OLD TRAFFORD CHRISTADELPHtAN CHURCH Report of the Trustees for the ye*r ¢nd¢d 31 2024L The trustecs Pft5Cnt their rqjort with thc financial Statern￿ts of the tharity for the ycar enda 31 March 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Aecounting and Reporting by Charigies.. Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to clwities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Rep)rting Stsndard appli￿ble in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (eff¢rtiv¢ l January 2015). OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES ObJettfves attd *lm$ The charity was ¢5tablish¢d to advance the Bible b&sed Christian faith io th¢ glory of God and the honour of Jesus Christ for the benefit of the publi¢, through th¢ holdÉng of m¢¢tings for worthip, prayer and the preaching of the gospel, PTr)viding reli8lOU5 teaching and publi¢ation5 (knth prÉttted and ele¢troni¢), the promotion of chHritsble works, acts of seryice to the COMM￿lty and the provision of pastoral c8Tr. Publle betteflt Th¢ Charity fulfilled its public benefit aims during the year by way of its worship, prayer. preachin& omd teaching in public and online. The provision of p8Stotzl care and chgritsble Works (includiDg acts of wviee) to the I(￿] and wider community were provided during the ye4r. Vlhen planning activities for the year. the Trustees have considered the Commission's guidanc¢ on ￿b]le benefit. Volunteers The thjstees are grnteful for the Contrib￿lon made by volunteers in assisting the charity to cw out its a¢tiviti¢s. B¢¢aus¢ of the difficulties in quantifying e¢onomi¢ value to the volunteera, time their contiibutii)n has not been included in the stst•neni of fiTwi¢i#I a¢tivitie& ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE The charity has eontinued to preach and teach th¢ Gospel of the Lord Jes￿$ Christ. At the 31 March 2024. the active church membership was 108. During the year. 4 members tran&ferred to other churches, l joined from another churcll I fell asleep in Christ and 39 were bgptised. The ¢lwity used the chur¢h building for Sunday morning and evening seryices in a¢cordanee with its aims ond objectives. Audio visual technology continues lo be used to benefit vulnerdble mernber5 and non-mernbers whose personal circumstances and health i55ue5 prevented them attending the church in person. This also benefited individuals living at 8 distance who could attend these services together with Bible Reading groups and Bible Study classes online via Zoom. Weekly youth Clubs for junior school gnd senior school (and atkive) aged chilthn Continued to be held. Pastornl core w&8 provided lin¢luding fin8n¢ial supp)n) to 8 number of th¢ charity's member4 local community charities as well as national charities. Other weekly activities for th¢ benefit of the lo¢al community in¢lude a Parnit and Tothjler group. FINAIYCIAL REVIEW Fin*ttcl#l posttio Th¢ n¢t out8Oln8 resources of the unrestri¢ted and restrictwj fimds for th¢ y¢ar amounted to £13,933 and £5.179 respectively and the total fund balance carried fonvard at 31 March 2024 is £19,112. The ¢xp¢nditwe of the charity exceeded its income by £12,431 compared to the previous year. Several factors have caused the defieit particularly inflationary incrwdses in utility char8es and providing travelling cost support to enable new in¢¢rnatiOn41 refugee aTrtvals to attend church 5¢rvicey. Rtterves poliey The reserves held are £13,933. Th¢ tn]stees hav¢ r¢Yi¢wed the reseryes of the ¢harity. This review included an &wssment of the probable futu￿ levels of income and exF¢nditure and the size and natyre of th¢ 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 these facilitie5 have been us¢d to ¢xt¢nd th¢ rvch of its services and events to international members and visitors and the virtual CQTnmunity a¢rogs the county internationally. The review concluded that it was likely ththE would be ￿ demands on the charity in the fitture and that th¢ reduction in the size of the reserves mean the finance team will continue to monitor church finances to meet finAncilll ¢g11s