**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period From 2022 Period start date To 2023 Period end date** **Charity name: Ashton Church of the Nazarene Charity registration number: 1162037** ## **Objectives and Activities** |||| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the CIO are the
advancement of the Christian faith as
part of the Church of the Nazarene
and the District, principally, but not
exclusively in England.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and 1.19|The CIO has a weekly programme of
activities:
Sunday – we hold a worship service
with Sunday school. It’s family friendly
and open to anyone. In addition every
other Sunday we have a Youth Bible
Study, helping Youth grow in their
faith.
Monday – we have house groups for
bible study, prayer and fellowship,
along with a meal for those in need.
Tuesday – we have house groups for
bible study, prayer and fellowship
Wednesday – we have house groups
for bible study, prayer and fellowship.
In addition we have a drop in for
fellowship.
Thursday – We have an evening get
together for Youth, designed to build
relationships and help Youth.
Friday – We have a Parent & Toddler
Group called ’Happy Tots’ This is a
place where carers/parents can find
support and make friends while their
children play in a safe environment;
We also have ‘Adventurers’ a kids
club for 5-11 year olds, along with a
coffee shop for those who bring their
children. This provides support and
fellowship.
In addition we are involved with
Transforming Lives for Good and their
Make a Lunch Initiative.
All of these activities are open to
members of the church and the public
and benefit the community.
Our building is also used by a variety
of outside groups and charities that
use our space to run their own
community groups. (i.e Side By Side,
Red Cross, Chinese Oversea Mission
Church, Faith Church)| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit.| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|All grant applications need to be
approved by the Trustees to ensure
they align with our vision, mission and
core values.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The majority of what we do is
accomplished through the work of
volunteers.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** |||| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The charity has both taught and
demonstrated the Christian faith
through its activities. This has been
done through the worship services,
weekly house groups, and through a
variety of other activities.
The charity also demonstrates the
Christian faith through love and
support of the community, particularly
those in need and on the margins. We
do this by providing space and
activities where community can be
developed, by feeding those in need,
providing support for refugees and
homeless people, as well as people
who struggle with addictions. We seek
to cultivate healthy families and
welcoming anyone who comes to us.| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**inancial Review**||| |---|---|---| |||| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|YES| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We determine to hold no less than 3
months of reserves based on the previous
years expenses| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£50,094 unrestricted. £74,850 restricted.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Donations| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Lack of support| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |||| |---|---|---| |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Election by members| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **----- Start of picture text -----**
Policies and procedures Para 1.51
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees
The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider Para 1.51
network with which the
charity works
Relationship with any related Para 1.51
parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details** ||| |---|---| |Charity name|Ashton Under Lyne Church of the Nazarene| |Other name the charity uses|Ashton Church of the Nazarene| ||| |---|---| |Registered charity number|1162037| |Charity’s principal address|230 Stamford Street, Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 7LJ| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**| |1|Stephen
Morley|Chair||By Nature of Office -
Pastor| |2|Ruth McCann|Treasurer||Elected at AGM| |3|Gill McNeil|Secretary||Elected at AGM| ||Simon
Caveney|||Elected at AGM| |4|David Dawson|||Elected at AGM| |5|Katy Dawson|||Elected at AGM| |6|Veronica
Dawson|||Elected at AGM| |7|Lauren
McCann|||Elected at AGM| |8||||| |9||||| |10||||| |11||||| |12||||| |13||||| |14||||| |15||||| |16||||| |17||||| |18||||| |19||||| |20||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** |**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---| |**1162037**
**Ashton Church of the Nazarene**|||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |01-Oct-22
**For the period**
**from**|**30-Sep-23**
**To**||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Offerings|**42,052**||**-**||**-**||**42,052**||**42,505**| |Income tax recovered|**6,145**||**-**||**-**||**6,145**||**6,528**| |Donations|||**-**||**-**||||**-**| |Grants|||**-**||**-**||||**-**| |Rent receivable|**26,740**||**-**||**-**||**26,740**||**16,060**| |Interest receivable|**309**||**-**||**-**||**309**||**272**| |Ministries income|||**-**||**-**||||**-**| |income -Miscelalaneous|||**-**||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**75,246**||**-**||**-**||**75,246**||**65,365**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**65,365**| ||||||||||| |Remuneration &pension ontributions|||||||||**27,443**| |BISD & NMI subscriptions|||||||||**8,500**| |Pastorial accomodation|||||||||**11,577**| |Buildingoperational costs|||||||||**15,419**| |Miscellaneous|||||||||**1,779**| |Donations|||||||||**255**| |Staff expenses|||||||||**1,514**| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|||||||||**66,487**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**66,487**| ||||||||||| ||**75,246**||||||||**- 1,122**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**75,246**||||||||**- 1,122**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 12/07/2024 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|CAF deposit
CAF account
NatWest Current Account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**45,866**
**4,228**
**50,094**
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**74,850**
**74,850**
Agreement Error
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||OK| ||||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||Total monetary assets||**50,094**||**74,850**||**-**| ||**Details**
**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||||**-**||| ||230 Stamford Street||||**-**||| ||34 Camberwell drive||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||Signature
Creditors
**Details**
2||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Restricted funds
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Ruth McCann||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||Date of
approval| ||||||||12-Jul-24| ||||||||| ||||||||12/07/2024| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Ashton Church of the Nazarene I re￿rt on the accounts of the charity which are set out on tws following this r¢FM)rt. The responsibilities of In￿tee and examiner The trust¢¢s are r¢sw>nsibl¢ for th¢ prewaiion of th¢ accounts. The charity's In￿le¢S consider that an audit is not requir¢d for this year under the seclion 144 of the Charities Art 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an ind¢Frndenl examination is needed. It is my r¢sponsibility to= examine the aexounts under section 145 of the Charities Act to follow the procedure laid down in the General Directions given by Ihe Charity Commission (under section 145{5Xb)) of the Charities Act. and to state whether Wi¢ular matters hav¢ com¢ to my attention. The ho.si.s i)findependeN exuminer'.%'.gluiemenl My examination was carried out in accordance wilh the General Directions given by the Chariiy Commission. An examinalion includes a review of the accounting records kept by Ihe charity comparison of the accounts presenied with those records. li also includes considerations of an), unusual items or disclosures in Ihe accounts and seeking explanalions from the trustees confimiingj any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provid¢ all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently. no opinion is giv¢n as lo whcther the accounts present a "true and fair" view and Ihe re￿)rt is lirnited lo those matters sel out in ihe slatemenl below. Independenl examiner'.$ slalemenl In conncction with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: Ivhich g*ives me reasonable cause to ￿lIeVe that. in any material respects. the rcquircmcnts to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Arl. and seclion 386 of ihe ComFHnies Aci 2006 to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with th¢ accounls, requirements of ihe Chan'ties Act have not been met OR 2. to whiclL in my Opinio￿ attention should be drawn in order to enable a propcr understanding of the accounts to k reachc Carmen Stoica (]nde￿ndent member of th¢ Church during this arxounting year) 19.05.2024