## **UNITED CHURCH FERNDOWN TRUSTEES’ REPORT 2022** ## **Aim and Purposes** The purpose of United Church Ferndown is to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the principles and practices of the Baptist and United Reformed Church. The Minister(s) and Deacons (Trustees) aim to promote the purpose of the Church and be responsible for the maintenance of the Church premises. ## **Objectives and Activities** The Church premises are open for public worship every Sunday morning. Our services put the Christian faith into action through worship, prayer, bible readings with exposition and communion. When planning our activities the Minister(s) and Deacons (Trustees) have considered the Commission’s guidance on Public benefit and in particular, the guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. We engage in a range of activities including: Public worship, teaching of the Christian faith, pastoral work, provision of facilities with a Christian ethos for local community, supporting other charities in the UK and overseas. ## **Achievements and Performance** _The Celebration of Public Worship & the teaching of the Christian Faith_ 2022 has been an exciting and very busy year for the Church and for the Deacons / Trustees. At the start of the year the trustees, with the help and guidance of our Moderator, continued in the search for a new Minister. In order for Sunday morning services to take place, during this time of pastoral vacancy, the Trustees have shared the responsibility of coordinating the services, liaising with the external speakers, the worship music team and technical team to ensure that the Church family and visitors have continued to have opportunities to pray together, to worship God and to receive bible teaching, whether in person or on-line. Following interviews, meetings with Church groups and taking a Sunday service, we were delighted to be able to appoint the Revs Darren and Melanie Pike as part-time Ministers. Although, they moved to Ferndown in August they commenced to be actively involved at the start of September. In October, activities for children during part of the morning service were reinstated. Darren and Melanie choose a teaching theme of hope, followed by advent teaching based on the ‘stars of the nativity’. ## _Mission and Evangelism_ After a short halt between December 2021 and January 2022, the fortnightly lunch club recommenced. The club is open to anyone who wants to meet with others for a reasonably priced lunch. The Church hosts a weekly table tennis group – all are welcome. The Church runs a group for Parent/Carers with their pre-school children called “Tiddlers”. At the end of the year there was 21 families on the books and from September between 28 and 37 children attending weekly. 2022 ended with a crib service and a Christmas party. During 2022, our children and youth groups ‘Fidget’ (ages 5-8) and ‘Space’ (ages 9-13) and ‘Space Extra’ were able to meet. After a two year break due to covid, kids club (the UCF summer holiday club) was able to celebrate its 20[th] year of running. This event was run for four days plus a family fun day on Saturday. Our Children, Youth and Families Pastor participates in school assemblies and lunchtime clubs in the local Ferndown schools. Our Ministers’ organised a Bright and Light Party (31[st] October) and a Christingle service aimed at families. ## _Pastoral Care_ This year we have been able to resume visiting people after the restrictions of covid were lifted. We continued to keep in touch with those who felt the need to self-isolate by WhatsApp, telephone and e-mail. Our services can be watched on YouTube. A cream tea in the summer holidays was arranged for all those who live alone. Extra teas were taken to those who were housebound. ## _The Church Premises_ The Church buildings are not only available for Church run events but are used by the community for meetings, children parties etc. In addition to the previously Church run activities, Thermal Thursday was introduced to offer a warm space to the community where they could meet new friends, chat or play board games. Free tea and coffee was