## **Annual Report 2024**
Since our last AGM so much has happened – the church has continued to grow both in terms of numbers attending and depth of faith and relationship, with a wonderful sense of God’s presence. We have 30 -40 people attending each Sunday and we’re so pleased to have welcomed new members who are lending their support and help in incredible ways. There is a wonderful atmosphere in church services and at all the other events and activities — one of joy and hope, friendliness and warmth.
Of course, there have been some great challenges and sadness as well — especially as we mourn the loss of Gill, Brian, Steve, Ruth Roberts and Geoff Hubbard — who all passed away in the last year. They were dearly loved members and friends of this church who contributed in so many ways to enrich the lives of all of us and this church. They will not be forgotten and although we feel their loss deeply we know that each of them was a Christian and so have been promoted to glory and we will see them again one day.
**Growth Track and Connect Groups** – launched this year with 2 connect groups starting in September.
## **Children’s Church**
On a Sunday, the children have had great fun acting out bible stories, doing bible related arts and crafts, looking at themes with up to 12 attending – thanks to all those who help out.
## **Youth Club**
Run every Tuesday during term time — up to 25 unchurched children age 7- 11years with a talk, basketball arts and crafts and food activity from pizza to donut making and cake decorating.
## **Wreath making**
This was a three-day event seeing over 100 people enjoying making advent wreathes at the end of November.
**Coffee Morning** – was relaunched this year and is well attended.
**Little Seedlings (Baby and Toddler Group)** – started in 2014 and it's very popular and has grown — each Friday a lot of parents that come from Northway, Ashchurch and other local places as well attend with up to 24
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children. It’s mostly toddlers and some of those parents are now attending other things like art club and the youth club and are enjoying the events that we put on throughout the year.
**Family Fun event at Christmas** was once again very popular with local families as were the Christmas services.
We’ve had a great Alpha course with people coming closer to faith and growing in their faith – wonderful catering and service.
Prayer meetings on Monday evenings have been very powerful times of worship, prayer, and fellowship.
The stewarding team has done a great job, and the welcome has been amazing. There’s also been some great socials and the sense of family is growing. A huge thanks to the leading preaching team we have here who give so much time and energy to ensuring we are well fed. Also to those who help lead the sung worship — has been such a blessing.
Also we have a new heating system — we’re gonna be nice and toasty this coming winter – it was bought and installed for £10,000 – thank you to all those who contributed!
So much to be grateful for.
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To the Trustees of Trust Property Held in Connection with Sycamore Chapel
Ilndependent Evangelical Church) {Charity}
I report on the attached accounts Df the Charity for the year ended 31 December 2023.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The Charity's Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity's
Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144{21 of the
Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Acll and that an independent examination is needed.
11 is my responsibility to..
examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act.,
follow the procedures laid down in the genoral Directions given by Ihe Charity
Commission under section 14515llb) of the 2011 Act., and to
state whether particular mallers have come to rny attention.
Basis of independent examiner's report
My examination was carried OLJI in accordance with the general Directions 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
consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations
from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not
provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is
given as lo whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view, and the report is limited to
those matters set out in the staternent below.
Independent examiner's statement
In connection with my examination. no malter has come to my attention..
{11 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
requirements..
lo keep accounling records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act,. and
lo prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the
accounting requirements of the 2011 Acl
have not been mel,. or
{21 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts lo be reached.
03
Date
Signature
ROGER FRANK DOWNES FCA
for & on behalf of BK Plus Limited, Chartered Certified Accounlants
Professional designation{sl
Address.. 6 Manor Park Business Centre. Mackenzie Way, Cheltenham, Glouceslershire,
GL51 gTX
|**Trust Property Held in Connection with**|**Sycamore**|**280833**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Chapel(Independent Evangical Church)**|||||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|01/01/2023
Period start date
**For the period**
**from**|**To**|31/12/2023
Period end date|||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**48,076**
**5,272**
**-**
**3,562**
**-**
**-**
**56,910**
**13**
**-**
**13**
**56,923**
**3,854**
**47**
**1,423**
**-**
**3,974**
**8,350**
**69**
**38,322**
**1,920**
**57,958**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**57,958**
**- 1,035**
**-**
**7,778**
**6,743**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**48,076**
**-**
**5,272**
**-**
**3,562**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**56,910**
**13**
**-**
**13**
**56,923**
**3,854**
**47**
**1,423**
**-**
**3,974**
**8,350**
**69**
**38,322**
**1,920**
**-**
**-**
**57,958**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**57,958**
**- 1,035**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**48,076**|||||**44,813**|
|Legacy||||||**4**|
|Other income - Gift Aid|**5,272**|||||**2,377**|
|Standard Earned Income|**-**|||||**-**|
|Collections|**3,562**|||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**56,910**|||||**47,195**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
|**Investment income**|**13**|||||**1**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**13**|||||**1**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**47,196**|
