2022-12-31-accounts - Sherford Church Of England Community Church

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01-01-2022 Period start date To 31-12-2022 Period end date

Charity name: Sherford Church of England Community Church

Charity registration number: 1175545

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in Sherford and the surrounding areas in accordance with the statements of belief appearing in the schedule.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	Throughout 2022 our weekly Sunday church services have remained our ‘flagship’ gatherings. Through these, residents of the town of Sherford are able to practise their Christian faith and explore the tenets of Christianity alongside others. Because of the positive reception to our online services throughout 2020 and 2021, and because of some church and community members’ ongoing needs to shield or self-isolate, we continued live- streaming our services in 2022. As in the years since 2018, the wider public has particularly benefitted from our Sunday services on major calendar events, including Mothering Sunday, Easter Sunday, Father’s Day, Remembrance Sunday and Christmas. On Good Friday we put on a new family event that we called_Muddy Church –_an Easter-themed forest school style session in the Sherford Country Park that was enjoyed by young and old alike. It was such a success that we repeated the event with a Harvest theme in October. Our Act of Remembrance was well- received, especially by the many military families in our community. Our community Christmas carol service was also well-received by the wider population. Despite wet weather meaning we couldnotholdit outdoors asintended,it

		was very well-attended. Likewise we saw extra members of the community join us for a Christingle service in December. Alongside our Sunday services we have also run two regular evening groups, one for Christians wishing to explore their faith more deeply, and another for others wishing to explore the beliefs of the Christian faith for the first time. These groups were able to meet in-person again, having spent much of 2020 and 2021 on Zoom. In Autumn 2022 we began a third midweek group, as the congregation grew markedly in the Summer and early Autumn. Our parent and toddler group continued to go from strength to strength, firmly establishing itself in the Sherford Community Hub. We even began a new group for parents with younger babies, owing to the busyness of the main toddler group. We have also taken as part of our objective the goal of growing and strengthening the local community. Our most important contribution in 2022 was partnering with other local organisations to put on a community Summer Fair on Saturday 4th June as part of the nationwide Platinum Jubilee celebrations. (When Queen Elizabeth died in September, we opened a community book of condolences, which was then passed onto the Plymouth Archives.) After the success of the Sherford Mutual Aid Group, Sherford Community Church was pleased to partner with a new venture that began over Christmas 2022 called Sherford Food Hub. The “Hub” launched properly in January 2023, but they distributed Christmas food hampers in December 2022 to needy families in the community.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	All Trustees are fully aware of the CIO’s role in providing public benefit across the whole geographical area of Sherford and beyond.

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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making

Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	Our main achievements during the year have largely been listed above: Our parent and toddler group has successfully maintained contact with many of its clients, as well as contacting new clients. The group has been so popular that we had to open a new group for parents and babies in Autumn 2022. Our Sunday morning congregation has been growing as well, with a number of people continuing to join in regularly through our YouTube livestreams alongside our in-person attendance. Our regular Sunday attendance grew to 45-50 in 2022, up from 35-40 in 2021. Financially our charity has continued growing in stability, with over £20000 in regular giving from private donors connected to the charity showing a good deal of growth on last year’s figures, despite the financial difficulties many have faced in the pandemic. This has meant that we were able to appoint two trainee staff members in September 2022. We have worked hard on communication with donors, volunteers and the general public over the year. We have been growing and maintaining a list of contacts for our regular email newsletters through the popular Mailchimp platform: we have 67 supporters to whom we send out a quarterly update, and 48 contacts who receive a weekly e-newsletter. We have

established ourselves online, with our website www.sherfordchurch.net kept upto-date regularly with details of our activities and volunteers. Further, we have been growing our online presence through our Instagram feed and a Facebook page, with two accompanying Facebook groups. The social media aspect is of particular importance in the early stages of the Sherford town, where people communicate almost exclusively via Facebook in the absence of any physical community newsletters or noticeboards. Our biggest achievements are those which are less easy to quantify, namely the relationships built and strengthened in the local community. In 2018 we established ourselves as a trusted group that is seeking the good of the community in Sherford, and we have built further on this through our community work in the years since. Rev. Tom Brassil has been representing and advocating for the community through a number of channels. One sign of the warmth with which the community regards us is that they have welcomed our offers to pray regularly around and for the town. We have now been doing our weekly prayer-walk around Sherford for over two years. During this time the prayer walk has helped a number of local residents feel cared for both relationally and spiritually, as well as enriching the lives of our volunteers. Another sign was that the community specifically requested that we put on an open-air carol service in December as part of a wider community Christmas event. Even though wet weather put paid to much of the event, nevertheless we had 50 people attend the (indoor) carol service.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
	Para1.41

