## **Sanderstead United Reformed Church**
## **End of Year Financial Statements**
**Year ending 31 December 2023**
**Charity Registration Number: 1134178**
**Sanderstead United Reformed Church Sanderstead Hill Sanderstead Surrey CR2 0HB**
Financial Statements 2023
## **Sanderstead United Reformed Church**
## **Contents**
|**Page 3**|**Legal and Administrative Information**|
|---|---|
|**Page 4**|**Trustees’ Report**|
||**Independent Examiner’s Report to the**|
|**Page 6**|**Trustees**|
|**Page 7**|**Statement of Financial Activities**|
|**Page 8**|**Balance Sheet**|
|**Pages 9 to 14**|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|
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Financial Statements 2023
## **Sanderstead United Reformed Church**
## **Legal & Administrative Information**
**For the year ended 31 December 2023**
**START OF FINANCIAL YEAR** 1st January 2023
**END OF FINANCIAL YEAR** 31st December 2023
**TRUSTEES AT 31ST DECEMBER 2023**
Julie Barrington Linda Currion Malcolm Dalton Barbara Gregory Barbara Hill Caroline Melrose Yvonne Murdoch Ian Spring Shirley Steele Lyndon Thomas Sylvia Trickey Freda Watson-Steward Robin Worthington
The existing trustees appoint any new trustees following the provisions laid out in the organisation's governing instrument.
**LEGAL STATUS**
Registered with the Charity Commission 8th February 2010.
**GOVERNING INSTRUMENT** Trusts distilled from the United Reformed Church Acts of Parliament (1971 and 1982) and the Scheme of Union (1972).
**OBJECTS**
The object of this charity is the advancement of the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the Scheme of Union of the United Reformed Church.
## **CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS**
Mr Ian Spring The Farmhouse 28 Briton Hill Road Sanderstead South Croydon Surrey CR2 0JL
## **PRIMARY BANKERS**
Virgin Money CAF Bank Ltd 30 St Vincent Place 25 Kings Hill Avenue Glasgow West Malling G1 2HL Kent ME19 4JQ
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER**
Joanna Goodridge MICB JG & Associates TBXH@ Sunley House Bedford Park Croydon CR0 2AP
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Financial Statements 2023
## **Sanderstead United Reformed Church**
## **Trustees’ Report**
## **For the year ended 31 December 2023**
This report includes information required by the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2016 and the Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting by Charities 2005.
The Church Elders who are also the Charity Trustees present their report together with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year to 31st December 2023.
Sanderstead United Reformed Church Charity is a local church of the United Reformed Church in Great Britain, and is a member church of the Southern Synod of the Church. It was registered as a Charity on 8th February 2010 with Charity Number 1134178.
The Church building and manse are vested in URC Southern Synod Trust Ltd as trustees and held for the benefit of Sanderstead United Reformed Church in accordance with the trusts applicable to URC properties .
## **Objectives & Activities**
The activities of Sanderstead United Reformed Church are overseen by the Elders' Meeting of the Church in accordance with the provisions of The Structure of The United Reformed Church determined by the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church and supplemented by the rules of Sanderstead United Reformed Church. The governing document of the Charity is a statement adopted by the Church Meeting on 20th September 2009.
As a local congregation of the United Reformed Church, Sanderstead United Reformed Church seeks to advance the Christian religion through its activities and facilities offered to the community. The Church has for many years been engaged in a wide variety of activities, linking the worshipping life of the Church with the wider community in which it serves, as part of our outreach initiative. Activities included are as follows:
- Pastoral work & links to Abbeyfield Care Home
- Youth & children’s work, Scouts and a Toddler Group
- Social & fundraising events such as fayres and quizzes
- Arts activities include the Parlour Players Amateur Dramatic Group, Literary Society, Music concerts and a Choir
- Lawn Tennis Club
- Scottish Country Dance Group
- Women’s Guild and a Working Circle – providing knitted goods to various organisations.
