2020-09-30-accounts

A1 WHITEFIEtD TAX ArDold Hous¢ 2 New Road BradiDg Isl¢ of Wigb¢ p036 ODT

TRUSTEES Miss F L Hay Mr D Cracknell Dr l Noble Miss P Wilson MTS M Grier CORRESPOND NCE ADDRESS Christian Friends CFF Enquiries POBOX 16881 Glasgow GII 9EF ip Fellow$hip CHARITY NU BER 327940 EXAMINERS Whitefield Thx L Ch&rtcred Certifi Arnold House, 2 Brading Isle of Wight P036 ODT ted AccounlAnts ew Road REPORTING A COUNTANTS Wkn't¢fi¢ld T8x L tnited Chhrtered Certifi AccounlAnts Arnold House. 2 ew Road Brading Isl¢ ofwight P036 ODT CONTENTS Pa8es TN8tees Report Examine￿ Report State￿1 of Financial Activities Balance Sheet Notes to th¢A¢¢ounts page I

The Cbristi8n Friendship Fellowship As a registered charity, ounjber 327940 and its goyerning docutnent is a deed of trust dated 3 September 1988. This report contsit]8 dthil$ of the eharlty during the period l October 2019 to 30 SeptezDb¢r 2020. ObJeeliv¢s The principal al￿ of the OtEatiiS￿ioll 18 the advAllcement of the ChrIsti￿ religion amongst Sittgle persons attd their dependants. Fln4ndAI Highlights The in¢orn¢ alld expendilure account is set out on page 4 and shows the surplus of £57,860 (2019: suolus £338) for th¢ year. The trustees wish to express their gratefut app￿ciation for a legacy of £61,050 from the Est&t¢ of th¢ lat¢ John Edwards who was a member of the Reading CFP Group for ]nany years. This has allowed the trnste to r¢pay all outstanding loans and I￿S ensur&1 the flnallci￿ Ojthtre of CFF as an on-going con¢ern. Trustees The trnstees who held office during the year were: Miss F LHay Mr D Cracknell Dr lan Noble Miss Pwtlson MTS M Grier EleetKDnlappointoaent Trustees are appointed by tnaiority voting of existing tNstee5. R15ks The trustees yegularly consider th¢ priucipaj risks afftcting tbe organisation, gnd Strategies to th th¢se rlsks. Lo¢81 group leadews were advised to suspend in-person meetings on the appropriate dates in ￿Cord￿nce with the C￿￿t Government rnles forCovid-19. Actfvlties and 4chlevements a lo￿1 gtoup activity prwaTDme in vprious areas. Continued to advance the Clwistian religion amongst Single petsons. Ran a local group fellowship progran]n]¢. A series of online ('Zoom") Bible studies was held with ￿￿￿berd bein8 asked to invite nOn-Chri￿lall unatt￿b friends and relatives. Kxanthrs WhitefieldTax Limited offer themBelves for r¢lection for th¢ forthcoming year. We declare. In ollr capadty of ebarlty tr￿stee5, that: Th¢ Iwstees have approved the report above. and The In￿e¢S bave auth0ri5ed us to sign it on theirbeh81f. Trustee Trustee page 2

Christian Friendship Fellowship

Year Ended 30 September 2020

Independent examiner's report to the Trustees of Christian Friendship Fellowship

We report to the trustees on our examination of the accounts of the Christian Friendship Fellowship for the year ended 30 September 2020.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsibility for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').

We report in respect of our examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out our examination we have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statements

We have completed our examination. We confirm that no material matters have come to our attention in connection with the examination giving us cause to believe that in any material respect:

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or

2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

We have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed:

Name: Jessica Garbett, for Whitefield Tax Limited Registered body: ACCA Address: Arnold House, 2 New Road, Brading, Isle of Wight, PO36 0DT Date: 23 June 2021

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THE CH STATEM STIAN F OF EMDSHIP FELLOWSHIP ANCIAL ACTivmES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 20 2020 Unmtrlded funth 2019 Unr•strl¢t•d funds Incomlng R•sou Voluntary Incomg Donallon and Glfts Loga¢les 1.617 61,050 3,416 62.667 3.416 Invo8tmont Incom Bank Intero$t rgogfv ble 62,667 3,416 R•source¥ Exp•n Charltl•B A¢tlvltl• Commltteg èxpen Print4ng. postage d statkjnory Comptstar and web8lie co$ls Telèphon 738 1,752 37 204 1,339 81 1.604 2,731 Governanco Co•ts Insurorice Profgsslon81 fees 312 2,891 312 35 3,203 347 SurpluollD•ncltl r the year 57,860 338 Fund b4lanc￿ at O¢tsber 2019 (18,614) 118,952) Fund bal4nHs at D S•pternber 2020 39,246 118,6141 There are no rest ed funds, pagè 4

THE CHRI AN FRIENDSHIP FELL BALANCE SHEET 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 2020 2019 Fixed assots: Invesiments Current au•ts: Cash at bank Cash in hand 39.837 1,681 162 Curr•nt Ilabllltlm: Loan Accrual$ 20.458 20.458 Not currnnt a¥s•tsl{IlabllrtlM) 39.244 18.615 Fund•: Unr••trlet•d IneMI• G8n8rn1 lunds Al 1 O¢iober 2019 Surplusl{Deficbtl In the yaar (18,614) (18,9521 338 39.245 18,614 AI 30 soplember 2020 TnJ8tè8 TTUStee Cb.<. pag8 5

ACCOUNTING LICIES ccoun The accounts havy b¢¢D pf¢poT¢d OD all lJi$torical basis and in a￿OrdanCe with The StatenKnt of R￿9[E][DE￿ded P cti¢e on aJantyAccounts i￿ued by the Charity CojnEDts5ioners and relevant Fit)8nciai R¢porting Standa ds and Sthtements of StaThJard Accountin8 Pra¢ti¢c. Income All income is ac iietLs. unted foron 8 receipts b￿i$ exeept v/here a known amount is owed in respect of specific Incorne Tax reco bie on eov¢nanted io¢ome 1$ only re¢ognised when Teceive Fixed Asset$ Fixed assets are rded at eosL Assets gifted to don&ted Jsscl$ in are v8lued at tillf of receipt and treated as donatiot*. There have been no m&terAal e last year. Deprectatiott is p vided at 251Jkn per attnuttt on fixed wets on a reducitigbalatK? basi As a registered out no tradiDg ac 'ty the ITUStees consider CFF to be exempt fromlaxatioD on its income. The c]wity Ca￿leS vitie& except ill furtherance of its objectives. TANGJMLE F ASSETS Totsl Cost A¢ 30 Sepiember 020 DepreclatioD At 30 Sepiember 2020 Net BookAmou At 30 Septemb¢r 2020 page 6

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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2020

There has not been any new CFF Group starting this year, so we still have 24 groups in total. But some groups have had very small numbers or members have had difficulties with transport or health, and so a couple of groups are no longer meeting regularly. But the biggest change has been the effect that the coronavirus pandemic has had on the CFF. As from March 2020, CFF groups were no longer allowed to meet. Because of this, the Trustees decided to bring forward the decentralisation of the organisation, which they had been discussing for some time.

I had been administering renewals and applications since I took over as Honorary CEO in April 2010. As I knew that I would not be able to continue doing this indefinitely, and it was better to have a planned takeover rather than there being nothing in place should something happen to me, the Trustees agreed that we should pass control of membership to the Group Leaders, though I would still stay as Chairman of Trustees and Honorary CEO – just no longer doing the membership or "News and Views". This decision was notified to the Group Leaders and then to all the members.

But that left people who had been CFF members without a local group, and those who got extra letters from Billy Findlay for that reason, with no central source of information, since a maximum of 3 copies of the "News and Views" was going to be sent to members according to their renewal date, but after that there would be no further copies. So a number of people have, reluctantly, given up their membership and we consequently from 254 members at the AGM last year, as of today have 217 members now.

The Trustees are confident that the Group Leaders, who do a fantastic job – some with Committees and some without – will be able to organise their own group’s memberships.

In April 2020 we received £157.75 from Gift Aid, but as I am no longer organising the membership centrally and getting in payments from members then that will be our last claim.

However, I was delighted to be able to tell you that the legacy which a former member, Mr John Edwards, left to the CFF (along with other charities) has at long last been paid into the CFF bank account. This has been ongoing since at least 2010, and we thank Doug Cracknell, one of our Trustees, warmly for his help in securing that for us. The amount we have received is £61049.56.

This means that historic loans which Doug and I made all those years ago to keep the CFF afloat can now be repaid, and there will still be a very healthy bank balance remaining.

As was shown in the accounts, our bank balance as at 6/7/20 was £1532.05 with cash in hand of £15. As at today’s date the bank balance is £62553.72 and the cash in hand is £22.50.

By last year’s AGM we had raised £303.36 through EasyFundraising, and this year the total from the start has increased to £373.65, with a further £5 from AmazonSmile.

In July the CFF set up a Bible Study online by Zoom, and last Saturday the second one took place. It is wonderful that Pat Wilson, another of our Trustees, is leading this.

Now that we have the Zoom facility it means that rather than cancelling this AGM we were able to switch it to an online version, and therefore people who might not have travelled to a venue have been able to take part virtually. That has been an enormous benefit. And some Trustees’ meetings have taken place by Zoom as well rather than by email.

We are really grateful to our auditors, Whitefields, who audit our accounts freely and therefore save us a lot of money which would otherwise have had to be spent on accounting fees.

And, as ever, I am very grateful to the other Trustees for all the help they have given over the past year.