served at all times as well as free soup and roll at 5pm. There were four regular external bookings during the year. All hall hirers must adhere to the Church lettings policy, health and safety policy and young people and adults at risk safeguarding policy. The upkeep of the premises is an important consideration of the Trustees. _Support of Charities in the UK and Overseas_ Throughout the year, we have kept in regular contact with our missionary friends at home and abroad. Monthly prayer meetings on zoom have enabled some of our missionary friends to join us and update us on their work. During 2022 we had visits from the Harrods family (Operation Mobilisation in South Africa) and Tim Spring (London City Mission). The Church has financially supported a number of missions as shown in the accounts. ## **Ecumenical Relationships** We have continued to be present at the meetings of West Moors Churches Together. ## **Financial Review** The general receipts and payments account is showing a surplus of £10,140.15. The previous year was a surplus of £12,227.57. General Receipts- Our monthly/weekly offering and income tax recovered on gifts returned to a level nearer that seen in 2020. During the time of pastoral vacancy the manse was let out, hence manse rental income. Premises rentals were higher than the previous year as the 2021 coronavirus restrictions had been lifted. A gift day was held to increase our funds in anticipation of our new Ministers being appointed. We are grateful to the Sylvia Adams Charitable Trust who increased their grant by £2,000 this year as a contribution towards the replacement Church heating boiler and SCBA who gave a Warm Space grant of £500 towards the costs of Thermal Thursday. General Payments- We have been in pastoral vacancy from early 2021 to end of July 2022 and this reflects in expenses under the ministry heading. The 2022 manse improvements covers the redecoration of the manse prior to the new Ministers moving into the manse and the conversion of the garage into another room. We continued to support our partner Missions/Missionaries with grants as agreed in our budget. ## **Reserves Policy** It is the policy of the charity to maintain a minimum level of unrestricted funds, which are the available reserves of the charity, at a level that equates to six months’ of unrestricted expenditure. It is felt that this would be sufficient to continue the activities of the charity in the event of a significant loss of income. Unrestricted reserves at 31 December 2022 were sufficient to adhere to the policy. ## **Volunteers** We continue to be grateful to Church members and all those who volunteer and work so hard to make United Church Ferndown such a welcoming and active community. We would not be able to run so many activities without their support. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** The method of appointing Trustees is set out in the Church Governing Document and Church Rules. Whilst legally the Trustees are empowered to make binding decisions the traditional practice is that the ultimate decision-maker is the Church Members meeting. Day to day running of Church affairs is delegated to the elected Deacons (maximum 8) who, together with the appointed Minister(s) of the day, form the Charity Trustees, who meet as required, usually monthly except August or more frequently if occasion demands. The Trustees may also appoint no more than two Co-opted Trustees. ## **Administrative Information** The United Church Ferndown is situated at 505 Wimborne Road East, Ferndown, Dorset BH22 9NF. Charity Registration number is 1159971. The Trustees during the calendar year 2022 were: Ministers: Rev. Darren Pike & Rev. Melanie Pike (From 1[st] August 2022) Youth and Families Pastor Miriam Biggs (Until 11[th] August 2022) There are currently 7 Deacons serving the Church: Arthur Ansell Angela Ball Angela Jameson (Treasurer), Steve Ford David Hamblin Janet Latham Alison Vincent The role of Church Secretary is shared between the deacons. ## **UNITED CHURCH FERNDOWN - Registered Charity Number: 1159971 FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022** ## **GENERAL RECEIPTS & PAYMENT ACCOUNT** |**_Note_**
**Receipts**
Monthly/Weekly Offering