- Full details of all its activities can be found on the Church website at www.surc.org.uk.
The Elders' Meeting is aware of the Charity Commissioner's guidance on public benefit in "The Advancement of Religion for the Public Benefit" and has regard to it in the administration of the Church.
The Elders' Meeting believes that the Church provides benefit to the public by: -
- providing resources and facilities for public worship, pastoral care and spiritual, moral and intellectual development, both for the congregation and for anyone else who wishes to benefit from what the Church offers; and
- promoting Christian values and service by members of the congregation to the community, for the benefit of individuals and society as a whole.
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Financial Statements 2023
## **Financial Review**
During 2023, the Church made a surplus of £13k, which was slightly better than the previous year’s £11k surplus. We were able to increase our income by moving our reserves to a more lucrative platform, which generated an additional £8k in interest. Lettings continue to show signs of recovery, but are still only about 50% of the pre-pandemic levels. The Minister post at the Church remains vacant so we continued to be able to rent out our manse for the full year which increased income by £3k. Income from social events, weddings & funerals and Café Church have all increased during 2023. The annual TRIO Appeal (The Responsibility is Ours) generated several one-off donations as well as increases to regular giving by a few. However, the year on year decline in voluntary income remains a concern and is due to the reduction in the number of members due to natural causes.
We continue to monitor all expenditure closely and maintenance repairs during the year were less than during 2022. An outstanding water issue was resolved during the year, and the final payment was less than we had prudently provided for. Gas costs have increased significantly during 2023 and investigations have proved that the Church has been using excessive gas to heat water which has been leaking. The aging pipework is currently being replaced to address the issue.
Members of the Church have approved a deficit budget for 2024. This is primarily due to a request to increase our Ministry & Mission giving and a reduction in our expected manse rental income in the anticipation of having a permanent minister appointed during the year. The Trustees are mindful of the precarious nature of the Church finances, and with this in mind the longer-term prospects for the Church are being reviewed. A Forward Planning Group has been established to review the challenges faced by the Church and to make suggestions to deal with the declining membership.
## **Reserves Policy**
The Church had previously experienced a period of reserves being severely depleted and now replenishes those reserves when able and uses them to provide a secure platform from which to continue to deliver the Church's objectives. The Designated Funds have been established for specific purposes and these are explained in the notes to the accounts.
The investment of the reserves has been reviewed during 2023, with a view to maximizing the return gained on investments and ensuring that they are compliant with FCSO limits. A new platform is now being used, with a panel elected by the Trustees to monitor.
## **Trustees Responsibilities**
The Charities Act 2011 requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the trust and of the surplus of the trust for that period. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to:
- Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently
- Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
- Prepare financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the trust will continue in existence.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the trust. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the trust and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Signed on behalf of the Trustees:
Julie Barrington Treasurer Date: 6 May 2024
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Financial Statements 2023
## **Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts**
Report to the members of Sanderstead United Reformed Church on the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2023 set out on pages 7 to 14.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year section 144(2) of the Charity’s Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act); and
- state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- 1)
