Annual Report
2020/2021
1. Introduction
This is the seventh annual report for Redeemer King Church; a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered with the Commission on 18[th] November 2014 (N[o] . 1159252).
The report covers the period ending 31[st] July 2021.
2. Governance
At the start of the reporting period there were seven trustees overseeing the charitable purposes of the church. Karen Beech and Jonathan Boston stepped down as trustees in November 2020. Benjamin Garstang was appointed as a trustee on 1[st] January 2020. Arrangements for appointing trustees are set out in our constitution.
By agreement Mr Neville Taylor is the Chair of Trustees and Mr Richard Kirk continues in the role of Treasurer for the charity.
Andrew Kind stepped down from the Leadership Team in March 2021. Carl Beech stepped down as Senior Leader in May 2021. Karen Beech stepped down from the Leadership Team in May 2021.
By the end of the reporting period the leadership team consisted of Joshua Botham, Richard Kirk, Janet Ayres and Steve Parker with interim support from 2 trustees, Benjamin Garstang and Neville Taylor.
A number of individuals who regularly attend church events and meetings are, along with trustees, taking responsibility on a voluntary basis for various functions that are crucial to achieving our charitable aims and objectives.
3.
Activities and Objectives
The charitable purposes and objectives of Redeemer King Church are to advance Christianity in Derbyshire by means of:
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i. communicating Christian messages of an evangelistic and teaching nature, in accordance with our basis of faith;
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ii. identifying and addressing the needs of socially and economically disadvantaged members of our community through engagement with existing, and the development of new, initiatives as appropriate and in keeping with our basis of faith.
Details of how these objectives have been achieved during the reporting period are set out below.
3.1 Objective 1: to communicate Christian messages of an evangelistic and teaching nature, in accordance with our basis of faith.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we were unable to meet physically between August 2020 and May 2021 and continued to broadcast our sermons and Kids Church on our YouTube channel and meet on Zoom for home groups, Alpha courses, prayer meetings and Question and Answer sessions.
In May and June 2021, we started to meet outdoors in the gardens of church members in groups of up to 30 as COVID restrictions started to ease and were able to meet physically in limited numbers in the Stonegravels Parish Centre in Chesterfield from 20[th] June 2021.
We continued to use our RK Family Online Facebook Group, to share, encourage and pray for each other and have been sharing short devotionals by email. All of these activities have enabled us to support each other, grow as a church community and expand our reach online way beyond Chesterfield.
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a) Weekly meetings of the church on Sunday mornings; incorporating an element led by volunteers specifically for children age 0 to 14yrs.
Sunday meetings held in reporting period – 45 online meetings, 6 meetings in person (total 51 meetings)
Average attendance – Adults 28 Children 16
b) Encounter. Monthly meetings of the church on a Sunday evening.
Meetings held in reporting period – 6 online, 1 meeting in person
Average attendance – 13 online, 6 in person
c) Midweek ‘Home Groups’ meeting weekly in homes (and online via Zoom since March 2020); an opportunity for smaller groups to study, pray, support one another and serve the community.
Number of midweek groups – 9. Average attendance (all groups) – estimated at 6 people per group (54 people)
d) Regular Prayer & Vision nights. Meetings to gather the church family to pray and look towards the future. Prayer & Vision nights held in reporting period – 15 online meetings and 0 physical meetings.
e) Occasional evangelistic events often with prominent guest speakers tackling a range of subjects.
f) Alpha course. An evangelistic teaching course introducing the Christian faith over a ten-week period. 2 courses held over the period with average attendance of 5 people per course.
g) Specific events aimed at outreach including quizzes, special services and festivals.
h) Specific events aimed at men, women and those in the age range 18-30.
3.2 Objective 2: reaching out in the local community and beyond.
a. Local community
During the reporting period, and even despite much of this time being subject to restrictions and lockdown, we have continued to build a vibrant, inclusive church community, both physically and online, which attracts families, couples and individuals from all backgrounds, both local to where we meet and across the wider Chesterfield area. As a community we are able to care for and support each other according to need.
We continued our partnership with Christians Against Poverty (CAP) until May 2021, where for a number of reasons, we made the difficult decision to close our CAP centre. Up until this point, we had been delivering an exemplary debt help service across Chesterfield; which was free of charge to our clients. During the Covid pandemic, we had to adapt our debt help service, which has been challenging, however we have still continued to see households go debt free.
