## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 1[st] January 2020 **To** 31[st] December 2020 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** UNITY CHURCH ORPINGTON **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1151334 **Charity's principal address** RYE CRESCENT ORPINGTON **Postcode BR5 4NH** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||RAYMOND BELL|CHAIR of Directors|1stJan to 1stApril 2020|| ||PETER PRICE|Director||| ||LYDIA TAYLOR-
DOWN|Director||| ||NEIL MALTMAN|Director||UnityChurch Members| ||PETER BELL|CHAIR of Directors|1stApril to 31stDecember|UnityChurch Members| |||||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Peter Bell ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Articles of Association (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Charitable Company (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Elected by Members (eg. appointed by, elected by) **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **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. Unity Church is mission initiative commenced June 2012, supported by two partner churches, Christ Church (Orpington) and Hope Church (Bromley & Orpington). The church building is owned by the Diocese of Rochester and is in the parish of All Saints. The Church operates under a Mission Order from the Bishop of Rochester. A Management Board, currently comprising Rev Dr Sharon Smith (Christ Church), Trevor Payne (Hope Church), and David Bell oversee the mission initiative. - David Bell is employed as minister of Unity Church and responsible for day to day running. A significant number of volunteer members of the church lead, sustain and develop ministries and activities of the church. The Trustee Directors are responsible to ensure the charity complies with all applicable regulations. They are also responsible for monitoring risk and a Risk Register has been compiled and will be reviewed at least annually. All major insurable risks are subject to normal church and employers’ insurance. **TAR** March **2012** 2 ## **Section C Objectives and activities** |**TAR**
**Summary of the objects**
**of the charity set out in**
**its governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for**
**the public benefit in**
**relation to these objects**
**(include within this**
**section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees**
**have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission on**
**public benefit)**|To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in Orpington, Kent
and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees of
the charity may from time to time think fit in accordance with the Statement of
Beliefs.
In furtherance of these objects the charity operates a church in the local area
offering a range of activities and pastoral support to both church members and
the wider community. When considering the aims, objectives and activities run
by the charity, the trustees have considered the Commission’s guidance on
public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the
advancement of religion.| |---|---| ||3
March**2012**
**Regular activities undertaken by Unity Church include:**
* Weekly services of worship, open to all. During the three Covid lockdowns
our premises were closed and our services went online.
*Home Groups to explore the Bible and pray together met for a good portion of
the year when the Covid Tiering allowed.
*Support of a Foodbank, offering emergency provision to individuals and
families in need.
*Twice weekly community food share distribution from the premises to 25 to 45
people representing 30 to 60 households consisting of 80 to 160 householders
for each distribution.
**The following regular activities have been restricted or closed this year**
**due to Covid 19:**
*Crèche, children and youth groups on Sundays.
*A monthly café offering refreshments, friendship and activities for those aged
50 and over
*A Better Together 40 days of Community study groups offering friendship and
opportunity to explore and develop Christian faith.
*Pulse, an evening youth club.
*Occasional activities undertaken in conjunction with other Orpington churches
*Job Club, under the auspices of Christians Against Poverty, and with financial
and personnel support from other Orpington churches.
**The church provided facilities and support for local community groups:**
*Avalon Preschool was operating five mornings a week up to March 2020. This
closed after March.
*Tintagel Ladies Group, one afternoon a week
*Conditioned Fitness, personal trainer, three sessions a week.
*Weekly meetings of youth uniformed organisations. These groups closed at
the end of 2020.
*Ad-hoc use of premises for children’s parties
*Weekly evening meeting for members of a central London church living locally
The hire fees are kept at a very reasonable rate for the good of the community.
However, all hall hiring has been restricted this year due to Covid 19 and most
of these groups have not met after March.
