## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From** 1 April 2022 **Period start date To** 31 March 2023 **Period end date**
## **Charity name:** LIGHT HOUSE NORWICH
**Charity registration number:** 1195293
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To encourage people in their walk of faith
through Bible-teaching and prayer|
|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|Weekly teaching, prayer and fellowship
meetings during termtime.
Responding to individual requests for prayer
ministry.
Regular prayer meetings for the Persecuted
Church, Israel & the Middle East, or other
specific needs as they come up.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have read and understood the
Charity Commission’s guidance on the
subject of public benefit.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|We are not a grant-making charity.|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|n/a|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|We have lost a considerable number of our
volunteers following covid and also two
moves to different premises since 2020.
However, a smaller number of volunteers
plus the trustees help with our meetings,
hospitality, some admin and supporting in
prayer.|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|For most of the period covered here we were
in a rented 60s chapel on the edge of the
city; we had no connections in the area and
it was hard work. Numbers and income
dropped, though we had some good
teaching and also worship. We made a few
connections locally and they appreciated
fellowship and prayer with us. But the move
and the after-effects of covid have been
challenging.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|As Zoom activities all but stopped, we had
hoped to make more headway with our ‘live’
meetings. A handful of previous supporters
came back and enjoyed fellowship with us,
and our regular supporters continued to join
our meetings and also take part in our
monthly or fortnightly prayer meetings.|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|We don’t really have fundraising targets or
objectives. Many of our supporters partner
with us financially, and it was they who saw
us through the worst of the covid period. We
have about 600 on our mailing list and
occasionally contact them for a specific
need.|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|n/a|
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|During this period we opened a new account
as a CIO; in asking our partners to transfer
their SOs to the new a/c we lost a handful of
those – most of whom had supported us for
many years but who had otherwise lost
touch or moved away. Our reserves have
declined a little further in this time.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We are still far from our policy of aiming to
hold three months’ income in reserve.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Our move to Antingham, despite very
generous support from our landlords, Church
Growth Trust, proved to be financially
unviable and we moved in January, having
been offered the free use of a church
building for one morning a week. This has
helped. We also had to let our p/t time
administrator go for financial reasons. So far
we are holding our own and building up a
regular attendance, so things are looking
more hopeful.|
## **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|These remain the same: partners’ regular
giving – and Gift Aid; offerings from
meetings; resources; one-off gifts.|
|---|---|---|
|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|The fear of losing our building, as expressed
in last year’s report, has materialised; but it
has proved to be a blessing. We no longer
have the expense of running a building,
offerings are beginning to increase, and our
outgoings are considerably lower.|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO Constitution|
|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|The initiative and appointment of trustees
come from the director and the existing
trustees.|
|**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|We recommend and have been helped by
the Charity Commission booklet on how to
be a trustee.|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Light House Norwich is part of Transforming
Norwich, a group of local churches and
ministries.|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|Light House Norwich works closely with East
Anglia Friends of Israel and our director is
secretary of Norwich Council of Christians &
Jews.|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Light House Norwich|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1195293|
|Charity’s principal address|50 St Mary’s Road, Framingham Earl, Norwich NR14 7SS|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Gail Halley|ActingChair|Wholeyear|Jill Gower and all trustees|
||RoyFloyd||Wholeyear|Ditto|
||Karen Floyd||Wholeyear|Ditto|
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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**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a 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)**
Jill Gower, Director
## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|||
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||Gail Bennet Halley||
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Acting Chair||
||31 Jan ‘24||
||31 Jan ‘24||
## **LIGHT HOUSE NORWICH**
## **Charitable Trust**
Charity Number 1195293 (England and Wales)
**Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31[st] March 2023**
## **Period of accounts**
**Start date: 1st April 2022**
**End date: 31st March 2023**
## **LIGHT HOUSE NORWICH**
**Contents of the Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31st March 2023**
**Profit and Loss Account**
**Balance Sheet**
**Additional notes**
**Report**
## **LIGHT HOUSE NORWICH**
## **Income and Expenditure**
## **For the Year Ended 31st March 2023**
**2023 2022 £ £ Income** Donations, Offerings & Misc Income 5,888 13,131 Partnership Giving 12,707 14,572 Receipts for Events 0 240 Sales of Resources 3,063 1,911 Gift Aid Claim 2,451 3,657 Building Income 216 0 **Difference 269 Total 24,594 33,511 Less Expenditure** Director’s / Team Members’ Fees 21,454 22,197 Giving 900 2,020 Payment for Events 0 215 Resources 868 138 Equipment & Furniture 0 600 Insurance 556 790 IT Expenses 300 343 Printing & Stationery 64 0 Postage / Packing 279 151 Membership Fees 207 120 Travel Costs 21 994 Consumables 0 440 Rent 2,344 1,563 Utilities / Housekeeping 2,281 2,123 Repairs & Renewals 0 1,049 Telephone & Broadband 421 442 Legal & Professional Fees 0 143 **Total 29,695 33,328 Excess / Loss for the year (5,101) 183 Less Depreciation 26 29 (5,127) 154**
## **LIGHT HOUSE NORWICH**
**Balance Sheet As at 31st March 2023 2023 2022 £ £ Fixed Assets – at cost Equipment 259 288 Less Depreciation 26 29 Total Fixed Assets 233 259 Net current assets Cash at Bank 1,624 6,725 Less Current Liabilities 0 0 Net Assets 1,857 6,984 Transfer from Call to Prayer 6,984 6,875 (Deficit) surplus (5,127) 109 Unrestricted reserves carried forward 1,857 6,984**
## **LIGHT HOUSE NORWICH**
## **Balance sheet statements**
The foregoing account has been examined with the books and vouchers produced, and is certified to be in accordance therewith.
Signed……
……………………………………………………. Hon. Treasurer
Date………………………………………..
There are no restricted donations or restricted or endowment funds
The notes form part of these annual accounts