2023-03-31-accounts - Kettering Vineyard

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KETTERING VINEYARD – CHARITY REGISTRATION NO 1193954 Ket

Charity Commission Annual Report 2022-2023

Kettering Vineyard is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), established 09/03/2021 to advance the Christian religion for the public benefit in accordance with the Vineyard Statement of Faith referred to in our constitution. We exist to organise and provide Christian worship, to provide facilities and service to enable the church to fulfil its mission to the members of the church, visitors to the church and to the local and wider community. We also exist to provide facilities for Christian training and service, evangelism and outreach and assistance to the wider Christian church in its ministries.

Introduction

This report covers the period 01/04/2022 – 31/03/2023. It outlines the activities of the Charity Kettering Vineyard during this period and reflects on how these activities meet the objectives of the charity, the income, outgoings, financial procedures including savings policy, and the sustainability of the organisation. The report is intended to provide accountability to stakeholders, including donors, financial supporters, service users and beneficiaries and is designed to be publicly available on the Charities Commission Website (https://register-of-

- - charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity search/ /charity details/ 5178072). It was approved by the Trustees on 18/01/2024 and is signed by David Roberts, senior pastor and chair of the trustees. The Trustees are aware of the Charity Commission’s requirement to follow their Guidance on Public Benefit.

Administrative Details

Kettering Vineyard’s principal office is:

The Peace House, 12 Sulgrave St, Barton Seagrave, Kettering

The Trustees in post during the reporting period were: Dr David Roberts (Chair and Senior Pastor) Russell Kaye John White Hilary Procter

Secretary to the Trustees: Elaine Roberts (Senior Pastor)

Provision of Christian Worship and services

During the accounting year, no changes were made to the structure, legal purposes or objectives of the charity (outlined above). At the beginning of the financial year, we were meeting for worship and Christian fellowship on alternate Sundays. During the year we moved to weekly meetings, established a space to rent in the vacant shop of another charity (Hope UK), and also held additional meetings for worship, training, and service to

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the local community, both at Hope UK, and in local homes in the community. We have maintained a website (https://www.ketteringvineyard.church), where details of our activities can be found. We have a number of people who volunteer within the church to provide hospitality, music for worship, preaching and teaching and hosting home groups.

Provision of Services to the Community and the Wider Church

We undertook a project clearing the gardens at a local school, and erecting gazebos in support of their sports day. We provided refreshments for a local community association programme during the late Queen’s Jubilee and other events. We actively supported the local Churches Together organisation and have attended local prayer gatherings in person and on Zoom. Members of our church served with the local Foodbank, Street Pastors, Refugee Assistance and a charity working with homeless people (Accommodation Concern). We set up a walk-in café (Lighthouse) with free refreshments on occasional Saturday mornings, offering a space for people to chat, and make friends. We donated our December offerings to Accommodation Concern (£400) plus donations of toiletries and gifts to be passed on to vulnerable and marginalised people.

Governance

We developed a five-year Vision and Plan, and a “Code of Conduct” for leaders and trustees. We have held Trustees meetings every 3-4 months, providing reports on our activities and finances and working with the trustees to develop robust governance policies, such as safeguarding, financial probity, complaints, conflict of interest. There were no changes to our trustees during this period. We have ensured that all our trustees have an annual update and review of safeguarding. We had a number of safeguarding issues that we needed to monitor closely and produce agreements with individuals about behaviours that were or were not acceptable. There will be changes to the trustees in the year ahead, as individuals come to the end of their period of office and new trustees are recruited. We maintain a safe, GDPR approved database (ChurchSuite) of our attendees, and keep them updated regularly by Email and WhatsApp messages.

Training and Service

We have held regular training sessions with our core team of leaders, who have also engaged with national training and conferences. We have invested in professional leadership training for leaders within the church, including Gallup Strengths Finder, providing insights and skills that are useful for their roles in work and other areas of community life. We have

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provided training for the wider congregation in prayer, serving and hearing God’s voice.

Our church life provides opportunity for people to volunteer and get involved. Commitment is variable, leading to some fragility in the services we are able to offer. While some people are very engaged, others show up rarely, and can leave us in the lurch at short notice. Generally, however, we have met our objectives as far as we have been able within our resources. We have provided a space where people feel welcome and cared for. Generosity is one of our high values and we do not charge people for any of our services or hospitality.

