Emmanuel Church Marlborou h g Registered charity number 1162884 Emmanuel Church Marlborough Trustees’ Annual Report for year ending 31 August 2022 Trustees’ Annual Report to 31 August 2022 1 Emmanuel Church Marlborough ## **Reference and administration details** Charity name EMMANUEL CHURCH MARLBOROUGH Registered Charity No. 1162884 Charity’s principal address Emmanuel Church, New Road, Marlborough, SN8 1AH ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** Trustee name Office Dates acted if not for the whole year Mr Reuben Mann Chairman Mr Bruce Evans Mr Graham Hilton Mr Michael Prest Mr Peter Keighley Treasurer Mrs Caroline Iliffe Secretary Became a Trustee on 3/2/2022 Mrs Valerie Nelson-Piercy Secretary Ceased being a Trustee on 3/2/2022 ## **Structure, governance and management** ## _Governing Document_ Emmanuel Church Marlborough (‘the Church’) is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered with the Charity Commission in July 2015 under charity number 1162884. It is governed by a constitution document adopted on 28 July 2015 and modified on 11 November 2017. The constitution document was modified as planned from the outset to establish the Church as a local church, with its own leadership, responsible to its own membership. This was at the initiative of the first Trustees, for reasons both of practical sustainability and Biblical principle. The trustees are those who are appointed to the offices of Elder (including Pastor), Church Secretary and Treasurer in accordance with the Church Handbook. ## _Induction and training of trustees_ Whenever a new trustee is appointed they shall be provided with a copy of: - a) The latest annual report and accounts of the Church; - b) The Constitution - c) Any other documentation relevant to the Church ## _Organisational Structure_ During this period the charity trustees have been responsible for the general control and management of the charity. They have met formally three times, which is in excess of the requirement to meet at least twice in each 12 month period specified in the Constitution. The trustees include Reuben Mann who is one of four elders who are responsible for spiritual oversight of the fellowship in accordance with the Constitution. Reuben Mann serves as full-time pastor of the fellowship. The other elders are Bruce Evans, Graham Hilton and Michael Prest. Trustees’ Annual Report to 31 August 2022 2 Emmanuel Church Marlborou h g ## _Consideration of Risks_ Three main areas of risk have been identified, and the procedures put in place to mitigate these are as follows. - 1) The charity closely monitors and manages its finances to ensure that funds are available for ongoing support of its objectives. - 2) Appropriate insurance is in place to protect the charity from unexpected events. - 3) DBS checks are made for all those who work with children or other vulnerable groups as part of the church’s activities to avoid safe-guarding issues arising. ## **Objectives and Activities** ## _Aims_ The Aims of the charity are set out in the charity’s constitution document and are summarised as follows: - (1) the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faith primarily, but not exclusively, within Marlborough and the surrounding neighbourhood; and - (2) such other charitable purposes, as shall in the opinion of the members of the Church put into practice the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faith, provided that the advancement of such purposes must be undertaken in a manner that is consistent with the Doctrinal Distinctives and Ethical Statements. ## _Strategies_ In support of our Aims, our strategies are: - (1) To reach out to people in Marlborough & the wider region with the good news of Jesus, enabling anyone regardless of age, race or religion to learn more about the Christian faith as taught in the Bible; - (2) To build up the fellowship through Bible teaching in the context of prayerful mutual care so that we are equipped for active gracious involvement in the wider community, praying for opportunities to speak of Christ; - (3) To support the spread of this good news globally. In pursuing these strategies, the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit and consider these to be of benefit to both Christians within the church and to the wider community as a whole. Trustees’ Annual Report to 31 August 2022 3 Emmanuel Church Marlborou h g ## _**Activities and Achievements**_ Our activities are free of charge and open to all (unless stated otherwise). These have included: ## Sunday services We have run a church service every Sunday. Our church services have been attended regularly by people from Marlborough and the wider community up to a 10 mile radius. The number of people attending has fluctuated between about 70 and 100 depending on the time of year. These include both Christians and non-Christians who enjoy the friendship and support of the church community. Our services are publicly advertised. Visitors often remark how welcoming the church is. Our services are in person at Emmanuel Church (formerly Christchurch) on New Road in Marlborough. We also livestream our services for those who are unable to attend in person. ## Sunday School & Youth Group Our church services normally include a crèche and two Sunday School groups for children up to the top of primary school. These are well staffed by volunteers and well attended as young families normally form a high proportion of people attending. After our church service, once a fortnight, we run a friendly Bible study group for young people in Key Stage 3. ## Children’s groups and events We run _Little Friends_ , a toddler group meets weekly on