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Furthermore, we maintain a hardship fund from which we help CAP clients and others in crisis by for example, shopping for food and household items, kitting out families with carpets, furniture and appliances, paying transport costs to see family or attend appointments, and so on.
Many of those who attend Redeemer King are involved with local charities: The Message Trust, Derby City Mission, the Chesterfield Food Bank.
b. National and International
The Redeemer King church family and friends sponsor 55 children (at March 2020) in Ngong Kenya through a partnership with Compassion UK. We also continue to support Open Doors International, the Message Trust, the Cinnamon Network, Watoto and Christian Vision for Men.
3.3 Future plans
In view of the challenges of COVID and significant changes in our Leadership Team over this period, we have reviewed our strategic plans to ensure that we remain focused on our vision to reach those in our town and ensure that our growth is managed well from a financial and personnel perspective.
Since the departure of our Senior Leader, we are looking to appoint a new Church Leader to work with the existing Leadership Team to deliver our plans to reach out to the local community and beyond and help the current church to grow in their faith.
We are continuing to look for premises that will enable us to establish ourselves in a community and have a greater impact in our town.
4. Public Benefit Report
As a church we exist to communicate the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. We want people to be full of faith, hope and new life through faith in God. In all we do we point beyond ourselves to the hope we have in our God and also seek to make a practical difference to the lives of people in Chesterfield.
We will continue to:
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take this life changing message to all that we connect with;
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provide Christian teaching to our community and beyond, in accordance with our basis of faith;
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continue to develop links to best serve the people of our town, country and beyond;
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provide opportunity and access through programmes and events for people of all ages and backgrounds;
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serve and love our town, county and country through both existing and new initiatives;
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support the needs of the poor in our church and those known to us, through our hardship fund
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5. Trustees remuneration and benefits
No trustees received any remuneration and benefits in this reporting period.
No staff member earned over £60,000.
6. Financial Review
This is the seventh financial year for Redeemer King Church covering the year 1[st] August 2020 to 31[st] July 2021. This review highlights how the church has been supported financially and the support the church has offered the local community. We have received voluntary contributions including gift aid payments of £97,768 with an expenditure of £93,992.
As a church we routinely set aside a minimum of 10% of our income which, at the discretion of the leadership team is used to help local, national and international initiatives as covered in section 3.2.
The charity has no outstanding liabilities.
For full details please refer to the annual audited accounts submitted with this report.
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| Donations- GiftAid | 64,4'18 | 64,418 | 86,211 | ||||||||
| Donations-None GiftAid | 4,6S5 | it,695 | 14,929 | ||||||||
| Donatbns-Other | 10,271 | 10,271 | |||||||||
| lncome TaxRecoverabb(Gifi | Ard) | 18,374 | 18.371 | 21,632 | |||||||
| Other income/commission | 10 | 10 | 144 | ||||||||
| Events | 2,309 | ||||||||||
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| AR} | 97,768 | 97,768 | 125,225 | ||||||||
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| Wages | 44,611 | it4,611 | 41,596 | ||||||||
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| Rentofpremises | 192 | '192 | 10,605 | ||||||||
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| lnsurance | 307 | 307 | 300 | ||||||||
| Creche/Sunday school costs | 541 | 541 | 1,398 | ||||||||
| Subscriptions | 1.860 | 1,860 | 1,957 | ||||||||
| Donations | 10,140 | 10,140 | 11,900 | ||||||||
| Telephone/StationerylPostage | 2,020 | ?,424 | 688 | ||||||||
| Bookslcifts | 21 | 21 | 1,314 | ||||||||
| Fundraising&marketing | 1,434 | 1,034 | 6,316 | ||||||||
| Audit & Accountancy | 410 | 410 | 1,105 | ||||||||
| Travel& Subsistence | tt5 | 773 | 392 | ||||||||
| Bank charges | 81 | 81 | 60 | ||||||||
| ProfessionallConsultancy | 26,436 | 26,436 | 32,818 | ||||||||
| Other | 2,580 | 2,580 | 1,036 | ||||||||
| Helping those in need | 2,915 | 2,915 | 7,111 | ||||||||
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| Srrbfofal | 93,992 | 93,992 | I19,398 | ||||||||
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