## **THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL/PRESBYTERY**
England Registered Charity No. 1202488
## **Annual Returns 27 March 2023 to 1 January 2024**
Account Reference Date: 1/1/2024
## **Trustees (Serving during year ending 1 January 2024)**
Moderator Kwan Sheung LI Secretary Pang Chiu LI Treasurer Wai Fat Chan Bankers N/A Church Locations Solihull Women’s Institute, 745 Warwick Road, Solihull B91 3DQ
## **Annual Report (Year Ending 1 January 2024)**
## **1. General Purposes**
- a) To serve individuals and families, both old and young, that are affiliated with our organisation by providing ministerial activities for the betterment of their physical, mental, and spiritual health.
- b) To provide assistance to people in communities where our organisation’s churches are present, providing material help to those in need, spiritual encouragement, and positive events and activities that support individuals and families.
- c) To establish churches and missions (see Clause 13) with a common system of government and theology that are able to be used as the means to achieve the aforementioned goals.
- d) This Organisation is the result of large numbers of Hong Kong people migrating to England. The Charity Organisation’s primary focus is Cantonese speaking people. However, the organisation does not exclude people from joining who are not of Hong Kong descent. This organisation does not exclude people based on their language or ethnicity.
- e) This Organisation will be a governing body to form churches and missions (see Clauses 7 b., 10, 11 d.) in different communities in England to fulfil the goals of the organisation. Pastors, along with elected non-clergy persons will be members of the governing organisation, referred to as the CPC Council/Presbytery.
- f) The CPC Council/Presbytery will not prevent its local churches from establishing their own Charitable Organisation for their local church/congregation. If they determine it is needed and necessary each church may establish their own Charitable Organisation, which would be complementary to this Organisation. The CPC Council/Presbytery is a Charitable Organisation that will assist its affiliated congregations in the aforementioned goals.
## **2. Activities and Achievements**
To serve individuals and families, both old and young, we have enrolled the Disclosure and Barring Service(DBS) through Thirtyone:eight in August 2022. After registering our volunteer tutors started our children and youth ministry in Sunday morning since October 2022, in the Solihull Women’s Institute[1] . We also worked closely with the Solihull United Reformed Church[2] which is adjacent to us. We had had two joint worships together in which allowed us to share different culture between us.
We provide Sunday Services in Cantonese, sometimes in English with Cantonese translations. Communion Services are held every month.
Our pastors have continued to provide pastoral care to our congregations and also any new immigrants in need. Prayer sessions, fellowships and bible study groups are organised regularly. Special events are held during religious festivals like Easter and Christmas, and Hong Kong festivals like the Lunar New Year in order to encourage and support new immigrants including but not limited to those coming from Hong Kong via the BN(O) Visa.
## **3. Highlights in The CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL/PRESBYTERY**
The attendance grew steadily from forty people in our first Sunday Worship to average a hundred and fifty in the year ending in 1 January 2024. We grew from 10 cell groups to 13 cell groups during the same period, including one specifically for the elderly. For Kids’ worship, numbers of comers increased from one group to two which are separately the Junior(Year 1 to 3) and Senior(Year 4 to 6) Groups in the same period. For Teens’ worship, numbers of comers also increased from one group to two which are separately the Junior(Year 7 to 9) and Senior(Year 10 to 13) Groups in the same period. People came together to form a support network and that in turn helped any new comers.
## **4. Financial Statements and Funds**
In accordance with the Regulations of Charity Commissions For England and Wales and the Charities SoRP(FRS102), being a charity with an annual gross income less than £25,000, the Financial Statements of this Congregation set out on pages 7 to 9 consist of a Statement of Congregation Funds and movements thereon during the Year from 27 March 2023 to 1 January 2024 and details of the Receipts and Payment, Surplus(Deficit), and Net Movement on Funds during the year with supplementary notes thereon where appropriate.
The Receipts and Payments for the regular Congregation activities are shown in the
> 1 Solihull Women’s Institute, 745 Warwick Road, Solihull B91 3DQ
> 2 Registered Charity No. 507027
General Fund and in the year amounted to £12,737 and £10,146 respectively and gives a gross surplus of £ 2,590.
The total amount of all Funds as at 1 January 2024 is £2,590.
## **5. Accounting Policies**
- The main sources of income are the donations of members.
- The Receipts and Payments of Congregation Fund are recorded and reported on a cash received and cash paid (as invoices/accounts are received) basis respectively. In the event that a commitment is made after the date of the Statement of Balances which will materially reflect on the amount of any Fund(s) this will be reported in the accompanying Notes to the Accounts.
