2020-12-31-accounts

Charity name			Amersham Free Church	Amersham Free Church
Charity registration		number	1137287
Principal address			Woodside Road, Amersham,			Buckinghamshire,			HP6	6AJ
Trustees
Minister			Revd lan Green
Associate Minister			Revd Erna Stevenson
Secretary			Mrs Janet Reid
Treasurer			Mr Robert Marshall
Elders
			Mr Michael Autton (from		15th March 2020)
			Mrs Beryl Cockerill
			Miss Margaret Howard
			Mrs Norma Jenns
			Mr Bryan Long (to 15th		March 2020)
			Mr Bob Marshall
			Mrs Gillian Munro
			Mrs Mary Northen
			Mrs Janet Reid
			Mrs Hazel Richardson
			Mrs Elizabeth Waumsley
			Mrs Margaret Wright
Bankers			National Westminster	Bank, Amersham			Branch,		Oakfield Corner,
			Hill Avenue, Amersham,		Buckinghamshire,			HP6	5TD
Independent	Examiners		Jacob Cavenagh 8	Skeet,		Chartered		Accountants,		5 Robin	Hood
			Lane, Sutton, Surrey SM1 2SW

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						2020			2019
				Note
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets						224,021			224,991
Current assets
Debtors						5,920		4,689
Cash at bank					256,698			165,413
Fixed Rate		Bond						80000
					262,618			250,102
Creditors:		Amounts	falling
due within		one year		10	(	9359)		(~22 231
Net current		assets				253,259			227,871
Provisions						( 26 208)			(42 682)
Net assets						451 072			410180
Funds
Unrestricted		Funds		12		220,132			183,133
Restricted	Funds			13			9,831		5,938
Endowment		Funds		14		221 109			221 109
						4	1 072		4~1)~15
		Approved		by the Trustees	on	P ~H~cA,	2021
		and signed		on their behalf	by:

	FOR THE YE	AR ENDED 3	1ST DECEMBE	R 2020
3	OTHER ACTIVITIES			2020	2019
	Church Hall lettings Sundry income Rent from land			15,648 130 6233 22 011	42,449 1,144 7 623 61 116
4	INVESTMENT INCOME			2020	2019
	Deposit account interest				577
5	INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES		Activity	2020	2019
	Preaching fees Book sales to promote objectives Fun at One fees		Ministry Ministry Ministry	70 71 259	250 69 660
	Lunchbreak donations		Ministry	1 521	6847
				1 921	~782
6	CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS			2020	2019
	Ministry Church expenses Mission Grants and Donations			40,646 40,870 29,871	55,719 70,589 27,249
	Governance costs:
	Independent Examiner's remuneration Payroll Processing Fees			2,252 465 114104	2,110 705 1~72
	Grants made to further the charity's objects, were as		follows:
	Baptist Home Mission Baptist Missionary Society United Reformed Church			5,000 5,000 10,000	5,000 5,000 10,000
	Chiltern Child Contact Centre			1,804	3,582
	Other Grants and specific collections			6 067 ~29 71	3667 ~27 49
7	STAFF COSTS AND TRUSTEES REMUNERATION			2020	2019
	Wages and salaries			44,301	40,223
	Social security costs Other pension costs Net movement in pension liability			4,226 (13797) 34 730	4,101 600 44 924
	There were four employees throughout	the year.
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recei	ved remuneration as follows, as perm	itted by the terms ofthe ch	urch's constituti	on:
			2020		2019
Rev Rev	l Green —stipend and manse benefit —pension contributions E Stevenson		38,704 4,226 3432		37,263 4,101 ~347
The	ministers were reimbursed expenses	of E2,027 (2019E5,808)	Contributions	totalling	Nil (2019
F385)for training courses were paid for three trustees.

