2024-12-31-accounts

– Lansdowne Chapel Sheffield Trustees Annual Report for 2024

Introduction

The Trustees are pleased to present their report and accounts for the year ending 31[st] ecemD ber 2024

Administrative information

Lansdowne Chapel Sheffield is an Independent Evangelical Church and is a member of the Evangelical llianceA . It was first registered as a CIO on 28/6/22.

Charity registration number: 1199468

The rincipal Church address is 04, Cemetery oad, Sheffield P 1 R S11 S8 P

Contact phone numbers 07576 251312 and 01142580799

Lansdowne Chapel Sheffield the church( ) opened in 1892 and has served the people of local area since that time. uring D 2022 the church adopted a new constitution and applied to the Charity Commission to register as a CIO. This application was accepted and confirmed on 28/06/2022.

Objectives and Activities of the Charity

Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document

The principal purpose of the church is:

*The advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the Evangelical lliance asis of Faith, oth in the A B b UK and Worldwide

The church may also advance:

*Such other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the charity trustees further the work of the Church.

The activities of the Church may include ut are not limited tob :

• Regular public Worship and rayerP

• B bi le Study

• Teaching and reachingP

• Communion usually twice a month( )

• Baptism

• Evangelism and Mission, locally, ational and Worldwide N by the support of Missionaries worldwide

• The teaching, encouragement and welcome of young people

• G vi ing and encouraging astoral CareP

• Supporting and encouraging charitable social action in the United ingdom and K Abroad

• Encouraging relationships with local church congregations

Summaries of the main activities of the church in relation to its objects

Church services are held at least once a week and are open to members of the local community. Communion is usually observed twice a month and aptisms are held as appropriateB . Each service includes prayers including intercessions.

Every Sunday during the church service we offer activities for children and young people from 0 to 18 years of age. We offer a warm, welcoming and multicultural Sunday School (known as Kingdom idsK ) with age appropriate crafts, ib ble learning and lessons for the older children.

The work of the church includes outreach to the local community and one of our main pro ects is a postcard ministry j where we design, print and distribute a postcard‘ ’ sized card talking about a particular aspect of life and the Christian faith.

These postcards contain an invitation to any of the church services and over a thousand are distributed y the church b members to the immediate neighbourhood surrounding the church on a regular asisb .

We hold a reaB kfast church service which is open to all the local community and any isitorsv . full reaA B kfast is served at this service to all who wish to participate may attend.

We also advance the Christian Faith and further the work of the church in general y financially supporting missionaries in a b number of countries and here in the UK. These are noted in our church accounts.

We have friendly contact with the local churches in our area and have a particularly close relationship with Central ouse H Church, St Marys ate, SheffieldG . We have regular oint j meetings throughout the year with Central ouse Church and H both churches appreciate the support.

Within the fellowship of the church we encourage people to belong to our ery activ ve rayer and Fellowship roup on P G Whatsapp, this enables closer friendship, fellowship and pastoral care throughout the week to take place.

The church has ept in touch with arious church memk v bers who have een unab ble to attend, for arious reasonsv . We offer regular isits and practical help as rev quired.

We also have a fortnightly oom prayer group where memZ bers of the congregation pray together and make intercessions for the local, national and Worldwide church.

Summary of the main achievements and performance of the charity during the year.

Ministry Review

The church continues to see a regular number of attendees including families with children and our children’s provision has been increased y the introduction of ingdom ids to meet b K K this increase. We have had regular isiting speav kers from varied denominations throughout the year and also, a regular ‘virtual preacher’ slot provided y r ereb D D k Stringer, former Director of ood ews roadcasting ssociationG N B A .

The service we introduced last year, Songs of raise‘ P ’ continues to e popular, it is scheduled around once a uarterb q . This service involves members of the church congregation selecting a personal favourite song/hymn for the church congregation to sing and firstly, introducing it in the service y one or two b sentences explaining the reason for their choice. This service also includes testimonies from church members and is a deliberate move y the leadership team to increase the b contribution from individual church members.

We have marked important ationwide ccasions during 2024 N O such as ememR brance Sunday and have had the sad duty of conducting funerals of church members.

The outreach of the church has continued with the ostcard P Ministry and we have seen people make contact with the church through this regular outreach.

We have welcomed new attendees and en oy the contrij bution that isitors mav ke.

Social Media

The church has a website which is fairly asic ut is in the b b process of eing eb xpanded and improved. This is an area where our church members with computer/IT acb kgrounds can get involved.

We also have a Facebook page which is regularly updated, at least twice a week.

Other congregations

The church also has a French/Congelese Fellowship that uses the uilding and meets weeb kly on a Sunday afternoon They use the church in the afternoon and evening and have a growing congregation. They also occasionally use the downstairs church room for fellowship meals and celebrations. It is good to see the church uilding used all day on a Sunday b for services and fellowship.

Community resource

A local rama roup use the church uilding regularly for D G b rehearsals and they put on regular performances in Sheffield.

A local rass and use the church uilding regularly for B B b rehearsals and have done for several years.

The church uilding is a resource that is appreciated and used b by arious groupsv .

Property

The uilding, gib ven the age of the structure, continues to offer challenges in terms of maintenance.

Our plans for 2025 include a full refurbishment of the downstairs lounge including new roof and internal structure. We continue with day to day maintenance of inside such as repairing walls where the plaster is coming away and these tasks are ongoing with a uilding the age of ansdowne Chapelb L .

The new oiler is still prob ving to e an eb xcellent choice and is functioning well. It is extremely efficient and takes little time to heat the uilding wellb .

We continue to make good use of the large TV monitor has been installed in the main church space to replace the unreliable pro ectorj . This has proved to e a worthwhile b

investment and has improved clarity and accessibility for word pro ection and ideosj v /powerpoint presentations in general. Grateful thanks for the faithfulness of those who olunteer and v assist with day to day cleaning and maintenance in and around the church uildingb .

Public benefit that is provided by the charity

The objectives of the Church and the public nature of the activities carried out to fulfil them, coupled with the open and free invitation to members of the public to participate in them, means they are accepted y the Charity Commission as gib ving rise to a public enefitb . So, y worb king to meet our objectives, we are delivering a recognised public enefitb .

The trustees confirm that they have paid due regard to the guidance provided y the Charity Commission on pub blic enefitb in planning and managing these activities throughout the year.

Structure, governance and constitution of the Charity.

The Church is a member of the Evangelical Alliance. The Church was registered by the Charity Commission for England and Wales ON THE DATE OF 28 June 2022.

There are 4 Trustees and a ll Charity Trustees must subscribe and adhere to, in elief and lifestyle, the Statement ofb Faith.

This report was approved by the Trustees on 19/10/25

Signature

Onkar Singh – chair of the trustees

Income	2024
General fund General collection Gift aid collection Rent income Sub-Total Total
	£14,495.50
	£13,080.80
	£2,250.00
	£29,826.30
	£29,826.30
Expenditure
General fund (Unrestricted) Building & Maintenance Cleaning Gas/electricity/water Insurance Internet Speakers' Gifts Support for Graham Reed Catering Sundries Sub-total Total
	£15,683.40
	£1,200.00
	£3,786.68
	£1,317.40
	£712.80
	£1,100.50
	£1,200.00
	£850.00
	£2,627.71
	£28,478.49

£28,478.49 £1,347.81 £0.00