2022-04-05-accounts

LODGE FARM CHURCH

Trustees Annual Report & Annual Accounts for Year ending 5 April 2022

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

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REPORT – CONTENTS FOR YEAR ENDING APRIL 2022

Reference and administrative information

Activities

Financial Review

Report of the Accounts Examiner

Annual Accounts spreadsheet - CC16a

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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
	John Schneider
	Neil Broder	Chair
	Susan Broder
	Tracey Miles	Treasurer
	Jennifer Persse

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

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REPORT OF ACTIVITIES 2021-2022

Owing to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, the church building remained closed for worship and all activities from 6 April 2021 until the end of October 2021 when we reopened our building for Sunday morning services. To ensure the safety of those returning to “in person” worship, each week we followed the Welsh Assembly guidance and laws relating to meetings in church buildings.

Owing to an understandable reluctance by some to meet in public and to our worship being restricted through rules such as singing only when wearing a mask, we also continued to relay our Sunday morning meetings via Zoom with messages from our Pastor also being made available via social media such as Facebook and YouTube.

During the summer months we met during Sunday lunchtimes for picnics on the lawn at the back of the church. This enabled us to spend time together catching up on church family news and for some of our older members with no access to Zoom to meet for a chat.

In addition to our Sunday morning services we met throughout the year as a church on Zoom at 7:30pm for a time of corporate prayer, enabling us to keep up to date and focus our prayers on the needs of our church family, our community and the missionaries we support.

During the year at Easter and Christmas extra Zoom meetings were held: a Messy Easter, a Messy Christmas, 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

Our Connect Groups continued to meet (using Zoom) on a Tuesday morning and a Wednesday Evening during school term times 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 remained active in meeting the needs of those who were unable to leave their homes, those who were grieving the loss of a loved one and those who were ill. Examples of how they helped included food shopping, cooking meals, telephone contact etc.

WEEKLY NEWS

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

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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 local churches in the area, and deliveries to Eastern Europe are organised by Blythswood Care.

Once again, this year because of the Covid Pandemic shoeboxes were delivered to and collected from the home of one of our members. Despite the Covid restrictions an amazing 190 shoe boxes were filled and donations totalling £110 received to help with transport costs.

CAERLEON & PONTHIR CHURCHES WORKING TOGETHER

We continued to work with other churches in the area and during the year came together on Zoom for a time of prayer and in one of the larger local churches for a combined Pentecost Service and a Quiz Night.

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

IN SUMMARY

Throughout the year 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

We pray that as we start a new financial year that with the easing of all covid restrictions we will be able to return to holding regular meetings and activities in our church building

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

BUILDINGS

The insured value of the church building in December 2021 was £1,900,872. The insurance premium for the church building and contents and public liability cover was £2,548.24.

The church owns a bungalow on Home Farm Estate in Caerleon, which is let to long-term tenants. Owing to the increased maintenance costs for this property, continued ownership is to be reviewed.

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 15 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 5 April 2022 are attached to this report.

THANKS

A sincere thank you to everyone who has contributed to helping to provide the necessary income to meet our ongoing commitments.

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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.

Finally, if you have any questions at all about the finances of the church, please talk to a member of the Finance Team.

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LODGE FARM CHURCH

ANNUAL ACCOUNTS

Financial Year begins 6[th] April 2021 Financial Year Ends 5[th] April 2022

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

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CFIARITY COMM15510 FOR ENGLAND AND WALE LODGE FARM CHURCH.eAERLEON Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe pgriod from To OSAM￿2 Section A Receipts and payments UnrestriGted fund$ kntheneartst Restricted nds Endowment funds Total funds Lasi yeai lo￿A8ar¢SlE tothera￿t£ totho neare61E tothenaMt£ A1 Rocel Donalon9 DonÉuon9-GrftAd ￿dGI￿D5 G￿nts 417 818 7.580 324 21,M6 30,056 HMRC eofh81 3,943 3,860 3.860 12 7.409 lthr96tfiom d￿p0￿ acwunt Sub tolal(Gmss inix)me for AR) ae 5335 49,275 M,134 A2 A¥gt and Investrnent sales. 100 tibl•l. Sub lotal 49175 A3 PaymÈNts 1,113 W£ges, PAYE. N EfftKW,emklryy8e pe￿On wymenl Gr8ThtsiorUKand ovgr498S In￿￿c90f chuiich buildiDg. mini￿& Mairt8n¥n¢eof chuich propety tng. h￿ng, water4up ymentssdag2Anslreniaincomè 30.746 1.195 5.78B 2.9)) 30,246 30214 4,672 10,460 2.920 10,85• 3.128 2.619 Sub totol A4 As¥¢t and In¥06tment pur¢ha585,1580 tsblol Sub total 747 Netofrecwptslfpaymentsj AS Transfern funds A6 C4¥h lund8 last y8arend Cash funds this ￿r*rt￿ 563 io

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