Drummond Gospel Hall - Annual report for the period ended 31/12/2022
Drummond Gospel Hall CIO Annual Report for the period ended 31/12/2022
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Drummond Gospel Hall - Annual report for the period ended 31/12/2022
Drummond Gospel Hall
Registered Charity Number 1195957 (England and Wales)
Annual report for the period ended 31/12/2022
Trustees
At the end of the year, the trustees were
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Mark Francis Anness
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John Michael Farley
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Derek Charles Walter Sercombe
Objects
The objects of the CIO are
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To advance the Christian faith for the public benefit in accordance with the statement of beliefs and practices in the Schedule hereto attached in Bournemouth and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the charity trustees may from time to time think fit;
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To prevent and relieve poverty and financial hardship in Bournemouth and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the charity trustees may from time to time think fit.
Scope of the report
The CIO was incorporated on 28/9/2021.
The scope of this first annual report is from 28/9/2021 to 31/12/2022. This, therefore, represents the first fifteen months of the CIO’s existence.
The Assembly that meets at Drummond Gospel Hall
The CIO exists to assist with the administration of the funds of the Assembly that meets at Drummond Gospel Hall, Drummond Road, Bournemouth.
During the period covered by this report, the number in fellowship in the Assembly has dropped so that there are now about 15 who are able to meet. Some of those in fellowship are more elderly and this affects the activities that can be carried out.
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Drummond Gospel Hall - Annual report for the period ended 31/12/2022
Activities
Assembly activities
The Assembly continues to meet regularly each week for the Breaking of Bread, Worship, Prayer, Bible teaching and Gospel preaching.
However, the reduced numbers has meant that the weekly coffee morning has had to be discontinued.
There are no activities which are provided specifically for vulnerable adults of children.
At Easter and Christmas, supper was arranged for after the services on the Sunday evenings. Invitations were given to about 1000 households in the area around Drummond Gospel Hall. At Christmas, a similar number of calendars were distributed, also in the neighbourhood of the hall.
Support for full time Christian workers and evangelists continues with regular monthly offerings by the members of the congregation specifically for this purpose. These offerings provide, typically, more than the other offerings for the running of the Assembly. The gifts that are given are supplemented from general funds as well.
In particular, there have been two offerings made for work undertaken by a similar Assembly in Lutsk, Ukraine. £3,000 has been sent which has helped to support daily feeding of over 200 people who have faced difficulties following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This number includes many children for whom an orphanage has been under construction for some time.
Funds have been given to another charity, Operation Brotherly Love (Registration Number 1037681), to help with refugees arriving from Ukraine and for the Care Home that they run. Operation Brotherly Love operates in Romania.
In December 2021, a gift was sent to an orphanage “The Hiding Place” run by missionaries in Albania. In February 2022, a gift was sent to Brass Tacks, another charity (Registration Number 298767) which gives practical help, particularly with building work, to missionaries in different parts of the world.
Other missionaries and full time evangelists were supported in Brazil, Botswana, Angola and elsewhere.
CIO activities
The CIO met a number of times during the year and assisted the Assembly with these gifts.
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The building was made available to SDHS (The Society for Distributing of Hebrew Scriptures – Registration Number 232692) for their area report meetings in October 2021 and 2022.
Accounts
We note, from the guidance given on the Charity Commission website (Charity Reporting - paragraph 1.4), that the accounts to not require external examination as the gross income is less that £25,000.
The accounts have been kept by a qualified bookkeeper and audited internally by a former Building Society Auditor.
Bank accounts
Funds are held as follows:
General operating funds – Current Account at Santander plc
General operating funds comprise:
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Restricted funds – those specified for a particular purpose. In all cases, this has been for supporting missionaries and mission work
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Unrestricted funds – offerings made for the running of the Assembly and maintenance of the building
Reserve funds – Teachers Building Society
These funds are result the of a grant that was made when the hall was rebuilt during 1999-2000, together with some legacies. The fund is kept in case of more substantial work being needed on the building fabric.
