,464**
37,992
967
0
3,058
17,664
8,575
5,993
706
0
0
**74,955**
0
-8,491
50,049
**41,558**|**2021**
**Total**
**£**
16,285
34,720
8,881
14,412
74,298
43
0
1
1,627
594
495
**77,058**
37,584
43
0
2,993
14,985
5,050
3,109
649
0
0
**64,413**
0
12,645
37,404
**50,049**|**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||**Total**|
The notes on pages 6 to 11 form part of this Financial Statement
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## **Shanklin United Reformed Church Charity Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2022**
|**Fixed Assets**
**Current Assets**
Debtors
Bookshop Stock
Cash at bank
Shanklin URC Youth Account
Bookshop accounts
Cash in Hand
**Total Current Assets**
**Current Liabilities**
Agency Collections
Creditors
**Total Current Liabilities**
**Net Assets**
**Church Funds**
General Fund
Bookshop
Shanklin URC Youth Account
Maintenance Fund
Caturpillars Fund
Youth Worker Fund
**Total Church Funds**|**Notes**
2
5
**Notes**
3
3
3|**General**
**Fund**
**£**
0
1180
20881
0
22,061
668
0
668
**21,393**
**General**
**Fund**
**£**
21393
**21,393**||**Designated**
**Funds**
**£**
1539
4369
844
2983
1156
10,891
0
**10,891**
**Designated**
**Funds**
**£**
4522
844
4286
1239
**10,891**||**Restricted**
**Fund**
**£**
9274
9,274
0
**9,274**
**Restricted**
**Fund**
**£**
9274
**9,274**|**Total**
**£**
0
1,180
1,539
34,524
844
2,983
1,156
42,226
668
0
668
**41,558**
**Total**
**£**
21,393
4,522
844
4,286
1,239
9,274
**41,558**|**2021**
**Total**
**£**
0
1,183
1,807
43,784
809
2,984
697
51,264
1,065
150
1,215
**50,049**
**2021**
**Total**
**£**
27,605
4,791
809
6,773
797
9,274
**50,049**|**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||**Total**|
|||||||||||
The notes on pages 6 to 11 form part of this Financial Statement
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## **Shanklin United Reformed Church Charity General Fund Statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2022**
## **General Fund**
## **Receipts**
## **Payments**
|**Notes**
**2022**
**2021**
Offertory - Cash
18,634
16,185
- Gift Aid
32,745
34,520
Tax Reclaimed
9,576
8,831
Legacy
0
14,412
Bookshop Donations
500
0
Link
0
0
Catering
0
0
Weddings
0
0
61,455
73,948
**Dividends and Interest**
Investments
0
0
Bank Interest
12
1
12
1
**Miscellaneous**
Photocopying/Tapes
0
0
Ryde URC Expenses Contribution
1,568
1,323
For Queens Books
114
0
Fellowship Lunch
0
0
Freedom in Christ Books
0
0
Other
112
304
1,794
1,627
**Grants**
Other Grant
0
0
Manse Repairs Grant
495
495
495
495
**Transfers Between Funds**
0
0
**Total Receipts**
**63,756**
**76,071**
**Net Income - General Fund**
**-6,212**
**14,154**|Ministry & Mission Fund
**Manse**
Water
Insurance
Council Tax
Maintenance
**Church**
Electricity
Gas
Water
Insurance
Maintenance (Garden)
Piano Tuning
PA/Projection Expenses
Cleaning
Mileage/Travel costs
Fixed Car Allowance
Post and Telephone
**Donations**
Donations Made
**Miscellaneous**
Queens Books
Pulpit Supply
Copyright Licence
Office Requisites
Photocopier
Teaching Materials
Catering
Messy Church
Software Licence/Web Site Costs
Other
**Transfers Between Funds**
Transfer to Maintenance Fund
**Depreciation**
**Total Payments**|**Notes**
**2022**
**2021**
37,992
37,584
395
426
0
0
2,127
2,057
536
510
3,058
2,993
1,637
1,397
493
380
229
180
4,505
4,424
0
0
53
0
900
1,117
1,412
790
747
578
1,374
1,366
600
549
11,950
10,781
5
8,575
5,050
703
0
660
225
1,042
913
714
341
1,791
1,184
476
311
286
0
0
72
152
0
169
63
5,993
3,109
2,400
2,400
2,400
2,400
2
0
0
**69,968**
**61,917**|
|---|---|---|
|||5
2|
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## **Shanklin URC Bookshop Profit and Loss 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022**
|||**2022**|||**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Sales**|||698||43|
|Opening Stock|1,807|||1,850||
|Purchases|149|||0||
|Less closing stock|1,956
1,539||417|1,850
1,807|43|
|Gross Profit|||281||0|
|**Expenses**||||||
|Bags/labels|0|||0||
