Hope House Church Mablethorpe Registered charity No 1176585 Trustoos annual roport for 2020 Hoprr Hous• Church Maiththorp HO￿ Hou5• 97 W*torkn R LNQ 24L T•lOI507477 INTRODUCTION There will probably not be a single trustees report for 2020 that will not mention Ihal this has been the most extraordinary year. The COVID19 pandemic has had a devastating effect upon ihe physical health and commercial life of our nation. Hope House Church, like many buslnesses and eharltles and communlty groups have had to adapt qulekly to the Immedl- ale needs of our Members, those we support and the wlder eommunliy In whleh we Ilve. Our year started incredibty normally. As we entered 2020 we felt the Lord had spoken a word io us for the New Year thal 'A WAVE IS COMING., We had inlended io use *his word to leach ihe Church on evangelism but as we entered the year we feli ihe Lord iold us to WAIT. We spent the first weeks of 2020 slmply walilng and ieachlng the Church the slgnlfi- eanee of walilng on God. Llitle dld we reallse how slgnlficant these wordswould be as 2020 unfolded. Our ￿ar starled norrnally. Top lefl Glow-worms a¢tivities. Ri9hl, Top & b)ttorn, ShrovèTuesday Fun night. Boltom left, running olub donaloÉ1.000 for our Homèless w•rk. Not•, no social dislancing mo$ks •* "+•4 ALL CHANGE iyj On Sunday 15th March we held what was to be our last Sunday worship s¢rvic¢ at Hope House for the year. W¢ w¢re b¢¢oming aware of th¢ increasing problem of coronavirus which was now spreading rapidly throughout the UK. On 17th March a lolnt meetlng of Hope House Church irustèes and leaders took the deelslon Ihat because of rlsing cases of COVID19, we would suspend our meetings ai Hope House and look to hold our meetings ¢)nline unlil things improved. We d¢cid¢d our focus would b¢ upon: Keeping the members connected in whatever way we could. K¢¢ping our members saf¢. Our building would only open for 1 hour a day to provide the essential food bags lo people in need. On Wednesday 18th Mar¢h we wer¢ contacted by som¢ local councillors who w¢re looking ta support people who were Isolated due to COVID19 by providing them with meals dellv- ered to th¢ir door. Hope H¢)us¢ w¢re asked if they would undertak¢ this w¢xk on b¢half of the community. At this stage we did not know exactly how many people would need sup- port. On Thursday 19th Mareh, our trustees had th¢ir first socially distaneed meetlng at Hope House (See photo abov¢) They agreed we should try to help our community out by providing meals as requested. W¢ were not exactly sure at this stag¢ what it would ¢ntail but we equally felt that the Lord was calling us to lake this step and to trust him for his provision to enable us to do the work. On Sunday 22nd Mareh Nigel and Judy Colllns were lained by Clalre Suddaby as we broad- cast a first liv¢stream service to th¢ Church¢s Fac¢book Pag¢ from Hope House. This was only possibl¢ with the technical brillian¢¢ of Joe Coburn on¢ of our Irust¢es who /Conl ALL CHANGE (CONTINUED) Cont / h¢lp¢d us a¢hiev¢ a broadcast. W¢ w¢r¢ encourag¢d to see that so many of our m¢mb¢rs managed io ¢onn¢¢t to this s¢rvic¢ and we ev¢n had a numb¢r of people join us who we had known in the past. Part of this service included prayer requests and a number of these were posled up by people. On the 23rd March the Prlme MIn1￿er announced a natlonal lockdown. Thls was probably a shock to all who h¢ard it but we also had a s¢ns¢ that within a short p¢riod w¢ had pr¢- pared well for what was an unknown future. We agreed to do an online mid week fellowship on the Wednesday (251h March) from Nigel & Judy's house whlch we managed to achleve uslng Facebook Llve. Agaln we had good numbers eonneetlng In to ihe meetlng. During thisweek we started to receive calls from people who were isolated in their homes and vtho needed ihe hol meals we were providing. (More about this in ihe communily SUP- port section of this report) On Sunday 28th March, we broadcast a s¢rvi¢o using Fa¢¢book Live from our home (Du¢ to lockdown)This was to become the place for all Sunday services and mid week meetings for the remainder of the year (S¢¢ below) KEEPING CONNECTED One of our main focuses during the pandemic has been to keep people connected as besl we can. We have broadcast an onllne service every Sunday and a mid week fell¢)wship group on most Wednesdays (w¢ took a couple ofw¢eks off during summ¢r) ¢v¢ry week sinc¢ th¢ pandemle started. We created a pastoral call team to ensure every person over 70 received a daily phone call and every member received a weekly call during ihe fir￿ lockdown. During second l¢xk- down, every person over 70 receives3 calls a week and occasion calls lo all members. These ¢alls have been a great help ta many who are otherwlse Isolated. By the end of March we started to