## **Annual Report for Trinity Bookshop Trust year ending December 2023**
The **b** ookshop and upper rooms at Cornerstone have continued as a Christian witness to all in the Matlock area and our many visitors. Although longer term plans have been on hold, there have been many encouraging events.
Judy Crook and Mandy Thomas with our team of volunteers continue to work well together and there has been a good response from those unable to cope with shop systems to carrying out more routine tasks happily. Lunch time cover is still needed. Some more regular helpers have been able to return after delayed surgery or health issues. We pray for wisdom in sharing responsibilities.
Sales have been good with visitors still lamenting the lack of Christian bookshops and supplies in their areas. We continue to stock what is needed and order where possible. Bookstalls have been provided in the region and well supported by local churches.
Our continued search for a new Treasurer has yet to be fruitful and David Green continues to stand in the gap. We are looking for others to join our trustees. A review of Governance is to be a regular item on the agenda for the trustees to update our policies and procedures.
We have continued to make our Upper Room available to local organisations and the regular meetings of Church on the Bus. This year we have supported Matlock Area Schools Trust. Jigsaw Food Bank and ministries to Ukraine and Romania led with bookshop contacts supplying Christian literature and relief supplies. Also God's Mercy Ships have been supported. These gifts have been gratefully received.
It is necessary to keep our Mission and Ministry in the public eye especially when so many alternatives are being offered by our neighbours and other organisers in the area. This year we have had a smaller meeting as a number of new helpers and others interested in our work have wanted to hear the history and vision for how our charity began and has continued. I was asked to be the speaker.
However we are hoping to have a further public meeting later this year to share again the reports alongside a well known Christian speaker to attract a wider appeal.
Our desire continues to share our resources and the love, protection, and healing we have received with others who are seeking. God's promises have been faithful and we thank all who have continued to support us in this work.
'The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.' I John 4 v4.
Bernice Smith Chair Trinity Bookshop Trust
## **TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
**Working name: Cornerstone Bookshop**
## **Registered Charity number 510203**
## **STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS**
**YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS 2023**
## **Trustees**
Miss J. M. Crook Mr D. A. Green Mrs B. Smith Mr A. Kawalak
## **Charity Correspondent**
Mr. D. A. Green
## **Independent Examiner**
Tracy Lewis
## **Registered address of charity**
2 Dale Road Matlock Derbyshire DE4 3LT
## **Bankers**
CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ
## **Registered Charity Number**
510203
## **Regulation**
Constitution adopted 21st April 1980
## **TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
## **INCOME & EXPENDITURE**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023**
|||**2023**||**2022**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Total**||**Total**||
|||**Funds**||**Funds**||
|||**£**||**£**||
|**Resources arising**||||||
|Sales||56,690||52,977||
|Bank interest||1,913||805||
|Upper room hire and rental||350||1,200||
|Grant from DDDC for Covid-19||-||-||
|**Gross resources arising in the year**|||**58,953**||**54,982**|
|**Resources used**||||||
|**Direct Charitable Expenditure**||||||
|Purchases for resale||35,486||38,719||
|Advertising||160||-||
|Bank charges||977||891||
|Book sellers and conference||150||150||
|Cleaning||1,000||920||
|Computer||227||24||
|Copyright||169||30||
|Electricity||3,703||6,381||
|Gifts|3|764||2,320||
|Internet||193||112||
|Insurance||706||688||
|Lease||0||2,236||
|Maintenance||364||509||
|Miscellaneous||185||115||
|Party||551||0||
|Postage and stationery||323||17||
|Rates||122||230||
|Rent||7,800||7,800||
|Telephone||342||1,321||
|Travel||||||
|Water||184||73||
|Window cleaning||231||159||
|||**53,637**||**62,696**||
|**Governance Costs**||-||-||
|**Resources used in year**|||**53,637**||**62,696**|
|**NET MOVEMENT IN RESOURCES IN YEAR**|||**5,316**||**-7,714**|
**TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
## **RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**Balance brought forward**
**1st January 2023**
Net movement of resources
in year
**Balance carried forward**
**31st December 2023**
**Represented by**
Stock
2
Debtors
Cash at bank - Current Account
Cash at bank - Deposit Account
Current liabilities
Long term liabilities
**Total net assets**
**31st December 2023**||**2023**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
**121,232**
4,500
**125,732**
20,475
-
14,154
91,103
-
-
**125,732**||**2022**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
**128,946**
7,714
-
**121,232**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||22,358
-
25,719
74,220
(1,065)
-|
|||||**121,232**|
## **TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**Current Assets**
Stock
Debtors
Cash at Bank: Deposit Account
Cash at Bank: Current Account
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
**Net Current Assets**
Creditors: amounts falling
due after one year
**NET ASSETS**
**Funds**
Unrestricted Funds as at 1 January 2023
Net Movement of Resources in Year
**UNRESTRICTED FUNDS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023**|**NOTE**
2|**2023**
20,475
-
91,103
10,751.97
80,350.73
14,154
125,732
-
**125,732**
-
**125,732**
121,232
4,500
**125,732**|**2022**
£
22,358
-
74,220
10,553.86
63,665.82
25,719
122,297
(1,065)
**121,232**
-
**121,232**
128,946
7,714
-
**121,232**|
|---|---|---|---|
These financial statements were approved on ……............................................
