Trustees. Annual Report for the period Period stsrt date PerioJ end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 2023 To 31 08 2024 From Section A Reference and administration details Charity name P8fshor8 Community Church Other names charfty Is known by WA Registered charlty number Ilf any) 1190476 Charlty'8 prfnclpal address PO Box 2048 Per8hor8 Postcod• WR10 9EY Names of the Charlty trustoM who manage the charfty Tru$ts• Mm• Offlu IW •ry) Namè of p•r•on {or body) •ntlU•d Int tru•tso If4n MH Scott Andrews lain Bailey Andrew Stephens Cary8 Ellis Chair of Trustees Treasurer 8th July 2024 - 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Narn of the trustees for tho charity, If any. (for oxamplè. any custodlan trustees) Name s acted rf not for whole TAR Marth 2012
Names and addresses of advisers (Oplional Infornmllon) of advlser Nam• Address Namè of chlef executiv• or names of senlor staff members (Optional infomiation) Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Descrfptlon ot tho charlty'$ trusts Constitution Type of goveming document How Ihe charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated organi8ati.on Trustee selectlon methc¥Js Appointed by leadership team Addltlonal governanco I$•u08 (Optlonal Inlomiallon) You may choom to indude additional informats'on, wre relevant, about.. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees., the chaTity'8 organisational structure and any wider nelwork with which the chanty works", • relation8hip wrth any related parties., trustees, consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. Section C Ob ectives and activities The objectives of the church are for the benefrt of the public to advan Christian Faith in accordance th the Statements of Beliefs in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom and the Worfd a8 the Trustees from time to time may think fft and to fulfil such other purposes which a exdu$Fvely charttable according to the law of England and Wales and are connec*ed with the charTtable worf( of the church. Summary ofthe objècts ofthe charity set out in its governing document TAR arch 2012
Leadershlp The Spiritual leadership team of 4 (known within the church as 'the Core Leadership team.) continued through most of the year with one standing down in the summer of 2024 following the expiration of the 2 year commttment she gave to lead in this capacity. The remaining 3 leaders continue in role and ar8 confident they have the capacty and sktlls to continue leading the church with the Wider Leadership team and Trustees supporting them and by the grace of God. The Core L8ad8rship T8am continu8d to build on the foundations of the Churth laid over more than 10 years. The three key principles of 'Connecting with Connecting with each othe¢ and Connecting others with God have important drtvers together with a strong missional focus. Our desire to recruil someone to a Missional Leading role wa8 fulfilled in August this year, with a start date in mid September 2024. The primary objectives of this role are to 'reach out, and 'connect' with those in their twenties and thirtie8 to share the gospel ffe8sage through a variety of ¢onts¢t points. The new role will help facilitate missional acttvrties and help gafvanise members in the church towards this goal. The Missional Leader will become part of the wider leadership team, reporting to the core leadership team. Summary oftha maln activltles undertaken for th• publlc benefit in rnlation to these objects (Include withln th18 Sectlon the slatirtory declaration that trustees hav• had regard to the guldance Issued by the Charlty Comml8slon on publlc benefft) Alpha & Outreach We successfully ran a Youth Alpha course in the autumn of 2023 which resutted in one young person becoming a Christian and a regular attender of our Church. We h8kl fvrther'bridg8 trAJilding' events to engage with those on the periphery of the church and connect with fn'ends and family members who we would like to come to know God. These included a qu night at the local Chinese restsurant and a skitUepJFyzza night at our local cricket dub. The church continues to support the local Plum Festival events and annual 10k race in August by VRY of volunteeringlstewarding. Our support was much appreciated again by the respective organisations and continues to Ixjild our good reputation in the local communrty. Sunday and Othèr Meetlngs The church Continued to meet at Abbey Park Middle School on Sundays through the duration of 2023 and 2024. The Church continues to aspire to having its own meeting space but this was pursued only by making general enquiries about the ongoing developments in the North of tr* town and the availability of land. We continued with our pattem of meeting three Sundays per month at the school with the fourth used for'connecting, wrth the community and others Meetings at the school induded a modem Christian worship service with a variety of speakers including. the core leaders, wider leaders and invited guests. Chikjren and Youth stay in for part of the Servi with tailored 'Sunda School, rou meetin in a differenl art March 2012 TAR
