**Calvary Evangelical Church Registered charity 1190059 Trustees Annual Report for 2020.** 

The Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) was constituted and approved by the Charity Commissioners (CC) on June 23rd 2020. It was set up with a view to taking over the assets and activities of the unincorporated charitable organisation no. 1089327 (the UCO). Authorisation for the transfer was granted by the CC on 1st December 2020. However two issues delayed this transfer. 

Firstly, there was an error (not of our making) at the Land Registry over the ownership of the church building at 72 Viaduct Road. An overage agreement in place with the Railway Mission was not recorded at the Land Registry. This took considerable effort and negotiation to reinstate, but it was eventually resolved. 

Secondly, in the financial climate resulting from COVID it proved extremely difficult to obtain a bank account for the new charity. This issue was still unresolved at the end of 2020. 

Thus throughout 2020, the organisation had no choice but to continue to operate as the UIC, and a full report of financial and other activities has been provided in the Trustees Annual Report for the UCO 1089327. There was no financial activity of the CIO during 2020. 

The only circumstance that had a direct impact on the CIO, therefore, was the loss of two trustees during October 2020. Christopher Fry died on 12th October 2020. Ben Alltimes resigned as of 3rd October. This was over a family matter, and at a meeting on 6th October, the trustees resolved that this did not constitute a threat to the charity. 

Yours sincerely 

Trustees of Calvary Evangelical Church Brighton 

20th November 2021