Dear Trustee
Jireh Chapel & Houses, Tenterden Annual Report 2020
Church matters
The coronavirus impacted us as a Church and congregation greatly during 2020 with the closure of public worship due to government legislation for a few months from March to July. During this time services were conducted remotely using a Skype group set up by one of the members of the congregation. While this cannot be viewed as an adequate alternative for meeting together in the chapel for worship we were very thankful that this means was available to us at this time.
We have continued to use the system once the chapel was reopened, for the benefit of those unable to attend services and have also been thankful for the attendance online of people from other causes.
The Sunday school was also held online until more recently in 2021 when social distancing restrictions were eased. One member of the Sunday school still attends online now (as of October 2021) as the distance to chapel is too great for her to be able to come in person.
As mentioned in the 2019 report, it was with great sadness as a Church and congregation that we saw the passing of our dear friend and Deacon Mr Michael Bailey who went to be with our Lord in June 2020 after contracting coronavirus.
During the year the chapel roof was replaced as it was found that a considerable amount of the timber was rotten. This was mostly funded by a grant from Croydon chapel.
Chapel houses
Work to convert Number 1 Jireh House into two self-contained flats commenced in November 2020 and was completed in April 2021. The ground floor has now been converted into a one-bed flat, with kitchen, toilet and shower room, utility area, lounge and bedroom as well as a small courtyard garden. It is now called Flat 1, 1 Jireh House. The present occupant remains the same as prior to conversion.
The two upper floors have been converted into a two-bed flat with kitchen, lounge, bathroom, study, two bedrooms and an enclosed rear garden accessed via a private path with lockable gate. It is now called Flat 2, 1 Jireh House. This flat has been rented on the open market with the new tenants moving in during June 2021. Unlike Flat 1, 1 Jireh House or 2 Jireh House, which are managed by the chapel, this property is managed using a letting agent - Jago & Jago.
The work was carried out by Sussex Property Solutions. Most of the cost of this work has been covered by a grant from the sale of Bethel chapel, Rye. We also greatly appreciate the considerable amount of work done by the trustees in facilitating this work.
Annual accounts
The annual accounts for the year 2020 are enclosed. You will see from these that the reserves held by the church have decreased this year by £2,000. This is a loss of £13k relating to the Chapel and a profit of £11k 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.
£60k of grants received during 2020 have been deferred in the accounts to offset against 2021 building expenses.
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 2020 to 31 December 2020
| Jireh Houses Notes Income Rent Grants Expenses Maintenance Legal fees Planning & building works 3 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 4 Sale of 150th Books Maintenance fund Interest Grave fees Expenses Ministry Payroll Tax Building Maintenance 5 Grounds Maintenance Annual Service & Ins Costs Utilities Cleaning Special Collections out Publishing 150th Books Honoraria Sunday School expenses Subscriptions Chapel Net (Loss)/ Profit Total Net (Loss)/Profit |
£ £ 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 0 75 37,254 19,572 4,547 18,385 3,702 1,338 1,255 556 460 0 50 217 85 50,166 (12,913) (1,894) |
£ £ 2019 2019 13,944 522 0 7,919 668 9,108 4,836 639 0 600 600 39 12,160 2,600 676 3,405 20,000 1,547 0 30 40,417 19,396 5,283 11,260 5,952 1,128 1,122 325 676 1,742 150 204 47,238 (6,820) (1,946) |
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Jireh Chapel, Houses and Assistance Fund
Balance Sheet As at 31 December 2020
Assets
| Cash at bank and in hand Debtor Prepayments Liabilities Creditors Deferred Grant Income 6 Net Assets and liabilities Equity Profit & Loss Reserves Jireh Houses 7 Jireh Assistance Fund Chapel 7 2016 and prior |
68,685 0 68,685 0 59,700 59,700 8,985 31,108 214 (22,847) 510 8,986 |
13,314 0 0 13,314 2,435 0 2,435 10,879 20,287 16 (9,934) 510 10,879 |
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Notes:
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1 Nov and Dec 20 Rent not received for no 1 Jireh House due to work being completed and tenant living elsewhere
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2 £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. Deferred £59,700 of this grant income to offset against next years building expenses
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3 Plannig permission has been obtained to convert no 1 Jireh Houses into 2 flats. Work commences in Nov 2020. Completeion expected end of Jan 2021.
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4 £18,000 Grant was received from Providence Chapel, Croydon towards the replacing of the chapel roof. Last year £20,000 was received from the sale of Canterbury chapel.
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5 £18,220 paid to Staplehurst roofing for the replacement of the Chapel roof as much of the rimbers were rotten. Last year costs related to expenditure on the redecoration of the interior and exterior of the Chapel.
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6 Deferred £59,700 of the grant received from the sale of Rye chapel, this will be released to pay for the remaining expenditure for conversion on no 1 Jireh House in early 2021.
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7 You will notice the Chapel deficit continues to increase whilst Jireh House surplus increases. This shows that the Chapel is supported by profits from the Chapel Houses and cannot cover running expenses each year solely by Collections and gift aid.