## # ## ## ## |Objectives and activ|itie|s|| |---|---|---|---| |||SORP reference|| |Summary
ofthe purposes
the charity as set out in its|of|Para 1.17|The Charity's
objects for the public benefit
are to advance the Christian
faith in| |ove min
document|||accordance
with the statements
of beliefs.| |Summary
ofthe main
activities
in relation to those
purposes
for the public||Para 1.17and
1.19|The Charity's
objects are achieved
by
regular activities
including
Sunday
morning
services, children's
clubs, social events for| |benefit,
in particular,
the
activities, projects or services
identified
in the accounts.|||the local community
and supporting
other
Christians
and Christian
organisations
throughout
the United
Kingdom
and the rest| ||||ofthe world.| |Statement
confirming
whether
the trustees
have
had regard to the guidance
issued
by the Charity||Para 1.18|The Trustees
have regard to the Charity
Commission's
general guidance
on public
benefit.
The regular activities
not only
achieve public benefit through
the| |Commission
on public|||advancement
ofthe Christian
faith, but| |benefit|||through
the encouragement
of| ||||congregational
members
and others to| ||||positively
and actively contribute
to their| ||||local communit
.| ## |||SORP reference|| |---|---|---|---| ||||The Trustees
apply the funds of Horam| |Policy on grant making||Para 1.38|Chapel at their discretion
and
in accordance
with the charitable
purpose
and objectives of| ||||the charity.| |Contribution
volunteers|made by|Para 1.38|Volunteers
enable
all ofthe Horam Chapel's
faith and community
activities to function| ||||and, with the exception ofthe Minister,
all| ||||the Trustees give their time freely.| ## |chieve|men|ts|and perf|ormance|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Weekly up to 23/03/2020| |Summary|ofthe main|||Pars 1.20|Sunday
Morning Service —this was well
attended
with an average of35 people| |achievements||ofthe charity,|||attending
each week.
The worship,
Bible| |identifying|the|difference the|||teaching
and sharing together has been| |charity's|work|has made to|||effective
in supporting
many
in their journey| |the circumstances|||of its||offaith.| |beneficiaries
and|||any wider||Mothers &Toddlers —this has been| |benefits to society as a|||||regularly
attended
by 8 - 10parents
or| |whole.|||||carers and their preschool
children
for| ||||||socialising,
music and singing.| ||||||Treasure Seekers —15 - 20 children aged| ||||||between 4 and 9 regularly
attended.
During| ||||||an evening,
the children
enjoy a time of| ||||||games, craft and quizzes centred on a Bible| ||||||theme.| ||||||BiF —10 - 15children aged between 9 and| ||||||12regularly
attended
and spent time shading| ||||||together,
team building
activities and crafts| ||||||structured
around a Bible topic.| ||||||Every other week| ||||||Tea Club —good numbers
ofretired people| ||||||enjoyed a time ofsocialising,
afternoon tea| ||||||and a short Bible based talk.| ||||||Covid| ||||||Following
the first lockdown,
the church was| ||||||able to maintain
weekly service on a Sunday| ||||||by using video conferencing.| ||||||This was continued
until government| ||||||guidance
allowed
meeting
together
in person| ||||||which was carefully
managed
in line with| ||||||government
guidelines.| ||||||Throughout
this time we were able continue| ||||||to keep connected
and support those| ||||||associated
with the church.| ||||||Supporting
the Wider Christian| ||||||Community| ||||||The Chapel was able to provide financial| ||||||support to other Christians
and Christian| ||||||Organisations
as part of its objective to| ||||||advance the Christian
faith for public benefit.| ||||||Through
regular collections offood, we were| ||||||able to pass these on to the local Foodbank| ||||||for distribution
to those
in need
in the local| ||||||community.| |Achievements
objectives set|Achievements
objectives set|Achievements
objectives set|against|against|against|||Para 1.41|Through
the regular activities described
above the objectives ofadvancing
the
Christian
faith can be demonstrated.| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Financial||review|||||||| |Review|ofthe||charity's|||||Para 1.21|At the end ofthe financial
period, the| |financial|position|||at the end|||||financial
position was in line with the budget| |ofthe period|||||||||set and agreed
by the members.
