LIFE STREAM CHURCH Annual General Report for 2023 **Partners in the Vision** 2023: A year of growth www.lifestreamchurch.uk office@lifestreamchurch.uk ## Summary This is the annual report for members of Life Stream Church. This report consists of the Trustees report, the Finance Report and the Missions report. We personally thank Marianne Palin and Christine Mitchell for providing these reports. ## Contents Page 2 Trustees’ report Page 6 Finance report Page 7 Missions report 1 Trustees’ Report I write this report as Pastor, and chairman of Trustees, at the end of what has been a really encouraging year. We started off the year, once again, with a time of prayer and fasting, giving the years into God’s hands, both individually and as a church. There was a real excitement, with many new people joining in, and we saw the blessing of this throughout the year. ## **Governance Structure** The year began with an important change that was not externally visible, but important to our future non-the-less. We changed our charity status to that of a CIO. This change was the culmination of a lot of hard work on behalf of the trustees, and we are particularly grateful to Liz Holdcroft for leading the way with that. To those not acquainted with charity law, this change may not mean a lot, but this charity status, which is relatively modern, is far better suited to a growing church. We also said thank you to three trustees who have faithfully served for many years, Fred Challinor, who stood down at the end of 2022, and Jean Nicholson and David Walters, who stood down at the end of April. They have been such a wonderful support and, although the time was right, it was very sad to lose their strength and wisdom from the trustee team. We want to thank them for their years of faithful service. We needed to strengthen the trustee team and we were delighted that Kristian Thorpe, Pastor of Arena Church, accepted our invitation to join our board of trustees. Kristian is both the Pastor and the chair of trustees of a large multisite church. He is also on the board of trustees for the AoG Property Trust. His church has supported and encouraged our church for many years. His wealth of experience was immediately evident in trustee meetings, and we are privileged to have him with us. ## **Sunday Services Mark** The Sunday Services have been really encouraging this year in a number of different ways. The serving teams have expanded and strengthened in all areas. This has included teams that often work behind the scenes, but are vitally important, such as ‘Hospitality’, led by Marianne Palin, ‘Welcome’, led by Liz Nicosia and ‘Children’s Ministry’ led by Zoe Donnellan. The same is true for the ministries that are a little more visible such as the ‘Creatives’ (Worship and Tech) and the ‘Preaching’ teams. We have been delighted with the amount of people that have joined teams and served so faithfully throughout the year. The attendance on a Sunday has grown throughout the year. This has included people who have moved into the area and people who found faith in Christ this year. It has been really encouraging to see these people integrate into the church family and begin to serve others. We now have people from many different nations and of all ages and backgrounds. The impact of this on the Sunday services has been so encouraging and there is a real joyous feel to the meetings. We still Live Stream the services and this has been an effective outreach tool as well as serving those who have not been able to attend in person. This includes the repeat service which we show at 6:30pm on our online platform where we are joined by members from as far as the USA. It is great that people aren’t just watching the services but are also interacting. ## **Groups** We have many different groups happening each week where we are able to really value one another and build one another up; _mutually honouring_ . In our larger groups such as Tuesday Venue, and The Gathering, it has been 2 encouraging to see growth. Tuesday Venue have seen some new people begin to attend this year, notably a gentleman who is not born-again who came to the last meeting. He said he felt close to God after he heard the Gospel in the meeting. The Gathering has also seen increasing attendance during the year. It’s also been great to see people grow in their giftings; a number of people have gone through a preaching course with Pastor Mark and have had the opportunity to preach several times. We also have smaller groups that meet regularly such as our Monday morning prayer group, our fortnightly Tuesday prayer group and the YA (Young Adults) group. These groups have also