## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023** ## **Charity name: JIREH CHURCH WARRINGTON TRUST** ## **Charity registration number: 1155800** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the Christian faith for the benefit
of the public in accordance with the
statement of beliefs appearing in the
schedule and in such parts of the world as
the Trustees from time to time may think fit.
To relieve sickness or financial hardship or
to promote and preserve good health by the
provision of funds, goods or services of any
kind in such parts of the world as the
Trustees from time to time may think fit.
To promote and fulfil such other charitable
purposes beneficial to the community in the
local area and in such other parts of the UK
or the world as the trustees may from time-
to-time think fit.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|To advance the Christian faith we have the
following meetings and activities available to
the public:
1.
Morning worship and Communion
2.
Sunday School and Youth Groups
3.
Bible teaching
4.
Praise evenings
5.
Youth group
6.
Prayer times
7.
A Tots group
8.
Children’s activity group
9.
Ladies’ bible study
10.
Coffee morning
11.
Over 50’s group
12.
Family services
We support bible teachers who help us in
our church, some of whom attend local
schools to give bible teaching.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public|Para 1.18|Our activities are planned for the year and
the Trustees consider the Commission’s
guidance on public benefit including the
specific guidance on charities for the
advancement of religion.| benefit ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Gifts and donations to individuals and
organisations are made from offerings
received from those individuals attending the
church and from any tax repayments
received on Gift Aid.
A special collection is made once a month
and the recipients are decided upon at a
yearly meeting of the Trustees.
Other gifts and donations may be made at
the discretion of the Trustees.
All gifts and donations received for a
particular person, organisation or use are
passed on or used for that cause.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**n/a**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|All activity groups are led and assisted by
volunteers and the Trustees thank them for
their continuing efforts.| |Other||**None**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The following activities were undertaken:
Jireh Tots
Lighthouse sessions for
children of primary school age
Sunday School and Youth Group.
Family Services
Christmas Services
Outdoor Carol Services
Holiday Bible Club| Prayer meetings and Home Prayer Groups Worship and Communion services. Bible teaching services Sunday School and Tots sessions Charity coffee mornings Quiz nights. External displays were created to celebrate Remembrance Day and Christmas |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|There is a bank balance at the year-end of
approximately £ TBA. This has
decreased/increased by approximately £TBA
since 2022.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Our policy is to maintain a balance of
unrestricted funds of at least three months
unrestricted payments (where possible) and
reserves for any future major purchases.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£7500| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
The charity’s principal sources of funds are:
Donations from those attending the church
Gift Aid donations
Gift Aid tax repayments| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed dated 26thJanuary 2014 as
amended on 29 January 2017| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Trust**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Appointed by a resolution of the Trustees| ## **Additional information (optional)** ||**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||| ||
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51||| ||The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||| ||Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||| ||Other|||| ||**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||| ||
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51||| ||The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||| ||Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||| ||Other|||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Jireh Church Warrington Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Jireh Church| |Registered charity number|1155800| |Charity’s principal address|Lingley Road
Great Sankey
Warrington
Cheshire
WA5 3PG| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||A Duncan|Chair/Secretary||||| |||J Riley|Treasurer||||| |||A Bradley|||||| |||G Griffiths|||||| |||A Tracey|||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |||Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name**
**Dates acted if not for whole year**
**n/a**|||||| |||**Director name**|||||| |||**n/a**|||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |||**Trustee name**||**Dates acted if not for whole year**|||| |||**n/a**|||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** John Riley **Full name(s)** Alan John Duncan **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman/Secretary Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** March 2025 |**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|| |---|---|---| |**Jireh Church Warrington Trust**|**1155800**|| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||**CC16a**| |**01/01/2023**
**For the period**
**from**
Period start date|Period end date
**31/12/2023**
**To**|| |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Weeklyofferings|**3,862**|






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|**2,586**| |Gift Aid offerings|**17,922**||**240**||**-**||**18,162**||**18,652**| |HMRC repayment on receipts|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**4,239**| |Restricted monthlyofferings|**-**||**3,712**||**-**||**3,712**||**1,602**| |Donations|**16,867**||**-**||**-**||**16,867**||**1,470**| |Other receipts|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**38,651**||**3,952**||**-**||**42,603**||**28,550**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**28,550**| ||||||||||| |Speaker's expenses/Gifts/Missionary etc.|**14,601**||**-**||**-**||**14,601**||**15,724**| |BuildingFund - Jireh Trust|**4,000**||**-**||**-**||**4,000**||**4,000**| |Books / Courses|**282**||**-**||**-**||**282**||**418**| |Printing|**1,090**||**-**||**-**||**1,090**||**1,121**| |SundaySchool/Youth Groups|**668**||**-**||**-**||**668**||**144**| |Catering, kitchen and cleaning supplies|**686**||**-**||**-**||**686**||**625**| |Services - Gas, Electricity, Water and
Telephone|**4,361**||**-**||**-**||**4,361**||**3,588**| |Buildingmaintenance and fittings etc.|**23,930**||**-**||**-**||**23,930**||**1,020**| |Other|**2,858**||**-**||**-**||**2,858**||**1,377**| |**_Sub total_**|**52,478**||**-**||**-**||**52,478**||**28,017**| ||**-**
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**52,478**
**- 13,827**
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**22,871**
**9,044**||**-**
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**3,952**
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**3,952**||**-**
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**52,478**
**- 9,875**
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**22,871**
**12,996**||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**28,017**| ||||||||||| ||**- 13,827**||**3,952**||**-**||**- 9,875**||**534**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**22,871**||**-**||**-**||**22,871**||**22,337**| ||**9,044**||**3,952**||**-**||**12,996**||**22,871**| **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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|Signature
Cheque in transit
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**Details**
HMRC repayment due P1 2023
HMRC repayment due P2 2023
HMRC repayment due P3 2023
HMRC repayment due P4 2023
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**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**9,044**
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**9,044**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**1,545**
**1,257**
**1,354**
**1,498**
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