Thursday mornings for any parents and carers wishing to bring their toddlers to a session of play, singing and a short Bible story. We run _Sparklers_ , a monthly children’s club on Monday afternoons for any children in Key Stage 1, with games, snacks and a Bible story. We run _Explorers_ , a weekly childen’s club on Friday evenings for children in Key Stage 2, with games and a short Bible talk. There is a 50p charge for snacks. We run _Friday Nights_ , a weekly youth club on Friday evenings for young people in Key Stage 3, with a range of social indoor and outdoor activities and a short Bible talk. We ran a four-day long Holiday Club for primary age children in August 2022. This event included games, craft, food and age-appropriate teaching from the Bible. We requested a donation of £5 in total per family for the Holiday Club towards costs. The Holiday Club was heavily publicised and well attended with many guests from the wider community. Trustees’ Annual Report to 31 August 2022 4 Emmanuel Church Marlborou h g ## Home groups We have three evening mid-week meetings in homes, one in Marlborough, one in Pewsey and one in Ogbourne St George. These groups meet weekly to build friendship, to pray for one another and to study the Bible together. Once a month the groups meet centrally together to focus on prayer and planning. ## Ladies’ Bible Study We have a ladies’ Bible study which meets fortnightly in a home on Friday mornings. This is an opportunity to pray for one another, to study the Bible and to encourage one another as Christian women. ## Men’s and Women’s Socials We have held a number of social meals, some for women and some for men, in homes, in restaurants and in the church building. These have been a chance to build friendship within the church and to invite others who have shown an interest in coming to our church. On each occasion there is a short Bible talk or personal Christian testimony. ## Enquirers course In January 2022, we ran a series of 3 multi-media based discussion evenings called Hope Explored for people interested in finding out about Christianity. ## Christmas Events We held a number of different initiatives to celebrate Christmas and to share the Christmas message with the wider community. The first was an evening of carol singing in Waitrose during the ‘turning on of the lights’ on the High Street. The second was a Car Park Carol Service with the kind permission of a local supermarket. This was organised like a drive-in carol service and attendees were encouraged to decorate their cars with a Christmas theme. An activity pack with mince pies was provided for families to enjoy as their watched an open-air nativity and sang carols in their cars. This event proved so popular in the local community that we had to run it twice to accommodate all the cars. Finally, we held a more traditional carol service in the church building. ## Queen’s Jubilee We celebrated Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee by inviting the wider community to afternoon tea at the Marlborough Recreation Ground (‘Rec’). This included live music, food & drink, fête style stalls, a dog-show and a talk about the Queen and her Christian faith. Trustees’ Annual Report to 31 August 2022 5 Emmanuel Church Marlborou h g ## Pastoral care Our four elders, including our full-time pastor, oversee our spiritual care of the fellowship and of others with whom we’re associated. This includes regular pastoral visits and mentoring where the opportunity is given for personal Bible study and prayer. Our deacons, Caroline Iliffe and Peter Keighley, also have responsibility for oversight of practical care within the fellowship. ## Ministry Staff In addition to having a full-time pastor, the church has recruited two part-time members of ministry staff (a Children’s & Youth Worker and a Ministry Trainee). They joined us at the end of August 2021 and are also training in Christian ministry. ## Other community involvement We encourage our fellowship to be active in contributing to the life of the wider community. For example, several members volunteer in local schools by taking assemblies and running Christian groups, others are school governors and trustees of local pre-schools. One is a trustee of a local bookshop, yet others volunteer with all sorts of charities. ## _**Contribution by the fellowship**_ While the church does employ a Pastor it would not be possible to accomplish all of this without the hard work and service of all the fellowship who give so much time and effort voluntarily in support of our Aims. ## **Financial review** ## _Reserves_ The trustees have reviewed the reserves of the charity. Our funds on 31 August 2022 are approximately sufficient to cover 5 months’ operating costs of the church, excluding further giving. ## _Principal sources of funds_ The charity’s main sources of income have been: - Donations from regular attendees - A grant of £19750 from the Training Fund of the FIEC (Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches) to assist with the employment of our Children’s & Youth Worker - Support raised by our Children’s & Youth Worker and our Ministry Trainee from personal supporters and Christian trusts. Trustees’ Annual Report to 31 August 2022 6 Emmanuel Church Marlborough Investment Policy and Objectives The charity has no long-tem investments. Our cash reserves are held in a current account and a deposit account. The church purchased, in August 2022, an apartment in Marlborough initially to house our Children's & Youth Worker. To help achEve this, we took out a mortgage for £85,000. Future plans We intend to continue to pursue our aims and objectives through activities similar