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~|||~|~|e||| |||||Charity||name|||New|Milton Evangelical|||Free|Church||||| |Registered||charity||number
(ifany)|||||1168045|||||||||| ||Charity's||principal address||||||24-26 Whitefield|||Road||||||| ||||||||||New|Milton||||||||| ||||||||||Hampshire|||||||||| ||||||||||Postcode||||||BH25|6DF||| |Names|ofthe|charity||trustees||who||manage||the|charity|||||||| |Trustee|name|||Offic|(Ifany)|||||Dates
ear|acted Ifnot forwhole||||Name
toa|ofperson (orbody) entitled
oint trustee
Ifan||| |Rev SWoodcraft||||Pastor &Elder|||||||||||Church||Members|| |MrJ Harman||||Elder||||||Until|1to October 2022||||Church||Members|| |Mr BFidler||||Elder|||||||||||Church||Members|| |Mr D White||||Elder|||||||||||Church||Members|| |Mr A Harvey||||Elder||||||From 31"July 2022|||||Church||Members|| ## ## ## ||||||~ ~| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||The purposes ofthe Charity are:| ||||||a)
The advancement
ofthe Christian faith in accordance with the Basis ofFaith| |Summary|ofthe objects|||ofthe|primarily
but not exclusively
within
New Milton and the surrounding| |charity set||out In its|||neighbourhood;
and| |governing|document||||b)
Such other charitable
purposes as shall,
in the opinion ofthe members of| ||||||the Church
in general meeting,
put into practice the teaching ofthe Lord| ||||||Jesus Christ in accordance with the Basis of Faith.| ||||||Following
the completion
of building
work
at our church
premises
which| ||||||included
a two-story
rear extension
incorporating
a new entrance,
accessibility| ||||||toilet, sound & video room, and a first-floor
meeting
room, we concluded
our| ||||||time of meeting at Bashley Village
Hall and returned
to Whitefield
Road, New| ||||||Milton following Easter 2022.| ||||||Our Sunday Services, morning (10.30am) and evening (6.00pm) have been held| ||||||throughout
the year.
Communion
is celebrated
twice each month
(once at| ||||||10am & once during
the evening
Service). A baptismal
Service was
held
in| ||||||September 2022.| ||||||We have maintained
an on-line presence with an improved
website
launched
in| ||||||autumn
2022, and have
also continued
with
our online
ministry
of recorded| ||||||Services available
via YouTube or audio on the website.| ||||||We held a Cafe Free event, an informal
evening Service with an outside speaker| ||||||and refreshments.
Midweek
courses
on
'A Passion
for Life' and
apologetics| ||||||were organised.| ||||||The Church premises have been used for regular
mid-week prayer meetings
and| |Summary
ofthe main
activities undertaken|||for|the|quarterly
Members'
Meetings.
A week of intensive
prayer meetings
held in the
Church premises
and in members'
homes was conducted
in January 2023.| |public benefit in relation||||to|In seeking
to encourage
bible
study,
prayer,
and
fellowship
amongst
the| |these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declarat(on
that trustees
have
had regard tothe guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission
on public|||||congregation
numbers
of smaller
groups
meet
during
each
month.
These
include
weekly
and
monthly
ladies'
groups,
a monthly
men's
group,
and
fortnightly
home
groups
with
daytime
and
evening
meetings
to
suit
the
membership.
A Christianity
Explored course was run during the year for those
enquiring
about the Christian
faith.| |benefit)|||||Our activities for young people on Sunday
mornings
are Crgche (for those under| ||||||5) and Junior Church (for ages 3 to 11),and on Sunday
evenings
Gravity youth| ||||||group
(for ages 11 to 18). We also run two mid-week
clubs
'K'nekted'
(for| ||||||school years 3-6) and K'lossal (for school year 7 upwards).
A new development| ||||||was that both clubs held three-day
summer
camps in 2022.| ||||||Other
activities
during
the year included
occasional
Church
Sunday
lunches,
a| ||||||Church
barbecue,
a
Harvest
Quiz,
Mens'
& Church
family
walks,
Mens'| ||||||breakfasts
and social evenings,
and filling shoe boxes for Operation
Christmas| ||||||Child.| ||||||We have
sought
to serve the congregation
and
wider
community
with the| ||||||provision
of a monthly
lunch (Food4Thought).
We have also manned
a stall at| ||||||community
events
in the town,
and since autumn
2022 have
established
a| ||||||monthly
stall at the town market providing
Christian
literature
and Information.| ||||||We tithe
unrestricted
income to support
Christian
work
in Malawi,
SE Asia,| ||||||France and in local IJK schools.| ||||||We have an active safeguarding
team to ensure
the protection of children
and| ||||||vulnerable
adults.| ||||s
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~| |---|---|---|---| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during the year|||Our
membership
as at 01/04/2022
was Sl members.
