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Watford Woodside Community Church of the Nazarene Report of the Board of Trustees for the year ended 30 September 2021

The Board of Trustees presents its report and financial statements for the year ended

30 September 2021

Reference and Administration Information.

Charity Name: Watford Woodside Community Church of

the Nazarene

Charity Registration Number: 1159330

Principal Address: The Brow Watford, WD25 7NY Mailing Address: As Above.

Board of Trustees

Rev Erica Tuxworth (Chair) Resigned due to health reasons 31 July 2021.

Mr Robert Dowty (Secretary) Resigned 17 October 2021

Mr Andrew Tranter (Secretary)(Chair)17 October 2021 until AGM February 2022

Mrs Ann Brooks (Treasurer)

Mrs Josephine Appleby.

Mr Craig Christiansen

Mrs Carole Dowty

Mrs Moira Murray

Mrs Paula Seddon

The Chairperson is ex officio by virtue of their office of Pastor of Watford Woodside

Community Church of the Nazarene.

Holding/Custodian Trustee: Church of the Nazarene British Isles South District (A Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee: Company N0 7028764.

Website: www.watfordnazarene.org.uk Bankers: Barclays bank, Watford Branch. Independent Examiner: Ms. Gillian Flitt.

Structure and Governance and Management Structure and Organisation

The Charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) was established on the 24[th] November 2014 with registration number 1159330.

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Watford Woodside Community Church of the Nazarene Report of the Board of Trustees for the year ended 30 September 2021

Trustee Appointments

The Pastor of the Church is ex-officio chairperson of the Board of Charity Trustees and

their position is reviewed two years from appointment and then every four years after

that. This was most recently conducted in June 2019.

The remaining Trustees are elected annually by the members of the Watford Woodside

Community Church of the Nazarene at the Annual General meeting in February each year.

Governance and Wider Network

The Board of Trustees meets regularly, normally on a monthly basis, to consider the work and management of the church and assess and plan the

financial and other aspects of the work and direction of the charity. The church/CIO is a member of the Church of the Nazarene British Isles South

District ( a Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee, Company No 7028764:

Charity No 1133336 ) which in turn is a member of The Global Church of the

Nazarene which has its headquarters in Lenexa, USA.

The CIO is governed by an approved governing constituting document drawn

up by Anthony Collins, Charity Solicitors, Birmingham and approved by the

Charity Commission for England and Wales and HMR&C. The governing document is based on the manual of the Global Church of the Nazarene where UK Law permits.

Risk Management

The risk management strategy of the church is in a continual process of

formulation in response to the changing circumstances that could impact

upon the work of the church.

The Board of Trustees, in considering this important task, take direction from on-going discussions with members both internally and through meetings with the Church of the Nazarene British Isles South District and other advisors, adopting appropriate policies as required or as they become necessary to the ongoing work of the church.

Objectives and Activities

Charitable Objectives The charity has the following objectives:

a) The advancement of the Christian faith as part of the Global Church of the Nazarene and the Church of the Nazarene British Isles South District.

b) To serve and enhance the local community.

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Watford Woodside Community Church of the Nazarene Report of the Board of Trustees for the year ended 30 September 2021

Public Benefit

The Trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit reporting in deciding what activities the charity should undertakes. This report illustrates the activities undertaken to support the public benefit requirement.

Review of the Year

General: The year started with the Covid-19 Lockdown pandemic. This meant that for almost the entirety of the remainder of the year the church program and community work completely stopped, other than those services or meetings that could move on line or incorporated using Zoom.

Sunday morning worship services moved to YouTube/Facebook streaming only, initially with all elements pre-recorded at individual homes and then edited for broadcast on Sunday mornings. Later in the year as restrictions eased we were able to conduct services live from the church with just Pastor and a small support team to enable the broadcast.

During this time church members went to great lengths to keep the fellowship together, ensuring that those who were housebound and couldn’t get to the shops were catered for. The children’s activities

continued as they were asked to participate in on line activities with Bible stories and drawing or making models of their handiwork and having them put on video to be shown during the Sunday morning children’s slot. The children`s song was also a great hit on video, doing the actions to many of them was quite a work out!

After six months of the church being virtually closed, Sunday the 20[th] September 2021 we were able to hold our first service with a limited congregation.

We are grateful to all those who enabled the church to keep going during lock-down with the on-line services. To our faithful members who stuck with us and continued to support us financially with on-line giving. Our church Board for their support in providing the necessary equipment to enable live streaming to a very high standard and our technicians who integrated it into our existing audio-visual equipment, quite amazing.

The Risk Assessment necessary to facilitate an on-line booking system to enable services to recommence.

A special thank you to our Pastor Erica Tuxworth who preached Gods word faithfully each week despite not always feeling well due to an ongoing illness. She kept the light of gods love shining at Woodside during difficult and challenging times.

