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Office :- 11 Mandeville Walk Phone: 079 6676 3042 Meeting at 10.15 on Sundays at:-
Hutton, Brentwood, CM13 1QT E-mail: trustees@hopecommunitychurch.me.uk Long Ridings Primary School Hall
Registered Charity No. 1131190 Website: www.hopecommunitychurch.me.uk Long Ridings Avenue, Hutton
Brentwood Essex CM13 1DU
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## **Trustees’ Annual Report 2022** The full title of the Charitable Trust is Hope Community Church (Brentwood), which was established by Trust Deed on July 5[th] , 2009. This report covers the Trust’s activities for January 1[st] to December 31[st] , 2022. The trustees for this period were Helen Gell (chair & secretary) and Desiree LeRoux [both of whom resigned at the AGM on 27[th] April], Frank Ferguson (treasurer), Margaret Woodroof and Natalie Slater. The current trustees jointly attach their names to this report, having considered it at the Annual General Meeting held on July 24[th] , 2023. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** The Trust Deed determines the method for appointing or removing trustees and all trustees are required to subscribe and adhere to the charity’s Statement of Beliefs. The minimum number of trustees is three and there is no maximum. The trustees are responsible for the day-to-day financial management and administration of the church’s property and funds. Annual budget proposals are presented to the trustees for approval, with a requirement that any proposed expenditure above these limits will itself be presented to the trustees for specific approval. A number of policies are in place to ensure the more effective and controlled running of the organisation, the safeguarding of those associated with it and compliance with Charity Commission guidelines. Church members who arrange and oversee the work with young people are all DBS checked, and the established child protection and safeguarding policies are reviewed periodically. For the first four months of the year the church continued to be led by a Team of Elders:- Martin Crook, James Gell and Tom McDonald, with oversight from a wider sphere within the Relational Mission family of churches, which is itself part of the international New Frontiers Church. By the time of the AGM, the membership had dwindled to such an extent that it was decided that no further Sunday services would be held and the use of the school premises was relinquished. Life groups continued for some period of time by Zoom and the support of local charitable organisations continued for the rest of the year. The church’s membership of the Evangelical Alliance (EA), Churches Together in Hutton and Shenfield (CTHS) and Brentwood and District Evangelical Fellowship (BADEF) was not renewed when they became due. ## **Objectives, Activities and Achievements** The objects of the church are for the benefit of the public, firstly by way of advancing the Christian faith and secondly through the relief of sickness and financial hardship, and the promotion of good health and education. This may include the provision of counseling and support services. The trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity should undertake. Consequently, the church supports through prayer, practical help and financial aid, a number of works in the local and wider community:- - The release of people from poverty, in association with a charity: Christians Against Poverty. - Manna Meals – a scheme for providing meals during school holidays for those children who qualify for free school meals during term time. - Lighthouse Furniture Project – a local organisation involved in the recycling of used furniture and, in conjunction with the local authority (Brentwood Borough Council), providing essentials for a new home, at minimal or no cost, for people being re-housed. - Brentwood Schools Christian Workers Trust. - Tearfund, periodically in response to international crises. - A church in Malaga, Spain with whom we have special links, and which undertakes similar community relief work there akin to the church’s work here. - The international and regional work of Relational Mission. ## **Financial Review** The accounts show that our income largely evaporated during the first quarter of the year but our expenditure and giving continued as before. It is not intended that any deficit should be allowed. The primary source of funding was from personal giving by members of the congregation, mostly by standing orders, and funds from a reserve account at Kingdom Bank. The charity does not own, or have a financial interest in, any property. ## **Accounts** There are no restricted funds held by the charity. Where funds are given for a specified purpose, the trustees ensure that they are applied to that purpose and to no other. The accounts for this period were prepared by the treasurer and independently examined by Mrs. Fiona Wallace (copy report attached). They were presented to, and approved by, the trustees at the Annual General Meeting held on July 24[th] , 2023. The charity has accounts at Barclays Bank, Shenfield & Hutton branch and with Kingdom Bank, Nottingham. Frank Ferguson, Treasurer July 25[th] , 2023 **----- Start of picture text -----**
Hope Community Church - Income and Expenditure Analysis Jan - Dec 2022
January February March April May June
INCOME - Direct to bank or paid in at branch
Standing orders etc. (incl. CAF) £1,925.00 £1,040.00 £1,190.00 £990.00 £140.00 £140.00
Tax Reclaim £2,097.50
Other non-gift £100.00 £5,000.00 £10,000.00
TOTAL INCOME £1,925.00 £1,040.00 £1,290.00 £3,087.50 £5,140.00 £10,140.00
EXPENDITURE & OUTGOINGS
People Costs
Salaries £504.16 £504.16 £504.16 £504.16 £504.16 £504.16
Employers NI £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Payroll costs £38.85 £38.85 £38.85 £38.85
Admin Costs
Capital Equipment & Repairs
Administration & office
Community A/c transfer £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00
Mobile phone contract £12.00 £24.00 £12.00 £12.00 £12.00
Insurance and bank
Web hosting + support £52.78 £30.00 £30.00 £30.00 £30.00 £30.00
Church Suite program £19.00 £19.00 £19.00 £19.00
Venue Hire £420.00 £420.00 £420.00 £420.00 £420.00
Storage Hire £12.00 £12.00 £12.00 £12.00 £12.00 £12.00
Conference, training & education £170.00
Travel & Accommodation
Affilliation & Membership subs £100.00
Youth & Children
Worship (incl CCLI & projection) £83.72
PA
Hospitality & catering
Safeguarding incl CCPAS/ 31:8
Ministry Resourses
Evangelistic activities
Manna Meals £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00
Expenditure sub-totals £1,292.51 £1,274.01 £1,198.01 £1,356.01 £1,128.16 £708.16
GIVING
Regional funding - Relational Mission £350.00 £350.00 £350.00 £350.00 £350.00 £350.00
Brentwood Schools CWT £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £167.20 £100.00
Christians Againt Poverty £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00
Pastoral support
Recognition giving £21.00 £230.50
Other - specify in comments £5,000.00 £1,000.00 £20,000.00
Giving sub-totals £550.00 £550.00 £5,550.00 £1,571.00 £847.70 £20,550.00
TOTAL OUTGOINGS £1,842.51 £1,824.01 £6,748.01 £2,927.01 £1,975.86 £21,258.16
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July August September October November December TOTALS
£140.00 £40.00 £40.00 £40.00 £40.00 £5,725.00
£237.50 £2,335.00
£10,000.00 £50.00 £25,150.00
£140.00 £40.00 £10,040.00 £40.00 £40.00 £287.50 £33,210.00
£505.00 £505.00 £4,034.96
£0.00
£155.40
£0.00
£0.00
£50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £600.00
£12.00 £12.00 £12.00 £12.00 £12.00 £12.00 £144.00
£0.00
£30.00 £30.00 £30.00 £30.00 £30.00 £30.00 £382.78
£76.00
£2,100.00
£12.00 £12.00 £12.00 £12.00 £12.00 £12.00 £144.00
£170.00
£0.00
£100.00
£0.00
£83.72
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £1,200.00
£204.00 £709.00 £709.00 £204.00 £204.00 £204.00 £9,190.86
£350.00 £350.00 £350.00 £350.00 £350.00 £350.00 £4,200.00
£100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £1,267.20
£100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £100.00 £1,200.00
£0.00
£251.50
£10,000.00 £2,000.00 £10,000.00 £280.00 £48,280.00
£10,550.00 £2,550.00 £550.00 £10,550.00 £830.00 £550.00 £55,198.70
£10,754.00 £3,259.00 £1,259.00 £10,754.00 £1,034.00 £754.00 £64,389.56
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl m•mbers of fr*fÉ CqfMLh￿ rry c+knRcH (@R￿r￿jUC4 ijizlzf)2L Charity no (rf any) On accounts for th• year ended IIS 1190 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the actxjunts of the above charity llhe Trust") for the year endod Responsibilitigs and the ch&ity trustee5. you are responsible for preparation of the basis of rèport accounts in a￿)rdance with the Chartlies Act 2011 ('the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's a¢￿UnIS carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in caryng out my examinab'on, I have followed all the applicable DirectiC￿$ given by the Charity Commission under seclion 145I5Xb) of the Act. Independent examlnerfs statement app116￿lete [ ] rfnot applicable. I have ccnpleled my examination. I confimi that no material matters have Corn8 to my attention I '} in connection with the examination bthich gives me cause to beI￿ve that in, any material respecl.: the acixJuntirwJ records V*ere not kept in accordance with section 130 of Ihe Aci,. or the accounts did not a¢¢ord with the accounting records.. or the aco)unts did not comply ￿th the applicable requirements con￿MIng the form and content of a￿￿nIS set out in the Charitses (Accounts and Rewrtsl Regulations 2&J8 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair. view wthich is not a matter considered as part of an irMlepeThJent examination. I have no con￿M5 and have come acmss no other matters in conneCt￿n v￿h the examination to which attentKtrn should be drawn in this rewrt in order to enable a proper urmlerstanding of the accL)unts to b8 reached. . Please delete the wortls in the bra¢kets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant profe$slonal qualbflcation{s) or body {If any)- FCCA. IER October 2018