During
the year
we
received
10 new
members
and there
were
no relocations,
resignations,
or
deaths
amongst
the membership
of the church.
We therefore
conduded
the
year at 01/04/2023
with 61members.
It is encouraging
to report that we have| ||||also had numbers of new regular attendees
worshipping
with us.| ||||Our Sunday Services, morning (10.30am) and evening (6.00pm) have been held| ||||throughout
the year. Our Pastor has faithfully
expounded
God's word
and
is| ||||currently
undertaking
series
in
Luke's
gospel
and the
book of Job. Other| ||||preachers
from
within
the
membership
or from
other
churches
have
also| ||||provided
biblical
ministry.
The
attendance
at
our
Sunday
Services
is| ||||approximately
80-100in the morning,
and 35-50 in the evening.| ||||We are blessed
by having
a gifted music team who significantly
enhance
our| ||||corporate
worship,
alongside
technical
and
welcoming
teams
who facilitate| ||||Services. Our worship area has also been improved
by an additional
monitor for| ||||the rear seating area.| ||||Our activities
for young
people
on Sunday
mornings
are Creche
and
)unior| ||||Church,
and Gravity youth group on Sunday
evenings.
Whilst the older group
is| ||||well attended,
we pray for more families with younger
children.| ||||We
run
two
mid-week
clubs
K'nekted'
(for school
years
3-6) meeting
on| ||||Thursday
evenings
and
K'lossal (for school year 7 upwards)
meeting
on Friday| ||||evenings.
Both clubs have a mix of Bible teaching and activities.
The aim ofthe| ||||clubs isto give young people a greater understanding
ofthe Christian
faith and| ||||its practical outworking,
as well as providing
opportunities
for social interaction.| ||||There has been good attendance
at both these clubs during the year and we are| ||||grateful for all our Church members
who are committed
to serving the youth of| ||||our congregation
and community.
The holding ofthree-day
summer
camps for| ||||each club
provided
a special
opportunity
to engage
with
the young
people| ||||entrusted to our care.| ||||Our various
midweek
prayer
meetings,
bible study
groups
and home
groups| ||||have
all been well supported.
At present
we have six home groups offering
a| ||||choice of morning
and
evening
meetings
and
approximately
70 adults
are| ||||committed to these groups.| ||||The monthly
Food4Thought
lunches
have attracted
approximately
30attendees| ||||and a similar number
have attended the occasional men's breakfasts.| ||||Our Church Diaconate was enlarged
with the appointment
of a care Deacon to| ||||co-ordinate
the dedicated
Church
members
who are engaged
in various
ways| ||||with caring for those within the congregation.| ||||We own outright
our Church premises
and the Manse, which are kept in good| ||||order,
with
regular
inspections.
The main
bathroom
of the Manse
has been| ||||refurbished
during
the
past
year.
Our
Deacons
and
members
carry
out| ||||maintenance
in the
grounds
and
buildings,
with
tradespeople
employed
as| ||||appropriate.| ||||We have an ongoing
programme
for the protection of children
and vulnerable| ||||adults
including
regular
DBSchecks overseen
by our active safeguarding
team.| ||||Under the Data Protection regulations,
Church members
and regular attendees| ||||aged 16and over are asked to read and consider the Data Privacy Notice and to| ||||consent to what oftheir information
can be used on Church business.| |||||||||We aim to maintain
free reserves
sufficient to cover at least 3 month's| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Brief statement
charity's
policy|||||ofthe
on reserves|||general
expenditure
in order to give the
church
time to respond
to
unexpected
needs.
Our target level for the coming year 2023/24 will be| |||||||||increased
from E22,500 to E25,000, an amount
considered
adequate
to| |||||||||cover quarterly
expenditure.| |Details ofany||||funds|||materially|| |in|deficit|||||||| |Further financial
review details||||||||(Optional
information)| |You may
additional||choose to
information,||||include
where||We budget
for unrestricted
income
and expenditure
and review
actual
figures against the budget monthly.| |rslsvsnl||about:||||||Services,
meetings,
and
attendance
in
2020/21
and
2021/22
were| |~|the charity's||||principal|||disrupted
by the Covid pandemic
and a building
extension
in 2021/22,| ||sources of||funds (including|||||and these also affected income and expenditure.| ||any fundraising);|||||||Unrestricted
income
has
recovered
well
in
2022/23
and
has
been| |~|how expenditure
has
supported
the key objectives
ofthe charity;|||||||increased
by new and increased
offerings.
