## **LODGE FARM CHURCH** Trustees Annual Report & Annual Accounts for Year ending 5 April 2021 Bankers HSBC Bank, 1 Bridge Street, Newport, S. Wales Deposit Account Stewardship, 1 Lamb’s Passage, London EC1Y 8AB Website www.lodgefarmchurch.org.uk **Charity Commission Registration No. 501543** 1 ## **REPORT – CONTENTS FOR YEAR ENDING APRIL 2021** Reference and administrative information Activities Financial Review Report of the Accounts Examiner Annual Accounts spreadsheet - CC16a 2 ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** |Charity Name|LODGE FARM CHURCH| |---|---| |Registered Charity number|501543| ||| |Charity's principal address|Lodge Farm Church| ||Lodge Hill, Caerleon,| ||NEWPORT, Gwent| ||NP18 3DL| ||Names of the Trustees in post throughout the year, and who manage the Charity|Names of the Trustees in post throughout the year, and who manage the Charity| |---|---|---| ||Trustee Name|Office (if any)| ||David Prosser|Charity Correspondent / Treasurer| ||Owen Reynolds|Chairman| ||Robert Pike|| ||John Schneider|| ||Neil Broder|| ||Susan Broder|| ## **Constitution** The church was founded in 1969 and constituted by a deed of trust dated 19 July 1973, as amended 26 November 1992, as amended 8[th] June 2008 The objects of the Trust are to conduct public meetings, to own and maintain the building for the worship of God and the preaching of the Gospel and for the edification of believers, and also for the holding of a Sunday School and other meetings. **Main Activities in relation to the objects of the Trust:** ## **What** General Charitable Purposes Overseas aid / famine relief Religious activities **Who** Children / Young people Elderly / Old people People with a disability / Special Needs General public / Mankind ## **How** Makes grants to individuals Makes grants to organisations, including schools, charities etc. Provides human resources e.g., staff, volunteers Provides buildings / facilities / open spaces Provides voluntary services 3 ## **REPORT OF ACTIVITIES 2020-2021** Owing to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the church building remained closed for worship and all activities from 6 April 2020 to 5 April 2021, the period of this report. Even though the building was closed, Lodge Farm Church remained active and continued reaching out to and supporting both the local and wider Community, aiming to fulfil its purpose to: - share with passion the unconditional Love of God, - nurture the faith of believers - proclaim the Good News of Jesus - have an impact in our community, meeting people where they are ## **SUNDAYS** Throughout the year we met, as a church, on Zoom on a Sunday morning for a Communion Service and Gospel Message. Most of these services were taken by our Pastor with some members helping on a rota basis once a month. Using the technology available the Pastor’s message each week was recorded and posted on Facebook and YouTube Throughout this period the church also met on Zoom for a time of corporate prayer on a Sunday evening at 8pm. This enabled us to keep up to date and focus our prayers on the needs of those in our Church Family and in the wider Community During the year at Easter and Christmas extra Zoom meetings were held: a Messy Christmas, a Messy Easter, a Carol Service and a Christmas Morning Toy Service. All these services aimed to reach out to families within the church and in the Community ## **CONNECT GROUPS** Throughout the year our Connect Groups continued to meet on a Tuesday morning and a Wednesday Evening for Bible Study, Fellowship and Prayer ## **PASTORAL CARE** As a Church we recognise that we all have a responsibility to look out for and support the church family and the wider community. During the year our Pastoral Team were active in meeting the needs of those who were unable to leave their homes and those who were ill. Examples of how they helped included food shopping, cooking meals, telephone contact etc. To enable the Church family to remain in contact with each other we continued to produce a Weekly News which included a message from our Pastor, items for prayer, Birthday notifications, messages of encouragement, wordsearches and many other updates/activities. These were delivered electronically and posted to those unable to access a computer 4 ## **CHRISTMAS SHOE BOXES APPEAL** Work commenced in October on the filling of boxes with gifts suitable for various age groups, to be sent to needy families in Eastern Europe. Lodge Farm Church arranges the collections of boxes from churches in the area, and deliveries to Eastern Europe are organised by Blythswood Care. This year because of the Pandemic shoeboxes were delivered to and collected from the home of one of our members. In spite of the Covid restrictions an amazing 208 shoe boxes were filled and donations totalling £250 received to help with transport costs. ## **CAERLEON, PONTHIR and LLANFRECHFA CHURCHES TOGETHER** We continued to work with other churches in the area and during the year came together for a corporate time of prayer on Zoom. This proved successful and we are looking to make this a regular occurrence each month During the year we were able to meet in one of the larger local churches for a combined Pentecost Service ## **BUSINESS MEETINGS** Throughout the year the Leadership (Elders and Deacons), the Finance Team, the Pastoral Team and the Trustees were able to meet regularly on Zoom 5 ## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** ## **BUILDINGS** The insured value of the church building in December 2020 was £1,800,068. The insurance