Jubilee Church Derby
Report and Accounts Year ended 31 March 2024
1 Lamb's Passage, London EC1Y 8AB www.stewardship.org.uk
JUBILEE CHURCH DERBY
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE PO Box 7736 Derby Derbyshire DE1 0RY GOVERNING DOCUMENT CIO - Association registered July 2015 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1162660 TRUSTEES RESPONSIBLE FOR Sandra Aumonier (resigned March 2024) MANAGING THE CHARITY Adam Civval Elizabeth Crump (appointed October 2023) Sandeep Manaktala Graham Pyman Joanne Willoughby (appointed June 2024) ELDERS Graham Pyman (Lead Elder) Rai Dass Adam Civval Tim Hardman Rupert Hurley (resigned July 2023) BANKERS The Co-operative Bank INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Jaimée Young Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB
INDEX
Page 1 Legal and Administrative Details Pages 2-7 Trustees' Report Page 8 Independent Examiner's Report Page 9 Receipts and Payments Account Page 10 Statement of Assets & Liabilities Pages 11-12 Notes to the Accounts
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Annual Report of the Elders and Trustees of Jubilee Church Derby
for the financial year April 2023 – March 2024
Objectives
The objectives of the charity are primarily to promote evangelical Christianity, to minister to the poor and needy and to provide teaching and training to the church. The Elders and Trustees are once again pleased with the progress that has been made during this year.
Governance
The policy and operating decisions of the charity rest with the Trustees. The day-to-day running of the church is delegated to the Elders who also provide the Spiritual Leadership of the church. The finance team provides regular financial reports to both groups.
This has been the eighth year of operating as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). The previous charitable trust, Jubilee Church, Derby (charity no. 1097142) transferred all assets and liabilities to the CIO Jubilee Church Derby (charity no. 1162660) on 1[st] April 2016.
Review of activities
The Trustees have complied with the duty to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.
The New Testament shows that the church is not a building, but rather a group of ordinary people whose lives have been changed by a relationship with Jesus Christ. Jubilee is a ChristCentral Church, which is part of the wider Newfrontiers family of churches. The ChristCentral Team (of which Jubilee’s Lead Elder is a part), serves over 275 churches in more than 25 nations.
Our vision is to be a vibrant community shaped by the Spirit, equipped by the Word and sent to the nations. We want to build a large vibrant City Church that gathers centrally on a Sunday and has small groups meeting in and impacting local communities all across Derby. We desire to see many people come to faith in Jesus and grow in their relationship with Him.
As well as working in the City of Derby, we are also planting a church in Burton-upon-Trent and praying about other places where we may want to start a small group or church plant in the future.
We aim to fulfil our vision by:
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Loving God
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Loving one another
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Loving those who don’t know Jesus yet
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Serving the City
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Reaching nations
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Over the last year we have sought to meet these objectives by a range of activities. The majority of these activities are undertaken voluntarily by members of the church. Once again, the Elders and Trustees wish to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy voluntarily given by these members in order for the church to fulfil its objectives.
Sundays
We have continued to meet each week at Derby QUAD for our main Sunday gathering. This is central, well-known venue, and has served us well over recent years. Sunday requires many volunteers serving in welcome, worship, kids & youth and other ministries for it to happen effectively. We are very grateful for them! As the main gathering point of the church, and the most visible way into church life, it continues to be a major part of who we are together.
Children and young people
Our kids and youth leaders have again done a fantastic job this year. We are very fortunate to be able to run high quality Sunday kids activities for babies (creche), children (FROG Club) and young people (RootID). The youth team also run Friday evening activities for young people. All these prove very popular with the children and young people.
LifeGroups
We invite everyone who wants to be part of Jubilee to be a member of a small group we call LifeGroups. These groups give an opportunity for connection, friendship, pastoral care, discipleship and outreach. Our LifeGroup leaders have once again done an excellent job in serving their groups, and we are grateful for the time and energy they put into this. During the year we have also had discussions with LifeGroup leaders about how we could refresh the small group life of the church; and as a result of these discussions and ideas from these leaders, we expect to make some changes later in 2024.
