## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date 01.04.2021 To 31.03.2022 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Cook’s Bethel Otherwise Seaman’s Bethel** ## **Charity registration number: 243256** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The Henry Cook Centre is used for religious
and/or charitable purposes as the trustees
see fit. It is devoted to instruction of those in
need and the poor, but excluding no one.
To this end the building is used for churches
and groups that give support to those in
need in the community.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The Hall is used for:**
Sunday meetings for preaching, teaching,
worship, prayer, support and fellowship;
evening meetings to provide teaching,
encouragement, support and fellowship;
attended by those with mental health issues
and support and care needs but excluding
none.
A base for religious outreach.
**Meetings held by groups supporting:**
Older people and those needing help with
advice and form filling, including but not
limited to benefits; alcohol and drug
rehabilitation; mental health support;
balance and strength classes to help older
people remain independent and mobile at
home; craft groups for companionship for
the elderly and lonely; Veterans groups to
help with PTSD / addiction
All groups give companionship and
refreshment, support, help and education to
those in need in the community.
Other groups as requested giving support to
those in need in the community.
Grants to individuals in need where
appropriate and not supported elsewhere.
Grants to other organisations in need of
funds who are of benefit and support to the
community in need.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have considered the
Commission’s guidance on public benefit,
and in particular, the specific guidance on
charities for the advancement of religion.
We try to enable ordinary people to live out
their faith as part of our community through:
worship and prayer, learning about the
gospel, and developing their knowledge and
trust in Jesus, pastoral care, and outreach
work. We provide a moral and ethical
framework for people to live by in peace
and harmony with others with the desire to
build a better society.| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity is managed and run in its
entirety by volunteers.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**I**n April 2021 the Hall was still closed due to
the world wide pandemic, and this time was
put to good use by having improvements
made to the building, in particular, improving
access and use for those with disabilities.
A ramp was built replacing the steps giving
access to the front of the building, a
pathway was built from the front of the
building around the side to gain access to
the doors at the rear, which are used as the
main entrance from the car park. This path
was to enable wheelchair uses to gain easy
access to the rear doors.
A new disability toilet was built, with the site
of the entrance doors at the rear moved,
enabling more room for the toilet.
Interior doors were widened to make access
easier for wheelchair users.
This has enabled a wider range of the
community to access the services at the
hall.
Professional services were engaged to
clean the carpets and upholstery.
In the late summer months, support groups
started returning to the centre, and church
groups started up again.
Many areas of the Gosport community
benefit from the activities of the groups
running in the Hall, as listed in this report
above - members of the community many of
who would not otherwise have the support
and companionship provided.| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of this period of reporting, the
charity finances were healthy. Despite loss
of income during the pandemic, reserves
were sufficient, and income still continued
through donations to the church.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The policy is to hold sufficient reserves to
support the charity through 2 years of no
income from church donations or hall users,
to enable the trustees to either continue
with meetings until income returns, or
allowing time for the building to be sold or
transferred and the charity dissolved.
Further reserves are set aside for
maintenance, computer / sound equipment
replacement or repair, and general
operating costs.
Any excess to the reserves is currently
being set aside for to pay for phase two of
planned building improvements where
planning permission has already been
obtained.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£40,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|There are no uncertainties about the charity
continuing as a going concern, subject to
suitable trustees being available for the
management and governance of the charity.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| Other **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s

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Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Scheme**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated charity**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees appoint new trustees**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Cook’s Bethel Otherwise Seaman’s Bethel| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Waterside Bethel| |Registered charity number|243256| |Charity’s principal address|The Henry Cook Centre, South Street, Gosport, Hants,
PO12 1ES.| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if**
**not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
4
1
5
1
6
1
7
1
8
1
9
2
0|Deborah
Chester|Chair||| ||Philip
Chester|||| ||Jennifer
Scott|||| ||Michael
Townend|||| ||Rebecca
Baird|||| ||Debbie Pryer|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |||**The property is vested in**
**the charity commission.**| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional** ~~**information)**~~ ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s)** D Chester **Full name(s)** Deborah Chester **Position (eg** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** 25th October 2022 ||**Charity Name**
**Cooks Bethel otherwise Seamans Bethel**|**Charity Name**
**Cooks Bethel otherwise Seamans Bethel**|**Charity Name**
**Cooks Bethel otherwise Seamans Bethel**|**No (if any)**
**243256**|**No (if any)**
**243256**|**No (if any)**
**243256**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|0
01.04.2021|**To**||Period end date
31.03.2022||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**6,669**
**3,223**
**9,537**
**18,780**
**3**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,212**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,212**
**1,760**
**1,627**
**24,865**
**135**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**28,387**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**28,387**
**9,825**
**-**
**73,477**
**83,302**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**6,669**
**3,223**
**9,537**
**18,780**
**3**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,212**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,212**
**1,760**
**1,627**
**24,865**
**135**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**28,387**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**28,387**

**9,825**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Offerings|**6,669**||||||**7,178**| |Donations|**3,223**||||||**3,679**| |Use of Rooms|**9,537**||||||**2,596**| |Grants|**18,780**||||||**10,000**| |Bank Interest|**3**||||||**15**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**38,212**||||||**23,468**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**23,468**| ||||||||| |
Gifts & Donations|**1,760**||||||**655**| |Administration|**1,627**||||||**3,542**| |Property/Building|**24,865**||||||**2,095**| |Resources/Equipment|**135**||||||**107**| ||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**28,387**||||||**6,399**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**|||||||| |**,**|**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**6,399**| ||||||||| ||**9,825**|**-**|**-**||
**9,825**||**17,069**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**73,477**|**-**|**-**||**73,477**||**56,408**| ||**83,302**|**-**|**-**||**83,302**||**73,477**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 22/09/2022 1 |**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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Current Account
Reserve Account
**Details**
**Details**
Property
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**47,168**
**-**
**36,134**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**83,302**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**150,000**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 22/09/2022 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Cooks Bethel otherwise seamans Bethel On accounts for the year ended 31st March 2022 Charity no (if any) 243256 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above harty ('the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 1.the Acr). 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 the applicable Directions given by the Chartty Commission under section 145(5)(bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have Come to my attention (other than that disdosed below "l in connection with examination vthich gsves me Gause to believe that in, any material respect: accourrting records were not kept in accordance wtth section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent èxaminer's statement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection wrth the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delele the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: ?z 2¢ZZ Name: Mr Kim Beazley Relevant professional qualification{s) or body (if any): FCA Address: 9 Peel Road , Gosport . P012 1 JS IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wlshes to disclose. IER October 2018