**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** |**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**From **|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date|||| ||**1st**|**April**|**2022**||**31st **|**March**|**2023**|| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Saffron Walden Community Church Other names charity is known by** formerly Gold Street Chapel **Registered charity number (if any)** 1176353 **Charity's principal address** Saffron Walden Community Church Castle Street Saffron Walden Postcode CB10 1BD ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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8|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||BarryJames Land|Chair & Secretary||| ||Peter Jonathan Graves|||| ||Paul AnthonyJohn Martin|||| ||Siobhan Rouse|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) New trustees are appointed by existing trustees ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. The trustees delegate the day-to-day running of the church to the pastor and the leadership team, who are primarily responsible for the spiritual wellbeing of the church, and the operation of the various church policies and practices. The trustees and leadership team are assisted by a Support Team who are appointed by the members of the church. The Support Team are responsible for maintaining the fabric of the building, finance and admin. - One in particular is the Finance Co-ordinator responsible for keeping accurate accounts of all transactions and for preparing the accounts for the end of year Independent Examination and for presentation at the church AGM and quarterly business meetings, which are open to the public. There is regular oversight of accounting records and processes by the trustees. The church employs three staff members: the pastor, the ministry leader and, from August 2022, a church administrator. All three staff members were offered entry into a pension scheme but all three have opted out. The trustees ensure that the charity is being run satisfactorily by those delegated to do so, including compliance with the Child Protection Policy, Risk Management Policy and Data Protection Policy, all of which are reviewed annually, and that the charity is operating for the public benefit. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** For the public benefit, to advance the Christian faith in Saffron Walden, Essex and such other parts of the UK and the world as the charity trustees may from time to time decide. We act for the public benefit in enabling all people to live out their Christian faith as part of our church and town communities through: • regular worship services • teaching related to evangelical Christianity for children and adults • regular coffee morning, Toddlers Group, and well-being groups, and • working with other churches and with Saffron Walden Churches Together **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** |In particular, we promote and support -|In particular, we promote and support -| |---|---| |local mission activities:|| |`o`|Alpha courses, or similar| |`o`|Various styles of Sunday services| |`o`|Children’s and youth activities| |`o`|Social events| |`o`|Teaching church members to promote Christianity where the live| ||and work| |`o`|Celebration of Christian festivals| |`o`|Support for Stort Valley Schools Trust| |And international mission activities:|| |`o`|Latin Link| |`o`|Wycliffe Bible Translators| |`o`|TEAR Fund| |We strive to advance citizenship and community development through:|| |•|Pastoral care, primarily to those who attend church but also| ||extended to those outside the church| |•|Support for Stort Valley Schools Trust| |•|Part of Saffron Walden Street Pastors| |When|planning activities for the year, the pastor, leadership team and| |trustees have regard to the Commission’s guidance on charities for the|| |advancement of religion.|| |All the|above activities are open to all sections of the general public.| ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. As resources and opportunity permit we attempt to help those in need through: - TEAR Fund (a third world development and aid agency), - Emergency aid for others in great need. The pastor, the ministry leader and the church administrator have been the only paid employees of the church so much of our activities are provided by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** ## _**Worship**_ - Sunday Morning services and occasional Evening Prayer and Praise services. The Sundsy Morning services continued to be made available on line. - All are welcome to join us in our services in the building and online. ## _**Mid-week meetings**_ - Midweek small groups have continued. - _**Pastoral Care**_ - Pastoral care continues through the small groups and directly by the Pastoral Care Team with issues passed on to the Leadership Team when appropriate. The wider community benefits from our pastoral