Meeting practical needs
We have been in the fortunate position of being able to care for and financially assist some of our members who have been in financial need during the year. This has only been possible due to the generous giving of others in the church, and for this, we are very grateful.
Christmas
Our Christmas events included our ever-popular Carol Service, an interactive Family Service and carol singing in the Derbion Shopping Centre. It was wonderful to have guests at both our carol service and family service, both celebrating Christmas in slightly different ways. This was the second year we had been able to sing carols in the shopping centre, and it was a fun and popular event with shoppers and centre staff alike.
LoveDerby
LoveDerby is our expression of social action and community engagement in the city. We actively look for ways in which we can be a blessing to our city.
One example of this is our LoveDerby Sundays, which continued this year. These are Sundays where instead of meeting for worship at QUAD, we meet in different locations around the city to serve, love, bless, reach and demonstrate God’s love in very practical ways. These have been well-received by different communities and families, and once again, we have partnered with the City Council and other agencies.
We had the opportunity to help sponsor an event for Derby City Foster Carers in May, and as a result, were able to talk to both social workers and foster carers about some of the work we undertake as a church. We received the following thank-you note after the event:
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22[nd] May 2023
Dear Jubilee Church
I am writing to say a huge thank-you for your contribution to our Fostering Festival, held on Saturday 13[th] May. We had almost 200 people attend the event and everyone of all ages seemed to really enjoy it. It was our chance to celebrate our fostering families and say a very big thank-you to them for all that they do. Your contribution of pizza meant that we were able to really treat them and show them how valued they are, and definitely went towards making the event a great success.
A big thank-you from all of us for being part of it.
Kind Regards
Katie Jones
Team Manager, on behalf of all the Fostering Team. Derby City Council Fostering Service
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Another way we had been able to help some of the most vulnerable people in our city was by supporting the work of Faith Hope and Enterprise. This Derby based charity provide supported housing for some of the most marginalised members of our society. Over recent years, we have been able to make two loans to FHE to enable them to put deposits down to purchase, rather than just rent property. This has provided greater security for their residents as well as enabling the charity to save money.
17[th] November 2023
Hiya Graham and Adam,
The board of Faith Hope and Enterprise met on Monday evening and asked me to pass on their gratitude for the loan of £15K nearly five years ago, which has done so much to help us take the charity forward. This will be repaid very shortly and they did not wish to miss the opportunity to say thank you.
I would also like to extend my personal thank you, once again. Your generosity has helped the charity to grow and strengthen and has been a part of seeing lives changed for good.
Please pass this on to all the trustees and elders at Jubilee.
Many thanks,
Kevin Gill The Faith Hope and Enterprise Company Ltd Registered Charity 1167974
Church planting – Burton
Our church plant, Burton Family Church, have had an encouraging year with new people looking in and joining, and new connections being made in their local community of Winshill.
The finance and governance of Burton Family Church continues to be overseen by the Jubilee Trustees and they continue to operate out of our Trust. We hope that they might be in a position to launch as their own legal entity in the next 1218 months.
Leadership, staff and Trustees
Following a sabbatical last year, one of our elders, RH stepped down from eldership in July. Whilst we were very sorry to see him leave the eldership team, everyone concerned felt that this was the right decision for him and his family. We were able to show our appreciation and thanks at a family meeting and to pray for him and his family. We wish to record our deep love for him and his family, and our gratitude for all that he brought to the eldership team and the church.
At the same family meeting we were able to share that, in the autumn, we would begin to meet with PE with a view to exploring whether eldership in Jubilee was right for him and the church. We also began to have conversations around him joining the staff team on a part-time voluntary basis in 2024.
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In an evening of lots of news, we also announced that we would be expanding the staff team in the autumn by adding NG into a part-time staff pastoral role. This would increase our capacity and help us do a better job at integrating newcomers to the church.
There was also movement in our Trustee team during the year, as Sandra Aumônier stepped down as a Trustee and Elizabeth Crump joined the team. Sandra had served in this role for several years and felt that her time as a Trustee had come to an end. We are very grateful to Sandra for all her work as a Trustee, particularly for carrying much of the finance load both before and during the period of Covid lockdowns. Elizabeth is a great addition to the team, bringing her business & finance expertise to us. She has also taken on much of the day-to-day bookkeeping role, and for this we are very grateful!
