## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] April 2023 Period start date To 31[st] March 2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Sticklepath Community Church (C.I.O.)** ## **Charity registration number: 1180318** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**We are pleased to report that the**
**'purposes' of the church have**
**remained faithful to, both, the**
**unchanged governing document**
**and more importantly to the**
**unchanging Word of God.**
**The object of the CIO is to advance**
**the Christian faith for the public**
**beneft, for the glory of God in**
**worship, preaching the gospel and**
**ministry of the Word, and to further**
**such other charitable purposes as**
**shall, in the opinion of the trustees,**
**nurture the work of the church, in**
**accordance with the statement of**
**beliefs, in the Schedule, in Devon**
**and in such other parts of the**
**United Kingdom or the world as the**
**charity trustees may from time to**
**time think ft.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Our main purpose remains to provide an open
and accessible place of Christan worship within
the village of Stcklepath, allowing opportunity
for those seeking Christan fellowship and/or
teaching to be helped and encouraged. We also
meet the needs of some of the
visitors/holidaymakers to the area, some of
which fnd their way to us afer picking up info
from social media or word of mouth.
The bulk of our meetngs are held within the
village hall and this assists in keeping the
building in use, and open, and therefore
available for wider community use.
We have also supported (mainly fnancially)
various organisatons, both locally and further
afeld, which either provide practcal and/or
spiritual help to individuals or communites at
their point of greatest need.
**The church has maintained our regular**
**and ongoing support for various**
**organisations.**
**Part of the ongoing support has been a**
**Child sponsorship, through the**| |||**organisation Embrace, of a child in the**
**Middle East. This assists with the**
**practical and educational needs of**
**children in an area of the world where**
**parents may be unable to support their**
**family, or children may not have parents**
**to provide for them.**
**Chinese Church Support Ministries is**
**another organisation we have maintained**
**our support for. Through CCSM we are**
**able to meet some of the practical and**
**spiritual needs of those who find it very**
**difficult to enjoy the freedoms which**
**many of us take for granted.**
**Closer to home, we have provided**
**funding to Christians Against Poverty**
**(CAP). They work across the country**
**providing help and support to anyone**
**who finds themselves in financial**
**difficulties. They now have a proven**
**record in this field, and are known and**
**appreciated by many, but can only**
**continue to operate, this free service,**
**with the support of people such as**
**ourselves.**
**And one example of really local support,**
**this year, has been the setting up of a**
**monthly Soup & Roll event, in the village**
**hall, where anyone is welcome to join us**
**for a free light meal and friendly**
**company,with 'no strings attached'.**
**It was decide that from the freewill**
**donations any profit would be given to**
**good causes, the first of which was the**
**Heating Project in the village's St Mary's**
**Church.**
This past twelve months have given us the
opportunity to provide fnancial support, by
means of one-ofdonatons, bringing practcal
help to places and peoples who we ourselves
will never meet.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees can confirm that the work of**
**the charity does aim to provide ‘public**
**benefit’ in the majority of its actions.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Grant making will be directed by**
**compliance with the agreed policy.**
**The main points being :- advancement of**
**the Christian faith, relief of poverty and**
**poor health, and support of such**
**charitable purposes which can use**
**specialist abilities to achieve that which**| |||**we are unable to fulfil. All of this being**
**tested soundly to prevent the immoral or**
**illegal use of funds.**| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Currently the charity has no paid**
**staff/workers, consequently all the work**
**and administration is carried out on a**
**voluntary basis. Only legitimate**
**necessary expenses are met by the**
**charity.**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The charity has provided a safe and open**
**place for anyone in the community to**
**attend our meetings to express their**
**social and spiritual needs.**
**We have continued our support of St.**
**Mary’s, C of E, Church, within the village.**
**We have continued in our collaboration**
**of holding joint monthly meetings, in**
**their building, to bring help and**
**encouragement to the existing members**
**and, in the ‘Village Praise’ meetings,**
**bring a more open and accessible form of**
**meeting to the wider community.**
**This joint project continues to prove a**
**blessing and an encouragement to those**
**endeavouring to make the C of E building**
**more widely used and appreciated. It also**
**continues to be a strengthening**
**challenge to both congregations.**
**A new project this year has been the**
**setting up of 'Let's meet for soup and**
**roll'. A monthly Friday gathering in the**
**village hall aimed at providing a warm,**
**safe,open and friendly space for anyone**
**in the local community to have a free**
**meal and have interaction with others in**
**the community and the church.**
**It is developing well, with a core group of**
**regulars and a variety of others who have**
**attended occasionally. There has been a**
**wide age range of attendees, but mainly**
**more senior members of the community.**
**We have also seen some of those, for**
**whom it is meant to serve, contributing to**| **the running of the event. As a bonus, the amount of freewill donations received in the pot exceeds the expenses incurred in providing the meal, so we have taken the decision to use all monies remaining, after major expenses,to support local/ village needs. The first Donation has been given to the 'Heating Project Fund', for St Mary's C. of E. We have again been able to keep up our 'Regular Support'(Grant Making) to five varied organisations. Our support of Christians Against Poverty helps to provide assistance to anyone in financial difficulty. CAP is a nationally recognised charity achieving great results. Mission Aviation Fellowship, brings real benefit to those it serves in truly remote areas and these type of organisations can only exist with support from others, such as ourselves. Our continued support of MAF allows us to contribute to the needs of people who live in difficult environments and from the written testimonies published, by MAF, this help is greatly appreciated. It can be seen that the bulk of the funds generated are not being used by the charity itself, but are being passed on to appropriate organisations and individuals, who are able to meet the specific ‘needs’ in various locations, both locally, nationally and internationally – in accordance with the desired aims of the charity.** **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We do not ‘fundraise’ in the normally**
**understood way. Nearly all income is**
**given to the church by freewill offerings**
**from the membership and congregation.