experienced growth this year, particularly our Young Adults groups which meets regularly for fellowship and to grow spiritually. Besides our regular groups we have also been able to provide special meetings for men and women. We’ve had two events for women, our _Flourish Conference_ in April and _Conversation, Coffee and Cake_ in September, and for our men we’ve had three men’s breakfasts that were really well attended. ## **Missions School** Our Missions School is a really important part of discipleship, equipping the church for service. This year we ran ‘Life Stream 101’ which serves as an introduction to our church, it’s vision and values. This was really well attended with around 20 people. Also, as part of 101, we ran the Renew Course which teaches foundational Christian theology. The course ran for 8 weeks and the majority of the people who attended have been baptised this year. Everyone who attended said they all benefited from doing the course and are growing in their relationship with God. It's good to see them finding their place in the Church. As part of 201 we were able to run the Freedom Course. This 6 week course ran for a second �me in February 2023. The course, which focuses on the armour of God, mental strongholds, the importance of forgiveness and walking in freedom, was well a�ended. This year it included more opportuni�es for discussion in small groups. focussed on developing leaders. From September we have been mee�ng regularly with the main church leaders to bring teaching, direc�on and encouragement. We look forward to adding more courses over this next year. ## **Outreach** Our outreaches are an expression of our value, extravagantly blessing. We have a number of different outreaches serving different ages. Coffee House Toddlers, our parent and toddlers group, has been reaching, on average, 10 families per week. The session is full of fun and conversation and each session a spiritual thought is shared called _Pause for Thought_ . We also had two craft groups running throughout the year; GEMS led by Liz Nicosia and _Chat and Craft_ led by Anne Blunt. These craft groups have provided a space for people to come and connect with our church whilst doing something they truly enjoy. Many great conversations have opened up, as well as opportunities of witness. A new ministry that began at the very end of 2022 is the SEND play session in response to a need voiced in the community for local play sessions catering specifically for children with special needs and disabilities. As we had just acquired the soft play equipment, Marianne reached out and offered a play session between Christmas and New Year. Ever since, we have offered a play session to this group of parents and young children once a month on a Saturday afternoon. An average of 8 children have attended each session (sometimes as many as 16 children). A couple of the parents have hired our rooms for their children's parties and we are able to advertise our services and events to them, offer prayer and support to them as well. In January 2023, under the leadership of Gary and Cath, we were able to restart our regular youth meeting, now called _Thrive_ . At first it ran fortnightly, but due to demand and the expanding of the team, it was able to go to weekly 3 sessions from September. It now includes a 10-15 minute ‘God Slot’ which has been brilliant as the young people are praying and reading the bible together. Alongside this, Gary and Cath sought to help disciple our church based young people and in November started a Youth Alpha course where young people are engaging with key topics in the bible. This is proving to be a great course, seeing change within the group weekly. ## **Special Events** In May we had a weekend away to **Cloverly Hall** . It was a repeat of what we did the year before but this time we had an even greater participation. It was wonderful to see some of our newer families join us for the weekend and it was great to get to know each other better. We had fun, relaxed, worshiped together and encouraged each other. In June, we had a week of **Mission** . This was based both in Biddulph and in Chell, where we are starting a new missional location. We were delighted to have Jonathan Conrathe and his Mission24 team with us. We spoke to hundreds of students in the schools and had a large youth outreach. Jonathan then led us out onto the streets to share our faith and to pray for people. It was wonderful to see the church equipped and mobilised into local mission. **Tenacious!