CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Exarniner's Report Report to the trusleesl member5 of STANTON LEES CHAPEL On accourrts for the year ended 2023 Charity no (If any) 1150138 Set out on pages I report to the trustees th my examination of the accounts of Ihe above charity ("the Trust") for Ihe year ended 31112r2023. Responsibilitles and As the charity Iruslees of the Trust. you are resp￿s￿ble fc* the Preparation basls of report of the accounts in ac(xxdance V*ith the Tequirements of the Charities Act 2011 (￿0 Acr). I repc*t In respect of my examinalicxi of the Trust's accounts carried out nd8r Secti￿ 145 ofthe 2011 Aci and in caryng out my éxamlnatlon, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under seCt￿n 1495Xb) of the Acl. I have Com￿eted my examination. I confimi that no materfal matters have come lo my attention in connection wth the ex8mln8tlon glvés mé cause lo believe that in, any Mat￿la1 respect.. accounting re¢(xds were not kept in accordance with seGtlon 130 of the Act or the accounts do not aCC￿d the accounting records Independenl examln•rfs ststament I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in ci. 81 Cash funds AT I [44￿5t> (Cfy3H +aiEa. LE55 QHcqot Y£T Total cash lund5 qZ.335- 79 510 Z,294- Re¥trfirted fund• Endowment funds lun Det￿1￿* B2 Other monetary a8svts Ftynd IoTAthl¢h Co•tl¢)Pllona4 Currnnl De(4ti14 Fund to*thlch D¥t3iis CHrtPEL +REM15eS C••t lopllonal CLMIrt￿lu• B4 ABo•ts r•tain•d for th• ch•dtyJ own uje whbth du• DeÉ%iils on• 85 Llabllltl•s sIgn￿ by one orts￿ trusleES behdf of all the trustee5 abJTe Print Name Date i)f roval fi￿ Q. Afvj A.WhD 4/1. £•Z CCXX F12 act£wnts ISSI STANTON LEES CHAPEL TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOIJNTS I JAN 2023 to 31 DEC 2023 Stsnton Lees Chapel is constiluted by Ttust Deed & is a registered charity no 1150138 Struct vernanc ders At present thc church is Icad by two elders & thrcc deacons. Mr. Jonathan Bayes( Pastor). and MT Brian wade.are the elders and Mr Malcolm Hulland. Mr J Raivson arKJ Mr Philip Hulland the deacons. In August 2023 Mr Simon Walsh resigned as elder on his move io Northern Ireland. In De£embei 2023 MTS Judith Baker took over as treasurer from Mr Wadc. Mr Wade. Mr Malcolm Ilulland and Mrs Baker are trustees. In addition the following are Trustees. Mr T Baker. Mr C B￿ler, Mr G Fjriddon and Mrs N Briddon. Mr s ford. Mr B Gadsby. Mr C 14irsL Mr T Holmes. Mrs V Ilulland. Mr K Young & Mrs li Young. The gboverning document of the chapel is the Trust Deed . On a day to day b&81 church actlvllics r¥guluted b), a Constitution & a Sratement orTr￿th under the supreme authonty of the Bible. Church Mem Th¢ Lhurch member5Fu'p stands ai 28. Al leasl Iwo membeTS m¢¢tings are hcld every year. All church otyicers are ele¢led from the rnemberslllp & serve for 3 years after wlu'ch they may se¢k r¢-election. Aim vcs The adTr'anccrnent of God's Kingdom by the proclamation of the Chriqtian faith & Gospel. primarily bul noi ¢xtylusively within Stanton Lees. Matlock and the surrounding disirict. How it does this is outlined belovi. Howw reach out lo ¢FK)se around us with th ood new5 of th 'llie church prdclises and promotes the Christian faith from the chapel at Stanion Lccs and from the Whitworth Centre in nearby Darley Dale. * Sunda), IA'orship. afteTnoon and evening. * A weekly bibl¢ study and ptaycr meeting. * An annual Bible sch￿1. extending oi'er thrtt days. attended by people Irom all over the UK. * WavtindLrs A iveekly youih group calering for primary children from the surrounding area. We continue to r&icb young people whose parents have no present connection with th¢ church. To all church actlVRti¢s visitors ar¢ made m051 welwme. All those involved with children have b¢¢n subject to DBS checks. The chap¢l premi￿ continue to be used by the Parish Council for their meetings and for eleciions. Minis The Church takes every opwrtullity ￿ preach th¢ Gos￿7 e$￿claI1Y to those in the Immediate vicinity. "i'he annual Bible W¢¢k¢nd held over the August Bank Holiday and was very well attended. We are much encouraged by giM)d conbFrebvation5 with many young people. Mission The church continues to supp)rt prdyerfulty and financially two rnissionaries whose field of 5L'rvicc is among the Sakha peopve of Siberia Also suptM)rted is a church plant in inner city. D¢fby thal works among people of many nationalities. Financial Review Freewill offeringis and gjifts including Oift Aid amounted to £48,932. During 2023 the church received a total income of £56,428 s￿￿1¢1cnt to maintain the chur¢h fabri¢ in good order and to finance all its activities. Ciifts madc. oul of income and reserves, lo various mi&sionary organisations. to individual missi(maries, the Chri5'1ian Institute and sUp￿)rt for the church plant tn Derbv tothllL.d £8.570. Total expenditure amounted to £61.305 including gifts. Signed on behalf of the Trustees Signature o. Date