## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 January 2022 Period start date To 31 December 2022 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Linton Road Free Church** ## **Charity registration number: 1194688** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The object of the charity is for the public**
**benefit, the advancement of the**
**Christian faith in Kent and such other**
**parts of the United Kingdom and the**
**world as the Charity Trustees may from**
**time to time decide.**| |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|**The charity (church) provides the**
**following services and activities: -**
**Regular worship services to which all**
**are welcome**
**Regular group meetings with prayer and**
**Bible study; and**
**Carrying outreach work both in the UK**
**and abroad to include but not limited to-**
**Providing gifts to “Friends of Helper” for**
**children in Tanzania, providing**
**education for local children and family**
**support;**
**Supporting the work of Starfish Malawi**
**in caring and educating street children**
**and those in poverty in Malawi; and**
**Coffee Stop – Once a month for**
**fellowship, visitors welcome.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees of the charity have had**
**regards to the Charity Commission**
**guidance on public benefit in regard to**
**the activities of the Charity.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Not Applicable**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Not Applicable**| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The primary contribution has been made**
**by Sandra Parsons the Treasurer and**
**Trustee, and Andrew and Ann Parfitt,**
**church leader and Deacon respectively.**
**From June 2022, Andrew was joined by**
**a Ministry Partner, Garry Shoebrook**
**who ministers to the fellowship once a**
**month at the present time. The numbers**
**attending is increasing and our finances**
**reflect this. In addition, volunteers**
**assist in the running of the charity and**
**in the regular church services, prayer**
**meetings and Bible studies and other**
**activities**| |Other||**Communion is led by various members**
**of the fellowship besides the minister.**| ## **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|**The numbers attending have increased**
**since Andrew Parfitt became Pastor and**
**the church has benefitted from his and**
**other visiting speakers in the teaching**
**ministry of the church. This has led to**
**an improvement in the wellbeing of**
**members and attendees at the church**
**with good times of fellowship and**
**friendship and pastoral care. We are**
**very much a small family, and our**
**church focus is Prayer, Care and the**
**Word.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity falls under the £500,000**
**turnover for detailed financial**
**accounting being a requirement.**
**Considering the closure of the church**
**during the covid pandemic, the financial**
**position has improved so that the**
**balance in hand as at 31 December 2022**
**was £13,761.33**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held to enable unforeseen**
**payments and bills to be paid and to pay**
**for maintenance of the church building**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£1,501.62**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None at this time – although most**
**members and attendees are elderly.**
**However, with the inception of Garry**
**Shoebrook to the leadership team, there**
**are no concerns regarding the**
**continuation of worship at this church**
**for many years to come. He is totally**
**committed to his service to this**
**fellowship and the wider community.**| ## **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|
**The principal source of funds is through**
**members and attendees giving through**
**bank accounts on a regular basis and**
**freewill offerings at church services. Of**
**course, as a charity, we now claim Gift**
**Aid where possible from HMRC, which**
**adds to our fiscal situation.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Not applicable**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The number of members over the age of**
**70 shows that this church is serving a**
**need within the community, for worship**
**within a quieter setting than most family**
**churches. With the addition of the**
**younger Ministry Partner, the church is**
**aiming to expand and develop.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**The Constitution of the Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation.**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation.**| |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|**The existing Trustees elect volunteers**
**who must subscribe and adhere to, in**
**belief and lifestyle, the Statement of**
**Faith.**| ## **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|
**The Trustees are encouraged to have**
**regard to the guidance for Trustees**
**published by the Charity Commission**
**and courses available for their ongoing**
**training.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The church is an independent Free**
**Church and is a member of the**
**Evangelical Alliance.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**It has an established relationship with**
**the Staplehurst Free Church for mutual**
**support and 2 of the Trustees are**
**members of the Staplehurst Free**
**Church.**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Linton Road Free Church| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1194688| |Charity’s principal address|157 Linton Road, Loose, Maidstone, Kent ME15 0AL| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Sandra Rose
Parsons|Treasurer||Trustees of Linton Road Free
Church| ||Terence Robert
Hawgood|Chairman||Ditto| ||Clive Jones|||Ditto| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this fall 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 Name Address adviser** **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)** Sandra Rose Parsons **Full name(s)** Terence Robert Hawgood **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Administrator/Treasurer **Chair, etc)** **Date** Linton Road Free Church Lloyds - Accounts Summary 2022 General Fund Petty Cash Balance - 01101/22 Bank Balance Total Balance at 01/01122 £1.12 £2 584.35 £2,585.47 Income from 2022 only Total Assets for 2022 £2 733.51 £5,318.98 Expenditure 2022 - Ex Bank Ex Cash £5,317.86 £0.00 £5,317.86 Total Balance at 31103122 of which cash Bank £2,585.37 £1.12 £2,584.35 This balance transferred to HSBC on 31/03/2022 Account now closed Adc¢I A,4JrtAK Linton Road Free Church Lloyds - Accounts Summary 2022 General Fund Petty Cash Balance - 01101/22 Bank Balance Total Balance at 01/01122 £1.12 £2 584.35 £2,585.47 Income from 2022 only Total Assets for 2022 £2 733.51 £5,318.98 Expenditure 2022 - Ex Bank Ex Cash £5,317.86 £0.00 £5,317.86 Total Balance at 31103122 of which cash Bank £2,585.37 £1.12 £2,584.35 This balance transferred to HSBC on 31/03/2022 Account now closed Adc¢I A,4JrtAK