OLD TRAFFORD CHRISTADELPHIAN CHURCH Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2023.
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023.
The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015).
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and aims
The charity works to advance the Bible based Christian faith to the glory of God and the honour of Jesus Christ for the benefit of the public, through the holding of meetings for worship, prayer and the preaching of the gospel, providing religious teaching and publications (both printed and electronic), the promotion of charitable works, acts of service to the community and the provision of pastoral care.
Public benefit
Following the lifting of Government restrictions on public meetings arising from the Coronavirus the charity fulfilled its public benefit aims during the year by holding publicly open services for worship, prayer, preaching, and teaching. The provision of pastoral care and charitable works (including acts of service) to the local and wider community were provided during the year.
When planning activities for the year, the Trustees have considered the Commission's guidance on public benefit.
Volunteers
The trustees are grateful for the contribution made by volunteers in assisting the charity to carry out its activities. Because of the difficulties in quantifying economic value to the volunteers' time their contribution has not been included in the statement of financial activities.
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
The charity has continued to preach and teach the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. At the 31 March 2023, the active church membership was 72. During the year, 2 members transferred to another church, 2 fell asleep in Christ and we withdrew fellowship from one individual.
The charity used the church building for Sunday morning and evening services in accordance with its aims and objectives. The investment made, in the previous year, by the charity in audio visual technology continued to be used to benefit vulnerable members and non-members whose personal circumstances and health issues prevented them attending the church in person. This also benefited individuals living at a distance who could attend these services together with Bible Study classes online via Zoom. Weekly youth clubs for junior school and senior school (and above) aged children continued to be held.
Pastoral care was provided (including financial support) to a number of the charity’s members, local community charities as well as national charities.
Some other weekly activities for the benefit of the local community such as a Parent and Toddler group. A regular Coffee Morning was held during the period until January 2023.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Financial position
The net outgoing resources of the unrestricted and restricted funds for the year amounted to £21,157 and £8,663 respectively and the total fund balance carried forward at 31 March 2023 is £29,790.
Reserves policy
The reserves held are £21,157. The trustees have reviewed the reserves of the charity. This review included an assessment of the probable future levels of income and expenditure and the size and nature of the reserves.
The Trustee’s view is that the investment made in digital technology as a means of how church is offered has been of benefit to the wider public as these facilities have been used to extend the reach of its services and events to international members and visitors and the virtual community across the country and internationally.
The review concluded that it was likely that there would be greater demands on the charity in the future and that the size of the reserves would enable the trustees to meet these calls on the charity.
FUTURE PLANS
The trustees have continued to carry out its intention, to continue the works of the church, following the lifting of Coronavirus restraints to be open to the public. Future service plans will continue to take new forms such as hybrid-services.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Association, registered as a Charity, number 1166491 since 12 April 2016.
The trustees who served during the year are shown below. The trustees are appointed by the Board of Trustees. The trustees hold meetings quarterly, where they agree the charity’s overall strategy and areas of activity such as preaching, worship, teaching, financial reserves, pastoral care, promotion of charitable works and acts of service.
The day-to-day administration of finances is carried out by the Finance Team. The day-to-day administration of the charity is conducted by the Church Elders.
New trustees are provided with an induction pack which contains key information about the charity.
