**Charity Registration Number: 1170915** ## Parkview Chapel, Botesdale ## **Receipts & Payments Account** ## ## **Statement of Assets & Liabilities** **For the period to 31 December 2023** ## **Parkview Chapel, Botesdale** ## **Index** Page 1: Legal & Administrative Details Pages 2 to 5: Trustees Report Page 6: Independent Examiner’s Report Page 7: Receipts and Payments Account Page 8: Statement of Assets & Liabilities Pages 9 to 11: Notes to the Accounts ## **Parkview Chapel, Botesdale** ## **Legal & Administrative Details** ## **Governing document:** Constitution dated 23 December 2016 ## **Charity Registration Number** 1170915 ## **Trustees and Members** Mark Wallace (Chairman) Hendrik du Toit Matt Levett David Miles Ella Miles Philip Miles Matt Warnock Emma Denton (appointed 18 May 2023) Sarah Jane Harknett (appointed 18 May 2023) ## **Congregational leadership team** Kevin Gladwell Amanda Kirk Andrew Kirk Philip Miles Sarah Partridge ## **Address** The Street, Botesdale, Diss, Norfolk. IP22 1BX ## **Bankers** Cooperative Bank ## **Independent Examiner** Sarah Place Accountants Ltd, Unit 4B, Boldero Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7BS Page 1 ## **Parkview Chapel, Botesdale** ## **Trustees Report for the year ended 31 December 2023** The Trustees submit their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023. ## **Objects:** The objects of the Charity for the public benefit, as per the constitution, are to advance the Christian faith in Botesdale, nearby villages and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Charity Trustees may from time to time think fit. This can be summarised as: - Providing a safe space for people to explore Bible’s message of God’s salvation through Jesus Christ. - Encouraging those who respond to this message to grow as disciples. - Providing support for those locally who are facing particular challenges in their lives. - Encouraging each other to pray and worship both individually and together. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** The Charity is ultimately run by the Trustees. The Trustees have the authority to exercise their powers to further the objects of the Charity. The Trustees meet at least once a year but delegate the day-to-day decision making on the running of the Church to the Congregational Leadership Team, one of whom is also a Trustee. The Leadership Team meets monthly to consider the management and pastoral needs of the fellowship. The Charity is established in the name of ‘Parkview Chapel, Botesdale (Reg.Charity No. 1170915) as a ‘Charitable Incorporated Organisation’. ## **The church: its aims and objectives:** Whilst Parkview Chapel describes a building, the essence of our church life is about ordinary people whose lives have been changed by Jesus Christ, the Son of God and who seek to live according to our understanding of the principles laid down in the New Testament for Christian living. We welcome opportunities to join with other Christians who share this same vision. Parkview Chapel is a member of the ‘Evangelical Alliance’, ‘Rural Ministries’ and ‘Partnership’; organisations that links together a number of churches that are similar in nature to us. ## **The year: its objectives and achievements:** During the year ended 31 December 2023 the church sought to fulfil its objectives in the following ways, having had regard to the guidance given by the Commission on public benefit, and in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. Below is a summary of how we achieved this in the past year. ## Regular programme - As reported in previous years’ trustees’ report, we have a regular programme of services and other events, with some occurring weekly, some monthly and some annually. The aim of our services and worship is to help those attending put faith into practise through prayer, scripture, music and communion. Page 2 ## **Parkview Chapel, Botesdale** ## **Trustees Report for the year ended 31 December 2023** ## Regular programme (continued) - During our Sunday morning services during January we looked at some ‘Major lessons from the Minor Prophets; in February and into March we worked through material under the title of ‘ _The Prayer Course_ ’ based on a book by Pete Grieg. After Easter, the book of _Ezekiel_ , then ’ - onto ‘ _Your Life is not about you ._ In the Autumn we worked through studies in the books of _Luke_ before looking at _‘Songs of Christmas’._ Each week the message delivered on Sunday was linked to the material that we used in our mid week LIFE groups’. - A ‘ _Hope Explored’_ course was run over 3 weeks in the spring giving those attending opportunity to consider the claims of the Christian faith. - A baptism took place in the sea at Sizewell at the end of the church weekend at Sizewell Hall, the person concerned this was an outward demonstration of their Christian faith. - Each Sunday evening a small