ST JOHN’S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ORPINGTON CHARITY Charity number 1135421
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ST JOHN’S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ORPINGTON CHARITY REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31[st ] December 2021
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ST JOHN’S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ORPINGTON CHARITY Charity number 1135421
An unincorporated association affiliated to the United Reformed Church governed by Trust Deed adopted 14 October 2009.
Officers and Advisers
Trustees and Elders Meeting Elders Meeting in attendance Revd Jennifer Millington BA (Minister) Charles Powell - Youth Pastor: Margaret Barnes Stephen Bebbington Advisers Johnstone Brown (Treasurer) Property Officer: Lesley Clare Ian Purton (appointed 9 January 2022) Paul Gill William Murdoch (retired 1 September 2021) Jonathan Henderson (Joint Church Secretary) Independent Examiner: Clive Malcolm Charlotte Leonard Angela Liddell Address Annette Mace (Appointed 9 January 2022) Lynwood Grove, Orpington, BR6 0BG Elizabeth Sutton www.stjohnsurc.org.uk Clare Veal Christina Wheeler (Joint Church Secretary)
Appointment of Trustees Those members of the Elders’ Meeting who are qualified to serve as charity trustees are collectively the Charity Trustees, responsible for the day-to-day oversight, management, safety and insurance of all property and financial resources. Elders are ordained for life and inducted to serve on the Elders’ Meeting for a maximum of eight years. Except in exceptional circumstances (e.g., a high level of retirements or where a serving Elder is called to serve as an Office Bearer) they must then stand down for a period of one year before being appointed to the same or another position.
Objects of the Charity
The object of the 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.
| Membership | |
|---|---|
| Number on Roll 1st January 2021 | 180 |
| New members | 0 |
| Transfers from other churches/associate roll | 1 |
| Sub-total | 181 |
| Transfers to other churches | 0 |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Resignations | 1 |
| Number on Roll 31st December 2021 | 179 |
Main Activities St John’s United Reformed Church is a centre for Christian worship and faith development. It runs, sponsors and supports many voluntary groups and organisations serving the local community.
The work of the Church is organised into teams as follows:
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ST JOHN’S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ORPINGTON CHARITY Charity number 1135421
Church in Community Church and World Faith Development Finance Pastoral Care Property Publicity and Promotions Worship Youth and Children
St John’s Church runs the following organisations:
Just Babies Toddler group – ‘Little Monsters’ St John’s Pre-School Youth Group (11 – 18) - The Place Thursday Club
St John’s Church sponsors and supports Scouting and Guiding groups.
Details of the Activities of the above teams and organisations are given in the Annual Reports of Organisations (available on request from the Church Secretary).
Main Achievements
The provision of regular acts of worship, service to the community and running and sponsoring various activities for all age groups.
Good Practice
Good Practice is about establishing and maintaining procedures designed to safeguard children, young people and other vulnerable personnel in the church. All adults in the church are responsible for creating a safe caring Christian environment which prevents neglect, sexual or emotional abuse of children, young people or vulnerable adults.
St John’s has adopted the URC Good Practice – Safeguarding Children and Young People in the Church fifth edition 2020 (GP5) as the basis for its Safeguarding Policy. A copy of the St John’s Safeguarding Policy is available for inspection in the Link. Every church activity or group which involves working with children and young people is responsible for ensuring activities are structured in accordance with this policy to minimise situations where abuse can occur. Non-church run organisations are required to confirm that they have made their own Good Practice provisions. The Policy was last reviewed in 2020.
Two Link Persons are appointed to co-ordinate and implement child protection and vulnerable adult policies and be a first line of communication for adults and children on any issue of Good Practice including reporting suspected abuse.
The Good Practice Policy Statement (available in the Link Vestibule) gives the framework within which Good Practice procedures and activities are structured and monitored at St John’s.
Jonathan Henderson
Joint Church Secretary
March 2022
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ST JOHN’S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ORPINGTON CHARITY Charity number 1135421
Report of the Treasurer
Statement of Financial Activity
The deficit for the year amounted to £28,725 (2020, a deficit of: £48,902).
Incoming resources from charitable activities amounted to £217,181 (2020: £225.317). Offerings held up remarkably well but, for a second year, hall lettings were reduced due to the impact of COVID 19. The Gift Day in December raised £7,715 plus Gift Aid refunds of £1,928 bringing the total to £9,643. Preschool income fell, again a casualty of COVID, resulting in a trading shortfall before service charges of £6,514 (2020: a surplus of £11,726).
Expenditure on Charitable Activities amounted to £245,906 (2020: £274,219). The survey for essential electrical work amounting to £9,006 has been completed but this has been partially offset by a grant from Synod for half this sum.
Balance Sheet
Total Net Assets amount to £187,388 (2020: £216,113) comprising Net Current Assets of £166,649 (2020: £181,787) and Fixed Assets less depreciation of £38,438 (2020: 46,039).
Gift Aid refunds from HMRC have been received to 5 April 2019.
Reserves
Total Reserves amount to £187,388 (2020: £216,113) Movements and classifications of reserves are shown on page 8.
Outlook
COVID 19 will continue to influence income receipts, particularly hall lettings. In addition, essential work on the electrics will cost an estimated £81,000 a half of which will be defrayed by a Synod grant. The premises reserve is sufficient to cover this expenditure. However, the challenge ahead will be to rebuild our reserves.
