Company Hous0 No
CE009781
Charfty No
1172303
THE CELLAR CHURCH
ELLESMERE
REPORT
OF THE
CHURCH
TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR TO
31ST DECEMBER 2023
THE CELLAR CHURCH
ELLESMERE TOWN HALL
1-3 Willow Street
Ellesmere
Shropshire
SY12 OAL

THE CELLAR CH
RCH
CONTENTS
Trustees report
Independerrt Examiners Report
Summary d rec4pts and payments
Balance Sheet
Notes to the Accounts

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YE4R ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2023
The Trustees of the CelL8r Church pre8ent their report and accounts fcf the year 8nded
31st ￿e￿mber 2023
Th8 financ4al Statements have been prepared in accordan￿ with the 8CCOUnting pOI￿leS set out
in not8 1 to the accounts and comply wrfh the charitls twst de￿. the Charits'88 Act2011 and
Accounting and Repc*Ung by Chants$".Statsment of ReComme￿Ied Practice appli¢able to
chant*s preparing theiraccounts in acC￿an￿ wth Financial Reporting Standard applicab
li tt)è UK aThY Republi¢ of Ireland publi$lpd on 161h July 2014.
Structure, goYeman¢e and management
The charity is a charIta￿e incorporated otganisath"Dn and was inc0￿DraI8d on 29th March 2017.
The Trustees who serv8d during p•riod are."-
Rrhard Ell'$
Chairman
Christopher Garratt
John Hvward
The Trusless o)nsKlerthat thèy, to90thor￿rth Iho Church Pasiors. compnse tho Key porsonnel.
Th• Tru5te85 give th8irtime treety and tha r￿nthlY 5tip8nd of the Church Pastor8 15 set byth8
Church L8aders and 18 kept und8r annual review. A nurrtlerof crileria are US￿ in 80th.ng the $tip8nd
101 th8 Church Pa8tors'.-
natu￿ of role arKI respo$bi1ft*g
pastor and leachiThJ experience
Ihe sector average for comparable w$rt￿n$ I linked to Teachers, pay Kale)
trends In pay
Th8 Churth E￿¢r$. who. apart from thg Churth past￿ aTh4 ch￿￿h Associats Postgr, arg also 1h8
tharity tru$tees. are responsible forthe overall management and contrd of the The Cellar Church
Charity and meetat least lourtlmes a year. The worf¢ of implementing most of their objectives Is carr￿d
out by thè C4llar Church ets￿enant Partnars. vtho moèt al lèast iwo timas a ￿ar and kns fomially on a
weekty basis. The Covenant Partners work Lmderthe oversight of the Church Elders.
Th8 Church EbJ8rs Church Pastors determine the general spiritual t8achiThJ, pastoral care requnrrnnts
and Vi8wJn lor the Church. The day to day running of the Church B dekgate(I to the Church Pastors and Chureh
Elder6 SUPPOrted by Covenant Pathe￿ and their team rwmbers. Covenant Pathers means the body of
beI￿verS in the locality of Elle5rner8, Shropshire who have signed a current fonn of comrnitrnont boing
known as The Cellar Chureh.
The Church Pa8tor8 and Church E￿er$ undertake the key ￿a(￿rShip role overseeiTrJ biblical teachin9,
pastoral and adminstratDie functions. day to day running ol Tho Collar Chufth. including Junior Church,
undertaken within the Church Constitution approved by the Church Ehyers which provide for only significant
expenditura de￿￿)n8 8nd major CAptsI projects to b8 r8ferfed to Ihe Covenant Partners for prior approval.
All trLL%t8•s gr￿0 of theirtima fraely and Th) Mmunaraticffi or •ypnsoS wa￿ Pahl to thèyn in the yèar.
Th& Church Eklers are the charity tnjstefrs ofThe Cellar Churth.
