FAVERSHAM
COMMUNITYCHURCH
FAVERSHAM CHRISTIAN
FELLOWSHIP TRUST
Financial Statements
2022/23

FAVERSHAM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST
REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For year ending 315t March 2023
CONTENTS
Page
Trustees Report
115
Independent Examiners report
Statement of Financial Activities
Balance Sheet
Notes to the Financial Statements
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FAVERSHAM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
Ye*r endin8 31" March 20LI
The awity and ivs objectivej:
The dwity was set up and iB governed by a Dedaration oETrust made on 13" May 1985
for the purFose of an indeFndent evange]Ical (hurth The obieclive8 of the ChaTIty a
the worshlp of Go& the instructlon and edification of Christians, the care and Christian
instruction of young people and thildren and the evangelisation of non-(Jwistian4 the
re]ief of sickness and povety and the advancement of the Christsan faith senerally.
The prtrLcipal address of the awity is The Alexander Centr. 1&17 Preston Streec
FaVerSh￿ Kent ME13 8NI and the Charity is Tesi5tered with the Charities
Comni1￿ ur￿tr numbeT 292398
The Ih8tee&'
Phil Stiles- Chair
Barry Jenner
Alex Mcvey
Pauline Mcvey
Mike Taylor
members, who are well known to us and have the experience and skill8 needed and the
Ilme to give to this role. with the existing board all havin8 to agree on the appointment.
All current Trustees have been DBS thecked. All new tr￿stee$ have a Trusttt
Eii8bihty Dedaration.
St•ffr.
At the start of the year the thurth continued to be led by three elders, one who was
employed part tin￿ by the Trust and the other Iwo were not employed by the Th￿t.
During the year a part time conu￿ratiOnS and offi￿ AdministrntOT was appointed.
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&tpportin8 and serving abn85ide the elder8hip team are a team of deao)ns who
oversee various areas ot thurth life and activity. There are slx deacons who have
responsibillty for the followin8: Pastoral caEe. Growth Group& Welcome and
Integratio￿ Slmday n*etin8s, WoT8hip teanL
The work and adlvity OE the dLUtth is UThdertak￿ by many volunteers omongst the
thurch niembers Serving acr(6s a nunther of teams. It is these indi￿dual$ who 8etve In
our meetings and in t￿ work we do Impactin8 our communities.
The Chirthnow earries Out all of its re8u]ar meetings atThe Alexander C￿tre, a large,
Central venue, kKated In Faversharn hish street Thi8 is a venue that ts very rnuth at the
l*art of the community whlth has a lar8e hall and other rooms that are hir￿ by the
l¢)cal Cornm￿ty for a WAde variety of events, as well as offenng office space.
The hau is used for Sunday servic* Little An8eJs & MakeLundL The midweek prayer
meetin8 is usually held In the Mayor S Parlour and the church has a servittd office on
the first AooL Anew 3 year lease on the offi￿ was taken out Erom Au8USt 2021
The dmrth a]so hires a storase unit loeally in which thkngs that are used less
frequently in the day to day runni￿ of the thuTth.
Church Matter
HeAIth & Saftty
Throu8hout the year, any issues that arose reladng to health and safety were broU￿t
the Trustees attention for disc￿on and action.
Snfrgu4rding
Wallace our 5afe8uarding t*ad orsanised a traini￿ evenin8 for the Stepping Stone8
open to all thurth members and attendees. Tt was on 6 July with Dave Crea8ey who is
Ihe Safeguard]ns I*ad at The Vine Churdl Maidstone. Dave has a wealth of
knowled8e and experienL* in this area 60 we are very grateful that he has been able to
GDPR
The thurth subscrlbes to a church management Sy8teJn ealled (thurch Suile This Becure
manwent system 18 to be used for Storing member's perso1￿1 data and alkn￿n8 the
church to cw out mona8ement and adMiri￿atiOn in a way that a)mplies with GDPR
During the year, regular thecks were made in ensuring the info￿tion we keep 16 UP to
date and appropriate in accordonce with GDPIL
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The Privacy Po]icy by the Trustees ts readlly avai]abk throuth Churth Suite and
the ￿Vr¢h websits.
ch￿ch Acllvltle8 and tmpae
planning (w activltle8 for the year. as with p￿ViouS yeats the ￿derS and
Tnkn conttnue to consider the Commi&8ion'5 guidanLE on publlebenefiL in
PaTIicLllaL the 8pedAc suld)n￿ on charitles tor the advancement of Trli8iOTL We try to
enable ordlnary people to live out their faith as part of our loca] commu1￿ty throu8k.
