## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01JAN2023 Period start date To 31DEC2023 Period end date** **Charity name: St. John’s Church Ashbourne** ## **Charity registration number: 515193** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Advancement of the Christian faith,**
**particularly by the provision and**
**maintenance of St. John’s church**
**Ashbourne for public worship and other**
**charitable and community activity.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Church services as part of the Church of**
**England. Provision of facilities for**
**charitable and community activities.**
**Ashbourne Baptist church and**
**Ashbourne Christian Fellowship also**
**use the facilities for regular worship and**
**the ACE youth charity is based here.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The trust is run entirely by volunteers.**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**In addition to the regular services the**
**church has provided a venue and**
**facilities for other local Christian**
**groups, charities and community**
**activities. We provide a vulnerable**
**individual with secure, affordable**
**accommodation as well as being a**
**resource to local community groups**
**that offer activities that mitigate social**
**isolation and mentor young people.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity is able to meet its**
**commitments and has no significant**
**creditors or debtors.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserve fund is approximately two**
**months’ running costs, in line with**
**Church of England guidance.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£4,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The C of E congregation is very small**
**but the majority of the charity’s income**
**comes from rental of buildings and this**
**income seems stable.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Rental of church, church hall, adjoining**
**house and office space.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Increasing energy costs, potential**
**competition from other venues for local**
**groups to meet.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Trust**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are appointed by the existing**
**trustees and serve for 5 years, after**
**which they may be re-appointed.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity works with Ashbourne**
**Churches Together and is a Peculiar**
**Church under the Church of England.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|St. John’s Church Charity| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|St. John’s Church Ashbourne| |Registered charity number|515193| |Charity’s principal address|St. John’s Church
Buxton Road
Ashbourne
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Nicholas Bishop|Chair||Trustees| ||Glenn Hughes|Treasurer||Trustees| ||Keith Lomas|||Trustees| ||Monica Cope|||Trustees| ||Andrew Cox|||Trustees| ||BeverleyOakley|||Trustees| ||Glynn Bevan|||Trustees| ||Julie Hughes|||Trustees| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name None** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**None**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||| ||||| |**Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**n/a**|||| ||**n/a**||| ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** St. John’s Church Ashbourne Financial Report 2023 ## **St. John’s Church Ashbourne Financial Report for the twelve months ending 31[st] December 2023** ## **Summary** The Trust has seen a further increase in rental income compared to last year, particularly for hall bookings, which now account for half of our annual income. We have spent more on electricity and gas, perhaps reflecting the additional hall bookings, and significantly more on heating oil. We still have a 3-year fixed-rate agreement for gas and electricity, ending in August 2024, but prices have started to reduce so there may be less of an impact when the fixed-rate term ends. Despite increased spending on upkeep of buildings we have been able to cover all necessary expenditure, including regular payment into our major maintenance fund, and finished the year with no outstanding creditors or debtors. Our contribution to the Church of England Common Fund was reduced to £1,000 this year. The General Fund shows a small year-end deficit of £91 but this includes a payment of £1,154 for repairs to the church boiler after flooding in the basement. It is expected that this amount will be reclaimed from our insurers, along with the costs of other repairs after water damage, during 2024. The fund value is still healthy at just under £18,000, even though we have spent just over £3,000 on elective projects during the year. Some changes have been made to accounts – Our NSI savings bond has been closed, with the balance being paid into the Trust’s current account. Most of the funds in our current account will be moved to the CBF deposit account, where they will earn more interest. Glynn Bevan was added to the signatories for the current account. Glenn Hughes Treasurer, St. John’s Church Charity January 2024 St. John’s Church Ashbourne Financial Report 2023 ## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31DEC 2023** |**Assets**|**2023**
**£**
43,430.87
245.73
0.00
1,541.56
28,969.74
74,187.90
4,000.00
30,511.30
21,116.40
641.41
17,918.79
74,187.90|**2022**
**£**| |---|---|---| |Bank current account (co-op)
CBF Deposit account (CCLA)
NSI Income Bond
CCLA COIF charities Investment Fund
BLK charities UK Bond fund
