2022-08-31-accounts - Hope Church Bedlington

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N	ames	ofthe ch	arity trust	ees who manage	the charity	the charity
		Trustee	name	Office {ifany)	Dates acted if not for whole year Name ofperson {orbody) entitled to appoint trustee {if an
		Sally Rose-Marie		Chairperson
		Poxon
		Dennis	Beverley	Secretary
		Clive Fancett
		Gordon	Frederick	Treasurer	Resigned as Trustee on
		Brown			31/8/22, continues as
					Treasurer
		Adrian	Mills
		Gibbins
		Names	ofthe trustees forthe charity, ifany, (for example, any custodian trustees)
		Name			Dates acted ifnot for whole ear
Names		and addresses ofadvisers (Optional			information)
T	eof	adviser	Name		Address
Legal			Roger	Snowdon	MacLachlan Solicitors, Blackmore Vale House Newbu, Gillin ham, Dorset SP84QJ
Independent Examiner			David Fielding		DCM Business Services, 19Station Street, Bedlington Station, Northumberland, NE22 7JN
Legal			Richard Walker		Haighs Solicitors inc Stanley Hays, 124 Huddersfield Mirfield, WF14 8AB	Road,
Name ofchief executive or names ofsenior					staff members (Optional information)

Description ofthe charity's tru	sts
Type of governing document	CIO Constitution dated 21"December 2014
How the charity is constituted	CIO
Trustee selection methods	Additional trustees may be appointed fora term of up to 5years by resolution ofthe existing trustees, subject to the nominated trustee signing
	a declaration ofwillingness to act as a Trustee and a statement agreeing
	to uphold the doctrines set out in the Basis of Faith produced by The
	Evan elical Alliance.
Additional governance issues	{Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where	The CIO has in place a written procedure forthe appointment of new Trustees
relevant, about:	Hope Church is part ofthe Catalyst Network family ofchurches. It is also a
~ policies and procedures	member ofthe Evangelical Alliances and the Churches Child Protection
adopted forthe induction and	Advisory Service (Thirtyone:eight)
training oftrustees;
~ the charity's organisational structure and any wider	Hope Church enjoys a strong relationship with The Catalyst Network of Churches, particularly Mosaic Church Leeds, which leads our local
network with which the charity	partnership.
works;
~ relationship with any related parties;	The major risk isthat an unexpected fall in monthly donations to the Church leaves it unable to meet its outgoings. As the CIO does not at this time own assets, most of its outgoings can be reduced quickly. The
	exceptions are the employment ofa church leader and rental and utility
~ trustees' consideration of	bills for the Community Help Hub premises (although the CIO has
major risks and the system	negotiated a 3-month notice period on the premises to mitigate the latter
and procedures to manage	risk). These are the potential vulnerable areas forthe CIO.
them.
	1) To advance Christianity in Northumberland and elsewhere, by any
	means or medium that is or may become available, in accordance with
	the Statement of Doctrine set out in the Schedule
Summary ofthe objects ofthe charity set out in its governing document	2)To relieve poverty and/or provide care forthose who are in need because ofsickness, age, distress orsome other reason.
	3)To advance education both general and vocational for children or
	adults but always within the principles ofthe Christian faith
Summary ofthe main activities undertaken forthe public benefit in relation to these objects {include within	1)The Church holds Sunday services which are open to members ofthe public and profiled in our publicity material. Three different "Kids Church" groups are also held during the Sunday services, offering games and Christian teaching to children aged 1 to 18years old.
this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard tothe guidance issued by the Charity	2)The Church continues to run weekly small group meetings which offer those attending the opportunity for support, furthering their faith and prayer.
Commission on public benefit)	3)The Church worked with local school Bedlington Academy to provide some oftheir Christian curriculum.
AR	April 2009

Additiona	Additiona	l details ofobjectives	l details ofobjectives	l details ofobjectives	l details ofobjectives	and activities (Optional information)
You may		choose to include				The primary objective ofthe CIO is not specifically grant-making and no specific policy exists. Individual requests are considered by the Church
further statements, where						leaders based on their merit and their fit with the Church values as set
relevant,		about:				out in the Schedule tothe Trust Deed
~	policy	on grantmaking;				The CIO recognises the significant contribution made by volunteers in
						pursuing its objectives.
~	policy	programme			related
	investment.		;
~	contribution			made by
	volunteers.
	~	I				0 ~ ~
Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe during the year					charity	The Church had been meeting online during the Covid pandemic but returned to physical Sunday meetings from 5th September 2021, initially with hybrid physical and on-line meetings. Sunday meetings continue to attract new people to the Church
						Mid-week groups for church members orthose interested in joining The
						Church are on-going.
						In the Christmas period the Church Members carried out "acts of
						kindness" during which many activities were carried out to contribute to
						the local and global community (e.g. litter picking, donating to local food
						bank).
						The CIO continued to employ a full-time leader.
						The Church supports a local children's football club by running atuck
						shop during the training.
						The Church financially supports and its members practically support the charity 'R21' which works with families who have suffered from domestic
						abuse.
						The Church provided a prayer space as a place for people to pray and
						mediate.
						The CIO aims to hold on reserve sufficient funds to meet anticipated
Briefstatement				ofthe		expenditure over the following 3-month period. At this stage in the CIO's
charity's		policy		on reserves		development, to do anything more than this is unrealistic, though the
						Trustees are aware the CIO has a 3-month term commitment on the
						lease ofthe Community Help Hub premises.
						A building fund exists, and the associated funds are reserved forthe
						purpose ofestablishing premises.
Details ofany			funds materially
in deficit
TAR						April 2009

