## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: Oct 2023 Period start date To: Sept 2024 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 we have**
**Youth Bible Study and activity each**
**Sunday evening, helping youth grow in**
**their faith.**
**Monday – we have house groups for bible**
**study, prayer and fellowship. We also**
**open our facility to provide a meal for**
**those in need.**
**Tuesday – we have house groups for**
**bible study, prayer and fellowship.**
**Wednesday – we have houseg roups for**
**bible study, prayer and fellowship. In**
**addition we host a drop in for food and**
**fellowship, providing a warm space in our**
**community.**
**Thursday – Currently no regular activities**
**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, which runs concurrently**
**with a coffee shop for those who bring**
**their children. This space provides**| |||**support and fellowship.**
**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 and Red Cross)**| |---|---|---| |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 must be run**
**through the Trustees to make sure they**
**align with our vision and mission.**| |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**
**our worship services, weekly**
**House groups, and through 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.**
**We provide a safe place for youth in our**
**community, developing opportunities for**
**teens to develop healthy relationships**
**with other youth and adults. We provide**
**opportunity for youth to serve others,**
**developing an ethic of compassion and**
**caring for others.**| |---|---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial 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 reserves based on the previous**
**years expenses**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£58,005**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**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 from congregation members**
**and through rent collected on room**
**bookings and accommodation.**| |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 – Manual of the Church of**
**the Nazarene**| |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|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Each year we provide new trustees with a**
**time of orientation for their role in the life**
**of our charity.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Ashton Church of the Nazarene| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Ashton Under Lyne Church of the Nazarene| |Registered charity number|1162037| |Charity’s principal address|230 Stamford Street Central
Ashton-Under-Lyne
OL6 7LJ| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Stephen Morley|Chair||Bynature of Office - Pastor| ||Gillian McNeil|Secretary||Elected at AGM| ||David Dawson|Treasurer||Elected byBoard of Trustees| ||KatyDawson|||Elected at AGM| ||Tim Fisher|||Elected at AGM| ||Lauren McCann|||Elected at AGM| ||Stu Nock|||Elected at AGM| ||Steve Howcroft|||Elected at AGM| ||Violet Fawcett|||Elected at AGM| ||Colin Thomas|||Elected at AGM| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 NONE 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**||| |---|---|---| ||Stephen J. Morley|| ||
Chair|| ||27-05-25|| ||27-05-25|| **Ashton Church of the Nazarene 1162037** |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**| |---|---|---|---| |**For the period**
**from**|01-Oct-23|**To**|30-Sep-24| **CC16a** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**55,345**
**8,401**
**-**
**-**
**34,811**
**1,390**
**8,106**
**12**
**108,065**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**108,065**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**55,345**
**8,401**
**-**
**-**
**34,811**
**1,390**
**8,106**
**12**
**108,065**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**108,065**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Offerings|**55,345**||||||||**42,052**| |Income Tax Recovered|**8,401**||||||||**6,145**| |Donations|**-**||||||||| |Grants|**-**||||||||**-**| |Rent Receivable|**34,811**||||||||**26,740**| |Interest Receivable|**1,390**||||||||**309**| |Ministries Income|**8,106**||||||||**-**| |Income - Miscellaneous|**12**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**108,065**||||||||**75,246**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**75,246**| ||||||||||| |Remuneration and Pension Contributions|**32,837**||**-**||**-**||**32,837**||**29,600**| |Ministries Expenditure|**8,436**||**7,483**||**-**||**15,919**||| |BISD and NMI Subscriptions|**8,282**||**-**||**-**||**8,282**||**8,501**| |Pastoral Accommodation Costs|**1,201**||**-**||**-**||**1,201**||**8,547**| |Building operational costs|**16,751**||**1,812**||**-**||**18,562**||**24,101**| |Miscellaneous|**745**||**-**||**-**||**745**||**1,797**| |Donations - giving to others|||**832**||**-**||**832**||**100**| |Staff Expenses|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**4,268**| |District Loan|**28,630**||**-**||**-**||**28,630**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**96,882**||**10,126**||**-**||**107,008**||**76,914**| ||||||||||| |**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_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**76,914**| ||||||||||| ||**11,183**||||||||**- 1,668**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**11,183**||||||||**- 1,668**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 05/06/2025 1 ## **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**
|NatWest Account
**Details**
CAF Bank Current Account
CAF Gold Account
Ministry Bank Account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Accounts Receivable (outstanding invoices)
**Details**|NatWest Account
**Details**
CAF Bank Current Account
CAF Gold Account
Ministry Bank Account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Accounts Receivable (outstanding invoices)
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**14,004**
**-**
**39,602**
**4,399**
**58,005**
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**3,598**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**14,004**
**-**
**39,602**
**4,399**
**58,005**
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**3,598**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**51,345**
**16,329**
**-**
**67,674**
Agreement Error
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**51,345**
**16,329**
**-**
**67,674**
Agreement Error
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||OK| ||||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||230 Stamford Street||||**-**||**-**| ||34 Camberwell Drive||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||Signature||Print Name||||| ||||||||Date of
approval| ||||||||| ||||||||| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 05/06/2025 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Ashton Church of the Nazarene **members of On accounts for the year** 30-Sept-2024 **Charity no** 1162037 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 - I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/09/2024. - **Responsibilities 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 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come 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 accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed: Date:** 04/06/2025 **Name:** Carmen Stoica **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** 8 Abingdon street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL66PN **October 2018** 1 **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **October 2018** 2 **IER**