2020-12-31-accounts - Bishop Sutton Community Church

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 1 January 2020 To 31 December 2020

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Bishop Sutton Community Church Other names charity is known by BSCC Registered charity number (if any) 1174332 Charity's principal address c/o 24 Highmead Gardens Bishop Sutton Bristol. Postcode BS39 5XB.

Bishop Sutton Community Church

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
David Dickerson	Chair
Jennifer Dickerson	Treasurer/Secretary
Lin Johnson	Admin
Jennifer Harris	Assistant Treasurer	1 January2020	20 October 2020

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

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
External Accounts Auditor	Rod Podger	Underwood Lamb, Chartered Certified Accountants, Ground Floor, The Old Barn, Lady Farm, Chelwood Bristol. BS39 4NN.

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

CIO Foundation Constitution v1.31 dated 23[rd] October 2017.

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by consensus of trustees with regard to the skills, knowledge Trustee selection methods and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO (eg. appointed by, elected by)

(eg. trust, association, company)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

The charity trustees will make available to each new charity trustee, on or before his or her first appointment: a. a copy of the current version of the constitution; and b. a copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’ Annual Report and statement of accounts.

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

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
Information about the role of the trustee and the CIO will be made
training of trustees; available with the Church Growth Trust / Stewardship publications:
 the charity’s organisational Charitable Incorporated Organisations for church charities and structure and any wider Guide to churches on spiritual leadership and trustees. network with which the charity works;

Oversight of the Church is provided by Julian and Liz Marsh.

relationship with any related parties;

Risks are managed by the Trustees under Safeguarding and Health and parties; Safety Policies; the policies are reviewed annually.  trustees’ consideration of The Church has Public Liability, Products Liability, Pollution Liability and major risks and the system Professional Services Extension: insurance cover with Zurich (Policy and procedures to manage XAO1220573903). them.

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Section C Objectives and activities

The objects of the CIO are to advance the Christian religion for the benefit of the public through the holding of regular public worship, prayer, Bible study, preaching and teaching, evangelism, mission, pastoral care Summary of the objects of the and the nurture and growth of Christian disciples to enlighten others charity set out in its about the Christian religion. governing document Nothing in the constitution authorises application of the property of the CIO for the purposes which are not charitable. The Church provides a public worship service every Sunday which includes praise and worship, prayer, testimony, the preaching of God’s Word and opportunity for ministry. A junior church is available for young persons during the Sunday worship. During lockdown from the end of March 2020 to the end of 2020, the Church continued to meet for Sunday worship, weekly prayer and fellowship meetings using Zoom. This extended our attendance from Bristol, Lancashire, Hertfordshire and Tripoli. Weekly prayer and fellowship meetings continued with Zoom but the bimonthly Men’s Breakfasts at the Red Lion had to be cancelled. Summary of the main Open the Book sessions took place at Camely School every fortnight and activities undertaken for the twice a term at Bishop Sutton School until lockdown. For Christmas, a public benefit in relation to special Open the Book “It begins in Bethlehem” was recorded on Zoom these objects (include within for the schools with over 100 hits on YouTube and Facebook and a this section the statutory series of short video stories for each day of Advent were posted on declaration that trustees have Facebook. had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity The Church operates a web site which makes available the preaching via Commission on public the internet and our Facebook page posts articles and videos to promote benefit) the Christian faith. The Church issued vouchers for emergency supplies of food for people in need in the Chew Valley and distributed this in the area as part of the Keynsham Food Bank. The church also supported the fishing project to help young people who are finding life challenging because of drugs, drinks or anti-social behaviour as well as disabled people. The Church also supported local, national and overseas missionary activity as well as emergency relief. Details of our activities are publicised on our web site and facebook page. The trustees have regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit and are satisfied that these criteria are met.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

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

Section D Achievements and performance

The continuing of public worship in the Village on a weekly basis. Summary of the main achievements of the charity The support of elderly and vulnerable individuals within and associated during the year with the congregation.

The support of missionary activity including resources at Camely and Bishop Sutton Schools, Men’s Breakfasts and other missional activity in the Village and beyond.

Financial support for emergencies.

Participation in the Keynsham Foodbank.

Support for the Fishing Project.

Production of articles in the monthly Village Magazine to promote the Christian faith.

Section E Financial review

The trustees currently have no policy on reserves.

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially N/A in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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You may choose to 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.

Our principal source of income is from freewill offerings from the congregation.

We do not engage in fundraising.

Over 2020 our expenditure as a percentage of income was: Ministry 17%, Church life and admin 16%, Hire of premises 12% and Mission 49%; 6% of our income was held in reserve. Our expenditure is therefore broken down to:
Ministry 18%;
Church life and admin 17%;  Hire of premises 13%; and
Mission 52%.