of the school. Our 'Connect' Sundays were vaned. engaging in a variety of activities to 'build bridges. with people in the communty, 'non church going, family members and those on th8 penphery of the church. These included stewarding at the Pershore Plum Plodders 10K race, an Easter Trail, BBQ'S, filling 'shoeboxes' for 'Operation Christmas Child, a car rallyltrail and breakfast arKI coffee gatherings. We held our Christmas Eve 2023 service in the Pershor8 Ti)wn Hall and our 2024 Easter service was celebrated in the school wtth a reflective Good Friday seNice held at the Iixal library. We continue to recognis8 th8 importance of our weekly midweek 'lrfe' groups (small groups) which fomi the key discipleship eSement of our hurch life. Once a month we have a 'first Wednesday, evening m8eting to encourage cross group relalionships and allow a deeper lev81 of spiritual engagement including worship and prayer. One of these meetings, once a quarter would have a stronger emphasis on outreach, where we would invtte fn'ends and family from ouiside of the church. Youth and Chlldren's work Our youth and children's work continued and we were delighted to have another family join the church with young children. Th8 youth continued to meet On a fortnight for 80CAal activlti88 and meet once a month in a local Youth dub. Some of the youth also play regularfy in our worship band and have helped to lead s8v8ral Sunday SeIce8. Churchm Togoth•r In Pershore l Ecumenical) and Wld•r Connecllons We main an adive member of Churches Together in Pershore and ntribute to the leadership meetings held approximately bimonthly. Members attended the annual joint SOlC8 in January 2024 at Pershore Abbey which was represented from most of the local churches. Members also supported the Remembrance Sunday servi, also held at the Abbey in November 2023, which was well led by the local Canon. We continued to support the annual 'Lent' outreaches which include the provision of member m&Je soups and pancakes to raise funds for various charrties and support other local Easter CTIP outreach activities. We held 2 joint worship evenings with the Baptist Church which were well attended by both congregations We continue to support Pershore Foodbank based at the local Anglican church by way of individual volunteers and have 1 active member of the workplace chaplaincy scheme. Links with arKI support of church mission workers in Spain, North Africa and Ukraine coth'nued with financial support for the latter 0. We held special offerings for North Africa following the earthquake in the region and for Ukraine to su rttheon oi relief efforts. TAR Marth 2012
Synergy Our involvement with 'Synergy' group of churches continues with attendan at our local 'clusterf meetings and attendance at the annual conferen. Miscellaneous On8 Trustee attended a Charity Commission engagement training event in Birmingham in November 2023 and gave positive feedback from the event Addltlonal dotalls of obJ•cllvos and advltles (Optlonal Infomi•tlon} The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit and consider that the activities of the church as described above provide srgnfficant public benefit. You may choose to indude further statements, where relevant, aboLrt'. policy on grantmaking. policy programme related investment; contribution made by volunteers. TAR March 2012
Section D Achievements and performance Weekly, in person Churth meeb'ngs held, a 'Connect' Sunday once a month to help 'reach' out into the communty Midweek small group rn*tings continued throughout the year with monthly whole church gatherings. Face to face Youih Alpha Course held in Autumn 2023 attended by and run by the young people of the church with 1 person becoming a Christian Full involvement and lead&rship in the local Churches Together In Pershore group. Continued involvement and links wilh 'Synergy' our family of Churches organisation Communty engagement continued with 'bridge building, outreach events. These included a Chinese Restaurant quiz night, Pizza and skrttles evening, signfficant involvement in The Pershore Plum Festival. annual 1 OK ra, Bike Nite. English lessons and other support for the new Ukrainian refugee Community We have conts'nued to attract new people to our seNic88 during the period wtlh some deciding to become part of the Church We continue to support oversea8 misstonari88 Wlth whom we have a relationship Helped loGal Ukrainian refugees to learn and improve their English language through lessons run by church volunteers Active engagement and encouragement of the young people in church demonstrated through participation in Sunday services and our worship band. Joint worship evenings with the Baptist church Summary ofthe main achievements of tho charity during the year TAR March 2012
