## UNION CHURCH & COMMUNITY CENTRE, CROUCH END (Baptist /United Reformed) ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS for the year ended 31[st] December 2022 Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Church on Sunday 11[th] June 2023 Union Church is a group of Christians who worship and work together to reflect the love of God by serving the community and supporting the Church worldwide. Union Church and Community Centre is a Local Ecumenical Partnership. Union Church and Community Centre, Crouch End Weston Park, Crouch End, London N8 9PX Registered Charity 1150944 ## **ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES** The Deacons as Charity Trustees present their report together with the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] December 2022. The report and accounts are presented to the Annual Meeting of the Church on 11[th] June 2023. ## **INTRODUCTION** On 2[nd] May 1974, the members of Park Chapel United Reformed Church and members of Ferme Park Baptist Church, believing that it was God’s will that they should do so, resolved that the work and witness of the two churches should be, and should continue to be, integrated so that the members of the two churches should live, work and worship as one community: Union Church. In 2003, the name was changed to ‘Union Church and Community Centre, Crouch End (Baptist/United Reformed)’ to better reflect the community involvement of the church. ## **AIM AND PURPOSES** The purpose of the Church and Community Centre, Crouch End is to advance the Christian faith in Hornsey, and the wider community, in accordance with the principles and practices of the Baptist and United Reformed Church denominations. As Trustees, we have the responsibility of working with the Minister and congregation in promoting the work of the Church and Centre; the Mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical; and for the safe operation and maintenance of our properties. Page **1** of **8** **ACTIVITIES** We are committed to encouraging as many people as possible to worship in the church and to enable wide use of the Centre for social groups and lettings. We maintain an overview of worship and church group activities and aim to see that services are welcoming and include contributions from the diversity of congregation attendants. When planning its activities for the year, the Deacons would consider the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. We try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of the community through: - i. Worship and prayer; learning about the Gospel, developing our knowledge and trust in Jesus, and serving the community. - ii. Provision of pastoral care for members, friends, centre users and people living in the immediate vicinity of the church. - iii. Missionary and outreach work. To facilitate this work, it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Church and Community Centre. ## **LETTINGS:** The Church and Community Centre hired out their buildings on a regular basis to the following groups: - 1) Lifelong Learning (Adults): - Crouch End & District U3A’s main and several of its sub-groups - 2) Parent/Carer and Toddler activity groups: - 3-2-1 Parent/Carer and Toddler Group (run by Union Church) - Baby College - Hartbeeps - Zip Zap Page **2** of **8** - 3) Parent/Carer and Toddler Support Groups: - LB Haringey Children's Centre, West Locality Area ## 4) Support Groups for Adults: - AA - Friday Group - AA - Sunday Group - Al-Anon Family Group - Carers First - Family Constellations Workshops - 5) Wellbeing groups (Adults): - Gestalt Yoga - Holistic Yoga - Mum-Dance - NCT Courses (Barnet/Enfield/Haringey/Tottenham) ## 6) Wrap-Around and After-School Care: - Helen O’Grady Drama Academy - Joy Mandarin Academy - Kumon (Hornsey) Study Centre - Perform Workshops ## 7) The Arts: North London Symphony Orchestra ## 8) Other charities: - Church of God World Fellowship - Kith and Kids Charity - 9) Other activities/meetings/workshops: - Children’s parties - Crafts and Gifts markets run by community