Overall movement of funds
Summary
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Income 22,023
Expenditure 21,344
Excess of Income over
Expenditure 679
Brought forward from
27/9/2021 30,317
Carried Forward 30,996
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Drummond Gospel Hall - Annual report for the period ended 31/12/2022
Movement of funds by Bank Account
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Current Reserve
Account Account Total
£ £ £
Income
Unrestricted
income General offerings 15,322 15,322
Restricted Missionary
income Offerings 6,540 6,540
Interest 161 161
Endowments 0
Total income 21,862 161 22,023
Expenditure
Building
Maintenance
and Insurance 3,064
Energy and
Utilities 1,881
Publicity 1,976
Speakers
expenses 2,850
Legal costs 1,402
General running
costs 1,421
General
Missionary Work 5,050
Ukraine relief 3,700
Total Expenditure 21,344 0 21,344
Excess of Income over expenditure 518 161 679
Brought forward 11,564 18,753 30,317
Carried forward 12,082 18,914 30,996
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Drummond Gospel Hall - Annual report for the period ended 31/12/2022
Movement of funds by Fund type
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Unrestrict Restrict Reserv Total
ed ed e
£ £ £ £
Inco
me
Across all funds 15,322 6,540 161 22,023
Total income 15,322 6,540 161 22,023
Expenditure
Building Maintenance and 3,064 3,064
Insurance
Energy and Utilities 1,881 1,881
Publicity 1,976 1,976
Speakers expenses 2,850 2,850
Legal costs 1,402 1,402
General running costs 1,421 1,421
General Missionary Work 1,600 3,450 5,050
Ukraine relief 610 3,090 3,700
Total Expenditure 14,804 6,540 0 21,344
Excess of Income over 518 0 161 679
expenditure
Brought forward 11,564 0 18,753 30,317
Carried forward 12,082 0 18,91 30,996
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Income and Expenditure breakdown
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Building Maintenance and Insurance 3,064
Building Insurance 1,136
Alarm 636
Repairs & Renewals 1,292
Energy and Utilities 1,881
Gas & Electric 1,817
Water 64
Publicity 1,976
Stationery/Tracts 1,886
Advertising 91
Speakers expenses 2,850
Speakers Expenses 2,850
Legal
costs 1,402
Legal (Trustees and
Registration) 1,402
General running costs 1,421
Cleaning 536
Postage 26
Magazines 100
Sundries 179
Catering 231
Zoom 220
Membership 129
General Missionary 5,050
Missionaries 5,050
Ukraine
relief 3,700
Ukraine 3,700
21,34
Totals 4 21,344
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Gifts to Missionaries and Mission work
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General Missionary
Work Ukraine Relief
Incom Inco Expendit
e Expenditure me ure
2021
Nazaret
OCT George & Ros Khalil h 290 350
NOV Timothy & Rhoda Sloan Ukraine 335 375
DEC The Hiding Place Albania 290 325
2022
Gareth & Margaret
JAN McMeekin Ireland 135 400
FEB Brass Tacks 300 500
Refugee support in
MAR Ukraine Ukraine 1,330 1,500
Refugee support in Romani
APR Romania a 610 700
MAY Jeff & Denise Watson Brazil 150 350
Colin & Christine Botswa
JUN Raggett na 220 400
Refugee support in
JUN Ukraine Ukraine 1,150 1,500
JUL Brian & Debbie Howden Angola 275 400
AUG Stephen & Jean Gillham UK 435 500
Romani
SEPT Paul & Sue Williams a 240 350
Botswa
OCT John & Onty Bandy na 210 350
Portuguese
NOV Broadcasting 305 400
Jonathan & Ruth
DEC Singleton Angola 265 350
3,450 5,050 3,090 3,700
General Funds
subsidy: 1,600 610
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Costs associated with the building and maintenance
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Extractor Fan 95.00
Communion Tray 159.00
Plumbing Gents
Toilets 102.89
Audio Repairs 774.52
Boiler Service 78.00
1,209
Total .41
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Drummond Gospel Hall - Annual report for the period ended 31/12/2022
Assets
Legal ownership of the building and grounds of Drummond Gospel Hall resides with a separate legal Trust established on 19/2/1930. At the time of preparing this report, the CIO Trustees were also trustees of the building.
The CIO has no assets other than the funds in the Santander Bank account and the Teachers Building Society account
Sources of income
Sources of income are
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From the weekly offerings made by the members of the Assembly
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Occasional gifts from visitors
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Occasional legacies
No funds are sought from the public and there is no “fundraising” activity.
GiftAid
The CIO does not claim GiftAid.
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