- to keep accounting records have not been kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act 2011; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met or
- accounting records comply with the accounting requirements of the Act 2011 have not been met; or
- 2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## **Joanna Goodridge MICB**
Dated: 22[nd] July 2024
## **JG & Associates**
TBXH@ Sunley House Bedford Park Croydon CR0 2AP
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Financial Statements 2023
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
|||**Unrestricted**|
**Restricted**||**Endowment**|**Total**||**Prior year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|**funds**||**total funds**|
|**Incoming resources**|||||||||
|Incoming resources from generated funds||-|
-||-|-||-|
|Voluntary income||£87,015|
-||-|£87,015||£95,969|
|Activities for generating funds||£29,986|
-||-|£29,986||£25,940|
|Investment income||£10,425|
-||-|£10,425||£2,176|
|Incoming resources from charitable activities||-|
-||-|-||-|
|Other incoming resources||£28,913|-||-|£28,913||£29,295|
|**Total income**||**£156,338**|
**-**||**-**|**£156,338**||**£153,379**|
|**Resources used**|||||||||
|Charitable activities||-|
-||-|-||-|
|Ministerial costs||£1,923|
-||-|£1,923||£4,274|
|URC Ministry & Mission Fund||£51,600|
-||-|£51,600||£51,600|
|Church costs||£74,505|
-||-|£74,505||£70,421|
|Teaching costs||£7,691|
-||-|£7,691||£7,103|
|Communications and outreach||£3,840|
-||-|£3,840||£4,233|
|Donations||£2,069|-||-|£2,069||£3,218|
|**Total expenditure**||**£141,628**|
**-**||**-**|**£141,628**||**£140,850**|
|**Net income / (expenditure) resources before transfer**||**£14,710**|
**-**||**-**|**£14,710**||**£12,530**|
|**Transfers**|||||||||
|Gross transfers between funds – in||£16,000||-||£16,000||£18,000|
|Gross transfers between funds - out||(£16,000)||-||(£16,000)||(£18,000)|
|**Other recognised gains / losses**|||||||||
|Gains/losses on investment assets||(£1,335)|
-||-|(£1,335)||(£1,903)|
|Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, charity's own use|-||-|-||-|-||
|**Net movement in funds**||**£13,375**|
**-**||**-**|**£13,375**||**£10,627**|
|**Total funds brought forward**||**£363,395**|
**-**||**-**|**£363,395**||**£352,768**|
|**Total funds carried forward**||**£376,769**|
**-**||**-**|**£376,769**||**£363,395**|
|**Represented by**|||||||||
|**Unrestricted**|||||||||
|General fund||£147,379|
-||-|£147,379||£160,331|
|Legacy||£123,565|
-||-|£123,565||£120,565|
|**Designated**|||||||||
|Care||£5,720|
-||-|£5,720||£4,868|
|Maintenance||£2,969|
-||-|£2,969||£2,113|
|Manse Letting||£41,900|
-||-|£41,900||£21,346|
|New Car||£15,104|
-||-|£15,104||£15,104|
|Office Equipment||£7,622|
-||-|£7,622||£7,622|
|Organ||£11,848|
-||-|£11,848||£10,848|
|Special Maintenance||£20,663|
-||-|£20,663||£20,597|
|**Total funds**||**£376,769**|**-**||**-**|**£376,769**||**£363,395**|
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Financial Statements 2023
## **Balance Sheet detailed**
|**Class and code**
**Description**|**As at**
**31/12/2023**
**As at**
**31/12/2022**
£20,948
£22,283
**£20,948**
**£22,283**
£3,432
£1,102
£47,054
£122,594
£1,373
£5,581
£292,324
£50,000
-
£150,000
£18,450
£19,075
**£362,633**
**£348,352**
£6,612
£7,113
£200
£127
**£6,812**
**£7,240**
**£376,769**
**£363,395**
£14,710
£287,525
£363,395
£77,772
(£1,335)
(£1,903)
**£376,769**
**£363,395**
£269,821
£279,773
£106,949
£83,622
**£376,769**
**£363,395**|
|---|---|
|**Fixed assets**
1053
Charity Property Fund 17632 units
**Total Fixed assets**
**Current assets**
1001
CafBank current account
1002
CafBank Deposit account
1003
Clydesdale current account
1004
Deposit Investments
1005
Shawbrook Bank - 1 Year
Z052
Debtors and prepayments
**Total Current assets**
**Liabilities**
Z04
Accounts Payable
Z041
Accruals
**Total Liabilities**
**Net Asset surplus (deficit)**
**Reserves**
Excess/(deficit) to date
Z01
Starting balances
Z02
Other gains/(losses)
**Total Reserves**
**Represented by Funds**
General (Unrestricted)
Designated
**Total**||
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Financial Statements 2023
## **Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31st December 2023**
## **1. Accounting Policies**
## **1a Basis of Accounting**
The financial statements have been prepared under the Historical Cost Convention in accordance with the Charities Act 2011, Statement of Recommended Practice “Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2015). The accounts have been prepared on an ongoing basis. The charity meets the definition of a Public Benefit Entity under FRS102. No restatement was required in making the transition to FRS102. The date of transition was 1[st] January 2015.