Apart from thè first charity TruBlees,unkss the Charty Tru8tses dec*J8 Other¥¥i8e every CharrtyTnJstee
must be app)int8d by a resolution passed at a meeting of Covenant Partners. In S8￿cting individuals for
appointment as Charity Trustees, the Covenant Pathers must have regard to the $kill$. knOw￿dge 8nd
experience needed for effethve adrninistrat￿n of the Charity. Trustees wuire breadth and depth tsf eypenence
to carry out th?ir duties effectwoly and gffi¢ignty. The rwuiremonts of the Trus¢￿ ¥hould wmprisg the foll￿ng
All Charity Trustees must $ub8¢ribe and adhere to. in belief and ￿festyle, the Churth Statement of Faith
The Spiritual govemmeht and kadershk of the Covenant Partners for the purpose of which the charty has
t¢en ¢s¢ablw6hed shall remain with thg Spiritual Leadership
Wh8r• pogsiblè, sklls 8nd 8￿rIence of ihè Tru9tèa$ shoukj con4)risa 1hè following:_
A Tmst88 with a financia￿aceL*Jntlng background
A Trustee with public servir£ background,suth as havirg educalTr)n experierK8
A Trustee wth managerial or business experEnc
One Tru¥tee may have one or mor& of thg skilb.
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REPORTOF THE IRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2023 Corrt
ObJ9¢t1v￿ aThJ actlvltlB& for the y•ar
The Obl￿t of ihe CIO is, for the P￿Il¢ben8fft, the advan￿ment of the Chrisban faith in such ways 8s trt Charty Trustees
May fiDm ￿rne io decide.
At The Celarchurch. our aim 1$ to live vut Ihe Gospel rnessaoe a5 the Bble directs u5-that 15 to ￿ad peDple to $￿VatiOn through a
personal r￿ati￿shIp wlth je￿ Chrlsl and atth? 8am8 time Serve our o)mmunity and those In need around LB.
The Cell¥ Church adVan￿S Christianty in 0￿Drdance vilh Btt>lical leaching5 whith include deaiand ethiG81 guidelines re¢oonised
over a very long pertod of Ilme and Including (byway of ex2mplel the requlrements of the fen Commandrmnts and Ihe ieachings of
Je$us on 8 rarye of i8yue8 #nd often 8umm8t*ed His commands to.love Lord your God ond love your wghbour as yoursef.
The Churths activiti￿ indud• main V4vship s•rvic•s. rnen's and ￿￿men5 rnIn￿rI•S, pray•r rrMni5tries, life groups (worship
prayer and study groupsl. In tr* past, the L*ority hgs held cofflrnunity outre8th events to the10sal ¢oTTYn￿lHy In way of Ihrough
￿0￿"¥1ty, arKJ c8rol 8eThi¢*s, *hith InclLKJ&s gospel mesÈages and aL8O youth nights local young people can sodJl$e and
engage in drff•rnnt adivibes and seek ouKlance in th8 Chrisban fath.
Achkvgrngnts and pqrf0rrn￿G9
The Cellar Churth offer a range of servkes Ihe **ek afyj overthe WLrse of the year Ihat our c£*nmunity find bDth
benefiLY818nd spxrilualty fulfilling. For eKarnp￿. our prayer meets"ng5 prowde an intimate and refleclNe envirtMment l¢r
vKJr8hip *thilst Opportuni￿e$ are provided to enyaye In more outg￿ng worship suth as thai provided by the regular momlNJ
and cttasional ev8niThJ #em￿.
l are ￿ElcOme to attend ourtegular se￿￿￿. At present there are around g) regular att￿derS.￿l￿ app￿rnate￿ 60 ofwhthTr
a￿ Covenant P8rtners. As %4EI a5 our regubr yerwces. ￿ enable our o)mmunty lo celebrate and Ihank Gtxl milestoMs
ofihe jDurneylhrough hte. Throwh bapt15m ve publidy thank GDd for the grft of $4hfabon. in dedication services thank God
for IhB 9rft of lrfe and through funeral SerVKeSf￿￿ls and famlly expres5 their gdef and glve thanks for ihe Its wh￿h is now
complete In thts and 10 (%)mft*nd th8 perstsn to God8 keeping.
