## **Taunton** 

## **Church of the Nazarene** 

**Board of Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 September 2022** 

**Registered Charity: 1166295** 

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# **Taunton Church of the Nazarene** 

# **Board of Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements** 

**For the Year Ended30 September 2022** 

## **Index** 

**Board of Trustees Report** 

**Pages 3-6** 

**Independent Examiners Report Not Required Financial Statements Pages 7-9** 

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## **Taunton Church of the Nazarene – Report of the Board of Trustees for the Year Ended30 September 2022** 

The Board of Trustees presents its report and financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2022. 

## **Reference and Administrative Information** 

Charity name: Taunton Church of the Nazarene Charity Registration Number:1166295 Principal Address: Bathpool Chapel, Bridgwater Road, Taunton TA2 8BD 

## **Board of Trustees** 

Rev Tassadaq Naomi GullChairperson Appointed 18 December 2017 Rose Crowie Board Member Appointed 23 February 2020 Linda Hancock Board Member Appointed 23 February 2020 Kathy Jones Board Member          Appointed 23 February 2020 Rose Crowie                Treasurer            Appointed15 March2019 resigned 4 April 2022 Helen Clegg Treasurer Appointed 4 April 2022 Linda Hancock   Secretary           Appointed 23 February 2020 Resigned 1[st] July 2022 

## **Holding/Custodian Trustee** 

Church of the Nazarene British Isles South District (A Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee: Company No 7028764) 

**Website:** Not applicable 

**Bankers:** Lloyds Bank, 31 Fore Street, Taunton (Branch Sort Code: 30-98-45) 

**Independent Examiner:** Not required as total income for the year ended 30 September. 2022 below £25,000 

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## **Taunton Church of the Nazarene Report of the Board of Trustees for the Year Ended30 September 2022** 

## **Structure, Governance, and management** 

## **Structure and Organisation** 

The charitable organisation was set up on 31 March 2016 with excepted charitable status under a model trust deed dated 16 February 1953 and became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 31 March 2016 with registration number 1166295. 

## **Trustee Appointments** 

The Pastor of the church is ex-officio Chairperson of the Board of Charity Trustees, and her position is reviewed after two years and then every four years after that. 

The remaining Trustees are elected annually by the members of Taunton Church of the Nazarene at the annual general meeting held in January/February each year. 

## **Governance and Wider Network** 

The Board of Trustees meets regularly, normally monthly to consider the work and management of the church and assess and plan the financial and other aspects of the work and direction of the charity. 

The church/CIO is a member of the Church of The Nazarene British Isles South District (a Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee, Company No 7028764; Charity No 1133336) which in turn is a member of The Global Church of The Nazarene which has its headquarters in Lenexa, USA. 

The CIO is governed by an approved governing constituting document drawn up by Anthony Collins, Charity Solicitors, Birmingham and approved by the Charity Commission for England and Wales and HMR&C. The governing document is based on the Manual of the Global Church of The Nazarene where UK law permits. 

## **Risk Management** 

The risk management strategy of the church is in a continual process of formulation in response to the changing circumstances that could impact upon the work of the church. 

The Board of Trustees, in considering this important task, take direction from on-going discussions with members both internally and through meetings with the Church of The Nazarene British Isles South District and other advisers, adopting appropriate policies as required or as they become necessary to the ongoing work of the church. 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

## **Charitable Objectives** 

The charity has the following objectives: 

- a) The advancement of the Christian faith as part of the Global Church of The Nazarene and the Church of the Nazarene British Isles South District. 

- b) To serve and enhance the local community. 

What – Education, training, and recreation 

Who – Children, young people, elderly people, other defined groups and the general public 

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How  – Provides buildings, facilities, services, advocacy, advice and information 

## **Taunton Church of the Nazarene** 

## **Report of the Board of Trustees for the Year Ended30 September 2022** 

## **Objectives and Activities (continued) Public Benefit** 

The Trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit reporting in  deciding  what  activities  the  charity  should  undertake.  This  report  illustrates  the  activities undertaken to support the public benefit requirement. 

## **Review of the Year Ended 30 September 2022** 

During the Lockdown, the aims for the period included: 

- Continuation  of  weekly  Christian  worship  meetings  on Sundays  and  Bible  Study  and courses on Zoom, which included multinational meetings to promote the Christian faith in accordance with the principles of the Church of The Nazarene. 

- Promotion of a Community Prayer Garden adjacent to the Chapel which remained open for the public to visit and the Chapel with face masks and hand gel and greatly reduced number of chairs for social distancing for use by all. We continued to write a monthly article in the local village magazine to encourage the community to join us online or to visit the prayer garden. 

- We were not able to develop personal links with the local community during Lockdown but instead took care of the elderly people in our church ‘bubble ‘by supporting them with hospital visiting, meals, phone calls, shopping etc. 

## Achievements during the period include: 

- Continuation of regular prayer group meetings and quarterly meetings 

- B1 all churches together met weekly on Zoom. 

- Multinational Christian Fellowship was started and continues Zoom. 