to and in addition to what we have already been doing, as fvnds allow. In 2022, the Methodist church building, which we had been hiring for Sunday servi￿S and midweek activities, was put up for sale on the open market. Wiltshire Council registered this building as an Asset of Communty Value and this gained us 6 months in which to raise funds for a bid. Having obtained an independent valuation, Emmanuel Church Marlborough bid for and purchased this building in January 2023. The funds for this purchase were raised from: Donations by regular attendees Gifts by other interested individuals and trusts A personal loan from an individual in the church at an interest rate of 2.3 % Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees. report above. Signed on behalf of the chariws trustees by: Michael Prest Trustee Caroline Iliffe Secretary Date.. Trustees, Annual Report to 31 August 2022 ## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Emmanuel Church Marlborough** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Emmanuel Church Marlborough for the year ended 31 August 2022, which are attached to this report. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity trustees of Emmanuel Church Marlborough you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of Emmanuel Church Marlborough’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 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 respect of Emmanuel Church Marlborough as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Heather Locke, FCA 3 Lipman Way Malmesbury SN16 9FH 30 June 2023 |**Emmanuel Church,**|**Marlborough**||**1162884**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|01/09/2021|**To**|31/08/2022||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
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Direct Gifts from individuals(notes 5 & 8)|**75,642**||**20,330**||**-**||**95,972**||**64,797**| |Gifts from individuals via CAF / Stewardship|**3,000**||**-**||**-**||**3,000**||**6,068**| |Gifts from supportingorganisations(notes 5 & 8)|**-**||**34,850**||**-**||**34,850**||**3,250**| |Gifts for specificpurposes(note 4)|**520**||**-**||**-**||**520**||**610**| |Gift aid ongifts from individuals|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Sundryincome(note 6)|**1,693**||**-**||**-**||**1,693**||**10**| |Interest received|**121**||**-**||**-**||**121**||**182**| |Income from events(notes 1 and 6)|**3,186**||**-**||**-**||**3,186**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**84,163**||**55,180**||**-**||**139,343**||**74,917**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**74,917**| ||||||||||| |
Pastor stipend(note 2)|**34,920**||**-**||**-**||**34,920**||**34,224**| |Pastorpension(note 2)|**3,432**||**-**||**-**||**3,432**||**3,320**| |Pastor expenses(note 2)|**1,556**||**-**||**-**||**1,556**||**648**| |Other staff costs(incl. expenses/housing) (note 5)|**11,970**||**42,890**||**-**||**54,860**||**8,665**| |Hire ofpremises for services and activities|**7,955**||**-**||**-**||**7,955**||**4,590**| |Supplies and services|**3,481**||**-**||**-**||**3,481**||**4,313**| |Outreach,website andpublicity|**1,230**||**-**||**-**||**1,230**||**1,418**| |Legal and other similar fees(note 5)|**11,039**||**1,500**||**-**||**12,539**||**-**| |SundryCosts|**2,402**||**-**||**-**||**2,402**||**726**| |Costs of events(notes 1 & 6)|**3,498**||**-**||**-**||**3,498**||**500**| |MissionaryGiving- Church|**1,434**||**-**||**-**||**1,434**||**5,114**| |MissionaryGiving- From church members(note 4)|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**430**| |**_Sub total_ **|**82,917**||**44,390**||**-**||**127,307**||**63,948**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see**
**table)**|||||||||| |Purchases of equipment|**558**||||||||**817**| |Purchase flat incl. mortgagepayments(note 7)|**85,445**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**86,004**||||||||**817**| |**_Total payments_**
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**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**64,765**| ||||||||||| ||**- 84,758**||**10,790**||**-**||||**10,152**| ||**-**||**- **|
|**-**||||**-**| ||**123,443**||**8,685**||**-**||||**121,976**| ||**38,686**||**19,475**||**-**||||**132,128**| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to wre8t£ Restricted funds to n&ar08t £ Endowmènt funds Catsgories D*ails to nearest£ B1 Cash funds Bar&•5 CL¥Twnunty 21667 19,475 16,019 Total cash lunds 38,686 19,475 Unrestrlcted R•$tri¢tod to rwrw£ Endowment to nearest£ Detsils Gnl aid to be ¢1•r￿ IrKrte 31 to n￿￿$t£ B2 Othfrr monètary assets 49,625 2.691 FWwJ8y Club f￿A￿4L￿2022 IrK)te 61 1S0 Fund to whl¢h Detal Costl*]pti0n￿) Currentvalue (op￿0￿811 B3 Investment assets Fund to which •ssei b•lon98 unrestr￿80 ¢urronivaluo {optionall D•tsi Equiprr Co5tlopJoMII 84 Assets r•talned for the charity's own use 6,606 Aparthent Infft 170,000 Fund towhiclt Amountdu8 loption811 84.109 Whon du8 loptionat> Monthty to Aug 2047 Aug 2022 D•tsl 85 Liabilities Unreslricted RehJThJ oV￿ld grft 1.350 gfft re21f22 1626 Oct 2021 Unrestrc￿y 497 Sept 2022 & prior Signed by tsvo trust88s on beha￿ of all tru5tee5 S>Jnalu Print Name Date of approv81 Ml(Mf4L Pttr¥T JI £lzi .G.23 **Notes to the accounts** ## **Note 1** Income from events in the current year included £2,406 for the church's March 2022 weekend away. There was no such income in the prior year. The cost of the March 2022 weekend away, including the speaker and the children’s work team, was £2,910, of which £2,410 is recorded in the current year's accounts and the initial deposit of £500 was recorded in the prior year accounts. ## **Note 2** Reuben Mann, who