** is our annual church conference that we hold in October. This year it was particularly special as it was also the 90[th] anniversary of the church. We invited two people that, not only are great speakers, but have also ministered apostolically into the church for many years, Kristian Thorpe and Miro Toth. It was one of the highlights of the year where we were encouraged to ‘Go’. Isaac and Esther Asplin worked hard to organise a number of Christmas outreach activities. We were, once again, able to bless our community in practical ways by gifting selection boxes to two of our local schools, and Christmas presents for some of our town’s most needy families. We want to thank everyone that made donations. We also had, for the first time, a Christmas Market held on the car park of the church. This was combined with several activities in the church such as a science show from our very own scientist, John Aruba and dance groups from the local community. Our local Town Crier even turned up and created a special poem for the occasion. It was a really great way of blessing the community as well as inviting them to join us for the Carol Service the following day. The Carol Service was attended by many new people and was a great opportunity to remind people of the meaning of Christmas. ## **Facilities** We have continued to work on the Coffee House and are hoping to open it as an outreach this year. In the meantime, the Soft Play which we got in 2022, has been permanently set up in there. This has been great for our outreach activities and has made a really welcome environment for families on Sundays. ## **Extending Our Reach** We believe that our calling as a church, is to be one church in multiple locations. In 2023 we made significant steps forward with this, by extending our reach as a church into Chell. Here’s a short report from Isaac on our progress. _Over the year of 2023 the Campus Plant in Chell has gone from effectively an empty space to a strong foundation. At the start of the year there was no physical structure of what a Life Stream Campus would look like - all that was completed was a short report on the local area. On the other hand, by the end of the year we have a strong team of 10 that are bonding and getting stronger together, a plan for continued momentum for 2024, a Parents and Toddlers ministry that has been running for 4 months and local connections have been built with key people in the area._ _Throughout 2023 a regular prayer meeting has been happening to break the spiritual ground in the area and a small group has started to build relationships and grow together spiritually both of which expressing our heart as being constantly seeking. We have a monthly meal together as a team developing time together and will lead into_ 4 _moments of being mutual honouring. Finally, the parents and toddler group which has allowed Life Stream to get their name in the local area as people who are extravagantly blessing showing love without agenda._ _Going forward we are expectant and excited as we start a typical Sunday expression monthly, plan to do an alpha course after Easter to hook people who are questioning faith, and launch an official weekly meeting at our Tenacious Conference 2024 on 6[th ] October. Life Stream Chell has not just been the work of the people in the local area over the past 12 months but the work of the Life Stream Church as a whole as people have faithfully prayed, given and served expectant to see a move of God._ ## **Missional Church** We are a church that is vision led. I want to finish by reminding us of that vision We use three phrases to describe the church that we see and the church we are becoming: ## _**Missional Culture**_ Life Stream Church will have a transformational and pervasive missional culture. This culture is driven by its three core values; constantly seeking, mutually honouring and extravagantly blessing ## _**Missional Locations**_ Life Stream Church will consist of, and multiply, missional, value based, communities of people gathering at different locations and in different, relevant ways. This already consists of the Biddulph location, and soon will include a location in Chell. ## _**Missional School**_ Life Stream Church will train missional servants and leaders and release them to reproduce themselves. We are delighted to be church with such a wonderful group of people. We are privileged to have you with us on the journey. With Every Blessing, Mark Holdcroft 5 LIFE STREAM HU•¢M 33 £ 1gW2 £ IU92.94 q us97.19 qFfAooFFE**b 3JIiIL¥) E 2727U5 gJ4i55 £ •Jo £ ￿￿10￿4 F[￿D￿1]FAE £ 1.72Q24 £ 5Jl2.41 5.121.( LjKSTrEm•￿ 67JS •Jr .71 £ 2￿(10$ £ 33￿&5 e %165.S4 651.45 f J.7B5.11 £ I￿ 7Q £ 3260. £ ?WQ)6 ?.73 £ SJ9&15 99&93 16F.)3 £ iJ)•& 695.16 XIIKIT￿￿lvj >T￿ £ Y6J71J3 £ l?J•75 $S￿n5 }￿n0 3J35.48 1.734L¥) 121.31 •3.57 •)4.19 251. 