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**o**|Period end date||||||||| |||01|04|||21||31|03||||22|||| |||||||||||||||||| |Section A||Reference and||||||administration details||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| ||**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
3 Paul Lister
Treasurer
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Trustees||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| March **2012** **TAR** 1 16 17 18 19 20 ## **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)** March **2012** **TAR** 2 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 March **2012** **TAR** 3 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. March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** This year saw a return to many pre-Covid ministries within the church. We moved away from online services and meeting back to in-person gatherings. Our Sunday worship service is a public meeting which has between 20-50 in attendance. These meetings include a specific Children’s programme, with varying formats including family services and a more informal cafe style service. The focus is on music, Bible teaching, prayer, service, and community. Each week members gather for a prayer meeting with an attendance of around 4. Two Small Groups meet in people’s home where we study the Bible, pray and encourage one another. These groups have between 8-14 people in attendance each week. Mid-Week Meals is a regular ministry on Thursday evenings where we provide free food for church members, friends, and those within the community who have a need. At this time this is also a warm space for people to gather. We have as many as 35 at these meetings. Special events at Christmas, Easter and various other points in the year saw many gather to worship. Special events including baptisms and new members were also exciting throughout the year. 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. March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** The Village Church Formby, formerly Formby Baptist Church, has been blessed with a number of small bequests and good reserves from the period when it had no paid employees. Currently its monthly expenditure exceeds its income, therefore we have set a minimum reserves level of £20,000. On 31/3/22 we had over double this amount available. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Timothy Richard Lister Paul Lister **Position (eg Secretary,** Full Time Elder Treasurer **Chair, etc)** Trustee Trustee **Date** 17th Jan 2023 March **2012** **TAR** 6 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 30￿0 487 487 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¢ha￿S 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•e*pts 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$, AV otc Fund towhlth a6￿t b•k*n Cost loption4) B4 Assets retslned for the charlty'8 own use Details Fund tovthkh Arn￿nt du• B5 Llablllti88 Signed by OM ortt¥o IN8tees on behalf of all the tr￿tee$ Slgnalur8 Pfinl Nam Date of roval Paul Lister Viif@ge Church Independent examiner's report on the accounts F￿rnbY Report to the trustsesl members of The Village Church Formby On accounts for the year ended 3113122 Charity no {If any 1161208 Set out on page¥ 1&2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the a￿0ve charity I'the Trust") for the year ended 3113122. Rosponslbllltles 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 {'Ihe Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 oflhe 2011 Ad and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Chanty Commission under section 145(5}{bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have ome 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 accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connedion wilh Ihe examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the woftys in the brackets if they do not apply. Slgned: Date: (IJ I IL Name: &AtI GJqLLiJ A I*<1 i￿¥-￿ElA Relevant professlonal qualificationlsl or body lif any): £Sc (t*>￿￿ ) ￿lALsj IER October 2018 Address: L37 3+1e. Only complete If the examiner needs to highlight mattefs of con￿rn (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give hore brief detsils of any items that the examiner wlshes to disclose. IER October 2018