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 315TC*aMBEB 1024
Andrew 6￿)klesS
Allison Johnstone
Linda Lew5$
Janet Lkweltyn
Graham Andrew
Lucy macke￿Ie
Derek Koiet
Lucy Mackenzie
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Chair
From 0110112024
T￿asU￿r until io/oID024
Tr￿￿Ter from 1110112024
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IIIDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORTON THEACCOUP4TS
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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
theconduciiThAolanaut*i. 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 In**ndonl exaw*n3t￿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..
st*lewhEthev mottvs h*t¢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 olthè*x*min*iiM Is NJI subiptted lo iudit tests lx er*wir*s. 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 st*ement 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$5uiarKes fv4)m ¢hÈtrusteesol Jll miler￿1 mallers.
Ind•penéen¢ tJ*rnlno¢s itst•n¥ni
In cunnpaion with mvexarnmaiion. w matier myattEntloTr'.
l. WhIch8￿e5 me reason•blprau5Eto Ihai, In anyffliiewl resm.thetrvstees h*¥t n01m￿thEre￿Ir*rnwtstoenSUwè th#..
prow at£tyJntin¥weccrd5ave kepi lin attry0￿wIths¢Clkn IJOdtr*ArtI', Ind
acwuntsare prewed whithaw with1heKco￿)tths￿O5JA0 reojlrementsol thEAct,' or
z. towhlth. lth myo•nvJn, atteTrt1L￿ 5PoJbJtedrwn ITr cth io en•i4ea Kyoper undu5tandMyoFihea￿￿Dt5tO te reached.
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The objectsof the Charity are the adv**emertofthe Christian fasth. for thebenefft of the public especialty but not
exclusbvely *ithln Mllford Haven the SUfrow)dI￿ wry of pern￿keSh￿e. and Slxh charitable wrposes a5 Shall, In
theoplnion ol the chartry Trustee5, Put into wxlicethe Chri5tsan faiih in *(mt•nce wth The Chwch ofthe knvlni
Statementol Faith andThedL¥kal P051tkn.
In order tofvffill thestObie(ts. the Tfusteesthisyw.
Thls dedsion was made by theTrusteeslolkn4bwi exten$b%*<fixws￿. ¥rthlth •tso Involv￿ th• i•#d¢r$h￿> T*am and •n
INdkative vote at the church AGM. It W•5 ¢lecided that ot woukl be in the *rtete5ts of the Chafftytvdo thls, least
b￿ause of the supwrt 0%￿¥51￿h1 and connectkn) with otherthwC1￿1h)t this arrangement Ixir￿s. Thi5 rew
•rran8emeni opla¢¢s the previo￿1)4￿$•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¢l*s.
3. t• wppon th• I￿rtE•ltrA Mh*t•r(AwAft* BOOMMI, Ind the(￿rth Lead¢nhlpT•am, xth•v
The notesfrom LeadershipTeam meetlnlsconth￿d to be rts•ewed Irytl*Tr￿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 gJndayT*ryshlpcorfinued 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
c*curred
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 asAssod*eMemt>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 <kne somevKleo&ised trainin& woduced by
New WIDe Cymru. These Heolln8 Gts have attrKted some WIK) aren't fJJrrentby part of thechurch congre80t￿n,
aswdl as 50meother5wIK) could be dexrlbed as onthe try￿¢ ofthe thwch. Astwell as this, we did on ¢xcasions offer
healin8 wayer ènd hand wt some leallets 0￿1$hIe some I￿1 shops.
Wealso 88ath wok part in the Milford Ha¥on Carnival. an extremely we114UPPOrt•d tommunity trent, and ¢ontlnued to
njn the"Llttle Flshes- Parent and ToddleT Gffjup, based in Hubberston Comrnwbrrycentre. Thisgroup erbable5 the churth
to ser¥eywn8familiesand thelr tholdren wkNn our community, Whi￿ 450 Iwildiry links wilh them aftd tommunlcating
the thrfstiin rnessay In a SIM￿* and 8entlewèy.
