CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl m•mbgrs of Pelsall Evangelcal Chur(* On accounts for the year ondod Charlty no lif any) 31¥t December 2023 S•t out on pages I report to the trustees my examination of the accounts of tha above harity (Ihe Trusl") for the year ended 3111212023 Ro8pon8lbllltl86 and As the charty tnjstees of the Trust, you are reSFonSib￿ for the prEparation basls of report of the attounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Yhe Acr). I report in rèspect of my examinatbn of thè Trust's accounts carrfed out under sectlon 145 of lh8 2011 Act and in carying out my examination. I have followed the applicable f￿"reCt￿n$ given by the Charity Commission under sectlon 14515)Ib) of the Acl. I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters h8Va come lo my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with the 8xamination bthich gives me cause lo believe Ihal in. any material Independent examlnerf• statèmènt accounting records were nol kept in 8LYordance with Secti￿ 130 of the Act or the acownts do not 8¢c￿d wryth the accounting records I have M concerns and have across no other m8tters In connection with the examination to which attent￿n should be drawn In order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to b8 reached. ' Plèase dalete the wortys in the brackets rfthoy do nol apply. Slgned: >&& Nam•: Relovant prof•88lonal qualth¢ation(s) or body (ff any): Address: L14 IER Octobor 2018 Section B Disclosure Only compl818 rf the examiner needs to huhlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent oxarnination of charity aco)unts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here bri•f detalls of any ltsms that the examlner wlshés to d18c1080. IER October 2018 Pelsall Evan8ellcal Church Accounts 2023 Opening Balance Hardship fund 24494.4 395.19 Income Expenditure Giving Gift Aid Gift Day Misc Income Hardship Fund I15￿1.49 20388.56 1320.00 15427.97 3800.51 Salaries & Expenses 104060.38 Mission 19634.00 Ukrine via SP 1380.00 utilities & Subs 7844.13 Maintenance 12731.17 Misc l Other 9729.50 Hardship fund 3430.00 Total 155938.53 IS8809.18 Closin8 Balance Hardship fund 21253.24 765.7 |**Pelsall Evangelical Church**|**Accounts 2023**| |---|---| |**Opening Balance**|**24494.4**| |**Hardship fund Opening Balance**|**395.19**| |**Income**|| |Regular Gifts|105507.79| |Cash|| |Gifts|9493.70| |Gift Aid|20388.56| |Misc|| |Gifts|5400.00| |Coffee Morning|1360.00| |SGA Widows Christmas|| |Gift|653.50| |Gifts for Ukraine|1320.00| |Collection at WW film|163.98| |Payments for Children’s|| |Trips|772.00| |Payments for Women’s Retreat & Conf|
6928.00| |Interest|150.49| |Hardship Fund Gifts|3785.00| |Hardship Fund Interest|15.51| |**Total**|**155938.53**| |**Expenditure**|| |Salaries & Employees Expenses|104060.38| |Mission Donations|19634.00| |Gift for Ukraine|1380.00| |Utilities & Subscriptions|7844.13| |Conference Payments|9729.50| |Maitenance, Repairs & Replacements|12731.17| |Hardship Gifts|3430.00| |**Total**|**158809.18**| |**Closing Balance**|**21253.24**| |**Hardship Fund Closing Balance**|**765.7**| ## **Pelsall Evangelical Church Annual Review 2023** ## **January** 3[rd] – Coffee morning restarts for the year 12[th] – Warm space begins 13[th] – SGA online ladies conference regarding Phoebe Ministries 17[th] – Loss & Grief group re-commenced for the year 21[st] – Sunday School Party 22[nd] - New prayer diary launched 26[th] – “Morning Star” - John Wycliffe film night 28[th] - Basic food hygiene course ## **February** 5[th] – Christianity Explored course started 16[th] – Christian Institute visit – “Loving our Neighbour” 24[th] to 26[th] – Women’s retreat at The Hayes Conference Centre ## **March** 4[th] – SGA conference in Oldbury 11[th] – Men’s breakfast 12[th] – Visit from Peter Mihalchiuk SGA 16[th] – AGM held 19[th] – 2 new members welcomed during the morning service 25[th] – Spring Supper ## **April** 10[th] – Church walk 29[th] – Women’s breakfast ## **May** 20[th] – Men’s convention 20[th] – Benefit concert for Ukraine – Emmanuel Church, Leamington ## **June** 10[th] – Contagious training day 13[th] – Tasty desserts for TASTE. 18[th] – Collection for Ukraine 24[th] – Cannock Chase Day ## **July** 8[th] – Pelsall Carnival 9[th] – Prize giving for Sunday School 9[th] – Video shown from Richard Margetts of Wycliffe bible translators at prayer service. 16[th] – Baptism service for Sue Worrall, Calvin Smylie, Pete Caulton, Steve Grimsley, Adei Omosegbon, Nicola Smith, Viv Talbot 22[nd] – Day of Prayer 24[th] – 28[th] – Holiday Bible Club **August** 5[th] – 11[th] Contagious Camp **September** 3[rd] – Steve H started new series started on Haggai 3[rd] – Tim started new series on Lamentations 9[th] – Men’s breakfast 17[th] – 10[th] Anniversary surprise meal for Steve & Paula 21[st] – Visit from Albanian Evangelical Mission 23[rd] – Women’s breakfast 24[th] – Visit from Ray Evans to discuss church growth with Elders 27[th] – Funeral of Jane Nix 28[th] – General Church Meeting ## **October** 6[th] – Funeral of Trevor McKenzie 7[th] – Midlands Women’s Convention 8[th] – 11 new members welcomed in 8[th] – Tim started new series on Colossians 8[th] – Visit of Billy McCurrie – A story of redemption 19[th] – Visit of Ben from TASTE 22[nd] – Dan started series on Esther 29[th] – Steve started series on Psalms 31[st] – Light party ## **November** 3-5[th] – 116 Camp 8[th] – Visit of Marinela from SGA Project Pheobe 18[th] – Church celebrated 50[th] anniversary with Paul Mallard joining as a visiting speaker. Also, church history book distributed. 19[th] – Shoeboxes collected for Operation Christmas Child 30[th] – Visit of Derek Cotterill from BCM (Birmingham City Mission) ## **December** 2[nd] – Ladies wreath making evening 7[th] – Community Space re-starts (formerly warm space) 10[th] – Launch of BCM reverse advent calendars 10[th] – Week of prayer commenced 10[th] – SGA Widows fund gift 14[th] – Carol singing for the homebound 15[th] – 116 Christmas meal trail 21[st] – SGA update 24[th] – Carol Service - 25[th] – Christmas Day Service