## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 04 2022 **To** 31 03 2023
**From**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Solihull Presbyterian Church Trust
**Other names charity is known by** Solihull Presbyterian Church
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1136155 **Charity's principal address** 160 Ulverley Green Road Solihull **Postcode B92 8AB**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Declaration of Trust dated 21 May 2010
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
As a trust
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Trustees are appointed by existing trustees
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **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 church is a congregation belonging to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales (EPCEW), itself a registered charity. As such it shares the same vision as the 11 other congregations within the Presbytery, and through the Presbytery, with other Iike-minded churches throughout the world such as with The Presbyterian Church of America (PCA).
- 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**
To advance the Christian faith, in accordance with the Subordinate Standard of Faith as defined in the Book of Church Order, in Solihull and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees may, from time to time, think fit, and to fulfil such other purposes which are exclusively charitable, and which are connected with the charitable work of the Trust.
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To relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship or who are aged or sick, and to relieve the distress caused thereby, in Solihull and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world. Holding public worship services on a Sunday and other meetings throughout the week to promote the spiritual growth of those in attendance. The door is open to all and the church welcomes all who are entering the building on a Sunday. Supporting missionary activities through prayer and financial aid and giving similar support to individuals who find themselves in need. The trustees are aware of the Charity Commissions guidance on public benefit. In doing so, we can confirm that the church’s activities wholly comply with this guidance. In particular, this is evidenced by the way we **Summary of the main activities** have sought to advance the Christian faith through outreach and teaching **undertaken for the public** ministries to as many members of the public, both at home and abroad, as **benefit in relation to these** we are able to reach. **objects (include within this section the statutory** Hospital visits are made to both members and non-members who request **declaration that trustees have** some individually or through immediate family, in order to provide spiritual **had regard to the guidance** comfort and guidance in time of distress and worry. **issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** The minister provides written commentary on religious and theological matters on a periodic basis. Financial support, when possible, for a small Church has been forthcoming both directly and through the congregation collectively in order to support other Christian organizations both in England and abroad.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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Since the church only employs one person, the work of every member of the church, aided by the power of the Holy Spirit, makes a significant difference in its ability to achieve the above objectives. The financial resources of the church, to a very Iarge extent, are also given by the members, and much work is done privately, without recognition, and the hours and value of that time cannot be quantified. The ethos of being the salt and Iight is at the heart of the congregation
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
During this year the main ways in which the church has sought to fulfil the calling of Christ upon it have been as follows:
- Preaching, teaching and showing practical care in the community. This was achieved through the normal teaching of the church on Sunday morning and evening, midweek, and also by running occasional church membership courses to address practical and theological issues from a Christian viewpoint. This includes the ordained and licensed Presbyterian minister being on call twentyfour hours a day to meet any emergency Spiritual needs such as being in hospital.
- Sharing the good news about the Iove of Christ through church members participating in and supporting Iocal activities in Solihull, practicing the ethos of being the salt and the light.
- We continue to worship in a building at Tudor Grange Academy in Solihull.
- Inviting those living in the area where the church worships to come and worship with us, especially during the summer and during Christmas for our annual Carol service.
- Providing financial, practical and prayer support to individuals and organisations seeking to advance the gospel of Christ overseas.
- We were able to provide some financial support the mission abroad.
- The minister was instrumental in several ways to support those who are ill and/or bereaved, which was especially needed during periods of lockdown.
## **Section E Financial review**
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**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
This is a relatively young Church, based on historical UK standards, and is maintaining an unrestricted reserve fund equal to three months expenses. This Church has no Iiabilities nor does it plan to assume any debt or other liabilities, secured or otherwise. The Church has considered the possible economic effects of the current downturn and is constantly appraising its finances.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
Not applicable
## **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.
Funding for the Church has come from voluntary contributions of the members of the Congregation with additional funds from other UK based Churches.
Solihull Presbyterian Church supports ''Birmingham 2020'' a coalition of churches and organizations working together in the Birmingham area to encourage church planting initiatives. We are working to encourage others in the Christian community, both in the UK and abroad, to support the planting of Christian Churches in underserved areas of Birmingham and seek specifically to plant additional Presbyterian Churches in this underserved area.