care as appropriate through WWW (see below). ## _**Pop-In Coffee Morning**_ - This particularly helps those of the wider community who may be lonely or in need of a chat. Payment is by voluntary gift only. - _**Walden Wellbeing Walk-In**_ - This initiative has continued providing counselling for those in the community with emotional and mental health issues, staffed by qualified mental health practitioners and volunteers. This is open to the general public. ## _**Mother and Toddler Group**_ - Continues throughout the year.. - _**Market Square Outreach**_ - Last year’s new initiative continued on Saturday mornings offering to listen and support any with issues who wished to share, particularly offering prayer support. ## _**Ecumenical Relationships**_ - The church continues to be an active member of Churches Together in Saffron Walden. We are also members of the Evangelical Alliance. We have also continued to support three overseas missionary societies and to one UK missionary society. Section D Achievements and erformance p ## **Summary of the main** . _**Street Pastors**_ **achievements of the charity during the year (cont.)** • - The church continues a deep involvement with Street Pastors that was launched in 2013. They continued to patrol the streets every Friday evening between 8pm and 1.30am when licensed premises were open. They are there to help the evening community to have an enjoyable, and as far as possible, a safe experience of the town. - • This initiative continues to have the support of the local police and the various licenced premises of the town. ## _**Alpha Courses**_ - The church successfully ran a number of Alpha Courses during the year teaching the basics of Christianity to a range of interested people. ## _**Church Building**_ - The church building has continued to be used for the benefit of the community providing accommodation as a Polling Station. ## **Section E Financial review** The income of the church, largely through voluntary donation, increased **Brief statement of the** from last year, while the expenditure remained at a similar level. The **charity’s policy on reserves** charity finished the year with a cash balance of £201,078 The above figure includes a restricted reserve of £9,882 donated for the Vacation Bible School. This activity is no longer continuing and it was decided to disburse this sum to other similar activities with similar aims but this has not yet been finalised. The church has a policy of maintaining a balance of £50,000 (or less if agreed by a church meeting) for the running of the charity. It was also resolved during the year to pursue investment of church funds in accordance with an Investment Policy, adopted during the year so as to offset the loss of value in savings accounts through inflation. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** **Further financial review details** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); Our income comes from: - gifts and donations from those attending the church or using its facilities - investment income - gifts from individuals. - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **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)** B J Land P J Graves Peter Jonathan Graves **Full name(s)** Barry James Land **Position** Chair & Secretary Trustee **Date** 16/10/2023 **Saffron Walden Community Church 1176353 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 01/04/2022 31/03/2023 **To from** ## **CC16a** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**117,573**
**540**
**13,982**
**817**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**132,912**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**132,912**
**56,750**
**882**
**980**
**201**
**176**
**16,485**
**723**
**500**
**16,034**
**990**
**600**
**468**
**2,770**
**-**
**97,560**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**97,560**
**35,352**
**-**
**155,844**
**191,196**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**10**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10**
**-**
**9,872**
**9,882**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**117,583**
**540**
**13,982**
**817**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**132,922**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**132,922**
**56,750**
**882**
**980**
**201**
**176**
**16,485**
**723**
**500**
**16,034**
**990**
**600**
**468**
**2,770**
**-**
**97,560**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**97,560**
**35,362**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**117,573**|||||**99,662**| |Rental Income|**540**|||||**420**| |Gift Aid Tax Reclaims|**13,982**|||||**28,627**| |Savings A/c Interest|**817**|||||**179**| |Govt Grant in lieu of VAT|**-**|||||**1,442**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**132,912**|||||**130,330**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**130,330**| |||||||| |Employment|**56,750**|||||**50,691**| |Worship|**882**|||||**624**| |Youth|**980**|||||**994**| |Community|**201**|||||**128**| |Pastoral|**176**|||||**145**| |Mission