group of young people meet for PYP with a varied programme of activities, from reflections on how the message of the Bible impacts lives to a variety of social events. - The numbers of children and young people attending clubs on Friday evening increased as the year went on. A number of new games were sourced to provide a greater variety of activities. Following an application to the local parish councils we received £500 from both Botesdale and Rickinghall from their CIL funds as support for the ongoing work with the local youth. - Each week, Kevin Gladwell, our Church and Community Pastor, visits the local primary school and takes an assembly ## Building Relationships - Since we believe that at the core of our faith is relationship, both heavenward to our heavenly Father and then with those around and both through our regular events and special occasions, we work to bring that about, notably through: - ‘Coffee on a Sunday’, ‘Coffee on the Corner’, as in previous years, - Quiz night – In April teams gathered for quiz nights which were well attended. - ‘Comedy and Carols’ evening with a Christian comedian, Paul Kerensa. All tickets for this were sold. ## Serving our community - An increasing number of groups hire areas of the building to run their events and we are pleased to make it available to them in exchange for an appropriate donation. - On Fridays during January and February volunteers from the 3 churches that serve these villages ran a Soup Group, a warm space and company during a period of rapidly rising costs for households. This was well received. - The Mobile Post Office van has continued to use the chapel car park for what became a weekly visit Page 3 ## **Parkview Chapel, Botesdale** ## **Trustees Report for the year ended 31 December 2023** ## **Trustees** The Trustees met twice during the year, May and November, and were kept informed by circulation of the minutes of the monthly leadership team meetings in the intervening months. Their continuing support and guidance are greatly valued by the congregational leadership team. During the year two new trustees were appointed and on appointment was issued with a copy of the Charity’s constitution, the Charity Commission guidance – ‘ _The essential trustee’_ and the Trustees’ Report and Accounts for 2022 ## **Leadership** The congregational leadership team meets monthly to consider matters relating to the life of the church. Each month financial updates are circulated so that finances can be monitored. During the year 2 sub-groups of the team met, one to consider finance matters and the other safeguarding. A rotating programme of reviewing key policies on an annual basis was instigated; by the end of the year this had been completed for GDPR and Safeguarding; the review of the Health and Safety policy was close to finalisation. ## **Beyond our villages** Contributions continue to be collected for the Waveney Foodbank and delivered to their premises. Gifts were passed to a number of bodies whose work has similar aims to Parkview Chapel, and details of these gifts can be found in Note 3 to the accounts on page 11 ## **Premises** Six replacement LED lights were installed to replace the previous fluorescent lights. These will be more energy efficient and thereby reduce electricity consumption. Four UPVC replacement windows have been installed during the year by skilled volunteers who willingly give of their time and skills to serve our community. ## **Volunteers** Although we have two paid employees, one full time and one part time, much of the work of the Charity is undergirded by generous giving of their time by many volunteers. ## **Health and Safety** Our safeguarding lead and her deputy have worked this year to continue to update DBS checks on trustees and volunteers as necessary and are looking to further review the safeguarding policy in the light of updated guidance. Page 4 ## **Parkview Chapel, Botesdale** ## **Trustees Report for the year ended 31 December 2023** ## **Public Benefit** The Trustees have taken account of the Charity Commission's guidance on Public Benefit where appropriate when exercising their powers and duties, planning and reviewing the aims, objectives and activities of Parkview Chapel. Throughout this report, Parkview Chapel has sought to demonstrate the ways that it delivers benefit to the public —whether they are members of our congregation, another church or have no church /religious affiliation. ## **Statement of Trustees Responsibilities** Charity law requires us as trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year which record the receipts and payments of the Charity for the year. We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. We also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the Charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities. ## **Serious Incidents** We are thankful to report that there were