## **Trustees’ Annual Report & Accounts for Freedom Vineyard Dartford**
**For the year ending March 2022**
**Charity Number: 1184259**
## Table of Contents
|1.|Charity Details .......................................................................................................................... 3|
|---|---|
|2.|Charity Management ............................................................................................................... 3|
|3.|Activities, Objectives & Achievements ................................................................................ 4|
|4.|Financial Report ....................................................................................................................... 6|
|5.|Reserves ..................................................................................................................................... 6|
|6.|Funds Held as a Custodian Trustee .................................................................................... 6|
## Change Management
|**Revision**|**Date**|**Author(s)**|**Status**|
|---|---|---|---|
|1.0|24thJan 2023|G Blow||
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## **1. Charity Details**
**Charity Name:** Freedom Vineyard Dartford
**Registration Number:** 1184259
**Registered Address:** 19 Carrington Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XN **Trustees:** David Anthony Bridge (Chair) Sarah Creek Glen Geoffrey Blow
Michael Lopez
**Banking:** Co-operative Bank
## **2. Charity Management**
The charity is managed in line with our constitution which was formed as a CIO on the 4[th] July 2019.
The strategic direction for the charity is set by the Lead Pastors (two of whom were also the Trustees at the close of the financial year).
David Bridge (Chair of the Trustees) has the specific responsibility to act as treasurer. Amanda Blow (Lead Pastor) remains the Safeguarding Lead for the charity.
The trustees meet quarterly to review charity performance, operations, risk and finances.
At this stage in the charity’s life, the trustees shall recruit new or additional trustees from within the membership of the Freedom Vineyard Dartford church community wherever possible. The trustees shall prayerfully consider future trustee(s), with a view based on:
- Their commitment to the life of the charity,
- skills/professional qualification and/or experience that can aid the charity,
- their character & temperament, and
- if two equally suitable candidates are in consideration for a single post, then the appointment that will increase overall trustee diversity will be strongly considered.
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All trustees undergo enhanced DBS checks before appointment and annually thereafter.
## **3. Activities, Objectives & Achievements**
Freedom Vineyard continued to build on the foundation established in the fiscal year 2021-2022, even with some remaining lockdown restrictions in place.
Early in the year, in addition to online meetings and a small group, we established a socially distanced litter picking group as part of a new initiative called “Scattered Sundays”, which ran every second, fourth and fifth Sunday in the month. The idea behind Scattered Sundays was to benefit and provide support for those around us who may need encouragement or social support along with community projects that could benefit the local area. The litter picking group worked in the Newtown area of Dartford and also connected with a number of local residents who were thankful that litter-strewn areas (especially adjacent to the local Tesco Express) were being cleaned up.
To help overcome the sense of social isolation, the church ran online groups earlier in the year (when the Rule of Six was still in force) to bring people together. These included running The Marriage Course and a small group for Christian discipleship and encouragement. We also joined a quiz night run by a local pub where anyone could join us online as we completed the questions. These groups were provided free of charge and many who were not part of the core community of members of Freedom Vineyard attended.
Freedom Vineyard also joined the Archbishop of Canterbury’s prayer initiative entitled “Your Kingdom Come” that called Christ-followers from all denominations to join together to pray for our nation. Again due to the Rule of Six and restrictions on public meetings, we held these meetings online.
Following the lifting of restrictions on public meetings in July 2021, Freedom Vineyard launched in-person meetings in early September in a local school. It was a joyous time to be able to meet together, albeit we were aware of the risk of Coronavirus and mindful of any vulnerable people in the membership.
During September 2021, Suzanne Bridge (Lead Pastor) also took over leading our Youth Ministry following Ione, the previous leader’s departure to attend university. We ran two groups from this point forward, a younger group up to and including year 9; and an older group from year 10 onwards. These groups followed a 3 week pattern where there was – the older group would meet for discipleship one week, followed by the younger group the following week. On the third week the youth would gather together as one for a youth social.
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November saw the launch of two new groups for Scattered Sundays – an art group run by Suzanne, and a walking group run by Amanda and Glen. Both groups have been regularly attended by friends from both within the membership of Freedom Vineyard and those outside too.
In December 2021, we moved the bi-monthly worship gatherings from Oakfield Academy to Crown House, a serviced office business centre in the centre of Dartford, due to the school’s hall being very cold towards the end of our time together.