Since| ||||||||||2019,we have not had a Minster serving the| ||||||||||Church and through
the pandemic,
we did| ||||||||||not pursue
recruiting
to the vacant position| ||||||||||so there was no salaried staff at the Chapel| ||||||||||through 2020.| ||||||||||Income remained
reasonably
consistent so| ||||||||||over the course ofthe year so there was a| ||||||||||surplus
at the end ofthe financial
period.| |Statement
explaining||||||the||Para 1.22|The Trustees seek to exercise faith
in the| |policy for holding||||reserves|||||sufficiency of God, however as good| |stating|why|they||are|held||||stewards
we aim to keep a small reserve to| ||||||||||cover any unexpected
costs that may arise.| ||||||||||The period without the services ofa full-time| ||||||||||minister
will enable reserves to be built up in| ||||||||||order to give security ofemployment
for a| ||||||||||new incumbent
when the time is right.| |Amount|ofreserves||||held|||Para 1.22|Reserves are held to cover at least 3 months| ||||||||||running
costs for the Chapel.| |Details|of fund||materially||||in|Para 1.24|There was no material
deficit at the end of| |deficit|||||||||the 2020 financial year| |Additional
information|||||||||| |The charity's
principal
sources offunds (including||||||||Para 1.47|The principle source offunding
is through
member donations
which cover running| |any fundraising)|||||||||costs associated
with the Chapel.| |A description
ofthe principal
risks facing the charity||||||||Para 1.46|The principle
risks for the charity are related
to income and volunteers,
both ofwhich are| ||||||||||totally reliant on a good church membership.| ||||||||||As a church, the aim ofadvancing
the| ||||||||||Christian
faith should as a direct| ||||||||||consequence
maintain
and grow a healthy| ||||||||||number
of members
to enable the charity to| ||||||||||continue.| ## ## ## ## ## Horam Chapel Financial Summary for 2020 |INCOME|INCOME|||Actual to Date|Actual to Date|Budget to date|Budget to date|Budget - Year|EXPENDITURE|||Actual to Date|Actual to Date|Budget to date|Budget to date||Budget - Year| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Planned|Giving(STO/DD||etc)||16,060.00||17,400.00|17,400.00|Children's
Groups(Toddler/BIF/TS)||||129.60||450.00||450.00| |Weekly|Collections||||1,976.00||4,200.00|4,200.00|Family/Youth
Work||||||400.00||400.00| |Gift Day|||||||||Staff Salaries etc||||||||| |Other Donations|||||20,000.00||||Minister expenses||||||||| |Gift Aid|Recovered||||||4,500.00|4,500.00|Preaching Fees||||2,600.00||4,500.00||4,500.00| ||||Total giving:||38,036.00||26,100.00|26,100.00|Cost of Ministry||||||300.00||300.00| ||||||||||Giving to Others &Mission(ary)||Giving||4,880.00||2,880.00||2,880.00| ||||||||||Utilities||||2,426.27||3,200.00||3,200.00| |Holiday|Club||||||||Insurances||||952.55||1,000.00||1,000.00| |Bank Refund|||||||||Annual
Licences/Memberships||||756.98||1,000.00||1,00000| |Legacies|||||||||Holiday
Club||||||600.00||600.00| |Interest|||||||||Sodal Action &Community||||45.14||600.00||600.00| |Horam Christian||Care|||||200.00|200.00|Materials
& Resources||||59.95||700.00||700.00| |Hall/Room
Hire|||||||||Training||||||||| |Miscellaneous|||||195.99||200.00|200.00|Office & Cleaning|Supplies|||||440.00||440.00| |Youth Work|||||||||Refreshments
(for|all activities)|||||200.00||200.00| |Receipt|for Events (restricted funds)||||43.00||||Events||||45.00||||| ||||||||||Miscellaneous||||150.00||500.00||500.00| ||||TOTALS =|6|38,275.99|6|26,500.00 f|26,500.00||TOTALS =||6|12,045.49|6|16,770.00|6|16,770.00| ||||||||||Routine Annual
Maintenance||||794.00||1,000.00||'I,000.00| ||||||||||Maintenance
'Projects'
(funded from Gen Funds)||||12,175.39||11,250.00||11,250.00| |||||||||||TOTALS =||6|25,014.88|6|29,020.00|6|29,020.00| ## ## ##