Investment performance against objectives Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	At the end of the period we are in a favourable financial position, with net liquid assets of £47043 and £8646 in capital assets.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	The charity currently has no investment policy, preferring to hold its reserves in an accessible current account. As a charity we are committed to ensuring our reserves are at a level to cover our regular outgoings for atleast threemonths.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£47043
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	N/A
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	N/A
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	N/A

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	As noted above, the CIO’s principal sources of funding are volunteers considering themselves to be members of our church.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Charitable Incorporated Organisation Constitution (Foundation Model)
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Foundation Model)
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	2_ex-officio_by virtue of license granted by the Lord Bishop of Exeter 2 nominated by the Lord Bishop of Exeter 1 elected by trustees

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	In line with the Church of England volunteer recruitment policy, all trustees must complete an enhanced DBS check and undertake enhanced (leadership level) safeguarding training. This is high-quality training administered by the Exeter Diocesan Safeguarding Team.
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	Our charity operates under the umbrella of the Church of England, in the Diocese of Exeter. We receive oversight and support through the Diocese including optional training for our Trustees relevant to their respective roles, safeguarding advice through the Diocesan Safeguarding Team and other support as needed (including, where necessary, available help with running youth and children’s groups, making our charity Dementia Friendly, support with media and PR, and legal assistance through the Diocesan Registrar). Our chief contact within the Diocese is the Archdeacon of Plymouth, the Ven. Nick Shutt, who has been appointed to the office of Visitor, with roles as set out in our Constitution. (Note: the Ven. Nick Shutt has recently retired in March 2023, and has been succeeded by the Ven. Jane Bakker.) As part of the Diocese of Exeter we are entitled to representation on the local Plymouth Deanery Synod. The licensed Trustees (Rev. Tom Brassil and Andrew Williams) sit on this Synod by virtue of their respective Bishop’s Licenses, and we currently have two further seats on the Synod, filled by two members of our church who, according to the legal structure of the CIO, are non-voting Members.

		The charity is set up to resemble a Church of England Parochial Church Council, with the Mission Community Leader taking the role as_ex officio_chair of Trustees in the same way as a Vicar is chair of the PCC. We have two Trustees nominated by the Lord Bishop of Exeter to mirror the position of Churchwarden in a PCC, and we have the option of electing further Trustees, a process in which all Members of the CIO are entitled to vote.
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51	The charity works alongside other local organisations including Plymouth City Council, South Hams Council, Brixton Parish Council, the Sherford Consortium, the Sherford Community Land Trust, SPACE (South Devon Youth Work service) and Sherford Vale Primary School. All of these links are casual rather than formalised.
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Sherford Church of England Community Church
Other name the charity uses	Sherford Community Church
Registered charitynumber	1175545
Charity’s principal address	3 Vinery Lane Plymouth PL9 8DD

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)
Rev. Thomas Brassil	Mission Community Leader (ex officio)		Lord Bishop of Exeter
Dr. Andrew Williams	Licensed Reader (ex officio)		Lord Bishop of Exeter
Dr. Clive Irving	Nominated Trustee		Lord Bishop of Exeter
Mrs. Elaine O’Brien	Appointed Trustee, Secretary of Trustees	01/01/2022-09/11/2022	Lord Bishop of Exeter
Mrs Elizabeth Blore-Preece	Appointed Trustee

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets 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

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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
Visitor	Ven. Nick Shutt	St. Mark’s Church, 1 Sanctuary Close, Plymouth, PL2 1EN



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

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

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Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
	Rev. Thomas James Brassil
	Chair of Trustees
	03/08/2023
	03/08/2023

SHERFORD COMfvIUNI,FY IIRCH CHARrrY NO. 1175545 UNAUDrrED FINANCIAL sfATEMEKrs 31 DECEMBER 2022 Pe (s) statement of finarKlal Ktivths BalarKe sheet Notes to the finandal statents Treasurer's statement Irlent examinerfs rernrt

) SHERFORD COMMUWIIY CIIURC STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVMES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Funds Restrlcted TOTAL General Funds 2022 TOTAL 2021 INCOMING RESOURCES IncomlThJ rLtr generated funds: Voluntary Income Activltles that generate furKIs Grants Investment Income 27,311 27,311 19,739 4,000 27,311 27,311 23,739 Incomlng resources from charltable Other incoming resources Total Incomlng resources RESOURCES EXPENDED Costs of generatlng funds urch activitles CharStable activities Governan costs Total resources expend¢d 18,178 2,756 18,178 5,609 9,764 4,264 240 2,853 Net Incomlngl(outgoing) rexwrce• before transfers 9,038 -2,853 6,185 11,091 6&7 Net movement In fiinds 9.038 -2.853 6,185 11,091 Total funds blfwd l January 2022 45,641 49,505 38,414 Total fund5 clfwd 31 Dffember 2022 The notes on pages 3 to 4 forni part of these finandal statements

