2021-03-31-accounts - The Village Church Formby

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Section A details				Reference and administration

Charity name				The Village Church Formby

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any)				1161208

Charity's principal address					1 Furness Avenue
					Formby
					Merseyside
					Postcode					L37 3NP

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year 1 Timothy R Lister Full Time Elder 2 Gary Wallis Elder From 29/07/20 3 Paul Lister Treasurer 4 Mr John Davies Elder Until 29/07/20 5 6 7 8 9 10 11											Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) Trustees Trustees Trustees Trustees

	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
1	Timothy R Lister	Full Time Elder		Trustees
2	Gary Wallis	Elder	From 29/07/20	Trustees
3	Paul Lister	Treasurer		Trustees
4	Mr John Davies	Elder	Until 29/07/20	Trustees
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation

(eg. trust, association, company)

(eg. appointed by, elected by)Trustee selection methods[Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a ] term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

The advancement of the Christian faith through:

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

Christian worship Enlightening and teaching the public Production of Christian literature Missionary work Raising awareness about the Christian faith

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All of our activities are aimed at the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with our Basis of Faith through Christian worship, production of Christian literature, teaching and enlightening the public about the Christian faith, raising awareness about the Christian faith, and Christian missionary work, and such other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the Elders further the work of the Church.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

We provide a place of Christian worship and education in Formby, both at our premises and through a number of local groups held in people’s homes, and occasionally directly to the local community via open air and one to one sessions. We hold a worship service at the Church every week. During this time we have a Sunday School for ages 1 to 11 and also have crèche facilities available.

Our Church feels very strongly that it has a responsibility and duty to all the 25,000 residents of Formby for their spiritual and social welfare. All our activities are therefore are open to the general public, who are most welcome to attend. In our Sunday service we actively encourage everybody who attends to fill out a connection card so we can follow up with them and understand / help with their needs. We also try to engage with our community as much as possible by street evangelism, and providing a welcoming environment for prayer and worship.

We provide lifts to and from our services and events for the elderly, infirm and disabled as required.

The Village Church Formby has been a CIO since 2015. The Trustees are familiar with the requirements of Section 17(5) of the Charities Act and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

This year reflected the impact of Covid-19 upon the operations of the church. During lockdowns much of church activity had to come to a complete stop while all other aspects were moved online in a digital format. When rules allowed meetings were held in public on Sunday morning’s at 10:30am in accordance with a thorough and strict risk assessment.

The Village Church Formby continued a weekly prayer meeting throughout the year, however this meeting was carried out via Zoom. It was attended by around 8 individuals each week.

Two Small Groups also continued weekly again using the Zoom format. They were attended by around 20 people each week.

Our work with children and young people was effectively stopped, with the exception of occasional resources sent to home and a few Zoom events.

The Mid-Week Meals ministry was forced to stop because of restrictions.

We were unable to continue educational courses about the Christian faith during this period.

The church is able to use a portion of its regular donations to support the Christian missionary work of two additional workers and their families.

In July 2020 Mr John Davies resigned as a Trustee as he had relocated to the Morecambe Bay area. He has been replaced by Mr Gary Wallis.

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Section E- Financial review (%.- Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves The Village Church Formby, formerty Formby Baptist Church, has been | blessed with a nurnber of small bequesls and good reserves fiom the period when it had no paid employees. Currently ils monthly expenditure exceeds ils income, therefore we have set a minimum reserves level of £20,000. On 3113121 we had over double this amount available. Detatls of any funds materialty In deficit Furthèr financial review detsils Ioptlonal Infomiationl You may choose to indude additional information, where relevant about.. the charily s principal SoUrS of funds {induding any fundraisingl., how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the chanty.. investment policy and objectives induding any ethical investmenl policy adopted. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Slgned on behalf of the charlty's trustees Signature{s) Full name(s) Timothy Richard Lister Paul Lister Posltlon (eg Secretsry, Full Time Elder Chair, etcl Truslee Treasurer Trustee Jan 2022 F , 21 TAR March 2012

ljll@ge Church, Th• lfjll•g• Church Fomiby 1161208 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For tho perfod from 01104r2020 To 31A)312021 Section A Receipts and paymeiits Unrestrlcted Rèstrlctod nds ftmds to th• n•4r•¥t £ IDth• 1¥t£ Endowment funds Total funds La4t year th• ngar•st t A1 Rocglpt8 Bank Interest Bequests Gift Aid Dedarations FIEC Mission Fund Grant Inland Revenue Offering Missionary Gifts Sunday School Offering Mlscellaneous Income Sub total(Gross Income forAR) A2 Asset an nvestment sa Isee tabl¢). 74 23,333 28 300 487 487 Sub total A3 Payments Books Building Upkeep Building Projects CCL Licence CCPAS Staff Ministy Insurance Misslons Special Events Sunday School Exp. Supplies Support Services Travel Expenses Utilities Miscellaneous Expenditure 202 78 129 129 141 46047 46047 61P33 100 784 814 1.800 1.606 11 1 J38 2J45 Sub tota 49068 69.124 A4 Asset and Inve#tmont r¢haS tabl• Sub tota

59,124 Net of re¢eipts/(paymentsJ - A5 Transfers botween funds A6 Cash funth last year gnd Cash funds thls yearen 24,974 24,974 15,078 131.391 106417 131.391 108,417 116.315 131.391 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrlcted fund8 19gories etails Restrtcted funds tr) nurnAte Endowment fundj to n•ar•st£ B1 Cash funds tr• nMY•BtÉ Uoyds General Atxount Lloyds D8positAccount Total cash funds 100,417 bth¢•8wSth r•epts svyd pwm•nts sll Unre8tA¢tsd fund• to n•aro•t £ Re8trfcled funds Endowment funds Details to noar•st£ to n•arBst£ B2 Other monetary a•sots Details Fund to which Cost loptlon ntva B3 Investmènt a8sets Dctails Church - 1 Fumess Ave, Fomiby Fumiture, fixture, fitting$, AV otc Fund towhlth a6t b•kn Cost loption4) B4 Assets retslned for the charlty'8 own use Details Fund tovthkh Arnnt du• B5 Llablllti88 Signed by OM ortt¥o IN8tees on behalf of all the trtee$ Slgnalur8 Pfinl Nam Date of roval Paul Lister