Gospel Hall Church Street. Charity Registration No: 1 171048 Trustees annual report 2020/2021
The charitable purposes are:
To advance the Christian faith through the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the local community and the world.
The primary aims of the charity are to fulfil the role of a Christian church in the Hillfields area of Coventry and to provide help to others in promoting the Christian faith in the United Kingdom and overseas.
Trust information and status
Trustees
Vince Peters Sukhbir Tandy David Thorp
Elders
Vince Peters Sukhbir Tandy
Treasurer Sukhbir Tandy
Banker
Lloyds Bank 30 High Street Coventry CV1 5QN
Principle address:
Gospel Hall Church Street Church Street Coventry CV1 4GA
Correspondence Address:
Mr. S Tandy 78 Eversleigh Road Coventry CV6 2BG Email: s.tandyman953@googlemail.com Tel: 024 76274344
Web: www.churchstreet.org.uk Email: info2@churchstreet.org.uk
Independent Examiner Ranjit Virk
Annual General meeting Thursday July 1 2021
Chaired by David
Financial report
Sukby Tandy
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as we've not had meetings as normal in 2020 it may explain why income is down why around £2000 from other years
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also we have had less expenses, less travel expenses because zoom meetings have been more regular
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less speakers expenses was noted to be £0 due to no travelling
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gas and electricity a lot less due to less building use
Evangelical funds
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slightly less given away to missionaries and full-time workers
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over all we’ve had gain of around £9000 in the bank
No money spent on building work yet.
Trustees expenses has been on general things
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except for solicitor fees
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insurance, gardening
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£752 interest gained from storage of building fund
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£4000 recovered from gift aid scheme
Questions being raised from Reuben New:
Concern over an Increasing amount is being given to the Salvation Army isn't in a good state of affairs
Reuben pointed out that the organisation has a poor discipline, discourage people from giving to them.
Question asked, How will the Trustees the money be spent in relation to the building fund?
It will be decided later, there has always been separation of the building and repairs works.
The Trustees report by David Thorp Steps in relations to the church building
Question asked, How will the covenant be removed? - Solicitors will work with Coventry City Council for its removal.
An Asbestos survey is being done on the building.
The survey will be done so that we're aware if any Asbestos is present and to satisfy the contractor workers. It maybe that we need work done to remove it if any found
Preparations being
Plans were shown in the meeting at this point.<<<<<<<
Be aware that the cost of building materials has increased recently.
Also be aware there may be a need for additional money later.
Question asked. Will the front entrance look remain the same including the Gospel Hall sign? Yes but some of it will need redesigning.
The door will open outwards.
Rendering of the outer building look shown in conversation about how it would look.
Question asked: Do you have much of an Idea of total cost and will it remain the same? Answer around the £130,000 and we don’t know how much it may be.
What elements of the work can we do ourselves?
The removal of old fuyai, the removal of floor and pebbledash coat.
How long will hall be out of action?
Once beams are in place, a temporary partition could be arranged,
so 2 or 3 months as minimum. There would be full access to kitchen and rear of the building.
Question: How far is the extension to protrude into the car park?
1.35M
Clarification the costs relating to rendering and best options have been thought through.
So the work will progress
Register – Sukby Tandy
increase in numbers
we were down to 35, but we're now adding new members, Cindy, Phlimeano, Derrick and Thelma. Bringing up to 39
City Centre work - John Thorp,
8 open airs before lockdown, only 17 since lockdown.
this year we started on 3rd April. We have not been able to use the track stand.
Some blessings from the work, the seating area helps talking with people
Jessy spoke to people, the
Markee opposite, has moved back giving us more space.
Reuben and Jessy has been meeting with us too.
Phil 4.14
"Being more bold without fear"
we stand and encourage others to stand too.
Steve Cook says we're a blessing to him and feels we've helped him.
Any other business
Humber court - went well
Encourage others to be at the live meetings in person.
Are Thursday meeting going back after the end of the restrictions in July?
Zoom is a great advantage.
At least until September its worth keeping zoom meetings
Ladies meeting has been considering, work in progress. Being setup.
Picnic after Sunday morning service has been suggested.
Plan when there is good weather.
At wasteland in Coundon or keep in tune for this date.
Betty Virk commented on
Our successes during lockdown, the way things came together, praise to those who helped.
Prayer, ministry, helping one another good testimony keeping things going.