2024 ## Missions Report The purpose of the mission ministry is to equip believers to reach those that do not know Jesus, to proclaim the good news and doing more to express God’s love for the world. The mission team consists of a group of five people lead by Christine Mitchell. We usually meet regularly at Life Stream Church or virtually, to pray and discuss funds to send to missionaries. ## **A year in review** This year we had two members added to the mission's team, Marianne Palin, and Catherine Morris, which take our team from a group of three people to a group of five. This year has been a very productive year has our team has been planning short term mission trips, the first one will be to Slovakia next year, date to be confirmed. This year we had three visiting missionaries, James Kotey from Ghana, and Claire Kinkead from Jamaica in June, and in July we had Marian and Vlasta Poljak from Slovakia visited to speak on multicultural Sunday in highlight of our missionaries and short-term mission trips. ## **A list of missionaries we support** - Zion Ministries, Sierra Leone, (Michael Kanu) - Ask of Ghana (James Kotey) - Jamaica Ministry and Cuban Relief (Claire Kincaid) - Slovakia (Marian Poljak) - Operation mobilisation (Deborah James) - Wow. Ministries (Formerly the Philippines) ## **Vision for the coming year** To equip and mobilised people for long- and short-term missionaries, to highlight and work alongside missionaries and to make a lasting difference in people's life in our community and in the world, constantly seeking God for direction. ## **Prayers/Financial/Practical Needs** Prayer and fasting Continual financial support Missionaries (‘’ The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few’’ Luke 10:2). Many Thanks ## Christine Mitchell 7 |**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||~~**2023 INCOME**~~|~~**JAN**~~|~~**FEB**~~|~~**MAR**~~|~~**APR**~~|~~**MAY**~~|~~**JUN**~~|~~**JUL**~~|~~**AUG**~~|~~**SEPT**~~|~~**OCT**~~|~~**NOV**~~|~~**DEC**~~|~~**TOTALS**~~| |||||||||||||||| |OFFERINGS||£1,804.60|£1,777.40|£1,258.50|£2,135.00|£2,163.00|£1,389.12|£1,567.00|£2,020.00|£1,189.00|£1,714.70|£1,262.00|£1,528.00|**£19,808.32**| |OFFERINGS PAID DIRECT||£1,649.73|£1,413.80|£1,024.98|£2,144.58|£921.14|£1,654.13|£1,472.32|£1,166.55|£1,098.96|£1,091.23|£1,253.37|£1,117.67|**£16,008.46**| |GIFT AID OFFERINGS||£290.00|£350.00|£370.00|£270.00|£270.00|£430.00|£270.00|£390.00|£130.00|£160.00|£160.00|£120.00|**£3,210.00**| |GIFT AID PAID DIRECT||£3,757.60|£1,207.60|£1,967.60|£1,761.60|£1,728.60|£2,817.60|£2,194.60|£1,894.60|£1,965.60|£1,857.60|£3,117.60|£3,008.25|**£27,278.85**| |**Total**||**£7,501.93**|**£4,748.80**|**£4,621.08**|**£6,311.18**|**£5,082.74**|**£6,290.85**|**£5,503.92**|**£5,471.15**|**£4,383.56**|**£4,823.53**|**£5,792.97**|**£5,773.92**|**£66,305.63**| |**OFFERINGS TOTAL**||**£7,501.93**|**£12,250.73**|**£16,871.81**|**£23,182.99**|**£28,265.73**|**£34,556.58**|**£40,060.50**|**£45,531.65**|**£49,915.21**|**£54,738.74**|**£60,531.71**|**£66,305.63**|| |||||||||||||||| |GIFT AID INCOME||£376.62|£939.44|£366.04|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£2,679.36|-£514.64|£0.00|£1,075.18|£2,650.27|**£7,572.27**| |GA INCOME ON SML DONATIONS||
£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£1,818.28|**£1,818.28**| |GIFTS & SPECIAL OFFERINGS||£1,619.00|£1,180.00|£470.00|£0.00|£190.00|£440.00|£1,335.00|£1,450.00|£212.00|£1,600.42|£328.72|£278.72|**£9,103.86**| |BUILDING FUND||£0.00|£30.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£300.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|**£330.00**| |CHELL CHURCH PLANT||£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£50.00|£45.00|£20.00|£20.00|**£135.00**| |LIFE STREAM KIDS||£20.00|£20.00|£20.00|£20.00|£20.00|£20.00|£20.00|£20.00|£20.00|£20.00|£20.00|£50.00|**£270.00**| |COFFEE HOUSE TODDLERS||£50.00|£57.00|£33.00|£54.00|£131.99|£65.00|£76.36|£0.00|£0.00|£105.74|£0.00|£0.00|**£573.09**| |THRIVE YOUTH||£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£30.00|£50.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|**£80.00**| |ROOM HIRE||£47.00|£440.00|£0.00|£24.00|£0.00|£74.00|£0.00|£95.00|£0.00|£40.00|£0.00|£55.00|**£775.00**| |TUESDAY VENUE||£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£211.95|£144.24|£130.35|£164.91|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|**£651.45**| |CHURCH WEEKEND AWAY||£997.00|£147.00|£1,298.00|£2,406.00|£273.