|Staff|50|||0||
|General Expenses|0|||0||
|Postage & Stationery|0|||0||
|Shop Maintenance|0||50|0|0|
|Less: Donations to General Fund|||500||0|
|Net Profit|||-269||0|
|**Bookshop Assets**||||||
|Stock|||1,539||1,807|
|Current Account|||2,953||2,954|
|Cash in Hand|||30||30|
||||4,522||4,791|
|**Shanklin**
**Designated Fund Statement**||**URC Youth**
**for the Year**||**Account**
**Ended 31st December 2022**||
|**Receipts**
Basement Café
Transfer from General Fund
Other Receipts
Compasion
Total Receipts
**Payments**
Basement Café Costs
Trips Out
Resources
Compassion
Miscellaneous
**Net Income/Deficit**
**Youth Accounts**
Cash in Hand
Cash at Bank|0
0
0
0
0|0
0
35
0
35
0
35
0
844
844
**2022**|0
0
0
0
0|0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
809
809
**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
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## **Shanklin United Reformed Church Charity Designated Fund Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2022**
## **Maintenance Fund**
|**Receipts**
Gift Day Donation - Cash
Gift Day Donation - Gift Aid
Tax Reclaimed
URC Wessex Trust Grant
Transfer From General Fund
**Net Income/Deficit**|**2022**
**2021**
**Payments**
0
100
Fire/Intruder Alarms
0
200
Boiler Servicing Etc
0
50
Other Repairs
827
0
Building Work
Clock Servicing etc
2,400
2,400
**3,227**
**2,750**
**-2,487**
**-1,454**|**2022**
**2021**
451
448
856
240
1,115
1,008
2,954
2,508
338
0
**5,714**
**4,204**|
|---|---|---|
## **Caturpillars Fund**
|**Receipts**
Subscriptions
Messy Church
Donations
Other Income
**Net Income/Deficit**|**2022**
**2021**
**Payments**
1,093
494
Food/Drink
55
0
Equipment
0
0
Stationery
0
100
Craft Materials
Donations
To Shanklin URC (Gen Fund)
**1,148**
**594**
**442**
**-55**|**2022**
**2021**
274
482
20
0
200
0
0
0
0
85
212
82
**706**
**649**|
|---|---|---|
## **Shanklin United Reformed Church Charity Restricted Fund Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2022**
## **Youth Worker Fund**
|**Receipts**
Donations - Cash
Donations - Gift Aid
Tax Reclaimed
Grants Received
**Net Income/Deficit**|**2022**
**2021**
**Payments**
0
0
Misc Expenses
0
0
Travel Costs
0
0
0
0
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**|**2022**
**2021**
0
0
0
0
**0**
**0**|
|---|---|---|
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## **Shanklin United Reformed Church Charity Notes to the Financial Statements Year Ended 31 December 2022**
## **1 Accounting Policies**
## **1a Basis of Accounting**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2005) issued by the Charity Commission, and the United Reformed Church guidance. The accruals basis of accounting has been adopted and the principal accounting policies set out below are applied consistently.
## **1b Fund Accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the church in furtherance of its charitable objectives. Designated funds are unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the church for a particular purpose. Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor, or contained in the terms of a grant.
## **1c Tangible Fixed Assets**
Freehold property: The Trustees of the church and manse buildings are the URC Wessex Synod Trust . Expenditure incurred on the church and manse is written off in the year it is incurred.
Equipment: Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates calculated to write off assets over their estimated useful lives: Fixtures and Fittings
Coffee House Equipment 20% straight line (over 5 years) Other - Furniture Etc 10% straight line (over 10 years)
## **1d Incoming Resources**
All voluntary giving is included in the financial statements for the period in which it is received. Donations under Gift Aid plus the associated tax recovery are recognised as income when the donation is received. Legacies are accounted for when their receipt is certain and can be properly quantified. All other income is generally recognised when it is receivable.