During December, we held a “Beer and Carols Night” at a local pub in Dartford. The event was particularly well attended with people from the local area who were not a part of Freedom Vineyard’s membership.
The fiscal year ended with a major youth event – the DTI Roadshow where a number of the parents and leaders of Freedom Vineyard transported all of our youth to a national Vineyard youth event, held in Feltham in London.
We also continued with our policy of donating a portion of our income to other charities that provided poverty/hardship relief, community development or other valuable social action. To this end, the charity made payments of
- Vineyard Ukraine (hardship relief) - £2,360
- Vincentian Diaspora and Friends (St Vincent & Grenadines volcano crisis appeal) - £558
- Mercy Outreach UK - £1,205 -
- Dartford Foodbank - £1,170
- Hardship relief for individuals - £498
during the financial year.
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## **4. Financial Report**
|**4. Financial Report**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Receipts**
Voluntary donations|**FY 2022**
22,962|**FY 2021**
24,067|
|Refunds on cancelled and returned items|511|
337|
|Other income|20||
|Total receipts|**23,493**|**24,404**|
|**Payments**
Facilities rentals|960|
-|
|Youth, Childrens' & Small Group resources|1,743|
235|
|Outreach and hospitality|1,631|
1,344|
|Postage, stationery and software|1,615|
1,153|
|Training and conferences|3,598|
224|
|Governance, insurance and licences|1,842|
1,522|
|Giving|6,037|
10,212|
|Equipment|340|
478|
|Other expenditure|108|
-|
|Sub total
**Asset & Investment Purchases**
Video projector|**17,874**
1,048|**15,168**
-|
|Sub total|**1,048**|-|
|Total payments|**18,922**|**15,168**|
|Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end|4,571
-
15,193|
9,236
-
5,957|
|Cash funds this year end|**19,764**|**15,193**|
## **5. Reserves**
Currently Freedom Vineyard continues to not hold funds in Reserves since we have no long-term liabilities. We continue to hold the view this is unnecessary at this stage in the charity’s operation and there are negligible risks. The Trustees continue to review this as required.
## **6. Funds Held as a Custodian Trustee**
There are no funds held as a Custodian Trustee.
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**Freedom Vineyard Dartford**
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## **Receipts and payments acco For the period** 04/01/2021 **To from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
## **to the nearest £**
## **A1 Receipts**
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Voluntary donations 22,962 - -
Refunds on cancelled and returned items 511 - -
Other income 20 - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
23,493 - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - -
- - -
Sub total - - -
Total receipts 23,493 - -
A3 Payments
Meeting room rent 960 - -
Resources for smallgroups, kids and youth
1,743 - -
Outreach and hospitality 1,631 - -
Postage, stationary and software 1,615 - -
Training and conferences 3,598 - -
Governance, insurance and licences 1,842 - -
Gifts - small items 246 - -
Gift - Vineyard Ukraine 2,360 - -
Gift - Vincentian Diaspora and Friends 558 - -
Gift - Mercy Outreach UK 1,205 - -
Gifts - Priory Mews Care Home - - -
Gift - Dartford Foodbank 1,170 - -
Gift - Vineyard National Gathering - - -
Gifts - Hardship relief 498 - -
Promotional items - - -
Equipment 340 - -
Other expenditure 108 - -
- - -
Sub total 17,874 - -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Video projector 1,048 - -
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- - -
Sub total 1,048 - -
Total payments 18,922 - -
Net of receipts/(payments) 4,571 - -
A5 Transfers between funds - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 15,193 - -
Cash funds this year end 19,764 - -
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of**
|||**Unrestricted**|
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|**Categories**|**Details**|**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Co-operative Bank
Petty Cash
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**19,713**
**51**
**-**
**19,764**
OK|
|||**Unrestricted**|
|||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|||**Fund to which**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**|**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**
Initial PA setup (2019/20)|Unrestricted
**asset belongs**|
|**charity’s own use**|Video Projector (2021/22)|Unrestricted
**Fund to which**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**|**liability relates**|
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## **Total funds**
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511 337
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1,743 235
1,631 1,344
1,615 1,153
3,598 224
1,842 1,522
246 826
2,360 -
558 -
1,205 4,062
- 2,274
1,170 1,650
- 500
498 900
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340 478
108 -
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17,874 15,168
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4,571 9,236
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15,193 5,957
19,764 15,193
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funds funds
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