2022-12-31-accounts - Congregational United Charities

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CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHARITIES

TRUSTEE REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] DECEMBER 2022

Trustees Annual Report

Section 1: Legal and Administrative Information

Charity name: Congregational United Charities

Registered Charity number: 232332

For the financial year beginning on: 01/01/2022

For the financial year ending on: 31/12/2022

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 2022 or at date of signing

Mr J A Lyon (Chairperson) Mrs Susan Austin Revd C J Bamforth Damp Mrs E M Bentham Mr J D Bentham Mrs H Biggin Revd C Booton Mr E P Fenwick Revd C L Gillham Revd J Holloway Revd C James Revd F Y Kamara Rev O C Kinchin Revd S Nockels Miss M M C McGuinness Dr B W Mason Revd C J Stott

Revd S Nockels Revd G Simonis Mr M Taylor Revd T Wilson

Appointed 1st January 2022 Resigned 27th March 2022 Appointed 1st January 2022 Resigned 13th March 2023 Resigned 17th November 2022 Appointed 14th May 2022 Appointed 18th November 2022 Resigned 7th March 2022 Appointed 31st October 2022 Resigned 17th November 2022

Company Secretary

Mr D M Tucker

Management Committee as at 31[st] December 2022:

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 2022 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 looked to support the Church Ministry in this past year. The Trustees were happy for the High Street Property 67a to be sold for £144,000.

These funds are now set aside for fitting out the finally built Chapel building know as ‘The Langbridge Hall’ (which should be ready for use Easter 2023). CUC funds have been drawn upon to pay for the cost of renewing the foundations, for erecting the walls and putting the roof on, as well doing all the internal work for the building to be ready for multipurpose use including Church Worship. The rest of the Pyle Street Property has continued to be used for Church and Community needs, including various Ministries with babies, young children and their families. We also continue to provide various Ministries which include feeding people within the community.

We continue to manage the Manse, 19 Kinchington Road, which had some work completed in refurbishing the Bathroom.

The sad legacy of the Covid 19 Pandemic still impacts the life of the Church and its income. The CUC Trustees continued to support the life of the church in its financial support of the Church, in the cost-of-living crisis. We continue to honour God in feeding people spiritual and physical food.

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

Signed:

Full name:

Position:

Date:

Congregational United Charities 232332 Receipts and payments accounts For the period 01.01.2022 31.12.2022 To from

CC16a

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 1,280 - 3,116 - 652 151	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 1,280 - 3,116 - 652 151 5,199 50,000 144,558	Last year to the nearest £
Rental Income for Nodehill	1,280	-	-	1,280	3,520
Rental Income for 67a High Street	-	-	-	-	200
Interest Received	3,116	-	-	3,116	3,480
Insurance Claim	-	-	-	-	854
NCC Repaid	652	-	-	652	-
NCC Funds	151	-	-	151	50,000
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	5,199	-	-	5,199	58,054
	50,000 144,558 194,558 199,757 2,221 833 - 89,214 - 225 - 16,200 900 109,593 78,673 56,000 56,000 165,593 34,164 - 31,985 66,149	- - - - - - - 32,360 - - - - - 32,360 - - - 32,360 (32,360) - 71,456 39,096	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
COIF transferred	50,000			50,000	-
High Street PropertySale	144,558			144,558	-
*Sub total*	194,558			194,558	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments				199,757 2,221 833 - 121,574 - 225 - 16,200 900 141,953 78,673 56,000 56,000
					58,054

Buildings Insurance	2,221				2,620
Repairs to manse	833				-
Loan Repayments & Interest	-				-
Pyle Street Costs	89,214				22,583
High Street Costs	-				585
NCC Funds Used	225				-
Legal Fees	-				185
Grant to NCC	16,200				16,200
Finance costs	900				1,100
*Sub total*	109,593				43,273

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
COIF	78,673				-
To NCC	56,000				-
*Sub total*	56,000				-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
			-	197,953	43,273
			-	1,804
	34,164	(32,360)	-	1,804	14,781
	-	-	-	-	-
	31,985	71,456	-	103,441	75,615
	66,149	39,096	-	105,245	90,396

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	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 B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Signature To be paid to NCC Details Details The Manse, Kinchington Road, Newport The Centre, 98A Pyle Street, Newport Lloyds Bank Current Account Lloyds Bank Deposit Account Held By NCC Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) COIF Rent arrears from Nodehill property Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 20,528 45,621 66,149	Restricted funds to nearest £ 39,096	Endowment funds to nearest £
		20,528
		45,621	39,096

		66,149	39,096
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				Date of approval

GARETH HUGHES BA, FORMER CPFA ACCOUNTANT

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Congregational United Charities. I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Congregational United Charities (the Trust) for the year ended 31st December 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation 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 all 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 in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
the accounts did not accord with those records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and

Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

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Newchurch

Isle of Wight

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