## Dear Trustee
## **Jireh Chapel & Houses, Tenterden Annual Report 2021**
## **Church matters**
The coronavirus continued to see an impact upon worship into 2021. The Sunday School was held online during the initial months of the pandemic but once social distancing restrictions were eased in 2021 we were able to return to holding it as a group in the school room. One member of the Sunday school still mainly attends online now (as of October 2022) as the distance to chapel is too great for her to be able to come in person, although there are some occasions when she is able to join us.
The Skype system set up at the chapel as a result of the pandemic to enable services to be relayed to people unable to attend continues to be used. This is for the benefit of the members of our own congregation, who can listen in even when unable to attend, and we are also joined at most of our services on skype by people from other causes, for which we are very thankful.
## **Chapel houses**
Following work to convert 1 Jireh House into two self-contained flats the upper (2-bedroom) flat was rented out on the open market, being managed using a letting agent, Jago & Jago. New tenants for this flat moved in during June 2021. These tenants left in February 2022 but the flat was immediately let again with new tenants moving in at the end of February 2022.
The downstairs flat continues to be occupied by the previous tenant, which is also the case for No 2 Jireh House next door.
## **Annual accounts**
The annual accounts for the year 2021 are enclosed. You will see from these that the reserves held by the church have decreased this year by £7,500. This is due to a loss of £18k relating to the Chapel and a profit of £10k relating to Chapel Houses. As can be seen year on year, the chapel runs at a deficit and is supported by profits from the chapel houses as the collections and gift aid do not cover all running costs. The forecasted figures for 2022 show higher rent from houses and less expenses to give an overall substantially higher net profit on the houses which God willing we hope will more than offset losses made on the chapel. For more details on this year’s accounts please refer to the notes at the bottom of the accounts.
The accounts were audited again by Mr Samuel Parish from Swavesey. His report raised no areas for concern. We are very thankful to him for his assistance in this.
This report and annual accounts have been submitted to the charity commission to meet the 31 October deadline.
Please contact me by email if there are any questions or observations.
With Christian love.
Yours sincerely
Edward Pont, Deacon/Church Secretary
**Jireh Chapel, Houses and Assistance Fund Income Statement**
## **1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021**
|**Jireh Houses**
Notes
Income
Rent
Grants
_Expenses_
Maintenance
Management fees and advertisi
3
Legal fees
4
Planning & building works
5
Annual Service & Insurance
**Jireh Houses Net Profit**
**Jireh Assistance Fund**
Income
Collections
Expenses
Communion expenses
Distributions
**Jireh Assistance Fund Net Profit**
**Chapel**
Income
Gift Aid Donations
Collections for Chapel
Special Collections in
Gift Aid Refund
Grants
6
Sunday school collections
Sale of 150th Books
Maintenance fund
Interest
Grave fees
Expenses
Ministry
Payroll Tax
Building Maintenance
7
Grounds Maintenance
Annual Service & Ins Costs
8
Utilities
Cleaning
Special Collections out
Publishing 150th Books
Honoraria
Sunday School expenses
Subscriptions
**Chapel Net (Loss)/ Profit**
**Total Net (Loss)/Profit**|£
£
2021
2021
1
22,506
2
84,700
1,246
2,638
428
91,429
1,413
97,154
**10,052**
963
0
950
950
**13**
9,380
1,910
2,236
3,001
0
65
10
0
0
0
16,602
21,019
4,657
126
3,054
2,203
1,653
708
960
0
160
101
129
34,770
**(18,168)**
**(8,103)**|£
£
2020
2020
1
13,396
2
42,800
1,620
0
42,800
955
45,375
**10,821**
698
0
500
500
**198**
10,830
1,345
1,614
3,554
19,066
210
560
8
75
37,261
19,572
4,547
18,385
3,702
1,338
1,255
556
460
0
50
217
85
50,166
**(12,905)**
**(1,886)**|£
£
2020
2020
1
13,396
2
42,800
1,620
0
42,800
955
45,375
**10,821**
698
0
500
500
**198**
10,830
1,345
1,614
3,554
19,066
210
560
8
75
37,261
19,572
4,547
18,385
3,702
1,338
1,255
556
460
0
50
217
85
50,166
**(12,905)**
**(1,886)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
||||**(12,905)**|
|||||
||||**(1,886)**|
**Jireh Chapel, Houses and Assistance Fund**
## **Balance Sheet As at 31 December 2021**
## **Assets**
|**Assets**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Cash at bank and in hand
9
Debtor
Prepayments
**Liabilities**
Accruals
10
Deferred Grant Income
Net Assets and liabilities
**Equity**
Profit & Loss Reserves
Jireh Houses & Chapel
Jireh Assistance Fund|4,636
0
4,636
3,100
0
3,100
1,536
1,309
227
1,537|68,693
0
68,693
0
59,700
59,700
8,993
8,779
214
8,994||
|||||
||||8,994|
## **Notes:**
- 1 Flat 2 no 1 Jireh House occupied since June 21 which increases rent by £995 per month before expenses deducted
- 2 This year £25,000 Grant received from Providence chapel Croydon, the additional £59.700 is deferred grant income from last year ( Last year £100,000 Grant received from the sale of Rye chapel and £2,500 from the Tilden Trust towards the building conversion work at no 1 Jireh Houses. )
- 3 No 2 Flat is let out using a letting agents Jago & Jago , they take a management fee from the monthly rent, this also includes advertising costs before commencement of rental
- 4
Legal costs are land registry and associated socilitors costs re changing 1 Jireh House to Flat 1 & 2
- 5
Building cost for convertion of no 1 Jireh House into 2 flats. This was completed in the early part of 2021.
- 6
Last year, a £18,000 Grant was received from Providence Chapel, Croydon towards the replacing of the chapel roof.
- 7 Last year, £18,220 paid to Staplehurst roofing for the replacement of the Chapel roof as much of the rimbers were rotten.
- 8 Insurance costs have increased subtantially this year for the chapel , this is because we had the chapel revalued for insurance to make sure we were covered in the eventuality of having to make a claim and the value of the building increased significantly which then increased the insurance premium
- 9
Cash is now only held with Lloyds bank due to no interest received on COIF fund.
- 10 Accrual for chapel and houses insurances paid late due to revaluation of properties
## **As at 31 Dec 21**
|**Lloyds bank balance**|**4,635.96**|
|---|---|
|**Split into: Chapel**
**no 2 Flat**
**Sunday school**|**-234.33**
**4,260.20**
**610.07**|
||**9,271.90**|
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