Staff: Pastor Erica Tuxworth and Ms Naomi Scofield remain the church`s only employees.

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Watford Woodside Community Church of the Nazarene Report of the board of Trustees for the year ended 30 September 2021

Staff: On the 31 July 2021 after thirteen years as our pastor The Rev Erica Tuxworth terminated her ministry at the Woodside Community Church of the Nazarene on health grounds . Naomi Schofield continues as the only employee.

Aims included:

• Continuation of weekly Christian worship meetings promoting the Christian faith in accordance with the principles of the Church of the Nazarene.

• Work with children and young people to promote the Christian faith and provide local social benefit.

• Continuation of weekly meetings for the more mature individuals in the local area.

• Continue to develop links with local community, to involvement of the church with the relevant local agencies on behalf of the local community.

• Continue to partner with and make the church building available to relevant local agencies seeking to benefit the local community.

Significant activities during the period include:

• Weekly worship services conducted by Rev Erica Tuxworth and other guest speakers.

• Meetings held for children and young people for interaction and a safe environment to enable them to grow and develop both spiritually, socially and as individuals.

• Weekly meetings for prayer and spiritual development.

• Partnering with local Community programmes (e.g. Foodbank)

• Involvement with local schools.

• Provision of the building for community activities.

• Visitation of both members and others in the community in times of need or by request.

• Available for Weddings, funerals and other services of significance.

Achievements during the period included:

• Continued support of the membership in their spiritual and personal development.

• Continued development of the social and educational opportunities with the local community through varied programmes and rental of our facilities.

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Charity Name

WATFORD WOODSIDE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

Charity Registration Number 1159330

Receipts and payment s accounts

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For the period 1.10.20 To 30.9.21
from
RECEIPTS UNRESTRIC RESTRICTE TOTAL LAST YEAR
TED FUNDS D FUNDS FUNDS 2019-2020
TO THE
NEAREST £
Tithes and 41,280 41,280 45,742
offerings
Gift aid 9144 9144 11,738
Lettings 26,131 26131 19,420
Fellowship 605
Weekend
Miscellane 68
ous
Other 2157 2157 1630
offerings
Transfers 21,306
from North
Watford
church
Discretiona 100 100 46
ry fund
HCC grant 500
Transfer 9955 9955
from
Business
acc.
Gift 4000 4000 8667
Catering for 1248
district
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assembly TOTALS 128,767 128,767 109,722

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PAYMENTS UNRESTRICT RESTRICTE TOTAL LAST YEAR
ED FUNDS D FUNDS FUNDS 2019-2020
TO THE
NEAREST £
Staff Salaries 45,975 48,047 48,047
Admin fee 143 143 156
District budget 7530 7530 6529
Office 1684 1684 819
Buildings/mainten 22,525 15,393 15,393
ance
Asda card/church 2674
supplies
Church activities 2277 2277 4888
and departments
Gifts 3348 3348 1322
Online services 3977 3977 3005
Gift aid levy 165 165 195
Lettings 2649 2649 769
Hospitality 9.99 9.99 323
Insurance 3539 3539
Discretionary fund 1000 1000 1595
Utilities 6485 8617
NMI budget 5439
TOTALS 106746 94,333 94,333
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Assets and Liabilities

Cash funds held at 30.9.21: £111,402

Buildings and Land

The assets of the charity are as follows:

• The property situated at The Brow, Watford, WD25 7NY. The legal title is held by the Incorporated Trust Corporation, Church of the Nazarene British Isles South District, Company Registered

Number: 07028764, on behalf of the local Trustees. This is the church building and has an insured value of £1,813,769.

• The property site at 33 Hunters Lane, Watford; the legal title is held by the Incorporated Trust Corporation, Church of the Nazarene British Isles South District, Company Registered Number: 07028764, on behalf of the local Trustees. This is the church house (the manse) and has an insured value of £367,158 (building only).

A full schedule of assets within the above properties, which includes white goods and equipment used in support of the activities of the church, is available on request.

Investment assets: None

Liabilities: None

Trustee expenses

Rev Erica Tuxworth received £53,217 in Salary, Housing Allowance, Pension and NI contributions

No other trustee received any remuneration or expenses in this year or the previous year.

No financial donations, other than personal tithes and offerings, were made by any trustee.

Related Party Transactions

There were no related Party Transactions during this year or the previous year.

Plans for Future Periods

The Board of trustees meets on a monthly basis to plan and look to the future of the charity. The North Watford Church of the Nazarene have now appointed their own pastor and church board and have taken over the responsibility to the charity commission. They formally took over the running of the church in April 2020.

Our activities as a church have been significantly affected this year due to the corona virus restrictions but we have begun to meet together for Sunday worship and a Friday prayer meeting. We hope to soon begin the childrens ministries again including a monthly club for them. Other ministries are still on hold for the time being. Most money has

been spent developing our online ministry which has meant a high level streaming service during this year.

Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees report above.

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