## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 6 April 2021 Period start date To 5 April 2022 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Bethania Evangelical Church**
## **Charity registration number: 1173470**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the Para 1.17 To advance the Christian faith, for the
purposes of the charity public benefit, by seeking to meet the
as set out in its needs that are identified in the local
governing document community, using the principles of
the Christian faith to guide our
actions
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and During this year we continued our
1.19
activities in relation to prayer and community activities,
those purposes for the combining in person, on-line and in
public benefit, in the community.
particular, the activities, Our prayer activities include weekly
projects or services prayer, monthly ‘prayer for the city’
identified in the and monthly worship evenings
accounts.
The Chaplaincy in our local High
School recommenced in person and
our prayer room in the school re-
opened We had 5 chaplains
supporting the students and staff
during the period.
Our community partnership with the
school and community which began in
April 2020, continued to develop this
year with the opening of a Food
Pantry in the local community centre
in September 2021.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 We have complied with our duty to
whether the trustees have due regard to the commission’s
have had regard to the public benefit guidance when
guidance issued by the exercising any powers or duties to
Charity Commission on which the guidance is relevant
public benefit
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SORP reference
Policy on grant making n/a
Para 1.38
Policy on social n/a
investment including Para 1.38
program related
investment
During this period the contribution
Para 1.38 from volunteers has continued to be
Contribution made by extraordinary. As lockdown eased,
volunteers most of our volunteers returned to
work. However, with the opening of
our food pantry we have been able to
concentrate our efforts into a single
location. With the smaller number of
meetings in our building our
volunteers have enabled us to
recommence activities in our building,
providing a hospitable and safe
environment
Other
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
Summary of the main Our activities this period have
achievements of the continued to be influenced by the
charity, identifying the Covid Pandemic.
difference the charity’s Para 1.20 As lockdown eased, we have been
work has made to the able resume ‘in-person’ activities in
circumstances of its our premises and wider.
beneficiaries and any
wider benefits to society In our building we reduced our
as a whole. community activities and focussed on
our prayer and worship activities. This
has been partly driven by the reduced
support available from key church
volunteers and also seeing the benefit
of supporting people where they are.
We have continued to supplement
these activities with on-line
gatherings.
We have been able to resume our ‘in
person’ chaplaincy work in the local
High School, including the re-opening
of our prayer room there.
A major achievement in this period
has been the opening of our food
Pantry in the local community centre.
This has been made possible with
support from grants and donations
and the stunning work by our
volunteers. For a small fee, pantry
members from the local community
are able to select a number of good
quality grocery items. As local people
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gather in the centre, we have been
able to achieve the following in the
first 6 months of opening:
• 9444 quality items of grocery to
up to 90 Pantry members (270
average per session), plus a large
number of ‘free’ items.
• Help to boost pantry members’
well-being, especially their
resilience and sense of ownership.
• Information on nutrition and
community events
• Safe use of kitchen for providing
refreshments.
• Delivery of Pantry groceries to
isolating / shielding members.
•
Crisis support to beneficiaries in St
Mellons & Trowbridge, including
groceries, utilities and furniture.
• Organising community activities
and events.
• Working in partnership with other
agencies.
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Despite the ongoing effects of the
Pandemic, the charity has continue to
Achievements against Para 1.41 perform well against its declared
objectives set objectives namely:
‘… to advance the Christian faith, for
the public benefit, by seeking to meet
the needs that are identified in the
local community, using the principles
of the Christian faith to guide our
actions’
In fact we have been able to support
and reach even more people than we
would have expected in normal times
We have been able to access various
Coronavirus funds to support our
Performance of community work as outlined above.
fundraising activities Para 1.41 In addition we received very generous
against objectives set support from personal donations
Investment performance n/a
against objectives Para 1.41
Other
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## **Financial Review**
Review of the charity’s financial position at the
Para 1.21
The charity received £20,956 of income set against £68,233
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end of the period expenditure. Taking into account a
residual balance from 2020/21 of
£86,311, this has resulted in a surplus
of £39,034 for the period. The
reduction from last year is due to the
drawing down of restricted grant
funds.
Statement explaining Para 1.22 The Charity is holding a reserve in the
the policy for holding accounts of £31,769 unrestricted
reserves stating why funds. This is intended to support
they are held future maintenance and improvement
works of our 19c Listed Building.
