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2021-12-31-accounts

HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH PONTYPRIDD

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REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31[ST] DECEMBER 2021

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C Management Services 69 Velindre Road Whitchurch Cardiff CF14 2TF

HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH PONTYPRIDD

FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2021

CHARITY INFORMATION

Trustees: Ryan Denne (Chair) Andrew Davies Mayuri Hargest Jon Ryan Andrew Thomas Pastor: Andrew Davies Treasurer: Ryan Denne Charitable position: Registered Charity number 1170304 Governing Document: CIO Foundation Model dated 22[nd] November 2016 Address for correspondence: Hope Community Church 126 Morien Crescent Rhydyfelin CF37 5PT Independent Examiner: Paul Burnell ACMI C Management Services 69 Velindre Road CARDIFF CF14 2TF Bankers: HSBC 92a Taff St Pontypridd CF37 4SR

CONTENTS
Page
Charity Information 2
Trustees Report 3-8
Independent Examiners Report 9
Statement of Financial Activities 10
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 11
Notes to the Accounts 12-13
Appendix A – Financial Review for Charity 14-15

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HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH PONTYPRIDD

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2021

The Trustees have pleasure in submitting the Report and Accounts for the period ended 31[st] December 2021. The report follows the same structure as previous years, although there were still some ongoing differences in activities and meetings compared to previous years due to the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic.

Structure, Governance and Management

New Trustees are appointed by existing trustees from membership of church/charity. They are provided with a copy of the organisation’s Constitution, finance reports and any other information deemed necessary to assist them in the role. Meetings occur approximately quarterly depending on agendas. Trustees discuss safeguarding, finance, and decisions about the direction of the charity deemed necessary beyond the Church Leadership Team. The Church Leadership Team meet formally once per month and informally frequently- day-to-day management, pastoral care, and planning to follow the vision of the church/charity occurs in these meetings. All spending of interest or above £500 is run by the Trustees for approval. This year meetings were held in person, when safe and legal to do so, and virtually when restrictions where the former was not possible. As a result of reduced face-to-face communication use of technology, such as WhatsApp and e-mail increased over the year.. E-mails were used as evidence of decisions made by Trustees and to distribute meeting minutes.

At the beginning of the year, two buildings were being rented and the primary business address remains 126 Morien Crescent (church office). The weekly meeting location was Rhydyfelin Community Centre. Previous youthwork and community work was still paused due to the pandemic. However, as referred to later, the opportunity arose to purchase a building in the community in late 2020 and fundraising happened throughout 2021. See later section on Rhydyfelin Sports Bar.

The salaries and outgoings of the church are re-evaluated every 6 months. No salary changes occurred in the year, and where activities could not carry on as normal, roles were redistributed and refocused among volunteers and employees.

The Charity is connected with a number of organisations: Catalyst Network of churches, New Wine Cymru (other churches around South Wales), and the Evangelical Alliance. These organisations continue to provide guidance and support for the church as well as bringing wider recognition.

Objectives

The charity’s objects remain:

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Achievements and Activities

In 2021 the charity held regular public meetings virtually to worship God, preach from the Bible and have fellowship together, in accordance with object (a). We have also collaborated with other churches in and around South Wales building friendships and associations between ourselves, in accordance with object (a) and (c). When restrictions began to lift we held public meetings in person to do the same.

The charity continued to pause holding termly ‘Bouncy Castle Church’ meetings where the community is invited in, for free, to bring a sense of fun and togetherness to Rhydyfelin. These events were increasingly well attended with over 100 guests at our ‘Bouncy Castle Carol Service’ in December 2019 in accordance with objectives (a) and (b). We look to continue these in the future.

The charity virtually met together to pray for one another, have fellowship together, and discuss the teaching from the Sunday meeting, and a weekly bible study was held virtually each Friday. These have grown the church in friendship with one another and enabled us to meet one another’s needs and brought accessibility for those unable to join on a Sunday in accordance with objective (b).

As in 2020, the usual annual church and youth camps we would usually attend were cancelled due to the covid 19 pandemic.

