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**o**|Period end date||||||||| |||01|04|||22||31|03||||23|||| |||||||||||||||||| |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 3 to 14 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** The Village Church Formby continues to be a key contributor within the community of Formby as we fulfil our stated goals. After a difficult period during the COVID-19 restrictions the church has recovered with vibrancy and growth. Our regular weekly meetings have adapted to the changing needs within our community and now reflect the shape of our congregation more appropriately with monthly All Age Services, and Cafe Church meetings which are more family friendly and informal. We have seen significant growth at these services in the last 18 months, which has been resulted in new challenges and new opportunities. During this period we have launched two new programs for our growing demographic of young people. With a Monday night Kids Club for primary school aged children, and a Friday night Youth Group for high school aged children. Both of these new ventures are well staffed with eager volunteers, and a growing impact on children from within our regular church attenders and those who are new to our work. A restructuring of our mid-week studies has moved away from an adult Bible Study, and has become a more inclusive multi-generational collection of hubs centred around community, food, and our spiritual values. This new system has seen engagement increase significantly as more and more families within our church share life together. We continue to meet weekly for a prayer meeting, as well as regular leadership and oversight meetings, including those of the elders, trustees, ministry teams and planning teams. One significant obstacle faced by our continued growth is the suitability of our current premises, as such we have began the process of inquiring about opportunities to relocate to a larger venue and hope that in due course this may be obtained. March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the** The Village Church Formby, formerly Formby Baptist Church, has been **charity’s policy on reserves** 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 31/3/23 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** Jan 202416 Jan 24 March **2012** **TAR** 6 Th• Villag• Chuf¢h Forrrby 1161208 Receipts and payments accounts Fortht ￿rIOd from CC16a To 0110412022 3110312023 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted lund• Restrtcted Endowment lund8 to the n•*r•st£ Total funds Last year th• n••re•t t to th• n••r•¥t£ Al R•c•lpt• Bank Interest Grfl Aid Dedaralions Inland Revenuè Offering Missionary Gifts Sunday Sthool Offerlng Miscellaneous Income Bequests 189 10 28J02 28A02 6N20 23,130 11.978 2,370 2.37Q 1339 Sub totsl(Gm&8 Income forAR) A2 A¥BOt an nv••tm•nt Is•e tabl•l. 37,J81 37.381 36.307 Sub total Total rncelpts 37,381 37,381 36.357 A3 Paym•nts Books Bullding Upkeep Building Projects CCL Licence CCPAS Staff Mlnislry Insurance Missions Special Events Sunday Sthool Exp. Supplies Support Ser¥ic8S Travèl Expenses utilities Miscellaneous Expenditure Gifts 72 14S 146 230 10,642 46,890 889 1A70 1N70 1,610 11 11 031 $31 10 263 2SJ 2,608 Sub tota $7 67,046 80,2Q3 A4 Asjet and Investmert purchag88. {see table) Sub tota 57.046 57,046 50.203 Net of rnceipts/{payments) - A5 Transfers tset￿0n funds A6 Cash funds last y•ar end Cash funds this year en 19,665 19.665 13,846 92.571 92.571 106,417 72,905 72,905 92,571 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestn'ct•d nd• Restncted funds Endowm•nt fund¥ B1 Ca•h funds Lloyd$ G•n•ral Ac¢ounl Uoyds D8po$il A¢¢ount 664 72.352 Total cash funds 72.905 Unrnthcted nds Restrlcted funds Endowment funds to n••rn•t£ lo n••rnbl £ B2 Other monotary as•ets $￿ftd **lch B••t b• Curmni value tion•l C￿1 lopllonall B3 Inve8tmont assets Fund 1¢ whkh ¢oAtlopth)n CurT•nl v41u• tk+n•l 84 Aisets rotalned for th• charlty's own us• Church - 1 FurnessAve, Formby Fumiture, fixture. fitb'ngs. AV 01¢ 200mO Fund whkh ATr￿n1 du• Vth•n du• 85 Llabllltle• &9nod ty on• trust••s on kehaif of all ihe trustees &gnature Print Name Date of roval Paul Lister 2% z3 Viif@ge Church Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to the trusteesl mombers of The Village Churth Fomby On accounts for the year ended 311&23 Charity no Irf any) 1161208 Set out on pages 1&2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the x(x)unts of the above charity ('the Trust") for the year ended 3113123. Responslbllltles and As the charrty trustees of the Trust, you are responsble for the preparation basls of report of Ihe accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Acl 2011 (IheAct'). I report in resped of my examination of the Tmst's w)unts carrled out under sedion 145 of the 2011 Act and In carrying out my examination. I have foll(W￿l the applicable Dire(Aion$ given by the Charity Commiss'on under sedion 145(5){bl of theAct. I have comF4eted my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disdosed below ') in connection with the examinati¢)n which giles me Cau￿ to bolieve that in, any material respect: accounting re(x)rds were not kept in aC￿rdan￿ with sedion 130 of theAct or the accounts do not accy)rd with the ￿0)unts'ng records Independent examiner's ststsment I have no con￿M$ and have come across no other matters in ¢onne¢tion wilh Ihe examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding rf the accounts to be reached. ' Hease delete the wonts in the brnckets rf they do not apply. Slgned: ltr 20111?¥+ Name: Relevant professional qualification{s) or body (if any): SL ￿.41￿Es IER October 2018 Address: Only complete Il the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see . CC32, Independent examination of charity w￿unt$. directions and guidance for exariner8). Glve here brlef detalls of any Items that the examlner wishe8 to disclose. IER October 2018