Hope Community Church Middleton
Report and Accounts
Year ended 31 December 2022
Stewardship
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HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH MIDDLETON
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE
21 Middthn Park MoLmt
Leed5
LS104BB
GOVERNING CQCUME
CIO c￿S￿lution registered 12 November 2020
CHARITY REGISTFi4mON NUMBER
1192315
TRUSTEES RESPONSIBLE FOR
MANAGING THE CHARITY
Duncan Johnson
mith￿1 LuEhfffOnn
Michael Phill￿tt
Stephen Walker
BANKERS
The a>owaty"ve Bank
INDEpENDE￿r EXAMINER
Jamée Ywng
ste￿ardSh"p
l Lan*)'s Passage
LoN￿N
ECIY BAB
INDEX
P8ge I
Pages 2-3
Pag8 4
Page 5
Page 6
Page 7
Legal and Adninistr&ive Oeiails
Trustees, Rep
lThJeperthnt ExatYir*fs Report
ReceiOS and Pay￿entS Account
Statement ol Assets & ts"at4"I"tyes
Nbles to Ihe ACc￿nts
page i

HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH MIDDL￿oN
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
The Trustees have pleasure in submith'ng the Report Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022.
Objects of the charity
The charity. which Is a church, is 9overneiJ by a consiiiution and is consbtuted as a charitable Incorporated org&nisv4tlDn.
Th8 charitys principal obiectNes. as set out in its governing documeni, are to &fvance the ChriS￿an ￿th in a¢¢ordance wth
its basis ol Iw"th. and for othei stsch ¢haTitable pUr[￿SeS {pYimwily bu¢ not exclusNely to Middleton) that put int¢ practice Ihe
ChrisDan faith.
The churth membership has adoFrted the vsion of'sharing New Life in Chiist. as a mearrs of en¢ar6ulab'ng these
objec*ves.
¢pe Comrnunity Church Middleton is commilled to preaching the 905pèI of Jesus Christ. welcoming atl and any into ils
public worship services on a Sunday.
The church is ajso commitie<l to the Y+Ellare of its mernbers. which indudes a￿velY erKouraging their own Spiritual life and
the spiritu￿ life of the church community.
Our services and practs"¢es are Informed by the Bible which V*P sutymit w as our authority. As such wr services invO￿e sung
worship, prayer. reading the Bible, coMmun￿n, bap¢ism and Ihe Preaching of the ￿tl￿d of God.
We piornots the spiritual grcwth of our membership through a MId￿k home group. We prowde pasro1￿ support to
individu&s gnd familles.
WE Invite other5 to hear about the message of Christianrty and offer the OPFQrtunity io join the church.
We run and participate in events in the ¢ommunty to provhl8 public benefft and promote the Christian message.
We partner other local churche5 In order to In￿ practsce our Chris￿an faitr.
Review of the charity's main activilies and achievements
To fvrlhèr the above objects and vision, the chariws mwn actNit￿$ and athievements V•pre as follo￿..
Sunday worship
Our services are open to the %thLile communty at 3wn wery Sunday. We meet at Elements Primary School. and these afe
adverts'sed vKth signage, lyers and 50cid media.
Those attending have been welcomed and ertouraged 10 partiopats in sung vKJrship and prayer. The Bible has been
faithfijlty tavght and communion administered. This year we have had ￿£$ babies in eongregabon and have provided
play mats at the back for parents to superv15e any pre-school ¢hildren %thilsl sts"Il being able to parts'cipate in the seTVlCe.
We publiciseo a carol se￿￿ In December 2022 and had severaj vistwts auend frc*n the local community.
Discipleship & pastOTd care
Pasioral care is provided more form&lty by the eldèrship of the chufth and a fernale staff V•fjrker set asi(Je fDr the women of
the ¢huTch and locality. These individuats aL80 seek to equip the ol the membership for "one another. ministry. The
membership is exhorted io Gare fur one another pracD"calty, emotsonajty and spirityaily.
A weekly home group provides ￿rther Bibli￿1 instructs.on for the n*mbers ol the church and Is a place %there the struggles
of life can be share(1 openty- yet approprwtety- wth one another and prayed fDr. In Ihis pasiyear, a5 well as siudying botsks
ofthe 8ible, thls home group has also seNed to train the rr*rnbe￿ ￿ help thrtse suffering in our church and wlder community.
Mission & evangelism
The church provided a ciaft event at Elements Primary School both for Easter 2022 ar￿ Christmas 2022. Both of these had
a gtsod number ol families trom the eornmunty atteTra tske part The church also had a stall at Elements, Christmas fair,
providing Christmas De￿ra0"on$ and Christian literature.
The church prowde(J a stall at The Great MIddle￿n Park Show. This included garnes for all to parts'cipate in, and the
profile of the church was ratsed with the locd community as a
The churth encoLtrages and equips people to be ¢0 b￿S the community In ￿ateVer enterprises tt)ey Individual￿ engage
in. Wè aLso encourage the shv4ring of their Christian bdief for the tetterment of Olhers, and their own spiritual hedlh as they
are èngaged in thi8.