We consider this expenditure was appropriate in meeting our objectives and loving our neighbour as ourselves.

We do not have an investment policy but should we accrue funds above £10,000, we would seek to invest these ethically.

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)

Mrs Jenny Dickerson Full name(s) Dr David Stanley Dickerson Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Secretary/Treasurer etc)

Date 11/09/2021

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Charity Name	No (if any)
Bishop Sutton Community Church	1174332
Receipts andpayments accounts		CC16a
Period start date For the period from 01/01/2020	Period end date To 31/12/2020

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
Notes A1 Receipts		Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 6,816 - - 95 - 6,911 - - - 6,911 1,150 3,380 1,084 829 - 6,443 - - - 6,443 468 - - 468	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Designated funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £ 6,816 - - - 95 - 6,911 - - - 6,911 1,150 3,380 1,084 829 - 6,443 - - - 6,443 468	Last year to the nearest £
Offerings		6,816		- - - - - -	6,816	8,825
Gift Aid tax refund		-			-	1,760
Gifts & Donations		-			-	90
Other Causes Income	1				-	2,761
Other Income	2	95			95	426
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*Sub total*		6,911			6,911	13,862

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Sub total*		-			-	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
				-	6,911	13,862

Ministry	3	1,150		- - - - - -	1,150	1,440
Mission	4	3,380			3,380	6,807
Church Life & Administration	5	1,084			1,084	1,374
Premises	6	829			829	2,988
Other	7	-			-	100
*Sub total*		6,443			6,443	12,709

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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*Sub total*		-			-	-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
				-	6,443	12,709

		468	-	-	468	1,153
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		468	-	-	468	1,153

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

11/09/2021

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds	Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) HSBC Details Details Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 7,427 - - 7,427 Agreement Error Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates	Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Amount due (optional) - - - - -	Designated funds to nearest £
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				Endowment funds to nearest £
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

11/09/2021

Bishop Sutton Community Church Notes to the accounts for Year End 2020

1. Other Causes Income	Unrestricted £	Restricted £	Designated £	Total 2020	Last Year
Tearfund(Mozambique)	-	-		-	2,546
	-			-
				-
*Total*	-	-	-	-	2,546
2. Other Income
KeepFit,Coffee Club,Youth Grp	95				414
Oddments Theatre					215
DBS Checks(HolyTrinity)	-				12
	-

*Total*	95				641
3. Ministry
Visiting Speakers (eg.Sunservices)	1,150				1,440
Training& Resources
Junior Church


*Total*	1,150				1,440
4. Mission
Men's Breakfast speakers	50				250
2 Men's breakfasts	-				16
Youth Work	-				6
MessyChurch	-				6
Open the Book	-				-
CVM Subscription	99				-
Chew ValleyGazette	-				43
India Project Christ for India					889
India Project Anna's children's work	-				500
10K+IMPACT Outreach	-				1,163
Bible Societyresources	-				58
Open Doors	-				500
Tearfund -(south sudan)	500				2,546
Oddments Theatre(+tickets)	400				355
MendipBrass Band	-				140
Stan Strunc- In His Love Ministries	360
Neil Wilkin(from holyfools)	1,000
CameleySchool	432
Dave Philips Book	429
Christmas leaflets/outreach/flowers	110				334
Other
*Total*	3,380				6,806

5. Church Life & Administration

5. Church Life & Administration
Administration & consumables	-	-	118
Health & Safety		-
Equipment	-	-	267
Insurance(Public Liability& Equipment)	191	191	362
CCLI License	165	165	311
CCPAS(Safe-guarding)/Thirty-one eight	129	129	194
Zoom Video Communications	144	144
Eden- Freedom in Christ- materials	140	140
Junior Church	-	-	28
Other(egThankyou vouchers)	70	70	-
10K for 1 runner	-	-	21
Navigator booklets/ CPO Leaflets	130	130	57
Bible Society	115	115	17
*Total*	1,084	1,084	1,375

CCXX R3 accounts (SS)

11/09/2021

6. Premises

6. Premises
Hall Hire	829			829	2,988
Chair lift service and maintenance				-	-
Racking& cushions				-	-
*Total*	829	-	-	829	2,988

7. Other

7. Other
Gift for Winford Baptist for baptisms	-		-	-	100
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*Total*	-	-		-	100

The charity has no additional monetary assets and no building. Current equipment is insured for £4,305 The accounts outlined above relate to the year ending on 31st December 2020 as approved by the trustees below on behalf of the leadership team at Bishop Sutton Community Church.

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature	Print Name J M Dickerson	Date of approval
		J M Dickerson	21-May-21

CCXX R4 accounts (SS)

11/09/2021