## **1b Fund Accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the church in furtherance of its charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor, or contained in the terms of a grant.
Endowment funds are funds the capital of which must be maintained; normally only income arising from investment of the endowment may be used, either as restricted or unrestricted funds depending on the purpose and terms on which the endowment was established.
## **1c Tangible Fixed Assets**
Freehold property: The Trustees of the church and manse buildings are the URC (Southern Province) Trust Ltd who hold them upon trust for purposes connected with Sanderstead URC. Expenditure incurred on the church and manse is written off in the year it is incurred. Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates calculated to write off assets over their estimated useful lives:
- Car 25% straight line (over 4 years) • Furniture 10% straight line (over 10 years) • Equipment, including Audio Visual 33.33% straight line (over 3 years)
Investment assets: These are stated at mid-market values on the balance sheet date. Changes in valuation over the year are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities.
## **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. Governance costs represent direct expenditure on the governance of the church, including the production and independent scrutiny of these financial statements.
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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Financial Statements 2023
## **2. Statement of Assets and Liabilities (by code)**
|**Class and nominal code**|**General**|**Designated**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|**Total**|**Last year **|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Fixed Asset - Investments**|||||||
|1053: Charity Property Fund 17632 units|£16,008|£4,940|-|-|£20,948|£22,283|
|**Total**|**£16,008**|**£4,940**|**-**|**-**|**£20,948**|**£22,283**|
|**Fixed Asset - Tangible Assets**|||||||
|1050: Equipment|(£4,600)|£4,600|-|-|-|-|
|1051: Furniture|(£1,682)|£1,682|-|-|-|-|
|**Total**|**(£6,282)**|**£6,282**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Current Asset - Cash At Bank And In Hand**|||||||
|1001: CafBank current account|(£21,188)|£34,426|(£9,805)|-|£3,432|£1,102|
|1002: CafBank Deposit account|(£24,075)|£62,324|£8,805|-|£47,054|£122,594|
|1003: Clydesdale current account|£3,869|(£2,496)|-|-|£1,373|£5,581|
|1004: Deposit Investments|£292,324|-|-|-|£292,324|£50,000|
|1005: Shawbrook Bank - 1 Year|-|-|-|-|-|£150,000|
|**Total**|**£250,929**|**£94,254**|**(£1,000)**|**-**|**£344,183**|**£329,277**|
|**Current Asset - Debtors**|||||||
|Z052: Debtors and prepayments|£17,486|(£36)|£1,000|-|£18,450|£19,075|
|**Total**|**£17,486**|**(£36)**|**£1,000**|**-**|**£18,450**|**£19,075**|
|**Liability - Creditors: Amounts Falling Due In One**|**Year**||||||
|Z04: Accounts Payable|£7,455|(£843)|-|-|£6,612|£7,113|
|Z041: Accruals|(£258)|£458|-|-|£200|£127|
|**Total**|**£7,197**|**(£385)**|**-**|**-**|**£6,812**|**£7,240**|
|**Net total assets**|**£270,944**|**£105,826**|**-**|**-**|**£376,769**|**£363,395**|
## **3. Designated Funds**
Designated funds are ones where amounts of money have been set aside by Church Meeting for specific purposes. Such designation is not permanent and such funds can be re-designated back to the General Fund, or to another fund, by Church Meeting.
The church operates nine Designated Funds as approved by Church Meeting:
1. Care - established to provide the minister with resources to expend for local social purposes.
2. Legacy - established to receive and record the spending of legacies. Transfers have been made to unrestricted funds where no designated purpose for Legacy funds has been established.
