## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 18/07/2023 **Period start date To** 31/03/2024 **Period end date** **Charity name:** Church on the Moor **Charity registration number:** 1204011 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The purposes of the Church are:
A)the advancement of the Christian faith in
accordance with the Basis of Faith,
primarily, but not exclusively, within Cleator
Moor and the surrounding neighbourhood;
and
b) such other charitable purposes as shall,
in the opinion of the charity trustees, put into
practice the Christian faith in accordance
with the Basis of Faith, including but not
limited to: the prevention and relief of need,
hardship and sickness; the advancement of
education; and the provision of facilities in
the interests of social welfare for recreation
or
other
leisure
time
occupation
of
individuals who have need of such facilities
by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or
disability, financial hardship or social
circumstances with the object of improving
their conditions of life;| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Christian gatherings on Sunday and in
people’s homes are the primary way the
people are cared for spiritually, emotionally
and practically. But also including many
home visits in Cleator Moor. This is
primarily facilitated by the Pastor. “Wages”,
and “pension” in the accounts, consist of
the pastors wage and associated costs
“Church Safeguarding” is training and
subscription that enables the church to be
safer towards vulnerable people in the
public.
“Hall rent” Allows us to open a public space
to have anyone attend and hear about life
and God, and also find a welcoming
community, through which they often get
practical help.| |||Our “Evangelism” spending educates
people about the Christian faith who do not
know.
Our “Podcast” spending uploads our
weekly talks, which educate about theology
and the bible. These are available for
everyone to download.
.
Our “Hospitality” spending has provided
food and community for many people
through our gatherings.
“Training Non-Pastor” is training given to
Church people to train them in the Christian
faith.“Teaching Resources”also aid this.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have regard for the guidance
on Public benefit and confirm that Church
on the Moor is for the public benefit.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Our church is primarily volunteers. Without
them it does not function. They do a myriad
of things listed within the main activities
and more.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|We meet weekly on Sunday, and many
meet ups in the week to speak the good
news about Jesus, to encourage people, to
teach about the bible, and create a loving
community where people are cared for.
Through our work we have strengthened
Christian families.
We have brought benefit to the public of
Cleator Moor, both Christian and not,
through the relationships we have with
people. We give emotional, spiritual and
practical help through those relationships.
This includes help to people such as,
families at risk of social intervention, people
in debt, people grieving, families with
disabled members, elderly people.
People are also hearing and responding to
the life-changing good news about Jesus,
which changes them and brings benefit to
the wider public with whom the individuals
interact with.| |---|---|---| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The church is in a healthy position
financially. £38,707| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No reserves policy for this reporting period.
(Implemented in next period.)| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|0| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|No ability to hold reserves due to funds not
available in this reporting period. Trustees
agreed to implement reserves policy in the
followingreporting period.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|none| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|No uncertainties.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Initial one-off giving from different sources
that was abnormally higher due to this
marking the beginning of the CIO.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|none| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|That donors substantially reduce giving.
A vast reduction in the availability of
volunteers.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Appointment must be approved by at least
75% of current trustees.
They must affirm the Basis of Faith, Ethical
Statements and Vision Statement; and
affirm their acceptance of the Church’s
position on the doctrinal statements in the
Doctrinal Distinctives.
Additional requirements are set out in the
church rules regarding spiritual
requirements.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|We are an affiliated church with the
Fellowship of Independent Evangelical
Churches (FIEC). Charity number: 1168037| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Church on the Moor| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1204011| |Charity’s principal address|15 Melbreak Avenue,
Cleator Moor
Cumbria
CA25 5NX| |---|---| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Catherine Mary
Wells|||| ||John Daniel Stoker|Treasurer||| ||Joseph Fergus
Pearson|Chair||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** Declarations The truste•s declare that they have approved th• tfUStees' report abov8. Signed on behalf of the charity's Iru8teea S￿na￿re{SI Full narne(s) P081tlon l•g Secretary, Chair, etc) dAR'I LJE4 Ck Ir Dats 201f **Charity Name No (if any) Church on the Moor 1204011** ## **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 15/07/2023 31/03/2024 |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**14,330**
**42,346**
**6,160**
**330**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**63,165**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**63,165**
**394**
**93**
**676**
**173**
**2,050**
**297**
**30**
**142**
**305**
**191**
**793**
**53**
**234**
**404**
**587**
**231**
**218**
**17,587**
**24,458**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24,458**
**38,707**
**-**
**-**
**38,707**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Regular Giving (paid into bank account)|**14,330**|**-**||**-**||**14,330**||**-**| |One off Giving (paid into bank account)|**42,346**|**-**||**-**||**42,346**||**-**| |Cash collections taken on Sundayservice|**6,160**|**-**||**-**||**6,160**||**-**| |Grants|**330**|**-**||**-**||**330**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**63,165**|**-**||**-**||**63,165**||**-**| |||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||| ||**-**|||||||| ||**-**|||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||| |||||||||**-**| |||||||||| |Church Safeguarding|**394**|||||||**-**| |Copyright CCLI|**93**|||||||**-**| |Equiptment costs|**676**|||||||**-**| |Evangelism|**173**|||||||**-**| |Hall rent|**2,050**|||||||**-**| |Hospitality|**297**|||||||**-**| |Medhurst weekender|**30**|||||||**-**| |Pastor Book allowance|**142**|||||||**-**| |Pastor General expenses|**305**|||||||**-**| |Podcast software|**191**|||||||**-**| |Pensionpayments|**793**|||||||**-**| |Sagepayroll software|**53**|||||||**-**| |Teachingrescources|**234**|||||||**-**| |Training|**404**|||||||**-**| |Trustee Expenses|**587**|||||||**-**| |Website|**231**|||||||**-**| |FIEC confrence expenses|**218**|||||||| |Wages|**17,587**|||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**24,458**|||||||**-**| |||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||| ||**-**|||||||| ||**-**|||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||| |||||||||**-**| |||||||||| ||**38,707**|**-**||||**38,707**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**||||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**||||**-**||**-**| ||**38,707**|**-**||||**38,707**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 26/01/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Buisness Bank Account
**Details**
**Details**
Audio and Visual equiptment
Bibles and training rescources
**Details**
Signature
2|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**38,707**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,707**
**-**
OK
OK
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**-**
**-**
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**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**asset belongs**
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fund
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Unrestricted general
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
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Print Name
Joseph Fergus Pearson
John Daniel Stoker|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| ||||24/01/2025| ||||24/01/2025| ||||26/01/2025| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Church on the Moor **members of** **On accounts for the year** 31[st] March 2024 **Charity no** 1204011 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 2 page accounts form CC16a (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 / 03 / 2024** . - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention ( ~~other than that disclosed below~~ *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed: Name:** Tim Naylor **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Date:** 26[th] January 2025 **Address:** 35 Broom Bank, Whitehaven, Cumbria , CA28 6SB **October 2018** 1 **IER** ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of** None **any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **October 2018** 2 **IER**