produce a weekly newsletter to our Church member& This was particularly aimed at the few who could not connect to ¢)ur social media platform& We dld numerous e¢mpetltlons for ehlldren (alth¢)ugh many adults enjoyed them as well) to help them keep eonneeted In ta Chureh. (See photographs below) We held online family fun nights on Friday eveningsvia Zoom In September we started an Onllne 'Stari the week wlih prayer, whleh has seen a regular core group of people Connect together for 30 mlnutes of prayer at 9.30am on a Monday morning. We introduced Streamyard, an online platform to enable us to more widely broadcast our services and make them easier lo c¢)nnect to. This included eslablishing a YouTube chan- nel, building a brand new Facebook Page and doubling the membership of our old Face- book group. KEEP CONNECTED Durlng a prolonged perlod of lockdown we have put a lol of ilme Into keeplng people connected. Left: On Frlday evenlngs slnee mld Oe- tober we have done 'Frlday Fun Nlghis, on Zoom, connectlng famllles and frfends for 30 mlnules of fun. Cath* Below left. We have pr¢xluced 'Hop¢ House News, and distributed it to those who cannot conn¢¢t to us on social medla. SusGn Marong kligel Collins Bel¢xw. Loads of competitions and a tivities have been sent out to children to k¢ep them enlortained during lock- dovm. udy Collins liilli'> PIC4 COLL AGE Thank you to a small past¢xal team who have made r¢9ular phone calls to all Church m¢mb¢rs, helping to k¢¢p ¢onne¢l¢d and saf¢. #k¢ep¢onn¢¢ted Hope 44•Y•*wwlb FACETO FACE Lockdown 1 (23 Mar¢h to 1 June) meanl that meeting for fac¢ to fac¢ worship was not possi- bl¢. Onc¢ r¢stri¢t¢d opportunili¢s to meet w¢re allowed our l¢adership team decid¢d ihatw¢ would only m¢ot when it was considered safe to do S￿ W¢ decided that as restrictions would make our meetings very different, we would keep Sunday online and hold a mid week face lo face meeting on a Thursday which would primarily be aimed at ihose who could not attend on Sunday& Social dislancing restricted our numbers lo 20122 and we averaged around 15 people each Thursday. Each service focused upon live worship (no singing by the congregation), word, communion (strict safely rules applied) and prayer. Our first faee to faee meetlng was held M 16th July to a full (22 people) hall. We were enc¢)uraged that the people who had been unable to join our online services were back attending the meetings at Hope House. We also saw some new people attend ¢>ur ser- vlees durlng thls perlod whleh was a greal encouragement as well as a number of peaple who had been perslslentlyjolnlng us onllne durfng the loekdown. On Thursday 29th Octoberwe c¢l¢brated the first birthday of Ev¢rly Bilson who many poople had been praying for sinc¢ b¢for¢ her birth and w¢ w¢re all d¢lighted to h¢ar of h¢r ¢xcellent progress. Everly's mum brought cakes tor everyone who attended (see photo b¢low). Unfortu- natelyTr thls proved io be our last face to face meetlng as a sharp rlse In COVID cases locally meant that a declslon to suspend face to face meetings was taken lo ensure everyone% safety. No further face to face meetlngs have taken place at Hope House this year, despile the gov¢mm¢nt allowing plac¢s of worship lo hold limited m¢¢lings we feel the safety of everyone needs to have priority and as such we have continued with our online meetings for the remainder of the year. Mid week Church Service E¥•ry Thur•day . 2.00pm e Hop• Hou St•rts on 16th July 2￿20 Face to Face At the year end, our meeilng hall has Increaslngly been turned over to ¢ommunlty wor providing f¢>Dd parcels to people in need and hot meals to people who are isolated in their homes due to COVID. We have also distributed large quanlilies of clothin9 and es- sential household items to people in need from the hall. Left: To celebrate Everly Bllsons blrthdayp each member of the congregation had a birthday cake ai vthat turned out to be our last face lo face meeting on 29th October. COMMUNITY MEALS When th¢ first lockdown start¢d in March 2020, we decided to support Church m¢mb¢rs who w¢r¢ isolating in Ih¢ir hom¢s as b¢st w¢ could. A f¢w days later w¢ w¢re approa¢h¢d by our local Town Council who asked if we could assist them to support people whowere isolat- Ing with I hol meal a day delivered to iheir door. This was a confirmation to us of a word we had recently received from the Lord and although we did noi know at that slage how many people we would be supportingp we were sure ¢wr response should be YES. The lockd¢>wn meant that many of our Open Hous¢ Volunte¢rs had to immedlately self is lale. Howover, an appeal to the local community had an amazing response and a team of around 20 people came forward to assist with food preparation, ¢ookingg and delivery. B¢- tween Mareh and the end of the