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2022-12-31-accounts

Wheatley Community Church

Registered Charity 1163593

Trustees’ Annual Report 1[st] January 2022 to 31[st] December 2022

Charity’s principal address: 128 Church Road Wheatley Oxford OX33 1LU

Governance:

The Charity is governed by a constitution and founded as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). New trustees are appointed by the trustee body.

We are presently an independent church with a leadership group drawn from people who have been active in the village and involved in ministry in other churches. Our position as an independent church is subject to annual review by the church membership.

Questions of affiliation have commenced and will be taken by church members in due course, informed by God. We are members of Wheatley Area Churches and the Evangelical Alliance.

We have the following policies in place:

We have the following guidance in place:

*A Data Protection/GDPR policy was written in 2023 and will be in next year's annual report.

Charitable Objective:

To advance the Christian religion for the benefit of the public in accordance with the statement of faith found in the schedule to our constitution.

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**Vision Statement: ***

We believe we are being called by God to be an accessible, inclusive, welcoming and nurturing church. Shaped by His word, we respond to His lordship, His love and to this call by seeking to be –

Church leadership:

Wheatley Community Church (WCC) is led by a Core Leadership Team (CLT), each of whom is initially elected by the membership, whose responsibilities include –

Members of the CLT must agree to the Church’s statement of faith (What We Believe) and exhibit the characteristics of leaders outlined in 1 Tim. 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9. They will have relevant experience in church life and organisation and a heart for service to the Wheatley Community, for pastoral care, seeing people compassionately as individuals, and for mission and outreach.

The CLT is led by the WCC Pastor, who will initiate and lead annual reviews with each of the leadership team. The WCC Pastor is accountable in turn to the charity Trustees (see below).

WCC Charity Trustees:

Wheatley Community Church is a registered Charity. As such, matters of legal and financial compliance are managed by a board of Trustees. WCC Trustees must agree to the Church’s statement of faith (What We

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Believe). They should also have skills and experience relevant to the oversight of church, organisation and/or charity governance.

This board is made up as follows –

Trustees serving during all or part of period:

Activities:

Achievements & performance:

For information on the Charity’s achievements and performance please visit the following site: https://www.wheatleycommunitychurch.org

Summary of Achievements and Performance:

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Some of these activities are run in partnership with others of like mind in our community.

Morning Services:

There is some variety in our Sunday meetings, but most of them include the following key elements:

Our style of meeting is quite informal, and kids are encouraged to join in with the singing as they feel comfortable. About 30 minutes into the service, the young people go to separate groups around the school building and have a mix of age-appropriate activities and discussions.

Public benefit:

All Wheatley Community Church activities are designed to be accessible to all who take part. Children and youth activities adhere to Wheatley Community Church's safeguarding policy and are supervised by experienced adults. Children and young people’s activities aim to help them to develop spiritually and morally in line with the Christian faith in order that may better understand the bible and God’s love for them. All community events aim to build social capital, to the benefit of all. Our activities are designed to reinforce the meaning that the Christian faith gives to our members’ lives and the way in which it contributes to their spiritual well-being. It helps to develop their spirituality (including strengthening their relationship with God) as well as providing a moral or ethical framework to live by. This moral or ethical framework offers benefits to wider society, as well as individual comfort, hope and a sense of purpose.

Financial review:

During 2022 the church saw a shift in its giving practises as several founder members – and thus significant donors - move on to other Christian work. We have been blessed with new members although donations have not yet caught up to 2020/2021 levels. However, the Charity moves into 2023 with unrestricted reserves of £73.9K and total reserves of £82.3K. This represents 7 months of expenditure.

Our giving to Mission continues to be an important focus for the church and in 2022 represents a little over 30% of our income. Our healthy reserves position means that during 2022 we have been able to accept a reduction in our income without restricting our outgoings.

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Declaration:

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees report above.

Signed on behalf of the Charity’s trustees. Angela Louise Smith, Chair of Trustees

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/
members of
On accounts for the year
ended
Set out on pages
Responsibilities and basis of
report
Independent
examiner's statement
Signed:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body (if
any):
Address:		 Charity Name
Wheatley Community Church		 Charity Name
Wheatley Community Church		 Charity Name
Wheatley Community Church
31/12/2022 Charity no
(if any)		 1163593
7-8
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”)
for the year ended 31/12/2022
As the charity trustees of the Trust, 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 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.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my
attention 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.
Date:
09/10/2023
09/10/2023
Rebecca Morris
ACA
89 Stanway Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8HY

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Wheatley Community Church 1163593
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period
To
from 01/01/2022 31/12/2022
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Donations 70,506 - 70,506 94,692
Gift Aid Received 20,428 - 20,428 16,228
Other 9,172 4,767 - 13,939 3,190
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Sub total (Gross income for
100,106 4,767 - 104,873 114,110
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 100,106 4,767 - 104,873 114,110
A3 Payments
Staff Costs 70,477 - 70,477 78,114
Mission Gifts & Mission Donations 22,127 - 22,127 34,400
Church Services/ Meetings 5,806 - 5,806 3,573
Other 10,326 3,757 - 14,083 8,338
Local Outreach 3,781 - 3,781 3,071
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Sub total [ 112,517 ] 3,757 - 116,274 127,496
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 112,517 3,757 - 116,274 127,496
Net of receipts/(payments) - 12,411 1,010 - - 11,401 - 13,386
A5 Transfers between funds - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 86,359 7,312 - 93,671 107,057
Cash funds this year end 73,948 8,322 - 82,270 93,671
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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		 Signature
Details
Details
CAF Current Account
CAF Gold Account
Stewardship Services Account
Details
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
596
8,322
70,352
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3,000
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73,948
8,322
OK
OK
Unrestricted
funds
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funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
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Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
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asset belongs
Cost (optional)
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liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
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Print Name
Angela Smith
Wendy Taylor Hill		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
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Endowment
funds
to nearest £
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Current value
(optional)
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(optional)
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(optional)
Date of
approval
09/10/2023
10/10/2023