2022-03-31-accounts

HOUNSLOW EVANGELICAL CHURCH ANNUAL REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

HOUNSLOW EVANGEUCAL CHURCH The Trustees, Re rt for the r endl 3151 March 2022 nlstratlve Info lo The church IHounslow Ewangelical Churthl was estsblished as a Chartsble Incorporoted Organisation Icharity no. 11788541 under a constitutlon first adopted on the 29th April 2018 whlch contains the maln legal pr(Msions 8o¥ernlng the thurch. its purposes and Basls of falth and Its powers. Under the Consbtution. the people with the responsibility for the general control and m•naBem•nt otthe admln15trntkn) of the Churth afe known as the charlty trustees. The Charity Is admin15tered by an ExecutNp Committee. con5istin8 of the Offlcefs and Commlttee Members ofth Chuth. hereafter known •sthe Trustees. The Trustees rKM consist of.. Mr Alan Mlchael Dodd Mr Paul Duncan Barnfield. Mr Kaful Damale. Jn The Elders and the deacons art respons1b￿ for the (Nernll conduc( wltness. outmch and mana8ement of the Church. The elder at 31 March 2022 Mr Al•n Michael Oodd. The deacons were Mr Duncan BJrnfild •nd MbM Suhaslnl Ral•. The Contsct address for the Charlty Is Hounslow E￿angelICal Church. 186 Hanworth Road. Hounslow. mIdd￿seX TW3 3TR. The Sodety b¥nks wlth Uryd5 8nk IKlnptoTrupoTrTh•me51. ts Ind•p•ndent Ex*mlner15 HP Accountsx Ltd of 41 Stllecroft G•￿en$. Wembley HAO aHD. The purposes of the church are - 11 The advancement of the Chrfstl•n faith in accordance wlth the Basis of Faith prlmadty but not exclusl¥ely wlthln Hounslow and the surrounding nel8hbouthood, and 21 Suth other charitable purposes as shall. In the opinion of the tharity tnJstee5. Put into practlce the Chrfstlan falth In accordarKe 7AIth the basls of faith. IndiMlln8 lyJt not Ilmlted to the PreVen￿on and rellef of need, hardship and ￿ckneSS. the advancement of education; and the provision of facillties in the interests of soclal welfare for recreatlon or other leisure tlme occupatlon of ￿l￿dual$ WI￿ need of such facilltks by reason of their youth, a Infimity or disablllty, financial hardship or soclal circumsrances with the object of Trmprovin8 thelr condltlon of Ilfe prtr4ided that the advancement of such purpose5 must be undertaken In a manner that Is consistent with the dortrlnal distinctibes and ethical statements as may be adopted and amended lry the thurch from time to time in accordan￿ wlth the pmvisions of the churth handboo i itslk

A)lJsaW., OJse Es to . Worshlp God Share the Gospel Use God's Glfts to Bulld HIS Cornmunlty. In athle¥ln8 th•se •lmsthé Tnutees met qv•rtertrrf Wnd the Ind Oexfjns monthFy. At these medngs regular reports T￿e￿Ing progress ￿re re01￿1 acted upon. Hounslow Evanyll¢•l Church {HEQ contlnues to look fr)r of IrrK)Mng the wlder thurth famlly throuBh worshlp and sodal Interdttlon. Some local. natlonal and Intematbnal tharltles are generousty supported throu8h a tlthe on churth offerlny and from communlon offerir)8s. M•rnts•Thhlfv Hounslow EN•n8elkal Clwrth IMECI ¢urrenty has Xl mernbers. • reductkln of on the pr￿Qu$ ￿ar. It Is afflllated to the Federntlon of Independent Eva￿e11(al Churches IFIECI and the Erdwllol Alllance. It also has Ilnks wlth local FIEC churches. There have been three baptlsms over the ￿ar. A Chrlstlan 8a5K5 Course Iwelwne to Christl has been fun facfrttrface 0￿r Il% sessl(Ks. Sunday morn￿ w￿rnhIP ser¥kes a)ntlnued to be s118hty feftured due to the ongolng coronavlrus pandemlc ensuthg all 10￿Mment rèstrlrtbons were adhered to. Servlces were back in person exept on Good Friday (Youtube) and Boxln8 Day Izooml. Numbets ¥ttendln8 the publlc rvkes are approximately 65. Topks for sermons have Included St MatthevKs Gospel. Paufs Letters to tt* Ph115ppbans. the Armour ofGod, the aook of Joel and 2 K5n85. Chifdren's groups ￿$tarted late in Aprll 2021. Praltr is very Important. As well as monthly prO￿r e¥enings held vla zoom or latterly In person, there been other tlmes ofjoint pr￿r. The Friday Night 8roups for thiklren meet monthty. Sh•rlryth• Go41•l. Wlthln the thurch community three Fellowshlp8roups met weekty where partkipants coukl sha￿. learn, ask questions and 8row In the falth: these were elther

