Hope Church Halifax Trustees’ Annual Report for the period From:01/04/2023 Period start date To: 31/03/2024 Period end date Charity registration number: 1184189 Find us: www.hopehalifax.org
Objectives and Activities:
At Hope Church we are committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church, and to become part of our church family. We are a community of Gods people of all ages, background and temperament and our mission is to make disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, baptising them into the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirt. When planning our activities, Hope Church has considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, and in particular the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. Our services and worship put faith into practise through prayer and scripture, music and sacraments. We try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our Church family through:
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Worship and prayer: Learning about the Gospel, and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus
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Provision of pastoral care
-
Mission and outreach work
To facilitate this work, it is vital that we are able to meet in the community that we are servicing.
Trustees are advised of their obligations under charity law and the Charity Commission guidance on trustees' duties, and are informed of the content of the church's constitution.
Achievements and Performance:
Hope Church Halifax CIO have been successful as we have achieved many of our stated aims and performed our duties for the benefit of the public well. This has been mainly achieved through the weekly public worship service.
Highlights include our partnership with to the local primary schools providing teaching on Christianity.
Our weekly kids club and toddler group where we see up to 20 kids from the area come and play games and learn to do life from Jesus. Our midweek meetings where we pray for each other and the local community. Pastoral care for the church and the community at large.
(Studies indicate that religious involvement is correlated with well-being, happiness and life satisfaction; hope and optimism; purpose and meaning in life; higher self-esteem; greater social support and less loneliness; lower rates of depression and faster recovery from depression; lower rates of suicide and fewer positive attitudes towards suicide; less anxiety; less delinquency and criminal activity; greater marital stability and satisfaction. Resource https://humanjourney.org.uk/articles/health-benefits-of-christian-faith)
About our Volunteers:
The driving force behind Hope Church activities is our volunteers, who work tirelessly to make our Church a lively and vibrant community.
Our Financial Review:
Hope Church Halifax principally receives its funding from voluntary donations by the members of the church, regular attenders and supporters. Expenditure during the year under review is spent on the ministry costs of the church and the administration and property costs supporting those ministry costs. Ministry is the key objective of the charity, which is principally the preaching of the Gospel in the UK; the pastoral care of the members, regular attenders and visitors to the church; and various outreach activities conducted in the UK.
Income exceeded Expenditures this year by £6,296.41. Hope Church received substantial once off gifts from our supporters which has enabled us to maintain a healthy reserve. Hope Church is servicing in a deprived area in the North of Halifax and income received from regular attendees and visitors equated to 44% of expenditures. Which is an increase of 8% from last year. Given the level of reserves, the trustees consider the charity's results and the financial position of the charity to be satisfactory.
Our Reserves Policy:
The trustees consider that reserves are adequate to cover 10 months expenditure, to act as a buffer fund, and will not be allowed to fall below 8 weeks expenditure. The expected level of funding and reserves will be adequate to support the charity's needs over the next 18 months.
Our Structure, governance and management:
Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. There must be at least three charity trustees. If the number falls below this minimum, the remaining trustee or trustees may act only to call a meeting of the charity trustees or appoint a new charity trustee. There is no maximum number of charity trustees that may be appointed to the CIO.
