## Culcheth Christian F ellowship 

CULCHETH INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHAPEL 

Charity Reg 249755 


Hob Hey Lane, Culcheth, WA3 4NR 

## Trustee Report and Church accounts for year ending 31 March 2023 

It is noted that ‘The Independent Methodist Connexion’ are the Trustees of the Church building and land. The acting trustees for the administration of the Church are the current Church Elders namely; Mr Geoffrey Bates: Mr Nigel Featham; Mr Graham Edmondson. (Refer to Trustee Eligibility Declaration below) 

The Elders noted with thanks the work done to maintain the building particularly with Repairs to the roof and also to heating system. 

## **CULCHETH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** 

|**GENERAL FUNDS**<br>Notes<br>**RECEIPTS**<br>Tithes & Oferings<br>1<br>Property lettings<br>2<br>Bank Interest<br>Mission Fund Donations<br>3<br>Donation from Independent Methodist Association<br>Donation<br>Holiday Account<br>Fire & Wall Damage insurance income<br>**TOTAL RECEIVED**<br>**PAYMENTS**<br>Pulpit Supply<br>Caretaking & Cleaning<br>Building maintenance<br>4<br>Methodist Association Fees & Other fees<br>5<br>Mission Fund<br>6<br>Bank Charges<br>Youth Work<br>Outreach<br>7<br>Utility charges<br>Insurance|2022/2023<br>£14,193.50<br>£-<br>£44.09<br>£760.00<br>£15,000.00<br>£2,087.00<br>£1,479.70<br>£-<br>£-|
|---|---|
||**£33,564.29**|
||£1,780.00<br>£1,140.00<br>£11,532.94<br>£345.35<br>£1,276.00<br>£-<br>£-<br>£200.00<br>£2,971.67<br>£1,395.35|





|Sundry<br>8<br>Water Damage to Creche<br>9<br>**TOTAL PAID**<br>Net receipts (payments) for the year<br>Cash and bank balances at start of period 1st April<br>2022<br>**TOTAL GENERAL FUNDS IN HAND AS AT 31**<br>**MARCH 2023**<br>**Summary of how funds are held**<br>RBS bank balance Current account<br>RBS bank balance Reserve account<br>Cash in hand<br>Signed as a true record as Treasurer: B Jones<br>Signed as a true record as Independent Examiner:<br>**CULCHETH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP**<br>**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31**<br>**MARCH 2023**<br>NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS<br>Tithes & Oferings<br>Average weekly tithes & oferings = Gross / 52<br>£272.95<br>NOTE 2 - Property lettings<br>Warrington Borough Council  (Election)<br>NOTE 3 - Mission Fund Donations<br>This amount covers individual donations and special<br>oferings<br>See Mission Account for detail<br>We also allocate a tithe of collections to the Mission<br>Fund<br>NOTE 4 - Building Maintenance|£5,888.00<br>£2,200.00|
|---|---|
||£28,729.31|
||£4,834.98<br>£22,173.02|
||£27,008.00|
||£16,938.93<br>£10,069.07|
||£27,008.00|
||2022/2023<br>£14,193.50|
||£14,193.50|
||nil<br>£-|
||£-|
||£760.00|
||£1,419.35|
|||





|Safeseal roofng repairs<br>Gardening<br>Culcheth TV & Audio - Projector repairs<br>Argus Fire Alarm Inspection<br>Music Group IPad<br>A Wood Repairs<br>Pulpit Microphone<br>New Plant Boxes<br>Tree Pruning<br>5 yr electrical inspection<br>NOTE 5 - Methodist Association Fees & Other Fees<br>IM Resources<br>Local Churches Together<br>CCLI Copyright Licence<br>Find a Church<br>IMC Fees<br>costco fee<br>NOTE 6 - Mission Fund - see report attached<br>NOTE 7 - Outreach<br>Mark Saunders<br>Yan Hadley<br>NOTE 8 - Sundries & Church Holiday<br>Printing<br>Franklin Graham Coach<br>Love Gift Car<br>Birthday gifts<br>Llandudno Coach<br>Holiday Deposit - Thornley Hotel<br>Holiday refund<br>**CULCHETH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP**<br>**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31**<br>**MARCH 2023**<br>Notes<br>**MISSION FUND**<br>**RECEIPTS**<br>10% Tithe transfer from total collections<br>Ukraine<br>Turkey Quake to Open Doors - cash|£8,196.00<br>£190.00<br>£232.80<br>£230.40<br>£600.00<br>£1,476.00<br>£120.00<br>£137.74<br>£350.00|
|---|---|
||£11,532.94|
||£323.35<br>£22.00|
||£345.35|
||£100.00<br>£100.00|
||£200.00|
||£57.00<br>£450.00<br>£4,300.00<br>£111.00<br>£650.00<br>£200.00<br>£120.00|
||£5,888.00|
||2022/2023<br>£1,419.35<br>£60.00<br>£292.00|





Turkey Quake to Open Doors - bacs 

|Turkey Quake to Open Doors - bacs<br>Note: Gifts to help the ladies in SIWA currently sit<br>outside these accounts and amounted to £192.00. This<br>money has been passed on to the SIWA ladies<br>**TOTAL RECEIVED**<br>**PAYMENTS**<br>OMS International £30 per month<br>monthly<br>adopt a child<br>Epiphany Trust<br>Open Doors for Turkey Disaster relief<br>Last Year we responded to the various needs<br>worldwide including Pastor Sam in India; Adopt a Child<br>in Guatemala; Ephiphany Trust in Afganistan and<br>Ukraine; also Hungary and Romania. This Year we<br>responded with fnancial assistance to Open Doors for<br>their work following the Turkey Earthquake<br>**TOTAL PAID**<br>Net receipts (payments) for the year<br>Mission Fund balance at start of period 1st April 2022<br>**TOTAL MISSION FUND IN HAND AS AT 31 MARCH**<br>**2023**|£408.00|
|---|---|
||**£2,179.35**|
||£360.00<br>£216.00<br>£700.00|
||£1,276.00|
||£903.35<br>-£3,664.79|
||-£2,761.44|





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