Hope Church has had a very interesting and dynamic year serving in the heart of the community from and around our Church home in the centre of Marshall’s Yard, Gainsborough.
We’ve experienced a good upturn in numbers across all of our groups, especially our Sunday Morning all age worship service post Pandemic. We have work hard to make sure we show our heart to the local community in difficult and changing times.
Our Tuesday Hope Kitchen continues to offer warm food alongside a snack and drink – all provided for on a donation basis. This continues to be a valuable outreach to those with a great physical need in Gainsborough.
Our Sunday morning services are going really well and our weekly content is uploaded through social media and YouTube. We send out mailshots to our Church family and this continues to help build further, lasting bonds with those involved with the Church.
The Virtual Sunday Service focuses on the good news of Jesus Christ allowing those in our community who struggle to get to Church physically for various reasons, remain connected and engaged.
We also run a mid-week Bible study during term-time which gives everyone the opportunity to explore and discuss the Bible in a nonpressured format.
As a Church we continue to offer food parcels to those who are extremely vulnerable or in need. We asses each person on a caseby-case basis and endeavour to help in some way whatever their situation even ‘signposting’ to more specific services within the local area.
Our Friday Hi5 sessions have begun to gain traction again post pandemic, we are starting to see regulars again which is fantastic. This continues to be a great place for local parents and carers to enjoy a safe and relaxing atmosphere while the kids play and friendships are built.
God has tremendously blessed the Hope Church Gainsborough family and we have seen impact and growth again this year.
We continue to remember that Jesus is our Hope no matter what comes our way.
## **Hope Church Gainsborough**
## **Profit and Loss Report**
_01 January, 2022 - 31 December, 2022_
|**Sales**|||
|---|---|---|
|0002 - Direct Debit|21,306.00||
|0003 - Sunday Collection|348.96||
|0016 - HMRC Charities|5,379.17||
|0025 - Donation|3,616.33||
|0026 - Refund|75.10||
|0027 - Donation - Food|120.00||
||**Total Sales**|**£30,845.56**|
|**Direct Expenses**|||
|0006 - Sage Accounts|165.60||
|0007 - Music|1,609.27||
|0008 - Events|1,704.20||
|0012 - Publishing|122.40||
|0014 - Gifts|485.69||
|0015 - Stationery/other supplies|219.71||
|0017 - Church Weekend|1,983.28||
|0018 - Evangelical Alliance|100.00||
|0019 - Church cleaning|7.99||
|0023 - General Supplies|1,385.84||
|2213 - Other Printing|167.91||
|5000 - Cost of sales - goods|49.45||
|5002 - Hope Kitchen|1,121.11||
|5004 - Telephone/Internet|240.32||
|5005 - TV Licensing|159.00||
||||
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|5008 - Supplies for HI 5
194.69||
|---|---|
|5016 - HI 5
90.60||
|5017 - Hope Kids
361.59||
|5018 - Youth
798.27||
|5030 - Office equipment and IT
687.13||
|5040 - Fixtures and fittings
84.00||
|**Total Direct Expenses**|**£11,738.05**|
|**GROSS PROFIT / LOSS**|**£19,107.51**|
|**Overheads**||
|7100 - Rent and rates
21,254.40||
|7600 - Legal and Professional
1,059.46||
|7900 - Bank charges and interest
75.31||
|**Total Overheads**|**£22,389.17**|
|**NET PROFIT / LOSS**|**-£3,281.66**|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Hope Church Gainsborough **On accounts for the year** 31 December 2022 **Charity no** 1158432 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2022.
**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** 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.
**Signed: Date:** 28 March 2023 **Name:** Helen Hancock **Relevant professional** ACCA **qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Address:** 47 High Street, Willingham By Stow, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5JZ
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**October 2018**
1
**IER**
**Give here brief details of** N/A **any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**October 2018**
2
**IER**