## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 16 Dec 2020 Period start date To 31 Mar 2022 Period end date Charity**
## **name: Alive UK**
## **Charity registration number: 1192806 Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|**Church activities**
**Emergency Aid**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public benefit, in
particular, the activities,
projects or
services identified in
the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Community church**
**Community Cafe & Foodbank**
**Partnering with local schools**
**Afghan Project**
**Compassion Project**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees
have had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees understanding the**
**importance of providing public**
**benefit. This is demonstrated in 3**
**above.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social Para 1.38 investment including program related investment
||Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Alive UK exists on the committed**
**team of trustees and volunteers. All**
**volunteers receive adequate training**||
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**and where necessary are DBS checked. Application forms are used and where appropriate references are requested. The church activities and the charitable activities of the charity are all carried out by a group of volunteers who give their time and their skills to work in a range of areas to serve and love people. This is putting God’s love into action . There are more than 30 volunteers serving in different roles within the charity.** Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
||Summary of 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.|Para 1.20|**Alive UK is foundationally a church.**
**The church is led by Jo and Phil**
**Thorne who have been Senior Pastors**
**over the course of City Church**
**Norwich and now Alive UK (Alive**
**Church), carrying the responsibility of**
**the running of the church. Assisting**
**them is a team of leaders supporting**
**the vision and the outworking of it.**
**SUNDAY SERVICES**
**During 2020-2021 weekly services were**
**still being conducted online due to the**
**Covid pandemic lockdown. A small**
**number of the team gathered safely**
**together to deliver an online service**
**from the well equipped studio. The**
**studio was purposefully built at the**
**beginning of the pandemic by**
**converting the main auditorium of the**
**church building into a studio costing**
**around £5000. From there services**
**were delivered as well as daily worship**
**and prayer sets, a weekly chat show**
**and daily children’s bedtime stories**
**with all of these seeing high**
**engagement levels. (This online facility**
**has continued to be part of our online**
**presence).**
**In September 2021 the church**
**returned to in-person services. From**
**this point services have remained in-**
**person on a**
**weekly basis. Being able to return to**
**in person services was so good after**
**such a long time not being able to**
**meet together. While some remained**
**shielding, many returned to in-person**
**services. There were 45 people on the**
**membership during this time.**
**CONNECT GROUPS**
**During this season, groups of people**
**were meeting online through Zoom on**
**a fortnightly basis. Most groups were**
**in the evening and one was in the**
**daytime. This was a chance for people**
**to be in touch and check in on each**
**other while there were still various**
**mixing and social-distancing rules.**
**Alongside this we had regular prayer**
**and worship evenings on Zoom.**
**However at the beginning of 2022 this**
**moved to meeting in-person**
**fortnightly to spend time together,**
**have fun and encourage one another**
**in our faith. This has included bible**
**studies, games evenings, prayer**
**times, trips to the beach and other**
**social activities.**||
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## **LADIES & MENS MEETS**
**We place importance on relationships and in addition to the connect group we run we hold regular men’s and ladies events three or four times a year. These events will be different and are great occasions to get together and invite friends too. Examples include coffee, cake and craft morning, snooker nights and Christmas wreath making. The**
**OTHER GROUPS**
**A group that has been running in this time when we came back to in-person services has been our Scalextric group. This has met on a monthly basis with on average 10 people at a time to have fun together while playing on a large set of Scalextric!**
**CHRISTMAS**
**Christmas is a key time for the church to be connecting with the community and sharing about the birth of Jesus. A community Candlelit Christmas service was held one afternoon with worship and drama in a relaxed cafe manner. This was attended by over 100 people.**
**EMERGENCY AID ACTIVITIES - FOODBANK & COMMUNITY CAFE During the pandemic this was unable to be open however we were in contact with those who were in need and helped provide and deliver safely 200+ meals a week. For many, this help and regular contact was a lifeline, not only because of food provided, but also easing mental health and loneliness. Alive UK continues this much needed lifeline. Foodbank and Community Cafe reopened in January 2022. The cafe is open to all and a full cooked English breakfast is available at a heavily subsidised price. This is able to be done due to the number of donations that are received from supermarkets through food sharing schemes. The Foodbank operates at the same time and a free breakfast is available to people coming in with a Foodbank voucher. During this time hundreds of boxes of food were given out. The charity is registered with various supermarkets and food outlets for collections of food which are given out to those through the different activities of the charity. WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHANTRY PLACE We have been working with Chantry Place (formerly known as Chapelfield Mall) during this period to collect food to be used in food parcels and at our Community Cafe/Foodbank. A secure box is available in a small shop outlet where people can donate foods such as tins and dried foods. Alive has benefitted with both the city centre exposure as well as food provision for those needing emergency aid.