They are also given information published by the Charity Commission on the duties and responsibilities of trustees.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Charity number 1166491
Principal address
The Bethel Christadelphian Church Henrietta Street Old Trafford Manchester M16 9GA
Trustees
P L Green R S Gaston M R Storer S P Gillingham S Tanner (Appointed 18/1/23)
Independent examiner
N Sutcliffe (FCA) 10 Park Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JB
Bankers
Virgin Money 30 St Vincent Place Glasgow G1 2HL
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 8 September 2023 and signed on its behalf by:
M R Storer - Trustee
Charity Name |
Charity Name |
Charity Name |
No (if any) | CC16a | |
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| Old Trafford Christadelphian Church |
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| Receipts and payments accounts | |||||
| For the period from |
Period start date | To | Period end date | ||
| 01/04/2022 | 31/03/2023 | ||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | |
| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |
| A1 Receipts | |||||
| Donations (General Fund) | 22,410 | - | - | 22,410 | 24,249 |
| Donations (Other Funds) | - | 157 | - | 157 | 170 |
| GiftAid (Repayment) | 4,790 | - | - | 4,790 | 4,662 |
| Church Events | 595 | - | - | 595 | 810 |
| Christadelphian BenevolentFund (Grants) | - | 4,350 | - | 4,350 | 2,410 |
| MiscellaneousDonation | 621 | - | - | 621 | 160 |
| Interest | 11 | - | - | 11 | - |
| ( | - | - | - | - | |
| AR) | 28,427 | 4,507 | - | 32,934 | 32,461 |
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sub total | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total receipts | 28,427 | 4,507 | - | 32,934 | 32,461 |
| A3 Payments | |||||
Preaching &Public Outreach |
1,158 | - | - | 1,158 | **492 ** |
| AllUtility Services &Insurance | **8,301 ** | - | - | **8,301 ** | 6,753 |
| Loan Repayments to CHBS | **1,867 ** | - | - | **1,867 ** | **5,592 ** |
| Repairs &BuildingExpenses | 4,247 | - | - | 4,247 | 10,928 |
| YouthChurch&YouthClubs | 3,293 | - | - | 3,293 | 2,308 |
| Welfare | 3,512 | 1,730 | - | 5,242 | **6,264 ** |
| CharityFunds (Christadelphian) | 2,000 | - | 2,000 | 240 | |
| CharityFunds (NonChristadelphian) | 2,065 | 144 | - | 2,209 | 1,849 |
| Miscellaneous (Camps,Magazines etc) | 3,233 | - | - | 3,233 | 13,648 |
| **Sub total ** | 29,676 | 1,874 | - | 31,550 | 48,074 |
| A4 Asset and investment ~~purchases (see table)~~ |
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| ~~,~~ | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | ||
| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totalpayments | 29,676 | 1,874 | - | 31,550 | 48,074 |
| Net of receipts/(payments) | - 1,249 | 2,633 | - | 1,384 | - 15,613 |
| A5 Transfers between funds | - | - | |||
| A6 Cash funds last year end | 22,334 | 6,000 | - | 28,334 | 43,930 |
Interest on Cash Funds |
72 | 72 | 17 | ||
| Cash funds thisyear end | 21,157 | 8,633 | **- ** | 29,790 | 28,334 |
| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at | the end of t | he period | |||
| Categories | Details | Unrestricted ~~funds~~ |
Restricted ~~funds~~ |
Endowment ~~funds~~ |
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| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||
| B1 Cash funds | Triodos | 13,494 | 8,633 | - | |
| Virgin Money (formerly Yorkshire) | 7,663 | - | - | ||
| - | - | ||||
| Total cash funds | 21,157 | 8,633 | - | ||
| (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
OK | OK | OK | ||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
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| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||
| B2 Other monetary assets | - | - | - | ||
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| - | - | - | |||
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| - | - | - | |||
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B3 Investment assets | - | - | |||
| - | - | ||||
| - | - | ||||
| - | - | ||||
| - | - | ||||
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
- | - | |||
| - | - | ||||
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| Details | Fund to which liability relates |
Amount due (optional) |
When due (optional) |
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| B5 Liabilities | Loan due to CHBS- Roof | Unrestricted |
5,333 | ||
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| - | |||||
| - | |||||
| - | |||||
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Name | Date of approval |
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| Malcolm R | onald Storer | ||||
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
16/02/2017
Independent Examiner's Report to the TnL8tees of Old Trafford Christadelphian Church. I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023. Respecuve responslbilities of trnstees and examiner The charity's trustees responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's tswstees consider that an audlt Is not required for this year (under Section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 lthe 2011 Act)) and that an independent examination is required. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under Section 145 ofthe 2011 Act - to followthe procedures laid down in the General Directions Ven by the Charity Cornmi55ion [undeT Section 14S(Sllbl of the 2011 Act)., and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attenttotL Basis of the Independent ex2minerfs report My examinatson was carried our in accordance with the Gener21 Directions given by the Charity Commis- sion. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It 50 includes consideration of any unusual item5 or dlsclo- sures in the accounts. and seekn'ng explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evldence that wou]d be qUIred In an audit and conse- quently no opinlon is given as to whether the accounts present a'tNe and faSr vlew ' and the report is lirnited to those matters set out in the Statements below. Independent examinews ststement In connectlon wlth my examination, no matter has come to my attention.. [1) whlch Oves me reasonable cause to belleve tha¢ in any material respec¢ the requirernents - to keep accoundng records in accordance wlth Section 130 of the 2011 Act.. and - to prepare accounts which accolll with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting re- quirements of the 2011 Act have not been mer or (2) to which, in my Opinio attention should be drawn iri 0er to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. N Sutcllffe FCA 10 Park Lane Penwortham Preston Lancs PRI 9IB SigDed . Adl h4M/k