GRACE CHURCH WHITEHAVEN CHARrrY INFORMATION Year Ended 31 December 2020 Charity Number 1164*23 Prfnclpal office Gr￿e Churth Whitehaven. 14 West Rc Whitehaven Cumbria GA28 9AU Truste8s MrAaron Travell (Chair) Mr Paul SL*r Mr Jonathan Lumby MrAlen Rossr Eldership team MrAaron Travdl Mr Alen Rossi B8nkeTS National Westminstér 71 LovAher Street Whrtehaven Ch28 7AH Solicllor Ms KatE Douglas Anthony Collins SOL￿[tors LLP 134 EdmurKI Street Biniingham B3 2ES Indèpéndènt Examlnor T¢xy Hlndmoor Gibbons Carfelon Houso 136 Gray Street wo￿ngton Cumbria CA14 2LU GRACE CHURCH WHITEHAVEN TRUSTEE REPORT Year Ended 31 December 2020 8tructure. governance and managemenL The charlty Is govemed by a constitulh)n dated 23 November 2015. 1. Now trustees are recruiled from wlhin trUSte￿￿derShIp team tho are members of the congregallon. Thé aim of there being at t8asl four trustees. 2. The trustees met durfng the yearto discuss safeguarding policy, finanw, our rented building arKI employee issues. Day-l04ay organ5$8lion of the church's activitles and vision Is the responsibillty of the church knader¥ and empknyees. 3. Whilst indep8nd8nt, the church is aiTilialed to the Christ Central sphere of the New Fronllers gTOUP of churches arKI is aciively invofved with member churches throughoul Cumbria, the UK and Internationally wilh intewiion being voluntary. H¢)wever, the charity makas use of the assistance aV￿lable from such a group parfKuL4rly vthgn dealing with challenging issues. Thg church attends many events includlng the annual f831ival ￿rnP in August 81 th6 Stsffordshire Show Ground. 4. Part of the Iruslees. responsbilities is the revtew of risk factors and the Safeguarding18 tsjnslanlly under revt8w Wtth lTrinirvJ prov￿ed for chddren ond youth Workers. Mr Jonathan Lumby as Iru51ee safeguaTdiro off￿er regularly reviews all operational risks. poliGie8 and procedure8. Sarah Rossi is a150 appolnted 8$ deputy Safeguarding Offirnr. S. The trustees arè to Work on annud 8pprar8als for all lulmime staff. Aongside annugl reviews of salary and expenses. Thls year, we upda18d ?xpen$e dlowances, employe8 contracts and wage review and rise for our full Ilme eldèr. ObJectlve8 and a¢tivitifs The primary obieGt is the advancement of the Christlan fatth for th8 public ben￿. To achlavè thi5 aim the charty has ￿rr[ed out the foUow¢ng maln a¢liMlies. 1. The meetlng of church merrthrs for rggular *￿rshIp. teaching, Outreach and proyer. This undertaken weekly al maYr￿[d Khool, George Street lyJildiTrJ. members homes and varfous eommunrty venues. 2. Pastoral support throughout lh& church and the k)cality as requir&S or requested. 3. Attending major Christ centr81 events elsewhere n the county. 4. Working with and establishing new thurch plants tn the county, UK and other nation& 5. Operating various coffe8 groups and small groups durirvj the waek. 6, Supporting Churches Together in the Whitehaven Area. 7. Supporting ond working wth a I￿8[ youth resKlenltal centre lor the ages of 1845 who have been in carg and ￿melesS. 8. Developing contacts vAth Christian¥ in other natlon8. pathularfy into Mgxico. A conshlerable amount of work is carried out by volurrteer5 who support tho Vtsion and Values of the church and desire lo achieve thg prmary oblect whkh 15 gratefulty acknoYAedged by the trustees. GRACE CHURCH WHrrEHAVEN Achlwements: Even though thls year has been a huge challenge to the Covid 19 pandemiq Iruslees are satisf￿1 that the objectives are b￿ng achieved and happy with the pru9ress that the Church ha5 made during thb year. Even though our pub]Ic, In p8rson, meetiry have &coped due to Covkl restriction& we havo conllnued to meet online each week to maintavj ￿r church communty. The church has maintained majorfty of our members, with new pecolè