**Shirley Community Church Charity Number 1153617** **The Shirley Community Church Trustees Report And Financial Statements For The Year Ended 5[th] April 2023** 1 |Contents||| |---|---|---| ||Legal and administrative information|3| ||Trustees report|4| ||Independent examiners report|7| ||Statement of financial activities|9| 2 ## **Shirley Community Church Legal And Administrative Information** |Charity Number|1153617| |---|---| |Registered Office|Shirley Community Church| ||Green Lane| ||Shirley| ||Solihull| ||West Midlands| ||B90 1AA| |Trustees|Gheorghe Ciorna (resigned from 12thJanuary 2023)| ||Lesley Grundy| ||Jane Heyes| ||Jonathan Heyes (Chairperson)| ||David Patterson| |Chairperson|Jonathan Heyes| |Treasurer|Jonathan Heyes| ||16 Skelcher Road| ||Shirley| ||Solihull| ||West Midlands| ||B90 2EZ| 3 ## **Shirley Community Church Trustees Report For The Year Ended 5[th] April 2023** The Trustees present their report and the financial statement for the year ended 5[th] April 2023. The trustees who served during this time and the current trustees are shown on page 3. ## **Structure, Governance And Management** The Trustees delegate the day-to-day business matters of the Church to the Leadership Team. The Leadership Team consists of all Trustees plus Mr Stephen Williams and the Youth & Community Pastor Kijung Kim. Some of the practical matters are delegated to subgroups (e.g., Deacons). The Trustees present their report along with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 5[th] April 2023. Statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting practices set out on page 5 and comply with the charity’s applicable law. Shirley Community Church is constituted under a trust dated 12[th] December 2012 and is a registered charity, number 1153617. Its address for meeting and administration purposes is Shirley Community Church, Green Lane, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands B90 1AA. ## **Objectives And Activities** The objectives of the Church are for the public benefit to advance the Christian faith in Shirley, Solihull and in such other parts of the United Kingdom and the world as the Leadership Team may from time to time think fit. ## **Activities And Performance** The reporting year began with all Church activities fully active again following the lifting of all Covid-19 restrictions. The Sunday morning meeting continued to see growth in numbers of people attending and included various ethnic groups. This included people from Iran, eastern Europe and some Hong Kong families who have relocated to the UK. The prayer meeting continues to meet every Tuesday evening in the Church building. During the week small groups meet in various homes as well as a group meeting every other Saturday in the Church building. During the week the Coffee Morning continued to meet on a Monday morning. Numbers attending have remained stable. The Coffee Morning was noted by the local council as being a “warm space”, that is a public and open place for people to attend where it was warm. Little Lambs, the mothers and toddlers’ group, continued to meet every Wednesday morning during term time. The series of quarterly breakfasts for both men and women continued as well and were provided free of charge to the local community. In July 2022 there was a subsidised community day trip to Weston-Super-Mare. Three quarters of the group were not regular church attenders. The Youth Group meeting met monthly on a Friday evening. The outside groups that used the church building all continued to meet. The Brownies group meet on a Monday evening during term time. The Art Group meet twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday during term time. The building frequently hosted a team from Good News for Everyone! (formerly GideonsUK). In July 2022 the Birmingham Chinese Evangelical Church (BCEC) started to use the Church for a Cantonese meeting every Sunday afternoon. There were some practical issues to overcome, most notably the transition from the Church’s Sunday morning meeting to the BCEC meeting but these were soon resolved. BCEC met every Sunday afternoon with the exception of a weekend in October when they celebrated their 30[th] anniversary. On Christmas Day 2022 they held their usual meeting and then organised a social event for their attendees until 9.00 pm in the evening. 4 In August a major capital project was undertaken and the Minor Hall in the Church had a new laminated floor laid. In the autumn of 2022 the Church once again sponsored a Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) visa for Kijung Kim. Although the visa was granted in December 2022, there were concerns about the quantity of work available to justify the position of Youth & Community Pastor and so in January 2023 notification of possible redundancy was issued. This was still a possibility at the end of the reporting year. In February 2023 the cleaner resigned from their position. In March 2023 Gheorghe Ciorna resigned as Senior Minister of the Church. The reporting year ended with the Church having only one employee and being without a minister. The generous giving of members means that the support of activities and projects has continued, and the Senior Minister’s and Youth & Community Pastor’s roles resourced. Overseas links were maintained with support going to Platform 67, Project Wingi in Tanzania and feeding centres in Moldova. ## **Financial review (to be completed)** The accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments basis. The Charity is principally funded by gifts and offerings from those attending the church. This income is either through receipts direct to the bank account, or in the