Donations and other income
2
Income tax recovered on gifts
Manse rental income
Interest (Bank & HMRC)
Rents and contributions for use of premises
**Payments**
Ministry
3
Children, Youth & Families Work
4
Mission
5
Upkeep of Church premises
6
Administration
7
Church other expenses
8
Manse letting expenses
Manse loan repayment - capital element
Manse Improvements
**Surplus (deficit) for the year**
**Balance brought forward**
**Transfer to Designated Funds**
**Balance carried forward**|**2022**
**2021**
69,336.01
£
60,822.35
£
15,211.40
£
9,676.88
£
14,047.21
£
13,521.89
£
7,452.00
£
12,800.00
£
215.16
£
234.99
£
3,473.32
£
1,842.96
£| |---|---| ||109,735.10
£
98,899.07
£| ||32,653.13
£
22,717.09
£
18,520.09
£
18,175.25
£
9,088.35
£
8,825.15
£
11,307.98
£
8,158.19
£
6,568.20
£
6,854.46
£
4,514.83
£
2,801.89
£
894.24
£
2,410.00
£
3,383.59
£
8,766.47
£
12,664.54
£
7,963.00
£| ||99,594.95
£
86,671.50
£| ||10,140.15
£
12,227.57
£
66,066.21
£
53,838.64
£
8,728.00
-£
-
£
67,478.36
£
66,066.21
£| |**DESIGNATED FUNDS MOVEMENT**
Bursary
Tree work (Church grounds)
Equipment
Manse improvements|**2021**
**Transfer In**
**Transfer Out**
**2022**
**B/Fwd**
**C/Fwd**
652.00
£
652.00
£
-
£
1,550.00
£
1,550.00
£
1,830.00
£
1,830.00
£
6,000.00
£
6,000.00
£| |---|---| ||652.00
£
9,380.00
£
652.00
£
9,380.00
£| |**RESTRICTED FUNDS MOVEMENT**
Mission
9
Manse Loan Repayment
Dishwasher
Youth & Childrens work
Manse Improvements
Choir Funds
Table Tennis
Flower Fund
West Moors Churches Together|**2021**
**2022**
**B/Fwd**
**Receipts**
**Payments**
**C/Fwd**
1,973.61
£
3,073.95
£
1,400.00
£
3,647.56
£
-
£
2,450.00
£
2,450.00
£
-
£
-
£
1,445.90
£
1,445.90
£
-
£
1,815.00
£
954.20
£
694.89
£
2,074.31
£
-
£
645.00
£
645.00
£
-
£
320.96
£
-
£
-
£
320.96
£
1,550.00
£
-
£
100.00
£
1,450.00
£
-
£
166.25
£
166.25
£
-
£
112.75
£
-
£
-
£
112.75
£| |---|---| ||5,772.32
£
8,735.30
£
6,902.04
£
7,605.58
£| Page 1 of 4 ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT 31 DECEMBER 2022** |**_Note_**
**ASSETS**
Bank and other cash balances
**REPRESENTING BALANCE ON THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNTS:**
General Fund
Designated Funds
Restricted Mission fund
Restricted - Table Tennis Club
Restricted - Choir
Restricted - Youth & childrens work
Restricted - West Moors Churches together
**LIABILITIES**
11
Current
Long-term loans|**2022**
**2021**
84,463.94
£
72,490.53
£| |---|---| ||67,478.36
£
66,066.21
£
9,380.00
£
652.00
£
3,647.56
£
1,973.61
£
1,450.00
£
1,550.00
£
320.96
£
320.96
£
2,074.31
£
1,815.00
£
112.75
£
112.75
£| ||84,463.94
£
72,490.53
£| ||3,657.56
£
1,973.61
£
16,360.45
£
22,194.04
£| ## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** **1 Basis of accounts:** These accounts have been prepared on a 'receipts and payments' basis and accord with Section 133 Charities Act 2011 |**2 Donations and other income:**
Donations
Gift Day Donations
Sylvia Adams Grant
SCBA Warm Space Grant
Lunch Club
Coffee Donations
Government grant
Funeral Fees
Insurance Claim
Other items
**3 Ministry:**
Ministers' stipend & pension contribution
Ministers' expenses
Ministers' moving expenses
Pension deficit contributions
Moderator
Manse expenses
Manse maintenance
Manse loan interest
Pulpit Supply|**2022**
**2021**
602.50
£
569.55
£
3,820.00
£
-
£
9,000.00
£
7,000.00
£
500.00
£
-
£
1,079.58
£
292.35
£
40.00
£
70.00
£
-
£
1,358.98
£
-
£
200.00
£
-
£
142.00
£
169.32
£
44.00
£| |---|---| ||15,211.40
£
9,676.88
£| ||15,098.00
£
9,503.29
£
413.28
£
35.66
£
5,148.00
£
-
£
2,113.40
£
3,562.08
£
6,373.55
£
6,145.40
£
1,424.06
£
1,568.74
£
199.43
£
571.89
£
819.41
£
845.53
£
1,064.00
£
484.50
£| ||32,653.13
£
22,717.09
£| Page 2 of 4 |**4 Children, Youth & Families Work**
CY&F Pastor pay & pension contribution
CY&F Pastor expenses
Youth Workers Retreat
CY&FW expenses|**2022**
**2021**
18,146.52
£
17,963.28
£
94.50
£
79.65
£
150.00
£
-
£
129.07
£
132.32
£| |---|---| ||18,520.09
£
18,175.25
£| |**5 Mission:**
SCBA Home Mission
URC M & M Fund
Hope Now
Laura Weeds (W.E.C.)
Dave & Michele Mahon (B.M.S.)
Helen & Adrian Harrod (O.M.)