These reserves can also help ensure
that the CAST community support
initiative can continue even if
fundraising is insufficient. The charity
is also holding as reserves, the
surplus of £7,265 of the restricted
funds which is earmarked for the
continuation of CAST project in the
next period
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 n/a
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 n/a
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 No concerns at this time
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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The charity is funded by regular and
‘one-off’ donations by regular donors.
The charity’s principal We envisage that the community
sources of funds Para 1.47 project work outlined above will
(including any continue with support from
fundraising) government, local authority & other
grants
Investment policy and n/a
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted Para 1.46
The principle risk would be the
reduction of giving from our regular
A description of the Para 1.46 contributors.
principal risks facing the A secondary risk would be the need
charity for unforeseen investment becoming
necessary in our 200 year old
building. However a full structural
survey followed by a substantial
programme of improvements has
reduced this risk to low.
A third risk would arise from the
ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic in
terms of health and government
restrictions.
We will continue to mitigate risks that
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we can manage by following all government guidelines and health and safety recommendations Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 ‘Foundation’ model constitution
document
How is the charity Para 1.25 Charitable Incorporated Organisation
constituted? (CIO) whose only voting members are
its charity trustees with a ‘Foundation’
model constitution
Trustee selection Para 1.25 In selecting individuals for
methods including appointment as charity trustees, the
details of any charity trustees will have regard to
constitutional provisions the skills, knowledge and experience
e.g. election to post or needed for the effective
name of any person or administration of the CIO.
body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees Para 1.51
The charity’s
organisational structure
and any wider network Para 1.51
with which the charity
works
Relationship with any
related parties Para 1.51
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name Bethania Evangelical Church
Other name the charity PrayerHouse at Bethania
uses
Registered charity 1173470
number
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Charity’s principal 13 Barons Court Road address Penylan Cardiff CF23 9DF
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**Name of person (or body) Dates acted if not for Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee whole year (if any)** David Clague Treasurer and All three 1 principal contact 2 John Gallagher 3 Robert Jones
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
n/a
## **Declarations**
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature (s)**
**Full** David Robert Clague **name(s)**
**Positio** Secretary and Treasurer **n (eg Secretary , Chair, etc) Date** 11[th] December 2022
**Bethania Evangelical Church**
**11**
## **Receipts and payments acco**
6th April 2021
**For the period from**
**To**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
## **A1 Receipts**
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Donations 5,830 - -
Grants and donations CAST Food Project - 11,930 -
HMRC Gift Aid 2,252 - -
Overheads Cast 944 - -
legacy - - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 9,026 11,930 -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - -
- - -
Sub total [ - ] - -
Total receipts 9,026 11,930 -
A3 Payments
Utilities & servicing building 1,549 - -
Insurance 3,696 - -
Building maiontnenance 1,842 - -
Operational Costs 1,038 - -
Gifts 340 - -
Cemetery transfer costs 931
CAST Food Project - 23,018 -
CAST personell payments - 35,819 -
- - -
- - -
Sub total 9,396 58,837 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - -
- - -
Sub total - - -
Total payments 9,396 58,837 -
Net of receipts/(payments) - 370 - 46,907 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - -
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|**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_ **|**32,139**||**54,172**||**-**|
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||**31,769**||**7,265**||**-**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of**
||||**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**|
||||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Church accounts
CAST Food Project balance
**_Total cash funds_**||**31,769**
**-**
**-**
**31,769**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||OK|
||||**Unrestricted**|
||||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**||**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||||**Fund to which**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**asset belongs**|
|**charity’s own use**|||**Fund to which**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**||**liability relates**|
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature Print N D. R. Cl
**173470**
## **ounts**
## **CC16a**
5th April 2022
## **Total funds**
## **Last year**
## **to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
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5,830 11,340
11,930 76,660
2,252 3,195
944
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20,956 91,195
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20,956 91,195
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1,549 1,653
3,696 3,327
1,842 1,795
1,038 1,572
340 1,142
931
23,018 16,664
35,819 9,824
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68,233 35,977
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68,233 35,977
- 47,277 55,218
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86,311 -
39,034 55,218
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Restricted Endowment
funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £
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7,265 -
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7,265 -
OK OK
Restricted Endowment
funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £
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- -
- -
- -
- -
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Current value
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Current value
Cost (optional)
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Amount due When due
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Date of
Name
approval
lague Jan 13, 23
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