## ## ## ## |||||SORP reference|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary||ofthe purposes of||Para 1.17|The advancement
ofthe Christian
faith in| |the charity as set out|||in its||accordance
with the Basis ofFaith primarily| |governing||document|||but not exclusively
within
Minehead
and the| ||||||surrounding
neighbourhood,
including
but| ||||||not limited to:the prevention
and relief of| ||||||need, hardship
and sickness; the| ||||||advancement
ofeducation;
and the| ||||||provision
offacilities
in the interests of| ||||||social welfare for recreation
or other leisure| ||||||time occupation of individuals
who have| ||||||need ofsuch facilities by reason oftheir| ||||||youth, age, infirmity or disability,
financial| ||||||hardship
or social circumstances
with the| ||||||obect of im
rovin
their conditions oflife.| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those||Para 1.17and
1.19|Weekly Sunday
morning
worship
includes
preaching
and/or
Bible teaching.
Sunday| |purposes||forthe public|||evening
worship takes place on alternate| |benefit,|in particular,||the||Sunday's.| |activities,||projects or|||Age related activities are provided
for| |services||identified
in|the||children
when present.| |accounts.|||||| ||||||All meetings are open to the general
public.| ||||||A midweek
evening
meeting
is held to| ||||||which anyone
is welcome together
with a| ||||||morning
midweek
meeting for ladies to| ||||||study the Bible and to pray.| ||||||Reach out lunches which are open to those| ||||||in the community,
are held monthly| ||||||providing
a warm safe space for those who| ||||||find themselves
isolated,
lonely or in need.| ||||||The Women's
Group meet on average| ||||||three times a month
allowing
an opportunity| ||||||for biblical study, prayer and fellowship.| |Ducklings meet once a week during
school|Ducklings meet once a week during
school| |---|---| |term and provides an opportunity
for|| |guardians
with pre-school
children, to meet|| |together encouraging
children to socialise|| |whilst providing
asafe environment
for|| |adults to engage
in conversation.|| |Prayer meetings take place twice monthly|| |allowing forthose housebound
to engage|in| |the fellowship
ofthe church
in their own|| |homes.|| |The church holds a fortnightly
table tennis|| |group which is open to anyone from within|| |or outside the church fellowship.|| |This brings together and encourages|| |members,
ex-members,
congregation
and|| |non-church
goers under the church roof.|| |Meetings are held
in a relaxed environment|| |where church, table tennis and the secular|| |world get discussed,
not forgetting
playing|| |table tennis, conversation
and|| |refreshments.|| |SPOT (Sharing Pursuits over Tea) reaches|| |out twice a month to the community|| |providing
much needed fellowship
over tea,|| |coffee whilst engaging
in games of|| |scrabble, jigsaws and conversation.|| |To help facilitate the use ofthe charity's|| |assets, the church hosts the Minehead|| |Macular Society Support Group that meets|| |to bring information
and support tothose|| |with macular disease, their family and|| |friends.|| |Each meeting
provides a welcoming
and|| |compassionate
environment
to learn about|| |the support
available,
build confidence
and|| |better understand
macular disease.|| |It is also a chance to make new friends who|| |really understand
what sight loss is|| |like.|| |This society was formed
in September|| |2019recognising
that there was a real|| |need for support
in Minehead.|| |Currently
there are 35members
listed.|| |The church is a sight friendly
church.|| |Engagement
with the local residential|| |homes allows for services to be taken out|| |into the community
providing
fellowship
to|| |those who are unable to attend
personally.|| |Fellowship
lunches take place every 2|| |months
with an open invitation
forthose|in| |the communi
to attend.|| |||||Men's and Ladies brunches
allow for| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||conversation
in an environment
