2023-03-31-accounts - St Michael's Community Church

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Charity Number: 1154111

St Michael’s Community Church Financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023

Page Contents

2 – 3 Trustees’ annual report
4 Independent examiner’s report
5 Receipts & payments account
6 Statement of assets & liabilities
7 Notes to the accounts

St Michael’s Community Church Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 31 March 2023

Full name St Michael’s Community Church

Charity Number 1154111

Principal address Bucknall Old Road Northwood Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire ST1 2AL

Trustees

Hyacinth Salmon Leroy Martin until 20/11/2021 Joy Henry Yuko Greatrex (appointed 25/02/2023)

Bankers Barclays

Independent examiner Daryl Denson ACMA Employee of VAST The Dudson Centre Hope Street Hanley Stoke on Trent ST1 5DD

St Michael’s Community Church Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 31 March 2023

Objectives and activities

To advance the Christian religion for the benefit of the public in accordance with this statement of belief.

Providing a place of worship for all who wish to attend, provide facilities for religious education and training that would benefit the member and non-member of the Church and the wider community.

Engaging in missionary work and the training of workers, both men and women, to teach principles of the gospel, locally regionally and internationally. ministering to the sick visiting those in hospitals, prisons and other outreach work as listed in the articles of the constitution.

Encouraging and supporting pastoral work.

Developing training/workshops classes for children and young people.

Promoting the study of religious teaching, practises, and scriptures.

We provide weekly services for members of the community. We provide social support for the community e.g., helping families in need. Worked with local partners to support the community at Christmas Supported local families with hampers at Christmas and during the new year.

We provided community space to local groups.

Governance and management

The organisation is operated under the rules of its constitution most recently amended on 30 September 2018.

Public Benefit

The trustees of the Charity are aware of the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and have had regard to it in their administration of the Charity.

Summary of the main activities undertaken

Sunday services and other social activities are held in the building as well as on the Zoom platform. * Growing partnership and dialogue with community groups and other organisations in order to improve our services to the community.
Support families in need.
Organise regular visits for the sick in their homes, nursing homes and hospital.
Provide regular Sunday dinner for families and the elderly.
Provide various other services to the local community.

Trustees’ annual report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023

St Michael’s Community Church

Risks and risk management

We have policies in place for vulnerable persons.

Our volunteers are all DBS checked and we provide training and support for them.

Policies are in place to protect the assets of the charity.

The charity has built up a good networking system and works with other charities and community organisations.

The greatest risk is financial, but we do our best to fund raise in order to sustain the charity.

The organisation’s policy on reserves

The trustees maintain a reserve adequate for the sustainability of the charity.

Signed on behalf of the trustees:

26/01/202

Signed ______ Date _

Name _________

Position ________

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of St Michael’s Community Church for the year ended 31 March 2023

Responsibilities and basis of report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the St Michael’s Community Church for the year ended 31 March 2023.

As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect 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 Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent Examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention 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

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

30/01/2024

Signed ____ Date _______ Daryl Denson ACMA VAST

Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 March 2023

		2023	2022
		£	£
Receipts
Offerings, Tithes & Donations Gift Aid Grants Bank Interest Room Hire	1,280	9,338 3,000	31,386 -
			2,400
		9	-
		-
			250

St Michael’s Community Church

Total receipts Payments Telephone & Internet Electricity, Gas & Water Insurance Pastoral Expenses Repairs Donations Mortgage Payments Legal & Professional Fees Audio Equipment Food Hamper Room Hire Gifts Resources & Consumbles Bank Charges Other Expenses Total payments Net receipts/(payments) Cash funds at start of this period Cash funds at end of this period		43,627 1,207 4,566 1,371 3,000 822 1,305 23,082 362 - 3,232 - - - 38 1,165 40,150 3,477 10,737 14,214	34,036 1,037 2,429 1,215 3,000 1,145 1,892 15,082 360 4,734 2,400 261 27 317 - - 33,899 137 10,600 10,737

St Michael’s Community Church Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31 March 2023

at 31 March 2023
Cash assets Current account Deposit account Savings account Liabilities Creditors	2023 £ 2,232 2 ,389 9 ,593 14,214 378 378	2022 £ 7 89 5,433 4,515
		10,737 362

		362

These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the organisation by:

26/01/202 Signed ______ Date _ Name ______ Position ___________

St Michael’s Community Church

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023

1. Receipts & payments accounts

Receipts and payments accounts are statements that summarise the movement of cash into and out of the organisation during the financial year. In this context “cash” includes cash equivalents, for example, bank accounts where cash can be readily withdrawn to pay for debts as they become due.

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2. Creditors 2023 2022
Accountancy 378 362
378 362
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3. Trustees and related parties’ remuneration and expenses. No trustees received remuneration during the period.

The Pastor of the church was re-imbursed £3,000 of expenses in connection with their pastoral duties.

4. Reserves Policy £6,854 has been ring fenced to make sure that we have sufficient funds to honour financial commitments.