## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 09 February 2023 **To** 31 December 2023
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
The Beacon Church Hinckley
**Other names charity is known by**
n/a
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1201883
**Charity's principal address** St Frances Community Centre, Tudor Road Hinckley **Postcode LE`10 0EQ**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Jon Berry (Rev)|Chair(to 17/5/ 2023)|Until 17thMay2023||
||Charlotte Carter||||
||Daniel Johnson||||
||Tim Render|Chair (from
18/5/2023)|||
||Rachel Hills|Treasurer|From 20thJune 2023||
||Kim Ford (Rev)||From 12thDecember
2023||
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
||**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**|
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|**None**|||
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed as founding trustees (and in the case of Kim Ford, Leader exTrustee selection methods officio) with provision for future elections by members (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
The Beacon Church was planted as a Christian community by St Johns You **may choose** to include Church, and until incorporation, was the responsibility of the PCC. additional information, where relevant, about: The Beacon has a memorandum of understanding with the PCC of St policies and procedures Mary’s, Hinckley (who own the St Frances Community Centre), and made a freewill gift of £3,000 to them in 2023, as thanks for use of the Centre. adopted for the induction and training of trustees; The Trustees have a range of policies and procedures in place to ensure the charity’s organisational proper governance and management of the charity. structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
1. advancement of the Christian faith
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
2. prevention and relief of poverty by providing services to individuals in need.
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1. A worship service each Sunday which is open to everyone in the community. A meal is provided without charge for those attending. Sunday attendance is between 20 and 25 adults, and 12 to 15 children.
2. An after-school club each Thursday open to all children of primary age in the local area, for which no charge is made. Average attendance is 25.
3. Facilitated study groups to develop and enhance the faith of individuals.
4. Pastoral care for church members and their families (with **Summary of the main** appropriate safeguarding arrangements including enhanced DBS **activities undertaken for the** checks) **public benefit in relation to these objects (include within** Trustees have considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit, **this section the statutory** and have followed it in developing and providing these activities. **declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
The Beacon is not a grant-making charity.
The Trustees do not hold investmen5t funds, only a deposit (as well as a current) bank account.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
Apart from a part-time administrator, and a part-time seconded ordained minister (from September 2023), all the activities are led by or supported by volunteers.
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
Establishment of a core church congregation of around 40 people, and bringing people to faith (including two baptisms)
Growing popularity of the after-school club serving the Tudor Road estate, an area of significant deprivation in the town.
Developing the partnership with St Johns Church, reinforcing in various ways the advancement of the Christian faith e.g. join worshipping, joint membership of small groups.
Hosting and running special events (e.g. Light Party on October 31[st] , a faith event on what is popularly known as Halloween; Make Lunch provision of meals to families with children on free school meals during holiday periods)
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
There is currently no formal policy, but it is the intention of the Trustees to maintain free reserves at least equal to three months running costs.
None
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
The charity is principally funded by giving from members and grants from Leicester Diocese/ Church Commissioners.
Spending on advancing the Christian faith includes the administrative support for running the whole charity, as well as the provision of IT/AV equipment to facilitate worship, and play / craft material to support the after school club activities and teaching.
Costs of meals provided are an integral part of the mission to meet needs in our community.
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**|Tim Render|Kim Ford|
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||Timothy Ennis Render|Kimberley Ford (Rev)|
||Chair|Trustee|
||29thOctober 2024||
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## **A. Receipts and payments**
|**A. Receipts andpayment**|**A. Receipts andpayment**|
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|**Receipts**
Giving
Tax reclaimed
Diocesan Grants
Other
**Sub total**
**Asset and investment sales**
None
**Sub total**
Total receipts
**Payments**
Parish Contributon
Stafng costs
Building costs
Administraton
Mission spending
Resourcing Church
Services and worship
Ministry
Other
**Sub total**
**Asset and investment**
**purchases**
**Sub total**
**Total payments**
**Net receipts / (payments)**
**Transfers between funds**
**Cash funds at last year end**
**Cash funds at this year end**|**Beacon**
**Church**
**£**
12,917
1,072
10,786
73|
||24,848|
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||24,848|
||**Beacon**
**Church**
**£**
6,000
8,367
250
481
750
7,999
383
3,033
1,745|
||29,008|
||-|
||-|
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||29,008|
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||- 4,160|
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17,943|
||13,783|
## **B Statement of assets and liabilites at the end of 2023**
|**Cash funds**
Barclays Bank
CAF bank
**Other monetary assets**
Gif aid reclaim outstanding
Diocesan grant due
**Sub total**
**Investment assets**
None
**Assets retained for own use**
None
**Liabilites**
Trade creditors
Payments due to staf
Commited donaton
**Sub total**|**Beacon**
**Church**
**£**
12,740
1,043
974
2,482|**Beacon**
**Church**
**£**
12,740
1,043
974
2,482|
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|||17,239|
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52
326
3,000||
|||3,378|