members - Crouch End Neighbourhood Forum - Haringey Council (Major projects) Page **3** of **8** - Haven group for SEN children and their families - Sewing Group (for adults) - Songworks Community Singing Group - Psychotherapists and Counsellors group - Violin and Piano recitals ## **OBLIGATIONS OF MINISTRY and ACHIEVEMENTS** Union Church is not large on numbers but it is large in heart and finding people who may say they are not Christians but behave in a very Christian way. **Anniversary:** Due to the on-going effects of the Covid19 pandemic lockdowns, we were unable to celebrate our forty-eighth anniversary in May. **Christmas Day 2022:** We were extremely happy that we were able to host our annual community-focused Christmas Day Lunch and Party in person! Sadly, a number of our regular guests passed away in the last four years as a result of old age or illness. We hosted and catered for 51 guests; each guest received a lovely gift. We could not have achieved this memorable post-Covid event without the very generous help and support of 27 dedicated volunteers. We were truly grateful to the organisations, businesses and individuals whose collective willingness went a long way to help solitary and isolated people in our community to enjoy what would otherwise have been a very lonely day. Union Church is extremely grateful to the following donors who made this great occasion possible: - Anne Green & family: china and crystal ware gifts for our guests - Callis Locksmiths (Crouch End): Panettone cake and real leather goods that were gifts for some of our guests - Co-op (Crouch End): Luxury mince pies Page **4** of **8** - Dunn’s Baker & Confectioner (Crouch End): Mince pies, bread and Christmas puddings - Freeman Butchers, Crouch End: a large Roll of Turkey Breast - Gift (the gift shop), Crouch End: a gift for a guest - KA News (Hornsey): Cookies - The staff of Little Tree Montessori Nursery (Crouch End): several gifts for our guests - Four individuals made personal donations totalling £75.00 - Waitrose (Crouch End): a large amount of groceries from their Community Partnerships Scheme - Weston Park Café (Hornsey): gifts for our guests Guests, volunteers and church members could not hide their joy on this Christmas Day! Our 51 guests enjoyed a delicious and sumptuous 3-course lunch cooked by Luke Underhill (our Chef of the Day). Our dedicated team of 27 volunteers worked hard on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We are very grateful to the 6 volunteer drivers on Christmas Day, who collected guests from their homes for the morning service and, or, the lunch and took them back home when the event ended. Many of our volunteers had been before. Some of them would have been home alone but chose to join us to make the day a memorable one for others. As we celebrated the coming of Jesus into our sorry world, we were grateful to be, once more, His hands and feet in our community. ## **RESERVES POLICY** In February 2011, the Deacons resolved to retain their Restricted Funds solely for the purposes that they were created and to maintain Reserves equivalent to six months’ income with a portion of Reserves to be held in cash and the majority invested in the COIF Charities Investment Fund. Page **5** of **8** The Deacons recognise the importance of holding adequate unrestricted funds to ensure the smooth operation of the Church and the Centre, and to enable them to meet emergency situations that may arise from time to time. On 31st December 2022, the Church held reserves of £120,207.00. The new total is equivalent to approximately 4 months’ income. ## **ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** Union Church and Community Centre, Crouch End is affiliated to the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland, and the London Baptist Association. The Church is a member of the United Reformed Church of England, Wales and Scotland, within the District of Central and North London of the Thames North Synod. ## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** On 25[th] April 2010, the