2023-04-01-accounts

Trustees. Annual Report for the period PerM)d $lart date Period end dale .022 2023 From To Section A Reference and administration details Charlty name Heaton Churches Together othor names charlty Is known by Reglstered charity numbor Ilf any) 1181717 Charfty's prlnclpal address 20 Amstrong Avenue l Heaton Newcastle upon Tyne , Postcodo NE6 5RD Names of tho charlty trustoe• who manage the charlty C1• act•d If not for N•m• of p•r•on lor body) •ntlthd Int tru•t•• Ifan Tru•t•• nam• Offic• {11 any) Jonathan Lawson Andrea Hayes Mark RKlyard Treasurer Namos of tho tru•teos for the charlty, If any, Ifor example, any custodlan tru$teesl Namo Datss acted If not for whole ear Names and addrnsses of •dvlsers (Optlonal Inforniatlon) of advlser Name Addrnss Name of chlef executlve or names of senlor staff membepa (Optlonal infomiatlon) TAR Mar¢h 2012

Section B Structure, governance and management De$crlptlon of the charlty's trusts Constiiutk Type of goveming document How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated OrgaN8ation Trustee selett£ion metfrt)ds Elected from Membership Addltlonal gov•rnanc• Issues Iopuonal Informatkn) You my choose to Indude additional information, where relevant. about.. policies 8né procedures adopted lor the induction and training of trustees., the charrty's organisational strudure and any wder network with which Charity works., • relationship with any related parties., tru8teo8' con8ideralion of major nsks and the system and procedures to Irw￿ge them. TAR March 2012

Section C Objectives and activities To advan￿ the Christian feligK)n in Heaton and its immediate surroundings To promote religious harrnC￿y amc￿St the various Chnstian congregations of the area and to encourage prayer, fellowship and joinl actson. To Frfornote s(Kial inclusion for the Publ￿ berth by working with people in Heaton and rts immediate surroundings to prevent people from becoming frrially excluded. relieve the needs of those people who ar8 souall exduded and asstst their int ration into societ Summary ofthe objects ofthe charity set out In Its governlng document Once again in the Summer of 2023 we ran the H8aton Festival as our major obj'ect of"promoting sooal Indusion". This communrty festival was the sixth lime we have run the event and focussed on reconnecb'ng communty and communty groups after the COVID pandemic. We continued wlth a similar scope to our 2019 evenl wtth a continued growth in attendance and estimate we had 20-50% more people than ever b8lore. We fwnd that several groups that had supported us in previous years no longer e￿St. and so we had to find new peopbe to get involved this ' lime as I￿11 as continuing to ex￿riMent with a few new ideas. The following Is a$ summary of the key acts'vitses. Perfomance - Our perfom)an¢es this year were incredible with 2 of our stages being broadcast on k)cal community radio. We had a main stage r established acts. a ￿MmUnty stage for sctrmxls and local group8, mid zed and A 'Capella stages for developing groups as well as a 'flrsV of several 'F)opup that apwred aiound the 85te. mmun rou Many briNi8nt communrty organisations were agaln part of the event wilh charities, clubs. suppjrt and ￿tIOn groups all being involved. The groups were able to engage the public in their activities arKI s(xne of thern also dKI some fundraising. Summary ofthe maln activities undertaken for th• publlc benefft In relatlon to these obJocts (Include wlthln thls sectlon th• ststutory declaration that trustses have had regard to the guidanc• issued by the Charlty Comrnlssion on publlc bgn8flt) Local small busines8es- Our market slalls were once again a great success Wtth about h*f ￿'ng new to the festival this time. The feedback from all ol them rA)ntinues to be that this event is helping them to buikl their business and their profile wiihin our community. FocvJ - Our food providers were amazing again this year, with the vast majorily of them selling out. Over 75% of the businesses were Healon based wth collective IS￿ng$ of over £30,000 going into the local economy and of which 10% fed in to the festival funds. orts Health and Wellbein - The Sportszone was filled with many new groups this time helping people to leam the sort ofthings 90ing on in Heaton and hO￿llY allowing some of thern to get involved on en ongoing basis. And of ￿Utse people had a lot of fun having a go on the dayl Children- Our children's zone was even more packed than usual this year and we continue to offer most of our adivities for free to ensure that they are acc￿sIble for all. We had all sorts of activities including inflatables, crafts. Crazy games. our local TA wth a paintball range, and starKls from the ice and a veteran's bikers rou TAR 2012