Financial Summary

This section should be read in conjunction with the annual financial report to the Charities Commission. Our income is almost entirely from donations from church attenders. We did not spend any money on fundraising and did not receive any grants from any other bodies. Our income rose by 50% from £23,000 in the previous year to £34,500 in the year to 31/03/2023. Our expenditure also rose by 50% from £12,700 to £19,200. The main items of expenditure are on rental, hospitality, compliance subscriptions and training. We also gave more than 10% of our income away. There are no paid members of staff of the charity at this time. Our assets were valued at £6,300. The improved financial position meant we were able to put aside savings of £15,000 (total at year end £20,000) which provides a buffer of at least 6 months for predicted expenses, as well as a significant saving towards the costs of developing future services including recruitment of staff with on costs. At the end of the year we were projecting a drop in our income over the year ahead and drew up a realistic budget which expected stable outgoings and the plan to increase our savings/reserves to £34,000.

Signed ………David Roberts… 18/01/2024 david.roberts@ketteringvineyard.church On behalf of the Trustees

Kettering Vineyard	Kettering Vineyard	Kettering Vineyard	Charity No (if any)	119395 4
Annual accounts for the period
Period start date	01/04/2022	To	Period end date	31/03/2023

Section A Statement of financial activities

Recommended categories by activity

Incoming resources Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Other trading activities

Total

Resources expended Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities

Total

Unrestri cted funds Restricted income funds Endowme nt funds Total funds Prior year funds £ £ £ £ £ 34, 386 - - 34,386 - 43 - - 43 30 34, 429 - - 34,429 23 ,076	Unrestri cted funds Restricted income funds Endowme nt funds Total funds Prior year funds £ £ £ £ £ 34, 386 - - 34,386 - 43 - - 43 30 34, 429 - - 34,429 23 ,076	Unrestri cted funds Restricted income funds Endowme nt funds Total funds Prior year funds £ £ £ £ £ 34, 386 - - 34,386 - 43 - - 43 30 34, 429 - - 34,429 23 ,076	Unrestri cted funds Restricted income funds Endowme nt funds Total funds Prior year funds £ £ £ £ £ 34, 386 - - 34,386 - 43 - - 43 30 34, 429 - - 34,429 23 ,076	Unrestri cted funds Restricted income funds Endowme nt funds Total funds Prior year funds £ £ £ £ £ 34, 386 - - 34,386 - 43 - - 43 30 34, 429 - - 34,429 23 ,076
34, 386	-	-	34,386	-
43	-	-	43	30
34, 429	-	-	34,429	23 ,076

4 4	-	-	-	-	-
	19, 185	-	-	19,185	12 ,697
4	19, 185	-	-	19,185	12 ,697

15, 287	-	-	15,287	10 ,378
-	-	-	-	-
15, 287	-	-	15,287	10, 378
-	-	-	-	-
- 15,000	-	-	- 15,000	5,0 00

-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
3, 815	-	-	3,815	5, 378

-	-	-	-	-
3, 815	-	-	3,815	5, 378
7 7

Section B Balance sheet

Unrestricted funds Restrict ed income funds Endowme nt funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £	Unrestricted funds Restrict ed income funds Endowme nt funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £	Unrestricted funds Restrict ed income funds Endowme nt funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £	Unrestricted funds Restrict ed income funds Endowme nt funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £	Unrestricted funds Restrict ed income funds Endowme nt funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £
6,545	-	-	6,545	6,282
6,545	-	-	6,545	6,282

23,856	-	-	23,856	10 ,367
23,856	-	-	23,856	10,367

-	-	-	-	-

23,856	-	-	23,856	10,367

30,410	-	-	30,401	16,649

-	-	-	-	-

-	-	-	-	-

30,812	-	-	30,812	16,64 9

-			-	-
	-	-	-	-
23,856			23,856	16,649
			-
23,856	-	-	23,856	10,367

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Signature	Print Name	Date of approval dd/mm/yyyy
David Roberts	David Roberts	10/12/2023
Russell Kaye	Russell Kaye	10/12/2023

Section C Notes to the accounts

Basis of preparation

This section should be completed by all charities .

