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2024-04-05-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Hope Church

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any)[1145555]

Charity's principal address 24 Catherine Street

Crewe

Cheshire Postcode CW26HD

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name

Office (if any)

Name of person (or body) Dates acted if not for entitled to appoint trustee (if whole year any)

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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Trust Deed

(eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Trust

(eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by Spiritual Leadership

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Section C Objectives and activities

To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the statements of belief in Crewe, the UK or the world.

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To relieve sickness and financial hardship by the provision of goods, funds or services, including support in Crewe, the UK or the world.

When considering our activities for the year, the Trustees and
Spiritual Leadership of Hope church have taken the
Commission’s guidance on public benefit into account and in
particular the guidance on the advancement of religion. All
weekly activities in Hope church seek to enable people to live
out their Christian faith in the community, and to reach out to the
local area with the Christian faith. This is done in the following
ways.
There are weekly Sunday meetings, which are open to all. Hope
kids takes place during this meeting for 4-11 year olds and a
creche for pre-school children. Young people also have a
fortnightly meeting during the sermon.There are special services
for Christmas, Easter and Harvest. On some Sundays a bring
and share lunch is held, to which all are invited. There are also
baptismal services for new believers and dedication services for
parents who wish to bring their baby up in the church.
Prayer meetings support the life of the church with meetings
once a week and fortnightly on a Wednesday evening. Home
Summary of the main groups meet fortnightly, which provide the opportunity for people
activities undertaken for the to meet in small groups and discuss a variety of topics.
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within
The Youth group meets weekly for 11-18 year olds.
this section the statutory
declaration that trustees On a Wednesday morning we run an asylum seeker cafe, where
have had regard to the we provide English conversation, distribute food donations,
guidance issued by the clothes and household items. We also provide bikes as we are
Charity Commission on able. Table football is on offer and help with form filling, phone
public benefit) calls and personal support. There is a weekly Ukrainian hub
which is accessed by local Ukrainians, where they support one
another and receive help.
Hope + Coffee is a local hub for people to come and purchase
coffee and cake, second hand books, clothes and gifts and new
books, plus items made by a Nepali charity which teaches
people to sew. It has been a lovely way for local people to
benefit from very cheap prices and meet up with others. Many
make it part of their week.
A weekly lunch club is held in a local high school, where young
people can explore faith. A Christian Union is run at the local
college and is open to all.
The Alpha Course, which is an introduction to Christianity, is run
three times a year, with other churches in Crewe and is open to
anyone. This has taken place online.
Hope church’s website provides information of how to become a
Christian, and includes information about the church. It is
updated regularly.
Hope church is also a contributor to the local food bank.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main This has been a year of change with people moving out of the achievements of the charity area and new people moving into the area who found the Church. during the year It is a wonderful cross section of people from many nationalities and backgrounds.

We had three baptismal services this year, which were well attended by regulars and visitors and a wonderful celebration of people following Jesus.

There were a number of ‘special’ services, such as the International Sunday, where we celebrated the 20 or so nationalities worshipping with us. There was also a harvest service followed by a soup lunch and the money was given to Tear Fund. The Carol service was well attended and many friends and family joined us for that.

We have transitioned to ‘area’ home groups, so that everyone has access to a group and people can connect with those in their local area. Prayer meetings are held weekly in the day and fortnightly in the evening, which are always encouraging.

The Asylum seeker Bible study has been significant in the spiritual lives of all who attend, takes place weekly and has been a place of encouragement and support.

Hope Cafe, the asylum seeker ministry, was blessed with a grant from Bentley this year, which has enabled us to provide for the needs of those who attend. The clientele has changed, following the closure of 2 hotels, but we regularly see people from further afield, who have been moved away and we have many in local houses, coming for help and advice and support. It is still a place of laughter and we have been able to help many in their transitions from hotel to rented accommodation and into jobs.

Love Crewe has been holding regular celebrations which has united many churches and believers. The monthly leaders lunch is a source of information and connection for all. We were able to take part in the town Light Switch on and point to the real meaning of Christmas. The third Lyceum Carol service took place in December and we were glad to see so many visitors.The service in Queen’s park saw more churches taking part and we are enjoying the unity between us.