Youth - Our Youth zone had a n6w group of coordinators this year but milar energy and enthusiasm with games. DJS, craft and a live xtion mystery. Eco Zone - This year we added an Ectrzone the festival to encourage peopk to think about and get invofved in the Environment. We had about 15 stalls wh things from e￿CtriC cars to things can do at home, from beekeeFxng to Albtments. ewal - We continued our pe￿ Walk idea from previous festivals, thr5 time standing for Peace in Ukraine, and involving many of our l¢xal schools. We finished thi$ time on our main stage as the opening to the festsval with a release of birds to 8ymbolise us 811 working for that peace. atth and Outreach- We continue to experiment with the best way to do larth and ￿treaCth, and this year amongst the events we had the following. A 'Get conn￿ted. tent near lo a seating area for coffee so that people cO￿d have 8 relaxed conversation about their place in the world and how fath might ￿aY into that. Biilically them&J grfl bags given to all our stalls so that had something to remind them of the churches and why we do Such an event. 2 of the acts on the main stage with Christian music to try to weave Into the main content of the day. We also found that our'place yoursell on the map. activty Con￿nueS to start gr8at eonversations, this year we asked I remember... and 'l'm looking foN48rd to... , which often gets people thinking about the questions in th'le. and we are Ihinking to expand on this next time. Beyond what the ger￿ra1 pul￿￿ see we had continue to need to develop our Heallh, Safety and Lbcensing efforts. We are seen by the local council as a lried and tested. event that they are very supportive of, s￿hOUgh wilh that said, our health and safety cost rose again thi¥ year reaching £8800. We also have continued to develop our tracking ol the consequènces of the festival. 95% of our contributors tell us they would attend a Slmllar event again (up from 880A). 85% say that the event organisation exceed8 their expection$ lup from 57%), and many groups tell us howlhelr particular organisation has grown in terms of awareness, community engagement and membernhip. Beyond this our obJedNes are cthered through events during the year. We continue to Sup￿ severd consistent events as in prevM?us year8. as well as adding a few items. Christmas Card to local residents Shalw￿ all Chrlstmas Service8 Sock aThJ Chocs - creatK)n of huTrJreds of Christmas parcels to be given to the k>cal People's Kitchen Supporting loca Foodbanks and Refugee project8 and also creating arm sp￿3. in several of our churches to help with fuel price crisis. Several shared worship events for Lent and Easter. A 2 mile 'walk of wrtness" at Easter, through the streets of Heaton and endn inano n air service wtlh all welcome. TAR March 2012

Addltlonal d￿all5 of o14ocUvo5 and actlvltles (Opllonal Infomwllon) You may choose to indude further slatements, where relevant, about.. policy on gr8ntmaking'. policy programme r81ated nvestment., contrfbutfjon made by volunteers. HCT is fully reliant on V￿UnteerS and all our events are created and executed by members of our organisation. For exampk in He8ton Feth'val ab(￿rt 20 volunteer$ do the detailed planning for about 6-9 months before the evenl, about 150 vc4unteers who support the day. Mih only 34 paid professionals lo help th Health and Safety. Wrth a our sn￿ler events they are fully organised by volunteers. TAR Maich 2012

Section D Achievements and performance Summary ofthe maln achlevements of the Gharlty durlng th• year &)cial IndusK)n Many weekly foodbank donations s￿eral Communty groups run and coordinated to address the key communiiy naeds. Heaton Festival- Jun 2022 Between 12.000 to 15,000 attendees Ne8rfy 200 communrty Organisat￿)nS involved most of which see inueases in partic4palion after the feslival For details of the individual areas see the perfomiance mea5ure8 in section C Religious hamiony amongst the varFOUS Christian congregations Regular sh8nng of events between churches to promote partnership between churches- a comt¥'nation of virtual and physical events across the yeaf vnlh hundreds of attendees. such as Lent Lunch88 Promoting the Christian Religion Continued to use online seNices to proTh)te interest amongst those inquisitlV8 about laith. Section E Financial review Brlef statement of the charity's policy on reserves HCT'S major expenditure is wth Heaton FestN81. where the alm Is to make between a £1 (YJO loss and a £3000 surplus so that over multiple festival we will create a small re3errfe to cover any issues that we may have in a gNen festival year. At the end of FY22-23 resen4es were £13,996 with expectation th8t tho of this would be spe.nl on exearti￿He8t0n Festival 2024. D•talls of any fund• mat•rfally In doficit None Further financlal rovlew detalls (Optlonal Informatlonl You may choos• to include additional infornation, where relevant about.. the charty's prtndpal sou￿eS of funds (including any fundraising)., how expendrture has supported the key objecAives of the chgrrty; investment Folicy and objectives including any ethical investment P9￿CY adopted. TAR March 2012

Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees dKlare that th•y have appfoved tha tsustoe6' roport aboye. Slgned on bohalf of tho Gharlty's trustO0S Slgn•ture(•) Full namo18) Mark Rrdyard Posltlon leg Socretsry. Chalr, Treasurer otGI Andrea Hayes Trustee Dats 28 January 2024 March 2012 TAR

Heaton Churches Together – Treasurer’s Report FY 2022-2023 April 1 2022 to March 31 2023

Overall Summary

This is a year when HCT runs Heaton Festival. Recall that some fundraising was completed in both 2020-21 and 2021-22 and this had amounted to £13,570, with early spending (H&S and deposits) at £2,209, a surplus of £11,861.

Looking at the accounts for 22-23 the vast majority of activity was on Heaton Festival, with net loss of £6,782 for the year.

However, over the period from the 2019 festival completing payments and the 2022 festival completing payments there is a net surplus of £7,807 which gives a great start for the 2024 Festival.

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The Account started with a Balance of £20,778 and ended with a balance of £13,996

Mark Ridyard, HCT Treasurer [e-mail]

Heaton Festival 2022 summary

Overall, Heaton Festival had a record year with a surplus of £7,912.

We had a best ever total income from the Festival with £31,970 taken vs a previous high of £22,664

The highlights include

• Fundraising - £24,730 raised (£8870 more raised than any previous year)

• with record amounts of external funding, both secular and ecumenical, (£15,000 vs £8000)

• Continued support from the council ward funding at £5000 and increased church support with more churches getting involved (£4320 up from £3350)

• On the day receipts (£7,147 vs £6,403, driven by more from Food providers)

In terms of spending we spent a similar total to 2019 (£24,185 vs £25,169)

A full item by item income and expenditure is shown below. Due the multiyear nature of fundraising and expenditure, this covers items that occurred in financial years 2020-21, 21-22 and 22-23.