Objects
The Charitable purposes of the Charity shown in our Articles of Association are:
To advance the Christian faith, through the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, throughout the local community and the world.
The primary aims of the charity are to fulfil the role of a Christian church in the Hillfields area of Coventry and to provide help to others in promoting the Christian faith in the United Kingdom and overseas.
THE CHURCH: ITS AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The Church is not a building, but a gathering of ordinary people of different ages and backgrounds, whose lives have been changed by Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The New Testament model for the Church is a community of people, properly taught and cared for, whom by loving and serving Jesus Christ, were also committed to love and care for each other and to bring a blessing to the area in which they lived.
Gospel Hall Church Street Church Street, Elders and Members are committed to the restoration of those New Testament principles. The vision is to see the people of Hillfields area to come into this experience of knowing Jesus as their Lord, Saviour and friend.
The mission statement of the Church is: - "Reaching people for Jesus, helping and encouraging each other to become committed and effective disciples of Christ"
Directions relating to the charitable trust are made by the Elders/Trustees in consultation with the Church Members, who are responsible for governing the life and teaching of the church. The Trustees and Elders make day to day decisions on expenditure and activities run by volunteers responsible in the church, with the finances being monitored by the Trustees.
It is the work of every member of the church, and volunteers that will make the difference in achieving its great commission. This is done by demonstrating and sharing God's love amongst the people they interact with every day; by praying, visiting the sick and others in need, being involved in discipling others, public teaching and worship, and also in administration. The members provide the financial resources of the church and their private assets and equipment are regularly used in the work of the church. Much of this work is done privately, without recognition, and the hours and value of that time cannot be quantified. The Gospel Hall Church Street does not have any paid employees; all the activities that are provided by the church to the local community are undertaken and provided by volunteers, most of whom are church members.
THE YEAR: ITS OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
It has again been through God's wonderful provision of practical and financial support that we have again been blessed during the year 2020-2021 and great achievements have been made possible. We have so much to thank God for, Praise His name.
During the year ended 31 March 2021 the ways the church sought to achieve the calling of Christ upon it and its charitable purposes for the public benefit have been as follows:
a) Regular weekly activities:
We have continued to see an encouraging increase in numbers at our regular Sunday Morning meeting, Family service and Thursday Bible study and pray.
b) Fulfilling the objectives in teaching, preaching and showing practical care in the community: - It has been great to make new friends who come and meet with us at our Sunday Family Service and midweek activities of pray and bible study and so good to see some lady from community come along to join the lady at their Lady friendly Hour on Mondays
On the third Sunday once a month, we provide a Family Tea that is well attended by a number of residents from the community, it is open to all ages. Following the tea, we usually have an evangelistic message. Some of our regular attendees have been really encouraged by what they hear and thoroughly enjoy both the tea and talk. There are regularly 25 - 30 people attending the tea each month. c) Impacting the next generation:-
During the Sunday Family service, children leave for their own activities. There are up to 18 children aged 7-12. As a church we feel it important to teach young children what is right and wrong, how to mix and share with others and how to respect adults. All the teaching is based on the word of God. Good moral teaching at a young age should help prevent anti-social behaviour in their later life.
We have also continued to support the poor family in our community by send finances to Coventry City Mission, who are doing a great work in community
The Trustees have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission in July 2021.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
GRANT MAKING POLICY
We are not set up to make grants to other organisations and are unlikely to be in a financial position to be able to do so. The Trustees on the basis of need and fulfillment of the charitable objectives do consider making gifts to external organisations and individuals as a need arises. All visiting Speakers are offered money to cover their expenses; some more recently have been asking to have the money put in our general fund.
RISK MANAGEMENT
The church is insured through Congregational and General through their Churches Policy.
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the profit and loss of the Charity for that period. In preparing these accounts, the trustees are required to: -
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Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently.
