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2024-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 APRIL 2023 To 31 March 2024

Section A Reference and administration details

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|||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Charity name|Fellowship for Christian Services| |Other names charity is known by|Kirkby Christian Fellowship (KCF)| |Registered charity number (if any)|509762| |Charity's principal address|69 Kennelwood Avenue| |Kirkby| |Liverpool| |Postcode|L336UE| |——| |Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity| |Dates acted if not for whole|Name of person (or body) entitled| |Trustee name|Office (if any)| |year|to|appoint|trustee|(if any)| |1|Grahame Watts|Chair|The trustees themselves| |2|Mary Watts|“| |3|Andy Smith|Treasurer|“| |4|Mike Smith|“| |5|Paul Mavers|“| |6|Rachel Mavers|“| |7|Simon Rodway|“|

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10 Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) ~~———~~ Name Dates acted if not for whole year Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) ~~Ss~~ TAR 1 March 2012

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Trust Deed

How the charity is constituted

Trust

Trustee selection methods

Nomination and majority vote of existing trustees

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the To promote the spreading of the gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ in charity set out in its accordance with the teaching of the gospel of Matthew Chapter 28 governing document

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the Promoting the Gospel. public benefit in relation to Offering support to existing churches through finance and ministry. these objects (include within Making of material and financial gifts to those in need to display the love this section the statutory of God in a tangible way. declaration that trustees have Promotion of activities that demonstrate the love of God in practical ways. had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

The Fellowship for Christian Services (KCF) activities have continued, as always, to operate through time freely given by the large body of church partners. There are no paid employees.

In respect of grant making and indeed for all expenditure, requests are prayerfully considered by the trustees.

Other partners in the church contribute extensively to the day-to-day activities of KCF through specific focus ministry groups but this remains within a strong framework of accountability to the trustees. All monies remain immediately available to KCF. This is a deliberate policy to ensure that maximum resources are always available.

Other

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Donations

Donations of £37695 are down from £38968.20 last year.

Gift Aid

We were able to reclaim £8784 from HMRC for donations made under the Gift Aid scheme.

Fundraising

A clothing sale, Sponsored swim across the Mersey and cake sales raised £1991 towards this year’s “Heaven Sent Live Nativity” event.

Heaven Sent

Heaven sent is our largest outreach of the year and has become an annual event where we turn the church car park into Bethlehem with authentic buildings and live animals. The event takes place over 3 days. The first day is reserved for local schools with approximately 400 school children attending. Residents of local nursing homes are also brought along to day one. The remaining days are open to the public. To keep this event free to the public, we usually raise funds through clothing sales during the year.

Gifts

A total of £5305 was distributed as gifts this year this is up from £3308 last year. This includes donations towards the Iraneous project and Macmillan cancer support. In addition, we were able to support local families with new school uniforms.

Building Costs

Building costs continue to be one of our major expenses. We spent £24840 in this area which includes a cost of £6000 for repairs and replacements after the building was broken into in January.

Outreach Work

A total of £12388 was used in this area over the past year.

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SHARe Knowsley

The charity has continued to support SHARe Knowsley by allowing them to host a weekly session at our building. SHARe provide a clothing bank, supplementary food items and refreshments.

The sessions have become very popular with asylum seekers with over 70 attending the drop-in sessions each week. Further information about this charity can be found at https://shareknowsley.org.uk/

KCF seeks to promote its activities without charge to the local community by the freewill giving of its members.

The church has a number of different outreach activities including…

Kairos Kids

A weekly meeting for children of all ages for bible teaching and worship.

Girls Night Inn

An outreach for girls with games, interactive bible messages and crazy challenges.

Sunday Night

An open worship meeting with bible teaching and is open to all.

House Groups

Weekly meetings in smaller groups at people’s homes. A time to be a part of what God is doing in our community.

Friends and Fellowship

A monthly meeting designed specifically to cater for older people and attracts residents and staff from local nursing homes and those in residential accommodation.

Taxi Wash

A monthly free service to local taxi drivers where each taxi is given a quality hand wash whilst the drivers enjoy sausage, egg and bacon butties and tea or coffee. The service provides an opportunity in a relaxed atmosphere for taxi drivers to experience the love of God for them.

Heaven Sent

As discussed earlier, Heaven Sent Live Nativity is our largest outreach of the year where we turn our car park into Bethlehem with authentic buildings and live animals.

The event normally runs over 3 days with the first day reserved for local primary schools and the residents of local nursing homes.

Summary

This year income was £830 more than expenditure meaning that we go into next year in a strong financial position.

Section E Financial review

The trustees monitor the financial activities of the fellowship monthly to Brief statement of the ensure that all monies are spent appropriately and that there are charity’s policy on reserves sufficient funds to meet our commitments.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

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Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Our principal sources of income continue to be donations enhanced by tax refunded on covenanted giving. We also conduct fundraising for specific activities, which has been supported by the public and local companies.

Our key aims remain the same i.e., to promote the Gospel in understandable and tangible ways to church partners, visitors, and our local community. Our expenditure will be focussed on achieving these aims.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) A J Smith

Full name(s) Andrew J Smith

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc)

Date 27/12/2024

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Section A Receipts and payments
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DONATIONS
37,345		 350 - - - 37,695 38,968
TAX REPAYMENT FOR DONATIONS
UNDER GIFT AID
8,784		 - - - - 8,784 9,719
BANK INTEREST
358		 - - - - 358 112
FUNDRAISING 1,991 - - - 1,991 3,822
USE OF MINIBUS
90		 - - - - 90 166
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Sub total(Gross income for
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46,576		 2,341 - - - 48,918 52,788
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A3 Payments
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GIFTS
5,105		 200 - - - 5,305 3,308
OUTREACH WORK
10,247.04		 2,141 - - - 12,388 13,629
BUILDING COSTS
24,840		 - - - - 24,840 26,227
STATIONARY POST & PACKING
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MINIBUS RUNNING COSTS
2,450		 - - - - 2,450 1,927
PROFESSIONAL FEES
400		 - - - - 400 400
LICENCES & DBS
1,467		 - - - - 1,467 1,033
Music/Sound Equipment
1,588		 - - - - 1,588 -
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Sub total 46,096 2,341 - - - 48,437 46,543
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Net of receipts/(payments)
480
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6,245
A5 Transfers between funds
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A6 Cash funds last year end
63,169
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Cash funds this year end
63,649.07
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

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Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
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27/12/24

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the truste members of Fell￿￿hIP For Christian Services On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 Chaiity no (if any) 509762 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (W)e Trusf) for the year ended 3110312024. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you a￿ responsible for the preparation basis of report of the ac￿Unts in accordan￿ with the requi￿rnents of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission urKler section 145(5)(b) of the ACL I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ") in o)nnection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do rK>t accord with the ac(x)unting records I have no concems and have come ￿rosS no other matters in connection with the examinatK>n to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the wonys in the bTrckets rf they do not apply. Independent examinerfs statement Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(5) or body (if any): CIMpr Address: IFR October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity &counts: directions and guidance for ex￿InerS). , Give here brief details of | any items that the ', examiner wishes to , disclose. IÈR October 2018