2023-06-30-accounts

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GRACE & PEACE CHURCH PONTYPOOL

Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity number 1194642

REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30[th ] JUNE 2023

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Charity Information	2
Trustees Report	3-6
Receipts and Payment Accounts	7
Receipts and payments form CC16a	8-9

Annual Report of the Trustees for the year ending 30[th] June 2023

Charity Details

Name: GRACE AND PEACE CHURCH (PONTYPOOL)

Registered: 02[nd] June 2021

Organisation Type: Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)

Registered purposes

The purposes of the Church are:

the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faith primarily but within Pontypool and the surrounding neighborhood; and
such other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the members of the Church in general meeting, put into practice the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faith, including but not limited to: the prevention and relief of need, hardship and sickness; and the advancement of education;

provided that the advancement of such purposes must be undertaken in a manner that is consistent with the Doctrinal Distinctives and Ethical Statements as may be adopted and amended by the Church from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Church Handbook.

Structure, governance and management

Grace and Peace Church is a CIO. Our governing document is the church constitution, which is approved by church members, and supported by further provisions in a church handbook, which specifies the percentage the vote required to pass certain resolutions.

The trustees during 2022/23 were:

Eveleen Kwesiga Vanessa Jennings Derrick Giles

Trustees are appointed for a term of two years by a resolution passed at a meeting of the Spiritual Leadership. Trustees meet four times a year, with a planned structure in place to ensure appropriate governance of the charity’s resources. These meetings ensure there are mechanisms in place to monitor all our key areas of responsibility when it comes to overall management and administration of the charity, such as financial stewardship, risk management, safeguarding, data protection and health and safety.

Membership -. Our members form the backbone of our activities, voluntarily giving up their time to serve in a number of different areas, such as bible teaching children’s work, catering, music and event planning. We hold 3-4 members meetings throughout the year, including an AGM, to keep members informed and up-to- date and to vote on relevant issues, according to the guidelines set out in our handbook.

Staffing - To enable the church/charity to meet its purposes, and in recognition of the challenges posed during the pandemic, the senior pastor continues in a voluntary capacity working with other volunteers to fulfill the mission of the church.

Buildings – Grace and Peace Church (Pontypool) does not own a building. The main Centre it uses is:-

• Mount Pleasant Chapel Hanbury Road Pontypool NP4 6LL

Mount Pleasant Chapel is a building in the center of Pontypool and during the week is our main base for teaching, pastoral and community activities. Some church meetings continue to be online, and support is offered to individual families as and when needed.

Objectives, activities and achievements

In 2022/23, the main activities through which we sought to pursue our purposes were

o Preaching and teaching of God’s word – the Bible - to encouraging a deepening of our personal experience of God and a closer walk with Jesus as our King. At the start of the financial year, the preaching and teaching ministry of the church was conducted on-line. Meetings and services included: -

Sunday evening teaching service online – this has been provided as through Zoom, to provide a much-missed ‘live’ element and opportunities for interaction.
Community groups – these groups provide an opportunity to study God’s word in small informal settings, and a chance to deepen friendships and create support networks. Some groups have chosen to remain on Zoom, while others have now returned to meeting in homes.
Daily and weekly devotionals – the pastor and various church members posted online devotionals during the spring to reach out and encourage members at home; while at Christmas we posted weekly Advent devotions.

o Caring for each other – the approach of the church is to encourage networks of care within its membership and attendees. These either happen naturally in an ad-hoc way from the social opportunities provided by meeting together for events and services, or in a more structured way through community groups.

Serve our local community . In 2022/23, this was carried out through:-
Towards the end of the year in June 2023, we ran a series of events to reach out the local community with the hope and good news of Jesus.

In planning these activities, the Trustees have applied the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Finances

The financial position of the charity at the end of the period is reflective of the last couple of years with many challenges posed after the Corvid -19 pandemic. We have had a gradual return to in-person meetings and services though we’ve had limited activities due to lack of volunteers available to do the activities we had anticipated. At the end of this financial period the donations received by the charity were £140 and payments were £ 175.34.

This Report was approved by the Trustees on 17[th ] April 2024 and is signed on their behalf by Eveleen Ann Kwesiga (Chair of Trustees)

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GRACE AND PEACE CHURCH

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30[th] JUNE 2023

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds	Funds
		2022/23
	£	£	£
RECEIPTS
Donations	140	N/A	140
Bank Interest
	N/A	N/A	N/A
Total Receipts
	140	N/A	140
PAYMENTS
Church Insurance	159.18	N/A	159.18
Bank Interest	16.16		16.16
Total payments	175.34	N/A	175.34
Net Receipts/(Payments)	35	N/A	35
Transfers between funds
Cash funds this year end at	35	N/A	35

				CC16a
For the period from	01/07/2022	To	30/06/2023

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ A1 Receipts		Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Donations	140	-	-	140	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	140	-		140	-
			-
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - -
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
		- -	- -	-	-
				-
*Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-
*Total receipts* 140 A3 Payments					-
	140	-	-	140

Church Insurance	159	-	-	159	- - - - - - - - -
Bank Interest	16	-	-	16
		-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*	175	-	-	175	-

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*					-
	175	-	-	175

	35	- - -	-	35	-
	- -		- -	- -	- -
	35	-	-	35	-

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

17/04/2024

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
	Donations	140	-	-
		-	-	-
		-	-	-
		140	-	-
		Agreement Error	OK	OK
		Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - -	Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - -	Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - -
		-	-	-
		Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
				- - - - -
		Fund to which asset belongs		Current value (optional)
			-	-
			-	-
			-	-
			-	-
			-	-
			-	-
			-	-
			-	-
			- Amount due	-
	Details ~~Signature~~	Fund to which liability relates (optional) - - - - - ~~Print~~Name EVELEEN KWESIGA		When due (optional)
				~~Date of~~ approval 17/04/2024

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)