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|**£5,121.00**| |TENACIOUS CONFERENCE||£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|**£0.00**| |AOG CALLED TO BE ONE||£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|**£0.00**| |FLOURISH WOMEN'S MINISTRY||£0.00|£330.00|£226.00|£684.44|£170.00|£0.00|£0.00|£134.00|£43.40|£76.80|£0.00|£0.00|**£1,664.64**| |GEMS||£0.00|£10.00|£10.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|**£20.00**| |MISSIONS ACCOUNT||£45.00|£40.00|£120.00|£20.00|£123.40|£40.00|£976.35|£70.00|£40.00|£45.00|£120.00|£145.36|**£1,785.11**| |MISCELLANEOUS||£40.00|£10.00|£19.00|£0.00|£20.00|£8.00|£10.00|£29.00|£0.00|£14.00|£16.00|£0.00|**£166.00**| |**Monthly Sub Total**||**£3,194.62**|**£3,203.44**|**£2,562.04**|**£3,420.39**|**£1,072.63**|**£1,107.35**|**£2,632.62**|**£4,477.36**|**-£149.24**|**£1,946.96**|**£1,579.90**|**£5,017.63**|**£30,065.70**| |**Annual Sub Total**||**£3,194.62**|**£6,398.06**|**£8,960.10**|**£12,380.49**|**£13,453.12**|**£14,560.47**|**£17,193.09**|**£21,670.45**|**£21,521.21**|**£23,468.17**|**£25,048.07**|**£30,065.70**|| |||||||||||||||| |**MONTHLY TOTALS**||**£10,696.55**|**£7,952.24**|**£7,183.12**|**£9,731.57**|**£6,155.37**|**£7,398.20**|**£8,136.54**|**£9,948.51**|**£4,234.32**|**£6,770.49**|**£7,372.87**|**£10,791.55**|**£96,371.33**| |**ANNUAL TOTAL**||**£10,696.55**|**£18,648.79**|**£25,831.91**|**£35,563.48**|**£41,718.85**|**£49,117.05**|**£57,253.59**|**£67,202.10**|**£71,436.42**|**£78,206.91**|**£85,579.78**|**£96,371.33**|| |**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**|**LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**2023 EXPENDITURE**|**JAN**|**FEB**|**MAR**|**APR**|**MAY**|**JUN**|**JUL**|**AUG**|**SEPT**|**OCT**|**NOV**|**DEC**|| |PASTOR M. HOLDCROFT||£1,201.88|£1,202.08|£1,201.88|£1,202.08|£1,201.88|£1,201.88|£1,201.88|£1,201.88|£1,201.88|£1,201.88|£1,220.61|£1,217.73|**£14,457.54**| |PASTOR E. 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TOTALS| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |STAFF EXPENSES|**£2,637.37**|**£2,963.52**|**£2,876.72**|**£2,930.92**|**£2,989.87**|**£2,799.32**|**£4,018.47**|**£2,774.12**|**£2,753.22**|**£2,825.87**|**£3,669.95**|**£3,223.00**|**£36,462.35**| |40-60%|**53%**|**44%**|**31%**|**46%**|**21%**|**31%**|**43%**|**51%**|**59%**|**36%**|**44%**|**39%**|**39%**| |FACILITIES|**£1,265.11**|**£2,282.44**|**£2,080.99**|**£945.44**|**£3,267.36**|**£1,419.91**|**£1,416.72**|**£1,567.27**|**£878.80**|**£743.84**|**£1,215.45**|**£2,417.15**|**£19,500.48**| |20-40%|**26%**|**34%**|**23%**|**15%**|**23%**|**16%**|**15%**|**29%**|**19%**|**10%**|**15%**|**29%**|**21%**| |CHURCH MINISTRIES(incl admin)|**£710.54**|**£884.98**|**£3,789.76**|**£2,192.68**|**£7,551.46**|**£3,909.76**|**£2,435.45**|**£401.04**|**£736.47**|**£2,134.65**|**£2,635.27**|**£1,329.91**|**£28,711.97**| |20-40%|**14%**|**13%**|**41%**|**34%**|**52%**|**43%**|**26%**|**7%**|**16%**|**28%**|**32%**|**16%**|**30%**| |MISSIONS|**£325.00**|**£580.00**|**£425.00**|**£325.00**|**£660.00**|**£940.00**|**£1,442.94**|**£710.00**|**£325.00**|**£2,037.96**|**£760.04**|**£1,235.00**|**£9,765.94**| |10-30%|**7%**|**9%**|**5%**|**5%**|**5%**|**10%**|**15%**|**13%**|**7%**|**26%**|**9%**|**15%**|**10%**| |TOTALS|**£4,938.02**|**£6,710.94**|**£9,172.47**|**£6,394.04**|**£14,468.69**|**£9,068.99**|**£9,313.58**|**£5,452.43**|**£4,693.49**|**£7,742.32**|**£8,280.71**|**£8,205.06**|**£94,440.74**| |% TOTALS|**100%**|**100%**|**100%**|**100%**|**100%**|**100%**|**100%**|**100%**|**100%**|**100%**|**100%**|**100%**|**100%**| ||AOG|Subs 3% of unrestricted Funds|Subs 3% of unrestricted Funds|Subs 3% of unrestricted Funds|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Offerings||£66,305.63|||||||| |GA Income||£9,390.55|||||||| |||||||Tithes to Missions|||| |Legacy||£0.00|||||||| |||||||Offerings|£66,305.63||| ||||||||||| |||||||GA Income|£9,390.55||| ||||||||||| |**TOTAL**||**£ 75,696.18**||||Legacy|£0.00||| |**3% **||**£ 2,270.89**||||**TOTAL**|**£ 75,696.18**||| |||||||**10% **|**£ 7,569.62**||| |Paid||£2,260.00|JAN-DEC|||Paid|£7,569.62|JAN-DEC|| |||**£ 10.89**|TO BE PAID JAN 2024||||**0.00**
**-£**||| ## **LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023** |**MISSIONS ACCOUNT 2023**|**JANUARY**|**FEBUARY**|**MARCH **||**APRIL**|**MAY**|**JUNE**|**JULY**|**AUGUST**|**SEPTEMBER**|**OCTOBER**|**NOVEMBER **|**DECEMBER**|**TOTALS**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||||||||| |**Income**||||||||||||||| |Tithe on Offerings|15.48
£|750.19
£|474.88
£||462.11
£|631.12
£|508.27
£|629.09
£|550.39
£|547.12
£|438.36
£|482.35
£|1,156.69
£|6,646.04
£| |Tithe on Gift Aid|-
£|37.66
£|93.94
£||36.60
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|216.48
£|-
£|-
£|554.37
£|939.06
£| |Pledges|45.00
£|40.00
£|45.00
£||20.00
£|45.00
£|82.00
£|45.00
£|65.00
£|72.00
£|95.42
£|20.00