There has been change in personnel in youth and kids work and we thank God for those who support this great ministry. The Christner family moved back to the USA after 11 years with us. A new creche has been running for some months, which has provided some Bible input and structured activities for pre school children.

Hope + Coffee has been running on Fridays and provides a wonderful space for local people and church people to relax together and enjoy refreshments, plus access cheap gifts and clothes. It has a wonderful welcoming atmosphere and the mix of people and conversations is always full of life! All the profits are given to the Nepal charity we support and to Hope Cafe for the asylum seeker work.

Section D Achievements and performance

We had an excellent weekend away in March this year where Abi Willetts joined us and spoke on receiving God’s healing stream into our lives, to clean areas and to bring fresh living water into our situations.

Revive is always a joy to individuals and church and we enjoyed having 10 asylum seekers join us. Everyone benefitted greatly from the atmosphere, time in God’s presence and hearing his word, plus the fun in our camping corral.

We are very grateful to Marks and Spencer, who have given us a charity food donation 3 or 4 times a week, to be distributed to the community. Aldi also gives us donations once a week for Hope Cafe. This has been a blessing to those who are in debt, asylum seekers, families, older people, and friends of church members, plus those who have lost jobs.

The Church is involved with Christians Against Poverty. We also help to support the town food bank.

Section E Financial review Brief statement of the The Trustees have agreed lo keep a reserve of £3000 In the charlty's policy on resgryes thufch account, D6tails of any funds materially In deficit Further financial review d¢tslls Ioptional Informatlonl You may choose to Include | Hop¢ Church ro¢¢ives finances from its members and operates additional information, wh¢re , according lo a strict financial policy P3id workers salaries are relevant about. determined by a finance cornmittee and are reviewed annually. the ¢harily's principal sources ol lund$ (including any lundra15ingl', how expenditure has supported the key obie¢lives ol the ¢harily'. inve51ment policy and obsectives Including any ethical investment policy adopted Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration Thè trustoes doclare that thoy have approved the trustefjs. report above. Signed on boh8lf of the charl Sl9naturelsl $lee$ Full namelsl E LL 1MILI Posltlon leg Secretary Chalr, &tcj! Cl(LLfj o Date 30 Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the The Trustees have agreed to keep a reserve of £3000 in the charity’s policy on reserves church account.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include Hope Church receives finances from its members and operates additional information, where according to a strict financial policy. Paid workers salaries are relevant about: determined by a finance committee and are reviewed annually. • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

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) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Hope Church Crewe On accounts for the year ended 5° April 2024 Charity no lif any) 1145555 Set out on pages 3&4 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity l.the Trust") for the year ended 0510412024. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Ad 2011 {°the Acl'l. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5llb} of the Act. I have completed my examination. I Confi￿ that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should te drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delete the words in the brackets if thpy do not apply. Signed: Date- 20 Z<* Name: James Redmond Relevant professional qualifieationlsl or body lif any): Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants {FCCA} Address: 54 Langley Drive Crewe, Cheshire CW2 8LN Section 8 Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern Isee CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). IER October 2018

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Hopg Church Cry¢b R¢9 No. 1145555 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forth8 pBr40 from 6m412023 To Section A Receipts and payments L￿yO￿ A1 Roc•1 Ge4￿al I￿￿e￿i Hire 116m 579 4￿28 3.072 Sub lotsl(Gross it7come lorAR) A2 Assetafid inveslment sale5, tabl81. 152 176.368 laOJ14 Sub totsl 15l564 23,793 116J58 130.214 A3P &fts Éupr Minthrs refftm￿a￿ 17.J4J 4è.$70 T,343 $29 8J) 1.164 452 2Y.20B 1.931 21.3)8 1.49T 4240 424D 752 752 1140 l62$ J63 15NT8 1447 Natins 1.302 3.055 HCC 3.U£Q 16.Q66 127WJ n5eEkers Ichuthgp 16. t43274 16.637 Sub total A4A¥soiand th¥ostsnqrtpurcha805, {seetable) Sub total 127M 1￿7 Netof r8¢elptsllp8yments) A5 Transfvrs b9twon fuDds A6 ¢#h funds List ygarqnd Cash lunds this yeareff 247 431 33.r 431 45J 21.70 69.896

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