LIBERTY CHURCH WIRRAL
1-7 Whetstone Lane Birkenhead Wirral, Merseyside CH41 2QS
Trustees Report: Year ending 31[st] December 2023
16[th] January 2023
Insurance
For 2022-23 we had insurance which covered public liability and employers liability. Currently it expires on 17[th] January 2023. A new policy to include buildings and contents will be purchased from AXA insurance for 2023-24.
1[st] Floor development
Estimates to clear the first-floor area prior to remodelling have been updated and we are currently planning a crowdfunding campaign to address the £36000 cost. (Best estimate to date). The aim is to create a multi-purpose space which could host training, theatre events or conferences. Pete Hart has compiled a list of technical items needed to create a 21[st] century space.
Basement Development
Work is almost complete to create The Live Room space and studio in the basement area. Pete Townshend has pledged equipment to the tune of £15000 to populate the recording studio. Bob Goldsborough has provided art works and currently is working on murals on the stairways. The studio will be set up as a commercial venture by Pete Hart with a negotiated share for the charity to be agreed. The foodbank area use must be defined. Hannah Gregory has some ideas to discuss for this space.
Finances
The profit / loss account is attached and reports a significant improvement compared to last year.
Warm Space
Liberty Church has been accepted as a grant-provided warm space which will launch in January 2023. Funding by crowdfunding (in the late David Quigleys name) has been launched and match funding from Co-op has been procured. The centre will open on Sundays from 4-8p and on Mondays from 10am – 2pm. Volunteer training will be provided.
Safeguarding
Thankfully there have been no serious issues reported in 2023 and Hannah Gregory has updated all our policies. (She has used AoG model statements). In particular, up -to-date Health and Safety policies have been created and PPE purchased and made available to volunteers working on construction and remodelling within the centre.
2023 Plans
Vision for 2023 include getting the 1[st] floor ready for development and the completion of the basements. Efforts to increase income by increasing rental of the various spaces and for the café to reopen. The centre should be 100% up and running by the end of the year.
Liberty Church Wirral
Financial Activities
January - December 2022
| TOTAL | |
|---|---|
| Income | |
| Dave the hat | 135.00 |
| Grants and Gifts | 6,300.00 |
| Awards for ALL | 10,000.00 |
| Total Grants and Gifts | 16,300.00 |
| Insurance Payout | 20.00 |
| Miscellaneous | 894.30 |
| Refunds | -32.28 |
| Rent received | 5,320.00 |
| Room Rental | 1,244.00 |
| Total Rent received | 6,564.00 |
| Sale of Assets | 50.00 |
| Sales | 25.00 |
| Services | 221.70 |
| Tithes & Offerings | 14,085.76 |
| Unapplied Cash Payment Income | 77.50 |
| Total Income | £38,340.98 |
| TOTAL | £38,340.98 |
| Expenditures | |
| AoG Conference and Training | 306.00 |
| Bank Service Charges | 43.18 |
| Books and Publications | 859.91 |
| Cafe / Kitchen equipment | 255.78 |
| Cafe Supplies | 4,249.16 |
| Charitable Contributions | 122.27 |
| Christmas stuff | 42.95 |
| Cleaning and Hygiene | 56.11 |
| Consumables | 392.25 |
| Consumables - DiY | 167.84 |
| Contract Labour | 165.62 |
| Dues and Subscriptions | 683.67 |
| Emergency Repairs | 394.38 |
| Events | 58.42 |
| Gifts and Donations | 287.99 |
| Health and Safety | 309.08 |
| Insurance | 396.64 |
| Internet | 269.68 |
| Motor Expense | 686.58 |
| Printing and Reproduction | 126.52 |
| Professional Fees | 252.40 |
| Repairs | 874.40 |
| Repair and maintenance | 2,857.65 |
| Total Repairs | 3,732.05 |
| security | 522.89 |
| Social Program | 25.10 |
Cash Basis Wednesday, 18 January 2023 06:31 pm GMT+00:00
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| TOTAL | |
|---|---|
| Software Expense | 426.59 |
| Stationery | 102.25 |
| Subscriptions | 2,240.76 |
| Telephone | 321.85 |
| Travel & Ent | 30.00 |
| Uncategorised Expenditure | -500.82 |
| Uncategorized Expenses | 90.00 |
| Utilities | 5,389.78 |
| Van Insurance | 266.56 |
| Volunteer Expenses | 35.61 |
| Website | 1,577.00 |
| Worship Area | 806.79 |
| Total Expenditures | £25,192.84 |
| NET OPERATING INCOME | £13,148.14 |
| Other Income | |
| Cafe income | 2,751.84 |
| Gift Aid | 4,596.37 |
| Other Miscellaneous Income | 65.76 |
| Total Other Income | £7,413.97 |
| Other Expenditures | |
| Childrens Work | 29.99 |
| Fire Alarm Service | 427.01 |
| Pastoral Services | 1,586.26 |
| The Live Room | 11,217.14 |
| Total Other Expenditures | £13,260.40 |
| NET OTHER INCOME | £ -5,846.43 |
| NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) | £7,301.71 |
Cash Basis Wednesday, 18 January 2023 06:31 pm GMT+00:00
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts S•ctlon A1nd•p•Thd•n* ffxafflln•1 R•port! Report to the trustee$l members of I: ha',:1s' Nlanip Liberty Church vrra1 On accounts for the year ended 31 Sl December 2022 Charity no (If any) 247828 Set out on pages Pages one- Iwo Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the responsibilities of accounts. The charty's trustees consider that an audrt is not required trustees and examiner for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charitses Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to= Examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, To follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and To state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordan with general Directions examinef s statement given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consM1eratn of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provKle all the eVen that woukl be required in an audit. and consequently no opinion k% given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair. VEW and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. IER December 2017
Independent In connection 1th my examin8tion. no material matters have come to examiner's statement my attention which gprfes me cause to believe that in. any material respect.: the ac¢x>unting records were not kept tn accordan wth section 130 of the Charities Act, or the a(xJ)unts did not accord with the accounting records, or the a(rnunts did not comply with the applicable requirements conmIng the fomi and content of 8ccounts sel out in the Chanties (A(xx)untS and Rew)rts) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter con&dered as part of an independent examination. I have have come acn)ss no other matters in connection wilh the examination to which altention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delete the words in the brackets rf th8y do not apply. Signed: Date". 22/0/ Name: Sonn Zinculescu Relevant professional walificationls) or body Irf any): Experience.. Proprietor of business CDM serrfices- maintenance manager at Bizspace. Birkenhead. Address: PL crt/i c//454rr IER December 2017