## **The Chapel in the Garden, 49 East Street, Bridport DT6 3JX**
Charity Number 1173010 Charitable Incorporated Organisation CE009969
The Trustees present their Report and the Financial Statements for the Year ending 31[st] December 2023.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
The Charity is governed by a constitution approved by the Trustees on 14[th] July 2017. Trustees who served during the period were:
Sir Philip John Colfox Edward Colfox (appointed 02/24) David Roger Albert Gregory Francis Mollie Jeune ( resigned 24/07/23 ) Tony Jones (appointed 02/24) Lucy Angelica Kennard(appointed 02/24) John Simpson (appointed 02/24) Sally Vaughan ( resigned 11/10/23) Glenda Alice Irwin Willis ( resigned 24/07/23 )
The Trustees are appointed annually at each year’s AGM of the Chapel in the Garden, and they make themselves available to the congregation for feedback and discussion at open meetings known as “congregational conversations” which are held quarterly at the Chapel.
## **Objectives and Activities**
The Charity’s objective is the promotion of religion in accordance with the principles of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christians and to offer a place of spirituality and peace to the residents of Bridport and the surrounding area. The Chapel welcomes people of all faiths and none to its weekly services and other groups. Bridport Community Fridge operates from the Chapel and a twice weekly café opens to welcome regulars and newcomers to share companionship and a listening ear.
The Trustees and congregation are committed to supporting the employment of a minister (currently a job share for two part-time ministers) and to the care and maintenance of our Grade 2* Listed building.
The Trustees have complied with the duty in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 and have due regard to guidance published by the Charity Commission including Public Benefit.
## **Achievement and Performance**
Since the 2023 AGM, the Trustees have met bimonthly and overseen the completion of significant building work at the Chapel. The renovation works have included external redecoration of the upper floor windows, re-pointing and repair of the South wall and upgrades to the emergency lighting, further works are in process to re-decorate the ground floor windows and further extend the emergency lighting.
Hire of our lovely former school rooms continues to be important for our profile in the community and as a means of generating much needed income. Our range of activities include counselling groups, dancing, u3a meetings, mindfulness events and a Start group. In addition we are a
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venue for cultural events such as film screenings and art exhibitions and local artist Hugo Grenville has a permanent studio space. We have continued to open our doors on Wednesday and Saturday mornings, offering tea and cake alongside the second-hand bookshop in the gallery. Visitors are warmly welcomed and local people who have not visited the Chapel before are often astonished by the building and the activities that take place. We also continue to host the Bridport community fridge which is a great example of local community action in their work with local businesses and supermarket chains to reduce food waste.
Services are conducted every Sunday morning by one of our ministers with the input of interfaith ministers and volunteers from our own community. There is also a shorter Friday evening service of ‘Silence, Poetry and Prayer’ as well as a monthly Children’s service. Our congregation is healthy and includes both local people and visitors to the town. In addition, we are a popular venue for rites of passage services including weddings, funerals and naming ceremonies.
## **Reserves**
The chapel had an excess of income over expenditure of £51,457 in the period reflecting a fundraising drive in respect of our building fund. The Trustees' intention is to maintain unrestricted reserves of at least £50,000, at the time of writing they stood at £78,513.
Approved by the Trustees on 23/09/24
Signed on their behalf by
David Gregory
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## **THE CHAPEL IN THE GARDEN, BRIDPORT**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the year to 31 December 2023**
|**Note**
**Income from:**
Donations and collections
Gift Aid received
Legacies
Charitable activities
2
Grants received
Business interruption insurance claim
Investment income - M&G Charifund
Interest received
**Total**
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
3
**Net income (expenditure)**
4
Gains (losses) on revaluation of investments
5
**Net Movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
13,862
4,009
-
20,567
1,000
-
9,814
766|**Building**
**Fund**
**2023**
**£**
25,000
-
29,685
1,189
3,000
-
-
694
59,568
12,144
47,424
-
47,424
106,587
154,011|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
1,670
-
-
-
500
-
-
-
2,170
500
1,670
-
1,670
-
1,670|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|**Total**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
40,532
4,009
29,685
21,756
4,500
-
9,814
1,460|**Total**
**Funds**
**2022**
**£**
23,096
11,477
-
29,340
500
4,940
9,527
176|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||50,018|||-|111,756|79,056|
||47,655
2,363
(855)|||-
-
(3,108)|60,299
51,457
(3,963)|38,871
40,185
(9,949)|
||1,508
77,005|||(3,108)
132,268|47,494
315,860|30,236
285,624|
||78,513|||129,160|363,354|315,860|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses in the year. All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
## **THE CHAPEL IN THE GARDEN, BRIDPORT Balance sheet as at 31 December 2023**
|**Note**
Fixed Assets - Freeehold Land & Buildings
6
Investments M&G Charifund
5
**Current assets:**
Debtors
7
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts due within one year
8
Net current assets
**Total assets**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
-
35,545
-
48,164|**Building**
**Fund**
**2023**
**£**
90,000
-
-
64,011
64,011
-
64,011
**154,011**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
-
-
-
1,670
1,670
-
1,670
**1,670**|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
-
129,160
-
-|**Total**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
90,000
164,705
-
113,845|**Total**
**Funds**
**2022**
**£**
90,000
168,668
854
59,843|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||48,164
5,196
42,968|||-
-
-|113,845
5,196
108,649|60,697
3,505
57,192|
||**78,513**|||**129,160**|**363,354**|**315,860**|
The notes on pages 4 and 5 form part of these financial statements
Approved on behalf of the Trustees
AN Other
XX XXXXX 2024
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**THE CHAPEL IN THE GARDEN, BRIDPORT**
## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31st December 2023**
## **1. Accounting policies**
a)
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Reccomended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statement have been prepared under the historic cost convention with the exepction of investments which are included at market value. In accordance with FRS102 no statement of cash flow has been prepared.