Worshipi prayer, le•rnin8 about the Gospel and developlli8 their faith and trust In Jesus.
Provision of pastoral care and relief of [￿ty.
Steppxg S)Imes
ThIB refers to our work wtth thildren, on Sundays. On alternate weeks they have had
separate aetivities and on the other weeks there has been an all age servi￿.
CAnèerbMry ChristiAn Sdth Work Ihlst
The churth continues to support the C(￿. We m•ke a monthly finanaal a)ntrlbutlon
to support the work of the TrusL
Small Bfoup5 of church members met weekty to Tryorship and S￿dY the Bble. We
Insikn thi5 to be a very important part of thurch lifei provlding an opporhjnity for
worship* teathing and frlendship. Weekly and monthly prdyer meetsnss were al80 held.
Irn Ftzversham Fu*d
This has continued to be used to thaT& people who have seTved the local wmmunlty
durin8 lotkdown and tobless those in finanaal need as a result of loekdowTh It is
anticipated that there will be a long tern) eftects and the fund will be used as
opporlunkties arise. The fL￿d currently stands at £3657
Grft Days
Gift days were held during the year in Tesponse to specific events and to support aspects
of the Relatlonal Mission family of chwches. Durlng the year. a total of £1,7￿9 was
distributed across emergency response in Ukraine, Turkey & S￿1*, a building project tri
Bolivla and RM church plants in Swale.
Fwdbank
We continue to support Faversham FL￿an& which was founded by local thurdies
under the umbrella of Churches Together in Faversham. Clwrth members niake regular
donations of food to the proiecL The Faversham Foodbank is providjng a very valuable
seryice to the town and we receive regular updates on how many people have been
Served through this Initiative and the quantities of food that FLave been distributed.
More inforn￿tiOn on the Folylbank canbe found at wwWhvetsh￿f0odbank￿8.Uk
MqkeLunch
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The heart of the MakeLunch project Is to provide hrt nutritious meals during sdLooI
holidays for children who would normally rceive free sdwol mea]s. In addition to
food, MakeLwth Favers1￿M offers tk thildren enrithment through craft activltles and
We our MakeLunth kitthen in the Gatefield Hall at the Alexander Centre.
The Faversham MakeLun¢h kitthen was open for a total of 16 se8s1or￿ across 8th001
holidays thts year. Atots] of 404 meals were served to 81 different dthdren as well as
p￿vIdAng opportunities for craft work and 8ames. Jn Additio￿ l(r2 meals were seThed to
parents and carer& 17 different volunteer8 worked for a total ot 156 session&
The MakeLunth Favershkm kitthen is accreditsd by TLG MakeLunth part of the
tharlty Transforming LiveB for Good. Through them we are 8rateful that we receive
sponsorship from the food indiisty clwity ￿eal8 & Mozd.
Ltitle Angels
meeting for parents and caTers with theirbabieB and toddlers continued at the
Gatsfield Hall in the Alexander Centse. From *tember we reverted to open access
WAthout booknns and hosted 30 to 45 faniilies e￿ week
Due to the substantial reserves built up dwyng the Covid-19 era the trustees decided to
forso the two planned sift days for church fimds. As per the prevlous year. there was no
aid daim made this year. This accrued aid from the 202(k2￿2] and 2021.2022
finanaal years glves an asset of about£19.0￿ to be da]n￿d next year. This means that
the trust's finan￿ are in a healthy position and able to 8UPPOrt ￿tUre bud8ets
whith have a small deficiL
Toward8 the end of the previous year action was taken to recover a small amount whith
NatWe8t Bank had moved to a dornwit account. The tntstees also held a spedal
n￿ting in March to pa&8 a Tesolution so that former tntstees were removed as
Si8natories on the Natwest accounts and that new tTh￿tee6 were added. Nothin8 had
been heard back from the bank on either of these by the end of Marth 2022. The money
moved to a dornwLt account was finally ￿coVered on 3rd October 2022 but at the end of
Marth 2023 the chanse to Si8natories had not been completed despite several follow up
attempts.
R¢sernes Poliey
The Reserves policy for 2022. 2ff23
The Tru8tee8 maintained the agreed a Re5eTves Pollcy i.e. that Reserves Should be
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A) Day to day cash flow
B) Flnancial liabilities in the event of Budden and drop in incoll￿ or
dosure of the dwity
Financial ]iabi]itie&
Liabilities in relation to employees and to premises rental in the case of a sudden dL￿U[e
of the charlty would be £91(￿.
from outstanding Gift Aid money due.