These a¢tivitie5 ar8 bor*fiGial because they provKle $witual and reli9lW5 WOt5hip forth8 local (xynmuruties In
rLpshir8 a5 WBII a8 supporting communty outreach projects.
The Trustee8 h8ve had regard to ihe guhlarKe 58sued by the Charity Commls810n on beneft.
Our key objectives fDr the year irtkjdèd.
cArhg lorour thurth and ￿1 eommunty
to continue lo help build God's kingdom by makirfj and growng diKiplo5 of Jesua
to dèveknp on online offering arKI ability 10 ￿¢0[￿ $ervits5, as ￿￿11 as soual mBdia
881& 8 Ymjilding fund. and polenliauy h¥enlrfy sui18b￿ P￿mISeS for a longer tem churth home
Create a'¥upport ￿nd. to assist tho% TCC fqrnity members wlh financial drffjCu￿.es
develop our AsÈo(xate Past¢% rok in support olgrowlh and developmeni iorTCC
to continue to glow our Youth through"Tho Foundry'with th8 poI?nb"al for me81ing moro
regulath aThY a nev* launch junior bible st￿YgrOup caled 'Rooted
to 8 nUM￿r ofoutdooravents forthe eommunty, Includlng an outdoorC8rol servlce
to e￿h￿Ce the numberof Life Group kaders and Life Groups
tD provide local and global mi$5ion 5UPPtrrt
to successfulty develop our'corrmunlty hub. In the eéntre of &￿&mare,"m0re Than a SLndae"
lo eth￿te and imwove the teaching wovis40n for Junkir ChLwth
lo continue to devdop the pastoral care we provhle for our &roregab"on
lo Inorease attendant4 numbers at C4118r Churd)
lo devdop our link8 and joint vnrking Ihilh bcal stste junior aTrJ Secondary 8thooL8
lo play ojr part in th? trfe of our lJc41 c¢fflmur¥ty through our communty outreath and gosrel mknlsty acth{￿e
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REPORTOF ThE TrLISTEES FIJR THEYEAR B4>ED 31$tDECEMeER 2023 Cont
Sm ¢Ylhg hwlighty from 2023..
Continuod ourohh'ne youlh Sludygroup C￿led"RoOtttt
D￿lOred ourA8SW8te Pask* rc4e thrO￿h con￿1￿￿ rLhDoIs
Maintsintsd a fiTrarrialhplfargfund to assist Gl¥Jrth membeTS in need
Pastor ￿L￿l￿d ThJm£Yuu3 brnes on BBC Radio Shropshire'PBuse lort*K)whr
an open airwalthrouoh NaDwty s￿￿ee an¢ Ind¢Or¢ar￿ 8ertry¢o
EmrAowltsO in (*Jr'¢omrnurity hub, 8rvJ Irq Cream Waffie House. c￿￿.￿10reThan o S￿d8￿.