premium for the church building and contents and public liability cover was £2,368.26. The church owns a bungalow on Home Farm Estate in Caerleon, which is let to long-term tenants. ## **POLICY ON RESERVES** Part of our reserves is used to maintain the buildings. ## **ETHICAL INVESTMENTS** Stewardship Services, where we have a Deposit Account, have a strict policy in relation to ethical investments. ## **SOURCE OF FUNDS** Lodge Farm Church relies on donations for its income and does not carry out fund-raising. ## **EXPENSES** The Trustees were not paid any expenses during the financial year. ## **PAYMENTS IN SUPPORT OF OUR OBJECTIVES** Our donations to individuals and charities and support for community activities during the year were an important part of our total expenditure. ## **GIFT AID** During the year 17 members made regular donations under the Gift Aid scheme. We also took part in the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme. ## **ANNUAL ACCOUNTS** The Annual Accounts for year ending April 2021 are attached to this report. ## **THANKS** First, a sincere thank you to everyone who has contributed to helping to provide the necessary income to meet our commitments. 6 Five members have become involved with the accounts and are helping to ensure that as we go forward, the administration of our financial affairs is on a sound footing. Our reports and accounts are subject to the requirements of regulatory bodies, the Charity Commission, HMRC, and The Pensions Regulator. Our Accounts Examiner performs a valuable service in helping the church to keep to regulatory guidelines. In reports to church meetings, and in the Weekly News, we continue to aim to highlight the causes to which we send donations and publicise the thank you letters we receive. 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S¢ev¢ Villars 9 Magna Porta fjardens Llantaram CWMBRAN ## **LODGE FARM CHURCH** ## **ANNUAL ACCOUNTS** Financial Year begins 6[th] April 2020 Financial Year Ends 5[th] April 2021 These accounts have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis with a statement of assets and liabilities **Bankers:** HSBC Bank, 1 Bridge Street, Newport, South Wales, NP20 4UT **Deposit Account:** Stewardship, 1 Lamb's Passage, London, ED1Y 8AB LODGE FARM CHURCH Lodge Hill Caerleon, NEWPORT South Wales NP18 3DL **Charity Commission Registration Number: 501543** 9 **Charity Name No (if any) LODGE FARM CHURCH, CAERLEON 501543 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 06/04/2020 05/04/2021 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**to the nearest**
**£**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||| |Donations|**6,871**||**320**||**-**||**7,191**||**3,872**| |Donations - Gift Aid and GASDS|**28,578**||**1,480**||**-**||**30,058**||**38,766**| |Grants received|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |Legacy|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,000**| |HMRCgift aid refund|**9,187**||**-**||**-**||**9,187**||**8,703**| |Hire of hall|**120**||**-**||**-**||**120**||**2,290**| |Rent received fromproperty|**7,469**||**-**||**-**||**7,469**||**7,500**| |Interest from deposit account|**109**||**-**||**-**||**109**||**316**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**52,334**||**1,800**||**-**||**54,134**||**62,447**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **|**52,334**||**1,800**||**-**||**54,134**||**62,447**| ||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||| |Church activities|**1,223**||**-**||**-**||**1,223**||**4,560**| |Office costs|**1,979**||**-**||**-**||**1,979**||**2,413**| |Wages, salaries, PAYE, NIC|**30,214**||**-**||**-**||**30,214**||**29,620**| |Employer, employeepensionpayment|**2,195**||**-**||**-**||**2,195**||**2,145**| |Grants for UK and overseas|**9,289**||**1,570**||**-**||**10,859**||**12,943**| |Insurance of church building, minibus|**3,126**||**-**||**-**||**3,126**||**2,942**| |Maintenance of churchproperty|**1,619**||**1,000**||**-**||**2,619**||**10,583**| |Lighting, heating, water supply|**2,161**||**-**||**-**||**2,161**||**3,987**| |Payments set against rental income|**2,004**||**-**||**-**||**2,004**||**2,990**| |**_Sub total_ **|**53,810**||**2,570**||**-**||**56,380**||**72,183**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Totalpayments_ **|**53,810**||**2,570**||**-**||**56,380**||**72,183**| ||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**- 1,476**||**- 770**||**- **||**- 2,246**||**- 9,736**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**- 770**||**770**||**-**||**-**||**8,000**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**52,315**||**-**||**-**||**52,315**||**52,315**| |**_Cash funds thisyear end_**|**50,068**||**-**||**-**||**50,068**||| ||||||||||| 10 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestri¢ted funds tp no4￿$t£ Restri¢t8d funds tOneaYe*tÉ Endowment funds to n¢#rtst£ -iierion0S B1 Ca$h funds HSBC Èank¢urrentawunt Ca¥h ha Steward8hip 09￿rtA¢cOunt 44,710 rol&l eèsh fvnds D.06 rt(s>i Unre8triet•d funds Restrictèd lutr)ds to n•are51£ Endowmont ftds to noare5t£ Details Fund towhkh Assetbek> Detail$ Cosiiopdtsnall Fulldtowhkh etbelon DotsI18 ¢huich bulding andland NP18 3DL Cost{optk>TraFJ Urw¢ntVa￿Q B4 Assets rntalned for thè harlty's own Pl0p￿- 8 P¢arTFèE CID8e NP18 3RL Fund towh at&¥ Arnwntdu• Details When O lknnal B6 LlabllltFes Slgned tsyone ortsvotrusteos 0 behaifof a11t￿trUSte8S Signature Print Namè Dale of roval A f*tr&Jrf •v*D Rt4&Eft fc&55 ¢12 SuJAhJ fdblni Is @tsbt R 4 112/zL%II 30 cc￿ R2 accr￿nts ISSI 2W12f2021