## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date **Day6 Month4 Year T Day5 Month4 Year24 From 23 o** 

## 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)** 

- Chair of Trustees 

- 1[Emma Howell] Church Leader 

- 2[Joseph ] Laycock 

- 3[Philip Howell] Trustee, Church Leader 

- 4[Jayne Harris] Trustee 5[Stephen ] Trustee 1/10/2023 Johnson 

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7 

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9 

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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: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- 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** 

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. 



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|---|---|---|
||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**|<br>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)**|||
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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 

**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
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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.
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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.
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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); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- • investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **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
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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

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