where the| |||||men and ladies wait on each other. These| |||||are open to all and advertised
throughout| |||||the community.| |||||The Church seeks to fulfil its charitable| |||||objectives by supporting
a number of| |||||overseas missionaries
working
in various| |||||countries.| |||||N/here appeals either national or| |||||internationally
are made, the Church| |||||facilitates the collection and sending of| |||||funds to various parts ofthe world where| |||||the Church has contacts for emergency| |||||relief. This includes gifts received at| |||||Christmas.| |Statement||confirming|Para 1.18|All trustees are briefed and are in receipt of| |whether|the trustees have|||the Charity Commissions'
guidance| |had regard||to the guidance||referenced
through
the publications
PB3| |issued|by the Charity|||Public Benefit Reporting,
and the guidance| |Commission||on public||issued by the Charity Commission
about| |benefit||||ublic benefit.| ## |dditional|i|nformat|ion|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||SORP reference||||||| |Policy on|grant making|||Para 1.38|Not Applicable|||||| |Policy on|social investment|||Para 1.38|Not Applicable|||||| |including|program||related|||||||| |investment||||||||||| |Contribution||made|by|Para 1.38|All activities are undertaken||||by both|| |volunteers|||||members
and non-members||||in a voluntary|| ||||||role.|||||| ||||||The extent and|range||ofactivities where||| ||||||individuals
give|their||time, range from||| ||||||ensuring
the upkeep|||and maintenance||of| ||||||the church and|the|church's||assets through|| ||||||to facilitating each||of|the groups that||use| ||||||and are hosted|b|the church.|||| ## |||||SORP reference||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary|ofthe main|||Para 1.20|The demographics
of both membership|and| |achievements||of|the charity,||the geographical
area in which the charity|| |identifying|the difference the||||is based, means that there is a reliance|on| |charity's work||has made to|||volunteers
in providing
the necessary|| |the circumstances|||of its||supervision
and support for church-based|| |beneficiaries
and|||any wider||activities.|| |benefits to society as a||||||| |whole.|||||All groups and activities have developed|| ||||||during
this past year not only evidenced|| ||||||through
the numbers
attending
but also,|in| ||||||raising the profile beyond the immediate|| ||||||vicinity ofthe church which provides
much|| ||||||needed support to the beneficiaries
and|to| ||||||the public,
in line with the charity's|| ||||||purposes as outlined
in the governing|| ||||||document.|| ||||||Millbridge
church is part ofthe Somerset|| ||||||Local Government
Warm
Initiative scheme.|| ## |dditional
inf|dditional
inf|ormation||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Achievements||against|Para 1.41|Objectives determined
by the members,
set| |objectives set||||against the charity's
constitution
overseen| |||||by the charities Trustees, has allowed for| |||||the continuing
financial support to| |||||missionaries
abroad and supporting
other| |||||charities nationally.
Additional
support has| |||||been provided
through
quarterly
missionary| |||||giving.| |||||A focus this past year has been engaging| |||||with local initiatives
with the objective of| |||||meaningful
engagement
with the| |||||communit
at the heart.| |Performance||offundraising|Para 1.41|Working
in partnership
with the Minehead| |activities against objectives||||Community
Defibrillator
Charity, the church| |set||||engaged
with the local community
to raise| |||||funds to provide a defibrillator
hosted
by| |||||the church
but readily accessible to the| |||||communit
.| |Investment|performance||Para 1.41|Not Applicable| |against objectives||||| |Other||||The following
policies were either adopted| |||||or reviewed
during
this reporting
period:-| |||||Privacy and Data Protection; Safe-| |||||Guarding;
Risk Management;
Social Media| |||||and Communication;
Capability