These inci)me amounts are les8 easy to estinute but ti is antldpated that they vrill be
Suffici￿t to cover any additional liabilities.
It waB a8reed therefi)re, that a Re6erYe of £YJIOO should be Maintsin￿ as this would a180
cover day to day cdfflow.
At year end the Tntst had a re4erve of £1£334.45 which covered the finand
M Taylor (Trllstee): _---__
Dat
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Independent examiner's report to the trustees of
Faversham Christian Fellowship Trust
I [ry￿l on the Le4￿￿ts of the Th￿1 for the ytar cffjded 31. MaTch 2023, vthich are 8¢t out iti the Atta¢hed
that an audit is not wired foT this yeaT UDthr 8e¢tion 14412) of the Charities Act 2011 (th¢ 2011 Act) ar
It 1% my rey)wl>ility to:
examin¢ the a¢¢ounts under section 145 of the 2011 Ac¢
ts> followthe PTocedwu laid down iti th¢ G¢neral DiTeCtiQDS givrnby the amity C0mll￿on
uttdtt se¢liott 145(5b) of the 2011 Ac¢ and
Bath of hdep¢Dden¢ ¢1￿￿1¢r,• report
eonyrison of the Bccounts pr¢*it¢d with those Te¢ords. It glso in¢lud¢& ¢ollsidwthon of any unu8U
consequently no opinion is as to wheth¢rth¢ a¢￿)￿Dts iYeKllt a ond fair view ondthe report is
limited to those tnattus g¢t io the 8tatenxntbelow.
tndepeDd¢ttt ezamlner'a
to keep &ccouthtin8 f¢coTd8 ID KCoIdw￿e with 8e¢tion 130 of the 2011 Arf and
UiT¢meDts of the 2011 Act
have notbeea mel or
(2) to Whic￿ in my opiDi074 attentiijn 8Tr#)uid be drawn in orts to eD&ble aproper of
the be Teacbed.
(Church Tr¢gsur¢r. F#veTrbam Baptist CJll]rch)
7 Glazing H¢M]se Drive
KenL ME13 7XD
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22"July 2024

FAVERSHAM CHRISTI*J4 FELLOTPISHP TRU8T
STATEMENT OF FINA)4CI￿ A¢TIWnE8
Fc*th• Y￿￿dId 31 Mthr¢h 2023
aj
IKOIIING RES0￿￿$
Incom•4nd wthJwm•ntsfrom:
DonaloTh•4nO legat￿*
65,749.9
io.
9.41&68
550
44&0
621.CQ &3624AJ
TQW ¢¢fthD•4mdlWwv
In¥esbX•A
fj$311.Tl
.25
2.83
Oth•rkneonhg
359.33
TQTAL IIKOIIEAND ￿￿￿111￿NTs
09.19Uq 100.26
100.12
RE8OUR¢E8 EXPENDED
on..
ChArlt4blg 4eW¥IU•È
14,W.02
2D 15B24
12.041 70
77th01
.15a24 I&v￿28
12,DII.7D
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11 12J(
7 85￿1
6.1248
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29)7
24SZ.7
6.1248S
2807
Churth
TOTAL RES￿RGE$ EXPENCED
I•A1&31 90.344.11
NETINCOMUÈXPeNE4nJlE>
2,78109
1.12
JJP1A2 0.E61.18
kn0•
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NETMOVEMErirw FUNDB
2,76ltl6
100.12
SJM.42 6,¥S1.00
RECONCILIATKIN OFFUNDI..
TOTfvI FUN088RWGHT FORWAROAT 1 APR
027.48
13f.Y 37.5T9M
TQTAL FUN￿ CARRIEOFORWAPIIAT
31
IE6.12
527Ag
8,12198 44.131.66
FAVERSHAM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST
BALANCE SHEET￿ AT al hlARCH 2D23
TO7￿FUNDS
p•mnw
CURRVU ￿ETt
2,r*i eg
1.9&1.88
30.913.3P 1*341.68
15 ￿￿.61
210S7AI
48,m89 44.231
CJshElbqnkondlnnv
TOTAL CWFNT ASSETS
5ty).12
es51
e56.58
LESSCURReNT Li4BILlflES
477.11
-1*.62
TOTAL NET ASSET8
.2nJ2
606.12
027A8
48,122.B8 44,131
FUND80F THE¢TrI•JIITY
8a1
43.491.27
49KS
14.131ts* j7.￿.$$
3 9MA2
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4q.27?32 UB.50
6.12
7.4
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FAVERSHAM CHRISMAN FELLOWSHP TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANC￿ STATEMEFif8
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