Unrestricted
expenditure
has
also increased
but less than income.
Unrestricted
income was E12,193
above
budget,
and
unrestricted
expenditure
was
E3,422 above
the| |~|investment
policy and
objectives including
any
ethical investmsnl
policy|||||||budgeted
figure, giving a surplus
in the year ofE4,771.
With the exception of a small amount of investment
income & interest| ||adopted.|||||||(&1%),all other income comes from the Church family as gift-aided
giving| |||||||||(59%), donations
(18%),gift aid tax claimed back (16%)and the offertory| |||||||||box (7%).| |||||||||We tithe 10% of unrestricted
income,
making
half-yearly
donations
to| |||||||||the
4
missionaries/missions
we
support.
A
further
E1,731 was| |||||||||contributed
from both general funds and restricted
gifts.| |||||||||Our main unrestricted
expenditure
areas are 57%ministry
(including
the| |||||||||Pastor's
salary,
expenses
&
accommodation);
14%
discretionary| |||||||||expenditure
which
include
final
payments
of E6,063 for the
building| |||||||||extension, 11%missions; 6.5%administration
and 10%Church premises.| |||||||||Work on the building
extension
was completed
by Easter 2022 with final| |||||||||payments
made
in this financial
year taking
the total expenditure
to| |||||||||E183,148. Payments
in the 2022/23 financial
year were E19,186out of| |||||||||the restricted
building
fund
which
was then
closed
and E6,063 out of| |||||||||unrestricted
general funds.| |||||||||Thanks
to the
generosity
of the
Church
family,
the
extension
was| |||||||||completed
without
borrowing
and with all bills paid.| |||||||||The budget
for next year, from 1" April 2023 to 31" March 2024, has| |||||||||increases
in both income and expenditure.
There are notable increases
in| |||||||||electricity
and
gas costs where
we have been protected
by long term| |||||||||fixed priced contracts at the Manse
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Receipts and pa ments accounts||CC&ea| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||Forthe period
from||01/04/2022||To|31/03/2023|||| |'|||-||||||||||||| |~|||||~|.|~||||||||| ||||||||Unrestricted
funds||Restricted
funds||Endowment
funds|Total|funds||Last year| ||||||||IoIha nearest
2||Io lho nearest|a|tothe nearest 2|to the noxroot||8|IoIhe nearoxt 5| |A1 Receipts|||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||4088| |Offeri
s GASDS||||||||5,172|||||5,172||| |Gilt aided o/farl|s|||||||57,247|||||||ea eoa| |Gifi aid tax recovered||||||||15153||202|||1$,355||| |Donalions||||||||10101|||||28|0$7|10193| |Investment
income||||||||||||||270|1212| |Rent
use o||remises|||||||||||||| |Minie
Fund|||||||||||||||| |Youth Minie
Fund|||||||||||||||| |Buildi
6 Develo||ment|Fund|||||||$0|||||5350| |Other Income|||||||||||||||| |Sub total(Gross|||income for
AR)|||||$7,8$3|3.700||||totnst||123,414| |A2 Asset snd Investment|||||sales||||||||||| |(see table).|||||||||||||||| |Investment
M5G|Charibond||||||||||||||| ||||Sub|||total|||||||||| |||Total||receiPts||||97,693|3,790|||-|101,491||17$.103| |A3 Pa
ante|||||||||||||||| |Minls||||||||53,235|||||||42,87$| |Mission||||||||10,208|||||11,188||7,578| |U
ofchurch||remisas|||||||||||||5 $5'I| |Administration||||||||5,034|||||e.e34||5,84$| |Donaaons tt other||ex
nses||||||1,$'72|||||1,572||1,414| |Buadin
Develo
ment|||||||||1$,188||||25,842||102,$00| |Discretiona
Ex||ndiiure||||||5,131|3,5$3||||$,724||te,eto| ||||Sub|||total||52,022|23,'/45||||11$.eer||283,771| |A4 Asset and investment|||||||||||||||| |urchases,
see||table|||||||||||||| |Norl8|||||||||||||||| ||||Sub|||total|||||||||| |||Total|payments|||||02,922|23,745|||-|116,5a7||263,771| |Net ofrecefptsf(payments)||||||||4,771|19,947||||$5.376||05,680| |A5 Transfers between|||funds||||||||||||| |A6 Cash funds|last year||||end||||||||||153,704| |Cash funds this||||year||end||51P27|1,713||||52,940||88,116|