**Registered charity number: 1195960** 

## **St Leonard’s Community Church** 

**ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** 

**For the period ended 31 December 2022** 



## **St Leonard’s Community Church** 

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## **St Leonard’s Community Church** 

## **Annual report** 

## **For the period ended 31 December 2022** 

## **Trustees** 

Rev Lucy Sablan Rev Christopher Stebbing Stephen Adams Caroline Clifford Rev Mike Rutter 

Appointed 31 August 2021 Appointed 6 October 2022 Appointed 24 May 2022 Appointed 24 May 2022 Appointed 31 August 2021 

## **Principal Address** 

St Paul & St Leonard’s Vicarage 458B East Bank Road Sheffield S2 2AD 

## **Objectives and activities** 

The Objects of The CIO are the advancement of the Christian faith, for the benefit of the public especially within the Arbourthorne and Norfolk park areas of Sheffield and in such parts of the united kingdom, or the world, as the trustees of the charity may from time to time think fit and to fulfil such other purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales and connected with the charitable work of the charity. 

## **Background** 

St Leonard’s Community Church was set up as a CIO on 29 September 2021, to support the work of the church and community space, based in a converted public house – 331 Arbourthorne Road, S2 2FH. 

This history of this church, formally known as “The Beacon”, is somewhat complicated: 

The assets and liabilities of the former parish of Arbourthorne and Norfolk Park were held in the name of registered charity number 1145963, legally called “St Paul & St Leonard’s church”, but known as “The Beacon”. 

By virtue of a Pastoral Scheme, the parishes of ‘Heeley’ and of ‘Arbourthorne and Norfolk Park’ merged into a single parish on 1 August 2021. The new parish is known as the ‘Parish of Heeley with Arbourthorne and Norfolk Park’. The parish was registered with the Charity Commission on 5 November 2021, charity number 1196414, with the legal name “The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Heeley with Arbourthorne and Norfolk Park”. 

A transfer in of assets and liabilities from “St Paul & St Leonard’s church” to “The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Heeley with Arbourthorne and Norfolk Park” took place as at 1 August 2021. 

This charity, was set up to receive the cash assets and any liabilities relating to St Leonard's Church once a Bishop’s Mission Order has been granted. This in turn awaits the preparation of a new lease from the parish to St Leonard’s Community Church.  This was anticipated to be completed in 2022, but has taken longer than expected. Activity at the Community Church continues to be represented (and the finances included) in the accounts of “The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Heeley with Arbourthorne and Norfolk Park” for 2022. 

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## **St Leonard’s Community Church** 

## **Annual report For the period ended 31 December 2022** 

A transfer in of funds took place with effect from midnight on 1 January 2023. 

## **Achievements and performance** 

Mission at St Leonard’s Community Church is led by Revd Lucy Sablan. 

More information on activities can be found here: https://www.saintleonards.co.uk/ 

When planning our activities for the year, the trustees have considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit, and, in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. 

The trustees declare that they have approved the annual report on ___16/04/23___ and is signed on their behalf by: 

Name: _____Lucy Sablan________ Position: _____Chair____________ 

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## **St Leonard’s Community Church** 

## **Receipts and payments account and Statement of Assets and Liabilities For the period ended 31 December 2022** 

The charity was financially dormant during the period: 

There was no receipts or payments during the period. 

Cash at bank and in hand at 6 April 2022 £nil Cash at bank and in hand at 31 December 2022 £nil 

The trustees declare that they have approved the accounts on _16/04/24____ and is signed on their behalf by: 

Name: ___Lucy Sablan_______________________ Position: ____Chair ______________________ 

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