
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 01 2023 **To** 31 12 2023 

## **Section A                        Reference and administration details** 

**Charity name** Beacon Community Wesleyan Reform Union Church 

**Other names charity is known by** Beacon Community Church 

**Registered charity number (if any)** 1131077 

**Charity's principal address** 91-93 Beacon Road 

Wibsey Bradford **Postcode BD6 3ET** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Mr Alan Paul Goodwin||||
||Mr John Alan Sucksmith||||
||Mr Roger Williams||||
||||||



## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 

**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name Address** 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Type of governing document 

- Wesleyan Reform Union Reference Deed 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

How the charity is constituted Trust (eg. trust, association, company) 

Trustee selection methods Appointed by Church Members (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

**TAR 2023** 

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**continued Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document 

The Trustees permit the Premises to be used, occupied, and enjoyed as a place for the public Worship of God, and also for the promotion of such religious, educational, or charitable purposes as the Church shall direct. 

Summary of the 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) 

We aim to fulfil our objectives and serve our wider local community through the provision of the following activities which are open to all. We hold weekly Services of Public Worship providing Christian Teaching through Sermons, Bible Studies, and Prayer Meetings.  There are also weekly services aimed specifically at those from an Asian cultural heritage. We are currently hosting weekly: 

- Community Café. 

- ‘Friendship Group’ for older retired people which includes gentle exercise classes involving fun ‘Chairobics’. 

- • Pilates 

- Community Choir 

- Wellbeing Café (monthly). Entertainment and refreshment for those with early-stage dementia and their carers. 

- Men's club. A fortnightly meeting of games and socials as a contact point for men of all ages. 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

Safeguarding Statement: The church is committed to following the Home Office Code of practice ‘Safe from Harm’ and adopts the guidelines and procedures published by the Wesleyan Reform Union of Churches. 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

**TAR 2023** 

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## **Section D                      Achievements and performance** 

The Church accomplished its main objectives of providing a weekly place **Summary of the main** of Worship and smaller fellowship groups, as well as being open for **achievements of the charity** activities involving all age groups from the local community meeting **during the year** together regularly throughout the year. We participated in the ‘Warm Space’ and ‘Welcome Space’ local government sponsored initiatives. A new fortnightly Men’s club was started in the year. The Monday Community Café extended its opening hours to include lunch as well as breakfast. 

## **Section E                    Financial review** 

**Brief statement of the** General Reserves are held to help fund future property repairs and **charity’s policy on reserves** renewals. **Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit** 

**Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** JOHN ALAN SUCKSMITH ALAN PAUL GOODWIN **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** SECRETARY **Date** 23 SEPTEMBER 2024 

**TAR 2023** 

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||**Charity Name**<br>**BEACON COMMUNITY WESLEYAN REFORM UNION CHURCH**|**Charity Name**<br>**BEACON COMMUNITY WESLEYAN REFORM UNION CHURCH**|**Charity Name**<br>**BEACON COMMUNITY WESLEYAN REFORM UNION CHURCH**|**Charity Name**<br>**BEACON COMMUNITY WESLEYAN REFORM UNION CHURCH**|**No (if any)**<br>**1131077**|**No (if any)**<br>**1131077**|**No (if any)**<br>**1131077**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**<br>**from**|Period start date<br>**01/01/2023**||**To**||Period end date<br>**31/12/2023**|||
||||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**20,953**<br>**11,143**<br>**5,214**<br>**2,738**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**40,048**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**40,048**<br>**15,123**<br>**7,985**<br>**8,374**<br>**1,835**<br>**4,374**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **37,691**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**37,691**<br>**2,357**<br>**-**<br>**40,009**<br>**42,366**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|VOLUNTRY INCOME|**20,953**|**-**|<br>|**-**||**20,953**||**35,410**|
|OTHER INCOME|**11,143**|**5,124**||**-**||**16,267**||**17,754**|
|GIFT AID TAX RECOVERED|**5,214**|**-**||**-**||**5,214**||**3,464**|
|GRANTS RECEIVED|**2,738**|**27,130**||**-**||**29,868**||**169,033**|
||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**40,048**|**32,254**||**-**||**72,302**||**225,661**|
||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||
||**-**|||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||||
|||||||||**225,661**|
||||||||||
|MINISTER'S REMUNERATION &<br>EXPENSES|**15,123**|||||||**18,845**|
|BUILDING MAINTENANCE|**7,985**|||||||**8,539**|
|UTILITIES|**8,374**|||||||**3,442**|
|GIFTS TO OTHER CHARITIES &<br>VISITING SPEAKERS|**1,835**|||||||**595**|
|ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES|**4,374**|||||||**3,873**|
|COMMUNITY HALL REFURBISHMENT|**-**|||||||**202,697**|
|FIXTURES & FITTINGS|**-**|||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**37,691**|||||||**237,991**|
||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||
||**-**||||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||
|||||||||**237,991**|
||||||||||
||**2,357**|**1,037**||||**3,394**||**-               12,330**|
||**-**|**-**||||**-**||**-**|
||**40,009**|**1,948**||||**41,957**||**54,287**|
||**42,366**|**2,985**||||**45,351**||**41,957**|



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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**42,366**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**42,366**<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**1,948**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,985**<br>OK<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||



Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

|Signature|Print Name<br>**JOHN ALAN SUCKSMITH**<br>**ALAN PAUL GOODWIN**|Date of<br>approval|
|---|---|---|
||**JOHN ALAN SUCKSMITH**|**02/08/2024**|
||**ALAN PAUL GOODWIN**|**02/08/2024**|



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