JOURNEY CHURCH. HARROW Registered Charity No: 1194992 ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENT of the Trustees for the year ending 5 April 2024 Contents Page Trustees, Report Financial Statement Notes to the Financial Statement Registered Address.. Good News Centre Chicheley Road, Harrow Weald, Harrow, Middx. HA3 6QL Page I
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ANNUAL REPORT and ACCOUNTS for the ear ended 5th A ril 2024 PRINCIPAL OBJECTS The objects of the Trust are exclusively charitable, including the proclamation of the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the propagation of and instruction in the doctrine and practices set out in the Trust Deed. STATUS Journey Church Harrow (CIO) was established by a Deed dated 6th May 2021 and become fully operational on 1st December 2022. This new Trust replaces Journey Church Harrow (fomierly known as Good News Church, Harrow) which was established as a Charitable Trust by a Trust Deed dated 6th December 2011 (as amended on 16 October 2017). This Trust has now been closed. TRUSTEES The following Tfustees served the trust during the year.. John Jenkins {secretsryreasurer> Lorna Jenkins (Chairman) Pamela Manley {Treasurer} Victoria Wheeler (Trustee) (Appointed 4 February 2024} The power to appoint new Trustees rests solely with the existing Trustees. SUMMARY OF MAIN ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS The Trustees have continued to exercise their responsibilities of overseeing the finances and conduct of Journey Church Harrow. They met as required during the year, conducting Trustee Business either as part of the leadership team meeting (with Trustee Matters separately recorded) or via electronic communications where matters were discussed remotely. In accordance with the Objectives of the Trust, Sunday Services for worship, communion and Bible teaching were held each week. Our Sunday morning services continued to use a more interactive teaching style that had been previously introduced. These services continued to be open to any who wished to join. Church prayer meetings were run online via Zoom. Social media (Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp) continued to be used so as to connect with individuals both within the church and the wider community, to advertise events, maintain conlact, offer prayer and spirrtuallemotional support and to arrange practical help. Page 3
The church outreach team continued to visit around the community on a regular basis offering prayer, a simple gospel presentation, short Discovery Bible Studies and Gospel Conversation Training. They experienced a continued openness to prayer and to hearing a simple gospel presentation. Relationships with individuals in the community continued to strengthen as the team revisited on an ongoing basis. Contacts with believers from other churches continued with opportunities to offer training. The training team continued to deliver the on-line Following and Fishing Workshops. A total of 9 workshops were conducted. Demand for this training continues to be consistent month on month. In October 2023 the team delivered a bespoke one-off, face to face training for a church in Beaconsfield, again to help them establish their own outreach team. The team also continued to strengthen its links with the No Place Left UK Coalition and with No Place Left London Coalition, facilitating three-day training workshop for micro church planters. one in September 2023 at Journey Church Harrow and the other in March 2024 at Angel Church. Our Mission Catalyst continued to work closely with our outreach and training teams as well as supporting the weekly coffee morning. Once again arrangements were made for a Short-Term Mission Team. They joined our outreach team, church members and individuals from other churches for a week of mission in September 2023. As with the previous year this additional help enabled us to visit around a previously unvisited area. This time, a new housing development. The church hosted a GLO Team for a day in February 2024 and delivered Gospel Conversation training and provided an opportunity for Community Outreach. The church coffee morning continued to grow during the year and attract a committed group of ladies from Ihe estate. The church craft group was started during the year, but attendance was erratic, and the decision was made to discontinue it. Following the disappointment in nol being able to restart Tiny Tots last year the church continued to look for personnel in the hope of restarting something in 2024. We were able to