Support|**16,485**|||||**9,899**| |Outreach|**723**|||||**1,314**| |Social|**500**|||||**-**| |Services|**16,034**|||||**10,717**| |Subscriptions|**990**|||||**943**| |Professional Fees|**600**|||||**644**| |Refurbishment of building|**468**|||||**9,533**| |Equipmentpurchases|**2,770**|||||**8,077**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**97,560**|||||**93,707**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**93,707**| |||||||| ||**35,352**|**10**|**-**|**35,362**||**36,623**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**155,844**|**9,872**|**-**|**165,716**||**129,095**| ||**191,196**|**9,882**|**-**|**201,078**||**165,718**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 25/10/2023 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|Petty Cash
Independent Examiner’s fees
Expenses & refund debit card
Portable Baptistry
Photocopier
Camera for recording services
Projectors x 3
**Details**
Staging for modular system
Cooker
**Details**
Church building in Castle Street
Laptops x 2
Drum Kit (electronic)
Keyboard (Electric)
Sound system
Gift Aid reclaimable for 21/22
Lloyds Current A/c - SWCC
Lloyds Current A/c - VBS
Saffron Building Society Savings A/c
Gift Aid reclaimable for 22/23
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Gift Aid reclaimable for 22/23
Gift Aid reclaimable for 21/22
**Details**
2|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**101,338**
**-**
**-**
**89,848**
**191,186**
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**12,679**
**1,635**
**600**
**350**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**9,882**
**-**
**9,882**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**450,000**
**940**
**2,300**
**2,000**
**16,000**
**1,830**
**1,400**
**2,100**
**1,700**
**2,700**
**2,000**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**600**
**600**
**-**
**-**
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||Independent Examiner’s fees||**600**|| ||Expenses & refund debit card||**600**|| |||||| ||||**-**|| ||2||**-**|25/10/2023| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|P JGraves
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B J Land|Print Name
B J Land
P J Graves|Date of
approval| |---|---|---|---| ||B J Land|B J Land|16/10/2023| ||P JGraves|P J Graves|16/10/2023| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 25/10/2023 3 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report R•port to the truste*sl m•mb•r8 of ,. saffr￿ Waklgn C(wnmunity Churth On accounis for th• year Charity no Irf any) 31 Mar(* 2023 1176353 Set tjut on pag•x TAR aTrJ CC168 1-2 Respectfve The chatys trusiees are respo￿&ble for Ihe twaratlon of th8 acca)unts in r•sponsibilities of accordan￿ wilh the requirements of the Charltles Act 2011 {llh8 Acr). trustees and •xamin•r The c*anty's trustees cmsider that an is r#)1 requfred for this year undor sgction 144 of the Act and that an independent examinatbon is nèèd￿. It is my resp(x)s￿￿1ty b: examine the accounts urthr secxbn 145 01 Ihg Charitigs Acl, to follow the applt¢able Directions gNgn by the Charity Commisslon {under sets.on 14515)Ibl of th8 Act. and to stsle whether parbcular matters have corn to my attentbn. Bag19 of Indopond•nt My examinalKJi was carried wt in a¢￿dance with gonefal Direct￿nS given •xamlner's stat•ment by Ihe Chwity Commission. An examinab'on includes a review of Ihe ac£ounb'ng r￿OrdS kept by It￿ charity and a Comparison of tho 8Q￿untS prasenied Mlh thoso reci)rds. It also indudes ¢onsKleration of any unusual ems or disdosures in Ihe acccMJnts. and seekiThJ oxplanalM)ns from the trustees conceming any such matters. The [￿C￿edu￿S undertakgn do not prowde all the ey￿enCe Ihal ¥4Duld be required in an audit and conwuonty no opinion is giv&n 8S to ¥thther the accounts present a 'tru8 ar*d fairf wew and Iha report b Nmitod to those matters set in the siaiement ￿14￿. Independent In C￿neCtIon with my examination. no material matters have come to my examlnerfs statsmeni attent￿￿ whith gives me cause to beleve thal in. any material ras￿¢1.. accnunting recrKts were kew in accordanco wlth sectsjn 130 of tho Charithe$ Act or the accounts do not accc*d tr* accnc8ms aThJ have come across no olher matters in connocl vfith the examInat￿n to ￿lch aftenb'on shoukl drawn in order to enable a proper undetstanding of Ihe accounts to bo reached. Slgn•d: Dat•: 16 O¢iob8r 2023 Nam•: Pe er William Hill Relèvant professlonal quallfication(s) or body Chartered Accxxmtsnt (FCA- ￿lt￿h￿ no 7139500) Addres8: Hill House. 27 Me8dowf￿d Newpofc Saffron Walden , Essex C811 3QL IER May 2018 Section B Disclosur9 Only c¢mplele If ihe examiner needs lo nighlight matters ol Goricem Iseo CG32, Independent examinatKJn of charity aco)unts'. directions and guid8nce for examwers). ive he'-e any Items that tha gxaminer wlsh•g to di8e14W. May 2018