yearwe have supplied an Incredible 5850 meals lo people's doors, with 45 meals being the highesl number delivered daily. On lop of this, we have been supplied with a vasl amount of food from the local Co-operative store and Greggs baker& This, combined with food provided lo us by businesses that were closing f¢x lockdown and donations from the public enabled us to provide 2500 food bags to people who were struggling financially. The food distribution is done using a text back service. Peopl¢ r¢gist¢r to r¢¢eiv¢ a daily t¢xt informing them of what is available and a text back resenres a bag of food for cotlection. We have around 40 people r¢gist¢red at any on¢ lime and we do 20-25 food parcels daily. Photo -right top Christmas dinners being prepared. Bottom right Deb our Open House manager prepares to serve ourlOOOth meal. Bottom left Jan one of our volunteers cooking a balch of meals. •)e VOLUNTEERS Ilk Our great team of volunteers .lJ PRAYER CHANGESTHINGS Start the week with prayer Mondays @ 9.30am During lockdown, the prayer life of the Church has really stepped up a gear. Every Sunday and mid week meeting has a section for prayer and we have seen many answer& From April illl Julyp we held a 24 hour pray- er, where every 30 mlnutes was covered In prayer. From October we started an online 'Start the week wlth prayer, 30 mlnutes of prayer together lo start the week. • th• HHC Fx•book p•9• or YouT¥b• ¢h•nn•l Com• lolfi W¢ join¢d Ihe nalional 2020 prayer initia- tiv¢ organised by HOPE. On th¢ 20th of ¢ve- ry month at 20.20 hrs w¢ joined in prayer for 20 mlnutes. We started meeting ai Hope House but by March we h&d to move the meeting onllne due to the pandemic. We had good numbersjoining us online for the prayer meelings, some months joining with Ihe nalional meeting? ￿herS praying locally. 0111 IEVEL EIST COAST COIIECTIQ W¢ joined Ground L¢vel in three days of prayer and fasting for ¢)ur county of Lincoln- shir¢. Local prayer ¢venls w¢r¢ organis¢d during the day ( for one we dld a prayer walk, for another we jolned wlth the nearest Ground Level Church at Alford for a Joint meeting and for oihers we met online dur- ing the day). In th¢ eY¢ning of ¢a¢h prayer day) a county wide Zoom pray¢r m¢eting was arrang¢d online where the 17 Ground level Churches in the couniy mel logether and prayed for a couple of hours. These meelingswere gen- erally well altended wilh 80-100 people meeling to pray together for our county. DIY IF PIIYEI & FISTIII FIR IINtDIlSlllRE EVENING/ ,NN PRAYER TIESDAY 11TI JVIE AT 7:30PII IN BRIEF One of the maln fund raising evenls for the Churches Together Community activities is the Skegness lo Mablethorpe sponsored walk. This year, due to the limitations imposed by COVID one member fr¢xn each Church was asked to walk. Earl Dunton from ¢)ur leadership team who is also the ChurchesTo- gether treasurer to¢)k up the challenge and raised £350 In the proces& Well done Earl and all involved On August bank holiday weekend Ground-Level Churches normally camp together for ihe ONE Event Chrlstian celebratlon on the Llncolnshire Show- ground. This year, the evenl was held online as'ONE Event where you are, with speakers sharing via so- cial media. The production was excellent but we were all missing the experience of camping together as a Church and seeing old Iriends. We had a number of opportunities to share about our community work to camera. The BBC filmed for Look North about one of our guys from Hope House Homes whowas helping deliver meals to those iso- lated during COVID, we were featured on the ONE celebration for our community work and Nigel Oeft) was filmed by the massive HIS food distributlon charity for our support for people over Chrlstmas We launched our'Beyond these walls, project In mid May. the aim, lo fit our main Hall at Hope House with the technical broadcasting equipment to ena- ble us lo stream high quality live feed from our ser- vices to anybody who wants to join in. We raised just over £2,000 to enabl¢ us to complet¢ the first phase. We hav¢ d¢cided that for the future a 'hybrid' s¢rvice is the way forward (one that enabl¢s p¢ople to be pr¢s¢nt in th¢ building bul also is broadcast so people can Yi¢w it remotely). HOPE HOUSE HOMES Hope House homes operate two supported IN- ing houses in th¢ lown both accomm¢)date 4 peopl¢. Sinc¢ lockd¢)wn started in March we hav¢ had to limit the amount our r¢sid¢nts can int¢ract with the wider community* we have also had to limit th¢ numb¢r of volunteers and workers who enter the houses. This has presented chal- lenges and has meant for our house manager Claire an Increased workload. Desplte these re- striclions, our residenls have coped very well. Three men have moved onto independent living and have been given much support in order lo achieve