1 # **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR HEBRON - - CHURCH STOCKTON ON TEES 2021 Reg’n. No. 1148693 Britannia Road, Stockton-on-Tees TS19 0AP Trustees: Graham Edwards, Koen Hellendoorn, Jennet McKie** Hebron Church is an independent evangelical church situated in an area of poverty with problems of mental health and drug and alcohol addiction. The church started in 1869 and has been in our present building since 1900 which is when it was built. The building is owned by Church Growth Trust from whom we rent it. We have a trust deed and the present three trustees are all involved in the church. New trustees are chosen from the church members by the present trustees. There are two elders who are also trustees and one deacon. We do not have a pastor or minister. The only paid person is our cleaner – two hours per week. The weekly activities of the church are as follows: Sundays: - 10.30am Morning service including Communion and Sunday School - 4pm Evening service (winter months) - 6pm Evening service (summer months) - But on 1[st] Sunday of month: Communion 10.30am then 11.15am Family service Mondays: - 2.30pm Ladies meeting - 7pm Bible study (Mens one week, Ladies next week) - Tuesdays: - 10am-12noon Carpet Bowls - 6-8pm Carpet Bowls Wednesdays: - 10am-1pm Foodbank Thursdays: - 10.15am Coffee & Chat (first Thursday of the month) - 6-7pm Pathfinders (for Primary school children) (term time) - 7.30pm Prayer meeting (on Zoom) Fridays: - 10am-1pm Foodbank - 6-7.15pm Pathos (for Senior school children) (term time) Saturdays: - 8.30am Prayer meeting (monthly prior to Family service) We were encouraged that during Covid we had a number of new people regularly attending our services and many of these were from other nations. The numbers attending our services have thus increased. All our services and activities are open to the general public and several of these would be attended by a greater number of those outside the church 2 fellowship. We are therefore providing a Public Benefit to these – particularly, Carpet Bowls, Foodbank, Pathfinders and Pathos. During Covid, most of our services were curtailed although our Sunday morning service and Thursday night prayer meeting were held on Zoom as well as Pathfinders for the latter months of Covid. Virtually all our membership returned to church once we were able to. Our finances are provided by our weekly offerings on Sunday mornings and regular giving by members by direct debit and bank transfers. During Covid no weekly offerings were taken but we had sufficient in reserve to cover our outgoings which were naturally reduced anyway. Our largest expense was the replacement of the church roof which cost almost £50,000. We had about £10,000 in our Building Fund already and the remainder came from three grants and special gifts from members. No borrowing was required. Monies held at the beginning of 2021 was £19095.30 and we ended with £15496.46, most of which was in the Building Fund. We aim to hold at least £1000 as a reserve in our General Fund. Accounts Current Balan Ner Worth 4136.78 4136.78 Assets Cash Account Buslne$5 Money ManagerArcount CyrreDt Account Post Office Account -1183.93 -1378 49 -1574.36 -4136.78 Inwffle & Expense5 IrKome 56181.04 8304.94 3296.74 4(X)63.24 General Fund Misgonary Fund Building Fund Gift Aid Tax Iniere5t Received Other Intome 4515.(K) 1.12 Expenses 60317.80 150th Anniversary ank Charge5 M8intenaKe Mis￿OnarieS 21.45 47041.50 6865.00 341.00 1488.71 Eouipme%)t Gas, Water, Electrit Special Gifts Spe8kers Expern5es 976.19 136.00 692.50 1031.00 369.42 Litetsture Insurance Young People Legal Fees Promotional Expenses Library Rent Wine Caterin8 Piinting & Advertising Subscriptions Football Team 2ty).00 350.Q) 805.03 Balance 4136.75 OL LADDS Iladdsi)c8)kkeeping.co.uk leanne@lladdsbookkeeping.co.uk Telephone- 07528375773 BOOKKEEPING & ACCOUNTANCY Independent examinerfs report to the trustee5 of Hebrofi Church, StoclrtoTron-Tees I reporttothetrusreesoThmyexarnination ofthEaccouDt5of Hebronchurch. St￿*t0￿￿￿-TeeSI0r theyearended 31 Dettmber 2021 whkh a￿allachedtothIs report. i¢•spaMsINifoAsandbg*of w4 A51he tharitytru*ee50f thÈTrustyou are r*poDsibleforthe PTepatati¢n of thÈa¢tountst accordancywith the requirementsof the CharitiÉsArt20111'theAcn. I reportin res￿￿Of my eXaminat￿n0ftheTru5￿5 acwunts carriedoutunderse¢tiOn 145 of tr 2011 Act and In carrying out myexamination I have Followed al1theappl1cab￿oIrectIOn5W¥en bv thecharlty COmm￿￿Tr undersectlon 14515llbl of theAct. An exarnlnavon indudes ? rewew of thE aCCDuntin8rerard5 k￿pt￿¥th0Ch￿rTrty and a￿mParisDn of theaccount5 pre5eDieclwirh thDse rerord% Iiabo In¢ludes CtyThSlderation ofany unusual ftemsiy (￿5￿05Vres in the ¥ccounts and 5eekin8 explan*ionsfromth¢trustee5 roncernihg•ny su¢h mitrers. The procedures vndert4ken do noiprovideallthe @wdencE thatwould b8required in a full audit, and consequently IdD not expres5an auditoplnlon LTrn theactounts. I have Com￿￿ted myexamination. Iconfirrn that nD matsrial mattqr5 have rometo myattention in onneoion wilh Ihe Examination 8iwn8mEtsu5e t& believe that in any ma￿rIal iespett.. l. Accountlng recor￿ WEre notkept in respettof theTrv#aS requlred ￿ sertlon 130of the Act., or 2. Theaccountsdo notaccord wlththerewrd5 I have ￿￿[￿MSand have (OtnEatr05S no Ot￿r matters in cor*)ection wftht￿ examination hich attention shotsld bedtswn In thls YepDrt Inorderto enablea proper Understa￿1n801 the attountsto be reathed. Leanne Ladds MAAT AATQB Lladds Btstskk*epire& Accountancy 196 Woodhouse Road, Gulsborouth TSI•&P 10 Octoberl)22 Gussboryb Offt I95Woodhouse Ro Gui5knrou8h,TS14 OLP