Minutes of Holderness Community Church AGM held in Aldbrough Youth Club on Sunday 7[th] April 2024 12.35 - 1.00
Present: Martin & Beryl Senior, Mike & Vivienne Hubbard, Chris Walker, Margaret Addicott, Peter & Diane Farren, Don & Sue Bennington, Phallraj & Jean Rambaran, Terry & Christine Smith, Roger Snowden, Mark Donnelly (16)
Apologies: Val Howat-Hindle & Michael Jones, Helen Donnelly
Mike opened in prayer
Minutes of the last meeting (Sunday 2[nd] July 2023) read by Sue Bennington
Matters arising from these minutes
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Jason & Stacey and family have ceased to meet with us because they found us ‘too political’ in our praying into the Israel-Gaza situation
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The Aldbrough Youth Club now has a bank account
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Mike summarized details from Wycliffe Translators Ian & Sarah Hodgson’s annual update. The Kachok alphabet is now complete. They are waiting for the Cambodian government to accept it. The grammar is being worked on. When this is complete then full-scale Bible translation into Kachok can begin. Ian does much of the work from home but returns to Cambodia when necessary. Sarah is homeschooling the youngest daughter and also teaches the children of other Wycliffe Bible translators online allowing these families to stay together there. Ian & Sarah have only 81% of the sponsorship that they require. This means they will have to spend more time visiting churches to get financial support. So they were delighted to receive our latest gift of £840 recently (Mike read their email thanks).
Financial report and list of donations
Roger asked about the loan repayment in the receipts. This was explained as someone in the fellowship having a loan and then repaying it. Roger also queried why there was no mention of SPUC in these accounts. Mike explained that this did not mean that we no longer supported them.
The money for Hornsea Christians Together was explained as our contribution towards a new stand-up banner that had been designed by a member of the group and manufactured commercially. Mike pointed out the benefits of the gift aid for those who pay tax (about £4,000 this financial year). The large amount of money paid to Jacob’s Well (which has replaced Rhema Counselling as one of our 3 main charities) was explained as being our responses to their appeals for Ukraine and Morocco. We still have two Compassion children but the funding for one
of them did not appear in this financial year’s figures. We contributed £1000 to the King’s Church evangelism bus, from which we are soon to benefit as it comes to Aldbrough in the near future (14[th] April onwards, for 7 weeks).
AOB: Mike read out a request from Michael Jones for help in financing the cost of printing his prayers. This will be considered by the trustees at their next meeting on 19th April. Closing prayer: Mike thanked the Lord for Shirley Carter’s continuing work on the books and for the blessing of being able once again to give away so much of our income.
HOLDERNESS COMMUNITY CHURCH 1[ST] November 2022 - 31[st] October 2023
| Income | Expenditure | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gif Aid collectons | 13,380.00 | Donatons 21,307.00 | |
| Collectons | 8,837.93 | Rent | 2,285.00 |
| HMRC G.A. Refunds: | Speakers | 270.00 | |
| 6.4.22 - 31.10.22 | 2,290.62 | ||
| 1.11.22 - 5.4.23 | 1,725.90 | Computer Zoom | 99.63 |
| Loan repayments | 300.00 | Insurance & licences: | |
| CCLI | 535.00 | ||
| Child protecton | 72.50 | ||
| Sproatley Council: | |||
| Book Donaton | 19.00 | Member gif/loan | 1,700.00 |
| Bank interest | 10.60 | Books for children/ | 230.95 |
| schools | |||
| _ | |||
| 26,564.05 | Cups & Refreshments 205.01 | ||
| Hornsea Christans | 42.96 | ||
| Together | |||
| Excess expenditure | 219.30 | Birthday fowers | 35.00 |
| __ | __ | ||
| 26,783.35 | 26,783.35 | ||
| __ | ____ |
Bank balance at 31.10.23 includes all money received and cheques paid is £3,083.17
TO: THE CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES HOLDERNESS COMMUNITY CHURCH
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST OCTOBER 2023
CHARITY NUMBER 514409
Set out on pages 55 – 68 of the Accounts Book
This report is for the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31[st] October 2023.
I have completed my examination and report that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of The Charities Act 2011.
I do not have any concerns in connection with the examination which attention should be drawn to.
Signed: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date: 1[st] July 2024
Name: Mrs Shirley Carter
Address: 15 East Park, Leven, Nr. Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17 5NQ.