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity:
Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year Mr DC Clark Mr R Owen Resigned 30/11/2020 Mr V Ferreira Chair Mr P Surtees 30/11/2020
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Viviers Ferreira
Full name(s) Viviers Ferreira Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date 08/12/2024
Address for correspondence: 131 Cousin Lane, Halifax, HX2 8DU
Pastor: The Reverend Doug Clark
Banker: HSBC
Independent Examiner: n/a
Hope Church Halifax: Receipts & Payments
Year ended 31[st] March 2024
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INCOME 2023-2024
Collections £0.00
Bank Transfer Gift Aided £16,280.00
Bank transfer Non Gift Aid £1,950.00
Gift Aid Reclaim £3,531.56
Gifts £25,500.00
Other £62.33
Grants £0.00
£47,323.89
EXPENDITURE
Salaries £27,772.99
Venue Equipment £830.96
PA/AV/Music Equipment £0.00
Office Equipment £383.64
Venue Hire £3,685.50
Unit Hire £5,420.39
Unit Expenses £1,157.30
Publicity and ‘Branding’ £63.08
Software & licences £820.92
Communion £0.00
Refreshments £116.70
Printing & Admin £671.42
Pastor’s Book Allowance £104.58
Pastor’s Hospitality Allowance £0.00
Training/Conferences £0.00
Resources £0.00
Others £0.00
£41,027.48
Balance Brought Forward 22/23 £27,465.32
Excess of Income over
Expenditure £6,296.41
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Balance £33,761.73
Grant Balance Brought Forward
22/23 £7,048.42
Grant designated expenses
Unit Hire -£5,420.39
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Unit Expenses £1,157.30
Total Grant £470.73
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Hope Church Halifax: Statement of assets
Year ended 31[st] March 2024
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Designated General Fund
Fund (Unrestricted)
(Restricted)
Monetary Assets
Bank account £ 470.73 £33,291.00
Money Owed to Church £ 0.00 £958.00
Gift Aid claim (outstanding) £958.00
Fixed assets £ 0.00 £ 0.00
Money which Church Owes £ 0.00 £ 0.00
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Notes:
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The Financial Statement have been prepared in accordance with Church Accounting Regulation 2006 using the Receipts and Payment Method
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Item costing more than £1000.00 are included in Fix assets at cost
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Items that are of a fixed asset type that cost £1000 or less are written off in the year acquired
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Gift Aid is due to be claimed in year November 2024
Hope Church Halifax Trustees’ Annual Report for the period From:01/04/2023 Period start date To: 31/03/2024 Period end date Charity registration number: 1184189 Find us: www.hopehalifax.org
Objectives and Activities:
At Hope Church we are committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church, and to become part of our church family. We are a community of Gods people of all ages, background and temperament and our mission is to make disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, baptising them into the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirt. When planning our activities, Hope Church has considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, and in particular the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. Our services and worship put faith into practise through prayer and scripture, music and sacraments. We try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our Church family through:
-
Worship and prayer: Learning about the Gospel, and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus
-
Provision of pastoral care
-
Mission and outreach work
To facilitate this work, it is vital that we are able to meet in the community that we are servicing.
Trustees are advised of their obligations under charity law and the Charity Commission guidance on trustees' duties, and are informed of the content of the church's constitution.
Achievements and Performance:
Hope Church Halifax CIO have been successful as we have achieved many of our stated aims and performed our duties for the benefit of the public well. This has been mainly achieved through the weekly public worship service.
Highlights include our partnership with to the local primary schools providing teaching on Christianity.
Our weekly kids club and toddler group where we see up to 20 kids from the area come and play games and learn to do life from Jesus. Our midweek meetings where we pray for each other and the local community. Pastoral care for the church and the community at large.
(Studies indicate that religious involvement is correlated with well-being, happiness and life satisfaction; hope and optimism; purpose and meaning in life; higher self-esteem; greater social support and less loneliness; lower rates of depression and faster recovery from depression; lower rates of suicide and fewer positive attitudes towards suicide; less anxiety; less delinquency and criminal activity; greater marital stability and satisfaction. Resource https://humanjourney.org.uk/articles/health-benefits-of-christian-faith)
About our Volunteers:
The driving force behind Hope Church activities is our volunteers, who work tirelessly to make our Church a lively and vibrant community.
Our Financial Review:
Hope Church Halifax principally receives its funding from voluntary donations by the members of the church, regular attenders and supporters. Expenditure during the year under review is spent on the ministry costs of the church and the administration and property costs supporting those ministry costs. Ministry is the key objective of the charity, which is principally the preaching of the Gospel in the UK; the pastoral care of the members, regular attenders and visitors to the church; and various outreach activities conducted in the UK.
Income exceeded Expenditures this year by £6,296.41. Hope Church received substantial once off gifts from our supporters which has enabled us to maintain a healthy reserve. Hope Church is servicing in a deprived area in the North of Halifax and income received from regular attendees and visitors equated to 44% of expenditures. Which is an increase of 8% from last year. Given the level of reserves, the trustees consider the charity's results and the financial position of the charity to be satisfactory.
Our Reserves Policy:
The trustees consider that reserves are adequate to cover 10 months expenditure, to act as a buffer fund, and will not be allowed to fall below 8 weeks expenditure. The expected level of funding and reserves will be adequate to support the charity's needs over the next 18 months.
Our Structure, governance and management:
Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. There must be at least three charity trustees. If the number falls below this minimum, the remaining trustee or trustees may act only to call a meeting of the charity trustees or appoint a new charity trustee. There is no maximum number of charity trustees that may be appointed to the CIO.