weekly offering taken up during the Sunday Service. Additional income is received from the use of the church premises for meetings. There is also a residential property owned by the Church, which is let to a tenant, which generates further income. The largest cost to the Charity is that of employment. There is one employee at the end of the reporting period, the Youth & Community Pastor. The Charity has a policy of supporting other Christian charities and makes gifts in the support of this aim. ## **Statement of Trustees Responsibilities** The trustees acknowledge their responsibility for preparing the Trustees' Annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Law) applicable to charities in England and Wales. This requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that year. In preparing these financial statements the trustees are required to: - Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently, - Observe the methods and principals in the Charities SORP, - Make Judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, - State whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and, - Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to do so and presumes that the charity will continue in operation. 5 The trustees are ￿spOnSIble for keeping proper accounting records which disclose wilh reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993 and the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008_ They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud. On behalf of the board Jonathan Heyes Chairperson 10° January 2024 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of SHIRLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH On accounts for the year ended 5° APRIL 2023 Charity no (if any) 1153617 Set out on pages 8t010 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {"the Trust") for the year ended 0510412023. Responsibilities and As the charity trustee5 of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance wrth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Act"). I report in resped of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charrty Commission under section 145(5llbl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no matenal matters have come to my attention {other Ihan that disclosed below "l in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's ststement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection wrth the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: c_- Name: 14•Zfi-J Relevant professional I qualificationls) or body lif any}: Address: okn 14 2KJ Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity Name No (if any)
Shirley Community Church 1153617
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 06/04/2022 05/04/2023
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations - gifts and offerings 56,037 56,037 48,090
Rental Income 8,525 8,525 10,075
Hire of Premises 5,189 5,189 1,187
Gift Aid received 6,468 6,468 -
Interest Received 23 23 2
Gifts Received 8,295 8,295 9,000
-
-
Sub total (Gross income for
84,537 - - 84,537 68,354
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 84,537 - - 84,537 68,354
A3 Payments
Employment costs 40,277 40,277 38,374
Utility costs 3,407 3,407 1,703
Administration costs 8,730 8,730 7,177
Repairs and Maintenance 13,110 13,110 6,874
Bank Charges - -
Donations 11,778 11,778 16,600
Legal Costs - -
-
-
Sub total [ 77,302 ] - - 77,302 70,728
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 77,302 - - 77,302 70,728
Net of receipts/(payments) 7,235 - - 7,235 - 2,374
A5 Transfers between funds - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 26,438 - 26,438 28,812
Cash funds this year end 33,673 - - 33,673 26,438
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CCXX R9 accounts (SS) 09/01/2024 9 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
Lloyds Bank Current Account
Lloyds Bank Deposit Account
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Church Land and Buildings
Residential Property adjoining Church|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**19,401**
**-**
**14,272**
**33,673**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Lloyds Bank Current
Account
**-**
Lloyds Bank Current
Account
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**700,000**
**200,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval| CCXX R10 accounts (SS) 09/01/2024 10 ## Shirley Community Church ## Receipts and Payments **----- Start of picture text -----**
Total 2019/20 Total 2020/21 Total 2021/22 2022/23 Total 2022/23
£ £ £ £
Receipts
Donations 26,063 30,980 48,090 56,037
Gifts received 8,250 9,850 9,000 8,295
Gift Aid recovered 6,108 6,033 6,468
Rental Income from Church House 4,003 7,147 10,075 8,525
Use of church Premises 4,039 0 1,187 5,189
Interest Received from Bank 6 3 2 23
48,469 54,013 68,354 84,537
Payments
Employment Costs 13,202 35,289 38,373 40,277
Utility 2,647 2,420 1,703 3,407
Gas 1,891
Electricity 996
Communications 520
Administration 7,210 5,081 7,177 8,730
Sunday School 413
Coffee Morning/Toddlers 575
Church Meetings and Events 262
Promotion Materials incl banners 692
Music License 306
Safeguarding 157
Insurance 1,526
Equipment 123
IT & Stationery 1,333
Other Consumables 1,487
Letting Agents Fees 818
Miscellaneous 533
Cleaning 505
Building 13,699 734 6,874 13,110
Repairs and Maintenance 6,397
Church house 6,714
Gifts and Donations 9,945 2,896 16,600 11,778
Bank Charges 0 15 0 0
Legal Costs 0 0 0 0
46,703 46,435 70,727 77,303
Bank Balances
Current Accounts 9,993 12,565 10,190 19,401
Deposit Accounts 11,244 16,247 16,248 14,272
21,237 28,812 28,812 33,672
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