2022-12-31-accounts - Lee Street Independent Evangelical Church

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Lee Street Independent Evangelical Church

Charity No 1172195

Unaudited Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 December 2022

Lee Street Independent Evangelical Church

Contents
	Page
Reference and Administrative Details	2
Trustees’ Report	3-6
Trustees’ responsibilities	7
Independent Examiners Report	8
Receipts and Payments Account	9
Statement of Assets and Liabilities	10
Notes to the Accounts	10

Lee Street Independent Evangelical Church Reference and Administrative Details

Charity Name Lee Street Independent Evangelical Church Charity Registration Number 1172195 Registered and Administrative Lee Street Church Office Lee Street HORLEY RH6 8ES Trustees Brian Legg Nathan Page Kenneth Cowell Susan Cottingham Robert Szczerbicki (deceased 2022) Bankers HSBC UK 9 The Boulevard CRAWLEY RH10 1UT Barclays Bank UK Plc 90/92 High Street CRAWLEY RH10 1BP Independent Examiners Field Sullivan 9 Hare & Billet Road Blackheath London SE3 0RB

Trustees' Annual Report for the period	Trustees' Annual Report for the period	Trustees' Annual Report for the period	Trustees' Annual Report for the period	Trustees' Annual Report for the period
From	Period start date			To	Period end date
	01	01	2022		31	12	2022

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Lee Street Church Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1172195 Charity's principal address Lee Street

Lee Street Horley Surrey Postcode RH6 8ES

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Brian Legg	Church Secretary
Robert Szczerbicki	Church Treasurer	14/05/2022(deceased)
Kenneth Cowell
Nathan Page
Susan Cottingham

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address
Evangelical & Legal	Church Growth Trust	1 Lambs Passage,London EC1Y 8AB

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Trust Deed (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Declaration of Trust (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by a collective agreement of all the existing trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include N/A additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The objectives of the charity are for the public benefit and are to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the statement of beliefs as set out in the trust deed in Horley and in other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees see fit.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

The main activities of Lee Street Church are:

Sunday Services
Pre-school Playgroup
Lunch club
Service and support the local community

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further Apart from Lee Street Playgroup all activities of the charity are carried out by statements, where relevant, about: part time unpaid volunteers.

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main
achievements of the charity during
the year

The main achievements and performance activities of Lee Street Church in 2022
are:

Maintained Christian Witness at Lee Street Church
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Worked closely with Churches for Horley to advance the Christian faith.
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Continued to maintain the grounds over the year.
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Continued to support missionary work of other charities and
individuals.
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Continued to hold Sunday Meeting via zoom for members who are not
local to Horley as had been possible during the Coronavirus Pandemic.

To provide practical support to the Churches for Horley Foodbank.
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Continued with the outreach in the local community, through our
Church Playgroup.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit	The Church has some reserves which is reviewed by the Trustees. The Trustees consider that the church should continue to maintain minimum level of general reserves to enable building and ground maintenance.
	N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

Youmay chooseto include additional information, where relevant about:  the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);  how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;  investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.	Lee Street receives income form a number of sources, these include:  Weekly offering and Monthly direct payments  Gift aid  Legacies  County Council funding for Playgroup The income over 2022 is used to ensure all the payments, and bills are paid. Over the year in 2022 the income was £86,567. All of the expenses for the church are taken from the income as stated above.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)

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Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with the applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards. The Trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records with disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the Trust. The Trustees are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and taking reasonable steps to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities. In accordance with The Charities Act 2011 Section 145 the accounts have been independently examined.

FIELD SULLIVAN • CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Lee Street Independent Evangelical Church

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Lee Street Independent Evangelical Church (‘the charity’) for the year ended 31 December 2022 which comprise the summary of receipts and payments and the statement of assets and liabilities.

This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the charity’s trustees those matters I am required to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for my work, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed.

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 Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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 Act.

An independent examination does not involve gathering all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently does not cover all the matters that an auditor considers in giving their opinion on the accounts. The planning and conduct of an audit goes beyond the limited assurance that an independent examination can provide. Consequently I express no audit opinion on the accounts and my report is limited to those specific matters set out in the independent examiner’s statement.

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:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records.

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

Tim Sullivan FCA Field Sullivan Limited 9 Hare & Billet Road Blackheath London SE3 0RB

Date:……………………….

Lee Street Independent Evangelical Church

Receipts and payments accounts

CC16a

For the period from	01/01/2022	To	31/12/2022

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestrict ed funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Playgroup	73,457	-	-	73,457	46,297
Church	13,111	-	-	13,111	13,826
	-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	86,567	-	-	86,567	60,123

*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	86,567	-	-	86,567	60,123
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see
table).
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-

**Total receipts **	86,567	-	-	86,567	60,123

A3 Payments

A3 Payments
Playgroup	69,910	-	-	69,910	66,176
Church	15,992	-	-	15,992	16,969
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
**Sub total **	85,902	-	-	85,902	83,145

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
Furniture and equipment	-				-
	-
**Sub total **	-				-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					83,145

	665			665	(23,022)
	-			-	-
	80,249			80,249	103,271
	80,914			80,914	80,249

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Details Playgroup bank and cash Church bank and cash *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Gift aid debtor Prepayments Accrued income Details Details Details Lee Street Church freehold premises,Horely- buildings Furniture and equipment - insured value Other creditors Accruals	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 69,768 11,146 - 80,914 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 3,837 1,476 5,741 Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Unrestricted fund Unrestricted fund Fund to which liability relates Unrestricted fund Unrestricted fund	Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - Cost (optional) - - - Amount due (optional) 278 2,619	Endowme nt funds to nearest £
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			-
			-
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			OK Endowme nt funds to nearest £
			-
			-
			-
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			Current value (optional)
			-
			-
			-
			-
			Current value (optional)
			576,897
			-
			-
			When due (optional)
Other creditors	Unrestricted fund	278
Accruals	Unrestricted fund	2,619

Notes to the accounts

During 2022 £1,071 (2021: £900) was paid to Kenneth Cowell for speakers expenses and gifts, and £50 (2021: £574) to P.Byrne, son-in-law of a Trustee, for electrical works.

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Signature	Print Name Brian Legg	Date of approval
	Brian Legg