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|Object|i|ves and|Acti|viti|es||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||SORP reference||
|Summary||ofthe purposes||of|Para 1.17|Forthe public benefit, to advance the|
|the charity as set out|||in its|||Christian<br>faith in Faversham,<br>Kent and|
|governing||document||||such other parts ofthe United Kingdom|
|||||||and the world asthe Charity Trustees|
|||||||ma<br>from time totime decide.|
|Summary<br>activities||ofthe main<br>in relation tcthose|||Para 1.17and<br>1.19|We continue to hold aworship and<br>teaching service every Sunday morning,|
|purposes||for the public||||a midweek Bible study and fellowship|
|benefit,|in particular,||the|||group, prayer meetings<br>and occasional|
|activities,||projects or|services|||special events. All are invited without|
|identified||in the accounts.||||charge.|
|||||||With the onset ofthe Covid-19 pandemic|
|||||||and subsequent<br>lockdowns just before|
|||||||the start period ofthis Report, all these|
|||||||activities became online on Zoom.|
|||||||However, we continued to host the|
|||||||town's Foodbank,<br>providing storage and|
|||||||twice weekly client services held under|
|||||||strict controls. A community<br>wardrobe|
|||||||has been added.|
|||||||Practical and pastoral support<br>continued|
|||||||to be provided,<br>confidentially<br>and without|
|||||||charge.|
|Statement||confirming|||Para 1.18|Trustees continually<br>regard the guidance|
|whether|the trustees||have|||on public benefit.|
|had regard to the guidance|||||||
|issued by||the Chadity|||||
|Commission<br>on public|||||||
|benefit|||||||



|||||||We are not a grant-making|body and do|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Para|1.38|not receive applications.|We regularly|
|Policy|on|grant|making|||support seven Christian|organisations|
|||||||providing<br>spiritual<br>and practical benefits||
|||||||to reci ients be ond the|town.|





|||||Para 1.38|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Policy on|social investment||||||||
|including|program||related||||||
|investment|||||||||
||||||We have|no|paid|staff and practise 'every|
|Contribution<br>volunteers||made|by|Pars 1.38|member ministry'.<br>Each makes voluntary<br>contributions<br>in service and {where<br>possible)<br>in financial support.||||
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|||||||SORP reference|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||The aimost total closure ofthe church||
||||||||building<br>meant transferring<br>worship|and|
||||||||ministry toZoom. This was well||
|Summary<br>ofthe <br>achievements<br>of||||main<br>the charity,||Para 1.20|supported<br>and 'congregations'<br>ran at<br>about 80'/e ofprevious levels.||
|identifying|the difference||||the||||
|charity's|work||has made||to||Our rehearsal<br>facilities forthe town band||
|the circumstances||||of its|||and the community<br>choir were ofcourse||
|beneficiaries|||and|any wider|||suspended.||
|benefits to society as a|||||||||
|whole,|||||||We have otherwise<br>remained<br>active in the||
||||||||town's<br>virtual<br>inter-church<br>activities.||
||||||||Under strict Covid conditions we||
||||||||continued<br>to host the town's Trussell||
||||||||Trust foodbank,<br>with church members||
||||||||among the volunteers.||
||||||||In association with two Salvation Army||
||||||||voiunteers<br>we have begun hosting a||
||||||||community<br>wardrobe,<br>providing,<br>eg,<br>school uniforms tothe disadvantaged.||
|Additional||information|||{optional}||||
|You ma|choose|||to include further statements|||where relevant about:||
||||||||We continued to hold via Zoom regular||
||||||||combined<br>meetings ofleaders, deacons,||
|Achievements<br>objectives set|||against|||Para 1.41|and trustees, to review perfonnance<br>against objectives, to vary activities,|and|
||||||||to pray.||
||||||||We do not fundraise.||
|Performance||offundraising||||Para 1.41|||
|activities|against|||objectives|||||
|set|||||||||