met wa zoom or In person. There were also otsr groups. meeting where attendee5 on help eath other to grow in the faith: the YOU￿ Adutts group. the Ladieg and the Men's group at various times. A team also went on to Houns1th¥ Hwdh Street on varlous Saturdays doing street preachin& testimonies and singing. D(h)r to door wsitation stsrted in February 2022 on one or two days a week, when church infomiatlon leaflets are dropped through doors and residents who answer the door are offered proyer. alql SeNtral groups mtt on Friday tvenin8S to catsr for the youth when permltted. The toddlers, 8roup restsrttd at the beginnlng of July 2021 after a perithd of enforced closure. Servlces in care homes in the area restsrted in May 2021. We also ha￿ a churth facebook pw and a w)uTube channel where people can let InforniatSon and watch vldeos, a5 well as the churth webslte. u￿nI f3¢rfs Membw5 and attendees •re ¢￿I￿d to we thelf 8Wts by Ndunt••rln8 In many spheres of church activlty- stevArdl￿ rthshment rots. AV operation. Sunday Sch¢)ol trachln& leading WQf5hip and small group5. preathin& pr•rtical work around the church, cleanlng, takln8 on leadership roles. etc Tralning is gl¥en where approprlate. As noted abo¥e, unlortunately some of thls had to be restrbcted due to coronavIn￿ Ilmltstbons. We also supp)rt prnctkalty two outskle oryafilsatknns whlth txef for the I￿n•less- th¢ Hounslow Nlght Shelter ProSect and the Ollve Branch homeless dropln. where Nt)lunteers sslst wlth the runnlng of the projects. The Nlght Shelter P￿Ject was cancelled this wintrr completely and the Oll¥t Branch was festrKted to handln8 Out food to the homoless behind Holy Trlnbty Church three tlrnes a week, when some mernbefs of the churth asslsted. Most of the other usual actlvitles wern elther se¥wety curtalled or uMble to be held. suth as Praise and Worship ￿nIngS and half-ierrn thildren's activltie5. It15 to be hoped that on¢e all corona¥lrus restrfrtlons and lockd<Mfns are Ilfted. that usual actlvltles can be resumed. Wè have a Internailonal Inlerest In ffltsslonary and hurnanltsrlan work and IO% of offerings Is allocated to thls work Collectlons are also tr￿n up at Communlon servlces to U8ment thls work. Prnmlms. An i)n-￿Ing pro8rnmme of work5 contlnue to malntaln the prem15es to a hlgh stsndard. Regular maSntenarKe and cleanin8 of the premlse continues to be Important wlth members and others 8ivln8 ￿rne and skllls to SaNt professlonal costs. R15k assessments cOn￿n￿e io be carried out: the last on coronavlrus precaullons carrfjed out In February 2022. Our premises are usually used by sebwal other thurth cor¥reWlons and th•se commenced in August 2021 after a h￿tus. There 55 also a webslte- www. heC￿lInt.O￿Uk-t9 mitr* knThvn and wjblldse the church. ot bgiiv t rlJh9 1,. In r16

Re￿4Pts •nd P•ym•rts. Thé accounts been prepared on the Recelpts ènd Payments basls using the standard form IssuÈd by the Charity Commissim. Hounslow Evangelkal Churth had total fecelpts of É72.433 durtre the l°Apfrl 2021 to 31° Marth 2022 and made totsl payments of £68,820. Thls resulted In a surplus of É3.613{202￿21 . Income £82.225, expenditure £63.137 surplus of £19.088). This was due to s￿ra1 fact￿. There ¥ns a hr8e decmse In offertr•rfes1£15,7131 due to sorne 8enefOUS gbvers moving away from the area. Also ps and electriclty costs stsrted ris5ng refiettlng natlonal energy prlce rlses. On the posttl¥ slde, a dwn8e of In5urdnce prtr41der smd £50) and rep•lYs Ind church malntenancé costs We￿ some £3.81YI less th•n pre¥k￿5 ￿ar. Other Items rema1￿1 relatlbth slmll•r. Ch•rtt•bl•AMw swports￿ the wlder communlty ¢￿I￿n￿e5 to be • * m155bon of HEC The Church made donatlons of nearly £14k to varlous mlssionary Sode￿5 and Indlvlduals and rellef and hurnanltarfan oryanlutkns thro￿ the Ipre¥lous year •p&Yox £5.5kl R•Mr¥u •nd pth. The thurth has a reser¥Ys pollcy whkh malntalns a totsl ￿lance of reser¥s sulfident to slx mMth< nornul expendlture, a rounded ￿Y￿e of about E35,lJXI. The reserv*s held at the •nd of the ￿ar w•re M folltyws: Unrestrkted Funds . Genernl Fund . £ 45.670 Reserve Fund £ 35.135 Re5tr1cted Funds". M1$51on•ry Fund £ 2.860 Fellowshlp Fund £ 815 Group Funds Totsl Funds ILast year 81,3361 Hounslow Evan8•lk•l (hurch CIO ty•ms the fred￿1 of the HoUns1￿ E￿wI￿al Churth as well as ownlng two other propèrtles- 6 Dunleèry Close. Twkkenham and 735 Hanworth Road. Hounslow. The Church has completed • fvll update of Its Cl￿1 Protertion Pollcy and undertakes all necessary tralnln& documentstlon and mnltortrq of all who come under thls leglslatlon. The Church has atso made a detslled assessrnent of Its GDPR responslbllths and produced consent and pl1￿dCY Ststements. For eèch financial year ending on 31 Marth the Trustees are required to prepare Tecelpts and payment accounts that contsin a ststement summarisifvd all money recei￿1 and paid