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:

• and with • and with	ü	the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)
	ü

and with the Charities Act 2011.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.*

-Tick as appropriate

1.2 Going concern

If there are material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, please provide the following details or state "Not applicable", if appropriate:

An explanation as to those factors that support the conclusion that the charity is a going concern;

Disclosure of any uncertainties that make the going concern assumption doubtful;

Where accounts are not prepared on a going concern basis, please disclose this fact together with the basis on which the trustees prepared the accounts and the reason why the charity is not regarded as a going concern.

Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable

1.3 Change of accounting policy

The accounts present a true and fair view and the accounting policies adopted are those outlined in note { }.

Yes*	ü
		*	-Tick	as	appropriate
No*

Please disclose:

*(i) the nature of the change in accounting policy;*	*Not applicable*
*(ii) the reasons why applying the new accounting policy provides more reliable and more relevant information; and*	*Not applicable*
*(iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line affected in the current period, each prior period presented and the aggregate amount of the* *adjustment relating to periods before those presented, 3.44 FRS 102 SORP.*	*Not applicable*

1.4 Changes to accounting estimates

No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS 102 SORP).

Yes No	ü	* -Tick as appropriate

*Please disclose:*
*(i) the nature of any changes;*			*Not applicable*
*(ii) the effect of the change on income and expense or assets and liabilities for the currentperiod; and*			*Not applicable*
*(iii) where practicable, the effect of the change in one or more future periods.*			*Not applicable*
1.5 Material prior year errors No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS 102 SORP). Yes ü -Tick as appropriate No Please disclose:*
*(i) the nature of thepriorperiod error;*			*Not applicable*
*(ii) for each prior period presented in the accounts, the amount of the correction for each account line item affected; and*			*Not applicable*
*(iii) the amount of the correction at the beginning of the earliest prior period presented in the accounts.*			*Not applicable*
*Our Accounting Policies are available on request* *Our income and assets do not reach the level requiring independent audit*

Note 1 Donations and legacies to the church came from general giving

All income was unrestricted

There were no government grants

Note 2 Other Trading Activities include moneys received for hospitality and T-shirt sales Note 3 Not Used
Note 4 Charitable activities are outlined in our constitution: they include:

Organisation and provision of Christian Worship local community

Provision of facilities for Christian Training and service

Support and provision of Christian evangelism and outreach

Provision of assistance to the wider Christian Church in its ministries

or other expenses

Analysis of Expenditure

£2,140.35 £2,320,77 £701.35 £2,568.15 £99.97 £2,891.10 £2,453.3	£2,140.35 £2,320,77 £701.35 £2,568.15 £99.97 £2,891.10 £2,453.3	£2,140.35	£2,140.35	£2,140.35
		£2,320,77
		£701.35 £2,568.15	£701.35
		£99.97 £2,891.10		£99.97
8 £137.40 £798.53 £453.47 £4,353.8	8 £137.40
	£798.53
	£453.47
	6 £339.05
	£0

19,185.38

Total

Transfers between funds include movement to a savings account which exists to build resources for future charitable Note 5 activities that are planned

There were no extraordinary items

Net Movement in Funds indicates the cash balance in the Church Current account at 31st March Note 6 2023

Note 7 There were no restricted or endowment funds during the current year

Note 8 Assets

There were no intangible, heritage or Investment assets

			Carried Forward	£6,282
			Additions over the year	£2,147
			Disposals/impairment	£0
			Depreciation	(£1,472)
				£6,957
					Current	Savings
					Account	£20,04
			Current Assets (Bank Balances)	£23,855	£3,815	0
			Total Assets	£30,812
			There were no stocks held, debtors or investments at year
			end
			There were no creditors at year end
			There were no unrestricted or endowment funds during the
			year
		Employees &
Note	9	Volunteers	The Charity currently has no paid employees
			The Charity relies on volunteers who provide services to enable	the charity to function
			(see note 4 above)
			The senior pastors provide unpaid support of approximately fve working days per

week, plus evening work

Other volunteers help the charity to meet its objectives

Reimbursement of receipted and reasonable expenses is made on an adhoc basis No Trustees are paid for their services, but reasonable expenses may be reimbursed

KETTERING VINEYARD – CHARITY REGISTRATION NO 1193954 Ket

Charity Commission Examiner’s Report 2022-2023

There is no Examiner’s or Auditor’s report for this period, due to the size of the charity and its finances.

Signed ………David Roberts… 18/01/2024

david.roberts@ketteringvineyard.church

On behalf of the Trustees