From September, our lead elder was released to serve ChristCentral for 50% of his employed time. This was made possible by an increased support grant from ChristCentral and the addition to the staff team described above.
ChristCentral/Newfrontiers
Jubilee is a ChristCentral Church, which is part of the wider Newfrontiers family of churches. Our Lead Elder (GP) continues to serve on the ChristCentral Apostolic Team and as a Director of ChristCentral Churches Worldwide Ltd. Our Operations Manager also supports ChristCentral by managing communications and marketing, taking responsibility for the website, social media and email communications. He is released for this 1-day per week.
Our Lead Elder led a team to oversee the ChristCentral leadership conference. This was a great success with guest speakers including author and pastor, Andrew Wilson; theologian Dr. Amy Orr-Ewing and CEO of the Evangelical Alliance, Gavin Calver.
As mentioned earlier, GP is now released for 50% of his employed time to serve the wider ChristCentral family of churches. He is involved in overseeing churches and church plants both in the UK, and in Cambodia and Eastern Germany. Members of the church are also involved in helping to support the international church plants.
For example, one of our members made Christmas gifts for all the children the church plant in Siem Reap serve in their social action project. We were able to send this out to Cambodia in time for Christmas.
Members of the church also gave generously into a fund to help the leaders in Siem Reap purchase a car. Nearly £3,500 was raised and passed on, which was very gratefully received!
GP was able to visit Siem Reap in the summer, the first trip to Cambodia he had made since Covid. It was great to see the progress made by the church plant and to be able to meet members of the church and preach there. It is hoped that annual visits will be made to support the church plant and its leaders.
We have gratefully received a grant from ChristCentral Churches towards the time given to ChristCentral by our staff team for apostolic, administrative and communications support.
Finances
As always, careful financial monitoring continued throughout the year and the Elders and Trustees received regular reports on cash flow as well as income and expenditure. Our finance software automatically sends out these reports on a monthly basis. From 1[st] April 2024, we will be moving to a new accounting package, ExpensePlus. This is designed specifically for churches and charities, and we feel it should make managing our finances more straightforward.
We continued to save money on a monthly basis towards future expenditure in the areas of IT equipment, production (PA) equipment and website development.
The Burton church plant continued to operate out of a separate Designated Fund to enable careful monitoring of income and expenditure in Burton.
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Total income for both Derby and Burton for the year was £200,980 against a combined expenditure of £185,120.
The Elders and Trustees are very grateful for the regular, generous and committed financial support shown to the church by members. The Gift Aid scheme has been well used once again this year, and the charity has recovered £24,880 in Gift Aid payments in the year.
The Trustees have agreed a reserves policy of keeping 2 months operational costs in unrestricted general funds (approximately £23,000), with a goal of having 3 months operational costs in reserve. We are pleased to report that we are compliant with our policy. The total unrestricted fund balance was £107,870.
We are able to report a balance of all funds going into the new financial year of £152,630. This is a mix of general (unrestricted) money, designated and restricted funds.
Trustees’ Responsibilities
Charity law requires us as Trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year which record the receipts and payments of the charity for the year.
We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011.
We also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities.
Conclusion
The Elders and Trustees are of the opinion that the charity is in good financial shape and in a position to anticipate continued growth during the coming year.
Signed on behalf of the Trustees:
ACivval
ACivval (Dec 8, 2024 17:07 GMT) …………………………………….
ADAM CIVVAL
Chair of Trustees
DATE Dec 8, 2024
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF
JUBILEE CHURCH DERBY
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Jubilee Church Derby ('the charity') for the year ended 31 March 2024 on pages 9 to 12 following.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner’s statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 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.