Our community work per object (b) which seeks to reduce the impact of poverty on youth and families in and around South Wales, had to continue to be flexible and find new ways of working during the year due to the challenges of the ongoing pandemic. In particular, our community worker provided phone calls to people who felt isolated, transportation to those in need, and delivered prescriptions and food shopping for people who were selfisolating/shielding. Young people did not engage well with conferencing technology such as zoom and so social media content such as ‘Tuesday Thoughts’ were put together to engage with community members via digital routes.

Working in collaboration with RCTCBC and the Pontypridd Mayor, this year’s activities once again concluded by having Santa Claus pulled around Rhydyfelin on a sleigh. This brought festive joy to many households in Rhydyfelin with over 1000 people seen waiting for Santa to pass by their street.

As many of our normal activities had been suspended it provided time to apply for grants to raise funding for the purchase of Rhydyfelin Sports Bar. More information on this is below.

Performance & Goals

The church/charity met (virtually or in-person) together approximately 48 times throughout the year for worship and teaching from the bible on a Sunday afternoon. This reached around 18 households including 7 children. Our goal is that this would continue to increase as we see more people commit to the Christian faith.

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Our full-time community worker continued to organise and oversee the majority of work represented above, empowering the church to carry out objective (b).

To date our youth work and community work have reached in excess of 240 different children and 100 different families since starting, all in the locality of Rhydyfelin. These have been reached through the above. Our goal is that we would continue to support these families in a number of ways.

We were able to continue giving charitable donations to the Catalyst network of churches, give monthly to support New Wine Cymru and the Evangelical Alliance, giving nearly £2,000 to organisations and individuals.

Overall our objectives have been achieved, if lessened in some ways due to the Covid19 Pandemic. Objective (a) has been met in Sunday meetings, mid-week meetings and in collaboration with other churches through Catalyst, New Wine and the Evangelical Alliance. Objective (b) has been extensively met with the Community work ministry; members supporting one another and their neighbours, and through supporting other ministries along with objective (c).

Purchase of Rhydyfelin Sports Bar

One of the most exciting developments so far for the charity has been the prospect of buying a building in Rhydyfelin. During our time running an Alpha course in early 2020 (pre-Covid), we were offered the chance to purchase Rhydyfelin Sports Bar from the owner, and in 2020 started proceedings to acquire the building to save it from demolition. 2021 was spent fundraising from within the church and applying to external organisations for grants. We raised approximately £60,400 from Stewardship, where individuals gave money towards the project. We also raised nearly £7,000 from one-off direct donations.

In May 2021 we used £12,500 to pay a 5% deposit for the building, in good faith of our intentions. The seller graciously continued to extend the completion date allowing us the time needed to raise all the funds required.

We looked into 35 different grant applications, of which 19 were applied to. Several in addition to this were no longer able to grant due to the pandemic or administration reasons, some we were not eligible for applying. Of the 19 applied for, seven were successful- six of which in 2021:


successful- six of which
in 2021:
Name Description Grant
pledged
James Pantyfedwen
Foundation		 Supporting Chapels and churches from all parts
of Wales.		 £8,000
The
Norwood
and
Newton Settlement		 Awarding grants to Free Churches in England
and Wales to helpwith buildingschemes		 £15,000
Garfeild
Weston
Foundation		 Aim to support organisations that have effective
solutions to helpingthose most in need		 £20,000
Laing Family Trusts A group of grant-making trusts with a Christian
Foundation		 £5,000
Hobson Charity Supporting Charities which desire to relieve
poverty, suffereing and distress of thos in need,
including the provision of facilities in the interests
of their social welfare		 £10,000

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All Churches Trust
(Now Benefact Trust)
Awarded in 2021		 Empowering Christian Organisations to make a
positive difference in the lives of the people and
communities they serve.		 £4,500
Community Facilities
Programme(applied
for in 2022)		 Welsh Government capital grant scheme used to
improve community facilities which are useful to,
and well used by, people in the community		 £125,000

Note: Due to the application processes, only All Churches Trust granted their money in 2021, the remaining were pledged and to be received at completion.

At time of writing (June 2022) all grants received and the building has been purchased! We are freehold owners of the building and now plan to repair and renovate the derelict building for use as a community centre providing training and foodbank, a family friendly café with soft play area, and a church hall and offices for the charity to operate solely out of.