is a trustee, receives payments for his services as pastor to the church and the work that his wife undertakes enabling and supporting his ministry. These payments, none of which are in relation to Reuben's role as trustee, amounted to £34,92 in the year (£34,224 for the prior year). The charity also contributed £3,432 (£3,320 for the prior year) towards a pension for him and paid mileage expenses at 45p per mile amounting to £566 (£266 for the prior year). An additional £256 of pension contributions is due to be paid in 2022/23 and has been included in liabilities. This relates to a £60 underpayment from the current year and £196 from prior years. The remaining £990 of expenses in the current year includes a contribution to his home office, based on 50% of the relevant bills together with any incremental costs, along with reimbursement for attendance at various conferences. The equivalent amounts in th prior year amounted to £382. ## **Note 3** This represents Gift Aid due to be claimed after the end of the year relating to gifts given prior to the end of the year by individuals w had valid Gift Aid forms in place prior to the date of approval of these accounts. Gift Aid due in relation to gifts to Restricted funds ha been included in 'Restricted other monetary assets'. No claims have yet been made related to gifts in the current financial year. Claims for the years ended 31 August 2019, 31 August 2020 and 31 August 2021 were made in January 2023 and as a result £34,579 of Gift Aid was received, together with £576 of intere ## **Note 4** During the year, a number of church members made gifts in support of a specific missionary appeal. These gifts amounted to £520 and are included in 'Gifts for specific purposes'. Whilst these are included within Unrestricted funds, they represent funds designate for a particular purpose. In the prior year £380 was received from church members for a similar appeal together with £80 of additional support for those charities. In addition a further £150 was donated to provide for local needs. ## **Note 5** Several gifts relating to the employment of staff have been received that have been classed as Restricted funds. Support from both individuals and churches towards the cost of employing a Children's & Youth Worker and a Ministry Trainee was received, which in total resulted in £15,955 of restricted income during the year (£8,085 in the prior year). There was also a £19,750 grant received from FIEC towards the costs of the ministry & training of the Children's & Youth Worker for 2 years to August 2023. Costs associated with the employment of these staff members incurred during the year exceeded the balance of associated Restricted funds and hence the excess costs have been deducted from Unrestricted funds. In the prior year, a further £1,500 was received from individuals in relation to the costs of purchasing an apartment which is to be us to house the Children's & Youth worker, the purchase of which completed in August 2022. This restricted income amount was utilise during the year for the associated legal fees. See also note 7. ## **Notes to the accounts (continued)** ## **Note 5 (continued)** Michael Prest, a trustee of the charity, received a rental amount of £650 per month from the church in relation to the provision of accomodation for the Ministry Trainee. During the year he received £7,800 (£650 in the prior year) which is included in 'Other staff costs (incl. expenses / housing)'. ## **Note 6** Income from regular groups, outreach events and the children’s holiday club is included within Sundry Income and represents contributions from participants made towards the cost of running such events. During the year such income amounted to £2,293 (including £780 for the Real Life event, which has instead been included in ‘Incom from events’, and £190 from the prior year’s holiday club). The equivalent amount of such income received in the prior year was £10 A further £150 related to the current year was received in September 2022, which is included in 'Other monetary assets'. The costs of running and promoting these activities are included within either 'Supplies and services', 'Outreach, website & publicity' 'Sundry costs' as appropriate however due to its size the £1,088 cost associated with the Real Life event has been included in 'Cos of events'. ## **Note 7** In August 2022, the church purchased an apartment for £170,000. This was funded with historic reserves of £85,000 together with a 25 year variable rate repayment mortgage for £85,000 from Reliance Bank. The apartment has been included in 'Assets retained for the charity's own use' and the balance on the associated mortgage is shown in 'Liabilities'. In the prior year £1,500 of funds were donated to assist with this purchase. These were utilised towards the significant legal costs a other fees incurred during the current year. ## **Note 8** During 2022, the Christchurch building, where Sunday services were being held, was put up for sale by its owners. As a result Emmanuel Marlborough members and other organisations were approached to ask for pledges to donate or loan money to the char to enable a bid to be made to purchase the property from the vendors. Some of these pledges resulted in income being received in the current year, amounting to £19,475. These amounts have been included in Restricted funds and £1,000 of associated Gift AId to be claimed is included in 'Restricted other monetary assets'. During October and November 2022, the remaining pledges were collected in, following acceptance of the charity's offer to purchase the church building, with final sale completion achieved during January 2023.