J Young J Young (Dec 9, 2024 11:40 GMT)
______ Jaimée Young
Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB Dec 9, 2024 Date: __
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JUBILEE CHURCH DERBY
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
| Unrestricted | Funds | ||||||||||
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| General | Designated | Restricted | Total | Total | |||||||
| Funds | Funds | Funds | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||||
| Income receipts | |||||||||||
| Donations | 105,619 | 24,008 | 7,933 | 137,560 | 124,433 | ||||||
| Gift aid receipts | 21,236 | 2,889 | 758 | 24,883 | 20,460 | ||||||
| Grants | 7,290 | - | 27,225 | 34,515 | 24,925 | ||||||
| Other | 1,273 | - | - | 1,273 | 34 | ||||||
| 135,418 | 26,896 | 35,916 | 198,230 | 169,853 | |||||||
| Capital and similar receipts | |||||||||||
| Loan repayments | 2,750 | - | - | 2,750 | 6,333 | ||||||
| 2,750 | - | - | 2,750 | 6,333 | |||||||
| Total receipts | 138,168 | 26,896 | 35,916 | 200,980 | 176,186 | ||||||
| Payments | |||||||||||
| Payments in relation to activities undertaken directly |
charitable | 2 | 125,041 | 24,608 | 17,475 | 167,124 | 153,839 | ||||
| Grants paid in relation to activities undertaken by others |
charitable | 3 | 12,050 | - | 5,951 | 18,001 | 13,960 | ||||
| Total payments | 137,091 | 24,608 | 23,426 | 185,125 | 167,798 | ||||||
| Net of receipts / (payments) transfers |
before | 1,077 | 2,288 | 12,490 | 15,855 | 8,388 | |||||
| Transfers between funds | 5 | 7,831 | 1,921 | (9,752) | - | - | |||||
| Net movement in funds | 8,907 | 4,209 | 2,739 | 15,855 | 8,388 | ||||||
| Cash funds as at | last year | end | 29,368 | 65,384 | 42,026 | 136,778 | 128,391 | ||||
| Cash funds at this year end | A | 38,275 | 69,593 | 44,765 | 152,634 | 136,778 |
The notes on pages 11-12 form part of these accounts.
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JUBILEE CHURCH DERBY
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
AS AT 31 MARCH 2024
| General Designated funds funds £ £ A Cash funds Cash at bank with immediate access 38,175 69,593 Petty cash 100 - 38,275 69,593 B Other monetary assets Gift aid due to charity 6,366 - Loan - - Other debtors - - 6,366 - C Liabilities Falling due within one year: PAYE/NIC 1,385 - Fee for Independent Examination 1,590 - Promised future missionary support 1,500 - Accrued expenses and other payments due 1,861 - 6,336 - D Assets retained for charity's own use Equipment Unrestricted Funds The above interest free loan was paid off during the year. |
Restricted funds £ 44,765 - 44,765 - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs General |
Total 2024 £ 152,534 100 152,634 6,366 - - 6,366 1,385 1,590 1,500 1,861 6,336 Value 2024 £ 32,888 32,888 |
Total 2023 £ |
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| 136,678 100 |
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| 136,778 | |||
| 7,162 2,750 229 |
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| 10,141 | |||
| 921 1,470 1,500 3,647 |
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| 7,537 | |||
| Value 2023 £ |
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| 30,825 | |||
| 30,825 |
The trustees have used insurance values for contents and equipment as the trustees are unable to reliably estimate current values; insurance values may differ materially from current values.
E Guarantees and secured debts
The charity has not given any guarantees and has not provided its assets as security for any liabilities.
The accounts were approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf
by ACivval date Dec 8, 2024 ACivval (Dec 8, 2024 17:07 GMT) _____Adam Civval _____
The notes on pages 11-12 form part of these accounts.
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JUBILEE CHURCH DERBY
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1 Accounting policies
The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis and comprise a statement that shows the charity's receipts and payments, a statement that summarises the charity's assets and liabilities and related notes. The accountancy profession have determined that only accounts prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards present a 'true and fair' view and, as these receipts and payments accounts have not (and cannot) be prepared in accordance with accounting standards, these accounts do not present (and are not intended to present) a 'true and fair' view of the charity's financial activities and state of affairs.