Annual General Meeting of the Church and Congregation and Joint Council adopted a new constitution provided for it by Churches Together North Thames, our sponsoring body, in order to meet the requirement of the Charity Commission, that the Church become a separate, registered charity and the application process initiated. In October 2012, it was found that the registration was not complete and the process was restarted. The charity registration was completed on 25[th] February 2013. ## **TRUSTEES:** The Trustees elected in April 2010 were appointed to serve for a three-year term with a restriction that, having served continually for a period of 6 (six) years, they should take a sabbatical break. The current Deacons will continue in office. The Deacons serving as Charity Trustees are Page **6** of **8** Ruby Marsh-Goodey Elected 29[th] April 2010 – deceased Kate Salinger Elected 29[th] April 2010 Peter Gilbert Elected 5th May 2019 ## **STAFFING** Particular thanks are also due to our staff: - Luke Griffiths (Caretaker) - Margaret Hervie (Office Administrator) - Peter Kenyon (Finance Officer) - Janice Twiselton (Organist) - Paulette Wolfe (Play Worker: 3-2-1 Carer & Toddler Club) All our staff work to the benefit of the Church and Centre. We are very fortunate in having each one of them. The Church owes all of them a debt of gratitude. ## **CONCLUSION** The lockdowns ensured that there were no church meetings in our building during most of 2020 and the beginning of 2021. The last one took place from January 2021 until all restrictions ended in June. Page **7** of **8** Notes for Kate: Members who passed away: Ruby Marsh-Goodey Beryl Gibbs Reverend Gerry Stanton resigned and left on 31[st] May 2022 We looked forward to a future in a radically altered world and trusting that God would guide us as we tried again, to spread the Word of Our Lord in Crouch End and do His Will. Approved by the Trustees on and signed on their behalf by Kate Salinger (Secretary) on ________________ Signed by: …………………………………… Attached: Financial Statement for the year ended 31st December 2021 Page **8** of **8** UNION CHURCH AND ¢OMMUNITf CENTRE. CROUCH END FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Page 1 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT Year Last Yegr Y08r 2￿0 Total £ 2022 Totsl t FLrth£ FwY*J£ Total £ RECEIPTS 10 Offerings 11 Fund Raising and Doth*ions 12 Moni$5 Raised for Outside Causes Legaeies Receive 14 Property- Lettings 14 Property- ChurchlHall Users Investrnenl Income 15 Bank Interest Sundry Income 16 Mothers. & Toddlers. Club 2,618 2,618 382 982 2.143 1.769 1,821 10.013 58.130 40,971 10.013 58.130 40,971 42.046 20.777 41,380 20.404 21 1.131 1,928 525 5,18B 5.188 Toiil R•c•ipts 118,271 69,763 68 434 PAYMENTS ' 50 Ministry Mothers and Torjdlers 51 Church RunnSng Costs 51 Programme Acbvty Costs 52 Support of Outside Causes 53 Maintenan¢¢ of Church Buildings 54 Maintenance of In¥e￿rnent prO￿ty . 57 Sundry Expendrture 6.839 6.839 4.051 65.248 832 16.903 3.030 68.696 1,031 72 14.205 9.712 300 14.691 6,760 74.107 1,707 4.051 65.248 832 13.220 19.C¥J5 13.220 19.￿5 40,240 5,441 540 Totsl Pa￿0nts 1C6.050 4.051 110.101 113,950 143.486 NET RECEIPTS I IPAYMENTSI TRANSFERS b•tvrt•n funds Change In Inv¢stm•nt valu•s CASH FUNDS bth¥d l JanuaTh' 7.033 1.137 1.137 -1.137 8.170 -18.200 -18.2CQ 23.502 19,451 23,516 138,407 161.923 182.607 238,208 CASH FUNDS 31 December 31.686 120207 151.893 161.923 182,607 STATeMENT OF ASSETS ANO UABIUTIES Monètary Ass•ts Cash Bank Current Account Deposrt Accounls SynodlBaptist Trusl Deposits Total mon•lary Other assèts Gift Recoverable Olher Monies due lo Chu 126 15.450 128 IS,450 7,591 9.032 8.765 127.285 145.485 122 4,411 6,763 171.311 7,078 120.207 10 Insurance prepaid A•set8 used for church purpoM• Buildings under Stat￿ory trusts Church Contsnts 11 11 chU￿h tsjisdings and m•ns¢ Furnishings and equiprTWrt Uabllrtlg Independent Examinatkjn Opus Energy ScottSsh & Southern Elecincity APPROVEO by th• Trustees on aDd sign¢d on beh￿[b¥ gJ,oK24 IPrint Namel igr¢aturel UNION CHURCH