Tr￿S Is run as a Th)t for p￿ffi1 shop and 81¥0 oPP)rtU￿b￿S bj Yrtlh the ILUI coMm￿ty0￿￿k*ata
Sundaythurch ￿e￿￿e
OeveloFed a'BI9 C. coff•• momirvatr ￿dI￿d￿41# Smp81#8d by Can
LAUnc￿d n•wcomnMJnHY￿jWol¢heVents￿i1h throW BurnmBrHdhlay 81￿e ar￿ OctobRr Eright
Spaik$ ￿rty
O•voloped our"minlslry team leadership rthl and appoinled a nurnber ofnwi 1nd1vhlL￿1*1NO th8 rolèofmknistry
lea4 covers areas ofcMrch lifo s￿h ag KlU￿C. T£th, Welcome aThJJuri(*Chwth
Conlinued*ith onlin•and In porson Ifè
Prowdad W pastoral ¢¥r8 and ¢*YhMunityw￿¥90rtIéhtthro￿ C&n81 mini$kne5
Pro￿l￿ed focKI SLP￿￿5￿rOUgh Hawt seNKefor kncgl fml shore
Eryapth comnwnityevents suchA5 Ellssmwe Camiv
383 follo1￿3 on Cdlar Chur(Ii FaCrt*￿k paue Ifriyn 34618St b*rl
967 follo￿$r8 to wr r￿1￿16 Than ¥ SUnda9fxeL￿￿ pagB Ifrorn 916last￿rI
Eld6t¥way daylo devebp ih•future thwch v15ion and cr￿ted ow1krf£e￿rVI6k)n 2024 102028 ouuii
Ihw $tr8ieyic wal$, 11 F¥kyM6hip IcaTr ministry ￿sPI￿11ty. IWe9roup5121 D*aple$hip Itr8iringld*vek)pmeni, t￿LIe
leathr5, uFAng ourghlsl 3) (kn•ath lknalfrJerso88. 811 ￿fj8. M￿￿9)
2024.2026Ms￿ffi.
We have Identifi&J g nurnberofnthvlnWNe8 In F4peRrewth&noxt 3 p[8¥￿LI￿$t6klng bfind
iknRI kndsthrough Inwtiru rJr* ofl kvea$hg rwr r8guiarglthg. ￿Y..
2024 strstry.cwd OtytOe8'.
10th bIrth￿Y anniversary 8¥*tt8
' 19nsth1 Spwkswurwchiklren's outre**
' Nw8nd irnproved ¥¥8bstté
Finaroal 5uW8m•*forourc0mmun￿ hub MoreTh&n a &nd•tr
2￿25 $trAteoic ￿0nDe•.
¢811 Second ￿11 pas
Deuicsied men.$1￿¥M*￿'smlr4str1eY
Ovwsea5 shoytterm rnwion l&ams
Community ￿10[8 tne45
' CL¥ntDunity par￿ting1 marri•J8 crAJr2e5
2026 $tr**wgospel pn￿be￿. Empltythithn'8wuth worker
Fir￿￿E1￿1
Th• fina￿41 sts￿MeNtS shtrwcomLir*d inCLNne (T￿ ¢dLir Church 4nd Mor¢ Than a s￿d&@I ￿thO￿l 0f£133.999￿d
¢cmbR*d oft139.196. *ith a net d8firAI in ￿rOl£s.188. ofyear comlinod bgnk t*l8nc8 tsF£19,445
I￿￿p￿ source d irwrn is dunab￿Sfrurll regular alIe￿eTSID Cellar Church, aCCOLntry forvayi rn8jonty ofthe
Churth's inwme. Tr Tru5tee5arecominuiry th￿r51rategY ofdbrAoyiw all fflet I￿Ornir0 r8gOUrte$to inv8stm9 in th•
Ma￿ng and 9￿1￿ Of￿￿¢l￿e￿￿d for purFose5 of m[k￿9 Ih2w>syI knovm ￿ the Irral El8smere.
TheTru*t*es repU￿￿Y rewvwlbe lin￿ces. bxws and sp￿d ￿aInSt b￿)381 tO9etrtrwth 8 Th)nthly1*8h fl￿an¥￿Er8
as k*rtof Ihe effBGti*SWrdS￿ptsI the churc￿11 r&lhe TrustO85 aim tornaiTrtalTra baancfy¢yi unrestnu￿ funds lrfpwiyel.
lth •qualestoal Ibast Ihr••mDnths unr•sthcbd pwents IU3.6091. to(wr eMergerLy*1￿￿tsthaI may arise IrLYll lime
tolime. Treoverall b3&r**of£19,445 hekj on Un￿5￿ct￿j fwd4 a￿des￿n&￿￿6. ￿tthe￿r*￿￿1s *et.