no serious incidents to be reported during 2023. ## **Financial Review** Church receipts into the Unrestricted Fund for the period came to £48,825. Much of this is given in a way that makes use of the government Gift Aid scheme to reclaim tax on the gifts as well as the Gift Aid on Small Donations Scheme. Expenses from the Unrestricted Fund for the period came to £44,586. Overall, there was a surplus for the period of £4,239 on the Unrestricted fund. Regular financial updates are produced for leadership group meetings. ## **Reserves Policy** It is our aim to maintain free reserves that equate between three and six months of normal expenditure, (£11,000 to £22,000) though there may be rare conditions under which we find that it will be necessary to go below this level. As of 31 December 2023, the level of unrestricted reserves was £30,513. This is above the level as per the reserves policy but with a building that is nearly 40 years old a programme of refurbishment is currently underway as described above which will impact expenditure. A P Miles Date: 17.04.24 Signed for and on behalf of the Trustees of Parkview Chapel Page 5 ## **Parkview Chapel, Botesdale** ## **Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 December 2023** I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of Parkview Chapel ('the Charity') for the year ended 31 December 2022 on pages 7 to 11 following. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the Trustees of the Charity, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns and 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. Sarah Place Accountants Ltd Unit 4B, Boldero Road Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7BS Page 6 ## **Parkview Chapel, Botesdale** ## **Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 December 2023** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT For the year ended 31[st] December 2023** ||**Notes**|**Restricted**|
**Unrestricted**|
**Total**
**2023**
**Total**
**2022**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**Funds**|**Funds**|| |||||| |**Receipts**||**£**|**£**|**£**
**£**| |||||| |Donations and grants||6,252|39,905|46,157
50,823| |
Bank interest||247|1,075|1,322
276| |Dividends on investments||-|1,154|1,154
1,148| |Rent for use of chapel||-|3,685|3,685
2,062| |
Friday Club Tuck Shop||-|1,411|1,411
1,169| |
Other income||-|1,595|1,595
295| |||6,499|48,825|55,324
55,773| |||||| |**Payments**||||| |||||| |Grants and donations|3|-|4,106|4,106
4,797| |Wages/salaries|4|5,573|24,116|29,689
26,421| |
Pension contributions||-|2,020|2,020
2,052| |Repairs and maintenance||-|83|83
886| |
Lighting and heating||-|2,396|2,396
3,233| |
Insurance||-|1,478|1,478
1,424| |Telephone and broadband||-|719|719
794| |
Water and sewerage||-|291|291
322| |
Printing & stationery||-|185|185
197| |
Professional fees||-|337|337
720| |Employee expenses||-|1,610|1,610
1,482| |
Cost of services||-|2,727|2,727
2,136| |Youth work||-|1,298|1,298
1,356| |Miscellaneous|5|556|1,287|1,843
1,229| |Friday Club Tuck Shop||-|1,375|1,375
1,044| |||||| |||6,129|44,028|50,157
48,093| |||||| |**Surplus/ (Deficit) for the year**||370|4,797|5,167
7,680| |||||| |Transfers||-|-|-
-| |||||| |**Purchase of equipment**|6|-|(558)|(558)
(3,200)| |||||
| |**Cash balance brought forward**||6,813|26,274
|33,087
28,607| |||||| |**Cash balance carried forward**||£ 7,183|
£ 30,513|£ 37,696
£ 33,087| Page 7 ## **Parkview Chapel, Botesdale** ## **Statement of Assets & Liabilities As at 31 December 2023** ## **Cash funds** |Current accounts
Deposit accounts
Friday club tuck shop
Cash unbanked at year end|**2023**
**£**
5,357
31,470
572
296
£ 37,695|**2022**
**£**
3,608
29,018
381
80| |---|---|---| |||£ 33,087| ## **Other Monetary Assets** |Gift Aid due|**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
1,113
2,729
5,761| |---|---| ||£1,113
£2,729
£5,761| ## **Investment Assets** |**Investment Assets**|| |---|---| |Fund
COIF Ethical Investment fund Legacy
COIF Investment fund Designated|**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**Cost**
**Value**
**Value**
12,000
16,348
14,886
21,273
25,028
22,922| ||£33,273
£41,376
£37,808| ## **Non-monetary Assets** - Property known as Parkview Chapel, its property was built in 1988 at a cost of £130,000 (approx.), and currently insured for £916,644. - Furniture, equipment, piano, organ, books, etc. are additional items with detailed costs unknown, and combined are currently insured for £38,397. ## **Monetary Liabilities** - Pension contributions under auto enrolment of £171.66 were due at 31 December 2023. - PAYE/NI contributions of £1,093.42 were due to HMRC in respect of the quarter to 31 December 2023 - Expenses of £257.29 incurred by Kevin Gladwell during December 2023 were unpaid at 31 December 2023 - The fee for Independent Examination of these accounts is expected to be around £340 Page 8 ## **Parkview