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2023-03-31-accounts

Manor Park Evangelical Church

Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023

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Managing Trustees’ annual report 1 - 4
Receipts and payments accounts 5
Notes to the accounts 6
Independent Examiner’s report 7 - 8

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Manor Park Evangelical Church Report of the Managing Trustees For the Year ended 31 March 2023

The Managing Trustees present their report together with the financial statements of the Charity for the year ended 31 March 2023

1. Legal and administrative information

Church address

C/o 2 Vernon Park Road Worcester WR2 4NF

Governing documents

Church Constitution (November 2009) revised in May 2013. The Church was registered with the Charity Commission on 5 December 2013, registered Charity number 1154885. The Church is affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC, registered Charity number 263354).

Managing Trustees

Roy Summers – Pastor, salaried Steve Mitchell – Elder (Chair) Mike Wilson – Elder (Treasurer) Brendan Scanlon – Elder John Coleman – Elder

Independent Examiner

Ian Jarvis (FCS MBA) Vertis Accounting Limited, Independence House, 16 Queen Street, Worcester, WR1 2PL

Principal Banker

Barclays Bank Plc 54 High Street Worcester WR1 2QQ

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2. Structure, Governance and Management

Trustees and membership

The government of the Church is vested in a body of Elders (including Pastors) who are the Managing Trustees of the Charity and who are appointed by a two-thirds majority vote in a Church Members Meeting. Unsalaried Elders serve for three years and then are eligible for re-election, which is by a two-thirds majority vote in a Church Members Meeting.

Membership of the Church shall be open to such persons who profess the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faith and have satisfied such other requirements as have been specified in the Church Rules.

The Elders meet on a regular basis to consider their spiritual oversight of the Church and their other responsibilities as trustees. When new Managing Trustees are appointed, they are provided with the information about the role of trustees and Charity law.

Remuneration of Managing Trustees

The Church Constitution makes provision for certain Elders to be remunerated: (Paragraph 10) “ The Minister, any assistant Minister(s) and a church administrator of the Church appointed in accordance with the Church Rules may receive reasonable compensation for carrying out their duties as office holders and/or employees notwithstanding that they are or may be Managing Trustees of the Church.”

All Managing Trustees may receive reimbursement for reasonable and proper expenses incurred in carrying out their duties.

Responsibilities of Managing Trustees

Charity law requires the Managing Trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity. In preparing these accounts, they are required to: -

The Managing Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Acts. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The Managing Trustees confirm that the accounts comply with the current statutory requirements.

Risk management

The Managing Trustees have identified and considered the major risks to which the Charity is exposed. They have put in place procedures to manage these risks and these include a robust child protection policy.

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3. Objectives and Activities

The objects of the Charity are the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with its Basis of Faith primarily but not exclusively within Worcester and the surrounding neighbourhood and such other charitable activities as shall, in the opinion of the Managing Trustees further the work of the Church.

The Managing Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance in considering our aims and activities during the year.

The Charity’s key aims are the adding of new believers, engaging with the local community to present the claims of Jesus Christ and the building up of existing believers. These are delivered and supported by a wide range of activities run by the Church and are detailed on our website.

Regular worship services are held each Sunday where preaching and teaching of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ takes place alongside worship, prayer and testimony. These services are fully open to the public and various ways of publicising these services takes place. Regular and systematic ministry of God’s Word is undertaken, not only in Sunday services but also through home groups that meet weekly, various discipleship groups and youth events. These activities are held with the hope and expectation that new believers will come to a personal and living faith in Jesus Christ and that those who already believe will be built up and discipled. God-given gifts are encouraged to be put to use in serving God and one another, both in practical and spiritual ways. The Church strongly believes in planting new churches in other areas, as the Lord adds to the number of believers.

Various outreach activities are also undertaken to serve the wider community by way of children’s and youth groups, engaging with internationals, student support, production of a discipleship magazine, various outreach missions from time to time and providing support for those in need in numerous ways.

4. Review of the year

Manor Park Church continued to be based at Dines Green Primary School, led by a team of Elders and Deacons ending the year with a formal membership of just over 70 and a Sunday morning congregation of around 120.

This work was led by two full time Pastors, Roy Summers (Lead Pastor) and Peter Oram (Trainee Pastor, appointed 1[st] May 2022) who carried out the main work of running services, preaching and teaching, ministry to the congregation and engagement with the local community.

On 1st January 2023 we also appointed our part time paid intern Nathan Gray to become a full time second Trainee Pastor to support specific ministries of the church such as music, youth and student outreach.