CMirgtDthp launch Dfaur for profrt gw. mor9Th￿ 8 Sund*. 8 8ep8rare bwk 8(xJyJnt8nd satOffin￿￿l
havg b*n kept￿ a'rtreeipts arwj pwnenls, Logs. ￿lIS1O¥￿¥1 th? C414r ¢hw¢h and M¢re Thw a Sundae a(tounts both.
Ill 499rggst8. rokYe$gnt￿1ow ￿¢¢m¢ ar¢ olwtslture. asUr￿¥¢ i$cw8ldered 8 mistslon mhisty
ofthg ¢hHrty.
vo%¢d tytr*TNste88 on 2nd D￿embar2024 and ontkar
Rlthard 8118
Chairof Tmsteès
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'8 REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE CELLAR CHURCH
I report on the finanaal statements of the Cdlar Church for the period ended 31st December 2023 vthich are set
out on pages 5 to 8.
¢tlve ras
nslbilitigs of Trustges and Examlngr
The trustees of the ch8rity are responsible for the preparat￿n of the 8¢counts.They conshyer that an audrt is not
not required forthig year under sedon 144121 of the Cha￿￿e5 Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and Ihat an independent
examlnats.on Is n*Jed
It 1$ my responsibilrty to
examine the accounts under seclie4) 145 of the 2011 Act,.
follow the procedures Laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners secbon
state vthether particulor matters have wme to my attention.
Basis of Inde
ndent Examlngr's Ststsmgnt
My examlnalion was carried out In accordance th8 General Directlon glven by the Charity Commi$sioners.
An examination indudes a review of the accounting records kept by the trustees and a comparison of the
accounts wth those records. 11 a150 includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts
and seeking expLgnations from you ag trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do
not provKle all the evidence th81 wwld be required in an audit, and, consequently, I do not express an audTt
opinion on the view given by the accounts.
ndent examlnerfs statement
In connection with my examination. no mattèr has come lo my attention..
{11 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any m8terial re8pect the requirements:_
to keep accounting records in a¢¢ordan¢e wblh secbon 130 of the 2011 Act: and
to prepare accounts which accord wlh these accounting records have not been met,'or
(21 to vthich, in my cpinion, attention Should be drawn lo en8ble a proper understanding of the accounts
to be reached.
Dated.. 3rd December 2024
Megan Jones FCA, CTA
Morris Cook
Chartered Accountsnls
315 Watergate Street
Elesmere. Shropshire
SY12 OEX
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SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
for tho year ended 31st DeCem￿r 2023
General
Fund
Fund
RECEIPTS
Income Tesources Irom dcfiL¥S
Athvities
Total weipts
133,999
110.504
133,S99
110,504
PAYMENTS
Ministerial
Mi55ionary
Premises
Activtties
General
Total payrn8nts
59.777
68.392
3.773
3.502
3.7S3
139,1
58,248
5.020
2.376
6.293
128.623
EXCE
F PAYMÉNT
VER RECEIPT
-5,198
-18.119
SUhWARY OF FUNDS
for the year ended 31st December 2023
BALANCE AT 31 DECEMBER 2022
Excèss of payments over receipts
Transfer bets¥een funds
BALANCE AT 31 DECEMBER 2023
25.003
-5.198
43,122
-18,119
19,805
25,003
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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
for thg ygar fjnd8d 31st Doc8mber 2023
GENERAL FUND
EIPT
Tax effrETrt Offerings
Income tax recovered
0￿er1r@S
AS taklngs
Building Fund
MisS￿n
0th8r donat10n￿r￿ft3
55.188