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity:
Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year Mr DC Clark Mr R Owen Resigned 30/11/2020 Mr V Ferreira Chair Mr P Surtees 30/11/2020
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Viviers Ferreira
Full name(s) Viviers Ferreira Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date 08/12/2024
Address for correspondence: 131 Cousin Lane, Halifax, HX2 8DU
Pastor: The Reverend Doug Clark
Banker: HSBC
Independent Examiner: n/a
Hope Church Halifax: Receipts & Payments
Year ended 31[st] March 2024
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INCOME 2023-2024
Collections £0.00
Bank Transfer Gift Aided £16,280.00
Bank transfer Non Gift Aid £1,950.00
Gift Aid Reclaim £3,531.56
Gifts £25,500.00
Other £62.33
Grants £0.00
£47,323.89
EXPENDITURE
Salaries £27,772.99
Venue Equipment £830.96
PA/AV/Music Equipment £0.00
Office Equipment £383.64
Venue Hire £3,685.50
Unit Hire £5,420.39
Unit Expenses £1,157.30
Publicity and ‘Branding’ £63.08
Software & licences £820.92
Communion £0.00
Refreshments £116.70
Printing & Admin £671.42
Pastor’s Book Allowance £104.58
Pastor’s Hospitality Allowance £0.00
Training/Conferences £0.00
Resources £0.00
Others £0.00
£41,027.48
Balance Brought Forward 22/23 £27,465.32
Excess of Income over
Expenditure £6,296.41
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Balance £33,761.73
Grant Balance Brought Forward
22/23 £7,048.42
Grant designated expenses
Unit Hire -£5,420.39
-
Unit Expenses £1,157.30
Total Grant £470.73
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Hope Church Halifax: Statement of assets
Year ended 31[st] March 2024
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Designated General Fund
Fund (Unrestricted)
(Restricted)
Monetary Assets
Bank account £ 470.73 £33,291.00
Money Owed to Church £ 0.00 £958.00
Gift Aid claim (outstanding) £958.00
Fixed assets £ 0.00 £ 0.00
Money which Church Owes £ 0.00 £ 0.00
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Notes:
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The Financial Statement have been prepared in accordance with Church Accounting Regulation 2006 using the Receipts and Payment Method
-
Item costing more than £1000.00 are included in Fix assets at cost
-
Items that are of a fixed asset type that cost £1000 or less are written off in the year acquired
-
Gift Aid is due to be claimed in year November 2024
Independent Examlnerfs Report to the members of Hope Church Halifax Responslbilities and basls of report I report to the trustees on my examinatlon of the accounts of the above charity l*he TrusVI for the year ended 3110312024. As the charity'5 trustee5. you are responslble for the preparatlon of the accounts in accordance wrth the requirements of the alarlties Act 20111.the ACVI. I report in respect of my examlnatlon of the Trust's accounts carrled out under sertlon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carryln8 Out my examlnation, I have followed all the appllcable Dlrertlons 8Sven by the Charlty Comm155lon under sertion 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examiner'$ statement I have completed my examinatlon. I confirm that no materlal matters have come to my attentlon In connectlon wlth the examinatlon whl¢h glves me Cause to believe that In, any materlal respert: the accouDtlng records were not kept In accordance wlth sectlon 130 of thè Charitles Act; Of the accounts dld not accord wlth the accountlng records,. or the accounts did not comply wrth the applicable requirements concernlng the form and content of account5 set out In the Charltles IAccounts and Report51 Re8ulatlons 2008 other than any requlrement that the accounts glve a 'true and falrf vlew whlch Is not a matter consldered as part of an Independent examlnatS0n. I have no concerns and have come acros5 no other matters Sn connectlon w6th the examinatlon to whlch attentlon should be drawn In thls report In order to enable a proper under5tandlng of the accounts to be reached. Date,. 17.10.24
Hope Church, Halrfax Actions taken by Independent Examiner of Accounts 202312024: Trustees minutes seen confimiing awareness of need for independent examination and appointrnent of Derek Ventress to carry out that examination. Total income checked to confimi requlrement for independent examination. Ex1 Spreadsheet fomiulas checked. Transfer of data to income and Expenditure sheet checked. Start and End balances checked against bank statements Chethed spending of restricted income grants. Income samples checked agalnst bank statements Expenditure samples checked ag8inst receipts and bank statements. Gfft Aided contrlbutions sampled and checked against income. Sample of bank statement entries checked against incorne and expenditure sheets. Derek Ventress 17.10.24