Horsecastle Evangelical Church - Trustees report 2023 

Horsecastle Evangelical Church was registered as a CIO in June 2018. 

With regards to the charity commissions guidance on the public benefit the charity this year has carried out the following activities that further the Charity's objectives. 

## Gatherings of the Church 

On Sunday Mornings we continued to work through the Epistle to the Romans as our sermon series at the beginning of the year. During the Summer we took a break with a series on the Psalms, resuming our studies in Romans in September. 

Before the Easter Celebration we delivered invitation to houses surrounding the church building. 

On Sunday 2[nd] July we baptised 2 young people and welcomed them into membership. 

The church had a Week of Prayer at the beginning of September. We met for prayer every day, at various times, to pray together. 

On Saturday 16th September the church ran a stand at the Village Coronation event at the local park. There was a craft for children and literature for people to take away. 

On Sunday1st October we had our Harvest thanksgiving. We began with crafts, toys, cakes, and refreshments which was followed by an “All age service”. Any donation of money was sent to the Family centre on the Bournville Estate, W-S-M and any food donation went to the Yatton Food Bank. 

During the Christmas season we held a Christmas meal for the attendees of the coffee morning, several carol services, carols at the local residential home, and a Christmas day celebration. 

During the year we had visits from representatives from International Mission to Jewish People and Morning Star Children’s Centre. 

## Other ministries 

The Church continues to support other ministries through prayer, financial support, and practical help. 

The church gave more than 10% of the church’s income to other ministries based both in the UK and abroad. 

During the year we set ourselves up as a collection point for donations to the Yatton Food bank. 

Along with people from other local churches, a couple of church member’s ran a couple of CAP (Christians Against Poverty) money courses. One of the courses ran in the church building. 

A bible study began in the beginning of the year on Sunday afternoons for children of secondary school age. Regular ministries such as toddlers, Dads and Toddlers, Friday club and Coffee mornings continued. 

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In April there was a camp at Barton Camp, near Winscombe, for the children of Friday Club. 

## Community use of the building 

During the year the building was used by various local groups including the WI, PACT, Home Start, and the Strawberry Line Steam evening. 

## Church Business 

On 22[nd] June the AGM was held and on 16[th] November had a members meeting was held. 

## Safeguarding 

During the year we changed our safeguarding support to Christian Safeguarding Services (CSS). Training and DBS’s are all up to date. 

During the year one safeguarding concern was raised. Advice was sought from CSS and no further action was required. 

## Policies 

Policies were reviewed as required and some minor changes were made. 

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|CHARITY COMMISSIO||Horsecastle Ev|anqelical Church|||1178890||||
|FOR ENGLAND|ANDWALES|||||||||
|||||ments accounts||||||
|||||||31t12t2023||||
|||Unrestricted<br>funds|Restrictedfunds|Endowment<br>funds||Total|funds|<br>Last year||
|||to the nearest<br>t|to the nearestf|to the nearestf||to the nearest€||to the nearest€||
||||||||80,532||75.433|
||||||||2,344||907|
||||||||2,337||1.014|
|total (Gross|incomefor||||||85,213||77,355|
|A2Asset andinvestmentsales,||||||||||
|(seetable).||||||||||
|Totatreceiptsl-ti:'l||||l--1||I|as,zrslf-?iFl|||
|A3Pa||||||||||
|Salaries and Nationallnsurance||40,154|||||40,154||40,205|
|Pension Contributions||3,290|||||3,290||3,134|
|Reoairs and Maintenance||1,606|||||1,606||2,257|
|Lioht and Heat||6,501|||||6,501||5,397|
|Water and Sewerage||311|||||311||242|
|lnsurance||1,686|||||1.686||1,977|
|Telephone and lnternet||1,583|||||1.583||337|
|Printing, Postage, Stationery||1,270|||||1,270||1.421|
|Cleaning||2,507|||||2,507||1.957|
|Outreach, Courses and Conferences||3,854|||||3,854||2,536|
|Youth Work||3,835|||||3,835||1,593|
|LegalCosts||||||||||
|Grants and DonationsPaid||6,739|||||6.739||9,696|
|Sundries||486|||||486||129|
|Bank lnterest and Charges||60|||||60||82|
||Subtotal|73,880|||||73,880||70,962|
|A4Asset andinvestment||||||||||
|purchases,(seetable)||||||||||
|Fixtures and Fittings<br>Plant and Machinery|Subtotal|5,669<br>5,669||r-.1||r,*,1||||
|Totat|paymentsf-rE||l|l-ll|||=<br>?rs4rll-----?dtfl|||
|NetofreceiPts/(Papments)||||||||||
|A5Transfersbetween|funds|||||||||
|A6 CashfundslastYearend||||||||||
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|82Other monetary assets|Gift Aid Tax Reclaim Due December|2023|1,176|||
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|83lnvestment assets||||||
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|84 Assets retainedforthe|HorsecastleChaPel|||||
|charity's ownuse|Furniture, Fixturesand Fittings|||||
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||Plant and Machinery-Dishwasher|||||
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|85 Liabilities|HMnCPAYEDecember Qtr 2023|||||
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|behalf ofallthetrustees||||||
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