£|40.00
£|614.42
£| |Donation toBarnabasFund|-
£|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£| |MissionaryBoxes|-
£|-
£|-
£||-
£|78.40
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|105.36
£|183.76
£| |Special Offeringfor Deborah James|-
£|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£| |Tithes on Legacies|-
£|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£| |Special OfferingM Poljak|-
£|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|461.65
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|461.65
£| |Special OfferingC Kinkead|-
£|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|277.00
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|277.00
£| |Tenacious OfferingMiroToth|-
£|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|1,000.00
£|-
£|-
£|1,000.00
£| |Gift for Ukraine Couple|-
£|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|100.00
£|-
£|-
£|100.00
£| |V Kinkead Barrel Appeal|-
£|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£| |Special Offering for Ask-Of Ghana
(James Kotey)|-
£|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|20.00
£|187.70
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|207.70
£| |Gift for Deborah James,Madagascar|-
£|-
£|100.00
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|50.00
£|-
£|-
£|100.00
£|-
£|250.00
£| |AOG Earthquake Turkey/Syria Appeal|-
£|20.00
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|20.00
£| |**Monthly Income Total**|**60.48**
**£**|**847.86**
**£**|**713.82**
**£**||**518.71**
**£**|**754.52**
**£**|**610.27**
**£**|**1,600.44**
**£**|**665.39**
**£**|**835.59**
**£**|**1,633.78**
**£**|**602.35**
**£**|**1,856.42**
**£**|**10,699.63**
**£**| |||||||||||||||| ## **LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023** |**Expenses**|**JANUARY**|**FEBUARY**||**MARCH **|**APRIL**|**MAY**|**JUNE**|**JULY**||**AUGUST**|**SEPTEMBER**|**OCTOBER**|**NOVEMBER **|**DECEMBER**|**TOTALS**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Regular Standing Orders**|||||||||||||||| |WOW World of Worth|50.00
£|50.00
£||50.00
£|50.00
£|50.00
£|50.00
£|50.00
£||50.00
£|50.00
£|50.00
£|50.00
£|50.00
£|600.00
£| |AOG World Ministries (Claire Kinkead)
Jamaica|65.00
£|65.00
£||65.00
£|65.00
£|65.00
£|65.00
£|65.00
£||65.00
£|65.00
£|65.00
£|65.00
£|265.00
£|980.00
£| |CAM International|90.00
£|90.00
£||90.00
£|90.00
£|90.00
£|90.00
£|90.00
£||90.00
£|90.00
£|90.00
£|90.00
£|90.00
£|1,080.00
£| |Ask-Of Ghana orphanageproject|40.00
£|40.00
£||40.00
£|40.00
£|40.00
£|40.00
£|40.00
£||40.00
£|40.00
£|40.00
£|40.00
£|240.00
£|680.00
£| |Zion Ministries (Michael Kanu) Sierra
Leone|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|600.00
£|77.94
£||-
£|-
£|612.96
£|187.04
£|-
£|1,477.94
£| |Quarterly Gift to Marian Poljak
(Slovakia)|-
£|225.00
£||-
£|-
£|225.00
£|-
£|-
£||225.00
£|-
£|-
£|225.00
£|200.00
£|1,100.00
£| |Operation Mobilisation (Deborah
James)|80.00
£|80.00
£||80.00
£|80.00
£|80.00
£|80.00
£|80.00
£||80.00
£|80.00
£|80.00
£|80.00
£|280.00
£|1,160.00
£| |Bank Charges for International
Payments|-
£|10.00
£||-
£|-
£|10.00
£|15.00
£|15.00
£||10.00
£|-
£|-
£|13.00
£|30.00
£|103.00
£| |TO SENDING FUND|1,030.00
£|30.00
£||30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£||30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|1,360.00
£| |**Irregular Special Payments**|||||||||||||||| |ChristianSolidarityWorldwide|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|100.00
£|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|100.00
£| |Gift for Deborah James|-
£|-
£||100.00
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£||50.00
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|100.00
£|250.00
£| |V Kinkead Barrel Appeal|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£| |Gift for Ask-Of Ghana Special Offering
(JamesKotey)|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|250.00
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|250.00
£| |Gift M Poljak,Slovakia Special Offering|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|475.00
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|475.00
£| |Gift C Kinkead,Jamaica|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|300.00
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|300.00
£| |GiftTobiasPass trip to USA|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£||100.00
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|100.00
£| |Gift to Miro Toth(via E Holdcroft)|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|1,000.00
£|-
£|-
£|1,000.00
£| |Gift for Ukraine Couple (via E
Holdcroft)|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|100.00
£|-
£|-
£|100.00