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Make adjustments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
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Prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue in operation. The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Acts. 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. The trustees confirm that the accounts comply with current statutory requirements and those of the Charity's trust deed.
| RECEIPTS | EXPENSES | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Balance B/F | 12,173.90 | Payment toTrustees | 3,000.00 |
| GeneralFund | 5,914.01 | Ministry | 0.00 |
| Gift AidRecovered | 3,738.00 | Water | 433.56 |
| Banklnterest | 752.37 | Cleaning Hall | 1,320.00 |
| LadiesFriendly Hour | 0.00 | Cleaning Materials | 53.00 |
| Baght Singh Church | 700.00 | UTILITA | 136.00 |
| UTILITA | 283.74 | CNGENERGY LTD | 90.26 |
| BGLight | 233.60 | ||
| British Gas | 121.35 | ||
| Wine | 30.00 | ||
| Catering | 0.00 | ||
| Stationery | 0.00 | ||
| Furniture | 0.00 | ||
| Maintenance | 0.00 | ||
| Thirtyone eight | 0.00 | ||
| Literature | 0.00 | ||
| Transport | 0.00 | ||
| PPE | 30.00 | ||
| LadiesFriendlyHour | 0.00 | ||
| Welfare | 0.00 | ||
| Outreach | 0.00 | ||
| Transferred toM Fund | 1,000.00 | ||
| 6,447.77 | |||
| Balance in hand C/F | 17,114.25 | ||
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| RECEIPTS | EXPENSES | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| MissionaryFundbalanceB/F | 211.00 | ||
| Offerings | 2,123.74 | ||
| Fromthe GeneralFund | 1000.00 | ||
| AllesleyPark E Church | 8100.00 | AllesleyPark EChurch | e100.00 |
| MrJ Baker | e150.00 | MrJ Baker | f150.00 |
| Mrs M Barker | [0.00 | MrsMBarker | [240.00 |
| Barnabas Fund | €590.00 | BarnabasFund | c700.00 |
| Bible EducationService | 8190.00 | Bible EducationService | 8200.00 |
| BrassTacks | n45.00 | BrassTacks | 8300.00 |
| SteveBuckeridge | 880.00 | SteveBuckeridge | e150.00 |
| ChallengeNews | e0.00 | ChallengeNews | e0.00 |
| Christanlnstitute | €0"00 | Christan lnstitute | E0^00 |
| Mr S Clegg | €300.00 | Mr S Clegg | e400.00 |
| JamesCoates | f0.00 | James Coates | €0.00 |
| Steve Cook | 8300.00 | Steve Cook | 9500.00 |
| MrICooper | L420.A0 | MrlCooper | €450.00 |
| Counties | f240.00 | Counties | t250.00 |
| Cov.CityMission | t505.00 | Cov.City Mission | e500.00 |
| MrWDowns | 91,520.00 | MrWDowns | e1,550.00 |
| EmmausBible School | 8290.00 | Emmaus Bible School | f300.00 |
| Gideon's | c120.00 | Gideon's | 8200.00 |
| Barry& RachelHaigh | e100.00 | Barry &RachelHaigh | E100.00 |
| MrJHayden | 840.00 | MrJHayden | c100.00 |
| S.D.HebrewScriptures | t130.00 | S,D.HebrewScriptures | e150.00 |
| LordsWork Trust | e40.00 | LordsWork Trust | 9100.00 |
| MAF | f200.00 | MAF | c250.00 |
| SajiMafthews | e0.00 | SajiMatthews | f0.00 |
| MrJ McMaster | €395.00 | MrJ McMaster | f400.00 |
| MedicalMissionaryN | E24A.AA | MedicalMissionaryN | f300.00 |
| Andy&JanelleMullan | f600.00 | Andy&JanelleMullan | €650.00 |
| OM Ships | e80.00 | OMShips | e100.00 |
| OpenAirMission | e180.00 | OpenAirMission | f200.00 |
| OpenDoors | 880.00 | OpenDoors | t100,00 |
| OperationBrotherlyLove | 8400.00 | OperationBrotherlyLove | 8400.00 |
| MrNPatel | e100.00 | Mr N Patel | 8100.00 |
| MrTPawson | [220.00 | MrTPawson | 8350.00 |
| Precious Seed | E90.00 | Precious Seed | e100.00 |