Our Church Administrator Russ Young (originally appointed in May 2017) continued through the year to assist the Pastor and Trustees with administration jobs on a part time basis.

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Outreach activities continued to be a key focus for the church. We ran a Holiday Bible Club in the summer holidays for the local children, to supplement our weekly outreach to children in the form of Explorers (primary age children) and Trailblazers (secondary age) as well as our Sunday evening meetings for church-based youth. Various other activities were also run through the year, with quizzes, Christianity Explored courses and guest services. A new weekly ministry to the elderly was started, based at a neighbouring residential home.

5. Financial review

The general fund income for the year of £153,180, including a training grant of £24,000 from the Federation of Independent Evangelical Churches, was sufficient to cover the general fund expenditure of £138,771 leaving a surplus of £14,409. The total cash balances at the yearend were £90,553.

Monthly income was steadily maintained through into 2023 but because of employing a second Trainee Pastor a decrease in cash balance of £39,000 is forecast for the coming year to be. A specific decision was made to use some of our cash reserves for this purpose, and we have also applied for another training grant.

6. Policy for distributing gifts

The Managing Trustees have a policy that a sum of 10% of income received (~£13,000) is budgeted for missionary support and other charitable giving. The decisions as to which individuals and organisations are to be supported by this sum require the approval of the Managing Trustees and this is reviewed regularly.

7. Plans for future periods

The Elders will continue to seek God’s plans for the future development of the Church and intend to continue to remain true to Scripture and its teachings in any future work that is undertaken.

8. Independent Examiner

The Managing Trustees have voted to appoint Ian Jarvis, Vertis Accounting Limited, as our independent examiner for 2022/23

This report was approved by the Managing Trustees on xxx and signed on their behalf by:

Mike Wilson, Trustee

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Manor Park Evangelical Church Manor Park Evangelical Church Manor Park Evangelical Church Manor Park Evangelical Church
Receipts and Payments Accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2023
General
Note Fund
2021/22 2022/23
£ £
Receipts:
18,167 Offerings 27,872
81,873 Offerings subject to Gift Aid 78,236
20,347 Tax recovered under Gift Aid 19,723
120,387 Total offerings 2 125,831
- FIEC grant -
4,421 Church Activities 3,187
439 Sundry income 24,011
16 Interest receivable 151
125,263 Total receipts 153,180
Payments:
4,851 Rent 6,920
5,108 Equipment & setting up 9,850
629 Catering 551
909 Outreach 864
519 Young church 649
172 Explorers & 3D 631
558 Youth work 133
Students 612
- Holiday Bible Club 498
29 Seniors 321
526 Website 279
80,896 Payroll 97,838
129 Bank charges 155
1,845 FIEC affiliation fee 1,980
55 Ministry (internal) and training 1,960
80 Speakers'expenses 160
3,626 Church Activities 3,930
309 Welfare -
1,028 Administrative costs 1,182
1,290 Licences, legal and professional 1,132
260 Independent examiner's fee 120
510 Insurance costs 516
11,565 Gifts made 3 & 2 8,490
114,894 Totalpayments 138,771
10,369 Excess of receipts over payments 4 14,409
65,775 Cash funds at beginning of year 76,144
76,144 Cash funds atend ofyear 5 90,553
Barclays Deposit 16354
Barclays Current 45413
CAF Deposit 28786
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Notes to the Receipts and Payments Accounts
for theyear ended 31 March 2023
**1 ** Accounting Policies

The Accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments basis.
2022/23 2021/22
**2 ** Gifts made (from general fund) £ £

Operation Mobilisation		 1,200 1,200
Morning Star 1,300 1,300
Gaines - 2,000
Open Doors - 500
Barnabas Fund 63
Birmingham City Mission 62
Slavic Gospel Association 250 250
UFM - 250
Cedar Tree Trust 250 250
OMF - 250
Worcester University CU - 250
Gilgal High School 1,000 -
Individuals (3) (2022: 3) 4,490 5,190
Total 8,490 11,565
**3 ** Movement in cash balances 01-Apr-22 Increase 31-Mar-23
£ £ £
Bank deposit account 16,319 35 16,354
CAF 90 Day Deposit A/c 2 28,670 116 28,786
Bank current account 31,155 14,258 45,413
Total cash 76,144 14,409 90,553
**4 ** Movement in funds
General
Fund
£
At 1 April 2022 76,144
Income 153,180
Expenditure (138,771)
At 31 March 2023 90,553 Page 6

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