TANGIBLE FIXEDASSETS
	Freehold		Fixtures
	Land	8	8
	Buildings		Fittings	Total
Cost
At 1stJanuary 2020 8 31 December 2020	230	611	8429	239240
Depreciation At 1stJanuary 2020 Charge for the year	5,820 970		8,429	14,249 970
At 31stDecember 2020	6	790	8429	15219
Net book value
At 31st December 2020	224	21		224 021
At 31stDecember 2019	224	991

							2020		2019
Taxation and social security							1,645		1,617
Deferred lettings Other creditors	income						2,658 5056		2,225 18389
							~93 9		22 231
PROVISIONS
Pension scheme	liability						2020		2019
At 1 January 2020 Payments made Interest							42,682 ( 3,374) 697		45,445 ( 4,401) 1,038
(Decrease)/increase in provision At 31"December 2020			in year				(13797) 26208		600 M$82
UNRESTRICTED		FUNDS
			At	01.01.20	Income	Expenditure	Transfers		At 31.12.20
General fund			121,419		130,364	93,227	(9,021)		149,535
Pension fund (see Manse Refurb		below)		3,397			( 2,584) 12,000		813 12,000
Social committee				1,772	138				1,910
Fun at One Men's Lunch Club				747 445	259 182	131 250	(	250)	625 377
Men's Breakfast				34					34
Ladies Supper Lunchbreak Legacy Womens Own				223 1 3,173 782	1,521 205 158	1,377 165	(	145)	223 3,378 775
Tea@Three Coffee Donations				780 360	157 198	33	( (	650) 350)	254 208
Closure reserve			50000 ~1~1		~131~		(~1)		50 000

12 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS	(continued)
	At 01.01.19	Income	Expenditure	Transfers		At31.12.19
General fund	103,992	156,405	143,579		4,601	121,419
Pension fund (see below) Social committee	5,898 1,544	2,558	2,330	(	2,501)	3,397 1,772
Fun at One	771	661	685			747
Men's Lunch Club	125	1,004	584	(	100)	445
Men's Breakfast	44	150	160			34
Ladies Supper Lunchbreak Legacy Womens Own Tea @Three Coffee Donations Closure reserve	183 8 3,160 791 1,234 473 50000	567 6,847 13 391 1,144 796 ~17)~M	477 5,054 250 448 309	( 50) ( 1,800) ( 150) ( 1,150) ( 600) (~7)		223 1 3,173 782 780 360 50000

cial assumptions underlying the valuation wer	e as follows:
RPI price inflation assumption	3.20
CPI price inflation assumption	2.70
Minimum Pensionable Income increases (CPI	plus 0.75% pa) 3.20
Assumed investment returns
—Pre-retirement	2.95
—Post retirement	1.70
Deferred pension increases
—Pre April 2009	3.20
—Post April 2009	2.50
Pension increases	2.70

payable be	tween 1 July 2020 and 31 Dec	ember 2020.
Movement	in Balance Sheet liability
Section 28.11Aof FRS 102requires agreed deficit recovery payments			to be recognised as a liability.
The movement in the provision is set out		in the table below.
	Balance sheet liability at year	31/12/2020 start f42,682	31/12/2019 f45,445
	Minus deficiency contributions	paid E(3,374)	F(4,401)
	Interest cost (recognised in SoFA) f697		F1,038
	Remaining change to balance *(recognised in SoFA)	sheet liability (13797)	f600
	Balance sheet liability at year	end 626 208	642 682

NET AS	SETS
		Unrestricted		Restricted	Endowment		Total
			Funds	Funds	Fund
2020
Tangible Current	fixed assets assets		2,912 252,787	9,831	221,109	224,021 262,618
Current liabilities Provisions		( (	9,359) 26208) 220 132	9831	221 109	( 9,359) ( 26 208) 4~51 72
		Unrestricted		Restricted	Endowment		Total
			Funds	Funds	Fund
2019
Tangible Current	fixed assets assets		3,882 244,164	5,938	221,109		224,991 250,102
Current liabilities Provisions		( 22,231) ( 42 682) &13.%13			~22~	( 22,231) ( 42 682)