put on our Community Carol Service which again attracted all three of our local councillors and increased numbers from the year before. In April 2023 the church entered into an arrangement with Horizon Youth and Community Action, a local charity, for them to hire our premises on a regular basis to hold a variety of community events. During the year they held some 20 Saturday events. This arrangement is mutually beneficial and will, in all likelihood continue and expand. The Community Connex Development Day let is now a regular arrangement and took pla in March 2024. The trustees were also encouraged by increased requests by family groups to use our premises. Four separates lets took place, including one family sports day that may well turn out to be a regular event. Page 4
The only work on the building that took place in the year was to upgrade the broadband to full fibre. The church car park continued to be available to the Cedars Youth and Community Centre as part of a joint agreement to reduce on road parking in the area. Use of the car park has now returned to pre-covid levels. In this way the Trustees consider that the requirements of Public Benefit are adequately met. The church treasurer continued to ensure that the Trustees are fully informed about the financial situation of the Trust and attends all meetings of the Trust. The trustees have determined that the charity should aim to hold unrestrictecl cash to cover three to six months of church expenditure (which equates to between £3,500 and £7,000) so that the charity could continue to operate should income and / or expenditure vary adversely. At the year end. the charity held unrestricted cash of £72,000 and of this, the trustees have designated £1,488 for ministry development and £202 for legal costs. Other funds held in excess of the policy will be reviewed in due course in light of further work being required to upgrade the Good News Centre. No claims for Trustees, expenses have been made dufing the year as all Trustees give of their time and expertise freely in carrying out Trust business. Chairman of the Trust on behalf of the Trustees) Date. 3110812025 Page 5
| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Journey Church Harrow 1194992 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For ihtt period from 0610412023 0510412024 To Section A Receipts and payments Unre$trlcted funds tothe ne8re8t Restricted fund• Endowment funds Total fund$ Last year 10 tho n8ar06¢£ totho Itearest £ tho neafO8t E to tho neare6t£ Al Recelpts quests 8nd eLti0n hurth Acbvibes hanbPe abons 660 973 674 1.421 504 692 598 DorpatiOn5 undei Giftj¢ I1 PY Gift dI Intere51 Use of Prem15es er Inwmfr 4,665 4.6 9,883 3,190 j.on 913 3.190 3.077 82 8,566 tota ross Income or AR) 13.741 A2 Asset and investment sales, Isee tablel. tota 11741 14.421 A3Pa ments Iialion Fees ILicenses ID hanlies Church Activibes Ouire8chlPubliotyLiter8bJre & Notes LCMIMis5i¢er Expense5nrainin9 Spe8kerlSuThJèy Expensès 8Jildingllnsur8welUlilitres Household Legal Co$lsB&th crge5 Miscellanaaus 1,146 1,827 714 1,093 1,819 1,462 91 6,250 81 10,396 998 6,139 186 28115 62 722 4,450 5,292 462 5.2#2 Sub total 14.807 14.991 A4 Asset and Investm•nt urchases, (see table 249 Sub total 249 Total payments 15,056 IS.146 28,61S Net of re¢elpts/(payments) AS Transfers betw•en funds A6 Ca$h fltnds last year end Cash funds this year end 1.315 590 725 4217 73.699 72,384 781 74,480 73,7SS 79,67> 74,462 1,371 CCXX R1 accounts ISSI 2810812025
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unre$tri¢t*d lunds to nearest É Restricted lund$ Endowment funds to Dearest £ rfLt'yvi iiy to nea¥est £ 81 Cash funds Cash In Hand Bank Accounts 7,508 1.371 COIF Dwsil 64.B76 Total cash funds 72,384 1.371 rgcglpts axoLYél¥l OK Re$tri¢t¥d fund$ Unre8trlctod lund8 Endowment funds Det•17 to naar•st £ lo nearest £ to nearpsl £ 82 Othèr monètary assets 561 Fund to which assgt 10 ¢uffenl voluo lional Details COIF InvestmentVni Cost loptiQD811 5,491 . •44Z Fund towhl¢h asset belon Urweslricted Currentvalu DEla.,l< hurch CMI loptlgnall B4 Assets rgtainod for th charity's own use urnire 4,6e3 ompLrter Equipm&nt Unre5thcted 697 puter Unruthcted Serthty Inswlabon nrestn 710 PA Equiprn2nt nrestrict 1,47S Gdn Equ1wl UNestricted 179 Musul Instrum1 Unrtstret 70 Fund to which lbIll rglato5 Ameunt due Wh•n dua Oetails BS Llabllitles SvJned by one or tsvo tnjsiees on behalf of 811 the trustees Signature Print Namè Date of roval L Jènkin$ 3110812025 Pman 311081202S CCXX R2 Aceaunts Issi 2810812025
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