**
**Any fundraising activities would be for a**
**special cause, of which there have been**
**two this year. The first was an offering to**
**raise funds for Farming Community**
**Network and the second was an offering**
**specifically for the work of Tearfund. All**
**of the funding received in these appeals**
**was passed to the corresponding**
**organisations.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The income level has risen during the**
**current period.**
**It can now be seen that income, although**
**satisfactory, still does not match**
**outgoings. With an ongoing commitment**
**to continue with as much grant making**
**as in previous years, it has left the**
**reserves down again. This is acceptable**
**and will not cause any financial issues**
**within the foreseeable future.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The amount in reserve has been held to**
**previous years level. By having a reserve**
**at this current level, it will allow any**
**possible change of staffing, or**
**commitment, to be enabled without**
**unnecessary hindrance due to lack of**
**immediate funding.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Approx. £11,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Freewill offerings from the congregation**
**and members**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**There have been no principal risks to the**
**charity during the current period.**
**The reserves are lodged with a low risk**
**provider account.**
**There are no foreseeable risks or**
**uncertainties facing the charity at this**
**time, with no factors that are likely to**
**affect its position going forward.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**A trustee must be able to subscribe to**
**the statement of beliefs in the Schedule**
**and will be elected by the members of the**
**CIO**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
**Trustees are required to access the**
**Charity Commission website and**
**familiarize themselves with the relevant**
**rules and regulations required to fulfil the**
**role of trustee. This will be confirmed**
**periodically at appropriate meetings.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**The church had been affiliated to**
**Partnership UK in previous years, but**
**this grouping has been dissolved and the**
**charity has now, following Partnership**
**UK recommendation, affiliated to the long**
**established, 'Counties' organisation. This**
**is a grouping of like-minded churches**
**which has come together to provide**
**support to churches including:**
**recruitment/consultancy, on**
**strategy/advice, on church governance**
**and trust matters, and for the promotion**
**of the Christian faith (- in accordance**
**with the charity's aims)**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Sticklepath Community Church| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1180318| |---|---| |Charity’s principal address|14, Hunters Gate,
Okehampton,
Devon
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**for whole year**| |---|---|---|---| ||Mr. Derrick Andrew||| ||Mr. PhilipDennis|Deacon/Elder|| ||Mr. Glyn Williams|Treasurer|| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity N/A Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Glyn Williams Derrick Andrew **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Trustee / Treasurer Trustee **Date** 04/11/24 04/11/24 ||**Charity Name**

**Sticklepath Community Church**
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**Sticklepath Community Church**
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**Sticklepath Community Church**
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**1180318**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/04/23|**To**|Period end date
31/03/24|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Utitd**||**Rtitd**|**Edt**||| |**A1 Receipts**
Freewill Offering
**7,154**
90 DayNotice Account – Interest
**98**
Gift Aid/GASDS Refund – 2022/23
**1,465**
Specific Appeals – Offerings
**314**
Donations
**357**
Gift Aid/GASDS Refund – 2021/22
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,388**
**-**
**-**
~~**_Sub total_**~~**-**
**_Total receipts_ 9,388**
**A3 Payments**
Insurance
**354**
Cost of Activities
**370**
Licences/Subscriptions
**790**
Donations to other Organisations
**9,942**
Expenses for VisitingSpeakers
**355**
Social Gifts
**52**
BuildingHire
**1,051**
Trainingexpenses
**139**
**-**
**_Sub total_** **13,053**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_** **-**
**_Total payments_ 13,053**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_** **- 3,665**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**19,965**
**_Cash funds this year end_** **16,300**
**nresrce**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
~~**_Sub total_**~~~~_(Gross income for AR)_~~
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**esrce**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**nowmen**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**7,154**
**98**
**1,465**
**314**
**357**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,388**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,388**
**354**
**370**
**790**
**9,942**
**355**
**52**
**1,051**
**139**
**-**
**13,053**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**13,053**
**- 3,665**
**-**
**19,965**
**16,300**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**7,154**|**5,811**| |||||**98**|**22**| |||||**1,465**|**-**| |||||**314**|**439**| |||||**357**|**-**| |||||**-**|**1,459**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**9,388**|**7,731**| ||||||| ||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**9,388**|**7,731**| ||||||| ||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**354**|**319**| |||||**370**|**929**| |||||**790**|**575**| |||||**9,942**|**11,049**| |||||**355**|**340**| |||||**52**|**287**| |||||**1,051**|**-**| |||||**139**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**13,053**|**13,499**| ||||||| ||||**-**
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**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**|| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**13,053**|**13,499**| ||||||| |||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**- 3,665**|**- 5,768**| |||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**||**19,965**|**25,733**| |||**-**||**16,300**|**19,965**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on|**Details**
Lloyds Current Account
CAF 90 Day Notice Account
**Details**
Gift Aid & GASDS 2023/2024
**Details**
**Details**
Laptop
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**5,229**
**-**
**11,071**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**16,300**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1,970**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
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**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Glyn Williams
Derrick Andrew
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**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
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**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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~~l~~| |||Glyn Williams|04/11/24
~~approva~~| |||Derrick Andrew|04/11/24|