2025-04-05-accounts - Fusion Church

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FUSION CHURCH MORECAMBE CIO ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 5[th] APRIL 2025

CHARITY DETAILS

Trustees: Andrew Hole (Chair- appointed 2/2/22) Paula Collins (Treasurer-appointed 2/2/22) Nicola Hole (appointed 2/2/22) Tim Collins (appointed 2/2/22) Jonathan Mullen (appointed 2/2/22) Helen Mullen (appointed 2/2/22) Governing Document: Fusion Church 24/5/22 Charity Registration 1199073 number: Registered Address: 20 Battismore Road Morecambe LA4 4GQ

The Trustees have the pleasure in presenting the following report on the activities of Fusion Church Morecambe (the CIO) in the past year.

Objects of the CIO

To advance the Christian Faith in Morecambe, Lancashire or other parts of the UK or the wider world as the trustees may from time to time consider appropriate, through worship, prayer, teaching, pastoral care and mission work.
To promote the wellbeing of the local community and any person within it without prejudice through acts of kindness and giving of time, energy and resources.

Our Purpose to advance the Christian Faith will be achieved through:

Providing church services and other meetings both in person and online.
Facilitating corporate worship and promoting personal worship of God.
Praying for the needs of individuals, including healing prayer, and praying for the needs of the wider community.
Teaching Christian principles and their application to everyday life.
Caring for people by listening to their concerns and seeking their sense of wellbeing.
Promoting the gospel of Jesus Christ in Morecambe, Lancaster and beyond.

Our purpose to promote the wellbeing of the local community and individuals within it:

Meeting practical, spiritual and emotional needs of people in the local community as the availability of people and financial resources allow at the discretion of the trustees.
To give financially to those in hardship in the local community and beyond, including supporting other charities, as resources allow at the discretion of the trustees.
To liaise with other churches, Christian ministries as well as other community agencies to promote the wellbeing of the wider community and to meet specific identified areas of need.
To seek the wellbeing of every person who comes across the path of Fusion Church, seeing the value of every individual before God.

Structure and management

The CIO is run by a group of 6 trustees, who have oversight of the overall running of the CIO and who meet regularly to monitor activities of the Church and the wider activities of the CIO.

The Church is part of a wider network of independent churches called Harvest Alliance, and the church leadership meet regularly with the leaders of Harvest Alliance regionally, nationally and internationally. It continues to collaborate with other churches in Lancaster and Morecambe.

Public Benefit

Any person regardless of race, age, gender, religious belief, cultural background, sexual orientation or disability can benefit from our charitable purposes.

Funding

The CIO relies entirely on donations by members of the church and the associated Gift Aid payment to support its activities. The CIO does not engage in fundraising activities.

Review of Activities

The principal activity of the CIO is the operation of Fusion Church, which meets each Sunday morning and mid-week for fellowship, worship, prayer, and Bible teaching. The Trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit; we regularly pray for the needs of individuals and provide both informal and structured pastoral care to the community.

Practical and Financial Support The CIO remains committed to providing support practically, emotionally, spiritually, and financially to those within the Church community and beyond. We have achieved this through hospitality, the giving of time, and a robust program of financial giving consisting of regular monthly support and responsive one-off gifts.

Achievements and Performance: Global & National Mission

We have continued our long-standing commitment to international mission work and poverty relief:

Child Sponsorship: Sustained support for Compassion and Adopt-a-Child, working with under-privileged youth worldwide.
Missionary Support: Continued monthly giving to a local missionary in Uganda.
New Partnerships: This year, we commenced monthly financial support for Route 61, including an additional "speaking gift" to support their missional outreach.
Strategic Giving: We provided "extra" one-off gifts to the Harvest Alliance network above our usual commitment and issued a final mission support gift to The Well Church to assist David Atkinson as he transitioned out of his mission work.

Achievements and Performance : Local Mission & Community.

Our local impact remains central to our vision for the Morecambe area:

Poverty Relief: We provide a regular monthly gift to the LMDC Debt Centre (Christians Against Poverty) to support their vital debt-counselling work in the local area.
Festive Outreach: Supported the Impact Christmas Dinner to provide meals and community for those in need during the holiday season.

Arts & Health: Maintained support for local music charity More Music and provided financial assistance to individuals to ensure they could access necessary healthcare.

Internal Ministry and Pastoral Care

We have successfully developed our internal children’s work, which now runs fortnightly. A highlight this year was supporting the children's Christmas dance, where the CIO funded the purchase of dresses to ensure every child could participate.

Beyond structured programs, the CIO provided significant pastoral financial support, including:

Church Support: A £500 gift to Dynasty Church.
Compassionate Support: A personal gift to T. Afuye to assist with funeral costs following the loss of her mother.
Pastoral Care: Numerous smaller personal gifts, including flowers, to support individuals through various life events and trials.

Future Plans The CIO will continue to serve the local community, with an emphasis on growing the children’s work programme. We anticipate maintaining our diverse range of financial gifts to both local and wider charity organisations as we seek to achieve our vision of drawing in and serving our neighbours.

Financial Review

Income for the period was £ 20,692.51 . Expenditure was £ 15,726.27 . Cash in the bank as of 5th April 202 was £52,754.43 . The CIO has no employees.

Reserves

		Current Year
Unrestricted Funds		£52,754.43
Restricted Funds		£0
Total funds		£52,754.43

Approval

This report was approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf on 6[th] November 2025 by Paula Collins

FUSION CHURCH MORECAMBE CIO Charity number 1199073

- Accounts Summary 06/04/24

05/04/25

Incoming 1. Collection 2. Standing Orders 3. Direct Credit 4. HMRC Gift Aid 5. Other 6. Interest from Bus Prem Account TOTAL Outgoing 1. Rent 2. Gifts 3. Stationery 4. Children 5. Sundries 6. Conf/Training 7. Other (insurance, repairs, music) Breakdown of Other; GetYourMobi -Website Insurance CCLI Thirtyoneeight Evangelical Alliance Easy Worship Music Equipment TOTAL Excess of INCOME over EXPENDITURE		£ 1781.00 £ 9543.81 £ 5401.00 £ 3470.00 £ £ 496.70 £ 20,692.51 £ 5,760.00 £ 6,961.80 £ 8.50 £ 255.07 £ 70.41 £ 518.09 359.88 941.14 412 150 100.00 145.76 43.62 £ 2,152.40 £ 15,726.27 *£ 4,966.24*