2024-05-31-accounts

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		Period Start Date				Period end Date
	From	1	June	2023	To	31	May	2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Main Street Community Church

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1162138

Charity's principal address

Main Street Community Church 61 Main Street Frodsham WA6 7DF

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name Office (if any) 1 Jeffrey Wood Chairman 2 Treasurer

• 2 Gareth Morgan

Dates acted if not for whole year

• 3 Andrew Basden

• 4 Sue Spilman

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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

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed by resolution passed at a properly convened Trustee selection methods meeting of charity trustees in line with the constitution. (eg. appointed by, elected by)

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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

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

The object of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation is the proclamation and furtherance of the Gospel of God concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord and the preaching and teaching of the Christian faith at Main Street Community Church and elsewhere in accordance with the Declaration of Faith set out in the schedule to the constitution.

The Trustees ensured that the work we carried out was consistent with the guidance from the Charity Commission on public benefit and with our charitable aims and objectives.

Main Street Community Church believes that the Christian faith is proclaimed through action as well as by words. Our activities over the year have continued to demonstrate that belief and were conducted so as to be open to the community in which we are situated, regardless of whether beneficiaries consider themselves to be members of the church or not. The name “Main Street Community Church” was chosen to reflect our involvement in, and support for, the community in which we are situated.

1. Our Church premises are registered as a place of religious worship and regular services were held on Sunday mornings throughout the year. All services are open to all. Our premises have also been used for funerals and a wedding and have frequently been open to provide space for private prayer and reflection. We also run weekly evening and daytime bible study and discussion groups.

Summary of the 2. We contributed to the spiritual and moral education of children through main activities weekly Sunday School classes (Sunday Clubs) and ‘all age’ worship undertaken for the services and ‘Friday Break’ Carer and baby sessions which we ran for the public benefit in first part of the year until it became clear that there was no longer a relation to these demand for these activities. We have, however, continued to present objects (include Christian beliefs concerning Christmas and Easter through running within this section Christmas and Easter Journeys, which were attended by pupils from the statutory around 15 local primary schools, and which are recognised as supporting declaration that the schools in their delivery of the RE curriculum. trustees have had regard to the 3. We provided support for elderly people within the community through guidance issued activities, including (i) providing services of worship in local nursing by the Charity homes and care homes, (ii) assisting elderly people to attend our own Commission on services, if they wish to do so, (iii) running a fortnightly ‘Friendship Group’ public benefit) where elderly people meet for tea, conversation and other activities.

4. We have provided facilities for other organisations to conduct activities that we regard as consistent with the practical application of Christian beliefs, for example the Alzheimer’s Society’s Singing for the Brain and the weekly Memory Café. Our facilities are also used on a regular basis for rehearsals by the One Voice Community Choir.

5. We have made grants and provided practical support to a wide range of other organisations, including those engaged in (i) spiritual education of children within local schools, (ii) poverty relief and community development in developing countries,

6. We play an active part in Churches Together in Frodsham working together with other churches in the Town on events and initiatives throughout the year including work in local schools, joint services and Christian Aid Week collection.

7. We provide pastoral care, visiting and caring for those who are unwell or facing difficult times, and their families.

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Apart from our full time paid pastor all our work is carried out by a large number of volunteers.

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

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the See Section C above. year

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

No formal policy on reserves has been adopted but our normal approach is to maintain reserves of around 50% of annual expenditure which the trustees regard to be a prudent but not excessive amount. However, as a result of some large donations in the previous year, reserves are currently running somewhat above this.

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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.

• The principle source of income is from donations from members of the Fellowship. Wherever possible income tax is reclaimed from these donations under the Gift Aid scheme. Income is also received from regular coffee mornings which also act as part of the wider outreach of the Church to the local community. We also receive some income from other groups that use our premises, which contribute to the running costs of the building.

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) Jeffrey Peter Wood Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chairman Date 24 January 2025

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WAIES Main Str Comrnunlty Church 1162138 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from 1st June 2023 To 31s1 May 2024 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Rostsictsd ndi Endowm6nt lunds Tot•1 lund• La•t y•Ar th• n••T•¥t £ toth• n•ar••t £ to th• rrt£ to th• nMr••t E Al R•ulpt8 Donotions. Legacies and other $imilar receipt3 Operating A¢Uvrtie8 to further Charttie$ ob'tctivos 150 06.857 Sub total (Gn)ss incomé for AR) 58.112 140 80,20Z nve 18ee tsblè). Sub totsl $8,112 150 56.262 A3 Payment• Charflabl• payn&nti- charftsbl• a¢lIv￿leS Chorflabl• pay)n•nt8. management and adrnlnlstratlon Sub totsl 58.718 58.718 A4 A#so1 and Inve8tm•nt pul¢ha￿s, leee table) Sub total 58.718 58,718 Net of receIp￿{paYments) . A5 Transfers bdween funds A6 Cash funds last ygar end Cash funds this year end 150 2.456 86.8S7 84,251 86.895 84,439 CCXX Rt ¥ccounts {SSI 05112r2024

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrictsd funds to n•artst£ 6.51$ Tl.736 Restricted lunds Endowment funds to nèarest£ Categories Details t n¢•re$t£ B1 Ca8h fund8 B￿ce in Cutsentknount Total cash lunds 84,251 188 •)) Endowm•nt fund funds funds Details Fund lothl¢h Details Co•tlopllMa Curr•ntvalu• Fund to whkh Curr•nt valu• lonal Oelai15 cts￿ I+¥¢h)r￿> 84 Assets retalned for the charity's own u80 Uetaiis 85 Llabilili•s Slgned by one orhw t￿￿tee5 on beham ol all the trust¢¢S Dats of roval Sgnature Print Name CCXX R1 a￿o￿nIS(S8) 05112r2024

Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl mombors of Main Street Community Church On accounts for the year ended 31* May 2024 Charity no (If any) 1162138 Set out on pages CC16a pages 1 and 2 Respectlv• The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. rosponsibilities of The charrty's trustees Consider that an audrt is not required for this y8ar trustses and examlner under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Ch8tities Act) and that an independent examination is need￿1. h is my responsibility to.. examine the accounts under sedion 145 of the Charities Act. to follow the procedures laid down in the general Diredions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5){b) of the Charities Act, and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given examiner's statement by the Charily Commission. An èxamination indudes a review of the aC￿untIng rerx)rds kept by the chanty and a comparison of the accounts presented wrth those records. It also indudes consideration of any unusual items or disdosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees con￿mIng any such matters. The prccedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit. and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the xcounts present a Irue 8nd fair wew and the re￿rt is limtted to those matters set out in the statement bel(M. Independent In connects'on with my examinats'on, no matter has ￿me to my attention examinor's staternènt I 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material resr¢d, the requirements.. to keep accounting records in ac￿rdan￿ with section 130 of the Charrties Ad., and to prepare ￿lurrtS which ac￿rd with Ihe accounting records and comply with the a(wuntirpJ requirerrEnts of the Charrties Act have not been met. or 2. to which. in my opinion, attention shoukl be drawn in order to en8ble a proper understanding of the a¢￿Unts to be reached. ' Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not 8ppIy. Slgnad: Dats: Namo: Relevant professlonal qualification(s} or body (rf any): IER March 2012

Address: n nJzlaf_ J)ri¥e. ev)￿Shi£ Section B Disclosure Only (x)mpi8te rf the examiner needs to highlight material problems. Give here brief deta118 ofany ttems that the axaminer wlshes to dlsc108•. IER March 2012