## **Charity Number 1130930** ## **Harpenden United Reformed Church** ## **Report of the Trustees for 2021** The following were trustees for all of 2021: Mr N L Deas, Mr J Sharp, Mr P M Valle, With the approval of the church meeting Mr N Deas , 18 Croftwell, Harpenden, AL5 1JG acted as the administrator of the Charity. The Charity is a constituent body of the United Reformed Church. The Elders are elected by the Church Meeting of all those members in attendance and serve for three years but are eligible for re-election. The Elders of the Church are the Trustees of the Charity and hold current criminal record checks where necessary for all those responsible for related church activities. There were 44 registered members of the Church as of December 31[st] 2021. Throughout the year the religious activities of the Church were led by the ordained minister, Rev J. Weedon with the active support of the Elders and other members of the Church. During the early part of the year when some covid restrictions were in place services were conducted on line and streamed directly to all members via Zoom and Youtube as well as distributing printed copies of the service to all members. The Church Pre-School had a very successful year with children aged between 2 to 5 years and had a total of 50 registered with the school. The Parent and Toddlers Group and Kangaroo Club took off very successfully with growing numbers throughout the year led by our Children & Families Minister. Various local groups ( Guided troops, Children’s Drama Group, Children’s Dance Class, and the Local Choral Society, etc. ) made regular use of the Church and the Garden throughout the year. The Church is also used by Christchurch each Sunday evening. During the year the Church again supported 12 various external Charities both local and national with donations totalling £7117. The church also supported and made regular donations to the local Food Bank. All Health & Safety and Safeguarding Policies and Procedures are in place and there have been no incidents reported throughout the year. N. L. Deas **ANY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 2021 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT** |**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**|||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||This Year
2021
Total £||Last Year
2020
(Total)|| |||Unrestricted
Funds £||Designated
Funds £||Restricted
Funds £|||||| |Note|||||||||||| |**RECEIPTS**
Offerings
Fund raising, donations and activities
Monies raised for outside causes
3
Gift Aid tax repayments
Legacies
Property - manse contribution
Property - manse lettings
Property - church/hall users
4
Grants
4
FIT Payments
Sundry
Bank interest & investment income
**Total receipts**
**PAYMENTS**
Ministry & Mission Fund
Ministry & worship expenses
Church running costs
5
Manse running costs
Programme activity costs
6
Support of outside causes
7
Maintenance of church buildings
8
Maintenance of manse
9
**Total payments**
**NET RECEIPTS / (PAYMENTS)**|||||||||||| |||30,660
166,511
7,117
3,222
3,944
18,383
13||||||30,660
166,511
7,117
3,222
3,944
18,383
13||28,244
147,901
1,518
5,529
4,428
12,136
349|| |||229,850||||||229,850||200,105|| ||||||||||||| |||27,756
572
25,646
560
166,012
8,317
9,744
3,219||||||27,756
572
25,646
560
166,012
8,317
9,744
3,219||28,008
748
22,252
540
142,216
1,518
21,879
206,027|| |||241,826||||||241,826||217,161|| |||-11,976||||||-11,976||-17,056|| ||||||||||||| |**TRANSFERS between funds**
2|||||||||||| |**SURPLUS/DEFICIT for period**
**CASH FUNDS b/fwd 1 January**
**CASH FUNDS c/fwd 31 Dec**||-11,976||||||-11,976||-17,056|| |||172,775||||||172,775||189,831|| |||161,889||||||161,889||172,775|| ||||||||||||| |**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**
**Monetary assets**
Cash
Bank current accounts
Deposit accounts
**Total monetary assets**
10
**Other assets**
Gift Aid recoverable
Other monies due to church
Investments at mid market value
**Assets used for church purposes**
Buildings under statutory trusts
11
Church contents
11
**Liabilities**
Other creditors|||||||||||| ||||||||||||| |||60,325
101,564||||||60,325
101,564||59,223
113,552|| |||161,889||||||161,889||172,775|| ||||||||||||| |||487
19||||||487
19||791
19|| ||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| |||227||||||227||31|| ||||||||||||| |**Approved by the Trustees on 23rd March 20**
**Norman L Deas**|**21**|**and signed on**||**their behalf.**|||||||| ||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| |||||||||||||