**Funds**||24,947.77
238.09
14,000.00
1,411.83
28,499.09| |||69,096.78
4,000.00
29,910.92
16,316.40
860.00
18,009.46| |Reserve fund
Investment fund
Major maintenance fund
Warm Spaces Fund
General fund||| |||69,096.78| ## **Property** **St. John's church, Ashbourne and St. John's church hall (inc. cottage)** Building and contents insured by the trustees for up to £13.3m St. John’s Church Ashbourne Financial Report 2023 |**Bank account reconciliation**
**2023**
**Opening balances**
67238886
Co-op charity
account
AA664000
NSI income bond
612193001D CBF deposit account
**Transactions**
2022 payments after year end
100006
175
general fund payments
general fund receipts
investment fund receipts
investment fund payments
maintenance fund receipts
maintenance fund payments
warm spaces fund receipts
warm spaces fund payments
**closing balance**
**Year end balance from statements**
67238886
Co-op charity
account
AA664000
NSI income bond
612193001D CBF deposit account|**(figures in £)**
25,014.46
14,000.00
238.09
-30.00
-14.99
-21.70
-30,642.63
30,551.96
1,214.08
-1,214.08
4,800.00
0.00
0.00
-218.59| |---|---| ||43,676.60| ||43,430.87
0.00
245.73| ||43,676.60| St. John’s Church Ashbourne Financial Report 2023 ## **Details of individual funds** |**1. General Fund (unrestricted)**
**Receipts**|**1. General Fund (unrestricted)**
**Receipts**|**2023**
**£**
0
620
1,350
84
3,825
15,276
2,805
4,939
439
1,214
30,552
1,000
0
105
3,322
816
652
1,173
3,718
4,287
728
925
50
3,600
167
4,800
0
50
802
3,292
1,154
30,643
-91|**2022**
**£**| |---|---|---|---| ||||40
843
625
472
4,574
11,197
2,580
4,989
114
1,214| ||pledged
collection
donation
fees
church rent
hall rent
office rent
house rent
interest
transfer from other funds
TOTAL RECEIPTS
**Payments**||| ||||26,648| ||||2,000
121
166
3,041
895
474
859
1,953
2,098
370
0
585
2,653
91
2,000
0
30
2,298
6,533
0| ||diocese
gifts / charity
services
insurance
church electricity
hall electricity
hall gas
church oil
church upkeep
hall upkeep
house upkeep
grounds upkeep
cleaning
water
major maintenance fund
organist
verger
admin
projects
other
TOTAL PAYMENTS
EXCESS / (DEFICIT)||| ||||26,165| ||||483| St. John’s Church Ashbourne Financial Report 2023 ## **General fund sources of income** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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transfer from other funds donation
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interest
church rent
house rent
office rent
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diocese
other
services
projects
insurance
church
admin electricity
verger
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electri…
hall gas
major
maintenance
fund
church oil
water
church upkeep
cleaning
hall upkeep
grounds
upkeep house upkeep
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## **General fund expenditure** St. John’s Church Ashbourne Financial Report 2023 |**2. Investment Fund (unrestricted)**
**Receipts**|**2. Investment Fund (unrestricted)**
**Receipts**|**2023**
**£**
42
1,172
130
471
1,814
1,214
1,214
600|**2022**
**£**| |---|---|---|---| ||||42
1,172
111
-186
-7,376| ||income derived from COIF
income derived from BLK
income derived from NSI
unrealised gain / loss COIF investment
unrealised gain / loss BLK investment
TOTAL RECEIPTS
**Payments**||| ||||-6,237| ||||15,324| ||transfer to other funds
TOTAL PAYMENTS
EXCESS / (DEFICIT)||| ||||15,324| ||||-21,562| |**3. Major Maintenance Fund (unrestricted)**
**Receipts**|**3. Major Maintenance Fund (unrestricted)**
**Receipts**|**2023**
**£**
4,800
0
0
0
4,800
0
4,800|**2022**
**£**| |---|---|---|---| ||||16,000
0
0
316| ||transfer from other funds
donation
interest
other
TOTAL RECEIPTS
**Payments**||| ||||16,316| ||||| ||TOTAL PAYMENTS
EXCESS / (DEFICIT)||| ||||0| ||||16,316| St. John’s Church Ashbourne Financial Report 2023 |**4. Warm Spaces Fund (restricted)**
**Receipts**|**4. Warm Spaces Fund (restricted)**
**Receipts**|**2023**
**£**
0
0
0
0
219
219
-219|**2022**
**£**| |---|---|---|---| ||||860
0| ||donation
other
TOTAL RECEIPTS
**Payments**||| ||||860| ||||| ||heating
other
TOTAL PAYMENTS
EXCESS / (DEFICIT)||| ||||0| ||||860| ST. JOHN'S CHURCH CHARITY INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2023 CHARITY NAME-ST. JOHN'S CHURCH CHARITY CHARITY NUMBER- 515193 Independent Examlnerfs report to the trustees of St. John's Church Charlty Trust We report to the trustees on our examination of the accounts of the St. John's Church Charity Trust (the Trust) for the year ended 31 December 2023. Responslbllltles and basls of report As the charlty trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparatlon of the accounts in accordance with the requlrements of the Charitles Act 2011 ('the Act'}. We report in respect of our examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under settion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out our examination we have followed all the applicable Directions given bv the Charity Commission under settion 145151{bl of the Act. Independent examlnerfs statement We have completed our examination. We confirm that no material matters have come to our attention in connection with the examination giving us cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept In respett of the Trust as requlred by sectlon 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord wlth those records. We have no concerns and have come across no other matters In connectlon with the examlnatlon to which attention should be drawn In thls report In order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached Signed: i/J /iJ Name.. C