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2023-12-31-accounts

WEST GRANGE CHURCH West Grange Garth, Belle Isle, Leeds LS10 2AX Annual Report 2024 Things have changed little in the work of the ehurch. When the Covid restrictions were. lilie.d 4nme. me.rnhe.rs de.e.ide.d nnt tn rehim tn the. qiindAy servie.e.. We. hnld nnw one service on Sunday mornings. This has meant the congregation is smaller than before Covid. The siaiemeni of assels and liabilities shows thal we are in the black and able to pay our Creditors. Sadly the general income of the church has dropped and the accounts ar¢ not as healthy as one would wish. We still continue to take money out of the general fund for giving to other Christian works and ￿'Orkers as the Elders see fit. W¢ LvIiliIiu¢ Iu IIiUKiiIvi uui iliIll) diid IFi¥b¢ dl¥ iIi k¢¥piIi¥ wiLli vui Tiusl D¥¥d, illLd we are fulfilling our aim. The public benefit from our being in this location. The church is used each year by the Local Council as a voting centre for both local and general eleciions. We continue to employ a full time worker. his duties include visiting people at home and in hospital. He is the main conlact for people as he lives very near to the church. IIC has r¢fj¢ntly rcduccd the numbers of hours h¢ work5 per wcck, as we havc no midweek meetings he felt it right to reduce his hours. Thc TtU5tccs arc dclisiitcd to ￿]noU11cC that tlree church mcnibcrs havc voluntccrcd to become trustees, they are younger than the present trustees and will be a great asset to the work. Thev attended a recent trustees meeting as observers and will be welcomed in at th¢ next meeling. Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by - G. Bennett August 2024

CHARITY COMMISSIO FOR ENGLAND ANO WALE West GrangÈ Church 1142677 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from To 1st Janua 2023 1st Dècember 202 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrlcted funds tothe nearest Restricted fLtnd$ Endowment funds To¢al funds Last year to the neorest£ to tho rwDr¢st£ totho rLeurgSt£ to thg ￿￿1￿•t£ Al Reeeipts Building Project DonEtsons Other donations ROOtTr Hire Icommunltylchurc￿5l 29,331 2,435 2.259 31.5B1 2835 24.636 2,290 Sub total(Gm&g income lor AR) 2.2S 34.01S 26.926 A2 Asset and investment 6ale8, (see tsbltrl. Sub total 31,786 34,OIG 26,926 A3Pa ments Salary + Tax + Nl + PenS￿n Chidren's and 8dult5 ministy SuDrortto needv In ¢Dmmunity Supportto Christian misw￿$. workers and Chart￿S LitÈtature, Inusic. PA Adminislralio Rèoaigs 2nd maintenance Gas. water. electricity Insurance 24,720 570 24.720 715 145 5,600 5,600 93 80 918 1,335 1.154 34.615 4,150 339 282 1,467 1,010 1,030 33.353 93 918 1,1Sd 2B.870 Sub total 5.745 A4 Asset and investment urchasos, Is80 tabl• Loan Re ments Sub total 28,870 5,745 24.615 33.353 Ngt of rgo•iptB/(paymwts) A5 Transfers between lunds A6 Cash fLtnds last year end Cash funds this year end 2,896 3.177 S.361 5.070 3,Jl95 599 6,427 3,177 2,015 1,697 7,366 6,767 13,793 7.366 CCXX R1 a¢o)unts ISSI

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted Restricted fund8 funds to nearest f to neaTrst£ Endowrnent fund6 nearestl togoriès Bl Ca8h funds Cash In hand 615 15BG Bank A¢¢ount Total cash funds 5,070 1,697 189W receiptsano paymems ntl511 Unrestrictsd funds to nearÈst£ Restricted funds 10 noarnst £ Endowment funds to nearest£ Dolails B2 Other monctary assets Fund towhieh Currentvalue Details cost loptionall FL•nd to whi¢h as$Èt bElon General CurrpDt valu Details Building IlnsJr8n* valuationl Cost loption•ll B4 Assets retalned for the ttharity'$ own uso 1,417,273 Furni￿r&I￿tri￿0E Iln8ur3nco v)Iu3bonl Cgngr31 55,267 Comfxrterl Music instrum8nts i PA Gerer81 8.673 Fund to which rèlatss Amount due When due L)eiailS B5 Liabilitios Sioned by one or iwo trustees on behalf of all the trust Svjnature Pilnt Name Datg of roval io/ 14 CCXX R2 a¢￿Unts ISSI

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examine￿8 report on the accounts 5eciion A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteeslmembers of We3t Grange Church On accounts for the year ended 31" December 2023 Charity no (if any 1142677 Set out on pages land 2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity I'llhe Trust.) for the year ended 3111212023. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis of rcport of thc ac¢ounts in ac¢ordan¢c with Ihc rcquircments of the Charities Act 2011 {"the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts Carried out under section 14a of the 2011AGt and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{51{b) of the Act. I have completed my examinalion. I confirm Ihat no material matters have come to my attention { ') in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material specl.. accounting rocord$ were not kept in gccordance with sèction 130 of theActor the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs ststsment I have no concems and have come aGfos8 no other matters in ¢onne¢tion with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be feached. Plgase delete thg words in the brackets if they do not apply Signed: Date: Name: fth L4f LV￿L￿￿ Relevant professional qualificationls) or body lif any): Address: tsoEST VoAErH IftE JfiL 44 ection B DisclosLire Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity arxounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). IER

Give here brief details of any item8 that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER