MOUNT ZION CHURCH CLIVIGER Charity number 12077 Trustees Report April 2026
Aim The church seeks to Equip, Enable, and Encourage people to come to faith in Jesus and develop their gifts in His service.
Theme Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Membership
The church has 45 members
Registered as a CIO in March 2024
Trustees David Western (chair) Alan Scholes (secretary) Kathy Rhodes, Harold Hargreaves, Thomas Laemmer, Gordon Hardiman, Keith Kershaw, Martyn Smith.
Church Ofcials Martin Ashby Smith (chair) Alan Scholes (secretary) Margaret Baker (treasurer) Minister Susan Western
Leadership team Ann Jane Laemmer, Shirley Ashworth and Tony Barnfather.
Meetngs
Trustees (once a quarter) Members and congregation (every eight weeks) Leadership (weekly)
Working Groups
Pastoral, Young People, Administration, Outreach, Missionaries and Ministry, all have areas of responsibility to organize church activities.
Church Actvites
Worship Services at 10-45am includes Sunday Club for children. (weekly)
Special Evening Services 6pm --- (bi-monthly)
Monday at one friendship group (weekly)—Ukulele group Monday (weekly)—Prayer meeting on zoom Monday (weekly)—Keep fit Tuesday (weekly)—Bible study Tuesday (weekly)—Little Stars play group Wednesday (weekly)—Bible study Wednesday (weekly)—Bible study Thursday (weekly)
Lego café (bi monthly)—Musical Memories dementia group (monthly)—Saturday Reflections (monthly)—Worship group practice (weekly)
All the activities are organized and staffed by volunteers and are advertised locally continuing throughout the year.
MOUNT ZION CHURCH CLIVIGER Charity number 12077
TRUSTEES REPORT APRIL 2026
Achievement and performance
Trustees and church meetings have taken place on a regular basis throughout the year. All group activities continue with an increase in attendance particularly the Sunday Morning Service where a significant number of new people have been welcomed. The dementia group continue to use the church for their support group meetings. Fifteen people from church successfully completed a First Aid Course.
We continue to be supported by Scottish Power Renewables and we will be applying for another grant to update our sound and visual systems.
PAT testing and an electrical survey have been completed and improvement measures to our outside lighting has been installed.
Support for local groups continue including weekly food parcels, Women’s Refuge, Church on the Street. the Local School, Pendleside Hospice and Community Groceries.
The Bethany School Project, ARocha environmental group, Tear Fund, Christian Aid, Baptist and IM Missionaries and Mission Aviation Fellowship all help to give a world wide prospective.
Ours spiritual growth continues with bible studies,prayer meetings and special services all well attended. A number of people have come forward for Adult Baptism and preparation courses will take place. We are involved in the Franklin Graham outreach and are running a number of preparation activities and will take two coaches to Manchester in October.
All members and friends of the church have played their part in running and supporting the many activities organised this year,
We have an active group of Trustees and dedicated Leadership, Outreach and Pastoral teams and good financial support we are very encouraged by the initiatives planned for the coming year.
| Mount Zion Church | Mount Zion Church | Mount Zion Church | No (if any) | No (if any) | No (if any) | CC16a | |
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| Receipts and payments accounts | |||||||
| For the period from | 01/10/2024 | To | 30/09/2025 | ||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 29,844 - 5,536 1,620 1,845 314 167 - - - - - 39,325 - - - 39,325 3,055 2,114 12,347 5,854 20,188 1,330 - - - - - - 44,888 - - - 44,888 - 5,563 - 5,055 30,082 19,463 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - 9,203 1,373 367 100 367 11,410 - - - 11,410 - - - - - - 12,688 2,500 2,000 450 800 100 18,538 - - - 18,538 - 7,128 5,055 4,355 2,282 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 29,844 - 5,536 1,620 1,845 314 167 9,203 1,373 367 100 367 50,734 - - - 50,734 3,055 2,114 12,347 5,854 20,188 1,330 12,688 2,500 2,000 450 800 100 63,426 - - - 63,426 - 12,692 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Collections: weekly& direct to bank | 29,844 | 17,184 | |||||
| Donation from IMC | - | 4,000 | |||||
| Income tax recovered ongifts | 5,536 | 6,009 | |||||
| Miscellaneous grants, donations & bequest |
1,620 | 379 | |||||
| Room bookings | 1,845 | - | |||||
| Profit from event | 314 | 450 | |||||
| Miscellaneous | 167 | - | |||||
| Cliviger Benefit fundgrant | - | 9,552 | |||||
| OSM donations | - | 987 | |||||
| Refreshment charities donations | - | 138 | |||||
| Christmas charitydonations | - | - | |||||
| Harvest charities donations | - | 230 | |||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 39,325 | 38,930 | |||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 38,930 | |||||||
| Ministry | 3,055 | 878 | |||||
| Mission | 2,114 | 1,231 | |||||
| Upkeepof churchpremises | 12,347 | 6,018 | |||||
| Administration | 5,854 | 1,367 | |||||
| Given to other causes | 20,188 | 7,249 | |||||
| Cost of livingcrisis fund supplies | 1,330 | 1,256 | |||||
| Cliviger Benefit Fund works | - | 9,552 | |||||
| Gifts to OSM | - | 2,100 | |||||
| Gift from bequest | - | 300 | |||||
| Gifts to refreshment charities | - | 400 | |||||
| Gifts to harvest charities | - | - | |||||
| Gift to Christmas charity | - | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 44,888 | 30,351 | |||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 30,351 | |||||||
| - 5,563 | - 7,128 | - | - 12,692 | 8,579 | |||
| - 5,055 | 5,055 | - | - | - | |||
| 30,082 | 4,355 | - | 34,437 | - | |||
| 19,463 | 2,282 | - | 21,745 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
23/03/2026
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| Section B Statement of assets and | liabilities at the end of the period | |||
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| 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 |
K Hill legacy Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Church premises (Burnley Rd, Cliviger) Fixtures, furniture & equipment General + designated fund Harvest donations Refreshments donations Details Details Details Signature |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 19,463 - - 1,490 - 770 - 22 19,463 2,282 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - Print Name |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| OK | ||||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| 1,000,000 | ||||
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| When due (optional) |
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
23/03/2026
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