………………………………………..
## **Trustee**
**TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **1 Accounting Policies**
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the recommendations of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice.
## **2 Stock**
Stock is valued at 60% of the normal selling price. This equates to the average mark-up level of stock.
## **3 Gifts made in the year**
|The following gifts were made:
UCB
CWR
Frank Slawson
COLTS
Darley Dale Primary
Keith Wilson
Hope for Life
Total|£
75
115
30
144
150
50
200|
|---|---|
||764|
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
I report on the accounts of Trinity Bookshop (registered charity number 510203) for the year ended 31 December 2023 which are set out on pages 2 to 5.
## **Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b)) of the Charities Act; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair" view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent Examiner's Statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect, the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
- - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
………………………………………………….
## **TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
## **DETAILED ANALYSIS OF PURCHASES FIGURE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023**
|||**2023**|||**2022**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Total**|||**Total**||
|||**Funds**|||**Funds**||
|||**£**|||**£**||
|**Resources arising**|||||||
|Sales||56,690|||52,977||
|Bank interest||1,913|||805||
|Upper room hire and rental||350|||1,200||
|Grant from DDDC for Covid-19||-|||-||
|**Gross resources arising in the year**|||**58,953**|||**54,982**|
|**Resources used**|||||||
|**Direct Charitable Expenditure**|||||||
|Purchases for resale||35,486|||30,106||
|Less: Opening creditors||(1,065)|||(1,061)||
|Add: Closing creditors||0|||1,065||
|Add: Opening stock||22,358|||30,967||
|Less: Closing stock||(20,476)|||(22,358)||
|Add: Opening debtors||-|||-||
|Less Closing debtors||-|||-||
||||**36,303**|||**38,719**|
|Advertising||160||-|||
|Bank charges||977|||891||
|Book sellers and conference||150|||150||
|Cleaning||1,000|||920||
|Computer||227|||24||
|Copyright||169|||30||
|Electricity||3,702|||6,381||
|Gifts|3|764|||2,320||
|Internet||193|||112||
|Insurance||706|||688||
|Lease||0|||2,236||
|Maintenance||364|||509||
|Miscellaneous||185|||115||
|Postage and stationery||323|||17||
|Rates||122|||230||
|Rent||7,800|||7,800||
|Telephone||342|||1,321||
|Party||551|||||
|Water||184|||73||
|Window cleaning||231|||159||
|||**18,150**|||**23,977**||
|**Governance Costs**||-|||-||
|**Resources used in year**|||**54,453**|||**62,696**|
|**NET MOVEMENT IN RESOURCES IN YEAR**|||**4,500**|||**(7,714)**|
## **TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
**Working name: Cornerstone Bookshop**
## **Registered Charity number 510203**
## **STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS**
**YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS 2023**
## **Trustees**
Miss J. M. Crook Mr D. A. Green Mrs B. Smith Mr A. Kawalak
## **Charity Correspondent**
Mr. D. A. Green
## **Independent Examiner**
Tracy Lewis
## **Registered address of charity**
2 Dale Road Matlock Derbyshire DE4 3LT
## **Bankers**
CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ
## **Registered Charity Number**
510203
## **Regulation**
Constitution adopted 21st April 1980
## **TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
## **INCOME & EXPENDITURE**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023**
|||**2023**||**2022**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Total**||**Total**||
|||**Funds**||**Funds**||
|||**£**||**£**||
|**Resources arising**||||||
|Sales||56,690||52,977||
|Bank interest||1,913||805||
|Upper room hire and rental||350||1,200||
|Grant from DDDC for Covid-19||-||-||
|**Gross resources arising in the year**|||**58,953**||**54,982**|
|**Resources used**||||||
|**Direct Charitable Expenditure**||||||
|Purchases for resale||35,486||38,719||
|Advertising||160||-||
|Bank charges||977||891||
|Book sellers and conference||150||150||
|Cleaning||1,000||920||
|Computer||227||24||
|Copyright||169||30||
|Electricity||3,703||6,381||
|Gifts|3|764||2,320||
|Internet||193||112||
|Insurance||706||688||
|Lease||0||2,236||
|Maintenance||364||509||
|Miscellaneous||185||115||
|Party||551||0||
|Postage and stationery||323||17||
|Rates||122||230||
|Rent||7,800||7,800||
|Telephone||342||1,321||
|Travel||||||