HERFORD ¢OhlAIUNJIY CMUgCTrI BALANCE SHEEr AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022 TOTAL 2022 TOTAL 2021 Genernl Funds Tan9lble assets 6,196 6,196 CURRENT ASSErs Debto Bank and cash balances 3,492 43,076 3,492 44,087 47,579 I,oii i.oii 40,673 43,757 CURRE14T LIABILMES Creditors payatr4e within one year 536 NET CURRErir ASSErs 46,032 i.oii 47,043 43.309 TOTAL ASSEfs LESS CURRENT LIABILZTIES Credltors payat4e after one year TOTAL NET ASSETS I (UABILrrIES) 54,678 I,oii 55,689 49,505 THE FUNDS OF ThE CHURCH Unrestricted Income fij15., General Desonated Total 54,678 45,641 54,678 45,641 Restrktexl In fuThJs.' I,oii 55,689 49,505 Approved by the Trustee< MeetirKJ held ot) (d*). and 9nj on Its behalf by Rthf T Brassil (Chaim)an) (sgnabjre). The notss on pDges 3 to 4 fomi part olthese flnJKial statements

,•) SHERFORD CQMMVNITT NOTES TO ThE FINANCIAL ATENEr{[s FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 la Basls ol &lryountirwJ enbtie5 leffethe janry 20151, and rewirwts (4 &rAyJnthJ and repjrb.ro charth5.' statrt Verj staTrJard fty endfjes leffecih 2015119W 20151. The gCC4LMkn of0cc hwB t4on adopi•J. POl ¥et oui bolLW are 8ppW Ib Fund Au•unt1rt9 oblectfve6. thè term8 015 grant. Ic Thnglbl• Flx•d AM•ts Their lImI1¢0 uséfvl FJr¢S & fftungs IT MulW)t Id in¢omlng R•wr Al vduntary gMThJ18 l) th• f•wthl •i•mwts for th• F•rknd I li t¢¢41%•J. donauon rK•iwd. Lty•ci?s att0180 lortsn aTh1 ean b• wcwly 9uwo. l olher Inrnme 18 gernra r•rknblo. Resourc¥s eynded arn rn¢09nlt•d lo •rn fvJ l)¢lA• aMrftwlat4• VATt carThl bè TW •r¢ bxabJ lo V poryJarathity fvy rd4te. m05t oflhe aThJ acknty oftts ra Lxrt byvdmte8r8. Ihb InlarvJlt ¢J>g¢ not tsided ln the fir1 tstsmènth aÈ 10 IF Irf& oftho IncalcJJlat48. If Taxatlon The thurth r& an eX1Y th8ntyitrAn tr Of I&KY8 aL8. Accordngly rt potetthlty exempt from18X8.(ffi kn we£ ol iicome arJ cathl g8lr6 rer lo the extertthat wcb incL#Te rff gaIr arp aFplwJ to •x(tyvthariable PF. No jm0visi for laxallon has t•n rn finan& Stateffj.

O)SHERFORD COMMUNIT7 CURCI4 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 2 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS TOTAL TOTAL & Flttlngs EqulpmeTht 2022 2011 Brought fotward l January 2022 thluons in year Depreciatkjn for year Carrled forward 31 Demr 2022 6,196 5,129 7,921 5,129 -1,725 Genernl Fund TOTAL TOTAL 2022 2021 Funds 3 DEBTORS Glft aid tsx reo)verab Other debtors and popayments 2,555 937 2,555 937 720 4 CVRREKf LIABILMES Credf(cfs payatAe wthln ce y&ir.' Sundry uedltors and 536 536 536 5 DEFERRED LIABILrnES ed5 pa¥BtAe after m th•n ore )vr: 6 DESIGNATED FUIIDS NI 7 REsTricfED FUNDS The Sherfc¥d MutyJ•l 9rtyJp Is an cwganls&lJn (I I115 wlthln the town of Slvford v4hJ seok to W0de pded fcth to resJents In lthand¥ thlncuty. The tnK%tees of Shelord thurth that Ihe cl¥JKh ba Kcount can be wl to hold the fuThts and to pay Involces {up to the bakir) [k¥j to fv grwp's ¥tMty. 8 PAYMENTS TO TRUSTEES AND THEIR SPOUSES In 2022 the lollowlng trusiees {ard receId Keyn$ from the thurth.. Rev T Brassil,. £3,342 CreveXpen5C5 and thur(b runnine exoeftses Mrs M Brassil: £2.520 Churth Administrator and church runnin8 expense5 Dr C Irving.. £843 Reimbursement of expenses Mrs S Irvin8'. £289 Relmbursement of expenses Mrj O'Brien'. £4.991 Reirnbu15ement fw purchase of projector and camcorder

