2023-08-13-accounts - National Estate Churches Network

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 14/08/2022 To 13/08/2023

Charity name: National Estate Churches Network

Charity registration number: 1192423

Objectives and Activities

The purposes of the charity are the advancement of education through developing and promoting Christian faith communities for the purpose of shaping church policy and supporting community development, learning, social cohesion, sustainability and well-being in the social housing estates of England and Wales.

The main activities of the charity in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts:

Monthly newsletter sent to front line workers supporting communities on social housing estates.
Regular social media posts to Facebook and Twitter promoting resources to support front line workers.
Facilitation of local groups of front-line workers.
Website highlighting resources for those in estates ministry to use and sharing positive stories of ministry to encourage others through written articles/video interviews and podcasts.
Conferences to support Christians who work/live in social housing estates.
One to one support via phone/e-mail contact to direct front line workers to relevant resources/specific sources of support.

The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commissioner on public benefit.

The charity does not make any grants

The charity is grateful to the volunteer local hub leaders as well as to the trustees who lead the strategic direction of the organisation.

Achievements and Performance

The main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole:

Over 700 front line church leaders based on social housing estates receive the monthly newsletter providing resources and support for their work in the communities in which they serve.
Around 15 local groups are operating to provide a means for local leaders to support and learn from each other. New groups are being encouraged and new contacts made.

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Website including ‘NECN directory’ to assist estate church leaders in finding resources for leadership training, supporting their communities through social action projects, specialist ministries etc.
Inspiring and encouraging church leaders on social housing estates by sharing other’s stories through website, videos and podcasts.
Undertaking research with practitioners about their calling to estates ministry, the joys and challenges, and barriers/reservations to starting out – ‘Living in Estate Ministry: Your Questions Explored’ – 60 Page book has been produced ready for distribution at autumn conferences in 2023.
Successful regional conference in February 2023 with over 80 attendees. 2 national conferences being planned for Sept/Oct with over 80 attendees booked in at this stage.
Over 120 people attended the ‘Not Forgotten:Finding the Treasure’ conference in June 2023 organised by the Church of England’s Estates Evangelism Task Group, Emmanuel Theological College and NECN. The charity benefited from the net financial proceeds of the event.
In February, the Executive Director and a trustee attended the launch at a fringe event of the Church of England’s General Synod of a report produced by Church Army reviewing the four pilot leadership formation pathways specifically aimed at people living in estates/economically marginalised contexts.

Financial Review

Financial position at the end of the period

Total receipts:	£60,478.36
Total expenditure:	£40,485.89
Net income:	£19,992.47

Designated funds are as follows:

£600 Grant from Society of Retreat Conductors for retreat postponed in May 2020 due to Covid. Awaiting a suitable opportunity to undertake a retreat
£750 has been allocated as redundancy provision

Unrestricted funds provide a cash-flow buffer and supports the general operations of the charity.

The charity had reserves of £26,132.31 at the end of the financial year of which £1,350 were designated.

Additional information

The charity has received two grants during the year from the Church of England (£23k) and the United Reformed Church (£2k) national church bodies that will cover the cost of employment of the two part-time staff members for the 2023/24 financial year. Both grant funders have indicated that they will provide support in both 2024 and 2025, albeit the Church of England grant will be lower in 2024 (£20k) and 2025 (£17k).

The trustees are aware of the need to identify additional sources of income to maintain and/or expand the paid staff team.

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Structure, Governance and Management

The charity’s governing document is a foundation constitution. The charity is a CIO

New trustees are elected to post by the charity’s existing trustees.

Additional information

The charity has informal partnership arrangements with over 40 para-church organisations that support front line work of churches in social housing estates.

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 Verulam Avenue Walthamstow LONDON E17 8ES

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Eunice Attwood
Patricia Brown		Elected 15/06/2023
David Champness	Treasurer
Lynne Cullens	Chair
Andrew Dorton
Clare King
Jonathan Macy	Vice Chair
Nigel Poole
Dean Pusey		Elected 05/06/2023
John Rafferty
Robb Sutherland		Resigned 16/02/2023
Andrew Turner

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members

Sara Barron (Executive Director)

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Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signed on behalf of the	charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (e.g. Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
	Rt Rev Lynne Cullens	Mr David Champness
	Chair	Trustee and Treasurer

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	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	No(if any)	CC16a
	National Estate Churches Network			1192423
	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	Period start date	To	Period end date
		14/08/2022		13/08/2023

Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Grants	54,448	-	-	54,448	26,634
Donations	1,371	-	-	1,371	2,743
Tax refund forgift aided donations	-	-	-	-	-
Conference	4,160	-	-	4,160	357
Book Royalties	500	-	-	500	-
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	-	-	-	-	-
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	60,478	-	-	60,478	29,733

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-

*Total receipts*	60,478	-	-	60,478	29,733

A3 Payments
Research	9,500	-	-	9,500	4,500
Conference costs	2,871	-	-	2,871	-
Salaries	18,782	-	-	18,782	15,474
Other Employment costs	5,235	-	-	5,235	4,280
Website and IT	36	-	-	36	1,978
Insurance	-	-	-	-	190
Equipment	-	-	-	-	893
Staff Expenses	3,477	-	-	3,477	2,748
Legal fees	-	-	-	-	1,440
Bank Charges	398	-	-	398	266
Trustee Expenses	188	-	-	188	-
**Sub total **	40,486	-	-	40,486	31,769

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
**Sub total **	-	-	-	-	-

*Totalpayments*	40,486	-	-	40,486	31,769

*Net of receipts/(payments)*	19,992	-	-	19,992	- 2,036
A5 Transfers between funds			-	-	-
A6 Cash funds lastyear end	6,140		-	6,140	8,176
*Cash funds thisyear end*	26,132	-	-	26,132	6,140

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

Categories	Details	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
		to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	Metro Bank Account	26,132		-
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	*Total cash funds*	26,132	-	-
	(agree balances w ith receipts and payments account(s))	OK		OK
		Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
	Details	to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets		-	-	-
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B5 Liabilities			-
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature	Print Name		Date of approval

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I CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to Ihe trusteesl members of National Estate Churches Network On accounts for tho year ended 1310812023 Charity no lif any) 1192423 Sel out on pages 5-6 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {Ihe Trust-} for the year ended 1310812023. Responsibilities and As the charivs trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chartties Act 2011 I'the ACV,). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts Caled out under section 145 of the 2011 AGI and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{51(bl of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below ') which gives me cause lo believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act- or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records", or the accounts did nol cofftply wilh the applicable requirements Conrning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) RegLslations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examinalion to which attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accour)ts to be reached. Signed: Date: Name: Ole Black Relevant professional qualification{s) or body {If any): MA. MSC. Retired senior government economic statistician Addross: 12 The Hawlhorns. Caerleon Newport NP18 1LX NECN TrusteesAnnual Report 2022

Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examinei needs to highlighl material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination ol charity accounts= directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. NECN Trustees Annuèl Report 2022

Charity Name No (if any) National Estate Churches Network 1192423

Receipts and payments accounts

Period start date

Period end date 8/13/2023

For the period from

8/14/2022

CC16a

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds

Total funds Last year

Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total funds	Last year
A1 Receipts Grants 54,448 Donations 1,371 Tax refund forgift aided donations - Conference 4,160 Book Royalties 500 - - - 60,478 - - Sub total - Total receipts 60,478 A3 Payments Research 9,500 Conference costs 2,871 Salaries 18,782 Other Employment costs 5,235 Website and IT 36 Insurance - Equipment - Staff Expenses 3,477 Legal fees - Bank Charges 398 Trustee Expenses 188 Sub total 40,486 - - Sub total - Total payments 40,486 Net of receipts/(payments) 19,992 A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end 6,140 Cash funds this year end 26,132 to the nearest £ *Sub total*(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)	to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	to the nearest £	to the nearest £ 54,448 1,371 - 4,160 500 - - - 60,478 - - - 60,478 9,500 2,871 18,782 5,235 36 - - 3,477 - 398 188 40,486 - - - 40,486 19,992 - 6,140 26,132	to the nearest £
		- - - - - - - - -	54,448	26,634
			1,371	2,743
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			4,160	357
			500	-
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			60,478	29,733

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		-	60,478	29,733

		- - - - - - - - - - - -	9,500	4,500
			2,871	-
			18,782	15,474
			5,235	4,280
			36	1,978
			-	190
			-	893
			3,477	2,748
			-	1,440
			398	266
			188	-
			40,486	31,769

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		-	40,486	31,769

	-	- - - -	19,992	- 2,036
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			6,140	8,176
	-		26,132	6,140

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

Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	Details Metro Bank Account Details Details Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ 26,132 - - 26,132 OK to nearest £ - - - - - - Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates	to nearest £ - - - OK to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds Restricted funds Amount due (optional)	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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Signed by one or two trustees on Date of behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name approval