and| |||||Disciplinary;
Church Workers Code of| |||||Conduct;
Equal Opportunities,
Grievance| |||||Procedure;
Complaints;
Reserves; Conflict| |||||of Interest;
Health 8 Safet; Church Safe| |All groups|remain compliant|with Data| |---|---|---| |Protection|and Saf
uardin|.| ## |Review of|the charity's|the charity's|the charity's|the charity's||Para 1.21|Expenditure
was in line with income and as|Expenditure
was in line with income and as| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |financial
position|||at|the end|||a charity, we remain
in a position whereby|| |ofthe period|||||||there is confidence
in maintaining
our|| ||||||||obectives forthe next re ortin
eriod.|| |Statement|explaining|||the||Para 1.22|3-months reserves are held based on|the| |policy for holding|||reserves||||average ofthe last 12months to ensure|| |stating
why||they|are|held|||that in the event ofGovernment|| ||||||||restrictions,
or the income becoming|| ||||||||severely impacted
upon, known|| ||||||||ex enditure
can be met.|| |Amount of|reserves|||held||Para 1.22|100%of3-months ex enditure
=f4,500.00|| |Reasons for holding||||zero||Para 1.22|Not Applicable|| |reserves||||||||| |Details offund materially|||||in|Para 1.24|Not Applicable|| |deficit
concern||||||||| |Explanation||ofany||||Para 1.23|There are no concerns
raised about the|| |uncertainties||about the|||||charity continuing
asa going concern.|| |charity continuing|||as a going|||||| |dditional|information|||||||| |The charity's
principal||||||Para 1.47|The main source offunds isthrough|| |sources of|funds||(including||||sacrificial giving.|| |any fundraising)|||||||Any additional
funding
is sought through|| ||||||||engaging
members
and non-members|to| ||||||||contribute
accordin
I .|| |Investment||policy|and|||Para 1.46|Not applicable|| |objectives|including|||any||||| |social investment|||policy|||||| |adopted||||||||| |A description||ofthe||principal||Para 1.46|There are no reportable
principal
risks|| |risks facing||the charity|||||facing the charity. The demographics|of| ||||||||those who freely give their time is|| ||||||||constantly
kept under review.|| ||||||||Financially,
we remain
in a strong position|| ||||||||in going forward
but with the geographical|| ||||||||demographics
ofthe membership/locality,|| ||||||||the risk is one that has been recognised.|| |Other||||||Para 1.46|Anticipated
future stipend expenditure|| ||||||||continues
to be budgeted
for. Forthis|| ||||||||reason, the funds held are in excess ofthat|| ||||||||which the Trustees would
normally|| ||||||||recommend
as we seek to employ a|| ||||||||Pastor. Forthis reason, the Trustees|| ||||||||accept the balance carried forward as|being| ||||||||justified forthe purposes
in which they|are| ||||||||held.|| ## ## |Description
ofcharity's|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:|||||| |Type ofgoverning
document|Para 1.25|Constitution|||| |How is the charity|Para 1.25|Charitable|Incorporated|Organisation|| |constituted?|||||| |Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|Election to|post by the|members|ofthe CIO| |including
details ofany||according to governing||document|and the| |constitutional
provisions||church handbook.|||| |e.g., election to post or|||||| |name ofany person or body|||||| |entitled to appoint one or|||||| |more trustees|||||| ## |Policies|and|procedures|Para 1.51|All trustees
on appointment
are briefed|as| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |adopted|for the induction|||to the requirements
as laid down
by the|| |and training||oftrustees||Charity Commission
publication
CC3
'Essentials
for Trustees. '|| |||||All trustees go through
the disclosure
and|| |||||barrin
service.|| |The charity's||organisational|Para 1.51|The constitution
as the governing|| |structure|and any wider|||document
and the church handbook,|| |network|with|which the||provide the framework
for the structure|of| |charity works||||governance.|| |||||This reporting
year has seen the adoption|| |||||ofPolicies and Procedures