||||||||
|
Support Costs - Heat, Light and Power|**3,854**|||||**1,940**|
|Support Costs - Printingand Stationery|**47**|||||**5,825**|
|Support Costs - Telephone and Computer|**1,423**|||||**420**|
|Support Costs - Equipment Hire and Rental|**-**|||||**832**|
|Support Costs - Maintenance|**3,974**|||||**3,586**|
|Support Costs - General Expenses|**8,350**|||||**4,807**|
|Management & Admin - Bank Charges|**69**|||||**63**|
|Management & Admin - Gross Wages|**38,322**|||||**31,499**|
|Charitable Giving|**1,920**|||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**57,958**|||||**48,972**|
||||||||
|**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_**|||||||
|||||||**48,972**|
||||||||
||**- 1,035**|**-**|**-**|**- 1,035**||**- 1,776**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**7,778**|**-**|**-**|**7,778**||**9,554**|
||**6,743**|**-**|**-**|**6,743**||**7,778**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
03/05/2024
1
|**Section B Statement of**|**assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|
Signature
**Details**
Bank Current account
Bank Deposit account
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**6,713**
**-**
**30**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,743**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**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)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||Date of
approval|
|||||
|||||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
03/05/2024
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To the Trustees of Trust Property Held in Connection with Sycamore Chapel
Ilndependent Evangelical Church) {Charity}
I report on the attached accounts Df the Charity for the year ended 31 December 2023.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The Charity's Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity's
Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144{21 of the
Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Acll and that an independent examination is needed.
11 is my responsibility to..
examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act.,
follow the procedures laid down in the genoral Directions given by Ihe Charity
Commission under section 14515llb) of the 2011 Act., and to
state whether particular mallers have come to rny attention.
Basis of independent examiner's report
My examination was carried OLJI in accordance with the general Directions 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
consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations
from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not
provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is
given as lo whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view, and the report is limited to
those matters set out in the staternent below.
Independent examiner's statement
In connection with my examination. no malter has come to my attention..
{11 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
requirements..
lo keep accounling records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act,. and
lo prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the
accounting requirements of the 2011 Acl
have not been mel,. or
{21 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts lo be reached.
03
Date
Signature
ROGER FRANK DOWNES FCA
for & on behalf of BK Plus Limited, Chartered Certified Accounlants
Professional designation{sl
Address.. 6 Manor Park Business Centre. Mackenzie Way, Cheltenham, Glouceslershire,
GL51 gTX
|**Trust Property Held in Connection with**|**Sycamore**|**280833**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Chapel(Independent Evangical Church)**|||||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|01/01/2023
Period start date
**For the period**
**from**|**To**|31/12/2023
Period end date|||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**48,076**
**5,272**
**-**
**3,562**
**-**
**-**
**56,910**
**13**
**-**
**13**
**56,923**
**3,854**
**47**
**1,423**
**-**
**3,974**
**8,350**
**69**
**38,322**
**1,920**
**57,958**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**57,958**
**- 1,035**
**-**
**7,778**
**6,743**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**48,076**
**-**
**5,272**
**-**
**3,562**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**56,910**
**13**
**-**
**13**
**56,923**
**3,854**
**47**
**1,423**
**-**
**3,974**
**8,350**
**69**
**38,322**
**1,920**
**-**
**-**
**57,958**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**57,958**
**- 1,035**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**48,076**|||||**44,813**|
|Legacy||||||**4**|
|Other income - Gift Aid|**5,272**|||||**2,377**|
|Standard Earned Income|**-**|||||**-**|
|Collections|**3,562**|||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**56,910**|||||**47,195**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
|**Investment income**|**13**|||||**1**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**13**|||||**1**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**47,196**|
||||||||
|
Support Costs - Heat, Light and Power|**3,854**|||||**1,940**|
|Support Costs - Printingand Stationery|**47**|||||**5,825**|
|Support Costs - Telephone and Computer|**1,423**|||||**420**|
|Support Costs - Equipment Hire and Rental|**-**|||||**832**|
|Support Costs - Maintenance|**3,974**|||||**3,586**|
|Support Costs - General Expenses|**8,350**|||||**4,807**|
|Management & Admin - Bank Charges|**69**|||||**63**|
|Management & Admin - Gross Wages|**38,322**|||||**31,499**|
|Charitable Giving|**1,920**|||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**57,958**|||||**48,972**|
||||||||
|**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_**|||||||
|||||||**48,972**|
||||||||
||**- 1,035**|**-**|**-**|**- 1,035**||**- 1,776**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**7,778**|**-**|**-**|**7,778**||**9,554**|
||**6,743**|**-**|**-**|**6,743**||**7,778**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
03/05/2024
1
|**Section B Statement of**|**assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|
Signature
**Details**
Bank Current account
Bank Deposit account
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**6,713**
**-**
**30**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,743**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**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)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||Date of
approval|
|||||
|||||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
03/05/2024
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