Joinw￿ cfflllne and becoming part of the church. Nomially, throughout the year, the church and individual membèrs support Christian outreach and social actlon proj8Cts that we organtse and run. This year. we have managed lo conlinue connecttons with the followng: 1. During the 8PriThJ V•E 8t¥rted a smau fchjd bank project se￿ng many glderly peopl8 and f￿llieS who were In need during the fi151 k¢k(knn. The church dr¢¥)ped off weekly shopping to provide food bags lo Ih05e we identified in need. We also partnered with 3 ¢hurch in our n8twork of churches, to help wfth theirfair share project. whtch also provided some food items for our own foodbank. 2. We have continued our parent and toddler group online during the $prtry and summer wlth sing-a-longs for the kids and we were able to hand (xrt Christmas craft bags to parentg and klds who are part of the toddler group. 3. Wè ¢onlinued wlh our'christmas Hamper GNe away where tho church mad& ovgr80 luxury food hampers forfamilles, IndNiduals, and the elderty in need over Christmas. 4. We were able lo offer financial supp)rt lo our singk* parent fwnilies In the church thn)ugh tha generosity of our don0￿. S. We also kept our connectlon5 Wrth the youth foyer in town. Thls Is a re8ld8ntlal project whlch prcvides accommodation for young adults who have been in the care system or homeless. WO nom81ty have 8 prcie¢t which invofves members of thè chU￿h vislling the centre and providing dinner, ￿0kIng lessons arKI friendship for the young people. Wrth reslrictlons thi8 year, we have not been ab￿ lo do thi& However. we made up 20 Chrlslmas bag510 hand lo the younG peoplè. 8. In 2020, allhough re51ricted, we have conttriued to ¢>Jnmii extra 5UPPOrt for other Churches outslde of Grace Church Whitehaven through ￿[en Rossi who WOTk8 at gUPPOrtkng and helping churches In Curnbria. LanCashI￿ and Mexieo. 7. We were also able to give lo wderwork tn our m¢)MYment of chuth, to help 8UPPOrt churches, projecis and charities. Flnancl41 Revlew 1. 2020 has prO￿d to be a challenging year for finances but one we se6rn lo be workuig well through, despite fosing some significant gmng through our in per50n, Sunday meetings. We were able lo set up more online gmng opportunities through Givf App and steward 8ervKe¥ to help members to gNe through abtemalive method8. 2. We were pfeased th81 a number of membws added to th& Ilsl of monthly standing order donations, évèn though we did b8e some givlng from Sunday meetings {as explained above). The detailed fvJures are set out in th8 pages that fonow this repo 3. The trustees are Satisfied with the Cu￿nt fffAnces of th8 church and are ¥atisfied wlh the current reserves that are hekj in the l)ank. 4. The Church plans to Start Sunday meetirvJs at MayfighJ School, once it Is deomed safe to do so. under government guiddines. The same will to other meetirKJ8 ofsmall groups, youth and crtrtreach Work. 5. In March 2020, we decided to end ¢)ur contraA for Ihe rented buifdin9- The GeDrge Street Centre. which we had been running from 2014. The contr￿1 end￿ in July 2020 and we rK) longw use or fenl that buitdwwJ space. 6. We continu8 to provide managemanl a￿L4jnts whKh aid deciston fflaking atwj expense moniloriro. At It￿ end of 2019 we started to US8 swv*ces of a self-employed bookkeeper lo help sharpen our expense monitoring. fnances and yearly bookkeeping. This has pmed lo be an exceilent dÉcisKn and V•E are ncw operating finance5 and budget through Qu]ckBooks. 7. ReseTve5 are in the trustees, opinion at a gocdlheallhy level. No Investrwts are held and surplLiS cash funds are retained pending inNEslment dects¢on& 8. We wll continu& Hi the future to gfft days tvwards certain kyolecls as set out In the notes. 