Business plan available on request, an extract of is provided below:

Extract of Business plan for Purchase of Rhydyfelin Sports Bar- Proposals

Community Cafe

We will transform the current bar area into a family-friendly cafe with a range of board games accessible and a soft play area for younger children. We will employ a manager to run the cafe, and volunteering opportunities will be available to community members to help them back into work. The cafe’s prices will be at a level accessible to the community with a “Pay It Forward” service so those financially struggling can still get a drink.

Community Hire

Before COVID, groups in the community, such as line dancing groups, would regularly hire the main hall. We will continue to make the hall available when not in use by the church for community hire. We also aim to restore the skittles alley to make it both functional and safe for use.

Support Groups and Training

To help fight poverty in the community, we will be running regular “life skills” sessions covering topics such as budgeting, cooking and online safety. Several people in the community expressed an interest in mental health support groups. As such, we hope to put those in place with the help of trained professionals.

Youth and Childrens Work

Our well-established youth club, which sees an average of 25-30 young people every week, will find its new home in the main hall. Previously, younger children have been disappointed they have not met the minimum age requirement of 11 to attend the youth club. Our own space would enable us to run a second club for children in the 6-10 age range, which we anticipate will be incredibly popular.

Each week at our youth club, we provide games consoles with a variety of games to combat poverty isolation, crafts to encourage imagination, board games and a chill-out area. We also have a short talk section of the evening, discussing topics relevant to the youth.

Our smaller youth club sessions, such as “God and Grub”, previously limited due to space constraints, will have a larger dedicated space elsewhere in the building. We hope to get the youth involved in decorating the room so they can make it their own.

We have recently had several new parents in the Church and feel it is an excellent time to start a parent and toddler group for church members and parents in the community.

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Breakfast Club

During school holidays, demand for Foodbank parcels always increases as parents lose access to free school meals. To help with this, we plan to operate a free breakfast club during each school holiday. This will be open to all members of the community with no restrictions. We will provide basic breakfasts of cereal, toast or fruit, for a balanced meal. We hope this will alleviate any financial burdens on parents as they struggle to feed their children during this period.

Crafternoons

Something we have wanted to do as a church for a while is host afternoons of arts and crafts for adults called “crafternoons”. We hope these sessions will positively impact people's mental health and aid the formation of new friendships in the community.

Support For The Elderly

In addition to the Cafe and “Crafternoon” sessions that we think will appeal to the older generations, we will also hold evenings specifically for them. We also hope to start free monthly meals for the elderly as we heard that that was popular in the community previously and stopped due to lack of funding.

Financial Review

The charity has received continued giving through stewardship, monthly donations, and support sponsoring our full-time community worker. Most funds are raised through members giving monthly to the charity. Considerable funds are restricted for purchasing Rhydyfelin Sports bar.

The charity does not have a reserves policy, but it has been decided approximately £2000-£3000 would be the appropriate level of total unprotected funds required to end the activities of the charity not already provided for or paid for within 3 months. This includes ‘redundancy’ type payments to any employees, stopping direct debits and rent payments and informing members they may wish to stop giving temporarily or permanently.

The reserves/savings account was set up in May 2019 which stores our restricted funds. Through 2021 this has been where monies raised for the building purchase have been transferred and stored.

Initial Funds (1[st] January 2021): £27,967.45 (inc. £14,300 reserves) Concluding Funds (31st December 2021): £81,096.23 (inc. £74,700 reserves)

Operational funding is mostly met by monthly or weekly giving by members who attend weekly meetings. Average regular operational giving for 2021 (including all sponsorship, stewardship giving, and monthly giving), was approximately £2665 per month excluding Gift Aid. £465 of this is direct sponsorship of our community worker. We were able to claim £5,666 from Gift Aid on the previous years giving. We received £70,700 for the building purchase. In May we transferred £12,500 from our reserves to pay the deposit of the building purchase this is excluded from

Headlines

(1st January 2021 - 31st December 2021) Total income: £108,374.59 Reserves income: £ 60,395.24 Total expenditure: £ 55,249.34 Total Net income: £ 53,125.25

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This is a significant income, but all of this (and more) has been put into restricted funds for the sports bar purchase. Our current account has been very stable thanks to muchdecreased costs as activities could not run in the same way, the opening balance has gone from £13,677 to £6,407 as funds received at the end of 2020 were immediately put into the reserves.