this. One of our residents is pictured left with just some of the household items he was gifted by the wider c¢)mmunity in prepara. tlon for his m¢)ving on. .I*Y* A few of our residents have remained active in helping us serve the community during the y¢ar. A couple of resid¢nts helped with meal deliveri¢s, one ¢Yen got filmed by the BBC (soe arli¢l¢s ¢ls¢wh¢r¢ in this r¢port. One r¢sidenl also helped io bulld the glant nailvliy at the front of Hope House. In the summer, tho trust¢¢s agroed that we should employ an asslstant to Clalre and in Sepiember lan joined Claire in running the houses. lan has settled in well and is passionale about helping homeless guy& lan arranged a eouple of soelal evenings for the guys uslng money glven by a local councillor from his grant. In the photo on the right, lan can be seen to the right of the groupg taking three house residents bowling. THIS ISTHE BBC A few weeks into the pandemic and we were c¢)ntacled by the BBCwho wanted lo come and film some of the work we were doing to support p¢ople wh¢ wer¢ Isolat¢d du¢ to COVID. When the crew arrived for a morning of film. ing they took a particular liking to one of our Hope House Homes residents who was help- ing with delivering food to people. The story line revolved around how he had lost his job as a long distance lorry driver had become homoless but was now using his skills to drive and deliver meals lo people whowere isolat¢d. The short film was aired on all thre¢ news slols on th¢ day it was broadcast ¢a¢h time it was slightly diff¢renl nd St also reeelved many views and comments on the BBC'S social media. The best news of all Is that shortly after ihe film was alred, Ihe resldent featured was able lo move on to independent living. Our eommunlty workwas also filmed and featured In the ONE Event Chri￿lan eel¢- bratlon on August bank hollday weekend and we were also filmed by the HIS Church publlclty department lo be featured In some of ihelr promotlonal work. You can see the online version of the film by copying this link into your browser. hitps://www.facebook.coml BBCLookNorih/videos1286643839370843 ABUNDANT PROVISION Thls w• havts $0 blèssod by th• gon￿oU$ support of oui eornrnunlly vthleh ha$ •nobl•d us lo hdp so rnany rnor• pgQPt• In no&d. Frorn food, Corbon rnonoxldèalarms. clothingTr to mi¢rpw•w •Vw&S,￿ ha￿ b abla lo bloss many p￿P1& W• hav• olso r*x1V￿ fridgK, fr•K•rs, cookérs rnonoy to holpus s¢rvo thty who ora isolated In our wmmunlty du• lo COVID19. To everyonotho has donald, thankyou, we arovery 9r#leful. Fregty you havo rooioved , freoly 9iv& Mat- Ihow 10.8 o V COASTAL c1w￿Ty C&£M AMAZING PROVISION This year, like no other we have been blown away by the support and provision that we have b¢en entrusl¢d to handl¢ on behalf of our eommunliy durlng the pan- demlc. We have se¢n many local companies, or- ganisations and individuals giving to our community work, ¢ith¢r financiallyg through mat¢rial provision or ¢¥en providing staff to assist with our commu- nity work. We have published a lisl of those who hayo support¢d us ¢ls¢wh¢r¢ in this r¢- port. We have been provided with money* lo deliver the community work, food from restaurants and caf¢s lo help with hot meals, clothing for thos¢ who ar¢ strug- gling J microwaves, monoxide det¢ctors. Fridges for those on low incomes, sleep- ing bags and tents for the homeless> plus numerous other iterns to help thos¢ In need. This has been an unprecedented commu- nity effort and a great privilege to be able to be a condult to dellver this blessing ta those who need It. Iifft P. f f THANK YOU We want to say a huge THANK YOU to the following organisations, businesses and individuals who have supported our community work during these unprecedented times Alford Masons-Hamilton Lodge Allsorts Timb¢r Big Local Coastal Community Challenge Bishop of Lincoln's social justice fund Co-operative supermarkei Mablethorpe Couneillor Cullen County Council grant C¢)uncillor Howard District Council grant Greggs bakers Haven Golden Sands holiday park Indian Flavour restaurant Instance Automatics Lincolnshire Community Foundati¢)n Lord Bros Mableihorpe Louth Potato Company Mablethorpe Ice Cream CO. Mablethorp¢ Primary A¢ad¢my Mableihorpe & Sutton Town Council Mccolls Newsagenls RIVO Outreach - Rotherham Rolary Club of Alford & Mabl¢thorp¢ Safelincs Alford Seamans Eggs Spoilt for Choice, Mablethorpe Shirebak¢ Potatoe Company Stepping Stones cafe The Beck The Blitz cafe Tongs of Spilsby TudorTrust Plus numerous individual gifts of moneyl items or time GLOWWORMS Glow-worms ran on Friday mornings at Hope House up until March of 2020. We had taken a survey in January from those who visited regu- larly and had ¢hosen to put ¢)n a slt down sna¢k tim¢ and more trlps oul. The sit down snack time was very popular