9. The Irus18es wsh to place ¢)n reco￿ th*thanks lo the empbyeeB and Elder8hty team for their work on behdf of the trusL Approved by the of trustee8 and $*3ned on behaw ofthe trustees. Allth Roxl Allen Ro881 (frusteel Grace Church Whitehaven Charity Number 1164923 INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPOFrr I report on the accwnts of Ihe Trust forthe year ended 31 December 2020. RespECtlve Tasponslblfftles of trustees and examin The charitys tru5tee5 are responsbl& for the weparation of thè accounts. The charws trustees consider that an audit is rvJt requlred for this year under se¢lion 144{2) of Charities Act 2011 {thg 2011 Act) and that an IndeperKlent examinatlonls n?￿d. It18 my responsibilty to- examine 8ccwnts under sectic#) 145 of lh8 2011 Prt follow the procedures laid down in the General Dire¢tion5 given by the Charity Commlsslon under section 14515)(bl of the 2011 Act,. and Slab whether particular maiters come ts my attention. Bas1¥ of Independent ex•mine¢s report My examinatlon was carmd out in aCcorda￿e with the General DIrtKJns glven by th• Chartty Commission. An examination Includes a rèview of the accountuig records kept by the Gharily and a comparison of th8 ac¢ounts presented ￿th t￿nSe records. It also includes considéraliDn of any unusu81 items or dlsclosures In the accour￿. and seeking explanations Irom you a5 trustees conceming any such matters. Th8 prtredures undertaken do rM)t Provide an th? ewdence that would be required ui an audit arbj Consequently no opinp)n is gNen as to whethèr th8 accounts pre¥enl a Inje and f8tr vlew arKI the report Is limited lo thosa matters set gut In the statemènt below. Independènt oxamlnerfs 8tatemenl In ¢onnectwJn with my examinati¢M. no matter has Come to my attentlon: {11 which gNes me fft4¥on8ble rAuse to belth that in any materfal respect th8 r6qulrements.' tc keep accounting records in accordan￿ with sectlon 130 of the 2011 Act',and lo prepare awounts whlch accord with the accounting records arnl ¢omplywllh the aGGounling requlrements Gf tha 2011 Act have not been met.. or (2) to whlch, in rny opinkin, ￿nt￿ should be drawn h) ordor to ￿1*19 a prcper underStar￿Ing of the 8tt0unts to be reachad. Tony Hir￿M00T FGA .GibbDn$ Chartar8d Accountants Carteton House 136 Gray Street Worklnglon Cumbrla CA14 2LU ## **GRACE CHURCH WHITEHAVEN CHARITY NO. 1164923 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** |**Income**
**Donations and legacies**
**George Street Room Hire**
**HMRC Gift Aid**
**Little Monkeys Subs**
**Other refund**
**Total Income**
**Total**
**Expenditures**
**Departments**
**Family Fund Gifts**
**Insurances**
**Marketing**
**Office/General Administrative Expenses**
**Outreach Departments**
**Professional Services**
**Purchases**
**Rent or Lease of Buildings**
**Travel and Accommodation**
**Wages & Salaries**
**Office equipment additions**
**Total Expenditures**
**Net Operating Income**
**Net Income/(Expenditure)**
Bank Balances 01/01/20
Petty cash movement
Net income/expenditure
Bank Balances 31/12/20|**2020**
**2019**
**£**
**£**
38,808.25 41,845.00
740.00
1,021.00
15,221.03
10,377.00
169.20
736.00
-
209.00
**54,938.48 54,188.00**
**54,938.48 54,188.00**
81.52 1,250.00
1,128.67
-
276.05
254.00
33.16
-
645.90 376.00
2,633.51 1,061.00
1,703.35
414.00
105.41
409.00
6,309.40 13,630.00
965.81 2,436.00
33,085.63 32,135.00
699.99
-
**47,668.40 51,965.00**
**7,270.08 2,223.00**
**7,270.08 2,223.00**
35,968
33,745
105
-
7,270
2,223
43,343
35,968| |---|---| ## **GRACE CHURCH WHITEHAVEN CHARITY NO. 1164923 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** ||**2020**|**2019**| |---|---|---| ||**£**|**£**| |**Assets**||| |**Cash funds**||| |Bank current account|43,344|35,968| |**Assets retained for the**||| |**charity's own use**||| |Equipment|15,730|18,480|