||||Prior to the Covid pandemic,<br>we were|
|---|---|---|---|
|investment<br>performance<br>against objectives||Para 1.41|concerned<br>about the possibility<br>ofsevere<br>economic consequences<br>after Brexit, and<br>therefore transferred<br>sums of885,000|
||||(the maximum<br>FSA guarantee) totwo|
||||Christian banks. This was more for|
||||protecting assets than for 'investing'|
||||financially,<br>although<br>through those banks|
||||we are investin<br>s irltuall .|
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|Financial Review|Financial Review|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Review ofthe charity's|||Para 1.21|With the|church premises|||closed,|and no|
|financial<br>position at|the end|||offerings|being taken||up,|our income was||
|ofthe period||||substantially||reduced|at R8,815compared|||
|||||to619,340in the previous||||year. Total||
|||||expenditure||att:12,593compared|||with|
|||||f17,729|in the previous year.|||||
|||||The ciosing figure at|||our 'working'||bank|
|||||was 5118,308and there was W85,000 in||||||
|||||the Kin|dom|and Reliance banks.||||
|Statement<br>explaining|the||Para 1.22|With no|paid|staff or|regular outgoings,|||
|policy for holding reserves||||we have|formally agreed always to hoid a|||||
|stating<br>why they are held||||minimum|of|three months'||average||
|||||ex enditure.||||||
|Amount ofreserves|held||Para 1.22|More than sufficient.||||||
|Reasons for holding|zero||Para 1.22|N/A||||||
|reserves||||||||||
|Details offund materially||in||N/A||||||
|deficit||||||||||
|Explanation<br>ofany|||Para 1.23|There are no uncertainties.||||||
|uncertainties<br>about the||||||||||
|charity continuing<br>as a going||||||||||
|concern||||||||||
|Additional<br>information||(optional)||||||||
|You ma<br>choose to|indude||further statements|where relevant||about||||
|||||We do not fundraise.|||Our|income|is all by|
|||||gift.||||||
|The charity's<br>principal<br>sources offunds (including|||Para147|||||||
|any iundraising)||||||||||
|||||NIA||||||
|Investment<br>policy and<br>objectives including<br>any|||Para 1A6|||||||
|social investment<br>policy||||||||||
|adopted||||||||||
|||||We are fully||insured.|With|no paid|staff|
|||||there are no||foreseeable employment||||
|A description<br>ofthe|principai||Para 1A6|risks.||||||
|risks facing the charity||||||||||
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|Description ofcharity's||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|trusts:||||||||||||
|Type of governing<br>document||Para 1.25|Trust deed.|||||||||
|it!List '.~ee.! I'oy:.2 r'h!':!!1(:-i'!||||||||||||
|How is the charity||Para 1.25|We are a Charitable||Incorporated|||||||
|constituted' ?<br>(l~ q aii'j15 linc!r i': u|||Organisation<br>whose only voting <br>are its charity trustees.|||||members||||
|Trustee selection methods<br>including<br>details ofany||Para 1.25|We seek to maintain agroup oftrustees<br>bringing<br>relevant qualifications<br>and|||||||||
|constitutional<br>provisions|e.g.||experience.|||||||||
|election to post or name|of|||||||||||
|any person or body entitled|||Any further|trustee|must|be appointed|||||by|
|to appoint one or more|||a resolution|passed|at a|properly||||||
|trustees|||convened<br>meetin||ofthe trustees.|||||||
|Additionai<br>information|(optional)|||||||||||
|You ma<br>choose to include fu!ther statements|||where relevant about:|||||||||
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction|and|Para 1.51||||||||||
|training oftrustees||||||||||||
||||We hold regular joint internal||||meetings||||of|
||||the spiritual|leadership,||the trustees,||||and||
|The charity's<br>organisational|||the deacons.|||||||||
|structure<br>and any wider||Para 1.51||||||||||
|network with which the|||We are active on the Executive|||||||||
|charity works|||Committee|ofChurches||Together|||in|||
||||Faversham,|and are a member|||body of|||||
||||the Evan<br>elical Alliance.|||||||||
|Relationship<br>with any reiated||Pars 1.51||||||||||
|parties||||||||||||
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|Charit<br>name||Faversham|Gos el Mission||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other name the chari<br>uses||None|||
|Re istered charit|number|1171357|||
|Charity's<br>principal|address|Tanners Street, Faversham||ME137JL|