3. Maintenance - established to fund the maintenance of the church and manse properties; it receives regular budgeted transfers from the General Fund. The maintenance is supervised by the Premises Committee.
4. New Car - this provides for the replacement of the minister's car and is funded by transfers from the General Fund.
5. Office equipment - to provide for the purchase of office equipment and is funded by regular budgeted transfers from the General Fund. Once equipment is purchased it is deemed to be a General Fund asset and its cost is transferred.
6. Organ - this provides for major expenditure incurred from time to time on repairing or servicing the organ and is funded by regular budgeted transfers from the General Fund and occasional donations.
7. Special Maintenance - established to fund planned major maintenance expenditure or significant emergency or unexpected expenditure. It receives regular budgeted transfers from the General Fund. The fund is administered by the Premises Committee.
8. Reserve - established to set aside resources to protect the long term financial position of the church. It has been funded by occasional transfers from the General Fund.
9. Manse – established to receive income from letting the manse during the minister vacancy period and to provide resources to cover manse costs.
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Financial Statements 2023
## **4.Fund movement summary**
||**Fund**|**Opening**|**Incoming**|**Outgoing**|**Transfers**|**Gains/Losses**|**Journals**|**Closing**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Manse**|||||||||
|Designated||£21,346|£24,000|£3,446|-|-|-|£41,900|
||**Sub-totals**|**£21,346**|**£24,000**|**£3,446**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**£41,900**|
|**General**|||||||||
|Unrestricted||£159,208|£125,338|£120,955|(£16,000)|(£1,335)|-|£146,256|
||**Sub-totals**|**£159,208**|**£125,338**|**£120,955**|**(£16,000)**|**(£1,335)**|**-**|**£146,256**|
|**Maint**|||||||||
|Designated||£1,806|-|£6,144|£7,000|-|-|£2,662|
||**Sub-totals**|**£1,806**|**-**|**£6,144**|**£7,000**|**-**|**-**|**£2,662**|
|**SpecMaint**|||||||||
|Designated||£22,027|£4,000|£10,934|£7,000|-|-|£22,093|
||**Sub-totals**|**£22,027**|**£4,000**|**£10,934**|**£7,000**|**-**|**-**|**£22,093**|
|**Car**|||||||||
|Designated||£15,104|-|-|-|-|-|£15,104|
||**Sub-totals**|**£15,104**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**£15,104**|
|**Legacy**|||||||||
|Unrestricted||£120,565|£3,000|-|-|-|-|£123,565|
||**Sub-totals**|**£120,565**|**£3,000**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**£123,565**|
|**Care**|||||||||
|Designated||£4,868|-|£148|£1,000|-|-|£5,720|
||**Sub-totals**|**£4,868**|**-**|**£148**|**£1,000**|**-**|**-**|**£5,720**|
|**Organ**|||||||||
|Designated||£10,848|-|-|£1,000|-|-|£11,848|
||**Sub-totals**|**£10,848**|**-**|**-**|**£1,000**|**-**|**-**|**£11,848**|
|**Office**|||||||||
|Designated||£7,622|-|-|-|-|-|£7,622|
||**Sub-totals**|**£7,622**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**£7,622**|
||**Totals**|**£363,395**|**£156,338**|**£141,628**|**-**|**(£1,335)**|**-**|**£376,769**|
## **5. Analysis of income and expenditure**
||||||**Total **|**Total **|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**|**Designated **|**Restricted **|**Endowment **|**Thisyear **|**Lastyear**|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES**|||||||