All our larger community events that we normally would run during the year
were not able to be held due to the Covid 19 situation.| Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** **Policy reviews and updates.** During the year, we reviewed/produced: - Fire Risk Assessment reviewed and updated Dec 2020 - PAT Testing carried out June 2020 - Risk Register reviewed and updated May 2020 - Ministerial review completed Feb 2020 - Internal Financial Controls Recording reviewed and updated Dec 2020 - Fire evacuation routes plan reviewed Jan 2020 - Health and Safety Policy reviewed Oct 2020 - GDPR Personal Data usage reviewed Dec 2020 - Bank business card policy created June 2020 ## **Building Improvements:** - *We installed double-glazed UPVC windows and panels to the rear of the building and to the new lounge - *We installed a new floor and carpet to the main hall - *We decorated all internal doors and the front stage area - *We made the premises Covid 19 safe with installation of hand sanitisers, signage, social distance marking etc. **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the** **Brief statement of the** The reserves policy of the charity is to maintain a minimum of two months **charity’s policy on reserves** expenditure on salaries, running and maintenance costs, which would amount to approximately £10,000. Unrestricted reserves on the General Fund amounted to £35,658 at the end of the year. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** NONE ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include The Charity’s principal source of funding comes from regular donations additional information, where from members and the offerings taking at Sunday services. This is relevant about: supplemented by income from lettings. During the year, we also obtained • the charity’s principal some grants towards building improvements and youth work 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)** ## _PABell._ **Full name(s)** Peter Alan Bell **Position (e.g. Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 18th February 2021 **TAR** March **2012** 5 ## **Statement of Financial Activities** Accounting period 01/01/20 to 31/12/20 |Unity Church, Orpington||Charity Number: 1151334|Charity Number: 1151334|Charity Number: 1151334| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Total 2019**| |**Incoming resources**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| |Donations and Grants (1)|47046|270|47316|53858| |Tax Refund|11093|0|11093|12237| |Lettings|3183|0|3183|8218| |Job Club|0|303|303|3129| |Fusion|0|757|757|0| |Other|731|0|731|13560| |Building Fund|0|8956|8956|0| |Community Garden|0|1294|1294|0| |Bank Interest|38|0|38|52| |**Total incoming resources**|**62091**|**11580**|**73671**|**91054**| |**Resources Expended**||||| |Salaries, pension contribution & NI|39374|0|39374|36988| |Cleaner|539|0|539|1365| |Running expenses (2)|9123|0|9123|12318| |Grounds|980|0|980|2352| |Building maintenance|5500|8122|13622|30164| |Equipment purchased|1509|250|1759|619| |Pastor expenses|1818|0|1818|1233| |Children/Kids|72|0|72|940| |Pulse|671|0|671|3928| |Training|0|0|0|922| |Job Club|0|1175|1175|2969| |Donations to charitable causes (3)|4520|0|4520|5430| |Miscellaneous cash expenditure|18|0|18|15| |Fusion|0|757|757|0| |Community Garden|0|1035|1035|0| |Outreach|527|0|527|1099| |**Total resources expended**|**64651**|**11339**|**75990**|**100342**| |**Net incoming resources**|**(2560)**|**241**|**(2319)**|**(9288)**| |**Total funds brought forward**|**38218**|**3084**|**41302**|**50590**| |**Total funds carried forward**(4)|**35658**|**3325**|**38983**|**41302**| ## **Balance Sheet** _**Current Assets**_ Cash at bank and in hand 38983 **Total Assets 38983** _**Represented by**_ General Fund 35904 Building Repair Fund 3079 **Total Funds 38983** ## **Notes to accounts** 1. Donations and grants include: -offerings £1851 (£140 of which is restricted) -regular gifts £44364 -grants £970 The income for Building Fund includes 2 grants of £2,000 and £3,000. 2. Running expenses include gas, electric, waste disposal, boiler maintenance and inspection/replacement of fire protection equipment. 3. Donations to charitable causes includes £2400 to Regions Beyond, £1,200 to Release International and £720 to Starfish Malawi. 4. Restricted funds of £3325, to be carried forward into 2021, to be used as follows :- - £2212 for Job Club, £259 for Community Garden, £20 for Outreach, £834 for Building ## **Basis of preparation** These accounts have been prepared on an historic cost basis in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards for Small Enterprises in Charity Commission Statement of Recommended Practice. ## **Accounting Policies** - Incoming resources are included in the SoFA when received. - Grants and donations are included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources. - Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the time of receipt by the charity. - Any capitalised expenditure is depreciated over 4 years. ## **Trustee expenses** No expenses were paid to trustees. ## **Staff Costs** Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind £35,400 Employer’s National Insurance costs £488 (after deduction of Employment Allowance totalling £4,000) Pension costs £3,540 ## **Employees** Minister (full-time) ## **Defined contribution Pension Scheme** 10% of the minister’s salary was paid to Legal and General Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Unity Church Orpington On aGGounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 Charity no (if arjy) 1151334 Sot out on pagès Respective Th8 charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. responsibilities of The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trustees and examiner under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under Section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given examiner's statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair, view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention examiner's statement (other than that disclosed below.) 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: TA Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): 7AT Address: Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.