Partnership
The churth is under the Ltmbiella of the Fellowstip of Independeni Evangelical Churches. Tl*se are over 650 like-minded
churd)es across the UK seeking to promote the ChrisDan faith. The churth is also partnered wth other chur¢hes under
Medhurst Ministries TM15 exists to see the gospd of Jesus Christ go Into foigotten communib'e5 In England and W&le5,
The churth has a150 been sending a regular financi￿ gift fDr trose having recentty planted a church in Gothenburg.
Sweden.
In planning actNities, the Trustees hav• apPl￿d the guidanc9 on publt benefft IssuecS by the Charity Commission.
Financial review
Hope Community Church Middleton was re¢ogni58d as a charity ty the Charity CommissKin on 12th November 2020. It
QFened its first bank account In September 2021. Finances are re¥￿v￿d In the Tiustee meell.ngs ar￿ in Church members
meetings. charity does noi have any loans and had no financid concerns over this peri￿1.
Reserves policy
The trustees have determined that the charty shouK1 aim to hold unrestrthd cash of no18ss than 3 months expenditure
(approxima￿lY £15,000) so that the charity coulo ¢onD"nue ￿ operate should Ir￿Me and l or expenditure vary adversety. At
the year end, the chafty held unresiricted cash of £59,122 and the charity ss comptying wth its reserves policy.
Governance
At Hope Community Chur¢h MiddWn tre vision and direc*on are sei out by the eldershlp ¥¥fio have r8$pOr￿lbl1itY for the
5riritual oversight of the thu￿￿.
Tho Trustges ensure that the chLsrch ￿MplieS with all of its18gal responsibilityes, and that the charitabl• objectN8s ar8 being
pr¢moted by the eklershlp as set out In the Church'8 constituh'on and do¢tn'nal distinthve8.
The Trustees ol the charity are the eldership. Wih the exception otrts foun(Jing trustees as detailed in the Cttureh Conso"tution
Intsrim Trustees can &so be ap￿inted should the number of Trustees lati telow the number of three This Is donè by th8
Elders proFosing an IndNidualls) vkno ihen need5 the approvd of 7596 of the church membefship pYe5ent in order to be
aFwinted. Th& full particubr5 are clearty laid out in the ¢hurc*'8 govemiro documents.
The church has a Treasurer vtho adminis￿r$ the finawe5. providing infr)rmatson for the Trustees to make Informed
d8cisions for the charity.
Responsibilitie5 01 trustees
Charity law requiies us as Trustees to prepwe financi￿ swements fDr accoLtntsng year I￿Ord the receipts and
payments ol the tharity for the year.
We are responsible for keeping proper accountsng Tecords vthictr disclose wth rett50r￿1e accuracy at any b.me the financi
p0s￿on of the charity an(J enable us to ensure thoi the financial statements CEynply Trmth the Charities Act 2011.
We ￿$0 have a responsibility w safeguard the assets of the chwity and to tske reasorthbe stsps ts prevent fraud or any
Other iNegular￿.e$.
Approvat
Th15 Feporl vms approve11 by the trustees arKI 5*]nett their lJeMI by".
Mithael Phil
Date.
2oL8

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF
HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH MIDDLETON
l iepKSrt io the tiusiees on my examinaiion of ihe accounts of Hope Community Church Middleton (Ihe
charity'i for the year ended 31 December 2022 on pages S to 7 folknwng.
Responsibilities and basis of repo¥t
As the tnjsiees of the ch￿lty you are fesponsible for the wepar￿lon of the accounts in accordance y￿¢h
the requlrern8nts of the Charrbes kn 2011 (the 2011 Act).
I report in respect of my exanNnation of the tharity's ￿lUnts carried out under sedion 145 of the 2011
Aci and in carrwng otsi my examination I have followed all ihe aP￿.cable Tr'reclions given by the Charily
Comnmssion undef section 145{5)Ibl of Ihe 2011 Act.
Independent examinerfs statement
I have completed ry examination. I confirm that no material matters have come lo my attention in
connecll.on wth the examinab.on gNing me cause lo bel'eve that m any matenal respect..
l. accouniing Tecords were not kept In accordance ¥%ith section 130 01 the 2011 Ac( Of
2. the accounts do not accowd with the a￿OuntIng records.
I have no concerns and have across no othei mailers in connectson wllh the examination to which
allenlion should be drawn in ￿der lo enable a woper unde￿la￿lIng of the attounts lo be reached.
Jaimée Young
Stewardship
l Lamb's Passage
LONDON
ECIY BAB
Date.. 20 September 2023
Page 4

HOPE COMP•UNITY CHURCH MIDDLETON
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENfs ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 310ECEMBER 2022
Toial
3022
FuTrts
F￿J%
Incom• iqc•lpt$
E)onation$
Gittabj 14¢4*AS
Ott*rgrnnts
51.766
8.173
5.763
51,766
8.173
5.7&1
TO1￿ rtt•l)ts
Paymènts
Pa5w£nts in relaii?n io
acd¥￿0$ u￿N4*eV
$2.279
52.279
8,172
Grarts phkl in chaiithtl•
5.279
5.27B
Tow p•ym•nt$
ol fecfws 1 (po)fftwrtsi b•fo
8.144
8,144
.#78
Trnrtsfer5 b•tswn hM>J
P4gr m0¥4m•nt In luTrd$
8.144
8,144
.978
Cash as at
1.978
50,978
Cash lund$ at this y•u •nd
39 122
Pays

OPE COMMUNITY CNLIRCH MIDDLETON
STATEklENT OF ASSETS ANO LIA8ILITIES
FOFI THE YEAR ENDED 310ECEM8ER 2022
O•¥rwted
fuod5
R•stritted
Toial
2021
2022
A ￿5h funds
39.if
39.IZ2
5g.L22
50.978
50.97B
8 Other montlary assets
Glft
1.161
1.161
1.161
1.16L
1.07B
C Ll•bllitse$
FStli*o Wifhin on• year..
Pens￿￿ due
PAYEINI d
Feo for Irthp•rKIBrrt &artharAin
£¢nJed exp)r￿S
55
597
$97
634
540
B25
L.54
1.5PO
2.￿3
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NO aswr8ovThd ty thE chwty.
E Guar8nieos and setureo debts
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