April 2020 – March 2021 Chairman’s Report for Burton Renewal Fellowship known as Riverside Church
Despite the pandemic this has been a busy year for Riverside Church and is reflected in the attached accounts. We continue to operate with a compliment of one full time and three part time staff members. Elders who are Trustees meet on a twice weekly basis and this year saw the retirement of Jacqui Botton as an elder and trustee and the appointment of Ruth Myers as both elder and trustee. This will be my last year as Chairman as I will hand over to Mark Ward from the new financial year.
The fellowship is now known as Riverside Church Burton and meets under the chairmanship of Mr Daryl Williams. The objectives of the charity are the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrines outlined in the Trust Deed, and the relief of those in conditions of hardship or distress, aged or sick. With these objectives in mind during the year Riverside Church Burton held uninterrupted regular services at Riverside Church for adults, young people and children as well as participating jointly with other Churches in town wide activities. The number of Church partners have remained static during the year at around 150 who have connected, in some format, with the worship and fellowship of the church. Like many churches in the UK we have moved our services online but have been able to open the church up for prayer on a number of Sunday’s. Home groups and prayer meetings continued throughout the year via Zoom.
In line with the recommendations of the charity commission we have reserves set aside in order to make sure that we can meet all our financial commitments for at least 6 months. An independent check has been carried out again this year by a Chartered Accountant. During the financial year. Riverside Church supported projects financially and in kind, where we considered help was needed. Such projects were both overseas in Burundi and locally in Burton on Trent.
In Burundi we continue to give financial support to help in the education and material needs of around 50 young people living in a children’s home.
On a local level we gave financial assistance to the local Youth For Christ centre and the local YMCA and this year saw us support a number of projects in Burton.
Lunch Club – While not being able to meet we have continued to contact individual members by card and small gifts to assure them they are still part of our wider community.
Jelly Tots - A free young mums group aimed at those young mums who need support, this group has grown to around 54 children and carers. We have kept in regular contact by delivering craft materials, cards and gifts to each member throughout the year..
Hope on the Streets – Normally once a month church members give out cakes, chocolate, fruit etc in the town centre and take in around 40-50 prayer requests. In line with Covid regulations we have not been able to provide this service during this year.
English Lessons – Normally foreign language students would come for free lessons, advice and support. We have continued to support group individuals via cards and gifts so that we are able to reopen next year.
Street Angels –Help for those in need between the hours of 10pm and 2am each Saturday night. Due to Covid this was shut down this year but plans for this cross church outreach to begin in the summer of 2021 are in hand.
Schools support – We continue to work with Holy Trinity School in Wetmore and providing assemblies, collective worship and mentoring for individual children. This is done via our partnership with the Light House Group in delivering an online mentoring scheme to a number of students who need additional support. In addition to this we work with two students at Abbot Beyne secondary school.
CAP – We have offered individual debt advice and referred people to the local debt centre.
Detached youth work targeting Winshill, Anglesey and Eton was completed as part of our youth outreach before the second lock down was enforced.
Burton College Chaplaincy - The church continues to take the lead in providing once a week pastoral care to students at the local
college. And this was maintained from April to July this year and will be restarting in May 2021.
Indoor skate park Following a request for help with local youth who were being targeted by drug sellers at the outside skate park we now operate a Wednesday evening and Saturday morning indoor skate park which attracts between 40-50 young people. This work carried on in a restricted numbers format until the 2[nd] lockdown and will reopen in May 2021. We have maintained regular contact with over 110 young people via gifts and cards each month throughout the lock down period.
After School Club Every Wednesday from 3.30 we run a craft and play based activity club for local young people and have around 30 children who attend. This work was shut down by the school due to Covid concerns this year.
The Church premises (Riverside Church) continued to be made available for regular use by other groups and local charities, many of who work with the vulnerable and disadvantaged in our community. Other Christian congregations and the local primary School were given free use of the Riverside Church.
Our warehouse has also been refurbished & would normally be used by the different groups that use our other buildings as well. It is our continued plan to improve the Church premises for the use of Christian ministry and for the benefit of groups involved in improving body, mind and spirit within our community, these include Harvey girls, YMCA, Narcotics anonymous and U3a who work with the retired community.
Daryl Williams Chair Trustee’s
Charity Name
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Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/04/2020 31/03/2021
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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MonthlyGiving |
86,643 | - | 86,643 | 89,232 | |||||
| Offerings | 2,023 | - | 2,023 | 5,842 | |||||
| Other Giving | 1,650 | 2,280 | - | 3,930 | 1,566 | ||||
| Grants | 376 | 22,382 | - | 22,758 | 16,904 | ||||
| Gift Aid Reclaim | 19,948 | - | 19,948 | 15,280 | |||||
| Donations/rent for use of buildings | 3,856 | - | 3,856 | 5,745 | |||||
| Bank Interest on Savings Accounts | 26 | - | 26 | 45 | |||||
| Church weekend away/youth/social events | 46 | - | 46 | 2,939 | |||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 114,568 | 24,662 | - | 139,230 | 137,553 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 137,553 | |||||||||
Gifts |
7,713 | 7,713 | 12,971 | ||||||
| Salaries/PAYE/Pension(includes Grant funded project salary costs) |
64,557 | 1,170 | 65,727 | 68,840 | |||||
| Admin & BuildingRunningCosts | 16,298 | 16,298 | 23,602 | ||||||
| Bank charges/Accountancyfees | 701 | 701 | 686 | ||||||
| Church Outreach | 3,779 | 2,280 | 6,059 | 12,922 | |||||
| Grant Funded Projects(excluding salary costs) |
4,279 | 4,279 | 3,167 | ||||||
| Special Projects | 2,167 | 2,167 | 6,449 | ||||||
| Adjustment for VAT | |||||||||
| **Sub total ** | 95,215 | 7,729 | - | 102,944 | 128,637 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | |||||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 128,637 | |||||||||
| 19,353 | 8,916 | ||||||||
| 99,075 | 110,159 | ||||||||
| 118,428 | 119,075 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) Categories B1 Cash funds |
1 Bank Current Account Savings Account - Reserves Savings Account - Buildings & Special ~~Projects~~ Details Total cash funds |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 12,807 69,864 35,757 118,428 |
Restricted funds to nearest £ 16,933 20,000 36,933 |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| 12,807 | 16,933 | - | ||
| 69,864 | - | |||
| 35,757 | 20,000 | - | ||
| 118,428 | 36,933 | 04/10/2021 - |
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Signature Details Details Riverside Church Building + land it occupies ~~purchased in 2003~~ Details (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) 12,500 - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name |
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
04/10/2021
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RIVERSIDE CHURCH – BURTON RENEWAL FELLOWSHIP
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
I report on the accounts of the charity for the period ended 31 March 2021.
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:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
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to follow procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
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to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner's report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the 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:
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(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the
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accounting requirements the Charities Act have not been met not been met; or
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(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Deborah Dean FCA CTA 30 Postern Road Tatenhill Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire DE13 9SJ