- b) Donations and other forms of voluntary income are recognised as incoming resourses when received except in so far as they are incapable of financial measurement.
- c) Grants are recognised when received.
- d) Rent and other letting incomes generally are recognised when received. Material amounts received in advance are treated as deferred income.
- e)
Expenditure is recognised for material amounts once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.
- f) Investments are shown at market value, income is recognised when received.
## **2. Income from charitable activities**
|**2. Income from charitable activities**
Weddings, namings and funerals
Room hire & lettings
Book and café income
Fundraising events and other income
**3. Expenditure on charitable activities**
Salaries & sick pay (National Insurance - Nil, 2022 - Nil)
Pension contributions
Other ministry costs
Administration
Jurassic Multi Cultural Coast Trust (2022 - Food Fridge)
Donations (help towards retreat cost)
Premises costs:
Electricity
Insurance
Cleaning / Caretaking / Gardening
General repairs, etc
Elecrical heating upgrade
(Building Fund)
Kitchen repairs
(Building Fund)
Chapel roof/window repairs
(Building Fund)
**4. Net incoming (outgoing) resources for the year are after charging:**
Trustees remuneration and expenses
Payroll administration|**2023**
**£**
1,134
16,480
2,866
1,276
21,756
**£**
**£**
25,306
3,073
2,765
1,759
500
100
5,044
4,116
3,331
2,161
3,614
792
7,738
26,796
60,299
**2023**
**£**
-
312
**2023**|**2023**
**£**
1,134
16,480
2,866
1,276|**2022**
**£**
3,545
17,178
2,990
5,627
29,340
**£**
**£**
17,246
541
2,152
3,142
2,010
-
4,280
3,824
3,070
2,606
-
-
- 13,780
38,871
**2022**
**£**
-
304
**2022**|**2022**
**£**
3,545
17,178
2,990
5,627|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||21,756||29,340|
||||
||
|||60,299||38,871|
|||**2023**
**£**
-
312||**2022**
**£**
-
304|
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## **THE CHAPEL IN THE GARDEN, BRIDPORT**
## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31st December 2023 (continued)**
|**5. Investments - M&G Charifund**
Valuation at the beginning of the year
Disposals
Increase (decrease) in valuation
Valuation at the end of the year
**6. Tangible fixed assets**
**7. Debtors**
Statutory Maternity Pay recoverable
**8. Creditors falling due within one year**
Rent & deposits received in advance
PAYE/NIC payable
Accruals
**9. Restricted Funds**
**Balance**
**2022**
**£**
Warm Spaces - Crowdfunder
-
Multicultural Jurassic Coast
-
Total Restricted Funds
-
Freehold land and buildings are included at historic valuation.|**2023**
**£**
168,668
-
(3,963)
164,705
**2023**
**£**
-
**2023**
**£**
4,150
174
872
5,196
**Income**
**Expenditure**
**£**
**£**
1,670
-
500
500
2,170
500|**2022**
**£**
178,617
-
(9,949)|
|---|---|---|
|||168,668|
|||**2022**
**£**
854|
|||**2022**
**£**
2,750
-
755|
|||3,505|
|||**Balance**
**2023**
**£**
1,670
-|
|||1,670|
**5**
Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of
THE CHAPEL IN THE GARDEN. BRIDPORT,
Charitable Incorporated Organisation CEO 009969
Ch2rity Number 1173010
I hereby report to the Charity Trustees on my examination ol'the accounts ol'the Chapel
in The Garden Èor the year ended 31st Deeeinber 2023.
Responsibilities and Basis of Report
As the Charity Trustees ol. the Cloyou are responsible lor the preparation ol'the aecounts
in accordance with the requirements OE. the CharitLe8 Aet 2011 ( the 201 l Act ).
I report in respect ofr'm.v examination ol'the CIO'S accounts earried out under Section 145
ot. the Act. In carrying. out my examination I have lollowed all applicable Directions given
by the Charity Comtnission under section 145(5) (b) ot. the 201 l Aet.
Independent Examiner's Statement
I have completed iny examination. I conl ii'iii that no inaterjal matters have come to my
aiieniion in tonnection with the exainination, siving me cause to believe that in any
Inaterial respect..
l. Accounting records were not kept as required by section 130 01. the Act., or
2. The accounts do not accord with those records., or
3. That accounts do not comply with applieal)le requirements concerning the torin and
cvnlent sel out the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, other than the
requii'einent that accounts g'ive a "ti-ue and lair view which is not Iiiatler con&idered as
part OE. an indLpendent exainination.
I have no cuncerns and have coiiie acr055 110 othei- Iiiatters in connection to the
exaniLJialion to which atlentjon should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper
understanding ofr. the accounts to be reached.
Martln Ternouth
9 June 2024