Chapel, Botesdale** ## **Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2023** ## **1. Basis of accounts** The accounts have been prepared on a ‘receipts and payments’ basis with a statement of assets and liabilities ## **2. Funds** ## **Restricted Funds** **Employment Support** is a fund to support those who lack confidence to build a sense of self-worth through employment. **Croatia Mission Trip-** this is a restricted fund for the purpose of supporting young people to go on a mission trip to Croatia each summer. Any balance is carried forward to future years. Due to a variety of factors this has not taken place in recent years, but it is anticipated that it could at some future date. **Legacy -** This is as a result of a legacy that came to Parkview Chapel in September 2017. ## **Designated Fund** **Building –** this was a fund established on transfer of assets to the CIO in 2019 when the decision was taken to apply the capital and income from this fund to support the ongoing need for building maintenance ## **Unrestricted Fund** This is an unrestricted fund, and its purpose is to meet the day to day running costs of the fellowship including local outreach and pastoral care. From time to time the leaders may choose to transfer some of the funds to support one of the other funds as necessary. Page 9 ## **Parkview Chapel, Botesdale** ## **Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2023** ## **3. Mission Fund** During this year the following gifts have been made to both individuals and organisations with aims that compatible with this charity. |Gifts made to individuals
Bible Society
Bury Christian Youth (BCY)
Christians Against Poverty (CAP)
Christian Blind Mission
Counties
Echoes International
Fishermens’ Mission
London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (LICC)
Medical Missionary News (MMN)
Premier Praise
Rural Ministries
Sizewell Hall
Sporting ’87
Street Kids Direct
Suffolk Christian Camps
Tools with a Mission
United Christian Broadcasters (UCB)
Waveney Foodbank|**2023**
**£**
50
121
150
-
-
150
150
100
-
-
-
150
150
-
200
150
100
-
680
2,151|**2022**
**£**
-
60
250
250
150
-
250
75
250
250
250
200
250
200
-
-
-
250
250
2,935| |---|---|---| Included in the total of £4,106 of ‘Grants and Donations’ listed in the ‘Receipts and Payments Account’ are £1,955 of donations passed from funds raised at the monthly ‘Coffee on the Corner’. £1,225 was paid to visiting speakers and is included under ‘Costs of Services’ in ‘Receipts and Payments Account’. ## **4. Employees** The Charity had two employees to whom the above employment costs refer Payments were made to one of the trustees following their preaching at our services on a number of occasions. Apart from this no other trustee received any payment. Page 10 ## **Parkview Chapel, Botesdale** ## **Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2023** ## **5. Miscellaneous** |TV licence
Evangelical Alliance subscription
Partnership subscription
Thirtyoneeight payment
Christian Copyright Ltd subscription
Liberty Accounts
Information Commissioners Office
Bank charges
Website hosting
GLO subscription
Other
**equipment**|TV licence
Evangelical Alliance subscription
Partnership subscription
Thirtyoneeight payment
Christian Copyright Ltd subscription
Liberty Accounts
Information Commissioners Office
Bank charges
Website hosting
GLO subscription
Other
**equipment**|TV licence
Evangelical Alliance subscription
Partnership subscription
Thirtyoneeight payment
Christian Copyright Ltd subscription
Liberty Accounts
Information Commissioners Office
Bank charges
Website hosting
GLO subscription
Other
**equipment**|TV licence
Evangelical Alliance subscription
Partnership subscription
Thirtyoneeight payment
Christian Copyright Ltd subscription
Liberty Accounts
Information Commissioners Office
Bank charges
Website hosting
GLO subscription
Other
**equipment**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| |||**2023**|**2022**| |||**£**|**£**| |9 LED ceiling lights||-|850| |4 UPVD replacement windows||-|1,000| |Sony ZV-1 Vlogging camera||-|699| |2 x 6 lt water extinguishers||-|144| |Table tennis table; indoor football goals||-|435| |Fire Safety signs||-|72| |6 lt water extinguisher||81|-| |Fire blanket||30|-| |6 LED ceiling lights||447|-| |||**£558**|**£3,200**| ## **6 New equipment** ## **Movement of Funds** The restricted funds represent amounts received for specific purposes and the movements in the year are as follows: |**Restricted funds**
Employment Support
Croatia Mission Trip
Legacy
**Unrestricted Funds**
Designated – Building
Unrestricted – General|**Balance at**
**01.01.23**
**Receipts**
**Payments**
**Transfers**
**Balance**
**at**
**31.12.23**
£
£
£
£
£
6,542
6,489
6,129
-
6,902
271
10
-
-
281
-
-
-
-
-| |---|---| ||**6,813**
**6,499**
**6,129**
-
**7,183**
-
687
641
77
123
26,274
48,138
43,945
(77)
30,390| ||**26,274**
**48,825**
**44,586**
**-**
**30,513**| Page 11