Charity Number
1166806
## Community Church of the Nazarene Longsight
Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements 30[th ] September 2024
**Community Church of the Nazarene Longsight Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements 30[th] September 2024**
The trustees present their report and accounts for the period ended 30[th] September 2024. The Charity was formed as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 28[th] April 2016 but did not operate until 1[st] October 2016 when it took over the operations, assets and liabilities of the unregistered and unincorporated charity Longsight Church of the Nazarene.
The accounts comply with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011, the constitution, Financial Reporting Standard 102 and follow the recommendations in 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 102A) (effective 2 February 2016).
## **Reference and Administrative Information**
## **Charity Name**
Community Church of the Nazarene Longsight
**Working Name** Longsight Church of the Nazarene
**Charity Number** 1166806
Charity Trustees Mr Peter Rae (Treasurer) Mr Iain Maciver Mrs Lynn Birkinshaw [Stepped down on 1[st ] August 2024] Mrs Suzannah Sammons
## **Registered Office and Principal Address**
Toll Gate Close Plymouth Grove Manchester M13 0LG
**Bankers** Barclays Bank plc
## **Independent Examiner**
**Adam James MAAT** Eric Southwick & Co Accountants 51 The Avenue Seaham Co Durham SR7 8NS
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**Community Church of the Nazarene Longsight Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements 30[th] September 2024**
## **Structure and Organisation**
## **Organisation**
The organisation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered as a charity on 28[th] April 2016. The Charity is managed by the trustees who meet regularly to consider the progress of the Charity and to consider its future direction and activities.
## **Trustee Appointments**
The Charity is governed by trustees who, apart from the first charity trustees and ex-officio trustees, are appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees, usually for a term of one year but the Annual General Meeting may choose to appoint for a period of two years. In selecting individuals for appointment as appointed charity trustees, the charity trustees have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. Any Pastor, Sunday School Superintendent, Missionary Society President and/or Nazarene International President shall automatically by virtue of their holding office be a charity trustee.
All trustees are inducted into the policies and procedures of the charity to ensure they are well equipped to fulfil their duties and in particular receive copies of:
The Constitution of the CIO
The latest Trustees Annual Report and Statement of Accounts of the Charity.
And are encouraged to read Charity Commission guidance notes CC3 –“The Essential Trustee – What you need to know”.
In addition the trustees are encouraged to read Charity Commission and other appropriate newsletters and are aware of the need to attend courses designed to keep them abreast of their duties and responsibilities.
## **Risk Management**
The Trustees are aware of the recommendations to examine the major strategic, business and operational risks which the Charity faces. Procedures are in place to manage the risks identified to the best of the Charity’s ability.
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Charitable Objects**
The objects of the charity are the advancement of the Christian Faith as part of the Church of the Nazarene Inc and the District principally but not exclusively in Northern England.
## **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. The remainder of this report illustrates the activities undertaken to support the public benefit requirement.
## **Achievements and Performance**
## **Review of the Period**
The Board has met on nine occasions and been quorate each time. Prior to each meeting the Agenda has been circulated, together with reports. Minutes have been kept and circulated on each occasion, and on each occasion reports have been received from the pastoral team and the treasurer, along with periodic reports on the activities of the NYI and NMI. There are no reported Safeguarding issues this year.
The Board has undertaken its duty to review the salaries of the pastoral team annually and has continued the work of a ‘pastoral search’ to add team members to the current pastoral team. It has hired one new
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## **Review of the Period (Continued)**
members of the pastoral team, in the role of youth worker, as there was one vacancy in the current year, though this is only a one-year appointment given that the appointee is an MA student who plans to return home at the close of his studies. The Board has also approved the appointment of a volunteer (unpaid) member of the pastoral team, as one member of the paid team has stepped down.
The Membership List has been reviewed with contacted being made with a number of members who have not attended Church for some time and enquired about their desire to remain active members of this church. As a result, a number of members have been formally transferred to other churches, some have been moved to the ‘inactive’ list, and some have been withdrawn from membership, all following discussion by the Board. The secretary coordinated a further review on behalf of the Board to ensure the list remains accurate, and the list was revised in light of this by vote of the Board prior to the annual meeting in February 2024.
## **Financial Review**
At 30[th] September 2024 the charity had funds totalling £200,792 (2023: £211,461) all of which is unrestricted funds. £90,070 (2023: £81,488) has been raised during the year and £103,299 (2023: £90,468) has been expended as detailed in the accounts.
## **Reserves Policy**
It is the policy of the Trustees to retain sufficient reserves to support the costs of running the charity for a six-month period, which is approximately £36,000 (2023: £36,000). In the longer term, the Trustees aim to build up sufficient reserves to develop the charity and to cover gaps in funding. At 30 September 2024 there were unrestricted undesignated reserves of £23,493 (2023: £36,744).
## **Principal Funding Source**
The principal funding source is from the freewill offerings of members of the Church.
## **Investment Policy**
The Trustees consider that there are no funds available for long term investment.
## **Responsibilities of the Trustees**
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial period, which show a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and its financial activities for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently:
- make judgments and estimates that are prudent and reasonable:
- state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in existence.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Signed on behalf of the trustees
Dr P Rae Date: Trustee
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## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Members of Community Church of the Nazarene Longsight**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the period ended 30[th] September 2023, which are set out on pages 5 to 7.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145of the 2011 Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the2011 Act; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Adam James MAAT Eric Southwick & Co Accountants 51 The Avenue Seaham Co Durham SR7 8NS Date: 30/06/2025
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## **Community Church of the Nazarene Longsight Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements 30[th] September 2024**
## **Receipts and Payments Accounts For the year ended 30[th] September 2024 General Fund**
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**Community Church of the Nazarene Longsight Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements 30[th] September 2024**
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|Receipts and Payments Accounts|
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|Building Fund|
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|Statement of Assets and Liabilities|
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The financial statements were approved by the trustees, authorised for issue and are signed on their behalf by:
Dr P Rae Trustee
## Date:
The notes on page 7 form part of these accounts.
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## **Notes to the accounts**
## **1 Accounting policies**
- In preparing the accounts the following accounting policies have been complied with:
- a) The accounts have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis and in accordance the requirements of the Charities Act 2011, Financial Reporting Standard 102 and follow the recommendations in 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 102A) (effective 2 February 2016).
- b) Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Trust. Unrestricted funds include a revaluation reserve representing the restatement of freehold property at market value.
- c) Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the Trustees for particular purposes.
- d) Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
## **2 Taxation**
The charity is exempt from taxation on its income and gains where they are applied for charitable purposes. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of the goods or services on which it was charged.
## **3 Trustees Expenses**
No trustee received expenses for fulfilling their role as a trustee.
## **4 Trustees Remuneration**
No trustee received remuneration for fulfilling their role as a trustee.
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