giving the children chance to try new snack ideas. It made Ihe room strangely quiet f¢x a few minulesl We ran a trip to'petite Sireet, in Holbeach where you can be a builder, Dr vel, café owner and join the police all toddler and baby style. Sadly ihiswas our lasl Irip oul. (We usually have several over the year.) We had io cease meeting ai Hope House in March due coronavirus. Some groups started using zoom, bui Glow-worms opted for Facebook options so families can watch live or catch up lalor. Our online sessions have be¢n popular, oxl¢nding our usual reach from local io national. We hav¢ a d¢volod following of famllies, and some that dlp In and out. The sessions can be walched on repeal and some of ihe children love to do ihis. Free crafis (presently paid for by Glow- womis funds) are sent oul lo those who wani ihem to continue the weeks theme at home, and families send in photos of the children joi ni ng in or their crafts. We have posted on our Fac¢book pag¢ things to k¢ep busy for toddlers during lockdown. A lot of older brothers and sisl¢rs have also joined in with th¢ online session MORE NEWS IN BRIEF We were saddened to hear of the death of Carol Palmer. Carol, along with her husband John was baptised at Hop¢ House on Easter Sunday 201& Although John and Carol both moved away from the area shortly afterwards, they remain¢d in ¢onta¢l with a num- ber of Chureh members. Carol died followlng a long period of battling with cancer and will be missed by all at Hope House. Alan who came to live at Hope House Homes right at the start of lockdown* quickly got involved volunteering at Hope Hous¢ helping d¢liv¢r m¢als and preparing the food bags for people in need. Alan also colleets food from the loeal supermarket late at nl9hi ready for people to colleel the next day. Alan reached retir¢m¢nt age during the year (although we wont l¢t him retire from volunt¢¢ring) so Kelly on¢ of our Open House volunteers baked him a cak¢. Thank y¢)u Alan for all you do. Despite the chaos caused by the pandemic to'normal, Church life, we tried to maintain some normality with Easter Christmas and Harvest celebrations held online. The photo shows the collec*ion of long life food which ¢￿r members brought in for harvest and which we distributed to the two local food larders to help people in need" a tra- dition which we were able to continue despite the re- stricli¢)ns imposed by COVID. AG We held iwo free rummage& People bring in go¢xl, clean bul unwanted clothing and we distribute it free of charge to anyone who needs it. Despite the need for some rigid guidelinos to ensure COVID compliance our last rum- mag¢ in November saw32 bags of good quality clothing and other it¢ms given away to peopl¢ in need. Thank you to ¢veryone who donated clothing for ¢)ur rummag¢s. THE GIANT NATIVITY Th¢ real Christmas story provides 9r¢at hope for the world. Whal better time to share thal story than when ev¢ry¢)n¢ is in lockdown and feeling a bit 9lum. An initial idea from Claire Suddaby of a 'Giant Illuminated Nativity, weni from concept 10 32ft x16ft realily in just a few weeks. Lockdown meant the design had io be painted and prepared in Claire & Pele's back garden. The sile assembly was carried oui by a small team ai ihe beginning of December ready for'The Big Switch on viewed by 1200 people online on 5th December W¢ held an ¢)nline compelilion alongside the nativity which was well supported and tho na- tivity was illuminated ev¢ry ev¢ning till N¢w Y¢ar. On ihe following page see the photos of ihe completed Nativity scene. THE GIANT NATIVITY (CONT) . tOFthe ¥.JcrlA . +4,1 'ir CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT SERVICE The ¢arols by candlelight concert has be¢om¢ something of a Hope House Christmas tra- dition. This year du¢ to COVIDIg w¢ filmed the concert in October and broadcast it via our Fac¢book and YouTube social media platforms on 20th D¢¢¢mb¢r. Using the hashtag #realchristmasst¢Xy? our service has been viewed m¢xe than 850 times ¢)nline. 11 Church memberswere in- volved in a vari¢ty of ways. Thanks to Joe Coburn for the filming> edit- ing and broadcaslin9 of what was a first class production and showed the Churches gifting at ilsvery best. Leadership & Governance: Hop& Houso Clwreh-mablèthorpo Is * t•gl$teréd eh*llyNo I176￿3 Le•d6rshlp Our leadership tearn ére re$￿n$1b￿fOl tho spiritUo1 dlreotion of the Chur0￿ They0Ver￿ tho t•aching and preachlng wograrnrno and approvo appintm¢rtl3 wllhin Ih•chureh. Th￿Y also wo¥1& holp and ovws5ght to our vorlous group leodèrs. Oui leadorship t6am mg&t every two wgeks throughout lho￿al. Al tha￿•r end our load￿ShIP t••rn worè: Nlgel & Judy Colllns David Srnith Earl Dunlon Clairo Suddaby Trusl•gs: Our trusleos h•lp us rne•t ourlogal obligalions és a oharily. They ar• r•sponsible for