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THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING HOPE CHARTTABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION STATEMENf OF ACCOUtIws YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 CHARITY REG. NO: 1197334

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LEGALAIID ADMINISTrATIVE INFORMAMON CHARifY NUMBER 1197334 STARTOF FINANCIALIT lstjarwry 2024 EPID OF FINANOAL YE 31st Detemtw 2024 TRUSTEESOURING THE YEAR END¢D 315TCaMBEB 1024 Andrew 6￿)klesS Allison Johnstone Linda Lew5$ Janet Lkweltyn Graham Andrew Lucy macke￿Ie Derek Koiet Lucy Mackenzie Ex Officio Chair From 0110112024 T￿asU￿r until io/oID024 Tr￿￿Ter from 1110112024 Thi Trust¢•¥ ipppknt newtrustw lolw"ryUpv4y￿l1d out In theCh•rMVSRLwthln5trument. GOVERNING W4STRUl•lE14T of The ol th• Lt¥in8 Ilopt. a Chwitable Incwporthd Orpnlsthon 5weWV2022 UJRRESPOIIDINCt ADOAUS 14 GI¢￿￿ oose HUbbersiC￿. ￿￿ord Haven Pwnbrokesh¥e 5A73 3SG e-m•l: web5iie.' ahbookless 3i1.com WW4.thechurchofih l.vkri ho OANKERS Barcw B INOEPE14DEP4TEX4MINER /aK/ A¥rb raA

IIIDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORTON THEACCOUP4TS IWe£llvo rnspgnslP•llMles•ftrUStets•Ndtxarnifier The charlty's Iru5teps arefesponsiwe for the pIeparat￿)n ofihEacLVUrts. The try￿ees¢￿￿derlhlt not requwed loi this yeai under Selli￿ 144121 of IheCh&ritye5Aci 20JIItF ktl. that theweis TrD requrmem ￿ the gOVElt¥n8 conOiiuLion of the Charity fof theconduciiThAolanauti. As a ¢onseq￿O¢e. t￿liuS1Qesh•d@dÉtt￿ that thefinantia githr￿n15 be 5ubFdto in(bepende•t ￿n￿nal￿)n. Havln8 sal1sfi￿ my54t thot the tharbty 15 io uthdtr eM81ts (or an Inndonl exawn3t￿JTr, r( 15 My re5poTrsibllity to.. ex•nine 5ertKm L45ofiheAct: f￿10 the wixedwt5 laKI in ihe the Charty cornm￿￿￿ under secih? 1451511bl of iheO£t.at)d.. stlewhEthev mottvs ht¢th￿et0 rtyatteThtioTr. so11r￿epe￿dÈ￿tÈXaMrnw'5 Atat•rn•it i ¢onducted my examinaiion in attordance whh the Gener OlrertWS 8i¥en ￿ the Ch¥ity cornm1s￿iK￿s 14)f Ewland & W•lts in Telatvn t? the canduttin£ of Jn Independent e¥mlnoVon. ieleriEd lo above. jn tntyn(kni ex•nihalknn Inthjdes a rewew of the acwuntlnl records kept by the Charity ol theaCctrJnii￿￿syStern& empltyffjd bythe •i¢ a comwison ofihe financhil siatempnt5 ye5ented with ¢hose retord5. It 4150 irKlvde5 con5ideralion of aty Ite￿ or discTr05wes In I￿ar￿al staithmenw Eypl•n•tltyis Irom you as trustee5 concernlns suth matters. The wrp05e oFthe epaw4nation Is To est4Wi5h a$ 14r as P0$5itsIE th ihEie have l)een no ￿eacheS of the Chaiitles legwalion ènd that thE fin￿(vol 5raremetMs conply with 50RP. te# basts, of tsidence r￿Ent io ihe amounts and dI5¢￿sUre$ In the flmnoal sraiethertk Tht wocedures ￿Thdtrtaken do not P￿dR 1 thee¥klerKeihai btrietywed in an audit. aThd ittknmition suppw by the Irysltts In the course olthèxminiiM Is NJI subiptted lo iudit tests lx erwirs. and I do trmpress ¥n iudtt opinkin an the %4ew 8iven by Ihe fin¥nuil stitements, and itl p•rtitular. l express no opinnn astowhptkn Ihe siaiemèn15 tr￿ and laif of Ihe )ffJirs of thq ehèilty, Ind my reportls Ilrniltd to Ihemarterssd inthe stement betsjw. l F4anned and perknfft￿ mv so as to satlsfy nr¢sdl Ihat IhE OtyrtT¥e5 01 ihe In￿ent ¢xaminaibn art •ch￿Ved and belore Iln•li5inithE report l obtained wrilleDa$5uiarKes fv4)m ¢hÈtrusteesol Jll miler￿1 mallers. Ind•penéen¢ tJrnlno¢s itst•n¥ni In cunnpaion with mvexarnmaiion. w matier myattEntloTr'. l. WhIch8￿e5 me reason•blprau5Eto Ihai, In anyffliiewl resm.thetrvstees h¥t n01m￿thEre￿IrrnwtstoenSUwè th#.. prow at£tyJntin¥weccrd5ave kepi lin attry0￿wIths¢Clkn IJOdtrArtI', Ind acwuntsare prewed whithaw with1heKco￿)tths￿O5JA0 reojlrementsol thEAct,' or z. towhlth. lth myo•nvJn, atteTrt1L￿ 5PoJbJtedrwn ITr cth io en•i4ea Kyoper undu5tandMyoFihea￿￿Dt5tO te reached. 10- 8-2oAS S. M. 2Ezrfei

