## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 17/07/2023 Period start date To 16/07/2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Penistone Community Church**
**Charity registration number: 1187540**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference|||
|---|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17||The object of the CIO is to advance the
Christian faith and to enable the Church to
carry out any other charitable purpose
which is connected with the work of the
Church|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19||This will include the advancement of
Christian faith; the provision of community
facilities, so long as they are all regarded
as being connected with the main work of
the Church in the area around Penistone.
Sunday services including worship,
teaching, prayer and children’s and youth
work have been run weekly.
This includes weekly bible and prayer
groups at member’s homes, online and in
the church building.
This includes a weekly volunteer run parent
/ carer and toddler group during term time.
This also includes a new initiative; Hill
Country Kitchen (HCK), which started in
October 2023 with the aim of providing a
warm space and meals to those in the
community who would appreciate company
and/or were in need. Meals are provided on
a free/pay what you can basis.
Opening of HCK involved liaison with
Barnsley Council who provided information
and supportive documentation for following
good food hygiene. HCK registered as a
Food Business Establishment and during
the year had a food safety inspection
where they were awarded a 5 rating. The
volunteers supporting this work also
completed safeguarding training and food
hygiene training as required.
During the year there were some DIY days
where church members joined together
voluntarily for DIY, cleaning, decorating and
gardening jobs.
The church also held a Christmas Wreath
Making event which was attended by|
|||church members and others from the wider
community.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have considered the guidance
issued by the commission on public benefit.
The work of the church has been in line
with its charitable purposes|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||
SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|All the activities of the church are run by
volunteers and there are no paid
employees.|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Penistone community church provides a
space for worship for the fellowship, a hall
area for the community to hire for social
events.
The main achievements of the charity for
this time period include the advancement of
Christian faith and the provision of
community facilities.
Sunday services including worship,
teaching, prayer and children’s and youth
work have been run weekly.
This includes weekly bible and prayer
groups at members’ homes, online and in
the church building.
This also includes a weekly volunteer run
parent / carer and toddler group during
term time.
This group provides a safe space for
toddlers to play and their carer / parent
opportunity to connect and forge
friendships with one another. It also allows|
the church to make connections with the community. Since October 2023 this has included a new initiative; Hill Country Kitchen (HCK), started in October 2023 which provides a warm space and meals to those in the community who would appreciate company and/or are in need. Meals are provided on a free/pay what you can basis. These activities link directly to the main objectives of the church – to support those who participate to continue to grow in their Christian faith and to worship God.
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period.|Para 1.21||The charity allocated some of its funds to the new
initiative of Hill Country Kitchen (HCK) which
started in October 2023; including continued
development of the kitchen area.
**The total income of the COI - listed as**
**receipts - £29123**
**Receipts (Income)**
**Donations**- The majority of this is regular
giving by church members. Over this
period the average monthly giving was
around £1690 some months were less
and others more. This is slightly less
than the previous year.
There were some one off donations too,
including £600 from the Penistone
branch of the Royal British Legion - a
gift made towards the work of HCK
This category also includes cash
donations to HCK, £883 and the toddler
group - £374- detailed later in the report.
**Fundraising**- This money was raised
from the sale of items by
church members with money raised
being donated to the charity.
.
**Room hire**- The charity typically charges
£10 an hour for use of its premises. The
bulk of this money is from a new client,
Sharon Stacey Music. Sharon holds
singing lessons in the sanctuary which
started in April and this raised £365. The
church was used as a Polling Station in
the 2024 General and local
elections, £160. The premises were also
used during Penistone Arts Week, £40
and a private party, £40
**Refunds**- £251 from EDF Energy. And
also duplicated payments, Lebara
(wireless internet), £7 and Christian
Safeguarding Services, £120
**Gift Aid**- a claim relating to historical
donations (up to Jan 2022) was made
and received - £5288
**Payments- costs incurred**
The total expenditure was £21513.|
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**Cost of Charitable Activity -** This section includes the cost of items purchased in requirement of what we do. The actual total is £1993.55. Examples include (to nearest £1) Food and other consumables for HCK - £1247 Training for volunteers, Ground Level Leaders conference (April 2024) and Safeguarding training - £366 Consumables for Toddler Group - £194 Miscellaneous items, such as glow sticks and oranges for Christingle service, materials for wreath making event and furniture for toddler group - £186 The **mortgage** cost for this period is listed - £4333. This is more than the previous period due to the interest rate rises. The monthly cost rose from £354 at the start of the period to £363 in October 2023. **Lighting, Power and Heat -** Our Annual utility costs. Electricity: £778 Gas: £575 Wireless Internet: £69 **Cleaning Materials and Domestic Items** Is larger than the previous period. Expenditures outside 'everyday' cleaning materials include Items required for HCK such as aprons, crockery, utensils, bins, microwave, signs, £1011 Mugs (with lids) for toddlers group - £58 The cost of **building maintenance/improvement** , though still substantial, was less than the previous year. Equipment for kitchen, including hob, stainless steel worktop covers etc.: £839 Electrical work,, including PAT testing, purchase and installation of hall lights and other minor works £2730 DIY materials - for hall face-lift on church work day (13th April and 27[th] April 2024) and professional stripping of internal doors: £248 Materials purchased for the improvement car park/garden: £645 Roof repairs: £1050 New external signs: £3726 **Safety and Security** is our cost in relation to burglar alarm and fire extinguisher service, £872. This also
|||includes the purchase of non-slip mats
for the kitchen, £134 and materials to
secure one of our cupboards for storage
for sensitive documents (GDPR
compliance) £12
**Memberships -**includes our annual
subscriptions. There were no increases
from the previous year, except that
Penistone Churches Together was paid
after a year off (they waived the
previous year due to surplus funds)
Ground Level Ministries: £450 per
annum
Christian Safeguarding Services: £120
per annum (Gold membership)
The Evangelical Alliance: £80 per
annum
Penistone Churches Together £100
**Insurance -**This is our annual premium.
**Donations**. We made two donations in
this period
Adopt a Child - following their leading a
Sunday Service, £200
M and J. Stead - for advice and services
relating to a previous financial year
checking. £150
The toddler group started this financial year with a
cash float of £97.15. Attendees make voluntary
cash donations and the total received was £374
The amount of this cash spent on consumables
and other items (e.g craft, books etc.) £194.17
(shown as £194 above), so an increase in their
funds of £178.83
This leaves an excess cash float of £276.98-
which is held by the toddler group staff. And
reported on Section B of the form in addition to
the amount held in our bank account.
A collected summary of the new HCK initiative.
Money spent by the charity in setting up,
resourcing and running totals approx. £3097.
Donations received - from participants
£883, From RBL £600 Giving a total of.
£1483
So the relative cost to the charity from its
own funds for this initiative is £1614
(£3097-£1483)|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining
the policy for holding|Para 1.22|At this time there has not been a necessity for a
reserves policy–this may be a subject for review|
|reserves stating why
they are held||in the future.|
|---|---|---|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£39,309|
|Reasons for holding
zero reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund
materially in deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|None|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated
Organisation|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustee selection is from the fellowship on
a voluntary unpaid basis. Selection and
election is voted on by the present trustees.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Penistone Community Church|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1187540|
|Charity’s principal address|Penistone Community Church
Sheffield Road
Penistone
S36 6HF|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Stewart Andrew|Chair of trustees|||
||Dr Rebecca
Meredith|Trustee|||
||Catherine Burnham|Trustee|||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
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|Rebecca Meredith|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity
Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** _Stewart Andrew_ **Full name(s)** Stewart Andrew
**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair of trustees **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
25/05/25
||**Penistone Community Church**|**Penistone Community Church**|**Penistone Community Church**|**1187540**|**1187540**|**1187540**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**|17/07/2023|**To**||16/07/2024|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**22,752**
**605**
**5,288**
**378**
**100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**29,123**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**29,123**
**1,994**
**4,333**
**1,422**
**1,520**
**9,239**
**1,019**
**870**
**767**
**350**
**21,513**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,513**
**7,609**
**-**
**-**
**7,609**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**22,752**
**605**
**5,288**
**378**
**100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**29,123**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**29,123**
**1,994**
**4,333**
**1,422**
**1,520**
**9,239**
**1,019**
**870**
**767**
**350**
**21,513**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,513**
**7,609**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**22,752**||||||**-**|
|Room Hire|**605**||||||**-**|
|Gift Aid Received from HMRC|**5,288**||||||**-**|
|Refunds|**378**||||||**-**|
|Fundraising|**100**||||||**-**|
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||**-**||||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**29,123**||||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||
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Cost of Fundraising/Charitable Activity|**1,994**||||||**-**|
|Mortgage|**4,333**||||||**-**|
|Lighting,Power and Heat|**1,422**||||||**-**|
|CleaningMaterials and Domestic Items|**1,520**||||||**-**|
|BuildingMaintenance/Improvement|**9,239**||||||**-**|
|Securityand Safety|**1,019**||||||**-**|
|Memberships|**870**||||||**-**|
|Insurance|**767**||||||**-**|
|Donations|**350**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**21,513**||||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**||||||||
|**,**|**-**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
||||||||**-**|
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||**7,609**|**-**|
**-**||
**7,609**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**7,609**|**-**|
**-**||**7,609**||**-**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
28/05/2025
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**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))
Cash Float for Toddler Group
Current Account
**Details**
**Details**
Property -Penistone Community Church,
~~Sheffield Road Penistone Sheffield S36~~
**Details**
Mortgage (balance outstanding as at
~~25/06/2024)~~
Catherine Burnham
Signature
_R. Meredith_|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**39,032**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**39,032**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**277**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**110,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**32,869**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Rebecca Meredith
Catherine Burnham|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
||_R. Meredith_|Rebecca Meredith|**17/05/2025**|
||Catherine Burnham|Catherine Burnham|**17/05/2025**|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
28/05/2025
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Penistone Community Church **On accounts for the year** 2024 **Charity no** 1187540 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above **16/07/2024**
**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act .
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed:** Claire Price **Date:** 19/05/2025 **Name:** Claire Price **Relevant professional** CIMA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 264 Barnsley Road, Hoylandswaine, S36 7JA
**October 2018**
1
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## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**October 2018**
2
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