all finanoial and 1•gal rnattors of ¢hur¢h. Oui Iruslogs rn•at on¢• a month. Ai theond of lh• yaar our Irusleos Lorné Mo￿taIn (Chair of Irusleos> David Srnilh | |Notes to accounts|8-13| ## **HOPE HOUSE CHURCH - MABLETHORPE** ## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** **Trustees** Mr J Coburn Mrs L. Mountain (chair) Mr D Smith Mrs D Sutcliffe appointed 18.03.2021 **Charity number** 1176585 **Registered address** 74 Wellington Road Mablethorpe Lincolnshire LN12 1HT **Bankers** Lloyds Bank plc Kingdom Bank Ltd Mablethorpe Ruddington, Nottingham **Independent Examiner** Mrs Sara M Cooper Associate of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers SC Bookkeeping Services Howard House Old Trusthorpe Road Sutton on Sea Lincolnshire LN12 2LL **Solicitors'** Robinsons 10-11 St. James Court Larges Street Friargate Derby DE1 1BT 1 ## **HOPE HOUSE CHURCH - MABLETHORPE** ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2020** In accordance with the terms of our engagement we have compiled the financial accounts of Hope House Church Mablethorpe from the accounting records and information and explanations you have given us. This report is made to you, in accordance with the terms of our engagement. Our work has been undertaken so that we might compile the accounts that we have been engaged to compile, report to you that we have done so, and state those matters that we have agreed to state to you in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not assume responsibility to anyone other than you, for our work, or this report. We have carried out this engagement in accordance with technical guidance issued by The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers and have compiled with the ethical guidance laid down by the Institue. You have approved the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2020 and have acknowledged your responsibility for them, for the appropriateness of the accounting basis and for providing all information and explanations necessary for their compilation. We have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the financial information. **SC Bookkeeping Services Howard House Old Trusthorpe Road Sutton on Sea Lincolnshire LN12 2LL** **Date: 20.10.2021** 2 ## **HOPE HOUSE CHURCH - MABLETHORPE** ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT** ## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF HOPE HOUSE CHURCH MABLETHORPE** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2020** I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31st December 2020, which are set out on page 5 to 13. ## **Respective responsabilities of trustees and examiner** As a charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 43(7)(b) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner's report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. ## **Independent examiner's statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 1. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records; and - to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met; or 2. To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Mrs Sara M Cooper - Associate of The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers SC Bookkeeping Services Howard House Old Trusthorpe Road Sutton on Sea Lincolnshire LN12 2LL** **Date: 20.10.2021** 3 ## **HOPE HOUSE CHURCH - MABLETHORPE** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2020** ## **TRUSTEES' APPROVAL** The financial statement on pages 5 to 13 were approved by the Trustees on 21st October 2021 and signed on their behalf by: D J Smith L Mountain Date: 21.10.2021 Date: 21.10.2021 4 ## **HOPE HOUSE CHURCH - MABLETHORPE RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR END 31ST DECEMBER 2020** |**RECEIPTS**
Tithes & Offerings
Gift Aid Tax Refund
Donations
Note 1
Grants Received
Note 2
Rent - Furnichurch
Hall & Accommodation
Open House - income
Note 3
Churches Together Projects
Note 4
Children & Youth Projects
Note 5
Homeless & Hardship
Other Outreach Projects
Note 6
Miscellaneous Income
Note 7
Bank interest
**Total Receipts**
**PAYMENTS**
Church Tithe & Ministry Gifts
Note 8
Salaries
Study/Craft Materials
Open House Costs
Note 9
Churches Together Events
Note 10
Children & Youth Activities
Note 11
Homeless & Hardship
Other Events
Note 12
Premises Costs
Note 13
Equipment
Minibus Costs
Phone, Internet, Stationery
General Admin. Costs
Note 14
Professional Fees/ Memberships
Mortgage Interest
**Total Expenses**
Purchase Fixed Assets
Repay Loan & Mortgage
**Total Payments**
**Inter-Fund Transfers**
**Net Inflow of Cash in Year**
Inter-Fund transfers
Note 15
Bank & Deposit a/c 01 January 2020
**Bank & Deposit a/c 31 December 2020**|**Church**
**& café**|**Covid**
**Community Restricted**
**Projects**
**Funds**|**TOTAL**
**2020**|**TOTAL**
**2019**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||£
30,512