The objectsof the Charity are the advemertofthe Christian fasth. for thebenefft of the public especialty but not exclusbvely ithln Mllford Haven the SUfrow)dI￿ wry of pern￿keSh￿e. and Slxh charitable wrposes a5 Shall, In theoplnion ol the chartry Trustee5, Put into wxlicethe Chri5tsan faiih in (mt•nce wth The Chwch ofthe knvlni Statementol Faith andThedL¥kal P051tkn. In order tofvffill thestObie(ts. the Tfusteesthisyw. Thls dedsion was made by theTrusteeslolkn4bwi exten$b% Tam and •n INdkative vote at the church AGM. It W•5 ¢lecided that ot woukl be in the rtete5ts of the Chafftytvdo thls, least b￿ause of the supwrt 0%￿¥51￿h1 and connectkn) with otherthwC1￿1h)t this arrangement Ixir￿s. Thi5 rew •rran8emeni opla¢¢s the previo￿1)4￿$•8htthdt the churth had recewed. 4vtr4ch had •lso been benefKlal whlle It was In place. Ourln8 2024, the Safe&uardb￿ Poli¢yfwthe chwth w•s upd•ted d • BuIty1￿•ftd Harnssment Polltyw•s agreedand added to thè ¢x5tti￿ t￿l¢ls. 3. t• wppon th• I￿rtE•ltrA Mht•r(AwAft BOOMMI, Ind the(￿rth Lead¢nhlpT•am, xth•v The notesfrom LeadershipTeam meetlnlsconth￿d to be rts•ewed IrytlTr￿tee5. In order toen5weth¥t all chur¢h attfvfties weft¢aff￿ salely •MI responsthty. and that •dewtfin•Ke was a¥•llaNe. The charlty femalns In 4 h￿￿bY10n¥v￿kn1 mlssknn with no Wes%1￿ fina￿￿ In makin8declslons thls yearwe hwe kept-the tha￿￿￿￿nt&¥*heu￿S1lan falth, forthe benefft of the publv at the forefrontof our pr￿itIes. We are yatefid forthe Y￿da￿e01 The Charity Commissth N) reyrd top￿1￿ eenefrt.