£| |AOGEarthquakeTurkey/SyriaAppeal|-
£|20.00
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£||-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|20.00
£| |**Monthly Expenses Totals**|**1,355.00**
**£**|**610.00**
**£**||**455.00**
**£**|**355.00**
**£**|**690.00**
**£**|**970.00**
**£**|**1,472.94**
**£**||**740.00**
**£**|**355.00**
**£**|**2,067.96**
**£**|**780.04**
**£**|**1,285.00**
**£**|**11,135.94**
**£**| |**Balance in hand in current account**
**b/f £3,571.79**|**2,277.27**
**£**|**2,515.13**
**£**||**2,773.95**
**£**|**2,937.66**
**£**|**3,002.18**
**£**|**2,642.45**
**£**|**2,769.95**
**£**||**2,695.34**
**£**|**3,175.93**
**£**|**2,741.75**
**£**|**2,564.06**
**£**|**3,135.48**
**£**|| ## **LIFE STREAM CHURCH FINANCES 2023** |**SENDING FUND**|**JANUARY**|**FEBUARY**|**MARCH **|**APRIL**|**MAY**|**JUNE**|**JULY**|**AUGUST**|**SEPTEMBER**|**OCTOBER**|**NOVEMBER **|**DECEMBER**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||1,000.00
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|-
£|| |Create a 'Sending Fund' towards
supporting a person to go on overseas
mission trip and designate £1000 of
Mission Fund to it. Also save
£30/month to this fund.|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|| ||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| ||1,030.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|30.00
£|**1,360.00**
**£**| |**TOTAL**|**1,030.00**
**£**|**1,060.00**
**£**|**1,090.00**
**£**|**1,120.00**
**£**|**1,150.00**
**£**|**1,180.00**
**£**|**1,210.00**
**£**|**1,240.00**
**£**|**1,270.00**
**£**|**1,300.00**
**£**|**1,330.00**
**£**|**1,360.00**
**£**|| LIFE STREAM CHURCH CIO YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL ACCOUNT CHARITY NUMBER 1199373 BK PLUS LIMITED CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS Adventure Place Hanley Stoke on Trent Staffordshire ST13AF Independent Examin8rf5 r8POrt to the trustees of Llfe Stream Church CIO I report lo the tru5lees on my examination ol Life Slrearn Church CIO account5 for the year ended 31 December 2023, which ar8 sel out on pages 2 and 8. Responsibilities and basi5 of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for th8 prep8ration of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities A¢1 2011 I'lhe Acl'l. l ￿port in respect of my examination of the Trustee's accounts carried out under $.145 01 the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions giv&n by the Charty Commission und8r 5.14515llbl of the 2011 Act. Independent èxafflinerts stalement I have cornpleted my examination. I confirm that no rnateiial matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me c8use lo believe that in any material resp8cl.. 111 accounting records were not kept in r8SP8Ct of the Trust as required by s.130 of the Act.. or 121 the accounts do not accord with thos8 record5. I have no concerns and have Come acro85 no other matters in connection with the 8xamination to which allenlion should ba drawn in this report order to enable a proper underslandSng of the accounts to be reached. Salt FCCA BK Plus Limited Chartered Certified Accountants Adv8nlure Place Hanley Stoke on Trent Slaffordshire ST13AF Page I LIFE STREAM CHURCH CIO CHARITY NUMBER 1199373 RECEIPTS AND PAYPthENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Unre$tricted Funds Rtstrlcted Funds Total 2023 Recelpts tr£nsf6rred from Life Stream charity lo Lrffy Stream CIO Gift Aid d6blor Bank balances 377 6,071 377 12,290 6,218 Offerings Grants & donations Inole11 Special Mission Ichelll Gift Aid Reclaim Building Fund Life Stream Kids Coffee House Toddlfyis Thrive Youth Church Away Weekend 2023 Tuesday Venue Flourish Women's Ministry Gems Room Hlr¢ Sundry income 59,660 2,832 6,646 5,768 2,404 939 330 270 66,306 8,600 2,404 9,014 330 270 573 80 5,121 651 1,685 20 775 251 8.074 573 80 5,121 651 20 20 1,665 775 251 Total receipts Payments 8S.399 23,347 108,746 Pa$lors' stipend Tax and insurance Pension Repairs and renewals Pastors. mileage Cleaning Gas Electricity Water Telephone AOG Subscription Life Stream Kids Church event costs Stationery, literature and advertising Visiting ministry Church insurance Miscellaneous conferen￿ costs Aecountancy fees Tuesday Venue Chureh away weekend Media and audio equipment Ghureh capital costs (note 31 P8slor mobile phone and gills (partially funded by donalion'sl Training courses 28.223 2,780 1,424 3,343 1,373 696 5,348 997 167 1,022 3,260 557 28,781 2,780 1,424 4,033 1,373 696 5,398 997 167 1.022 3,260 42 2,307 249 1,180 2,020 946 1,536 384 2,391 5,392 302 1,158 690 50 42 2,307 249 1.180 2,020 946 1,536 384 2,391 5,392 302 1,158 385 1.744 1,335 1,720 1,744 Page 2 