that provide|the| |||||framework
to
rotect the charities activities.|| |Relationship||with any|Para 1.51|Fellowship
of Independent
Evangelical|| |related|parties|||Churches
(FIEC)|| |Other||||The Charities Act 2011 together
with the|| |||||Standard
Recommended
Operating|| |||||Procedures
remain
key in providing
a|| |||||foundation
for the charity to remain|| |||||corn
liant with le islation.|| ## |Charit|name||Millbrid
e|Church||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Other name the charity uses|||Millbridge|Evangelical||Church| ||||Millbrid
e|Evan|elical|Free Church| |Re istered chant||number|1187290|||| |Charity's|principal|address|8 Parkhouse
Road|||| ||||Minehead|||| ||||Somerset|||| ||||TA24 8AB|||| ||||Name ofperson (or|Name ofperson (or| |---|---|---|---|---| |Trustee name|Office (if
any)|Dates acted ifnot forwhole year|body) entitled to
appoint trustee (if|| ||||an|| |Michael Wynford|Deacon||Church|Members| |Green||||| |David Robert James|Deacon||Church|Members| |Capel||||| |Andrew Joseph|Deacon||Church|Members| |Buchanan||||| ## |Name oftrustees
holdin|g title|to propert|y
belonging
to the|char|ity| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Trustee name||Dates acted|ifnot forwhole
ear||| |Michael
nford Green|||||| |David Robert James Ca|el||||| |Andrew Jose
h Buchanan|||||| |Funds held as custodian|trustees
on behalf ofothers||||| |Description
ofthe assets||The Manse, 39Lower Park Minehead.|||| |held
in this capacity||Somerset|TA24 8AY||| |||Millbridge|Church, 8Parkhouse|Road Minehead.|| |||Somerset|TA24 8AB||| |Name and objects ofthe||Millbridge|Church, after the transfer||ofassets from the| |charity on whose behalf
assets are held and how|the
this|Fellowship
11'"June|Property Trust Limited, became effective from
2021 and is used to promote the charity's||| |falls within the custodian
charit 's obects||objective.|||| |Details ofarrangements|for|Overseen|by the charity's trustees||in line with the charity's| |safe custody and||governing|document
and church rules.||| |segregation
ofsuch assets|||||| |from the charity's
own|||||| |assets|||||| |Additional
Supporting|||||| |Information|||||| ## |and add|resses o|fadv|isers|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Type of|Name|||Address||| |adviser||||||| |Auditor|Jean Armin||MICB|Mews End|Cottage, Quay Lane, Minehead|TA24 5QU| |Financial|HSBC|pic||Wellington|Square, Minehead
TA24 5LH|| |Solicitor|Edward|Connor||Via FIEC,|10The Point, Market Harborough|LE167QU| ## ## |Signature(s)||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Full name(s)|Andrew|Buchanan|Audrey|Williams| |Position|Trustee on|behalf ofthe|Administrator|| ||Trustees|||| |Date||||| # # ## ## ## ## ## |INCOME|INCOME|INCOME|INCOME|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |General Fund Offering||||||25,251.70| |(Includes gifts for|dishwasher||||and catering)|| |Legacy||||||560.00| |Quarterly
Missionary|||Offering|||912.00| |National Aid||||||1,511.37| |International
Relief||||||1,311.40| |Porter's Standing|Order|||||1,010.00| |Asgher's
Standing||Order||||200.00| |Card Sales||||||177.80| |Refunds (less bank||error)||||1,453.48| |Defibrillator||||||1,395.87| |Gift Aid Rebate||||||4489.28| |SUBTOTAL||||||38,272,90| |Women's Group/S.|P.O.T.|||||1 110.10| |TOTAL||||||39883.00| |SPENDING||||||| |Pastor||||||0.00| |Manse||||||2,616.69| |Fellowship||||||2,076.48| |Church premises||||||8,613.13| |Missionary
Allowances||||||7,200.00| |International
Relief||||||2,043.40| |International
Mission||||||385.00| |National
Mission||||||1,593.12| |Local Outreach||||||650.01| |FIEC||||||516.00| |Office||||||612.41| |Other - catering||||||1 306.60| |SUBTOTAL||||||27,612.84| |Missionary
Standing|||Orders|8z|other gifts|1,638.00| |QMOs||||||912.00| |Women's