Additionally, the monthly giving of members is still generally increasing as the church congregation grows, more individuals are sponsoring our community worker and we have been able to continue to claim Gift Aid. At the time of writing (June 2022) balances are approximately £24,270 (20,000 restricted for refurbishment) with £15,000 in reserves (£10,000 restricted, £5,000 reserves).

Our publicly available financial report is attached as Appendix A. Throughout ‘HR’ refers to the community worker’s initials, not Human Resources.

This report was approved by the Trustees and is signed on their behalf by

Signature: R Denne

Name: Ryan Denne

Date: 27[th] July 2022

Position: Treasurer & Trustee

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT

TO THE TRUSTEES OF

HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH PONTYPRIDD

I report on the accounts of the Trust for the period ended 31[st] December 2021, which are set out on pages 9 to 12.

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 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

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 material matters have come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect:

I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Paul Burnell

Paul Burnell ACMI

For and on behalf of:

C Management Services (trading name of C Mgmnt Services Ltd) 69 Velindre Road Cardiff CF14 2TF

Date: 27[th] July 2022

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HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH PONTYPRIDD

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] DECEMBER 2021

Note
RECEIPTS
Receipts from generated funds
2
Receipts from charitable activities
3
Other receipts
4
Interest received
Total Receipts
PAYMENTS
Charitable activities
5
Governance costs
Total payments
Net Receipts/(Payments)
Transfers between funds
Fund balances at 1stJanuary
2021
Fund balances at 31stDecember
2021		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total
Funds
2021
£
Total
Funds
2020
£
30,444
66,213
96,657
36,096
-
-
-
1,633
10,085
11,718
22,892
.
-
5
32,077
76,298
108,375
58,993
34,081
21,165
55,246
43,775
-
-
-
-
34,081
21,165
55,246
43,775
(2,004)
55,133
53,129
15,218
-
-
24,617
3,350
27,967
12,749
22,613
58,483
81,096
27,967

The notes on pages 10-11 form part of these accounts.

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HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH PONTYPRIDD

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2021

1. Fixed Assets

The value of assets owned are:
Equipment
2. Bank & Cash Balances

Cash at bank and in hand


3. Other Assets and Liabilities


Assets
Gift aid tax recovery not yet received
Liabilities
Unbilled fee for Independent Examination		 Insurance
Value 2021
£
5,130
5,130
2021
2020
£ £
81,096 27,967
81,096 27,967
2021 2020
£ £
3,966 5,666
300 280

The accounts were approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf on 27[th] July 2022

Signed:

Name: Ryan Denne

The notes on pages 10-11 form part of these accounts.

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HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH PONTYPRIDD

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2021

1. Accounting Policies

The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis with a statement of assets and liabilities

2. Voluntary receipts
Gift Aid donations
Other donations
Tax recovered		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total
2021
£
Total
2020
£
15,865
-
15,865
17,120
8,913
66,213
75,126
11,896
5,666
-
5,666
7,080
30,444
66,213
96,657
36,096

3. Receipts from charitable activities

Conferences and events
4. Other Receipts
Grant received
Other sundry receipts
Sponsorship for Eden/Heather
Refunds
5. Charitable activities
a. Direct Charitable Costs
Salaries & staff expenses
Eden/Message expenses
Speaker expenses
Other ministry/evangelism expenses
b. Support and Administration
Premises rental and expenses
Administration and general expenses
Insurance & professional fees
Training & conferences
c. Grants
Evangelical Alliance
New Wine Cymru
Pontypridd Christian Youth
Samaritans Purse		 -
-
Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total
2021
£
Total
2020
£
-
4,500
4,500
7,415
1,313
-
320
-
5,585
-
1,313
5,585
320
7,405
5,402
2,670
1,633
10,085
11,718
22,892
Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total
2021
£
Total
2020
£
25,475
3,374
28,849
28,582
-
2,211
2,211
2,392
-
-
-
180
2,257
-
2,257
894
27,732
5,585
33,317
32,048
3,670
15,580
19,250
4,841
347
-
347
1,271
1,280
-
1,280
1,204
-
-
-
1,721
5,297
15,580
20,877
9,037
240
-
240
240
600
-
600
600
147
-
147
1,000
65
-
65
850
1,052
-
1,052
2,690

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6. Staff and Trustees

The charity has one full-time employed member of staff, and another individual that is paid who is selfemployed. Its activities are generally carried out by volunteers. No staff received salaries at a rate of more than £60,000 per annum.