7,290
2,888
6,360
390
1,611
39
46|£
£
35
6,135
480
1,826
5,750
259
10,745
1,892
107
45,292
727
39|£
30,512
7,325
11,329
16,754
6,360
390
3,503
0
107
45,292
766
39
46|£
27,874
3,235
5,182
13,640
6,300
4,130
5,591
88
1,245
46,236
4,696
24
0| ||**49,136**|**13,777**
**46,758**
**12,752**|**122,423**|**118,240**| ||4,810
24,590
66
913
744
4,127
394
990
463
1,720
2,423|11,587
9,986
10,320
609
25,199
1,972
1,215
2,064
1,959|4,810
46,163
66
11,233
0
609
27,171
744
7,406
394
1,959
990
463
1,720
2,423|5,971
44,114
85
3,303
115
1,585
32,017
1,143
16,916
40
2,501
1,048
1,332
2,420
2,996| ||**41,240**
3,388
3,986|**11,535**
**38,745**
**14,631**|**106,151**
3,388
3,986|**115,587**
758
3,413| ||**48,614**|**11,535**
**38,745**
**14,631**|**113,525**|**119,758**| ||||0|0| ||**522**
4,300
13,481|**2,242**
**8,013**
**-1,879**
-4,800
500
0
13,146
22,091|**8,898**
48,718|**-1,517**
3,620
46,615| ||**18,303**|**2,242**
**16,359**
**20,712**|**57,616**|**48,718**| 5 ## **HOPE HOUSE CHURCH - MABLETHORPE STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITES FOR THE YEAR END 31ST DECEMBER 2020** |**ASSETS**
Buildings
Equipment
Motor Vehicle
Deposit account
Current accounts
Cash in hand
Bank Balances & Cash
**TOTAL ASSETS**
**LIABILITIES**
Mortgage
Grant DfT
**TOTAL LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**CHANGE IN RESERVES**
Reserves Bfwd
Transfer from MCF
Transfers
Cash Inflow
Fixed Assets Purchased
Depreciation
Asset Disposal
Mortgage payment
Prior year adjustment|**Church &**
**Café**|**Covid**
**Community Restricted**
**Projects**
**Funds**|**TOTAL**
**2020**|**TOTAL**
**2019**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||£
240,862
9,044|£
£
156
344
39,733|£
240,862
9,544
39,733|£
240,862
8,614
47,183| ||249,906
10,475
7,828|156
40,077
2,242
16,358
20,714|290,139
10,475
47,142
0|296,659
10,454
37,335
931| ||18,303|2,242
16,358
20,714|57,617|48,720| ||**268,209**
84,777|**2,242**
**16,514**
**60,791**
39,733|**347,756**
84,777
39,733|**345,379**
88,763
47,183| ||**84,777**|**0**
**39,733**|**124,510**|**135,946**| ||**183,432**|**2,242**
**16,514**
**21,058**|**223,246**|**209,433**| ||173,555
4,300
522
3,388
-2,319
3,986|13,354
22,521
-4,800
500
2,242
8,012
-1,877
-52
-86|209,430
0
0
8,899
3,388
-2,457
0
3,986
0|205,620
3,867
-1,517
758
-2,688
0
3,413
-20| ||**183,432**|**2,242**
**16,514**
**21,058**|**223,246**|**209,433**| |||||| 6 ## **HOPE HOUSE CHURCH - MABLETHORPE MOVEMENT OF EACH RESTRICTED FUND DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2020** |**RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS**
Coastal Comm Challenge
Bishop's Social Justice Fund
Evans Cornish
Tudor Trust
Pastoral Funds
Homeless/ Hardship Fund
Note 16
Carpet Fund
Boiler replacemnt
New Building
Children & Youth Groups
Glow-worms
Youth Group (Bridge)
**Total Restricted Funds**
**ASSETS & LIABILITIES BY FUND**
Coastal Comm Challenge
Bishop's Social Justice Fund
Evans Cornish
Tudor Trust
Pastoral Funds
Homeless/ Hardship Fund
Carpet Fund
New Building
Children & Youth Groups
Glow-worms
Youth Group
**Total Restricted Funds**|**Balance**
**bfwd**|**Receipts**
**Payments**
**Inter Fund**
**Transfers**|**Balance**
**cfwd**| |---|---|---|---| ||£
4,875
3,000
1,500
85
3,996
206
841
1,000|£
£
£
4,875
3,000
10,000
3,333
2,645
1,972
500
841|£
0
0
1,500
6,667
85
5,169
206
0
1,000| ||15,503
5,705
882|12,645
14,021
500
107
609|14,627
5,203
882| ||6,587
**22,090**|107
609
0
**12,752**
**14,630**
**500**|6,085
**20,712**| ||||| ||**Fixed**
**Assets**|**Bank &**
**Total**
**Liabilities**
**Cash**
**Assets**|**NET**
**ASSETS**| ||£|£
£
£
1,500
1,500
6,667
6,667
85
85
5,170
5,170
206
206
1,000
1,000|£
1,500
6,667
85
0
5,170
206
1,000| ||0
200
144|14,628
14,628
0
5,204
5,404
882
1,026|14,628
5,404
1,026| ||344|6,086
6,430|6,430| ||**344**|**20,714**
**21,058**
**0**|**21,058**| 7 ## **HOPE HOUSE CHURCH - MABLETHORPE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR END 31ST DECEMBER 2020** |Note 1
Note 2
Note 3
Note 4
Note 5|**Donations Received**
Anonymous
Homeless Fund
Hardship Fund
Covid-19
Replacement of Boiler
Supported Housing project
New Building Fund
Open House
Beyond the Walls
(Internet broadcasting)
Other
**Grants Received**
Lincs Community Challenge
Bishop of Lincoln Social Justice
Evans Cornish
Tudor Trust
Local Government - Covid-19
Small Grants - Homeless Fund
Other
**Outreach Projects Income**
**Open House**
**Covid-19**
(Meals for housebound)
**Churches Together**
Quiz Night
Other
**Children & Youth Projects:**
Admissions / Refreshments:
Glow-worms
Youth
Events & Trips
Glow-worms:
Youth Group:
Sponsored Toddle
Trips
Trips|2020
£
538
480
200
6,135
1,626
2,170
180
11,329
10,000
5,750
745
259
16,754
1,611
1,892
3,503
