2023-10-31-accounts - The Life Community

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						SORP reference	SORP reference
Summary		ofthe purposes			of	Para	1 17	The LIFECommunity is affiliated to the
the charity as set out				in its				South West Baptist Association Charity
governing		document						Registration 1124938
								The LIFE Community up until 20
								September 2023has managed Pippins Community Centre. Pippins CIO is now
								a charity in her own right Charity
								Registration 1204863therefore with
								effect froin the 2023/24 financial year
								The LIFECommunity and Pippins CIO
								will file se arete accounts
Summary activities		ofthe main in relation io those				Para 1.19	1.17and	The LIFECommunity is a Baptist community and are a prayerful and
purposes		for the public						faithful presence at Pippins Community
benefit,	in particular,			the				Centre. We are small in number yet light
activities,		projects	or					on our feet and big in heart. We are very
services		identiTied	in	the				proactive at Pippins as we understand
accounts.								that this is the main place where our
								community dwells. We serve at Pippins
								in many creative ways such as hosting
								our community cafe, in leadership and
								praying for all ofthe activities and lovely
								people who use our beautiful space.
								Other activities include:
								Regular public worship
								Many local mission projects based at
								Pippins
								A growing link with a charity in Brazil
								Strong links and partnership working
								with most ofour local church families
								Teaching and encouragement of all ages
								in creative ways
								Irlurture and growth ofChristian
								disciples including the equipping of
								young Christian families in creative
								prayer, which is a new initiative for us
								this ear

					2022/23 has been another wonderful
					year for us as we continue to be a
					faithful and prayerful presence at
Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity,				Para 1.20	Pippins Community Centre.
identifying	the	difference the			We are really pleased that our Pippins
charity's	work	has made to			CIO Trustees are growing in confidence
the circumstances			of its		and are now a new charity. We will be
beneficiaries and			any wider		having a summer celebration to mark all
benefits to society as a					ofthe hard work that has taken place
whole.					and also to invite the Pippins CIO
					Trustees tojoin in and hold the baton
					with our community who stepped out in
					faith back in 2015to embark on this
					wonderful story.
					We now have a new Trustee and Core
					Team hltember and are nurturing a
					couple more Trustees to join that
					particular part ofTLC.
					As this isour final join CC16aas TLC
					and Pippins together we want to
					highlight what an amazing journey it has
					been in establishing Pippins as a safe
					place, a place for people to be known by
					name, a place to belong and aplace to
					flourish. We have seen and continue to
					seeing lots offlourishing here with our
					many projects and it is a really delight.
					The story ofthe writer, the little boy and
					the starfish is a powerful reminder of
					what we are about —we don't ever
					measure success by the numbers of
					who attends or who is involved but by
					making a difference one person at a
					time

Achievements against	Para	1.41
objectives set
Performance offundraising
activities against objectives	Para	1 41
set
Investment performance	Para	1.41
against objectives

Other

inanci	al Review	al Review	al Review	al Review	al Review
Review	ofthe charity's							Para	1 21	The LIFECommunity church received
financial	position at				the end					E19818with total expenses ofKt7937
ofthe period										leading to af1881total surplus this year
										Pippins Community Centre received
										641673with total expenses off49176	so
										this looks like adeficit moving forwards
										but thfs was due to af9000 liability for
										Sala for the revious financial ear.
Statement		explaining				the		Para	1.22	The charity aims to hold 3months
policy for holding reserves										running costs in reserve. This is
stating	why	they are held								estimated at K11000.
										We are still working hard on building	up
										this reserve. This year we' ve worked
										really hard at some energy saving
										initiatives for example boarding the loft
										to secure the insulation, foil behind
										radiators etc....this will reduce our
										enormous heating costs and therefore
										reduce our costs in the ion term.
Amount	of	reserves			held			Para	1 22
Reasons for			holding		zero			Para	1.22
reserves
l3etails	offund materially						in	Para	1.24
deficit
Explanation			ofany					Para	1 23
uncertainties			about		the
charity	continuing			as		a going
concern

Additional information	(optional)
You ma choose to include further statements		where relevant about
		We have opened up	our	income streams
The charity's principal sources offunds (including	Para 147	in recent years which includes, room hire from user groups and licensees, monthly donor initiative, local charity
any fundraising)		giving, fundraising	events
Investment policy and objectives including any	Para 1A6
social investment policy
adopted
A description ofthe principal	Para 1A6
risks facing the charity
Other