**
**We are grateful to the partnership working with Chantry Place to help provide to those in need in the city of Norwich.**
**CLOTHING APPEAL In August 2021 we worked with Chantry Place to utilise a large empty unit to be converted into a shop for families fleeing from Afghanistan. Many donations of clothing for children and adults and toys were provided and the shop was soon full. Individuals and families could attend by appointment, often with a professional, and look round the shop and choose what they wanted. The idea behind this was to respect those coming in and create an experience that many people have when entering a shop. The shop was open for 18 weeks and in this time over 50 families were provided with clothes. The public appeal was a massive success in providing several tons of clothing and other items. It was decided that we would work with New Routes, a local adult refugee organisation, because our aim is to provide emergency aid rather than the ongoing responsibilities of a shop. In December we jointly interviewed for a shop manager who was then employed by New Routes. In January 2022 we handed the shop onto New Routes to manage the project going forward. LOCAL SCHOOLS Alive UK also worked with 2 local schools with Christmas presents and food. There is a very good two-way relationship between the church and the schools, fostering good relationships with many of the parents.**
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Building a studio to go online**
**during lockdowns.**
**Providing emergency aid to**
**families, refugees and through**
**Foodbank. Reestablishing our**
**presence in the community and**
**with local authorities.**|
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|Performance
of
fundraising
activities
against objectives set|Para 1.41|**Most fundraising is through the**
**generous donations of Alive**
**UK members.**
**The County Council awarded £10,000**|
**for our Afghan Project and the City Council awarded £940 to help with our community facilities.**
|Investment
performance against
objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
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|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
||Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period|Para 1.21|**The Trustees are pleased that with all**
**the donations coming in despite the**
**lockdowns, there has been enough**
**income to manage both the activities of**
**the CIO and the necessary expenditure.**
**The hope is that with budgets going**
**forward there will be increased**
**donations and grants to further the**
**aims of the charity.**
**£10,000 grant is for the Afghan**
**project given at the end of the**
**financial year.**
**Pastoral expenses and use of a mobile**
**largely cover the mileage (.45p)**
**involved in collecting supermarket**
**food**
**donations. The pastors serve the**
**organisation and church in a voluntary**
**capacity and these expenses go**
**towards some of their costs.**
**Alive House, which is owned by City**
**Church, and is solely used by Alive**
**UK, has an agreement with the City**
**Church trustees to ‘rent’ the facility**
**purely on a maintenance package -**
**reflected in the Building Maintenance**
**expense. Is is also the case with City**
**Gates Centre, Cowgate, Norwich, NR3**
**1SZ. This is also solely used by Alive**
**UK on a purely maintenance package**
**as agreed with the Wensum Trust.**
**This keeps the rental costs very low**
**and enables budgets to be spent in**
**line with the main objectives of Alive**
**UK.**
**The Virgin Media internet costs are**
**across both facilities and provide**
**for good upload speeds for live**
**streaming.The Video, Audio and**
**Lighting budget was primarily needed**
**to equip the studio for live streaming.**
**Alive UK continues to support**
**Compassion. We support children’s**
**basic needs and education in a**
**church project in Dar es Salaam,**
**Tanzania, continuing what City**
**Church**
**established.**
**Worship resources this year were**
**largely focused on building a Roland**
**Electric drum set, which is being paid**
**for monthly. This has been an**
**essential piece of kit enabling us to**
**control and balance the sound,**
**particularly for live streaming.**
**As with City Church, Alive UK remains**
**a part of the Ground Level Network, a**||
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**network of 80 churches in the UK and abroad, providing support, training, accountability and best practice.**
|Statement explaining
the policy for holding
reserves stating why
they are held|Para 1.22|**As a new CIO, we are currently in the**
**process of developing reserves,**
**initially to cover a 3 month period,**
**working up to a 6 month period.**|
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|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**NIL**|
|Reasons for holding
zero reserves|Para 1.22|**We are working towards this goal.**
**Currently we have use of a building**
**(belonging to City Church) and only**
**have to maintain the property. There is**
**no usage contract. Our liabilities are**
**with the utilities bills.**|
|Details of fund materially
in deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds
(including any
fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Funds come mainly through the**
**generous giving of its trustees**
**and members.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including
any social investment
policy adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the
principal risks facing the
charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
**Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of
charity’s trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing
document(trust deed,
royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions
e.g. election to post or
name of any person or
body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are selected and elected**
**on their standing, experience and**
**qualification to enhance the**
**management of the CIO by the**
**trustees in post.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and
procedures adopted
for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s
organisational structure
and any wider network
with which the charity
works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Alive UK|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Alive Church|
