**– st Trustees Annual Report year ending 31 March 2022.** 

## **Objectives & Activities** 

The objectives of the CIO for the public benefit are to advance the Christian faith in accordance with our statement of beliefs within Camborne, Cornwall and in such other parts of the UK and the world as the charity trustees may seem fit from time to time. 

## Signifcant Activities 

This period continued to be dogged by the issues of lockdowns and restrictions from the Covid-19 pandemic.  However, we have continued to engage with our congregation and the community of Camborne. 

Following the relaxation of restrictions in 2021, we returned to the church building for our Sunday worship services and streamed the morning service live for those who felt uneasy about returning to the building.  The structural changes and system upgrade which we invested in during the first quarter of 2021 made this run very smoothly.  We continue to stream the morning service live every week.  We also continued to produce a weekly DVD of the morning service for those unable to attend and with no access to the Zoom platform. 

Towards the end of the year, we radically changed the format of our evening service to a Café-style church to encourage the congregation to participate through discussion and asking questions.  Part of this, is that once a month we “Grill-a-Pastor”, where the congregation can ask any question about our practices and doctrines within the Christian faith – and no question is off limits! 

During the year we resumed some of our other church activities and community outreach groups, with further activities resuming in the next financial year: 

- Jelly Tots Toddler Group 

- Bible Studies (within the church building and in members’ homes) 

- Prayer meetings 

We have also started the following new activities during the period: 

- Wildfire Men’s Bible Study 

- Wildfire Men’s Breakfast 

- Belonging & Becoming Ladies Group 

- Martha Mondays group for ladies 

There continues to be a hunger within the community to hear about the good news of the Christian Gospel and throughout this period we have continued to distribute thousands of copies of the Good News newspaper, along with Gospel tracts, leaflets and literature. 



We conducted one funeral in the church building during the year and our pastor conducted one funeral at a local crematorium.  We also had one believer’s baptism during the period. 

The church congregation continues to grow, with the vast majority having now returned following the Covid-19 lockdowns.  As at the end of the period, we had c.70 adults and c.25 children in regular attendance on a Sunday.  We have had some families join us during the year, including another family joining us from overseas. 

During the year, the Elders invited Rev’d Rodney Orr, a pastor from a Church in St Ives, to join the Eldership as a “Consulting Elder”.  In this capacity he does not get involved with the day-to-day pastoral workload, but is a help to the Elders in discussing the plans for the church and theological issues. 

During the year, four of our Trustees have stepped down from their roles, including the Chair of Trustees at the end of this period.  We wish to acknowledge their hard work, but in particular the outgoing Chair for the work done in the setting up of the current charity and transfer from the old Fore Street Chapel trust. 

Three new Trustees have been appointed in their place and we continue to look for new candidates to join the Trustees. 

## Financial Review 

Our financial reserves policy is to maintain sufficient cash reserves to meet our essential bills for a period of three months to give time to address any financial crisis which could arise.  This is currently set at £15,000 and will be reviewed during the coming financial year. 

The Trustees are acutely aware that our general accounts only show a balance of £8,003 at the end of the year, which is below our reserves policy.  However, most of the funds held in our Building Fund are reserved, but not restricted.  On the basis that our financial reserve policy is to cover 3 months essential running costs in the unlikely event of the decision being taken to close the charity down, the £15,000 is more than adequately covered by general funds and reserved funds as at the end of the financial year.