|Water||184||73||
|Window cleaning||231||159||
|||**53,637**||**62,696**||
|**Governance Costs**||-||-||
|**Resources used in year**|||**53,637**||**62,696**|
|**NET MOVEMENT IN RESOURCES IN YEAR**|||**5,316**||**-7,714**|
**TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
## **RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**Balance brought forward**
**1st January 2023**
Net movement of resources
in year
**Balance carried forward**
**31st December 2023**
**Represented by**
Stock
2
Debtors
Cash at bank - Current Account
Cash at bank - Deposit Account
Current liabilities
Long term liabilities
**Total net assets**
**31st December 2023**||**2023**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
**121,232**
4,500
**125,732**
20,475
-
14,154
91,103
-
-
**125,732**||**2022**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
**128,946**
7,714
-
**121,232**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||22,358
-
25,719
74,220
(1,065)
-|
|||||**121,232**|
## **TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**Current Assets**
Stock
Debtors
Cash at Bank: Deposit Account
Cash at Bank: Current Account
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
**Net Current Assets**
Creditors: amounts falling
due after one year
**NET ASSETS**
**Funds**
Unrestricted Funds as at 1 January 2023
Net Movement of Resources in Year
**UNRESTRICTED FUNDS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023**|**NOTE**
2|**2023**
20,475
-
91,103
10,751.97
80,350.73
14,154
125,732
-
**125,732**
-
**125,732**
121,232
4,500
**125,732**|**2022**
£
22,358
-
74,220
10,553.86
63,665.82
25,719
122,297
(1,065)
**121,232**
-
**121,232**
128,946
7,714
-
**121,232**|
|---|---|---|---|
These financial statements were approved on ……............................................
………………………………………..
## **Trustee**
**TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **1 Accounting Policies**
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the recommendations of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice.
## **2 Stock**
Stock is valued at 60% of the normal selling price. This equates to the average mark-up level of stock.
## **3 Gifts made in the year**
|The following gifts were made:
UCB
CWR
Frank Slawson
COLTS
Darley Dale Primary
Keith Wilson
Hope for Life
Total|£
75
115
30
144
150
50
200|
|---|---|
||764|
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
I report on the accounts of Trinity Bookshop (registered charity number 510203) for the year ended 31 December 2023 which are set out on pages 2 to 5.
## **Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b)) of the Charities Act; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair" view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent Examiner's Statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect, the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
- - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
………………………………………………….
## **TRINITY BOOKSHOP**
## **DETAILED ANALYSIS OF PURCHASES FIGURE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023**
|||**2023**|||**2022**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Total**|||**Total**||
|||**Funds**|||**Funds**||
|||**£**|||**£**||
|**Resources arising**|||||||
|Sales||56,690|||52,977||
|Bank interest||1,913|||805||
|Upper room hire and rental||350|||1,200||
|Grant from DDDC for Covid-19||-|||-||
|**Gross resources arising in the year**|||**58,953**|||**54,982**|
|**Resources used**|||||||
|**Direct Charitable Expenditure**|||||||
|Purchases for resale||35,486|||30,106||
|Less: Opening creditors||(1,065)|||(1,061)||
|Add: Closing creditors||0|||1,065||
|Add: Opening stock||22,358|||30,967||
|Less: Closing stock||(20,476)|||(22,358)||
|Add: Opening debtors||-|||-||
|Less Closing debtors||-|||-||
||||**36,303**|||**38,719**|
|Advertising||160||-|||
|Bank charges||977|||891||
|Book sellers and conference||150|||150||
|Cleaning||1,000|||920||
|Computer||227|||24||
|Copyright||169|||30||
|Electricity||3,702|||6,381||
|Gifts|3|764|||2,320||
|Internet||193|||112||
|Insurance||706|||688||
|Lease||0|||2,236||
|Maintenance||364|||509||
|Miscellaneous||185|||115||
|Postage and stationery||323|||17||
|Rates||122|||230||
|Rent||7,800|||7,800||
|Telephone||342|||1,321||
|Party||551|||||
|Water||184|||73||
|Window cleaning||231|||159||
|||**18,150**|||**23,977**||
|**Governance Costs**||-|||-||
|**Resources used in year**|||**54,453**|||**62,696**|
|**NET MOVEMENT IN RESOURCES IN YEAR**|||**4,500**|||**(7,714)**|