on the ¢h¥rity. FUTURE PLANS The trustee$, view of the charities requirement io increase its income and reduce expenditwe h&$ been highlighted to ch￿h members. The trustees are actively monitoring the charities finances with the finance team providing mortthly reports to the ¢hur¢h ¢ld¢rs. The chuwh h&5 taken steps to redu¢¢ eX￿nd1￿￿e 8nd is reviewing ways to make sure it makes effective use of members donation& and explore ways of increasin8 the hariti¢s fvture income, so it can continue the works of the church for the public benefiL STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENr The charity is a Charitable Incorporated As8wiatioo regi￿ered as a Clwity. number 1166491 since 12 April 2016. The trustees who served during the year are shown below. Th¢ trustees are aprx)inted by the Board of Trustees. The t￿￿ee5 hold meeting& where they agree the charity's overall strategy and areas of activity such as PTeachin8, worshtp. t¢achin& financial reserves, pastoral Cftre. promotion of Charitable works and Acts of 5erYi¢e. The day-tfrday adniinistration of finances is carried out by the Finance Team. Th¢ day-t￿thy athntnistration of the charity is conducted by the Church Elders. New trustees are provided with an induction p￿k whi¢h contains key inftprniatton about the charity They are also given information published by th¢ Charity Commission on the duli¢s and responsibilities of REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATtVE DETAILS Re8iSt¢red Charity number 1106491 Prlnclpal ¥41dres% Th¢ B¢th¢l Christadelphian Church Henrietta Street Old Trdfford Manchester M169GA Trnst¢es R S Gaston S P Gillingham (Resi￿￿] 31112123) P L Green (Resigned 31112123) C H Ramsden (Appointed 111124) M R Stor¢r S T8tJn¢r Ind¢pendeDt ex*miner N Sut¢liff¢ {FCA) 10 Park Lane Penwortham Preston Lan¢ashtr¢ PRI 9JB Bankers Virgin Money 30 St Vincent Pla Glasgow GI 2HL Approved by order of the board of bustees on 4 August 2024 and signed on its behdf by.. M R Siorer- TruMee ||**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**N**|16/02/2017
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**u**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Old Trafford Christadelphian Church**
|||||**1**|| ||**Receipts andpayments acco**||||||| ||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date||**To**||| ||||01/04/2023||||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||| ||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||| |Donations(General Fund)|**21,230**||**-**||**-**||| |Donations(Other Funds)|||||**-**||| |Gift Aid(Repayment)|**3,990**||**-**||**-**||| |Church Events|**1,094**||**-**||**-**||| |Christadelphian Benevolent Fund(Grants)|**-**||**1,025**||**-**||| |Miscellaneous Donation|**1,831**||**-**||**-**||| |Interest|**2**||**-**||**-**||| ||||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR) _|**28,147**||**1,025**||**-**||| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||||||||| |**_Total receipts_**|**28,147**||**1,025**||**-**||| ||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||| |
Preaching& Public Outreach|**974**||**-**||**-**||| |All UtilityServices & Insurance|**10,449**||**-**||**-**||| |Loan Repayments to CHBS|**1,866**||**-**||**-**||| |Repairs & BuildingExpenses|**5,359**||**-**||**-**||| |Youth Church & Youth Clubs|**2,783**||**-**||**-**||| |Welfare|**7,365**||**2,779**||**-**||| |CharityFunds(Christadelphian)|**1,200**||||**-**||| |CharityFunds(Non Christadelphian)|**3,076**||||**-**||| |Appeals|**500**||**1,000**||||| |Miscellaneous(Camps,Magazines etc)|**2,868**||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**36,440**||**3,779**||**-**||| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||||||||| |**_Totalpayments_**|**36,440**||**3,779**||**-**||| ||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**- 8,293**||**- 2,754**||**- **||| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|||||**-**||| |CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
