## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From September 2023 To August 2024** ## **Charity name: Zoar Chapel Fellowship** ## **Charity registration number: 1180484** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Our purpose is to advance the Christian faith
through evangelism, Christian teaching,
regular meetings, prayer and counselling
support and short-term respite care| |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|Regular services on alternate Sunday
afternoons, Bible studies, Prayer and
counselling support, hall availability for
funerals, public and private events, ballet
and choir sessions| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have endeavoured to fulfil
guidance issued by the Charities
Commission on public benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|| |Other||**T**he Chapel and House have undergone
extensive renovation work and this was the
first year since becoming a more user-
friendly space able to be used more readily
by community groups. We expect activities
to continue to develop.| ## **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|We have achieved a more positive and
accessible profile in the community. The hall
is used by various non-church groups in both
regular and one-off events, as well as the
regular church meetings. These include a
local choir, ballet classes, counselling
courses, first aid, funeral care and support.
The funeral held here was directly
responsible for a donation to go towards
window restoration.
The hall is now an inviting and well-loved
landmark in the village.| ## **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|| |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|Healthy. Renovation work has progressed
and we remain in the black.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Small reserves are held in the one and only
bank account, as part of the general
balance. There are no other savings. The
balance endeavours to cover continued
renovation work, insurance and utility bills.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |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|| |Other||The Chapel House is rented by the volunteer
pastor/caretaker, paying £500 monthly.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed| |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|These are made through personal
recommendation to group, discussion and
availability| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |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|| |Other||The tenant in the Chapel House is the
volunteer pastor/caretaker of the Chapel.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Zoar Chapel Fellowship| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|| |Charity’s principal address|Chapel House
Petworth Road
Wisborough Green
West Sussex RH14 0BH| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Richard Phillips|Trustee||| ||Chris Wigley|Trustee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 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 Name Address adviser** ## **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** We would like to apologise for the lateness of these accounts and report. The trustees have changed a couple of times since 2023/4 and no one took responsibility to see it completed. Please forgive us. ## **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)** **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** |Month|Date|Description|Amount| |---|---|---|---| |SEPTEMBER|||| ||09/04/23|EE Broadband - Hse + Chapel|£62.53| ||09/07/23|LDH Flooring|£725.00| ||09/14/23|Chris Bryant|£1,000.00| ||09/19/23|Rob Allison Carpentry|£165.00| |OCTOBER|||| ||10/03/23|EE Broadband|£63.04| ||10/09/23|Song Book purchases - cash|£60.00| ||10/25/23|ATS - Wifi extension - chapel|£384.00| |NOVEMBER|||| ||11/02/23|EE|£56.88| ||11/06/23|SSE - ELECTRICITY|£2,806.57| ||11/14/23|Printer cartridge|£27.50| ||11/22/23|DFS|£100.00| ||11/23/23|Chris Knott - insurance|£1,167.60| |DECEMBER|||| ||12/04/23|EE|£50.80| ||12/06/23|JWS Landscxapes|£150.00| ||12/14/23|SSE|£290.23| |JANUARY|||| ||01/02/24|EE|£49.34| ||01/28/24|Refreshments|£10.00| |FEBRUARY|||| ||02/02/24|EE|£48.32| ||02/27/24|Austens - toilet seat - cash|£22.50| |MARCH|||| ||03/04/24|EE|£51.48| ||03/04/24|3 Tables from Amazon|£63.25| ||03/07/24|SSE|£747.23| ||03/15/24|Timpsons - keys|£54.00| |APRIL|||£49.27| ||04/02/24|EE|| |MAY|||| |JUNE|||| ||06/03/24|EE|£60.33| ||06/04/24|Horace Fuller - new lawn mower|£499.00| ||06/05/24|SSE|£700.06| ||06/08/24|Mole Valley - garden sprays etc|£59.76| ||06/29/24|AUSTENS - weedkiller|£19.99| £9,543.68 |Month|Date|Description
|Amount|| |---|---|---|---|---| |SEPTEMBER '23||||| ||09/01/23|Rent||£500.00| |OCTOBER||||| ||10/02/23|Rent||£500.00| ||10/31/23|Cash Depost. Nightsafe||£60.00| ||10/09/23|Open Day Donations - Cash||£239.85| ||10/08/23|Donations - Cash||£34.00| |NOVEMBER||||| ||11/01/23|Rent received||£500.00| ||11/05/23|Donations - Cash||£60.00| ||28novc23|Freeman Bros - Funeral fee||£300.00| |DECEMBER||||| ||12/01/23|Rent||£500.00| ||12/13/23|Donations. Cash||£40.00| ||12/15/23|Donations at funeral||£70.00| |JANUARY||||| ||01/02/24|Glee CXhoir renrt (Erin Shgeeha||£130.00| ||01/02/24|Rent - house||£500.00| ||01/10/24|Donation - cash||£30.00| ||01/31/24|Livestock Partners rent received||£70.00| |FEBRUARY||||| ||02/01/24|Rent house||£500.00| |MARCH||||| ||03/01/24|Rent house||£500.00| ||03/11/24|Robert Kernutt - donation||£4,000.00| ||03/13/24|D Kernutt - donation||£4,000.00| |APRIL||||| ||04/02/24|Rent||£500.00| |MAY||||| ||1-May|Rent||£500.00| ||05/02/24|Erin Sheehan||£100.00| |JUNE||||| ||06/03/24|Rent||£500.00| ||06/29/24|Donation Cash||£40.00| |JULY|||| |---|---|---|---| ||07/01/24|Rent|£500.00| |AUGUST|08/01/24|Rent|£500.00| ||08/19/24|Erin Sheehan|£100.00| ||||15273.85| |**INCOME**|| |---|---| |House Rent|£6,000.00| |Hire of Chapel|£700.00| |Donations|8573.85| |Fundraising|| |Events|| |**Total Received**|**£15,273.85**| |**EXPENDITURE**|| |Cost of running events|£70.00| |Trading Costs|£1,317.60| |Utilities|£5,420.08| |Building Works|£1,890.00| |Advertising|£27.50| |Tools and Equipment|£818.50| |**Total Expenditure**|**£9,543.68**| |Current Bank Account (as at 31stAugust)||