You may choose to additional information,	You may choose to additional information,	include where	The who	majority support	majority support	ofthe church the objectives	income comes from donations ofthe CIO.	income comes from donations ofthe CIO.	income comes from donations ofthe CIO.	income comes from donations ofthe CIO.	from individuals	from individuals
relevant about: ~ the charity's principal sources offunds (including any fundraising);			The CIO does not currently have surplus funds to invest on a very term basis and requires access to its money. The Trustees have therefore determined that any surplus funds should not be invested placed in an immediate or short-term notice deposit account.									long- but
~	how expenditure has
	supported the key	objectives
	ofthe charity;
~	investment policy and
	objectives including	any
	ethical investment	policy
	adopted.
	A ~		~	-	~ ~	~	0	~	~
			~ a			~
The trustees declare		that they have approved				the trustees'	report above.
Signed on behalf ofthe charity's trustees
		Signature(s)
		Full name(s)		Sally		Rose-Marie Poxon			Dennis		Fancett
Position (eg Secretary, Chair,			etc)			Chairperson				Secretary
			Date			Qc&4~	~pZ

D CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALE5	D CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALE5	D CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALE5		Hope Church Bedlington Forthe period from Receipts	Hope Church Bedlington Forthe period from Receipts	Hope Church Bedlington Forthe period from Receipts	To 01/09/2021 and payments	To 01/09/2021 and payments	To 01/09/2021 and payments	1153786 31/08/2022 accounts	1153786 31/08/2022 accounts	CC&sa
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				Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds			Endowment funds	Total	funds	Last year
				tothe nearest		tothe nearest 6			tothe nearest 6	tothe nearest 6		tothe nearest 6
A1 Receipts
Donations from members Donations fiom special g'rlt days Gift Aid Tax refund Funding received					43,427 17,609 20,234		22,594 5,115				86,021 22,724 20,234	61,636 13,832
Bank interest Other income					127			1,127			1,163 127	552
Sub total (Gmss income forAR)					81,433						110,269	77,373
A2 Asset and investment	sales,
(seetable).
	Sub	total
Total receipts					81,433		28,836				110,289	77,373
A3 Payments
Slalf remuneration Evagelism &Alpha Overseas Ministry 8 Support Travel &subsistence					33,915 2,425 1,000 319						33,915 2,425 1,000 319	33,496 1,974 3,500 117
Childrens' &Young People work exps												169
Conferences 8 training
Venue hire					7,2'l3						7,213	963
Community Hep Hub Housing Proiect/Debt Advice					8,785 4,500			5,183			8,785 9,683	8,438 817
Gifts &donations Church weekendlCatalyst Festival exps					4,464						4,464	8,616
Professional services Admin & support expenses					10,216							1,924 1,553
	Sub	total			74,373			5,183			79,556	61,993
A4Asset and investment
purchases, (seetable)
	Sub	total
Total payments					74,3T3		5,'i83
Net ofreceiptsf(paymenfs)					T,060						30,713	15,380
A5 Transfers between funds
A5 Cash funds last year	end				55,186		'l62,126			217,312		201,932
Cash funds this	year	end			62,248		'i85,779			248,025		217,312

					s	~ ~		~ ~	e	~ ~
							Unrestricted			Restricted	Endowment
	Categories		Details					funds		funds	funds
							to	nearest K		to nearest 6	to nearest K
81Cash funds			Barctays Current		Account			11„264		26,709
			Mrgin Money Deposit Account					50,962
			Cambridge 8 Counties 95-Day Notice Savings Account							79,469
			Hampshire Account	Trust	120-Day Notice Savings					79,601
						Total cash ftrnds		62,246		185,779
			(egree	balances		with receipts and payments
						account(s))
							Unrestricted			Restricted	Endowment
								funds		funtls	funds
			Details				to	nearest 6		to nearest 6	to nearest 6
82Other monetary assets
			Details				Fund towhich asset belon		Cost (optional)		Current value o tional
83Investment		assets
			Detaiis				Fund towhich asset belon		Cost (optional)		Current value o onal
84Assets	retained for the
charity's own use
							Fund towhich			Amount due	When due
			Details				liabil	relates		o tional	o ona
85Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf ofall the trustees				Signature				Print Name			Date of a roval
CCXXR2	accounts (SS)										03/11/2022