The church contlnuos to see Ets wf(h childfen and y(*￿pe￿e •nd Its more8enernl (xrtrexh tothe lo¢al
MmUn￿8$ real prlorttles. kn ihe light of thts, be8an plannirq at the end of 2024towafds startln6 • newgroup for
teenagers, •lmed Initially at church yourq peO￿e and 1hwrfr1w￿. io be launched In J•nuary 1025.
We contlnue to publklse our outre¥h att1vitiesthr0￿ ow (￿lIne wesence, whth ir¥clth o Web51te*nd Fxtbook
PJ6e, throu8h person41 Invltathin, and on Oc(a51onsthro￿ Ipaflets and
though we do not mjke fcrfmalirants. *Yadhereto the whKlpleof Ilthirf, th+ath means that plan toBlve 10%
of our kKome lo othercharlties and Chrfjstian 8rcrtips, actsvitks a￿ consi5twrt with our objettive5. In fflaki￿ these
81fts, do not look to recei¥e anyth[￿ in retum. For èxam*. Blve to Tearfund. a chaTIty whose purFrf)se15 the rellef
of ￿)Verty and sufferin8 In sometlthe p¥ts of ourworkl and New WkneCymnJ- a Welsh interchurth nètw
•n¢￿ra81nlthUrth leaders In I￿1rMIssIOn.
As Trustees, weareverycor￿I0US that mwyasFert5 dclM*th lrfe are dtp&tht on a commillediearr of
Volunteers, workin8to8•therso that thechurch can fft>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. Tn*ee&. 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 tt*TTu5t¢es'w•kne.
don behdfofthe Cb*iW5Tnmes
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T¢tsl
3)24
Donatk)ns & Le8*cIÈs
herTradlnBAcihkkns
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Other Income
In¢tyM frorn In¥estfflents
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TOTALAÉCIIPYS
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17.391
17J92
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srATEMEt4TOF ASSETS AND LIABiiillES
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17.978
17392
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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 liibthtles*hk*we JO lo 11.
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Gr•ht.. Gr•¢*thur(h West W•lEslAe&llo. 11866191
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Tot
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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
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21
.3P55
421
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IIOTES TO THE ACC(KINTS (conlInu￿I
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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31￿￿24
Benewlent Re5trkleO
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£652 ewnses Tntsteeslftw toTfi￿d￿￿ liall yew. ÉW.
OMTrusieÈ 4was•npltrffd b¥the was p*lat￿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 • R*st¢itted Fund, may be 4Ji4*fi thls ftesirtted Fw¥J to relevant ty4enses In delwy of tht
ryke cmr•d Futhds lol
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Theon8oln8opeiailonal btyJge15habY been 5eltp en5WEII* r9sts￿lE￿I bÈb7wthÈ ￿l011he￿w￿iffiorthl¥
In o w@u$of£17,391 ￿ the ￿ 912ts24. OfthIs￿rn É7,(((IhDsbÈth*uted as
Our incorreisprimwity basedon the frewll 81￿￿01 mernkn. wosér¥È Istherefr*èa¥*labbe Iwuse h11*￿TrI01* sknlllt•nt
drc* in inco￿, wl*thu kryvr5hryt.tErn. It bewedt¢ ¢ty+WtyAst¥ndi￿C0m￿*meTrf$ InCI￿nIh￿l1 hlrearnd MSnlsterfs sBIwy
b5I159 keptfor usEiflhE thJityw•e to dos¢lgr wnfweseen rea%M> lfft ¥5to wknd downkr*du4y. o¥er*prbd
of 6 monthssoth* Mefftber$tsTr￿¢t0 Ivmsf*llh 5tiu*tlon anothet thurth.
Given ihefinan¢ial o¥efsi8hIb¥theTru￿eos Ihere Is nocwieni v15* 911￿(￿0¥￿¥ aS•hatytytyfOtttyn.
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