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes. Restricted funds are donations which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors; they include donations received from appeals for specific activities or projects.
| 2 Payments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly (a) Staff costs Note 4 Travel, training other staff expenses Evangelism, publicity, events and social action Apostolic & regional ministry Note 4 Church planting (including salaries) Jubilee Life (ministry, youth work etc.) (b) Support and Administration Property costs Equipment Church office costs Insurance Administration and support Accountancy and independent examination Combined charitable activity cost 3 Grants and gifts paid to others Organisations: Christ Central Mission support Relief of poverty and church planting |
Unrestrict | Designated funds £ - - - 1,917 21,593 - 23,510 - 1,086 - - 12 - 1,098 24,608 - - - - ed Funds |
Restricted Funds £ 15,500 - 973 - 869 131 17,473 - - - - 2 - 2 17,475 - - 5,951 5,951 |
Total 2024 £ 82,066 3,153 2,601 5,621 22,462 5,212 121,115 23,109 2,917 10,350 1,321 5,250 3,062 46,009 167,124 9,000 1,500 7,501 18,001 |
Total 2023 £ |
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| 75,640 3,428 2,655 4,409 18,184 4,031 |
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| 108,348 | ||||||
| 24,462 1,122 10,567 1,219 4,450 3,671.40 |
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| 45,491 | ||||||
| 153,839 | ||||||
| 9,000 1,125 3,835 |
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| 13,960 |
4 Transactions with related parties
G Pyman served as a Lead Elder and was paid for serving in that capacity, not for serving as a trustee. His wife was paid up to February 2024 in her capacity as Pastoral Assistant. These payments are permitted by the charity's governing document. G Pyman also visited a supported church plant in Cambodia and the associated costs are included in Apostolic & regional ministry expenditure.
No payments were made to any other trustees or persons related to them, except for reimbursement of expenses paid out on behalf of the charity.
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JUBILEE CHURCH DERBY
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
| vement of funds General funds Designated funds Apostolic Travel Future Capital Church Plant - Burton Sabbatical PHP Restricted funds Christmas Offerings Employee Salary Support Smile Project Building fund Hardship fund Church Plant - Burton CCC special fund Love Derby Youth, Children & Infants Cambodia The 20% Fund Total funds |
Opening balance £ 29,368 6,005 38,663 7,534 13,100 - 81 94,752 - 7,931 10 28,794 2,171 741 - 1,246 131 - 1,001 42,026 136,778 |
Receipts £ 138,168 - - - 26,896 - - 165,064 391 27,225 - 700 1,140 1,000 2,042 - - 3,418 - 35,916 200,980 |
Payments £ (137,091) (1,917) - (1,086) (21,605) - - (161,699) (391) (15,500) (10) - (100) (871) (2,042) (962) (131) (3,418) - (23,426) (185,125) |
Transfers £ 7,831 2,679 1,337 600 (4,114) 1,500 (81) 9,752 - (12,631) - 2,750 - 130 - - - - - (9,752) - |
Closing balance £ |
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| 38,275 6,768 40,000 7,048 14,277 1,500 - |
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| 107,869 | |||||
| - 7,025 - 32,244 3,211 1,000 - 284 - - 1,001 |
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| 44,765 | |||||
| 152,634 |
5 Movement of funds
Nature of Designated Funds:
Apostolic Travel: Monies designated by Jubilee trustees towards costs of apostolic travel (largely international). Future: Money designated by the Trustees for future use, for example future building use or additional staff capacity. Capital: Money saved towards future high capital expenditure (broken down into IT, music & PA, and website). Church Plant - Burton: Money given towards the Burton Church Plant.
PHP fund: A fund used to manage the costs of the Pursuing His Presence conference and academy.
Nature of Restricted Funds:
Christmas Offerings: Money given at a special Christmas offering to be given away as announced each year.
Employee Salary Support: Grant from ChristCentral Churches towards staff costs for work carried out on behalf of ChristCentral. The transfer to general funds relates to salary which was paid from general funds but had been covered by restricted grant funds.
Smile Project: Money given towards the Smile Project for children with additional needs.
Building fund: To fund future building requirements. Hardship fund: Donations given specifically for the relief of financial hardship.
Church Plant - Burton: Money given towards the Burton Church Plant.
CCC special fund: Money given in special offerings taken for ChristCentral Churches. Love Derby: Used for running our LoveDerby events and projects.
Youth, Children & Infants: Money given towards children's and youth work Cambodia: The funds raised were used to support a church plant in Cambodia. The 20% Fund: Money to be given away to non-Jubilee Derby projects.
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