## **1e Resources Expended**
The URC Ministry & Mission Fund contribution is paid regularly and is included in the financial statements for the year to which it relates.
Resources expended are recognised in the period to which they are incurred and include attributable VAT which cannot be recovered. They are allocated to the particular activity to which they relate.
As most of the management and activity of the church is carried out by volunteers, this intangible cost is not included in the financial statements as this voluntary contribution to the life of the church is incalculable.
## **1f Taxation**
As part of the United Reformed Church, the church is an excepted charity within the meaning of the Taxes Acts. Accordingly it is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income and capital gains received to the extent that such income or gains are applied to exclusively charitable purposes. No provision for taxation has been made in these financial statements.
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**Shanklin United Reformed Church Charity Notes to the Financial Statements Year Ended 31 December 2022**
|**2 Fixed Assets**||**2022**|||**2021**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Fixtures and**||**Fittings**|**Fixtures and**||**Fittings**|
|**Cost**|||||||
|At 1 January||50,450|||50,450||
|Additions|||0|||0|
|Disposals|||0|||0|
|At 31 December||50,450|||50,450||
|**Depreciation**|||||||
|At 1 January||50,450|||50,450||
|Charge for Year|||0|||0|
|Disposals in Year|||0|||0|
|At 31 December||50,450|||50,450||
|**Net Book Value**|||||||
|At 31 December|||0|||0|
Church - freehold valued for insurance purposes during 2022 at £9,344,511 (2021 £8,306,232)
Manse at 10 Dracaena Gardens - Insurance for the Manse is now paid by URC (Wessex) Trust Limited
The church and the manse are vested in the URC (Wessex) Trust Limited
Contents, Furniture Bookshop stock etc, valued for insurance purposes during 2022 at £215,573 (2021 £178,899)
## **3 Analysis of Net Assets by Funds**
All funds comprise of cash held either in hand or at the bank except for the following:
|Fixed Assets
Current Assets - Stock
- Debtors
- Cash in hand/bank
Current Liabilities - Creditors|**General Fund**
0
0
1,180
20,881
-668
21,393||**Bookshop**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||0
1,539
0
2,983
0
4,522|
## **4 Transfers Between Funds**
|**ransfers Between Funds**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2022**|**2021**|
|Transfer from General Fund to Maintenance Fund|2,400|2,400|
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**Shanklin United Reformed Church Charity Notes to the Financial Statements Year Ended 31 December 2022**
## **5 Breakdown of Donations and Agency Collections**
|**Donations**
IW Youth for Christ
Romans One Eleven Trust
GEAR
JCWGVA (God Pod)
Street Pastors
CWTIS
Wight Churches
Evangelical Alliance
CAP
Jews for Jesus
IW Foodbank
Freedom in Christ Ministries
Tear Fund
Persecuted Church
Release International
Barnabas Fund
Open Doors
Elam UK
Offertory Giving|**2022**
**2021**
1,200
1,200
3,000
1,500
100
100
500
500
1,000
1,000
0
0
150
150
100
100
125
0
500
0
500
0
400
0
500
0
150
150
0
150
150
200
200
0
**8,575**
**5,050**
60,955
59,536|**Agency Collections**
**2022**
**2021**
Romans One Eleven Trust
123
727
Tear Fund
264
0
Christian Aid
0
136
Christmas Appeals
Operation Mobilisation - 2022
624
0
Mercy Ships - 2021
177
1,065
Operation Mobilisation - 2020
0
5
**1,188**
**1,933**
**Agency Collections- Current Liabilities**|
|---|---|---|
|||(Balance not paid over at Year End)|
|||Operation Mobilisation
624
0
Mercy Ships
0
1065
Romans One Eleven Trust
44
0|
|**Agency Collections- Current Liabilities**|||
|---|---|---|
|(Balance not paid over at Year End)|||
|Operation Mobilisation|624|0|
|Mercy Ships|0|1065|
|Romans One Eleven Trust|44|0|
**Donations:** These are donations made to other Charities or individuals from the Church's general funds.
It is the Church's policy that, funds permitting, these donations should be at least 10% of the Offertory giving to the General Fund (including any Tax Reclaimed).
**Agency Collections:** These are donations received in response to specific appeals for other Charities, Organisations or Individuals.
These donations are then passed on in full to the appropriate Charity, Organisation or Individual.
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