|**Incoming resources from generated funds**|||||||
|1101 - Giving Standing order|£51,918|-|-|-|£51,918|£57,157|
|1102 - Envelope scheme|£162|-|-|-|£162|£866|
|1103 - Cash collections|£1,445|-|-|-|£1,445|£732|
|1105 - Private Donations|£4,024|-|-|-|£4,024|£6,918|
|1106 - Tax recovered|£15,222|-|-|-|£15,222|£16,000|
|1107 - Catering income|£464|-|-|-|£464|£337|
|1109 - Community|£1,650|-|-|-|£1,650|£1,793|
|1110 - Legacies|£3,000|-|-|-|£3,000|£3,750|
|1111 - Directories|£74|-|-|-|£74|£3|
|1124 - Literary Society|£1,000|-|-|-|£1,000|£1,100|
|1125 - Toddler Group|£1,000|-|-|-|£1,000|-|
|1126 - Parlour Players|£2,500|-|-|-|£2,500|£4,500|
|1127 - Womens Guild|£450|-|-|-|£450|£300|
|1128 - Working Circle|£300|-|-|-|£300|£300|
|1129 - Scottish Country Dance Group|£2,750|-|-|-|£2,750|£1,250|
|1130 - Tennis Club|£250|-|-|-|£250|£350|
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Financial Statements 2023
|1151 - Commitment for Life
1161 - DEC
1163 - The Childrens Society
1250 - Sundry income
1200 - Hall Letting Revenue
1210 - Annual Fair
1212 - Plant Sale
1215 - Concerts
1219 - Social Events
1220 - Weddings and funerals fees
1201 - Bank Interest
1202 - Dividends
**Incoming resources from generated funds Totals**
**Other incoming resources**
1252 - Insurance claim
1253 - Manse Rental Income
1254 - URC Building Grant
1255 - AV Income
1256 - Cafe Church
**Other incoming resources Totals**
**Incoming resources Grand totals**
**RESOURCES USED**
**Charitable activities**
3003 - Manse outgoings
3005 - Ministerial expenses
3009 - Manse insurance
3010 - Manse water
3000 - Ministry and Mission Fund
2001 - Manse repairs and redecorations
2002 - Hall repairs and redecorations
2003 - Pavilion repairs and redecoration
2004 - Church repairs and redecorations
2005 - Roof repairs
2006 - Grounds upkeep
2010 - Electrical repairs
2011 - Boiler repairs
2012 - Gas Equipment repairs and maintenance
2013 - Fire alarm and extinguishers
2014 - Plumbing repairs
2015 - Organ maintenance
2016 - Piano maintenance
2017 - Door repairs
2019 - Double Glazing
2020 - Sundry maintenance
3071 - Secretarial assistance
3075 - Sound sundries
3080 - Church keeper salary
3081 - Cleaning materials
3082 - Electricity
3083 - Gas
3085 - Water
3086 - Insurance
3095 - Bank charges
3096 - Sundry expenses
3004 - Pulpit supply
3006 - Nonstipendary Minister expenses
3020 - Organist fees
3021 - Choir and music
3051 - Youth work
2260 - Local social work
3070 - Office running
3072 - Postage stationary|-
-
-
-
-
£218
£423
-
-
-
£423
-
£260
-
-
-
£260
£148
£123
-
-
-
£123
£247
£24,218
-
-
-
£24,218
£21,501
£1,276
-
-
-
£1,276
£1,410
£454
-
-
-
£454
-
£1,000
-
-
-
£1,000
£1,000
£2,496
-
-
-
£2,496
£2,028
£542
-
-
-
£542
-
£9,414
-
-
-
£9,414
£1,265
£1,010
-
-
-
£1,010
£910|
|---|---|
||
**£127,425**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**£127,425**
**£124,085**
-
-
-
-
-
£6
-
£24,000
-
-
£24,000
£20,150
-
£4,000
-
-
£4,000
£8,533
-
-
-
-
-
£300
£913
-
-
-
£913
£306|
||
**£913**
**£28,000**
**-**
**-**
**£28,913**
**£29,295**|
||
**£128,338**
**£28,000**
**-**
**-**
**£156,338**
**£153,379**|
||-
£979
-
-
£979
£3,112
-
-
-
-
-
£23
-
£944
-
-
£944
£892
-
-
-
-
-
£248
£51,600
-
-
-
£51,600
£51,600
-
£1,523
-
-
£1,523
£22,220
-
£3,102
-
-
£3,102
£10
-
£660
-
-
£660
£279
-
-
-
-
-
£2,603
-
£1,300
-
-
£1,300
£1,441
-
£872
-
-
£872
£927
-
£1,095
-
-
£1,095
£920
-
£480
-
-
£480
£420
-
-
-
-
-
£431
-
£768
-
-
£768
£447
-
£4,812
-
-
£4,812
£15
-
-
-
-
