Dear Trustee
## **Jireh Chapel & Houses, Tenterden Annual Report 2023**
## **Church matters**
Our Pastor and wife travelled to Australia at the end of February and preached during March, we were thankful to obtain ministers to preach at Tenterden during his absence.
The Sunday School continues to meet every Lord’s Day between the morning and afternoon services. One member continues to join online.
The Skype system continues to be used for online listening. This is for the benefit of the members of our own congregation when unable to attend, and we are also joined at most of our services online by people from other causes, for which we are very thankful.
## **Chapel houses**
The upper (2-bedroom) flat at 1 Jireh House continues to be managed using a letting agent, Jago & Jago. The 2022 tenant is still in occupation.
The downstairs flat continues to be occupied by the previous tenant.
2 Jireh house continues to be occupied by the previous tenant during 2023.
## **Annual accounts**
The annual accounts for the year 2023 are enclosed. You will see from these that the reserves held by the church have remained similar to last year as the Chapel & Houses combined have broken even for the year. This is a loss of £26k relating to the Chapel and a profit of £26k relating to Chapel Houses.
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.
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 2023 to 31 December 2023**
|**Jireh Houses**
Notes
Income
Rent
Grants
_Expenses_
Maintenance
Management fees and advertising
Legal fees
Planning & building works
Cost of renewal/change in tenancy
Annual Service & Insurance
**Jireh Houses Net Profit**
**Jireh Assistance Fund**
Income
Collections
Expenses
Communion expenses
Distributions
**Jireh Assistance Fund Net (Loss)/ Profit**
**Chapel**
Income
Gift Aid Donations
Collections for Chapel
Special Collections in
Gift Aid Refund
Grants
Sunday school collections
Sale of 150th Books
Maintenance fund
Interest
Grave fees
Expenses
Ministry
Payroll Tax
Building Maintenance
Grounds Maintenance
Annual Service & Ins Costs
Utilities
1
Cleaning
Special Collections out
Publishing 150th Books
Honoraria
Sunday School expenses
Subscriptions
**Chapel Net (Loss)**
**Total Net Profit**|£
£
2023
2023
1
30,948
2
0
1,455
1,659
0
0
144
1,190
4,449
**26,499**
1,374
0
1,450
1,450
**(77)**
8,540
2,121
1,395
2,735
0
345
0
0
0
50
15,185
23,741
5,220
470
2,832
2,640
3,927
813
905
0
60
257
245
41,110
**(25,925)**
**498**|£
£
2022
2022
1
28,205
2
0
854
1,470
0
0
1,538
1,459
5,321
**22,884**
1,245
0
1,200
1,200
**45**
8,730
2,561
941
2,968
0
920
0
451
0
0
16,571
22,461
4,329
343
3,636
2,251
1,519
692
350
0
50
557
129
36,318
**(19,747)**
**3,182**|£
£
2022
2022
1
28,205
2
0
854
1,470
0
0
1,538
1,459
5,321
**22,884**
1,245
0
1,200
1,200
**45**
8,730
2,561
941
2,968
0
920
0
451
0
0
16,571
22,461
4,329
343
3,636
2,251
1,519
692
350
0
50
557
129
36,318
**(19,747)**
**3,182**|
|---|---|---|---|
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||||**3,182**|
**Jireh Chapel, Houses and Assistance Fund**
## **Balance Sheet As at 31 December 2023**
|**Assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
Tenancy reserve
Prepayments
**Liabilities**
Accruals
Deferred Grant Income
Net Assets and liabilities
**Equity**
Profit & Loss Reserves
Jireh Houses & Chapel
Jireh Assistance Fund|10,341
285
0
10,626
5,452
0
5,452
5,174
4,979
195
5,175|8,154
0
0
8,154
2,478
0
2,478
5,676
5,405
272
5,677|8,154
0
0
8,154
2,478
0
2,478
5,676
5,405
272
5,677|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
||||5,677|
**Notes:**
1 Utilities higher due to much higher price in gas and electric contract
CHARITY COMMISSION
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