TRLISTEES. ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Team A small Leadership Team. led tythechwfh Mlnlttu-Re¥ An(ty Po)klesscL)tinued to plan ¥nd 8uide fopwèfd thewmlmp 16fe and ￿rtre￿h dThe Church ofThe kn¥5n8 Thetèam remained unchanied durEnB 2024, and ITr￿￿ 1th4roth people- Helen 8ookless. Llnda Lewis, shirl￿ Harrison and Gfaham Andr. a￿hoUgh Gfaharn Andrew declded to stsnd down at the eryl oftheyear. Theteam regul•￿ to pray. (fr5c￿ ￿￿tte$ and ￿an theway to￿ard. The general pattern tor gJndayTryshlpcorfinued uDch•r¥ed %)24. with weeklymeetin8son bjth Sundav rnornlngs and evenln8s. alt￿U8h Inltialivethat Wa5 Iwnthed at the 5Urt ol the year the plan of hawft8 a monthly 'Come and kesundaf, for thch church membtrs were especiamy e￿OUr5&ed to In￿teneW peopleto comeand join us for worshipforthe first time on these ￿bda¥s. A sff•ll numberof re pewt d•J romeal0￿On wee15when th15 ccurred We also had som•¥arlatlons In our Surth nwmbngpattem, whkth alms to be eS￿￿al￿aCce$stye to young lamilie5, Including a pancake rnornin& whkh went well, aKI tho Show1￿ Of￿0far1th frlendly fikns. We also benef(£ed once a8ain Irorn the input of a numberof ￿sr£In6 5peakors, fflaiTh￿ * the eveni￿ sefyi¢e. thèm Rob Jor￿5 and JU1h￿ RKhard5 who continued io provide us wpth oversl8ht fof mu(h of the year. A highl¥ht In term5 ofour ￿￿1•Y everNn8 worship was a Wekome Sernte on Suth lTrh November. when wewere ned by mwnbers of other Pembrokeshire¢hurche5 * Bishop Stuèrt Bei wexhed and welcomtd u5 knto the An8lk Convocatlon In EurDPe. Thts year, wecontinuÈd to ha¥e•v¥ldy of rneethy In pewl¥s I￿rneS for 8INeStudy •nd Player. These Included two"GrowthGroups", and ai) a weekly prnyelmeetw￿ At one st¥e, the Growth Group5 were paused to 8lve peop1èthèop￿rtUnIty to participate in a couwse entf(led-Liteon the Frontline". whKh lorused on enc•￿ra81n￿ church membersto live out thelrfaith where4erthty were. in thelr woth and home stttinE We alw I￿U$e£l yèar M stren8thenir8ow lile ol w•y. Wè had ho￿￿TrI some occashmal kIn￿r pThyeT tlmes, but thls year we t£￿k the decl$￿ to have a nK)nthJy pattern which inclwJe¢S longer times fof worship and prayer eKh nwnth, based in a church rnemterfs home. tothls. soff￿ starte(l rryut4r Pr•yer.walkiryd in the communlty, and a new WattsApp gro￿ was starte¢ focused on wayer fc the cornm¢MIfy. Towardsthe end of the the leadersh￿ Team made a dectslon to pawe the Grr￿ GfOUPS, and in5te•d to some fortni8htly rrmdweek rneettw in whKh chwch meJnbers¢4me ioeether to thhk aboutour Bdiefs. Valu25 and cu￿Ure as a church and to strengthen our wsity and Illent￿, 4$ *5eek to reach (Krt toothefs. It WO5 planned to begin these rneetinis at the startof thè new year.

The numberof"Churth Merykn" dThe Church ofthe Lr•W lknpe I￿11¥ kniown asAssodeMemt>usl IrKreased during 2024from 32 to35. Thi5 15 ronsistertwith è stethywon year increase that has been tskln8 plxe slnceihe church Started. iothe One major new initlati¥Èthalwas w( olour this year. was the fall th•t we beyn to run somt"Healin8 Cafes., based in Pembrokeshlreyacht Club,towhth peaplÈwerÈ in¥ited to tome ah)n8 to lor fefreshments and to receNe Healing P￿ver. tn prep6ratSon forthis. a 8mupDf church members had uri5h. In the thurth Oft￿ Lwin8 Hope, there are ¥oluntttrs play a part in many ¢rffereffl roles. Fn x)rking with chilthen and ywn8 people, a5 musicians, in providi Tèfreshments, in hostingchtsrch actNitles. in wd(omireothers, in ￿ldIng prxtical and admini5tratlve help and a5 membersof our Leadership Team. Tnee&. We a￿Brate￿Jl to aN those WA￿ and contrfkn• toihe lrfeof the chuT£h In these and other ways.

