Units 4a, b & c, The Pattern Stores, Marshall’s Yard, Gainsborough Lincolnshire, DN21 2 AU Charity Number: 1158432 Hope Church Gainsborough – Trustee Report ## **1[st] January – 31[st] December 2023** Hope Church has had a very active and exciting year serving at the heart of the community from our Church home in the centre of Marshall’s Yard, Gainsborough. Our Sunday morning services are a time of great blessing and encouragement, with an increase in numbers of those attending regularly. We send out mailshots to our Church family and this continues to help build further, lasting bonds with those involved with the Church. We have continued to stream our Sunday sermons on YouTube and Facebook helping spread the good news of Jesus Christ and allowing those in our community who struggle to get to Church physically for various reasons, remain connected and engaged. Throughout the year we have continued to open our doors with our weekday activities. 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. On Wednesdays we continue to meet for Bible study, during term-time, which gives everyone the opportunity to explore and discuss the Bible in a non-pressured format. Our Youth meet on Thursday’s, for all sorts of fun and games, free snacks and a mini pop-up sweet shop – with a 10-15 minute slot for life chats and how Jesus really is relevant. Our Hi5 toddler group, held on Friday’s has built relationships with parents and toddlers around the local area and has enabled us to establish great connections within the community. This year has also brought our family events including Picnic in the park, Around the world (foodie night), our annual Big BBQ, The Big night in, Glow party, Campfire sign-along, and our Big Christmas dinner. These events saw hundreds of people come through the door to be fed and loved upon, all of them were at no financial cost to those attending and helped us to further our relationships with the community. Our Men’s (Stronger) and Women’s (She) monthly events continue to thrive, where Jesus and food are the nucleus. Our yearly ‘She is real’ conference invited women from around the area to spend the day discovering and enjoying who they were created to be in God’s love. This year saw our first ‘Stronger XL’ day where we invited the men of the church and the area to spend the day together learning more about how we should live as the men of the church. All of these groups enable the Hope Church family to unite, get to know each other informally and supply a need where necessary. As a Church we continue to offer food parcels to those who are extremely vulnerable or in need. We asses each person on a case-by-case basis and endeavour to help in some way whatever their situation along with ‘signposting’ to more specific services within the local area. God continues to bless 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** _January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023_ |**Sales**||| |---|---|---| |0002 - Direct Debit|31,270.59|| |0003 - Sunday Collection|1,479.23|| |0016 - HMRC Charities|7,228.93|| |0025 - Donation|4,511.18|| |0026 - Refund|42.41|| |0027 - Donation - Food|120.00|| |0060 - Future Fund|265.88|| |4900 - Other income|18.83|| ||**Total Sales**|**£44,937.05**| |**Direct Expenses**||| |0006 - Sage Accounts|187.20|| |0007 - Music|1,070.88|| |0008 - Events|2,512.10|| |0012 - Publishing|291.73|| |0014 - Gifts|2,187.78|| |0015 - Stationery/other supplies|157.82|| |0017 - Church Weekend|405.00|| |0018 - Evangelical Alliance|100.00|| |0019 - Church cleaning|643.59|| |0023 - General Supplies|1,508.45|| |2213 - Other Printing|151.69|| |5000 - Cost of sales - goods|154.00|| |5001 - Printing Leaflets|133.71|| |||| Apr 02, 2024 12:29 Page 1 of 2 |5002 - Hope Kitchen
1,565.07|| |---|---| |5004 - Telephone/Internet
255.49|| |5005 - TV Licensing
159.00|| |5008 - Supplies for HI 5
410.95|| |5016 - HI 5
8.49|| |5017 - Hope Kids
302.43|| |5018 - Youth
956.00|| |5019 - Food Bank
147.28|| |5040 - Fixtures and fittings
136.47|| |7201 - Water Charge
25.30|| |**Total Direct Expenses**|**£13,470.43**| |**GROSS PROFIT / LOSS**|**£31,466.62**| |**Overheads**|| |0040 - Fixtures and fittings - Cost
13.50|| |7100 - Rent and rates
18,892.80|| |7200 - Gas and electric
3,989.49|| |7600 - Legal and Professional
715.96|| |7610 - Insurance
437.87|| |7800 - Repairs and renewals
322.44|| |7900 - Bank charges and interest
65.60|| |8200 - General Expenses
26.78|| |**Total Overheads**|**£24,464.44**| |**NET PROFIT / LOSS**|**£7,002.18**| Apr 02, 2024 12:29 Page 2 of 2 ## **Hope Church Gainsborough** ## **Balance Sheet Report** _To: January 01, 2024_ |**ASSETS**||| |---|---|---| |**Fixed Assets**||| |0030 - Office equipment and IT - Cost|185.36|| ||**Total Fixed Assets**|**£185.36**| |**Current Assets**||| |1200 - Current|7,654.00|| |1210 - Cash|1,789.79|| ||**Total Current Assets**|**£9,443.79**| |||| ||**TOTAL ASSETS**|**£9,629.15**| |||| |**LIABILITIES**||| |**Current Liabilities**||| |||| ||**Total Current Liabilities**|**£0.00**| |**Future Liabilities**||| |||| ||**Total Future Liabilities**|**£0.00**| |||| ||**TOTAL LIABILITIES**|**£0.00**| |||| ||**TOTAL NET ASSETS**|**£9,629.15**| |||| |**EQUITY**||| |||| Sep 24, 2024 09:53 Page 1 of 2 |Net Profit / Loss|9,629.15|| |---|---|---| |_Net Profit / Loss (prior year(s))_|9,588.49|| |_Net Profit / Loss (current year)_|40.66|| ||**TOTAL EQUITY**|**£9,629.15**| Sep 24, 2024 09:53 Page 2 of 2 ## **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 2023 **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 **DD / MM / YYYY** . **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** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) 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. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ |**Signed:**
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**Address:**|**Date:**|2 April 2024| |---|---|---| |||| ||Helen Hancock|| |||| ||ACCA|| |||| ||47 High Street, Willingham by Stow, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5JZ|| |||| |||| 1 **October 2018** **IER** **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). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER**