FAVERSHAM
COMMUNITYCHURCH
FAVERSHAM CHRISTIAN
FELLOWSHIP TRUST
Financial Statements
2023/24

FAVERSHAM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST
REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For year ending 31st March 2024
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
YeaT ending 31° March 2024
The Ch￿lty and ivs objertives:
The charity was set up and is governed by a Dedaration of Trust made on 13 May 1985
for the PUTpose of an independent evangelical diurth. The objectives of the Cjwity are
the worship of God, the instruetion and edification of (]Iristians, the caTe and Christian
instruction of youn8 Fople and thildren and the evangelisation of non-ChTi5tians the
relief of SId￿e$S and poverty and the advan￿ment of the Christian faith generally.
The principal address of the Charity is The Alexander Centre, 15-17 Preston Street,
Faversham, Kent ME13 8NL and the Charity is registered with the Ch￿ille5
Conimission under number 292398
The Trust also goes by the name of FaYe￿haM Community Church.
The TTU8tees:
The Board OE Trustees was nwde up of the following Trustees for this year.
Mike Taylor- Chair
Barry JeDner
Alex Nlcvey
Pauline Mcvey (until Febnwy 2024)
Phil Stiles
Enuna Wallace (until January 2ff24)
Pauline Mcveyi who has served the trust faithfully for oveT 20 years, died An February
2024. The trustees attended her funeral to give thanks to God for her service.
Phil Stiles stepped down a5 Chair of Trustees inApril 2023 and Mike Taylor wa5
unaminously elected as chair.
walla￿ rest8ned as a trustee in January 2024.
When considering new ￿h￿tee5. the existin8 board has Énvited committed thurth
members, who aTe well known to us and have the ex￿rienCe and skills needed and the
tin￿ to give to this role, with the existing board all having to agree on the appointment.
All current Trustee5 have been DBS thecked. All new trustees SI￿ a Trustee Ell￿'bIlIty
Dedaration.
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Staff:
At the start of the year the churth continued to be led by three elders. Of these, Sam
Morris was employed part time until he resi8ned his paid position in July while Pete
Mcvey was employed part time by the Tntst from June.
A parl lime Communieations and offi￿ Administrator is also employed.
Supporting and servins alongside the eldership team are a team of deacons who
oversee various areas of church life and aclivity. There are six deacons who have
responsibility for the following.. Pastoral care. Growth Groups, Welcome and
Integratio￿ Sunday meetings. Worship teaTn.
The work and activity of the church is undertaken by many volunteeTr amongst the
thurch members serving across a number of tean￿. It is these individuals who serve in
our meetin8s and itL the work we do impacting our comrnunities.
The Churdi carries out all of its regulaT meetings at The Alexander Centre, a large,
central venue, located in Faversharn's Fllgh street. Thi5 is a venue that is very muth at
the heart of the community which has a large hall and other Toon￿ that are hired by the
local conununity for a wide Y￿Iety of events, as well as offerins office spa￿.
The hall is used for Sunday serviees, Little Ange15 & MakeLunch. The rnidweek prayer
meeting is usually held in the Mayor's Parlow and the thurch has a serVi￿a Offi￿ on
the first floor. A new 3 year lease on the office was taken out from August 2(Y22.
The church also hires a stornse unit locally in whith to keep things thal are used less
frequently in the day to day runnin8 of the church.
Church Matte￿.
Health & Stzfrty
Throughout the year, any issues that arose relating to health aT￿ safety were brought to
the TTUStees attention for discussion and action.
Sufeguording
No DBS check were required this year. The trustees continued to consider safeguarding
at all meetings and Teviewed and agreed the trust's safeguarding policy at the July
meeting.
CDPR
The church subscribes to a church management system called Church Suite. This secure
management System is to be used for storing member's personal data and allowing the
church to carry out management and administration in a way that complie5 With GDPR.
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The Privacy Policy agreed by the Trustees is readily available throu8h Churth Suite and
the Church website.
Church Adlvities and Impact
When planning our activities for the yeari as with previous years, the Elders and
Trustees continue to consider the Commission's guidan￿ on public benefit, in
particular, the specific guidance on thaTities for the advancement of religion. We try to
enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our local community throush..
Worship, prayer, leaming about the Go5￿] and developing their faith and trust in Jesu
Provision of pastoral care and relief of povety.
Missionary and outreath work
Stepping Stones
This refers to our work with Childre￿ on Sundays. On alternate weeks they have had
separate activities and on the other weeks there has been an all age 5eTViCe.
Cunterbury Chn8tiun sch￿[$ Work Tn¢st
The church continue5 to support Ihe Ccs￿. We make a monthly finanoal contribution
to support the work of the Trust.
Growth groups aKd Proyer Meetings
Small groups of church Lnernbers met weekly to worship and study the Bible. We
consider this to be a very important part of thurch life, Providin8 an opportunity for
worshipi teaching and friendship. Weekjy and monthly prayer m￿ting5 weLE also held.
Love F¢￿ershaM Fund
This has continued to be used to tha￿k people who have served the local community
durins lockdown and to ble￿ those in fmancial need as a result of lockdown. It is
anticipated that there will be a long tenn effects and the fund will be used as
opportunitie5 arise. The fL￿a currently stands at Q237
Gift D¢
Gift days were held during the year in response to specific events and to support aspects
of the Relational Mi95ion family of churches. A total of £IO,lknl wa5 giv￿ across a
n￿n￿)er of orsaLiisations and appeals which include a relief fund for those impacted by
the Turkey ar￿ Syria earthquakes, 14Mission Bo]ivia, Faversham FoodbanL and
Churches supporting Christians in Armenia.
Foodbonk
We continue to support Faversharn Foodbank, which was founded by local thurthes
under the umbrella of Churche5 Together in Faver5ham. Church memEeTS make regLdar
d(mations OE food to the project. In addition during Augus¢ a day was held for the
Foodbank whidi raised £394 along with a collection of food donations. The Faversham
Foodbank is providing a very valuable service to the town and we receive resular
updates on how many people have been served through this initiative and the quantities
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of food that have been distributed. More inforntstion on the Foodbank can be found at
www.faversham.foodbank.or8.uk
m￿LUnCh
The heart of the MakeLunch project is to provide hot, nutritious meals durin8 sth001
holiday5 for children who woutd nomially re￿1ve free sth(M)I meals. tn addition to
fo￿1. NlJkeLunch Fayersham olfers the children enrichment through eraft activities and
games.
We run our MakeLunth kitchen in the Gatefield Hall at the Alexander Centre.
During Ihe year, the Church hosted a quii night with PrO￿d$ going to support the
Work of our Makel,unch kitchen.
The Faversham MakeLunch kitthen was open for a total of 14 sessions, across school
holidays this year. A lotal of 374 meals were served to 82 different children as well as
providing opportunities for craft work and games. In addition, 184 meals were served to
parents and caTeTS. 19 different volunteers WOTked for a total of 151 sessions. tn October
we ran an interactive science session in partnership with the Canterbury branch of the
Royal Society of Chemistry.
The MakeLunch Faversham kitthen is acerediied by TLG MakeLunth part of the
charity Transforming Lives foT Good. Through them we are grateful that we receive
sponsorship from the food industry charity 'Meals & More,.
LittleAnge15
r meeting for parents and carers with their babie.s and toddlers continued at the
Galefield Hall in the Alexander Centre. This is held in high regard by the Faversham
community and hosted 30 to 45 families each week.
Financial Review.
During this year a thorough review was carried out of the insurance needs of the tn￿t.
A5 a result the two previous policies were combined into one and moved to a different
company leading to a reasonable saving and s￿ater ease rf a daim needs to be made. tn
this prO￿sS the trustee5 only considered insurance eompanies with extensive experience
in the tharity sector.
Due to the substantial reserves built up during the Covid-19 eTa the tTUStees deaded to
foTSO one of the two planned gft days for church funds. In addition there was a Gift
Aid claim this year for 202(P2 which Lx)ntiibuted over Q 9,(K)O.
As the￿ was a healthy reserve at the end of the last financial year it was possible to sel
budget with a small defiot. Overall expenditure was below income this year, although
the majority of this was due to the backdated Gift Aid daim. The trust's finances rernain
in a healthy position and are able to support future budgets whith have a SU￿11 deficit.
The trust has an a55est of about £240(K) in unclaimed Cift Aid for the year5 2022-4.
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A special meeting of the trustees was held on 31° July 2023 to pass a resolution in the
forni required by Natweast Bank to cha￿se the signatories on the trust bank accounts.
The bank finally completed the PrO￿$S towards the e[￿ of the year. There are now four
trustee5 who are signatories.
Reserves Policy
The Reserves policy for 2022- 2tr23
The Trustees maintained the agreed a Rewves Policy i.e. that Reserves should be
maintained sufficient to cover-
A) Day to day cash flow
B) FinanLial liabilities in the event of sudden and unexpected drop in income or
d05ure of the d)arity
Financial liabilities:
Liabilities in relation to employees and to premises rental in the trd5e of a sudden closure
of the eharity would be £50(K).
However, in the case of dosuTe, some incorne can be realised from the sale of asseL8 and
from claiming outstanding Gift Aid Money due.
These income amounts are less easy to estimatebut it is anticipated that tw will be
sufficient to cover any additional liabilities.
It was agreed therefore, that a Reserve of £S(M)O should be maintained as this would also
cover day to day cashAow.
At the year end the Trust had a reserve ol a3,548.39 which covered the finamaal
commitments described above.
M Taylor ITru8tee): _-
Date.
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Independent examiner's report to the trustees
of Faversham Christian Fellowship Trust
I r¢pon on the acL'ounls of the Trnst for thc year ended 31° March 2024, which are sel out in th¢ attachiyj
Re8pe¢lfve Tesponslbllltles of tn￿teeS and exami
The charity's tntstees arr respo]]sible for the preparation of the accounL8. The ch￿ily'S truste&s consider
that an audit i& not r¢quired for this yGqr under seciÈo]] 14412) of the Charities Aci 2011 (the 2011 Acil and
that an indekxndent examination is needed.
It is my r¢sponsibility to..
¢xamine the accounts under stttion 145 of the 2011 Act.
to follow th¢ procedures laid down in the G¢nerdl ThTection8 given by the Chwyty Commissio
under 5eciion 145(5b) of th¢ 2011 Acl; and
to 5t4le whether particular matters hav¢ come to my attention.
Ba51s otfindepettdertt examhwr's report
My examinatiim was carried out in accordan¢¢ with the G¢nerJl Directions given by the C.h8rity
Commission. An examinalion includes a ffvi¢w of the accounting rccords kept by thc charity and a
¢omparisoD of th¢ accounts p￿Sen￿d wilh those r¢cords. It also includes consideration of any unusual
itcms or disclosures in the aecounts. and seeking explanattons fmm you as tn]ste¢s concerning any such
matt¢r5.'lThe prrKedur¢s undertaken do not provide all the evidcnce that would ￿ required in an audit and
consequendy no opinion 15 ¥iven as lo whether the ac¢ounts present a true and fair view and the report is
limited ro thob'tt matters set out in the statement below.
IDdependen¢ examiner's statement
In ¢onneciion with my cxamination. no malter has corne ￿ my ￿￿ntion:
which givv5 rne ieasonable cause tv b¢lieve thai in any rnatcrial respect th¢ requircments..
(o ke¢p accounting records in accordance with scction 110 of the 2011 ALL and
to prepare accounts which aecord with the accounting records and eumply with the accollnting
requirements of the 2011 Acl
have not been mct, or
io which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of
th¢ accounts io be Twhed
Luke Scarfe
(Church Treasurer, Faversham Baptist Church)
7 Glazing House Drive
FaVersha￿. Kenl, MB13 7XD
6th Fcbnw 2025

FAVERSHAM CHRISTIAN FELLOVISHIP TRLL8T
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45,121.98 44.131.fo
TOTAL F￿105 CARRIED FQRWARDAT
1.146
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