•) SHERFORD COMMVtr4ITY CHVR( FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 TREASURÉR'S STATEMENT I have prepa the financK41 slatenrts on I to 4 frthe y eTrJ&J 31 Dem1 2022. Slgned Dr C R JrvirKJ (Treasurer, rewj 24th fv13y 2023) 06 CJ 2oas INDEPENDE14T EXAMINER'S REPORT I report on the unaudlted fIaral statements Ccthmuth Church frKthe y erthj 31 Dember 2022, whlch are set on page5 1 to 4. pect1 re4xKwlb#ltl•A The charfty Is resronsible for pre[A3rabC d the flnwthl sfatwrvts WKI ttK4t fv aLKIt requlrement of sethon 144121 of the charits att 2011 (the ktl &)es aFth. It ts my to state, cffl the S of wocedures SFEdfkd In the general dIlon5 9Nen by the thanty cornmssic sec 14515Xb} of pallcur matters have cowE to my attentron. Bp•h ol Ind•pend•nt •xmIn v•)ort My examlnatlon was carrled out in accorda¢ dirtttkS gNen ty charfty commlsskn. An eXamInaon inclLQes a revth of the aco)untiry re£orts keFt dwnty ark1 a comparf&)n cl tk accounts pr wrth t records. It akn IrKlude5 cor6Kleralon cl any unLsJal th or d1thre5 In the ac£tyJnts, arKI explanatlons frcTh you as truee5 ConmIng any such matter5. Tr wdUreS d) Sl the edee ttst tyJk1 t required In an and Consequent no opinw Is gen a5 to wkn fv 0nts prtsent a aThJ falrt vkn the rep)rt Is Ilmit&J to thosa maiters set out In the siaterrMt tdthy. Ind•p•thnt •x•mln•e• •tst•mvJrt In conntK)n whth my examlnatkn, rn mailer has c(Th its my &llrtp.' l. whlth Jves n reagJn&4e cae to in ary mtsi4 rtspxt Nuirwts: to keep accountiThJ recorts In accondar wlth &130 2011; •J to prepare accounts whth 0)r vth the (Jnu) remrd5 aTrd wth tt wulrennts of 2011 A¢ have Tr)t rt.. ¢ 2. to whth, In my opSnlon. attenb.on thkj be dr¥m In ordtrto enable a uThIe1rj Lrf the )Unts to be reac. Signed Lty the lThJepeThJert ethrnlw.. Mr5 Carolyn Haynes Narre aTKI •Jdre55 of tr indeFTh*rt ex3mlr. Mrs Carotyn Haynes, 15 Philip Close, G005ewell, Ptymouth, PL9 8QZ

O)SHERFORD COMhlUNITYtHURCH APPENDIX I TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEllfS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Funds Genernl TOTAL 2022 TOTAL 2021 Funds VOLUNTARY INCOME Bank donations by DID'S & SIIYS Cash and don*"ons Income tsx refunds under gift ahj 21,763 123 21,763 123 14,601 1,220 INVESTME14T INCOME ZNCOMINfj RESOURCES FROM CHA14rrABLE Acnvrry Toddler group 1,339 Events ckets Relmbur5ernent for resour Mission Gwiry donattons Tea & coffee mntrlbuttons BapsM Fees 1.339 1,150 193 305 305 128 50 OThER INCOMING RESOURCES Grants {Sherford Mutual Ajd Group)

APPENDIX 2 TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMErirs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Fun 2022 2021 COSTS OFGENEIIAIING FVMDS Cc& of (jft for use of Sherftyl VI 5ceS.. Communty ts"rE Pdntlngé aTrJ 51t 120 Z43 120 243 150 162 162 152 452 452 Tder wo MI$ Traknee Y¢wth Wo Ywth Grwp 705 3.295 Is Is 2.520 933 2.410 25 357 295 7.019 E%nts Cther alnln&tratkJn tiJ4is 182 13.720 620 620 620 559 559 Crty tKper Vk•ts tlyetbnary c¢éts tew 219 266 242 307 L152 152 Expendrture 1853 Plxiures & Fltllnw 1678 L725 CIIARThA8LE ACTIV GOVERNANCE COSTS Fndeputhnt e¥anN 240