The Pastor, Andrew Davies, who is also a Trustee, was paid on a self-employed basis, and received payments totalling £12,000 in his capacity as Pastor of the church.

No remuneration or trustee expenses were paid to any other trustee during the year, nor to any person connected to them.

7. Funds

The restricted funds represent amounts received for specific purposes and the movements in the year areas follows:

Covid grants
Sports Bar Fundraising
Sponsorship for Heather/Eden
Allchurches Trust grant		 Opening
Balance
£
Receipts
£
Payments
£
Transfers
in the year
£
Closing
balance
£
1,500
1,850
-
-
-
66,213
5,585
4,500
-
(15,580)
(5,585)
-
-
-
-
-
1,500
52,.483
-
4,500
3,350
76,298
(21,165)
-
58,483

Covid grants: Grants given to support expenditure through the Covid pandemic

Sports Bar Fundraising: Funds raised in relation to the planned purchase of the Sports Bar building

Sponsorship for Heather/Eden: Donations received toward the cost of Heather’s work through the church with Eden

Allchurches Trust grant: Grant received toward the cost of work on the Sports Bar building

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APPENDIX A: PUBLICLY AVAILABLE (UPON REQUEST) FINANCIAL REVIEW FOR CHARITY

2021 Financial Review

Incomes:

During 2021 Hope’s Incomes changed significantly due to our fundraising to purchase Rhydyfelin Sports Bar. Regular giving dropped slightly as all Stewardship giving was now for the building fund, and some members changed desired location of giving from general to specifically for the building fund. Our Gross income was over £108,000 (£59,000 2020)- of this over £70,000 was raised for the building.

General income averaging around £3,100 a month (from £3,400 in 2020). HR’s sponsors gave £5,585 in total which was consistent with 2020 and covers approximately half her salary. Stewardship giving increased dramatically due to Building Fund drive. £12,500 was retrieved from the reserves /building fund to pay a 5% deposit in May.

We were also fortunate to claim over £5500 through gift aid on 2020’s applicable income. We continued to be fortunate enough to receive gifts through the year from Brynmawr. No grants for community work had to be repaid due to events cancelled due to Covid-19.

Note: Stewardship gifts for building included in ‘Building Fund’. £4500 grant from All Churches Trust used in the building fund but counted in Grants.

Income sources show similar proportion of giving from tithes & Stewardship combined. HR sponsorship stayed at a similar proportion. Cash giving decreased understandably. If we include building fund we see most of our income was for this purpose (61%).

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2020
Expenditures:
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Hopes Expenditures have stayed roughly the same as last year, if we exclude building costs. We expend roughly £40,000 equally between internal running costs and more external community work costs (including salaries). If we take salaries out separately this continues.

This year we were able to transfer a further £72,895 to the building fund. Including the deposit already paid and successful grant applications we are at a total of £135,000 at time of writing.

Thanks to the fantastic fundraising and giving from friends and family we had a record NET income of £53,000 in 2021. Our balance in our current account did reduce from £13,000 to £6,000 but this will be bolstered by the gift aid we are able to claim on 2020’s income. Last year we put the claim into the building fund, hence the apparent ‘loss’ of £7000.

Expenditure streams are still biggest on HR & AD Salaries (52% of total expenditure including tax and pension contributions for HR)  This is expected due to how the church operates, though a decrease in proportion from 2020. For transparency, salaries are AD: £1,000 pcm, HR: £1,306 pcm (before tax @ Jan 2021).

A costly 28% of our expenditure went towards building expenses (Deposit, solicitors fees, searches). This year, due to covid and the building expenses, only 10% of our expenditure goes directly to the community work and 10% to our running costs. Pleasingly, we were able to keep these roughly equal in amount, in previous years these have both been around 20%. No external speakers this year.

Most spending has stayed at a similar level. Gifts have increased. Community Expenses and Salary’s remained the same. Rent continued to decrease along with Bills, Software and Other. See bottom left for full breakdown.

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