0
72
72
35
35
107|2019
£
350
914
2,360
1,000
450
108| |---|---|---|---| ||||5,182| ||||8,500
3,000
1,500
640| ||||13,640| ||||5,591| ||||5,591| ||||72
16| ||||88| ||||409| ||||409
531
305| ||||836
1,245| 8 ## **HOPE HOUSE CHURCH - MABLETHORPE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR END 31ST DECEMBER 2020** |Note 6
Note 7
Note 8
Note 9
Note 10|**Other Outreach Projects:**
Friday Night Take-away
Church Lunches
Minibus
**Misc Income**
Recycling
**Tithes & Ministry Gifts**
Ground Level
R&M Young - Wycliffe Translators
Kidz 2911 - Zimbabwe
Churches Together All Lincolnshire
Worship leaders
Guest Speakers etc
Local need
Men's Shed
UBM
Furnichurch
Transfer to Hardship Fund
**Outreach Projects- Expenditure**
**Open House**
**Covid-19**
**Meals & Delivery**
**Churches Together Projects:**
Transfer to Churches Together|2020
£
39
727
766
39
1,350
960
1,320
100
880
100
100
4,810
500
5,310
913
10,320
11,233
0|2019
£
349
274
4,073| |---|---|---|---| ||||4,696| ||||24| ||||1,462
1,040
1,430
100
1,100
540
250
49| ||||5,971| ||||3,303| ||||3,303| ||||115| ||||115| 9 ## **HOPE HOUSE CHURCH - MABLETHORPE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR END 31ST DECEMBER 2020** |Note 11
**Children & Youth work:**
Food and craft materials
Glow-worm trip
Christmas/ Easter events
Leaving gifis
Barnados Big Toddle
Minibus
Note 12
**Other Events**
Church Sunday Lunches
Friday Night Take-away
Christmas events
Mental Health Group
Other events
Note 13
**Premises Costs**
Insurance
Water/Electricity/Gas
Building Repairs
Housekeeping
Building developments
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**Building Developments - analysis**
2 Boilers installed
Replacement windows
Fire Alarm improvements
Radiators replaced|2020
£
560
49
609
715
29
744
2,222
1,723
972
425
2,064
7,406
2,064
2,064|2019
£
70
536
90
463
305
121| |---|---|---| |||1,585| |||264
499
67
100
213| |||1,143| |||1,975
2,654
479
1,159
10,649| |||16,916| |||6,720
1,973
680
1,276| |||10,649| 10 ## **HOPE HOUSE CHURCH - MABLETHORPE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR END 31ST DECEMBER 2020** |Note 14
**General Admin costs**
Retirement/Leavers Gifts
Bank charges
Internet streaming software
Leadership training
Pastoral support
Banners/Literature
Other
Note 15
**Inter-Fund Transfers**
From:
General Fund
To:
Hardship Fund
From
Supported Housing
General Fund (rent)
Note 16
**Homeless & Hardship Funds (restricted)**
Transfer from Church Funds
Donations
Grants
Other
**Income**
Accommodation
Bus/train fares
Clothing/heating/food
Other
**Expenditure**
Balance at 1st Jan
**Balance at 31st Dec**|2020
£
88
188
151
36
463
-500
500
-4,800
4,800
0
500
1,861
745
39
3,145
1,237
139
141
455
1,972
3,996
**5,169**|2019
£
385
458
186
203
100| |---|---|---| |||1,332| |||-4,800
4,800| |||0| |||1,267
400
6| |||1,673| |||1,464
171
344
400| |||2,379| |||4,702
**3,996**| 11 **HOPE HOUSE CHURCH - MABLETHORPE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR END 31ST DECEMBER 2020** ## **Covid 19** During the year much of the work of Hope House and the associated Open House ministry was severly disrupted by the onset of the pandemic. The café was closed and the kitchen was deployed to feed housebound people. The community bus was used to deliver meals to people's homes. Hope House is immensely grateful for the support provided by Local Government and individuals to fund this outreach work. ## **Statement of Receipts and Payments in respect of this project in 2020** |**Income**
Donations
Local Govt grants
Donations re meals & food
**Expenses**
Food
Waste disposal
Fuel - delivery
Other
Water,Gas, Electricity
**Funds Carried forward to 2021**|2020
£
6,135
5,750
1,892| |---|---| ||13,777| ||8,645
366
916
393
1,215| ||11,535| ||2,242| In addition to the above Open House received end-of-day food from Greggs and Co-Op. These too were distributed to persons in need. 12 ## **HOPE HOUSE CHURCH - MABLETHORPE NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR END 31ST DECEMBER 2020 COMMUNITY PROJECTS** |**Community Bus**
Scheme Joining fees
Trip Income
Operating Costs
Tax & Insurance
MOT & Inspections
Servicing & repairs
Fuel
**Surplus/Deficit**
Fund Balance cfwd
**Supported Housing Project**
Specific Donations
Rent from Residents
Housing Benefit received
Grant Funding
Housekeeper salary
Rent to Landlord
Food etc
Equipment
Household expenses
Other
**Surplus in period**
Fund Balance cfwd
**Community Projects Funds cfwd**|2020
£
150
577
727
795
328
704
132
1,959
-1,232
3,959
824
14,554
30,653
46,031
11,587
14,400
6,113
1,736
6,666
1,084
41,586
4,445
12,400
**16,359**|2019
£
750
3,762| |---|---|---| |||4,512| |||635
493
472
767| |||2,367| |||2,145
5,191| |||240
15,962
25,474
5,540| |||47,216| |||9,613
16,274
5,802
715
6,267
240| |||38,911| |||8,305
7,955| |||**13,146**| 13