2021-12-31-accounts

CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHARITIES

TRUSTEE REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] DECEMBER 2021

Trustees Annual Report

Section 1: Legal and Administrative Information

Charity name: Congregational United Charities

Registered Charity number: 232332

For the financial year beginning on: 01/01/2021

For the financial year ending on: 31/12/2021

Charity’s principal address: The Congregational Federation Ltd, 8 Castle Gate, Nottingham, NG1 7AS Charity’s business address: Newport Congregational Church, 98 Pyle Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1UH

Governing document: Schemes of 17 February 1885 as varied by scheme of 22 April 1910, 20 January 1965 and 26 May 1993

How the charity is constituted: The charity was formed under a Charity Commission scheme

Summary of the objects of the charity:

• For the benefit of Christian worship and ministry

• For the benefit of the Minister of Newport Congregational Church

• In aid and for the benefit of the incidental account of Newport Congregational Church

• For the general purposes of Newport Congregational Church

• Towards the expenses of the chapel and the celebration of Divine Worship therein

• So long as the churches or congregations formerly assembling for Christian Worship in the chapels situated on Node-hill or Pyle Street, Newport, shall continue to be so used. The buildings shall be used for the purposes of Worship, children’s and young people’s work, for lectures and meetings on religious, literary, philanthropic and other subjects. This is generally for the purpose to promote the social and moral welfare of the congregation and other persons residing in Newport.

• For the purpose of the religious instruction and education of children and young people belonging to the congregation and such other children as the trustees select and for such other purposes as the trustees select

• For the education of children and young people belonging to the congregation and for such other purposes as shall be directed by the Members of the Church congregation.

Section 2: Trustees and governance

Corporate Trustee: The Congregational Federation Ltd, 8 Castle Gate, Nottingham, NG1 7AS

Directors of the corporate trustee who served in the year ending 31[st] December 2021 or at date of signing

Mrs Susan Austin	Appointed	1stJanuary 2022
Revd C J Bamforth Damp
Mrs E M Bentham
Revd J D Bentham	Resigned	27thMarch 2022
Mrs H Biggin
Revd C Booton	Appointed	1stJanuary 2022
Mr P Butler	Resigned	27thOctober 2021
Mr E P Fenwick
Revd C L Gillham
Revd J Holloway
Revd C James
Revd F Y Kamara Rev O C Kinchin	Appointed	14thMay 2022
Mr J A Lyon
Revd M-K Logan	Resigned	1stMay 2021
Revd S Nockels
Miss M M C McGuinness
Revd C J Stott	Resigned	7thMarch 2022
Revd G Simonis
Mr M Taylor
Revd T Wilson	Appointed	1stMay 2021
Revd Dr J H Wootton	Resigned	9thMay 2021

Management Committee as at 31[st] December 2021:

Rev Graham Akers Rev. Mark Evans Mrs Louise Randall Mrs Sandra Reading Mrs Lyn Savin

Management committee selection method:

The Management Committee are the Deacons of Newport Congregational Church. The Deacons are elected by the Church meeting, to become a Deacon, the person must be a Church member for at least a year. Deacons serve a three year term but are eligible for immediate re-election at the end of the three year period.

Until 2009 the strategic and day to day management of the charity was undertaken by the Management Committee, who acted as trustees. During 2009 the position was clarified that the Congregational Federation Limited was the corporate trustee. There has been and continues to be an assumed delegation of the day-to-day management of the charity to the Management Committee.

Section 3: Activities and Achievements

Summary of the main activities and achievements of the charity during the year:

During the year 2021 the charity has benefited the work of Newport Congregational Church. In planning our activities during the year, we have borne in mind the Charity Commissioners guidance on public benefit at our Management and Trustee Committee Meetings. The focus of our activities remained the support of the work of Newport Congregational Church. The purpose of this support is to enable the church to continue to offer public Christian Worship, moral and spiritual teaching and guidance, to provide facilities for children and young people, providing support and recreation for the elderly and the same more generally for all age groups. We provided meeting facilities for various public bodies and associations, offering to all the comforts and consolations of the Christian faith. These provisions have been made available to the public regardless of personal background, faith, gender or circumstances.

The Charity continued to support the Church Ministry this past year. The Trustees were happy for the High Street Property 67a to be continued to be used by the ‘The Pop Up Soup Kitchen’ this was mainly as a storage hub for there work.

We continue to manage the Church home of the Minister and his family, 19 Kinchington Road. The Pyle Street Property continues to be used for Church and various Community needs and programmes including various Ministries with children and their families, we continued to hire the facilities out to various groups etc.

Plans to finish building the Chapel have been on hold. While an offer to purchase 67a High Street was accepted but stalled. A Church team have engaged with the architect looking to complete the Langbridge Hall. The impact of Covid 19 continued to impacted the life of the Church and CUC’s income. The CUC Trustees continued to support the life of the church with its financial support of the Church.

Section 4: Policies

Grant-making policy: The only grant made is to Newport Congregational Church.

Section 5: Signature and Declaration

Declaration: I declare, in my capacity of director of the corporate trustee, that:

• The trustees have approved the report above; and

• • Have authorised me to sign it on their behalf

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