## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 25/07/2019 To 31/12/2020**
## **Charity name: The Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Ipswich Church**
**Charity registration number: 1184609**
## **Objectives and Activities**
The Potter’s House is a Christian organisation dedicated to the service of God and sharing the love of Jesus with the community around us.
Public meetings are held in person when permitted, or online according to government guidance on COVID restrictions. These meetings benefit the attendees in encouraging them in their Christian faith and providing invaluable social contact. COVID guidelines regarding social distancing, use of PPE and cleanliness are strictly followed.
Sick members are visited in person when possible, or contacted by telephone otherwise to promote their wellbeing.
## **Achievements and Performance**
Potters House Ipswich registered as a CIO 1184609 on 25 July 2019, previously operating as Registered Charity 1153363.
The church closed due to COVID restrictions in March 2020, holding services on Zoom along with members of the Bury congregation. Once restrictions were lifted in June, we resumed services at the building immediately, purchasing a thermometer and appropriate PPE, ensuring extra cleaning and clearly displaying notices about COVID guidance.
It was encouraging that almost all regular attendees returned immediately, with the exception of those shielding. They expressed gratitude for re-opening and the measures put in place for everyone’s protection. We also provided access to meetings on Zoom for those who wished to continue to stay at home. We regularly made phone contact with those who could not attend during this time.
It quickly became noticeable that the mental well-being of those attending was greatly improved by meeting in person. People from other local churches which had remained shut were welcomed during this time and their feedback was also very positive. One student even travelled from Colchester to attend in person during term time.
We dropped leaflets through local letter boxes to advise the community that we had reopened and had several visitors as a result, including a lady from a residential mental institution who was away from family and especially appreciated the services.
## **Financial Review**
Most of the donations during this period were received on line. The church was unable to put on events other than Sunday Services, resulting in reduced expenditure, but this was counteracted by spend on PPE. The church was able to give generously to overseas missionaries, in particular helping to finance the return of a couple from China. Our congregation has given faithfully during these uncertain times, leaving a healthy balance for future endeavours.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
The Potters House Ipswich is governed by the Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, dated 10 March 2019.
A new trustee, Travis Long, has been appointed following the resignation of a previous trustee. He was invited to the position on account of his experience as Pastor of the Potters House, Harlow and his good character.
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|ThePottersHouse Christian Fellowship UK IpswichChurch|
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|Other name the charity uses|Potters House, Ipswich|
|Registered charitynumber|1184609|
|Charity’s principal address|The Meeting Place
Community Centre
Limerick Close
Ipswich
IP1 5LR|
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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10|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Eddie Hixson|Chair|||
||Ruth Hixson|Secretary|||
||Mark Claxton||25/07/2019-7/10/2021||
||Travis Long||7/10/2021-31/10/2021||
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## **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)** Eddie Hixson **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 23/10/021
**No (if any) Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Ipswich 1184609**
## **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts**
**Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** 25/07/2019 31/12/2020 **To from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**20,196**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,196**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,196**
**4,828**
**8,460**
**180**
**200**
**448**
**547**
**392**
**1,495**
**-**
**16,550**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**20,196**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,196**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,196**
**4,828**
**8,460**
**180**
**200**
**448**
**547**
**392**
**1,495**
**-**
**16,550**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Offerings|**20,196**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**20,196**||||**-**|
|||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||
||**-**|||||
||**-**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||
||||||**-**|
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|BuildingRent|**4,828**|**-**|**-**|**4,828**|**-**|
|Donations|**8,460**|**-**|**-**|**8,460**|**-**|
|Books|**180**|**-**|**-**|**180**|**-**|
|Conferences|**200**|**-**|**-**|**200**|**-**|
|Equipment|**448**|**-**|**-**|**448**|**-**|
|Insurance|**547**|**-**|**-**|**547**|**-**|
|Printing& Advertising|**392**|**-**|**-**|**392**|**-**|
|RunningCosts|**1,495**|**-**|**-**|**1,495**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**16,550**|**-**|**-**|**16,550**|**-**|
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||**-**
**-**
1|**-**
**-**|**299**
**-**|27/10/2021|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Laptop**|**299**||**-**|**-**|**299**||
||**-**||**-**
1|**-**|**-**||
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
||**_Sub total_ **|**299**||**-**|||**-**||**299**||**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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||**_Total payments_**|**16,849**||**-**|||**-**||**16,849**||**-**|
||**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**3,347**||**-**|||**-**||**3,347**||**-**|
|**A5**|**Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**A6**|**Cash funds last year end**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**_Cash funds this year end_**|**3,347**||**-**|||**-**||**3,347**||**-**|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
27/10/2021
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank Account
Petty cash
**Details**
**Details**
~~3~~|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**4,114**
**11**
**-**
**4,125**
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||~~3~~||**-**|**-**|
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
27/10/2021
## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**|||**When due**||
|**Details**||**liability relates**||**(optional)**|||**(optional)**||
|None|||||**-**||||
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Date of Signature Print Name approval Ruth Hixson 23/10/2021
CCXX R4 accounts (SS)
27/10/2021
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