| lanRees | E80.00 | lanRees | 8100.00 |
| R.M.A.F. | t90.00 | R.M.A.F. | 9100.00 |
| Radio Bible Class | 840.00 | Radio Bible Class | c100.00 |
| DanielRudge | e180.00 | DanielRudge | e200.00 |
| SalvationArmy | €390.00 | SalvationArmy | f400.00 |
| SASRA | 840.00 | SASRA | 8100.00 |
| ScriptureUnion | f100.00 | ScriptureUnion | 8100.00 |
| Seamen's CFSociety | 80.00 | Seamen'sCF Society | t0.00 |
| ShareAfrica | t1,110.00 | ShareAfrica | 81,200.00 |
| MrRTelford | €300.00 | MrRTelford | 9750.00 |
| TransworldRadio | 840.00 | TransworldRadio | e100.00 |
| UBM | €0.00 | UBM | e0.00 |
| Hans&RossVanBaaren | f510.00 | Hans & RossVanBaaren | 8550.00 |
| Joe&NaomiWyatt | €200.00 | Joe &NaomiWyatt | E200.00 |
| MrPYoung | [100.00 | MrPYoung | €100.00 |
| MrPAndrews | 8100.00 | MrPAndrews | 8150.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AngolaLit. Fund | [0.00 | AngolaLit. Fund | €0.00 |
| JohnBandy | e100.00 | JohnBandy | f200.00 |
| Mr Philip Cole | 80.00 | MrPhilip Cole | €0.00 |
| Mr P Coulson | t300.00 | Mr P Coulson | f300.00 |
| Echoes lnternational | f150.00 | Echoes lnternational | f150.00 |
| HavenofHope Nigeria | e0.00 | Havenof HopeNigeria | €0.00 |
| Mr P Hedley | 880.00 | MrP Hedley | e150.00 |
| Mr B Howden | c300.00 | Mr B Howden | t450.00 |
| lpusukilo(Zambia) | 880.00 | lpusukilo(Zambia) | €100.00 |
| MrCKnott | €0.00 | Mr C Knott | c0.00 |
| MrAKyle | t100.00 | MrAKyle | e100.00 |
| MrMLacey | t100.00 | MrMLacey | t150.00 |
| McAdams (Zambia) | 80.00 | McAdams (Zambia) | e0.00 |
| NarsapurHospital | €1,310.00 | NarsapurHospital | 81,350.00 |
| MrMPaul | f26s.00 | Mr M Paul | €270.00 |
| Pushpan(llnter) | 9140.00 | Pushpan(llnter) | [150.00 |
| MrRRevie | t100.00 | Mr RRevie | t100.00 |
| SamwataK&J(Chingola) | e80.00 | SamwataK&J(Chingola) | f100.00 |
| Tim &Rhoda Sloan | f0.00 | Tim& Rhoda Sloan | [0.00 |
| SamuelSimonyi-Gindele | 880.00 | SamuelSimonyi-Gindele | e100.00 |
| Malcom Steer | 840.00 | MalcomSteer | 8100.00 |
| Steve &MarielStudd | e80.00 | Steve &MarielStudd | €100.00 |
| MrJeff Watson | e140.00 | Mr JeffWatson | €150.00 |
| MrPWilliams | t100.00 | MrPWilliams | 8100.00 |
| RECEIPTS | EXPENSES | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Balance B/F | 12,929.31 | Anthony CollinsSolicitors | 1,000.00 |
| Receiptsfromoffering | 2,148.00 | Anthony CollinsSolicitors | 772.20 |
| Receiptsfrom GeneralFund | 3,000.00 | GCA(Foundations) | 660.00 |
| Hedge Cutting | 285.00 | ||
| Church lnsurance | 1,372.10 | ||
| 4,089.30 | |||
| f,18,077.31 | Balance in bank C/F | 13,988.01 _-mzfr |
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| CHURCHBUILDINGFUND | |||
| RECEIPTS | EXPENSES | ||
| Balance B/F | t124,944.25 | Buildingwork | 0.00 |
| Receiptsfromoffering | 765.00 | ||
| Banklnterest | |||
| Balanceinhand CIF | 1124,944.25 | ||
| _ilzsr09.25 | |||
| C.S.Y.P.M.T.F | |||
| RECEIPTS | EXPENSES | ||
| Balance B/F | 1300.00 | 0.00 | |
| From theGeneralFund | 0.00 | ||
| Balanceinhand C/F | 1300.00 | ||
| t1,300.00 | e1,300.00 | ||
| BALANCESHEET | |||
| GeneralFund | 17,114.25 | Lloyds Bank | 151,02'1.43 |
| Evangel./Missionary | 4'14.74 | Coventry BuildingSociety | 6,667.33 |
| Church BuildingFund | t124,944.25 | Cash lnHand | 102.49 |
| C.S.Y.P.M.T.F | 1,300.00 | ||
| TrusteesFund | 13,988.01 t157J91.25 |
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| Signed Signed -tr^'*{- |
MrJThorp MrJTandy |