## **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)**
Rev. Stephen Dancer
Falko Drijfhout
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
Secretary
chair
**Date**
04 January 2024|Rev. Stephen Dancer|Rev. Stephen Dancer|Falko Drijfhout|
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DocuSign Envelope ID: 92B28DD9-84D2-480D-BF22-CDD448115788
|**Solihull Presbyterian Chruch Trust**
**Charity Name**|**Solihull Presbyterian Chruch Trust**
**Charity Name**|**Solihull Presbyterian Chruch Trust**
**Charity Name**|**1136155**
**No (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||
|**For the period**
**from**|1-Apr-22
Period start date|**To**|31-Mar-23
Period end date|
## **CC16a**
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**3,561**
**54,980**
**54**
**5,680**
**64,275**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**64,275**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**3,561**
**54,980**
**54**
**-**
**5,680**
**-**
**-**
**64,275**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**64,275**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|PRESBYTERY GRANT|||||||||**-**|
|OUTSIDE GRANTS|**3,561**||||||||**3,665**|
|TITHES AND GIFTS|**54,980**||||||||**73,421**|
|INTEREST|**54**||||||||**3**|
|OTHER|||||||||**48**|
|GIFT AID|**5,680**||||||||**6,755**|
||||||||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**64,275**||||||||**83,892**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**83,892**|
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|MINISTER SUPPORT|**38,164**||**-**||**-**||**38,164**||**40,743**|
|MINISTER PENSION|**1,478**||||||**1,478**||**1,478**|
|PRESBYTERY SUPPORT|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,500**|
|BOOKS / LITERATURE|**270**||**-**||**-**||**270**||**296**|
|IT EXPENSES|**174**||**-**||**-**||**174**||**386**|
|CHARITABLE|**1,700**||**-**||**-**||**1,700**||**5,173**|
|SPEAKER FEES|**1,673**||**-**||**-**||**1,673**||**1,707**|
|HOSPITALITY|**47**||**-**||**-**||**47**||**18**|
|INSURANCE|**295**||**-**||**-**||**295**||**294**|
|EQUIPMENT|**174**||||||**174**||**805**|
|OFFICE SUPPLIES|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**10**|
|OUTREACH MATERIAL|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**67**|
|MISSION WEEK|||||||**-**||**-**|
|RENT|**5,470**||**-**||**-**||**5,470**||**5,600**|
|BANK CHARGES|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**30**|
|SUBSCRIPTIONS|**145**||**-**||**-**||**145**||**265**|
|TRAVEL|**106**||**-**||**-**||**106**||**329**|
|CONFERENCE|**67**||**-**||**-**||**67**||**493**|
|BOOKS(MINISTER)|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**205**|
|ACCOUNT FEES|**780**||**-**||**-**||**780**||**696**|
|OTHER
**_Sub total_ **|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**129**|
||**50,543**||**-**||**-**||**50,543**||**60,224**|
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**50,543**
**13,732**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**50,543**
**13,732**||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**60,224**|
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||**13,732**||**-**||**-**||**13,732**||**23,668**|
||**-**|
|**-**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**61,864**||**-**||**-**||**61,864**||**38,196**|
||**75,596**||**-**||**-**||**75,596**||**61,864**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
1/17/2024
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
1/17/2024
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
/17/2024|CURRENT ACCOUNT
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
BUILDING FUND
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|CURRENT ACCOUNT
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
BUILDING FUND
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**15,922**||**-**||**-**|
||||**28,716**||**-**||**-**|
||||**30,959**||||**-**|
||||**75,597**||**-**||**-**|
||||||||OK|
||||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**Details**
**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||||||**-**|
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||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
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||||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
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||Signature
**Details**||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Stephen Dancer
Falko Drijfhout||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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approval|
||||Stephen Dancer||||12/20/2023|
||||Falko Drijfhout||||12/20/2023|
1/17/2024
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1/17/2024
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## **SOLIHULL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TRUST**
**CHARITY NUMBER: 1136155 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED**
**31 MARCH 2023**
**Cound & Co LLP**
**Chartered Accountants**
**1 Princes Court Royal Way Loughborough Leics LE11 5XR**
**Tel: 01509 214163**
DocuSign Envelope ID: 92B28DD9-84D2-480D-BF22-CDD448115788
## **SOLIHULL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TRUST**
## **CHARITY NO: 1136155**
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Solihull Presbyterian Church Trust**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023.
## **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 under section 144(2) of the Charities 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 Commissioners 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 the 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 you as 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 our examination, no matter has come to my attention:
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements:
- to keep proper accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act;
have not 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.
D R Gradon MA FCA Cound & Co LLP Chartered Accountants 1 Princes Court Royal Way Loughborough Leics LE11 5XR
17 January 2024
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Our ref: DRG/SOL 001
## **PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL**
F Drijfhout Esq 63 Larchwood Keele Stoke on Trent ST5 5BB
2024
Dear Falko
## **SOLIHULL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**
I enclose a signed copy of the church accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 together with a note of our fees for your kind attention in due course.
Yours sincerely
D R Gradon MA FCA **for Cound & Co LLP**