AND COMMUNITh CENTRE. CROUCH END FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Pagg 2 TREASURER'S STATEMENT I have prepared the financial stalements Page 1 for the year ended 31 De￿rnber 2022 from the accounting records of the thurth. P&T&IZ & (Print Namel (Signature) 26-CS-ILk {Dalel INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT I r¢port on the financial statements of Union Church and C￿miunty Centre, Crouth Er#J for th8 year ended on 31 D￿mber 2022 and set out on Page 1. Respectlve responsiblllties The church is responsible for the preparalion of the financial statements. aThJ considers that the audil requirement of Section 144 of the Charities Aci 2011 (the Act) does not apply. 11 is my responsibility to state, on tho basi5 of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under Section 14515llbl of the A¢t. whether particular matters hav• com& to my atterrtion. Basis of Independent Examinerfs report My examination was carried out in accnrdanc£ wth the General Direciions of the Charily Commissioners. An examination indudes a review of the ac£ounting recwts kept by th& church and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes con51deralion of any unusual Items or disclosures in the financi81 statements, and seeking explanations corK¥ning any such mattefs. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evIder￿e that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on th8 view given by finanaal statements. Independont Examin•fs statem•nt In connection with my examination of the thurth funds. nothing came lo my attention which gave me ￿uSe lo believe other¥wse than that the finanaal slalemenls ac£ord wth the accounting records of the church, and that those records satisfied the requirements of the Acl. l am not aware of any m*ter lo which att?nlion Sh￿Id be drawn in order to enable 8 pn)per ur¥JerstaThJing of the fin*Kial statements 10 t* reathed. ' David Watts FCCA 47 Topsfiehj Parade London N8 8PT CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Indep•ndont exJminees repryt ¢Jn the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of un￿ Churth and Centro, Cff￿Ch End On Jc¢ounts for the year •nded 319 Decuntsr 2022 Chwity no any) 11Xt944 I reF#Yt to Ihe twstees on ry examinat1￿ ofthe a￿nts atmwts charity llhe Trusfi the year ended 3111212021. R•5ponslbllltles and basls of report As the charitys In￿lees. you are reSpC￿ble for the prep8ratlon ofthe acc￿nts in accordarth with tha rèquIram￿ts d th• Chaiili85 Ac* 2011 {Ihe A￿1. I report in respecl of my exarT¥nalicm of the Trust's (xthed ¢xrt under seclicffl 145 of Ihe 2011 Acl and in carrying out my èxamination, I have fcllowed all the appILxb￿ DireL*ons gNen by the Chanty Commi55ion under section 14515llbl of the *£t. Independent examinerfs I have ccwnpleled my examinati￿. I ccfflffirm that matenal matters have cc4ne to statement my attention in Connedic￿ With th8 &Y2mination *thich gives Tr cause to believe that in. any materid respect.. the aCcour￿.￿g records were nDt kept in acL¥Jrdance wilh section 130 of the Chaiities ACL or Ihe acc(yJnts did not accord wth the acctyjnting records.. or the accounts did rK)t compty the appluble requirements conc8ming the form and 1x￿)Ient of %cwnts set out in the Charities IAcix)unts and RÈKK)rtsl Reguthjns 21K)8 olher than any requirernent Ihat the accounts gtve a llrue and fair, view ￿lch is not a matter cC￿￿dered as part of an independent exa1rMnab￿. I hav¢ no wi¢ems and have come across no other matters in ¢onnertion with the •xaminatth to vthich attenti￿ shouhj b& drawn in this rèport in ord8r to en¥ble a understandKig ofthe acc￿nts to reached. Date: 1wosr2023 Signed: Nam•: Davhl Walfs FCA Relevant prgfessional qualrficationlsl or body Irf any): Address: 47 Topsfielj Parade LI￿d0￿ N8 8PT IER Oct 2018 Section B Di5cIosuTe Only Gorr.plctc I,. Lh£ èxaT.-.Ef -..Ets.+o highwi maLeri& wna:Lers ￿ncern Isee CC32, Independ8nt examkna¥on of accounts: direth[￿S and guidance for examiners). Glve here lylef detalls of any Items that th• •xamln•r wlshes to dlsebsè. NIA IER Oct 2018