## ## |Summary|ofthe|ofthe||Para 1.17|The Objects ofthe Church are, for the public| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |purposes
as set'out|ofthe
in its||charity||benefit:
1.Toworship God and to advance the| |governing|document||||Christian
faith in accordance with the| ||||||Statement ofBeliefs in such ways and in such| ||||||parts ofthe United Kingdom orthe world as the| ||||||Council from time totime may think fit; and
2.To relieve sickness and financial hardship| ||||||and to promote and preserve good health by| ||||||the provision offunds, goods orservices ofany| ||||||kind, including
through the provision of| ||||||counselling
and support
in such parts ofthe| ||||||United Kingdom orthe world as the Council| ||||||from time totime may think fit.| |Summary|ofthe||main|Para 1.17and 1.48|These objects are achieved by:| |activities|in relation to||||Holding
public services ofworship on Sundays| |those purposes|||forthe||to which members ofthe public have an open| |public benefit,||in|||invitation to attend. Often, at the end ofthe| |particular,|the activities,||||aces, prayer or counselling
is available to| |projects ofsefvces|||||those who would like it.| |identified|in the||||Ouring the Sunday
morning
service separate| |accounts.|||||activities are hekl for children and young| ||||||people up tothe age of16which provide| ||||||Christian teaching appropriate
totheir age.| ||||||Ouring periods ofCOVlD restrictions,
due| ||||||consideration
was given to safety including| ||||||social distanced
seating, the availability
offace| ||||||masks and the doors and windows were kept| ||||||open. Services ofworship were livestreamed| ||||||and posted on our publicly accessible YouTube| ||||||channel.| ||||||Mid-week clubs were held on Monday,| ||||||Wednesday 8 Thursday
for children and young| ||||||people.
These activities are open any who are| ||||||ofthe appropriate
age. AToddlers group is| ||||||held on aThursday
morning
for children
with| ||||||an adult family member or carer. This is ied by| ||||||members
ofthe staff team and is open to| ||||||an onewitha
un
child.| |||||There are a number ofsmall groups that meet| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||regularly to study the Bible together and to| |||||encourage
one another
in the Christian
faith.| |||||Acafe is held every Monday morning
with free| |||||refreshments.
Adults who have left a child at| |||||the local primary school come fora coffee| |||||before returning
home and later in the morning
around 20older adults from the local| |||||community
regularly
attend.| |||||The Church supports a number ofChristian| |||||mission agencies and missionaries,
and also| |||||supports
relief agencies such asthe charities| |||||Stand by Me and Tear Fund.| |||||An outdoor carol service was held with the| |||||other churches ofthe village to which other| |||||members
ofthe community
came.| |Statement|confirming||Rara 1.18|The Church Council has acted according to,| |whether the trustees||||and in line with, the Charity Commission's| |have had|regard tothe|||guidance
on public benefit (including the| |guidance|issued by the|||specific guidance on charities forthe| |Charity Commission||on||advancement
ofreligion)
in planning
the future| |ublic benefit||||activities ofthe church.| ## |Policy on|grant making|grant making|| |---|---|---|---| |Policy on|social investment||| |including|program|related|| |investment|||| ||||Para 1.3S| |Contribution
made||by|| |volunteers|||| ## ||We sought to offer practical,|emotional|emotional|and| |---|---|---|---|---| ||spiritual
support to anyone,|regardless||of| ||affiliation to church, who needed||it.|| |Summary
ofthe main|At activities such asthe cafe and||Toddlers,|| |achievements
ofthe charity,|conversational
support has|been|provided|| |identif'ying
the dimsrence the|fora range ofneeds.|||| |charity's work has made to|Donations tothe various mission||and|| |the circumstances
ofits
beneficiaries
and any hler|development
organisations
were maintained
throughout|we support
the period.||| |benefits to society asa||||| |whole.||||| |Achievements
against|Para 1.41| |---|---| |objectives set|| |Performance
offundraising
activities against objectives|Pars 1.41| |set|| |Investment
performance|| |against objectives|| ## |Financial Review|Financial Review|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Review ofthe charity's||||As detailed
in the charity*s annual R8P||| |financial position at the end
ofthe
' d||||accounts showing a balance off39,856.||| |Statement|explaining the||Pars 1.22|Itisthe policy ofthe charity to maintain||| |policy for|holding reserves|||unrestricted
funds, which are the free||| |stating why they are held||||reserves ofthe charity, at a level that||| |||||provides
sufficient funds that enable the||| |||||charity to achieve its objectives and||| |||||commitments.
The treasurer
provides a||| |||||financial statement to the trustees at least||| |||||every 3months.
Ifrequired the trustees and||| |||||members take measures toaddress any||| |||||specific funding
requirements
or negative||| |||||income trend in longer term funding.||| |Amount ofreserves held|||Pars 1.22|As at 1"
ril 2023f36 132||| |Reasons|for holding zero||Pars 1.22|||| |reserves||||||| |Details offund materially||in||||| |deficit||||||| |Explanation ofany|||Pars 1.23|In Februaiy 2023,the trustees ofNEF were||| |uncertainties
about the||||confronted
with a major expenditure
of||| |charity continuing as a going||||cR11,000at its manse; Ravenscar,
Moor||| |||||Lane, Waverton.||| |||||This cost reduced our free cash from||| |||||R45,000to cR33,000at the time ofthe||| |||||general church meeting was held on 29||| |||||March 2023.At that meeting
itwas not||| |||||possible to vote through a budget forthe||| |||||year 23/24 because
it would have resulted||in| |||||the church exhausting
its liquid assets by|the|| |||||end ofthe financial year 23/24. Itwas||| |||||agreed that the trustees would return tothe||| |||||church atthe June AGM with a resolution|to|| |||||the ongoing deficit.||| |||||Following
much prayer and||| |||||consideration
ofcost reduction options, the||| |||||pastor ofthe church offered totake voluntary||| |||||redundancy.