-
£0
-
£20
-
-
£20
£100
-
-
-
-
-
£102
-
-
-
-
-
£120
-
£3,969
-
-
£3,969
£1,218
£4,573
-
-
-
£4,573
£4,364
£3,150
-
-
-
£3,150
£380
£15,763
-
-
-
£15,763
£15,125
£1,946
-
-
-
£1,946
£1,672
£2,214
-
-
-
£2,214
£3,113
£21,006
-
-
-
£21,006
£6,164
(£291)
-
-
-
(£291)
£426
£6,223
-
-
-
£6,223
£6,042
£62
-
-
-
£62
£83
£1,258
-
-
-
£1,258
£1,802
£293
-
-
-
£293
£303
£105
-
-
-
£105
£177
£5,676
-
-
-
£5,676
£5,676
£1,497
-
-
-
£1,497
£838
£120
-
-
-
£120
£109
-
£148
-
-
£148
£506
£2,561
-
-
-
£2,561
£2,370
£354
-
-
-
£354
£528|
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Financial Statements 2023
|3073 - Telephone Broadband
4001 - Donations paid
4002 - Retirement gifts
**Charitable activities Totals**
**Resources used Grand totals**|£777
-
-
-
£777
£830
£1,791
-
-
-
£1,791
£3,218
£278
-
-
-
£278
-|
|---|---|
||
**£120,955**
**£20,673**
**-**
**-**
**£141,628**
**£140,850**|
||
**£120,955**
**£20,673**
**-**
**-**
**£141,628**
**£140,850**|
## **6.Staff Costs and Numbers**
|**6.Staff Costs and Numbers**||
|---|---|
|Gross Wages and Salaries
Employees who were engaged in each of the following activities:
Activities in furtherance of organisation’s objectives
Supporting programs
Management and administration
Other
Total|**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
£20,336
£19,487|
||**2023**
**2022**
TOTAL
TOTAL
1
1
1
1|
||**2**
**2**|
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000. Staff are paid through the PAYE system.
## **7.Trustees & Other Related Parties**
|Number of Trustees who were paid expenses
**Total amount paid**|**2023**
**2022**
0
4|
|---|---|
||**£0**
**£757 **|
This is in addition to ministerial expenses identified separately in these accounts. No further payments were made to Trustees or any persons connected with them during this financial period. No material transaction took place between the organisation and a Trustee or any person connected with them.
## **8.Risk Assessment**
The Trustees actively review the major risks which the charity faces on a regular basis and believe that maintaining the free reserves stated, combined with the annual review of the controls over key financial systems carried out on an annual basis will provide sufficient resources in the event of adverse conditions. The Trustees have also examined other operational and business risks which they face and confirm that they have established systems to mitigate the significant risks.
## **9.Reserves Policy**
The Trustees have considered the level of reserves they wish to retain, appropriate to the charity's needs. This is based on the charity's size and the level of financial commitments held. The Trustees aim to ensure the charity will be able to continue to fulfil its charitable objectives even if there is a temporary shortfall in income or unexpected expenditure. The Trustees will endeavour not to set aside funds unnecessarily.
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Financial Statements 2023
## **10.Public Benefit**
The Charity acknowledges its requirement to demonstrate clearly that it must have charitable purposes or ‘aims’ that are for the public benefit. Details of how the charity has achieved this are provided in the Trustees’ report. The Trustees confirm that they have paid due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit before deciding what activities the charity should undertake.
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