out by the charity in the financlal year and a statement glying detslls of its assets and liabilities at the end of the year. The Trustees are responsible for keep1￿3 proper accountlr8 record5 which disdose with reasonable accurncy at any time the financial p05ttion of the Church and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the law. They are also ￿spOnSible for safe8uarding the a55ets of the Church and hence tskin8 ￿?sOrtable Steps for the preventlon and deteciion of fraud and other irregularft. The Trustee5 are responsible for the maintenance arml inte8rity of the corporate and flnanclal Information Induded on the Church'5 website. Whllst the training of new trustees is laryely'on the job.. new tfustees vlll be all asslstsnce to lulfil their duties ar4J reswnsibillties competently. They are also ultimately responslble for all rlsk assessments includlni fin¥ndal risk. In general, It Is consldered that in 'noM￿r years projected Income will meet projected Èmpenditure on the Churth Accounts. whll# the Reser Fund holds suffident funds to meet exceptional costs. The Trustees ded•re thatthey have appm*d the Trustees, Report abo¥e. Slgned on behalf of the Charftvs trustees Sl8nature . Full name . Paul Ouncan Barnfield Posltlon . Trustee ènd Treasurer Date . 13 Aprll 2022

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustee81 members of Chanty Name .' HOUNSLOW EVANGELICAL CHURCH On accounts for tho year •ndéd 31 MARCH 2022 Charlty no (If any) 1178854 out on pago• 7&8 I rewt to the trustees on my examination of the aCt￿unts of thè above charity (Ihe Tfusf) for the year ended 31 march 2022 Ro8pon8lbllltle8 and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsibb8 for th8 preparation ba81s of rnport of the a¢￿Unts in a￿rdance with requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {Ihe Acr). I rewt in respect of my examination of ts Trust's accounts carried out under seclion 145 of the 2011 Act afKI in carrying out my examination. I have frAkY￿1 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commissbon under seclion 145(5Xbl of the Act. I have c•ted fry examination. l ¢¢xffimi that no material matters have come to my attention {other than that disclosed bekm") in ¢Mnection wlth the examinati￿ vthich gives cause to believe that in, any material Ind•p•ndont examln•rf• statement acCou￿n9 rec(xd8 tre nol kept In acxordance with section 130 of the Act or I no concems and have come across no other matters In connectlon th the examination to t*ich attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understarKling of the accourrts to be reached. ' Please (bble the words in the br8ckat$ rfthey do not apply. Slgnod: 3010812022 HETALKUMAR PRKJAPATI Ralwant profe8slonal quallficatlonl•) or body Ilf any): FCCA Addrw: 41 STILECROFT GARDENS WEMBLEY HAO 3HD

Receipts and payments accounts CC16a oi To 31*42 Soctioii A Recoipt5 arid paymonts Total fLtn(l• Lui ymr A1 R•¢•l H¥FC 12• loo Rwi Iforn 11 Fyfv1 Fi ub rothi( ARJ ••• tsbknl. 17,1 221 Church 2T,t•J 20,•71 14• l) G￿ 112 Sub totsl •4137 13.137 11701 4.1Y JJ1 1• A5 Tr•n•f•r4 luw A8 ¢••h fundj la•t y••r•rn1 &192 .5T4 CCXK R1 •tothi ISSI

Section B Statement of assets aiid liabilities at tlie end of the period Unrestricted fvnds R88tncted fundB Endowm8ni furrf* Detai15 B1 Ca•h fund• nd# Details 09tal Dètalls i.yi 170JOD Detail$ CCXX R2 ISSI