YEAR ENDED JI DECEMBER 2024 The Tntsiees dedarÈiwha¥Èapwo¥1 ttTTu5t¢es'w•kne. don behdfofthe Cb*iW5Tnmes 8natwels P¢sIt￿5) th•lrolTwsttes 21108120ZS

YEAR Ehll)ED 31 DECEMBER 2024 T¢tsl 3)24 Donatk)ns & Le8cIÈs herTradlnBAcihkkns Ch4wbtaL4eAth45 Other Income In¢tyM frorn In¥estfflents 30 21869 2b Id TOTALAÉCIIPYS Ch•rlt•ble Art￿￿1 OIPW E¥p¢fftdl￿rE ab YOYALPAThIEiifs rriNcomEIExpENNrw￿) 3.956 17.391 17J92 A36 17.9n Thè noteson p•8es li io 13 torrn w ofthese￿￿ ¢wv•tN)nse opeMKn.

srATEMEt4TOF ASSETS AND LIABiiillES VE 31 DEC T•tsi rrert sa￿ 17.978 17392 17,978 17.52 6ener¥lFundsiunrertfvAed) Aestrlrted Fund5 17,978 17,391 17.971 17 Gfft hJd unclakntd ftyr 202>24 SMAII tts)natlcffi5 SthemeGtflAil ￿&1m+dIe102>24 Charlty ￿ Te4ulrts Trustees ID prepve fln•ntlal ststtmohts fty eath ¥trt￿ ¥Ath the stt •ui kn tht Chorit￿ kt 2011. The Trustees 19 14&é advaMa8e of lh¢ tbai OPFty to thth￿es h•ve prepbred i Ae¢elpts Ad Payments StstéMentdA55etsvxl liibthtleshkwe JO lo 11. SW on behofthe Ch•vWsTntstee5'. Full N•melsl PosltloTrlsl ChWdTrL￿Q Date z I I¢Y)l aozs io

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YEAR ENDED 31 DKEMBER 2024 Tot PAYMEIIT5 fuThJThlsln8EventsLwnses Ch•ritalAÈ Optr*iknsFidlltai Personnel Cost5 0￿reath Expenses i)eslBnated Expend¢lwe5 Glft4nd Gronts kniini5tT•tion &fjoYrnarxe 4247 .14.136 4.Z47 -14,136 3A13 10,641 407 2.03a -3.OS5 21 .3P55 421 12

IIOTES TO THE ACC(KINTS (conlInu￿I YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 i. 31￿￿24 Benewlent Re5trkleO The 1e#rkt4dfi￿d5I1teY4￿ed kn t¥xe6oIth¢￿WJnI9 £652 ewnses Tntsteeslftw toTfi￿d￿￿ liall yew. ÉW. OMTrusieÈ 4was•npltrffd b¥the was plat￿l olEIO.76411•si yaar.. ÉY27). JI bydonNs to a Resirfrtod hI￿d lor ih PL¥pose. WhuetPeveweeYpenses InpJThed In Ihelellbyry o18wdsorJeth¢¢s in •n area to%red ty • Rst¢itted Fund, may be 4Ji4fi thls ftesirtted Fw¥J to relevant ty4enses In delwy of tht ryke cmr•d Futhds lol The(haritywas ltyjnded inJ•N4ry 201Q In pèsttrnrlths réwtr•d4m￿IUre al¢¥¢ff wL•riMn¢lrtymmomber$of Theon8oln8opeiailonal btyJge15habY been 5eltp en5WEII r9sts￿lE￿I bÈb7wthÈ ￿l011he￿w￿iffiorthl¥ In o w@u$of£17,391 ￿ the ￿ 912ts24. OfthIs￿rn É7,(((IhDsbÈthuted as Our incorreisprimwity basedon the frewll 81￿￿01 mernkn. wosér¥È Istherefrèa¥labbe Iwuse h11￿TrI01 sknlllt•nt drc in inco￿, wlthu kryvr5hryt.tErn. It bewedt¢ ¢ty+WtyAst¥ndi￿C0m￿meTrf$ InCI￿nIh￿l1 hlrearnd MSnlsterfs sBIwy b5I159 keptfor usEiflhE thJityw•e to dos¢lgr wnfweseen rea%M> lfft ¥5to wknd downkrdu4y. o¥erprbd of 6 monthssoth Mefftber$tsTr￿¢t0 Ivmsfllh 5tiutlon anothet thurth. Given ihefinan¢ial o¥efsi8hIb¥theTru￿eos Ihere Is nocwieni v15* 911￿(￿0¥￿¥ aS•hatytytyfOtttyn. 13