## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/01/2022 Period start date To 31/12/2022 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Bere Regis Congregational Church** ## **Charity registration number: 1144980** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The advancement of the faith in
accordance with the basis of faith
primarily but not exclusively within
Bere Regis and the surrounding
neighbourhood.
Such other charitable purposes as
shall, in the opinion of the members of
the church general meeting further the
workof the church| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|We have provided the opportunity for
people to worship within our church
buildings and have continued live
streaming on You Tube to spread the
Good news of the Gospel to a wider
audience.
We have also sought to reach out to
the wider community ofering guidance
and help to any seeking to live a
Christian life or who are in need of
comfort and help.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|When considering the churches
activities consideration was given to
the commission’s guidance on the
public beneft and in particular to the
guidance for charities for the
advancementof religion| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|In this first year clear of Covid restrictions we
have been able to hold weekly Sunday
Christian worship services open to all
however for those not able to physically
attend we have continued to live stream our
services and placed teaching videos on the
You Tube channel.
Two house groups were established to offer
teaching/fellowship and prayer.
With the help of a visiting team from the USA
we held a week long mission visiting most of
the homes in Bere Regis offering help and
spiritual guidance to any who requested it. At
the end of the week a well attended Family
Fun Day was arranged at the local Scout hut
for all who were visited
Some street evangelism was also carried out
in Dorchester.
The Mother and Toddler group continued to
meet on Wednesday mornings open to all
young mums in the village.
We were also invited back to a retirement
home and sheltered accommodation to hold
Christmas carol services which were well
received.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|As shown in our accounts the charity is in a
sound financial position.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|It is the policy of the church to hold
sufcient reserves to cover the normal
running costs but also to cover any
emergencyrepairs| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£10,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|No Funds in deficit| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution dated 12thOctober 2011| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Trust| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Elected by the membership| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Bere Regis Congregational Church| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Bere Regis Chapel| |Registered charity number|1144980| |Charity’s principal address|Butt Lane
Bere Regis
Wareham
Dorset
BH20 7HZ| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||I Stevens|Treasurer||Appointed by Church
Members| ||R Kirk|||As above| ||G Gee|||As above| ||G Bennington|||As above| ||P Jackson|||As above| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |Evangelical Fellowship of
Congregational Churches|26/09/2022|31/12/2022| |Fellowship Property Trust|01/01/2022|26/09/2022| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** P Jackson **Signature(s)** I Stevens Paul David Jackson **Full name(s)** Ivan Richard Stevens **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 30/08/23 ||**Charity Name**

**Bere Regis Congregational Church**|**Charity Name**

**Bere Regis Congregational Church**|**Charity Name**

**Bere Regis Congregational Church**|**Charity Name**

**Bere Regis Congregational Church**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date
010/01/2022|**To**|Period end date
12/31/2022|| |||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||| |**A1 Receipts**
WeeklyOfferings
**16,714**
Donations
**190**
Tax Return
**4,194**
Rental Income
**5,340**
Bank Interest
**-**
**-**
**26,437**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 26,437**
**A3 Payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**16,714**
**190**
**4,194**
**5,340**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,437**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,437**
**12,687**
**2,535**
**11,426**
**1,785**
**4,287**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,721**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,721**
**6,283**
**-**
**47,997**
**41,714**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||||**-**|**16,714**|**16,970**| |||||**-**|**190**|| |||||**-**|**4,194**|**3,927**| |||||**-**|**5,340**|**5,280**| |||||**-**|**-**|**1**| |||||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**26,437**|**26,178**| |||||||| |||||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||||| |||||**-**|**26,437**|**26,178**| |||||||| |Ministry|**12,687**||**-**|**-**|**12,687**|**10,254**| |MiisionaryGiving|**2,535**||**-**|**-**|**2,535**|**2,125**| |Maintenance of Church Premises|**11,426 #**|**# **|**-**|**-**|**11,426**|**8,674**| |Electricity/Gas/Oil|**1,785**||**-**|**-**|**1,785**|**1,134**| |General Expenses|**4,287**||**-**|**-**|**4,287**|**911**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**32,721**||**-**|**-**|**32,721**|**23,098**| |**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 32,721**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 6,283**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**47,997**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 41,714**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| |||||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||||| |||||**-**|**32,721**|**23,098**| |||||||| ||||**-**|**-**|**6,283**|**3,080**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**47,997**|**44,917**| ||||**-**|**-**|**41,714**|**47,997**| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Current ACC
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
Ivan R Stevens
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**41,714**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,714**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**Cost (optional)**
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Print Name
Ivan Richard Stevens
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**funds**
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**funds**
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**funds**
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**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||Ivan R Stevens|Ivan Richard Stevens|3/11/2023| ||||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the truste members of Bere Regis Congregational Churth On accounts for the year ended 31st December 2022 Charity no (rf any) 1144980 l ￿port to the trustees on my examination of the ac(x>unts of the above charity fthe Trusn for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the aLrounts in acoxdance with the reJuirements of the Charities Act 2011 ftrE Acr). I rewt in resp8d of my examination of the Trusfs accounts carried out urKler secti¢)n 145 of the 2011 Act and in ¢arrying out my examinatFon, I have follo￿ed the ap[￿cable Dirediorts given by the Charity Commission under sedion 1445){b) of ts Ad. I have completed my examination. I confiFm tt)at no material matters have come to my attention {other than that dtsclosed b8low') in cOnr￿tIon wtth the examination whith giv￿ me cause to believe that in. any material Independent examinevs statement accountirKJ records not kept in accordance wth section 130 of the A¢i or I have no Conc￿ ￿ have o)me ac¥oss no other matters in connection with the examinatton to which attentton should be drawn in orderto enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the wonys in the bTrckets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Q2JD&¥12f)A Name: Robbie Lee Brian Green Relevant professional qUalIfi&￿10n(s) or boty (rfany): BA Honours AccountirYJ & ￿Man￿ Degree Address: 50B Icen Way DOrC￿er DT1 1EW IER October 2018