THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH CHATHAM (CEC) (Charity Commission Registered Number 1190135) REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
Charity Information – Trustees Rev D S Hadlum
J Holland
G N Arulmani
S Popoola B J Sloan
Governing Document 2020
Constitution dated 26[th] June
Charity Registration Number Church Office
1190135
138 Ordnance Street
Chatham Kent ME4 6SE Bankers The Co-Operative Bank
Report of the Trustees
The trustees submit the Report for The Evangelical Church Chatham 1190135 (‘CEC’) which is a recently registered charity, for the year ending 31[st] March 2021.
The purpose of the charity is to carry out the activities of the Chatham Evangelical Church under the status of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
Objects of the Church
The objects of the Church are for the benefit of the public:
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(a) To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from time to time may think fit:
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(b) To relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind including the provision of counselling and support in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from time to time think fit:
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(c) To advance education in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from time to time may think fit.
Governance
Following the appropriate application to the Charity Commission for England and Wales the Commission authorised on the 13[th] July 2020 the transfer of assets and liabilities and the granting of an indemnity under section 105 of the Charities Act 2011 for the Charity known as The Evangelical Church (1054454) to The Evangelical Church (1190135).
To be in a position to affect the transfer it was necessary to open a new bank account for the CIO charity, obtain HMRC approval, to pass a dissolution through an EGM, consult with the CEC employees and to produce final accounts up to the date of transfer which was the 31[st] May 2021.
A detailed process was followed which included the holding of an EGM on the 12[th] May 2021 at which the dissolution of the old charity 1054454 was approved. From the 1[st] June 2021 the Chatham Evangelical Church employees received their first monthly payroll payment through the HMRC online process under the new CIO charity 1190135. The overall timescale for the Transfer process was impacted by the COVID 19 pandemic. The accounts for old charity 1054454 have been prepared and submitted to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31[st] March 2021.
The final accounts for the old charity for the period from the 1[st] April 2021 to the 31[st] May 2021 have also been produced by the Accountants Stephen Hill Partnership.
The Trustees of the new charity 1190135 are therefore filing a “nil” return with the Charity Commission for the year ending 31[st] March 2021 for the period from the 26[th] June 2020 to 31[st]
March 2021 as the new charity had no assets or liabilities for the period. At this date there were no funds deposited in the bank account as all financial transactions for The Evangelical Church were through the old charity.
It is appropriate to note that the Trustees of charity number 1054454 are the same as for the new charity 1190135.
Approval
This report was approved by the Trustees at the Elders Meeting held on the 14[th] December 2021 as formally recorded in the meeting Minutes.
B Sloan on behalf of the CEC Trustees