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|ames|ofthe charity tru|stees who manage|the charity||||
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||Trustee name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot forwhole<br>ear|Name <br>toe|ofperson <br>inttrustee|(orbody}entitled<br>ifan|
||Julia Chittenden||||||
||Amanda Jane||||||
||Eason||||||
||Stuart Owen|Treasurer|||||
||James Sidney|Chair|||||
||Ransom||||||
||Geoffrey Stuart||||||
||Sandiford||||||
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|Name oftrustees<br>holding<br>title|to property<br>belonging<br>to th|e ch|
|---|---|---|
|Trustee name|Dates acted ifnot forwhole|ear|
|Julia Chittenden|||
|Amanda Jane Eason|||
|Stuart Owen|||
|James Sidne<br>Ransom|||
|Geoffre<br>Stuart Sandiford|||





|Funds held as cus|todia|n<br>|
|---|---|---|
|Descdption<br>ofthe assets||N/A|
|held in this capacity|||
|Name and objects ofthe||N/A|
|charity on whose behalf|the||
|assets are held and how|this||
|falls within the custodian|||
|charity's objects|||
|Details ofarrangements|for|N/A|
|safe custody and|||
|segregation<br>ofsuch assets|||
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|Signed|on behalf ofthe|charity's trustees||
|---|---|---|---|
||Signature(s)|||
||Full name(s)|James Sidney Ransom|Stuart Owen|
|Position|(eg Secretary,<br>Chair, etc}|Chair for the period the Report<br>covers|Treasurer forthe period the Report<br>covers|





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||||||||Actual 2020/21|Summary|2019/20|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||(1stApril to 31stMarch)|(1stApril to31stMarch)||
|Opening<br>amount<br>at NatWest Bank|||||||292,086|331,679||
|Investments||||||||||
|Kingdom Bank into savings account|||||||85,000|||
|Reliance Bank into savings||account|||||85,000|||
||||||||Total 170,000|||
|Gross income||||||||||
|Donations|||||||840|||
|Donations via Stewardship||and Gift Aid|||||7,104|||
|Friends' ofKent Churches|—sponsored|||bike ride|||50|||
|Compensation<br>from NatWest Bank|||||||200|||
|EDFenergy rebate|||||||621|||
||||||||Total 8,815|19,340||
|Expenditure||||||||||
|Wycliffe Bible Translators|||||||320|||
|Serving in Mission|||||||320|||
|Action International|||||||320|||
|Release International|||||||320|||
|Open Air Campaigners|||||||320|||
|Christian<br>Witness to Israel|||||||320|||
|Uganda Concern UK|||||||320|||
|Uganda Concern UK financial||gift for|specific||medical|needs|200|||
|Compassion<br>sponsored<br>child, Ritha|||||||351|||
|Gospel Mission subscription<br>for CTiF membership|||||||135|||
|CTiF chosen Charity ofthe Year —Open|||||Doors||250|||
|CTiF our pledge towards|the Christmas||||card||109|||
|CTiF pledge towards the|Easter card||||||100|||
|CCLI Church Copyright|Licence||||||374|||
|Thirtyone:eight<br>annual<br>membership||||subscription|||129|||
|Evangelical<br>Alliance|||||||100|||
|Steph Macleod singer songwriter|||and worship|||leader|300|||
|Updating<br>Microsoft Office||365on|the|church laptop|||60|||
|iPad, cosmos case, power||adapter|||||398|||
|Jude Sack—website services|||||||144|||
|Postage Church Directory|||||||37|||
|Zoom subscription|||||||158|||
||||||||Total 5,085|34,827||
|Ufilities|||||||E|||
|Castle Water|||||||134|||
|Business Stream|||||||136|||
|British Gas|||||||626|||
|EDF|||||||1,364|||
|BT|||||||976|||
||||||||Total 3,236|4,817||





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Mission Hall|||||I.|
|Fire Action (fire safety|and electronic security)|||96||
|Peter Bingley —restoring|windows,|materials|and labour|950||
|Cleaning Fairy||||1,224||
|Red Alert —Mission burglar<br>alarm||||154||
|Bridges Insurance<br>for Mission Hall||||1,063||
|Single BT3960phone||||35||
|Prolectrical —PAT testing, PAT servicing administration||||750||
|||||Total 4,272|17,729|
|Total annual income||||8,815||
|Total expenditure||||12,593||
|Deficit ofincome over|expenditure|||3,778||
|Closing amount<br>at NatWest Bank||||118,308||