|Registered charity number|**1192806**|
|Charity’s principal address|Alive House|
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||Nelson Street|
||Norwich|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**
**for whole year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) **
**entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**|
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|Johanna
Thorne|Chair|16/12/2020 to date||
|Matthew
Whiffin||16/12/2020 to date||
|Jonathan
Thorne||16/12/2020 to date||
|Chris Nicholas||16/12/2020 to
29/1/2023||
|Paul Dowrick||16/12/2020 to
29/1/2023||
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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**||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the N/A assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for 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 adviser Name Address**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **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) Full name(s)**
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Johanna Thorne Matthew Whiffin
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**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date**
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Chair
31/1/2023
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||**Alive UK**|**Alive UK**|**Alive UK**|**Alive UK**|**Alive UK**|**1192806**|**1192806**||
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||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||
||**For the period**
**from**||**16/12/2020**||**To**||**31/03/2022**||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||
||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||
|Donations|**4,351**||**-**||**-**||**4,351**||
|Tithes|**30,990**||**-**||**-**||**30,990**||
|Offerings|**1,771**||**-**||**-**||**1,771**||
|CommunityCafe|**66**||**-**||**-**||**66**||
|Grants|**945**||**10,000**||**-**||**10,945**||
|Afghan Project|**1,330**||**-**||**-**||**1,330**||
|Scalxetrics|**13**||**-**||**-**||**13**||
|Refunds|**156**||**-**||**-**||**156**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**39,622**||**10,000**||**-**||**49,622**||
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
|**_Sub total _**|
**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
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|**_Total receipts_**|**39,622**||**10,000**||**- 0**||**49,622**||
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|**A3 Payments**|||||||||
|Buildings, Maintenance & Equipment|**8,546**||||||**8,546**||
|Gas/Electricity|**8,309**||||||**8,309**||
|Water Rates|**105**||||||**105**||
|Admin|**746**||||||**746**||
|Answer Insurance|**4,703**||**-**||**-**||**4,703**||
|Pastors Expenses|**3,701**||||||**3,701**||
|Virgin Media Internet|**3,168**||**-**||**-**||**3,168**||
|Design, Advertising & Printing|**1,034**||**-**||**-**||**1,034**||
|Compassion Project|**840**||**-**||**-**||**840**||
|Christian Copyright licenses|**284**||**-**||**-**||**284**||
|Afghan Project|**220**||||**-**||**220**||
|Mobile for Pastors|**194**||**-**||**-**||**194**||
|Worship Resources|**1,839**||**-**||**-**||**1,839**||
|Audio, Video & Lighting|**3,379**||**-**||**-**||**3,379**||
|Van Hire|**189**||||||**189**||
|Catering|**64**||||||**64**||
|Furnishings|**110**||||||**110**||
|Bank Fees|**66**||||||**66**||
|Ground Level Network|**60**||||||**60**||
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|**_Sub total_**|**37,557**||**-**||**-**||**37,557**||
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases,(see table)**|||||||||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||||
|**_Sub total_**|**-0**||**-0**||**-0**||||
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|**_Totalpayments_**|**37,557**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**37,557**||
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**2,065**||**10,000**||**-**||**12,065**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
18/01/2023
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Cash funds this year end 2,065 10,000 - 12,065
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted Restricted funds
Categories Details funds
to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds
2,065 10,000
- -
- -
Total cash funds 2,065 10,000
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s)) OK OK
Unrestricted Restricted funds
funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets - -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Fund to which asset
Cost (optional)
Details belongs
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Fund to which Amount due
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B5 Liabilities Accountancy Fees 660 -
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
18/01/2023
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|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees|Signature||Print Name||
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|Johanna Thorne|||Johanna Thorne||
|Matthew Whiffin|||Matthew Whiffin||
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CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
18/01/2023
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## **CC16a**
**Last year to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 - - -**
CCXX R4 accounts (SS)
18/01/2023
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**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -** OK **Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)**
CCXX R5 accounts (SS)
18/01/2023
5
Date of approval 31 January 2023 **31 January 2023**
CCXX R6 accounts (SS)
18/01/2023
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Table 1
Table 1
Table 1
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees For the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## **Alive UK**
## **Independent examiners report to the Trustees of Alive UK**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts for Alive UK (“the charity”) for the year ended 31 March 2022.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
2. the accounts do not comply with these records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## **Michelle Ferris BSC (Hons) FCA DChA**
Albert Goodman LLP Chartered Accountants Goodwood House Blackbrook Park Avenue Taunton Somerset TA1 2PX
Date: 14/03/23