12,893
18.867
45,021
600
54.974
9.320
7.350
31.13S
8,479
1.246
767 133.999
110,504
Total rI￿1p
133,999
ENT
S￿pend linc tsx.Nl. pension & exponsesl
Visit&ng pr88chers
59.357
420
57,828
420
59.777
58,248
MIS￿On8
Eltlgrs Meèting
Communlty
Support FuTrJ
rAS expenses
MrAS wages
Kenyan B￿Y Centre
Ukraine Donalwjn
42
1,239
2.CfjS
38.764
Z4,578
505
1.093
30.824
18.858
520
6,000
Br¢admoor
200
68,392
56.686
p￿rnISeS
Hire of Town H311
Elksrner• Rang81S
Insurance
Propprty Expenses
3,085
270
418
4.170
55
434
3.773
5.020
Activrties
Sunday SthooVJunb)r Church
Ywlh (Foundry)
MgnslWom¢ns Mliistry
Christmas V£al
515
2,027
633
1,718
959
3.502
2,376
Stationary & puNldty
Onlne Serv**$ & Zoom
¢onfergnces atbndad
Teth Group
J$i¢ Group
Le981 & professional eynses
CCPAS
Reimbursment oltrav
Ser¥￿e refreshments
Sundry expen8es
Deprecmion
397
818
230
634
425
876
267
135
978
909
304
321
171
3,753
1,438
6,293
Total payrn•nts
139.198
128,623
EXCESS OF PAYMENTS over RECEIPTS
-6.198
-18,119
BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD
25.003
43,122
BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD
19.805
£25.003
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS
a5 at 31st December 2023
2022
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
CURRENT ASSETS
Bank Current Account
TSB Bank
ma￿$t Bank
Cash in hand
Note 3
359
204
18,449
967
30
23,914
874
19,445
24,799
TOTAL ASs￿s
£ 19,805
£ 26,003
The8e 8c¢ounts approwd by the Trustee8 on 2rKI tknmber 2024 and 8ign&Y on their Ixhalf by
R￿harf Ellig- Chainpan
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the year ended 318t December 2023
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Charlty Inforn)ation
The Cellar Churth is a th8rrtable ineorpx)r*ed C￿ganIsatIc￿ in England at￿ Wales whose re9Ster6d offlL
is Ellesmere Town Hall, 1-3 Willw Street. Ellesmere. Slvopshire. SY12 OAL
ACCo￿tIng convention
The accounts have been prepared in accordance wth the Charibes Act 2011 .
The d)arity h88 tsken athantage of thg provisions and wepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
Tanglblg flxod a580ts
Tareible fixed assèts arè mèasurad at cost and subsequenlly measured a cost net of deweciation.
Dep￿lation is provided at ratas calculated to writ8 ofl tha cost less eth'mated re￿du￿ value over it8
èxpactèd uaèful life, as follows
PLant aThJ machinery
Fixtures and fittings
Computer &]uipmenl
25% slraighl line
25% straight line
33% Straight line
ND
General funds rewesent the funds of the Church that are not Subj.￿ to any ￿stilL￿on9 r￿ardIng their use and are
availab￿ for application on the general PUTPOS¢S cl the Churth. Funds deslgnatod for a particuLar purpose by the
Churth are also unrestricted.
Plant & Fixtures & Com
Machine
Cost at 31st Oecember 2022
Addrticsns
Disposal
6,872
1,334
1,830
10.036
326
Cost at 31 st D8cember 2023
6,934
1,334
2,094
10.382
Depreciation at 31st D￿ember 2022
Charge on dispos
Charge f￿tha yaar
6,871
1,132
1,829
9.832
18
68
87
171
08pr8ciation at 315t December 2023
6,887
1.2C
1,916
10,CQ3
Net book value al 31st Decembtrr 2023
47
134
178
359
Net book value 8131st D￿￿ber 2022
202
204
4 TRUSTEES
None of the Truslees l or ary person conneded with them} re¢eived any remunerab.on in the period
S EMPLOYEES
Th￿ were 4 *nployee8 in the ptrfi¢>a.12023- 41
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