Special Collections
During the year, members and friends raised money for the following good causes:
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Christian Aid | 1,477 |
| Commitment for Life | 1,623 |
Acknowledgements
I would like to express my grateful thanks to the Finance Team comprising the Minister, Gill Webb our FWO secretary, Alison Bruce for managing the hall bookings, Frank Liddell and Gordon Coventry for their accounting advice and Lynne Gill - first reserve for the accounting package.
I am extremely grateful to Clive Malcolm for continuing to act as our Independent Examiner.
Most of all, I would like to thank members and friends who generously support the work of the Church with regular and periodic gifts. Thank you.
Johnstone Brown
Treasurer
March 2022
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ST JOHN’S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ORPINGTON CHARITY Charity number 1135421
Statement of Financial Activity 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
| Incoming Resources from Charitable Activities Freewill Offerings Loose Offerings Gift Aid Tax Refunds Legacies and Donations Uniformed Organisations Hall Lettings Community Events Pre-School Babies, Toddlers and Sunday Fun Club Thursday Club Solar Feed-in Tariff Other Income Synod Grants Incoming resources Expenditure on Charitable Activities URC Ministry and Mission Fund Worship and Ministry Youth ministry Administration Publicity and Publications Pre-School Youth and children Thursday Club Premises - Maintenance: Repairs and Refurbishments Equipment Servicing Consumables Caretaking, Cleaning and Gardening Manse Maintenance and Council Tax Gas Electricity Water, Telephone, Waste disposal Insurance Depreciation Fixed Assets Charitable Activities NET OUTGOING RESOURCES |
2,021 2,020 £ £ 87,466 84,236 4,040 2,871 25,073 22,228 9,761 5,116 2,125 1,100 11,751 8,619 480 53,435 72,719 347 116 1,122 760 3,132 3,535 2,169 291 16,760 23,246 217,181 225,317 81,963 78,060 8,577 7,492 28,933 28,146 4,717 3,766 899 8,682 59,948 60,993 619 793 530 457 13,240 30,394 2,967 3,891 1,976 3,465 15,173 12,318 2,908 8,739 5,186 3,708 2,670 2,290 2,387 2,678 5,612 5,139 7,601 13,208 245,906 274,219 (28,725) (48,902) |
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ST JOHN’S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ORPINGTON CHARITY Charity number 1135421
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2021
| Fixed assets Audio Visual at cost Less depreciation Boiler at cost Less depreciation Other Assets at cost Less depreciation Fixed Assets Current assets CAF Bank accounts and cash Nat West Bank accounts Pre-School CAF bank accounts and cash Debtors HMRC Gift Aid Receivable Total Current assets Liabilities Creditors Pre-School Creditors Total Liabilities NET ASSET SURPLUS Reserves Car General Premises Thursday Club Pre-School Restricted Campbell legacy TOTAL RESERVES |
2021 £ 32,652 19,590 29,626 8,888 13,736 9,098 |
2021 £ 13,062 20,738 4,638 38,438 56,294 45,037 18,985 7,260 39,073 166,649 15,672 2,027 17,699 187,388 18,000 95,888 45,500 1,000 20,000 7,000 187,388 |
2020 2020 £ £ 32,652 16,325 16,327 29,626 5,925 23,700 13,736 7,725 6,012 46,039 57,275 42,102 38,173 500 43,737 181,787 8,826 2,887 11,713 216,113 15,000 116,113 50,000 1,000 20,000 14,000 216,113 |
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J Millington, Minister
J Brown, Treasurer
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ST JOHN’S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ORPINGTON CHARITY Charity number 1135421
| OHN’S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH | ORPINGTON CHARITYCharity number 1135421 |
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| Movement in Reserves Designated Thursday Club Pre-School Car Premises Total designated Restricted Campbell legacy General reserve Total reserves |
31 Dec Net Transfers 31 Dec 2020 Outgoing between 2021 Resources Reserves £ £ £ £ 1,000 592 -592 1,000 20,000 -6,514 6,514 20,000 15,000 3,000 18,000 50,000 0 -4,500 45,500 |
| 86,000 -5,922 4,422 84,500 14,000 -7,000 7,000 116,113 -22,803 2,578 95,888 |
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| 216,113 -28,725 0 187,388 |
Restricted reserves are subject to limitations on their use, imposed by legislation or the wishes of the donor. Other reserves are available for the general purposes of the church and some of these have been designated for specific items of future expenditure .
Accounting Policies Accounting convention and basis of accounting
The accounts are prepared under the historical cost convention. The income and expenditure dealt with in these accounts is accounted for on an accruals basis. The accounts include all of the transactions of the Church, the Pre-School and the Toddler Group and Thursday Club.
Tax refunds
Donations made to the Church through Gift Aid enable the Church to recover the basic rate tax associated with those donations. Where the tax refund related to donations made in the year has not been recovered at the year-end it is brought into the accounts as an amount recoverable.
Land and Buildings
The Church, the halls and the manse are the property of the United Reformed Church rather than St John's.
Assets
Assets acquired which have been provided for in reserves held for that purpose are written off in the period in which they are made. Other assets acquired in excess of £2,500 in value are capitalised and treated as fixed assets when purchased and are written down to their estimated residual value over their expected useful lives, currently 5 years for cars and 10 years for all other assets.
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