**A6 Cash funds last year end**|1
**21,857 **||**7,933**||**-**||| |**Interest on Cash Funds**|**369**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**_Cash funds thisyear end_**|**13,933**||**5,179**||**-**|| |||||||| |||||||| |**Interest on Cash Funds**|**369**||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**_Cash funds thisyear end_**|**13,933**||**5,179**||**-**||| ||||||||**o**| ||||||||| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the peri**|||||||| |**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||| ||||||**to nearest £**||| |**B1 Cash funds**|Triodos||||**12,318**||| ||Virgin Money (formerly Yorkshire)||||**1,615**||| ||||||**-**||| ||**_Total cash funds_**||||**13,933**||| ||(agree balances with receipts andpayments account(s))||||OK||| ||||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||| ||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||| |**B3 Investment assets**|||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||| |CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||2||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 16/02/2017 |||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|| |**B5 Liabilities**|Loan due to CHBS- Roof||||Unrestricted|| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||||Print N|| ||M RStorer||||Malcolm Ron|| |||||||| 3 CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 16/02/2017 **o (if any) 166491** **unts CC16a** Period end date 31/03/2024 |**o (if any)**||**CC16a**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---| |**166491**
|||| |**unts**|||| |Period end date|||| |31/03/2024|||| ||||4
| ||||| |**Total funds**||**Last year**|| |**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|| ||||| |**21,230**||**22,410**|| |**-**||**157**|| |**3,990**||**4,790**|| |**1,094**||**595**|| |**1,025**||**4,350**|| |**1,831**||**621**|| |**2**||**11**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**29,172**||**32,934**|| ||||| ||||| |**-**|||| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| ||||| |**29,172**||**32,934**|| ||||| ||||| |**974**||**1,158**|| |**10,449**||**8,301**|| |**1,866**||**1,867**|| |**5,359**||**4,247**|| |**2,783**||**3,293**|| |**10,144**||**5,242**|| |**1,200**||**2,000**|| |**3,076**||**2,209**|| |**1,500**||**-**|| |**2,868**||**3,233**|| |**40,219**||**31,550**|| ||||| ||||| |**-**|||| |**-**|||| |**-**||**-**|| ||||| |**40,219**||**31,550**|| ||||| |**- 11,047**||**1,384**|| |**-**|||| |CCXX R4 accounts
**29,790**|(S|S)
**29,790**|| 16/02/2017 |**369**||**72**|5

| |---|---|---|---| |**19,112**||**28,334**|| ||||| ||||| |**od**|||| |**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|| |**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|| |**5,179**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| |||**-**|| |**5,179**||**-**|| |||OK|| |**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|| |**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| ||||| |**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| ||||| |**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| |**-**||**-**|| |CCXX R5 accounts
**-**|(S|S)
**-**|| 16/02/2017 |N
|**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||**5,000**||| ||**-**||| ||**-**||| ||**-**||| ||**-**||| ||||| ||ame||Date of approval| ||nald Storer||27/07/2024| ||||| 6 CCXX R6 accounts (SS) 16/02/2017 I report on the ac(tyunt¥ fortheypar ethdal 31 M*r(h 2024. an audit is iirt requireil for thisyear (under Settion 144f2) ofthc Clbuities Aa 2011 (the 2011 Acr)) and tha¢ an Indeijrrylenl eyamil￿tI0Tr is requirt Section 145(S1(b) dihc LOII Actl: and My e.K1mlnation was tarried out In rrOrd•ii￿r wilh the General Dirértions ￿Ve1) by the Charity Commi5- sion. An examlnatlon Indude5 a Tevlow of the ar¢vuhiing rtcords kept by c.hailry a ¢VmPdrison of quenty no oplnltm ts as to whethtrthè prv4cnt a't￿t and fair view. and the rryvrt l¥ limlted to those iiuller5 sei out in the ststéments b¢low. 11 I which lives rr4wnable cause to belbeve th•L itt iltty material r¢specL thp requlremeDts - to keep )LYouniin8 records in accordance wlth IJO ol the 2011 Act.. and N 5utdiffe FCA IO Partt PRI 9IB