Aperiod ofdiscussion
and||| |||||consultation
ensued and appropriate
terms||| |||||were agreed. This resulted
in a reduction|of|| |||||annual expenditure
by the church which,|in|| |||||addition to increased
giving, amounted
to||| |||||cf'.44,000rebalancing
ofincome over||| |||||expenditure.
As at end ofend October, our cash||| |||||balance will sit at cR14,000.Based on our||| |||||budgeted
income and expenditure
between||| |||||now and the financial year end this balance||| |||||should increase to cR18,000, barring any||| |||||unforeseen
events.||| |||||In setting the 2024/5 budget, the||| |||||church
will be proceeding
without the||| |||||appointment
ofa new pastor, which means||| |||||that these employment
costs will be||| |||||excluded. Thus, barring unforeseen
events,||| |||||the churches finances
will run in su
lus for||| |the next Snancial year. In addition,
it isthe| |---| |intention ofthe trustees to rent the| |Ravenscar property when
it becomes| |available,
and no later than April 2024. This| |would
likely generate
income ofcR15,000| |p.a.| |Additionally,
,REFhas now received| |confirmation
that it isacobeneficiary ofa| |legacy fiom the relative ofa former member| |tothe value ofcR39,000.The estate ofthis| |benefactor is currently
being executed.| |Over the next 12months,
given a| |prudent
budget, income from property
rental| |and the legacy payment,
it is likely that our
cash balance
wiN be in the region ofR50-| |R70,000.Some ongoing maintenance
and| |remedial work wI be carried out on the| |church property
in the meantime.
Inthe| |coming months
it isthe intention ofthe| |trustees to re-set our reserves policy forthe| |future.| |On the basis ofthe above information,| |the trustees have no hesitation
in confirming| |that Waverton
Evangelical
Fellowship
isa| |I
concern.| |The charity's
principal| |---| |sources offunds (including| |any fundraising)| |Investment
policy and| |objectives including
any| |social irwestment
policy| |adopted| |A description ofthe principal| |risks facing the charity| ## |Description ofcharity's|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:|||||||||| |Type ofgoverning
document||||Written constitution|||||| |rust deed
ro ai charter|||||||||| |How is the charity||||CIO|||||| |constituted?|||||||||| |(e.Q unincorporated|||||||||| |assoaatron.
ClO|||||||||| |Trustee selection methods||||By nomination|from 2members||||and voted| |including
details ofany||||upon atthe AGM (or||other|general meeting).||| |constitutional
provisions|e.g.||||||||| |electice to post or name|of||||||||| |any person or body entitled|||||||||| |to appoint one or more|||||||||| |trustees|||||||||| |Additional
information|(optional)||||||||| |You ma
choose to include||further statements||where relevant|about||||| |||||New trustees|are provided||with||all the| |||||relevant Charity Commission||||documentation|| |Policies and procedures
adopted forthe induction||and|Para 1.51||||||| |training oftrustees|||||||||| |||||The trustees|are also|the Council members|||| |The charity's organisational
structure
and any wider|||Para 1.51|who collectively have
running ofthe charity.||oversight|||ofthe| |network with which the||||Some responsibilities||are delegated
within a|||| |charity works||||documented|procedure.||||| |Relationship
with any related|||Para 1.51||||||| |partes|||||||||| |Other|||||||||| ## |Charity|name|name|Waverton|Evangelical|Fellowship| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Other name||the charity uses|||| |Registered||charity number|1157948||| |Charity's|principal address||Eggbridge|Lane,|| ||||Waverton,||| ||||CHESTER||| ||||CH3 7PE||| |ame|s ofthe charity trus|tees who mana|ge the ch|arity|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Name of| ||||||person| ||||||(or| ||||||body)| ||Trnstae name|Ottlce tlfany)|Dates acted ifnot forwhole year||entitled| ||||||to| ||||||appoint| ||||||trustee| ||||||lf,an| |1|Robin Gerrard|Pastor|||| |2|Kathlyn Tabb||To 22~|June 2022|| |3|GeoNey Lawson||To22|June 2022|| |4|Peter Assheton||||| |5|Antony Chering||||| |6|Russel Page||From 2Z June 2022||| |7|Nigel Dibb||From 29 March 2023||| |8|Gareth Edwards||From 29"March 2023||| |9|||||| |10|||||| |11|||||| |12|||||| |13|||||| |14|||||| |15|||||| |16|||||| |17|||||| |18|||||| |'l9|||||| |20|||||| |Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers|Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers| |---|---| |Description ofthe assets|| |held in this capacity|| |Name and oblects ofthe|| |charity on whose behalf|the| |assets are held and how|this| |fa8s within the custodian|| |charity's objects|| |Details ofarrangements|for| |safe custody and|| |segregation
ofsuch assets|| |from the charity's
own assets|| ## |Names an|d addresses ofadv|isers (Optional information)|| |---|---|---|---| |Type of|Name|Address|| |adviser|||| |Name of|chief executive ornames ofsenior staff members||(Optional information)| ## ## ## ||Sal1stApr 2022|Recdtrts||Transfers|Sal 31"Star 2023| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||107,874|138)401||| |Restrt rted Funds|||||| |84rltdinO (Rest0|||1ANO||| |CLFWorker|||2.120||| |Mission (Restr)|||||| |aber|||||| |Romania
Relief Aid|||||23| |Sbod Tenn tAren||6,000|||3,000| |Stand by Me||240|||| |Ukraine||380|||| |Ukraine||200|||| |Toter Resrrfcred||10,128|7,848||$,723| |Total Funds||118)003|||| ##