
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From** 19/11/2020 **To** 

13/08/2021 

**Charity name:** National Estate Churches Network 

**Charity registration number:** 1192423 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The advancement of education through<br>developing and promoting Christian faith<br>communities for the purpose of shaping<br>church policy and supporting community<br>development, learning, social cohesion,<br>sustainability and well-being in the social<br>housing estates of England and Wales.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Monthly newsletter sent to front line<br>workers supporting communities on social<br>housing estates. Regular social media<br>posts to Facebook and Twitter promoting<br>resources to support front line workers.<br>Facilitation of local groups of front line<br>workers.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commissioner on public benefit.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The charity does not make any grants|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|n/a|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity is grateful to the volunteer local<br>hub leaders as well as to the trustees who<br>lead the strategic direction of the<br>organisation|
|Other||n/a|





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Over 600 front line church leaders based<br>on social housing estates receive the<br>monthly newsletter providing resources and<br>support for their work in the communities in<br>which they serve. Over 20 local groups are<br>operating to provide a means for local<br>leaders to support and learn from each<br>other.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|n/a|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|n/a|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|n/a|
|Other||n/a|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Total receipts were: £19,214<br>Total expenditure was: £19,985.39<br>Net outgoings: £771.39|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Designated funds are as follows:<br>•<br>£600 Grant from Society of Retreat<br>Conductors for retreat postponed in<br>May 2020 due to Covid. Awaiting a<br>suitable opportunity to undertake a<br>retreat<br>•<br>£1,046.70 Grant from AllChurches<br>Trust for payment of Exec Director<br>expenses expected to be utilised<br>fully during 21/22<br>Unrestricted funds provides a cash-flow<br>buffer and supports the general operations<br>of the charity|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|The charity had reserves of £8,175.41 at<br>the end of the financial year of which<br>£1,646.70 were designated.|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|n/a|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|The charity is in receipt of a significant<br>grant that covers the cost of employment of<br>the two part-time staff members. This grant<br>continues into 2021/22 financial year.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|AllChurches Trust (now known as Benefact<br>Trust)|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|n/a|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Securing funding in 22/23 to maintain a<br>paid staff team|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Foundation Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Election to post by trustees|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|The charity has informal partnership<br>arrangements with over 40 para-church<br>organisations that support front line work of<br>churches in social housing estates|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|National Estate Churches Network|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|NECN|
|Registered charity number|1192423|
|Charity’s principal address|c/o Barking Lodge<br>Verulam Avenue<br>Walthamstow<br>LONDON<br>E17 8ES|





## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Emma Ash||Elected at AGM 30/11/2020||
||David Champness|Treasurer|Elected at AGM 30/11/2020||
||Lynne Cullens|Chair|Elected at AGM 30/11/2020||
||Andrew Dorton||Elected at AGM 30/11/2020||
||Clare King||Elected at AGM 30/11/2020||
||Lynne Norman||Elected at AGM 30/11/2020||
||Nigel Poole||Elected at AGM 30/11/2020||
||John Rafferty||Elected at AGM 30/11/2020||
||Robb Sutherland||Elected at AGM 30/11/2020||
||Andrew Turner||Elected at AGM 30/11/2020||
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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** 



## **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)** 

## **Sara Barron** 

## **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)** <br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position**<br>**Date**|<br>DAve Champness (Sep 8, 2022 13:02 GMT+1)<br>DAve Champness|Lynne Cullens (Aug 30, 2022 13:07 GMT+1)<br>L S Cullens|
|---|---|---|
||Mr David Champness|Rt Rev Lynne Cullens|
||Trustee and Hon Treasurer<br>Chair<br>  <br>Aug 30, 2022<br>Sep 8, 2022||
||<br>Sep 8, 2022||






**Charity Name No (if any) National Estate Churches Network 1192423 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 14/08/2020 13/08/2021 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**16,131**<br>**2,833**<br>**250**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**19,214**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**19,214**<br>**9,000**<br>**6,428**<br>**2,394**<br>**779**<br>**785**<br>**599**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **19,985**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**19,985**<br>**-                    771**<br>**-**<br>**7,300**<br>**6,529**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,647**<br>**1,647**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**16,131**<br>**2,833**<br>**250**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**19,214**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**19,214**<br>**9,000**<br>**6,428**<br>**2,394**<br>**779**<br>**785**<br>**599**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**19,985**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**19,985**<br>**-                    771**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**16,131**<br>**2,833**<br>**250**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**19,214**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**19,214**<br>**9,000**<br>**6,428**<br>**2,394**<br>**779**<br>**785**<br>**599**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**19,985**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**19,985**<br>**-                    771**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Grants|**16,131**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**16,131**||**7,802**|
|Donations|**2,833**|||**2,833**||**272**|
|Tax refund forgift aided donations|**250**|||**250**||**-**|
|Bank interest|**-**|||**-**||**8**|
|Conference|**-**|||**-**||**370**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**19,214**|||**19,214**||**8,452**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
||||**-**|**19,214**||**8,452**|
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|Church Army|**9,000**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**9,000**||**7,000**|
|Salaries|**6,428**|||**6,428**||**-**|
|Other Employment costs|**2,394**|||**2,394**||**1,037**|
|Website and IT|**779**|||**779**||**899**|
|Insurance|**785**|||**785**||**759**|
|Equipment|**599**|||**599**||**-**|
|Other Expenses|**-**|||**-**||**1,832**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**19,985**|||**19,985**||**11,527**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
||||**-**|**19,985**||**11,527**|
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||**-                    771**|**-**|**-**|**-                    771**||**-                3,075**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**<br>**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**7,300**|**1,647**||**8,947**||**12,022**|
||**6,529**|**1,647**|**-**|**8,176**||**8,947**|



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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>HSBC Community Account<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>Lynne Cullens (Aug30, 2022 13:07 GMT+1)<br>DAve Champness(Sep8,2022 13:02 GMT+1)<br>DAve Champness|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**6,529**<br>**1,647**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,529**<br>**1,647**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Lynne Cullens<br>DAve Champness|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**When due**<br>**(optional)**<br>Date of<br>approval<br>Aug 30, 2022<br>Sep 8, 2022<br>x|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
||Lynne Cullens (Aug30, 2022 13:07 GMT+1)|Lynne Cullens|Aug 30, 2022|
||DAve Champness(Sep8,2022 13:02 GMT+1)<br>DAve Champness|DAve Champness|Sep 8, 2022|



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## NECN TAR and accounts 2021 

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