Arab World Ministries
Muluote - (Christian Education Centre, Nagaland)
Tim Spring (London City Mission)
Myra's Wells
CAP
Local Outreach
**6 Upkeep of Church premises:**
Lighting & Heat
Water & Sewage
Cleaning (incl. wages)
Insurance
Repairs/maintenance & improvements
**7 Administration:**
Printing & Stationery
Telephone
Office Equipment
Administrator
Accounts Examiniation
**8 Church other expenses:**
CCL Licence
Coffee/Catering
Subscriptions
Training
Flowers
Pastoral Vacancy Search Expenses
Other|1,500.00
£
1,529.04
£
1,500.00
£
1,529.04
£
875.00
£
875.00
£
875.00
£
875.00
£
875.00
£
875.00
£
875.00
£
875.00
£
875.00
£
875.00
£
-
£
875.00
£
300.00
£
300.00
£
224.00
£
151.00
£
1,075.00
£
-
£
114.35
£
66.07
£| |---|---| ||9,088.35
£
8,825.15
£| ||2,408.17
£
2,167.45
£
78.60
£
58.98
£
3,477.29
£
3,252.78
£
1,006.93
£
958.54
£
4,336.99
£
1,720.44
£| ||11,307.98
£
8,158.19
£| ||231.79
£
596.17
£
516.53
£
536.29
£
40.68
£
-
£
5,699.20
£
5,642.00
£
80.00
£
80.00
£| ||6,568.20
£
6,854.46
£| ||819.17
£
760.58
£
396.32
£
209.92
£
508.28
£
528.88
£
45.00
£
20.00
£
560.17
£
36.76
£
1,092.05
£
150.00
£
1,093.84
£
1,095.75
£| ||4,514.83
£
2,801.89
£| Page 3 of 4 |**9 Restricted Mission/Charity Payments**
Muluote - (Christian Education Centre, Nagaland)
Tear Fund - Harvest Appeal
Biggin Hill Romania Group
Hope for Food
Bus Stop Club
CAP
Link to Hope
BMS Birthdays
Barnabas - Ukraine
BMS - Ukraine
BMS Chad
M Ziegler
Myra's Wells|**2022**
**2021**
-
£
2,475.00
£
656.97
£
-
£
66.25
£
-
£
7.50
£
180.00
£
78.03
£
-
£
71.25
£
-
£
92.50
£
-
£
195.00
£
165.00
£
62.50
£
-
£
170.00
£
-
£
-
£
7.50
£
-
£
100.00
£
-
£
2.80
£| |---|---| ||1,400.00
£
2,930.30
£| ## **10 Non-monetary assets:** Manse - 29 Heath Farm Road, Ferndown. BH22 8JN Cost £ 284,985.00 The Church also owns fixtures, furniture & equipment with an insurance value of £108,311 |**11 Liabilities:**
**(a) Current:**BMS Birthdays
Muluote
Restricted Mission
Christmas Charities
Restricted Mission
**(b) Long-term loan:**Baptist Union Corporation|**2022**
**2021**
-
£
10.00
£
3,657.56
£
1,812.56
£
-
£
151.05
£| |---|---| ||3,657.56
£
1,973.61
£
16,360.45
£
22,194.04
£| Loan relates to manse purchase. The original loan end date was February 2035. The accounts and statement of assets and liabilities set out on pages 1 & 2 relating to the year ending 31 December 2022 are as approved by the Deacons. Angela Jameson - Church Treasurer Page 4 of 4 Report of the Independent Examinerto the Trust￿ of United Church Ferndown On the accounts for the year ended 31 De￿mber 2022 Respectlve responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner The Church's Trustees are responsible for the prepardtion of the accounts. The church's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under settion 144 of the Charities Act 2011 Ithe Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to= examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act. to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under Section 14515}{b} of the Chartties Act. and to State whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent examinerfs statement My examination was carried out accordance wwth general Dirertion5 gNen by the Charity Commission. An examination indudes a review of the accounting records kept by the church and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts. and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The prO￿dureS undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit. and consequentty no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fairf view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examiner's statement In connettion with my examination. no material matters have come to my attention which gNes me cause to believe that in. any material respect= accounting records were not kept in accordance wtth section 130 of the Charities Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charsties (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2(Q8 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have come across no other matters in connection wtth the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. Signed by or on ￿half of the Examiner Name- John Berridge Address: 12. Stonechat Close, Femdown. Dorset. BH22 9QH