Description	Description	of	of	charity's	charity's
trusts:
Type of governing					document			Constitution
trust deed,		ro		al charter
How is the charity							Para 1.25	CIO
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association,			CIO)
Trustee	selection				methods		Para 1.25	Election
including	details ofany
constitutional				provisions		e.g.
election	to post or				name	of
any person		or		body entitled
to appoint one				or more
trustees
dditional	information					{optional)
ou ma	choose to include further statements							where relevant about:
Policies adopted	and for	procedures the induction					Para 1.51
and training			oftrustees
								One ofour	values	is that all ofour
								Trustees are a part		ofat least one		user
The charity's organisational structure and any wider							Para 1.51	group at Pippins and this ensures all ofour Trustees are very much				that at the
network	with		which the					grass roots ofour		community centre.
charity works
								We have written into our Pippins			CIO
								constitution	that the TLC Minister			will
								'normally'	be the Chair ofthe Pippins
								CIO Trustees and that TLC will
								'normally'	provide	one other Trustee for
								the Pippins	CIO. This ensures that			this
								wonderful	story continues with
								continui	and the	same values.
								Rev Simon	d'Albertanson and Rev Kay
								d'Albertanson are		a married couple. The
Relationship			with		any		Para 1.51	South West Baptist Association			are
related parties								aware ofthis and have highlighted				that
								they are happy for		them both to	serve		at
								the same time but		that TLC have	one or
								two more Trustees		to balance this		out.
								We are working on this and nurturing					a
								couple of potential		TLC Trustees	at this
								time.
Other

Other name the charity uses	Other name the charity uses	Other name the charity uses	Pippins Community	Centre —as of20Sept Charity	Centre —as of20Sept Charity	Number
			1204863 —please	note as ofSeptember	this year	separate
			account will be u	loaded for both charities
Re istered charit		number	1178447
Charity's	principal	address	Pippins Community	Centre
			Lyme Road
			Axminster
			Devon
			EX135AZ

mes	ofthe charity trust	ofthe charity trust	ees who manage the	charity
	Trustee name		Office (ifany)	Dates acted if not for whole ear	Name toa	ofperson Ior oint trustee	body) entitled ifan
	Rev Kay		Minister
	d'Alberta	nson	Centre Director
			Chair of Pippins CIO
			Trustees
	Ms Elizabeth Paice		Trustee of Pippins
			CIO
			Core Team The
			LIFE Community
	Rev Simon		Core Team The
	d'Alberta	nson	LIFE Community
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Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers	Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers
Description ofthe assets
held in this capacity
Name and objects ofthe
charity on whose behalf	the
assets are held and how	this
falls within the custodian
charity's objects
Details ofarrangements	for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity's own
assets

Signed	on behalf ofthe	charity's trustees
	Signature{s)
	Full name{s)	Rev Kay d'Albertanson		Ms Elizabeth	Ann Paice
Position	{egSecretary,	Minister ofThe LIFE Community		Pippins CIO	Trustee
	Chair, etc)	Chair of Pippins CIO Trustees		Core Team The LIFE Community
		Centre Director of Pi	ins
		15May 2024

D CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES	D CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES	D CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES	D CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES	D CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES	Receipts and payments	Receipts and payments	Receipts and payments	Receipts and payments	accounts
					Forthe perhsd from		01/11/2022	To	31/10/2023
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					Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total funds
					tothe nearest	5	tothe nearest 6	to the nearest 6	to the nearest	6
A1	Recei ts
Church Communit - Grants
Church Communit - Donations
Church Cornmunit - Offerin		s
Church Commuini -sale							11,412
Church Communit -Other
Church Communit - Cafe
Church Communit -Events										265
Church Communit -Other interest
Pi	ins CC- Rent
Pi	ins CC - Grants
Pi	ins CC - Donations					1,103
Pip	ins CC - Interest
Pi	ins CC - Job Club
Pi	ins CC - Friends of Pi	ins income				1,054
Pi	ins CC - Service Char es		- licenom
Pi	ins CC - Fundraisin a	le uice
Pi	ins CC - Other Income
Pi	ins CC - One off booki	s
Pi	ins CC —Pi ins Pant						1,110
Pi	Ins CC - Sale from TLC						7,116
Pi	ins CC - Creative Media
Pi	ins CC - Paintin ro ect						420
Pi	ins CC —Windows donation						192
Pi	ins CC- Events					2,087
Pi	ins CC - Workwear						300
Pi	ins CC —Dou las Martin	Trust
	Sub totei(Gross income for			AR)					61,491
A2 Asset and investment			sales
see table .

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						Unrestricted		Restricted	funds
	Categories	Details				funds to nearest	6	to nearest 6
B1Cash	funds	Uoyds Bank	44224360				1,253		1,287
		Uoyds Bank	savings	account			1,306
		Coagp							4,000
				Total cash	funds	3,157			5,287
		(Cyss balances	wrih rscwpls srd psymsnls		sccccnr(s))
						Untetdltcted		Restdcted	funds
						funds
		Details				to nearest	6	to nearest 6
B2Other	monetary assets
						Fund towhich	asset
		Details				bslongs
BSInvestment assets
						Fwrd to which	ascot
		Details				bc longs
B4Assets retained forthe
charity's	own use
						Fund towhich		tuucurd	dus
		Details				tiabrhty relates		(optional)
B5Liabilities
Signed by	one or two trustees on		Si	nature			Print	Name