- ● The Balance of Congregation Fund represents sums available for the ongoing work and activities of the Congregation. For this financial year, all our Fund is Unrestricted.
## **6. Approval of Report and Financial Statements**
The Report and Financial Statements were approved by the Board of Trustee at their meeting on 6 October 2024. The Office Bearers authorised to sign the Report and Finance Statements on behalf of the Congregation are:-
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Signed LI Kwan Sheung LI Moderator
Signed PANG Pang Chiu LI Secretary
Signed Chan Wai Fai CHAN Treasurer
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**Date: 6/10/2024**
## Financial Statements:
|**The CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN**
**COUNCIL/PRESBYTERY**
**ANNUAL ACCOUNTS ANALYSIS**
DESCRIPTION|**ANALYSIS OF CASH BOOK**
**27 March 2023 - 1 January 2024**
**27.3.2023 - 1.1.2024**
**TOTAL**
**£**
**£**
12,737.77
12,737.77
0.00
0.00|
|---|---|
|**INCOME**||
|DONATIONS - WORSHIP GROUP
DONATIONS – HKCCB
**TOTAL INCOME**
EXTRAORDINARY
DESCRIPTION||
||**12,737.77**
**12,737.77**|
||0.00
0.00|
||**12,737.77**
**12,737.77**|
||**27.3.2023 - 1.1.2024**
**TOTAL**
**£**
**£**
3,740.00
3,740.00
1,672.00
1,672.00
1,603.11
1,603.11
84.33
84.33
187.04
187.04
696.49
696.49
361.36
361.36
500.87
500.87
704.72
704.72
449.00
449.00
148.00
148.00|
|**EXPENDITURE**||
|_VENUE RENTAL_
SOLIHULL WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
SOLIHULL UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
_EQUIPMENT_
AV EQUIPMENT
ACCESSORIES
_ADMIN MISCELLANEOUS_
INSURANCE
ANNUAL FEE
_WORSHIP ACTIVITIES_
ADULT WORSHIP
YOUTH WORSHIP
CHILD WORSHIP
SPEAKER FEE
FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**
EXTRAORDINARY
**SURPLUS/(DEFICIT)**||
||**10,146.92 **
**10,146.92 **|
||0.00
0.00|
||**10,146.92 **
**10,146.92 **|
|||
||**2,590.85**
**2,590.85**|
Statement of balance:
## **The CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL/PRESBYTERY**
## **Statement of Balances and Movement on Congregation Funds for Year ending 1 January 2024**
|**Fund**
**Nature**
**of Fund**
**Birmingham**
**Unrestricted**
**Note 1**
**Total Fund**|**Balance**
**27.3.23**
**£**
0.00
|**Receipts**
**27.3.2023 - 1.1.2024**
**£**
12,737.77
|**(Payments)**
**27.3.2023 - 1.1.2024**
**£**
10,146.92
|
|**Surplus**
**(Deficit)**
**£**
2,590.85
|**Net Fund**
**Transfers**
**£**
0.00
|**Net**
**change**
**on Fund**
**£**
2,590.85
|**Balance**
**1.1.2024**
**£**
2,590.85
|**Held as**
**follows**
Cash In Hand|
**£**
2,590.85
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**0.00**|**12,737.77**|**10,146.92 **||**2,590.85**|**0.00**|**2,590.85**|**2,590.85**||**2,590.85**|
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year ending 1 January 2024**
## **Nature of Congregation Funds:**
**The CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL/PRESBYTERY** Unrestricted
**Note 1** Ordinary receipts and payments of the Congregation. Office Bearers may 'designate' unrestricted funds for general reserves or for specified purpose(s).
**Property** Church **Note 2** No property is owned
## **Contingent Liabilities**
**Note 3** Financial Statements present the receipts received and payments made during the year. In the event there are any material outstandings, contingent liabilities and /or commitments these are noted below:-
There are no contingent liabilities at the date of this Report and Financial Statement.
**Payments to Trustees**
**Note 4** No payments have been made to any Trustee for the performance of their duties as Trustees of the Congregation
**Approval of Congregation Financial Statements for the Year ending 1 January 2024 as set out in Sections 10,11 by Office Bearers authorised to sign.**
## **Moderator**
**Treasurer**
_LI Chan_
**Name:** Kwan Sheung LI **Name:** Wai Fat CHAN
**Date: 6/10/2024**