Section E Financial review Our current policy on reserves is to maintain at least £5000 in cash deposiis at our bank. Thts was easily achieved during the reporting period. Funds maintsined in restricted funds are excluded from the aforementioned figure. Once our Missional Leader commences employment (September 2024) reserves will be reviewed and increased to a higher level. Briof statsm8nt of th• charlty'8 pollcy on reserves Dètail of any funds materialty In deficlt NonelNla Further flnanclal rnvI detall8 Iopuonal Infomwfon) You may Choose to include additional information, where relevant about.. the charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)., how expenditure has supported th8 key objective8 of the chanty., investment policy and objectives induding any ethical inve8tm8nt policy adopted. Pershore Communty Church continues to be lully funded by monthly and other gifts from its members, for bthich we remain extremely grat8ful. The churth continues to aspire to purchase a building in the nearlmedium temi fulure to provid8 a more pemianent and flexible meeting Space to help meet it8 key objectives. We contbnue to maintain a restricted fvrKI for a donation of £6250 received in 2020 tovrards the aspiration of buying a building. The donor has confirmed they are happy for the donatj'on to be retained by the church for the time being. An addttion of £100 (plus gift aid} was donated to this fund during the year. An interest bearing account has been opened with our Bank for the Building fund and £6375 deposited to this account represenbng the amounts referred to above. Section F Other optional information During the reporting period, The Charity Commission has agreed to the merger of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Chanty Reference No. 1190476) and Charty Trust (Charity reference no 1144119) the latter has since been removed from the central register of charities confinned by email dated 1$1 March 2024 details as below. 20240301 TS- Removal of PERSHORE COMMUNITY CHURCH II44119 CRM:0817830 PERSHORE COMMUNITY CHURCH 1144119 Thank you for your submission to the Charity Commission. I can confirm that the above named charty has now been removed from the Central Register of Charities. This will be reflected on the public Register of Charities within the next five days. Kind Regards, Case Officer Register Oversight- Charity Commission TAR March 2012
Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Slgnod on behalf of the charlty's trtreS Slgnaturn(8) Full nam8) Po8ltlon (og Secretary, Chalr, <44r TAR Mar(* 2012
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forth p•dod To Section A Receipts and payments fund• Total fund• L*•tyMr th• nm1•£ Al R•¢o1 55,•DI ¢JRAIJ Rqtynd njfoifrom 4Y,JOi Svb lol•l(Grw Incorn trAR) A2 A8••t•nd 1bw••tsnt 8th1, tsbl• 91.097 rotylr•¢•lpts AJP• 294 711 uf4n 41 iJ• 1)9 47 Room Hlr• & FO1r 516 1¢7 2J2 Comwtsr EK90r4•0 Cmtth GMfvJ 138 148 009 JMI Sp•Ak•rn Jty Sub lotsl 17 PUTchases. Igee t•bl•l 17JST 1705 N•tof rnc•lpW(PQTnert¥J A5 Trnn•fv8 bots¥wn A6 CaBh funds 145t y•ar•nd 24J17 64,30) YO,756
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl mombors of Pershore Community Church On accounts for the yr 31 August 21r24 Charlty no (If any) 1190476 Sot out on p•g CC16a pages 1-2 I report to the trustees my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe TN8t') for year ended 3110812024. Ro8pon•lbllltles and As the charity tru8tee8 of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation ba$ls of rnport of the accounts in accordance with requlrement3 of Ihe Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). I report in respect of my examination of th8 Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charrty Commission under gectlon 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention in Mnnection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that In. any material r8swct.' accounting record8 were not kopt In accordance with sectTron 130 of the Act or the account8 do not accord with the accounting records Ind•pondent oxamI* 8tat•m•nt I have no concems and have come acros8 no other matters in connection with the examination to which attents'on should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please d818le the words in th8 br8Gkets rfthey do not 8ppIy. Slgnod: Sarah Stansfield Relevant profe8slonal quallflcatlonl8) or body Ilf any): ACA Address: 2 Fountain Place Worcester WR13HW Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of Chanty accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). IER October 2018
Gfvè harn brlef detalls of any ltsms that the examlnar wishes to dlsclose. IER Octob•r 2018