- Still celebrated birthdays and anniversaries at the Chapel with social distancing when restrictions were lifted. 

- IT connections and installation of new sound system upgraded. 

- Redecoration of interior of Chapel completed. 

- Renovations and repairs of Iron gates and railings and some plaster work. 

## **Volunteers** 

The  work  planned,  activities  undertaken,  and  achievements  attained,  would  not  have  been possible without the active involvement and work of members and friends of the charity. The Board of Trustees is grateful their work support Taunton Church of The Nazarene both locally and further afield. 

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## **Taunton Church of the Nazarene Report of the Board of Trustees for the Year Ended 30 September 2022** 

## **Financial Review** 

## **Reserves** 

The charity does not have a policy on reserves as the expenditure and work of the charity is reliant upon the ongoing support, tithes and offerings of the members and friends received at the weekly meetings or directly through the bank. The Board of Trustees reviews on a bi-monthly basis the anticipated income and expenditure for the next two to three months in order to ensure the ongoing work of the charity. 

## **Financial Review for the Year** 

The charity has continued to meet and tailor the expenditure it incurs to the income received through tithes, offerings, and donations received. There is much more that the Board of Trustees would like to do and we continue to explore these and the use of possible grants that may be available to enable plans to become a reality. 

The reserves that had been built up became depleted during Lockdown with very little. income being generated. The Pastor is no longer receiving a stipend and works part time, to enable the missional work of Taunton Church of The Nazarene to continue. 

## **Plans for Future Periods** 

The Board of Trustees continue to meet on a bi-monthly basis to plan and look to the future of the charity. 

- a) Pay the domestic & mission budgets in full if possible. 

- b) Continue with outreach ministry on the existing and new housing estates in the area. c) Corporate prayer meetings. 

- d) Source  funding  through  grants  and  donations  to  replace  deteriorating  windows,  rotten floorboard and upgrade the kitchen area. 

- e) Plans to adopt a community initiative to collect isolated people to the chapel for tea cake and chat. 

- f) Rent the room to local Recovery College for workshop use. 

- g) Develop closer links with local primary school. 

- h) Encourage the youth to use the premises for music practice. 

## **Declaration** 

The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ report above. 

Signed on behalf of the Charity’s Trustees on 27 July 2023 

Rev. T Naomi Gull Rose Crowie (Chair & Trustee) (Trustee) 



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## **Taunton Church of the Nazarene Receipts and Payments Account For the year ended 30 September 2022** 

||**Unrestricted Funds**|**Unrestricted Funds**|
|---|---|---|
||**2022**|**2021**|
|**Receipts**|||
|Tithes & Offerings|2,456|3,989|
|Rents received|2,750|-|
|Grants received|-|8,764|
|Gift Offering|277|555|
|Other Income|1,905|-|
|Transfers from Deposit|11,594|-|
|**Total Receipts**|**18,984**|**13,308**|
|**Payments**|||
|Church Utilities|801|413|
|Manse Utilities|-|-|
|Chapel/Manse Insurance|565|711|
|Licences|129|1,057|
|Chapel/Manse Repairs|12,153|1,532|
|Pastor Office equipment|-|521|
|Pastor training|-|105|
|Pastor Car Insurance|740|404|
|Church District Budgets|325|838|
|Events payments|64|60|
|Pastor Car Expenses|319<br>|-|
|Miscellaneous|355|-|
|Transfer to Deposit|11,595|-|
|**Total Payments**|**27,237**|**5,641**|
|**Change in income over expenditure for the year (8,254)**||**7.667**|
|**Balance brought Forward**|**11,722**|**4,055**|
|**Balance carried Forward**|**3,468**|**11,722**|



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|**Taunton Church of the Nazarene**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Assets and Liabilities**|||
|**As at 30 September 2022**|**2022**|**2021**|
|**Cash funds**|||
|Lloyds current account|3,468|8,222|
|Lloyds Savings account|0|3,500|
|Total Funds held<br>|**3,468**|**11,722**|
|**Fixed Assets**|||
|103 Bridgwater Road, Taunton, TA2 8BD<br>|220,000|220,000|
|**Total Assets**|**223.468**|**231,722**|
|**Represented by**|||
|**Unrestricted Funds**|||
|General Fund|3,468|11,722|
|Designated Fund- Capital Fund|220,000|220,000|
|**Total including designated Funds**|**223,468**|**231,722**|



The Charity also owns property known as Taunton Church of the Nazarene on Bridgwater Road, but no original cost details pertaining to this property are available. 

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## **Taunton Church of The Nazarene Notes to Accounts for the Year Ended 30 September 2022** 

## **Purpose of Funds** 

## **General Fund** 

This is unrestricted funds for use to achieve the aims and objectives of the charity. **Capital Fund** 

This is an unrestricted fund designated to hold the freehold value of the manse. 

## **Trustee Remuneration & Expenses** 

During  the year Naomi Gull,  the Pastor, was paid  remuneration  of £0  (2021  £0) and pension contributions of £0 (2021£0). 

The Pastor was reimbursed expenses totalling £1,394.54 (2021 £925) during the year. 

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