LIFE STREAM CHURCH CIO CHARITY NUMBER 1199373 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Unre5tricled Funds Re8trlcted Funds Total 2023 Safeguarding Donations (note 21 Special Mission Ichelll Honorarium & gifts Arena Church Fire safely assessment SofbNare & Licenses Flourish Women's Ministry Coffee House Toddlers G8ms Oulreaoh ministry costs Youth outrèach Soft Play group Amounts paid on behalf of old Charity 363 30 1,473 502 300 570 1,517 1,877 1,098 180 235 405 362 690 363 9,883 5,122 502 300 570 1.517 1,897 1,098 200 235 465 362 690 9,853 3,649 20 20 80 Total payments 7S.839 18,687 94,526 Increase I Ireductionl in funds Transfer between funds 9,560 4,660 14.220 750 17501 Opening bank & cash balances C105iny bank & cash balances 10,310 3,910 14,220 Page 3 LIFE STREAM CHURCH CIO CHARITY NUMBER 1199373 RÉCEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 SUMMARY OF FUNDS Irepre88nted by bank balan¢981 Tran8fe¥red Irom Life Stream Charity Ba13nc 01.01.23 Closlng Balance 31.12.23 RESTRICTEO FUNDS Tuesday venue fund Building f und MisslonÈry lund- (from Church designated Tithel Life Stieam Kids 2,386 260 3,572 648 3,135 128 6,218 3,910 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 6,071 5,742 8ulldlng fund I designaledl Coffee House Set Up Youth Alpha Course Sending Fund Chell Church Plant IEsther SISheetl Heating Fund Thrive Youth Flourish 2024 1,734 122 94 1,360 404 300 252 302 12,289 14.220 STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 GENERALACCOUNT UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 2023 Dèbtors Gift Aid refund du8 735 735 Cash Fund5 TSB Account Co-op Account 1,660 12,560 14,220 Independent examination fee Sundry liabilities 726 2,115 2,841 Page 4 LIFE STREAM CHURCH CIO CHARITY NUMBER 1199373 RECEIPTSAND PAYMENTS ACCOUMTCONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Non Monetary Asset For us8 by Ihe charity and belonging lo the General Purposes Fund.. As5els I￿nsIerred from Lif8 Slrn&m ch8￿tY to Ihe CIO on lh8 l January 2023 Furniture and general fumi5hings Projector Sound system 8nd booth 2 Applp Mac Computer5 and I PC Church building and g￿￿￿￿$ Church hall lon same groundsl Garage for mlnlbus Pholocopier Sound and P. A. equipment AmplilierÉ, elc. Tents & Gamping É4uipm8nt foryoulh Group Cam8ra equipment Sort play equipment Purchased in the year N8w computer for audlo and medi8 Tho trLf8teo's conftTm the lollowlng.. there wefe no guarantees glv&n by the CIO. where any potential liabillty under the guarantee is outstanding Htthe date of tho statement,. and there w8r• no debt5 OUtStanding at the date of the statèment whlch Is owed by thè CIO and whlch is 80cured by an exprÈs6 charg8 on any of thè assets of the CIO. bl Tho58 financial statements w8re approvetl by and 8lgn8d on behalf of tho Yru8te08 of Life Stream Church CIO Trustee.. Dats I51oLklZoi* Page 5 LIFE STREAM CHURCH CIO RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 NOTES TO THE RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS 1 Donatlons & Grèrtts Unre8trl¢tsd Restri¢ted 2023 Biddulph Town CounGII Grant (Soft play equipment) Blddulph Town Council Granl Pledges ID missions 8¢¢ounl 750 750 1.000 1,805 1,100 170 50 557 1,335 1,832 I,ooo 1.805 Dona140n5 Co1￿cted lor Biddulph Communlly Spaces Hpaling ¢o$ls donations Donations iow3Fds Pastor sal$r￿s 'Honour our Pastors" Donations Funer81 Don81ion5 170 50 557 1.325 1.832 2,632 8,600 2 DonalioJJ5 2023 Total Unr6strlcted Reslrlcted Irregular Speclal Paymènts DOnat￿n lo KnypeFs￿Y Knlyhls FC DonalK)n lo BCYZ Church Rd Miro Tolh's woik ITr SloVakialBr8b-￿èV loo 70 1.100 100 100 1.11YJ 30 Mission donatlon5 and 5UPPOrt WOW World ofWDrth AOG World Mini5trie5 (Clalre Klnkeadl lamaic CAM Zalre Evan. Mission Ask-of Shana orphanage project Zlon Mlnlstrle5 Imichael Kanul Slerra Leone Quarterly Gift to Marlan Poljik ISlovakl31 Opeiation Mobilis IDebor3h Jamesl AOG Earthquak8 appeal T Pass Chrisllan SolidaFilyWofldw￿8 General [lliS6￿￿ plèdg8$ used for the abov8 600 1.480 1480 1080 730 1,568 1,575 1.330 20 10D 100 730 1,568 1575 1330 20 100 loo 30 9,853 9,883 3 C&pltal costs Unrgstrlctedl Doslgnatsd fLTnds R8s¢Acted funds 2023 Total Nw wmputerfor mèdia and audio 1,1S8 1.158 1,fj58 1.158 4 Legal 8t*ttss The church was prevbu51y as an uThln¢orpor31ed Gharily. On the Isl January 2023 Ihe as5els, liabilities and gclivll￿S of that ch8rily were transfeffed to Life Stream Church Clo véhiGh 18 a Ch8fllab Intorpoaled or9ain88ll¢n and is registered Mdlh the Charity Commlssion 5 Transferbelw9en funds A grant was r8c&ivtd Ihi5 year in relalbn lo the purchase of assets for the soft pl2y area which were a¢iu811y foE last year out of general funds.