Group/S.|P.O.T.|||||1 125.70| ## ## ||(|APRIL 12022 - MA|RCH 312023)|RCH 312023)| |---|---|---|---|---| |||Received|GiftAid applied|| |Dishwasher||387.25|22.50|(closed to general fund)| |Catering||412.25||(closed to general fund)| |QMO offerings (SGA)||210.00|22.50|232.50| ||(Porters)|160.00|7.50|167.50| ||(Wycliffe)|277.00|18.00|295.00| ||(Asghers)|265.00||265.00| |||912.00|48.00|960.00| |Tear Fund (Ernie Harvey)||50.00||50.00| |Barnabas Fd|(Pakistan flood)|208.00|20.00|228.00| ||(Earthquake)|640.00|85.00|725.00| |Water Charity|(Harvest)|208.40|5.00|213.40| |SGA (Mission Sunday)||200.00|7.50|207.50| |Caring for Life (Jean)||165.00|6.25|171.25| ||(CoAee mg)
(Quiz)|410.87
644.00|47.25|410.87
691.25| |Ukraine Hub|(Christmas)|253.50|11.25|264.75| |Defibrillator||1,395.87|145.00|1,540.87| |Porters (standing
orders)||1,010.00||| |Asghers (standing
orders)||200.00||| |Other||||| |Card sales||177.80||| |Groups||||| |Women's
Group||998.10||| |SPOT||112.00||| |GENERAL FUND INCOME STREAMS|||(APRIL 12022 —MARCH 31 2023)|| ## |SUMMARY OF|BALANCES (|APRIL 12022 - MARCH 312023)|APRIL 12022 - MARCH 312023)| |---|---|---|---| |Balance at|April 12022|Mar 312023|| |Women's
Group|273.00||185.10| |S.P.O.T.|160.77||233.07| |Cards|67.96||76.76| |Gifts pending
(Asghers)|||20.00| |(Porters)|60.00||20.00| |(Ukraine) (Defibrillator)|||| ||822.00|1,540.87|| |General Fund|27 34.S1|34|817.20| |Total in bank|2S,61$.54|36,S93.00|| |Dishwasher|||409.75 (closed into General Fund)| |Catering||-|150.39(closed into General Fund)| |Christmas Boxes|||-9.50(closed into General Fund)| |BANK ACCOUNT CORRELATION|||| |Balance at 1"April 2022|28,798.54||| |Net for 12months|8,094.46||| |Balance at31"March 2023|36,S93.00||| |WOMEN'S MORNING COFFEE GROUP|||| |Balance at 1"April 2022|273.00||| |OfFerings|998.10||| |Spending
Balance at31"March 2023|1 086.00
185.10||| |S.P.O.T.ACCOUNT|||| |Balance at 1"April 2022|160.77||| |Donations|112.00||| |Spending
Balance at31"March 2023|39.70
233.07||| |CHRISTMAS BOXES(Closed into General
Balance at 1"April 2022
-21.00||Fund)|| |Donations|11.50||| |Spending
Balance at31"March 2023|-9.50||| |CATERING (Closed into General Fund)
Balance at 1"April 2022
00.00|||| |Payment|412.25||| |Spending
Balance at31"March 2023|562.64
-150.39||| ||DETAILS|OFEXPENDITURE|OFEXPENDITURE||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |MINISTRY||Totals|||||Totals| |Pastor||0.00|INTERNATIONAL||RELIEF||| ||||Samaritan's
Purse (Ukraine)|||827.00|| |Manse|||Tear Fund (Ernie Harvey)|||50.00|| |Insurance|263.26||Barnabas Fund|(Pakistan fld)||228.00|| |Electricity|535.49|||(Earthquake)||725.00|| |Gas|983.32||Water Charity (Harvest)|||213.40|2,043.40| |Cooker|484.99||||||| |Maintenance|349.63|2,616.69|INTERNATIONAL||MISSION||| ||||SGA|||385.00|| |F~ellowshi|||||||| |Preachers/Missionaries|1,170.00||NATIONAL MISSION||||| |Sunday Re&eshments|13.84||Caring ForLife|(Jean)||171.25|| |Media/Copyright|214.00||(Coffee morning)|||410.87|| |Child Protection|212.85||(Cards)|||55.00|| |Bank Charges
Other|139.28
326.51|2,076.4S|(Q~)
Ukraine Hub (Christmas)|||691.25
264.75|1,593.12| |Church Premises|||LOCAL OUTREACH||||| |Electricity|980.42||General||||| |Gas|951.95||Christianity
Explored|||98.03|| |Water|104.44||Tracts|||123.99|| |Insurance|1,422.97||Advertising|||427.99|650.01| |Maintenance|1,188.34||||||| |New Contents - over 6100|1,822.10||FOOD||||| |IONOS|131.99||Catering|||348.99|| |Internet|623.39||Harvest Supper|||35.88|| |AV equipment|341.20||Christmas
Tea|||18.79|| |Housekeeping|127.96||Jubilee|||158.29|| |Smaller Items|918.37|S,613.13|Jean's tea|||19.44|| ||||Reachout Lunches|||342.79|| |MISSIONARIES|||Other|||382.42|1,3062| |Allowances|||||||| |OM (L&KPorter)
Cranford
Support Trust|3,600.00
3600.00|7,200.00|FIEC
Donation|||516.00|516.00| |MO's dk Other Gifts|||OFFICE EXPENSES||||| |SGA|232.50||General Expenses|||414.50|| |L& KPorter|167.50||Stationery|||114.50|| |Standing
Orders|1,050.00||Prayer letter|||27.41|| |Cards|55.00||Photocopies|||56.00|612.41| |Wycliffe
R&MAsgher|295.00
265.00||SUBTOTAL||||30,162.S4| |Previous year|250.00||SPOT|||39.70|| |Standing
Orders
Cards|180.00
55.00|2,550.00|Women's
Group|||1 086.00|1,126.70| ||||TOTAL SPENDING||||31/SS.54| ## ## ## ## ##