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|CONTENTS|||~Pa e|
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|Charity information||||
|Report ofTrustees|||3-5|
|Independent
Examiner's||Report||
|Statement offinancial|activities|||
|Balance sheet||||
|Funds statement||||
|Accounting
policies|||10-11|
|Notes to the financial|statements||12-17|
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|Governing|Instrument|Declaration
ofTrust|Declaration
ofTrust||( Amended)||
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|||29th July 1976|||(28th November|1986)|
|Trustees||Richard
Nutt|||Chair||
|||Gerald Sidery|||Treasurer||
|||Dave Hopper|||Secretary||
|||David Davies|||||
|||Rachel Gray|||Resigned 24th April 2023||
|||Joanna Nutt|||Resigned 24th April 2023||
|Elders &Leaders||Gerald Sidery|||||
|||Lin Sidery|||||
|||Nick Pengelly|||||
|||Sue Pengelly|||||
|||Jenni Ogden|||||
|||Joe Bullen|||||
|Principal Address||Northgate
Church|||||
|||Upper Northagte|Street||||
|||Chester|||||
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|Bankers||National
Westminster||Bank pic|||
|||Chester Branch|||||
|Independent|Examiner|Bayliss Baines Limited|||||
|||Chartered
Certified Accountants|||||
|||1st Floor|||||
|||29Chester Street|||||
|||Wrexham
LL138BG|||||
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|Incomimg
Resources|Incomimg
Resources|||Unrestricted|Restricted|TOTAL|TOTAL|
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|Income from:||||Funds|Funds|2023|2022|
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|Donations
and legacies|||2(a)|132'783|40,827|173,610|166,360|
|Charitable
activities|||2(b)|45,203||45,203|24,113|
|Investments|||2(c)|1,962||1,962|903|
|Total income||||179,948|40,827|220,775|191,376|
|Expenditure on:||||||||
|Raising funds|||3(a)|||||
|Charitable
activities|||3(b)|197,637|37,488|235,125|170,600|
|Total expenditure||||197p637|37,488|235,125|170,600|
|Net income(expenditure)||before investment||(17,689)|3,339|(14,350)|20,776|
|gains/(Losses)||||||||
|Transfers between|funds|||3,640|(3,640)|||
|Net movement
in funds||||(14,049)|(301)|(14,350)|20,776|
|Reconciliation offunds||||||||
|Total funds brought|forward|||476,069|31,635|507,704|486,928|
|Total funds carried|forward|||462,020|31,334|493,354|507,704|
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|||Unrestricted|Restricted|TOTAL|TOTAL|
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|||Funds|Funds|2023|2022|
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|FIXEDASSETS||||||
|Tangible Assets||168,966||168,966|157,771|
|CURRENT ASSETS||||||
|Debtors and prepayments||20,108||20,108|2 223|
|Cash at Bank and in Hand||282,098|31,334|313,432|358,438|
|Total Current assets||302,206|31,334||360,661|
|CREDITORS||||||
|Amounts
falling due within one year|8|9,152||9,152|10,728|
|Net Current Assets||293,054|31,334|324,388|349,933|
|Total assets less current liabilities||462,020|31,334|493,354|507,704|
|Total net assets||462,020||493,354|507,704|
|Funds ofthe Charity:||||||
|Restricted
income funds|||31,334|31,334|.31,635|
|Unrestricted
funds||462E020||462,020|476,069|
|Total funds||462,020|31,334|493,354|507,704|
|||2023|2022|
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|Net movement
in funds||(14,350)|20,776|
|add:
Depreciation||10,887|6,591|
|Decrease/(increase)
in debtors||(17,885)|1,219|
|Incresae/(decrease)
in creditors||(1,576)|2,710|
|Net cash used in operating|activities|(22,924)|31,296|
|Tangible fixed assets|acquired|(22,082)||
|Loan repayments||||
|Cash brought
forward||358,438|327,142|
|Cash carried forward||313,432|358,438|
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|2.INCOMING|RESOURCES:|RESOURCES:||||||
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||||Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|TOTAL|TOTAL|
||||General|||2023|2022|
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|2(a) Donations and legades:||||||||
|Donations
and gifts|||106,894|1,000|40,827|148,721|138,451|
|Gift Aid|||24,889|||24,889|27,909|
|Grants Received||||||||
||||131,783|1,000|40,827|173,610|166,360|
|2(b) Charitable activities:||||||||
|Church
hall|and|house lettings|43,891|||43,891|24,104|
|Sundry Income|||1,312|||1,312|9|
||||45,203|||45,203|24,113|
|2(c)Income|from|investments||||||
|Interest|||1,962|||1,962|903|
||||1,962|||1,962|903|
|TOTAL INCOMING||RESOURCES|178,948|1,000|40,827|220,775|191,376|
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|3.RESOURCES EXPENDED||||||
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||Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|TOTAL|TOTAL|
||Fund|Funds|Funds|2023|2022|
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|3(a)Raising funds||||||
|3(bJCharitable
activities||||||
|Ministry services|68,926|||68,926|63,479|
|Ministry expenses|6,501|||6,501|11,239|
|Ministry gifts|4,959|8,992|30,438|44,389|29,697|
|Outreach,
music, &drama|2,764|||2,764||
|Rental property costs|9,461|4,659||14,120|6,870|
|Administration
wages|11,546|||11,546|7,761|
|Administration
costs|25,319|||25@19|11,347|
|Property costs -church|44,269||7,050|51319|33,714|
|Community
work projects|2,270|||2,270|1,278|
|Conference, books and training|2,406|||2,406|1,072|
|Children
&youth work|3,915|||3,915|2,093|
|Governance
costs|1,650|||1,650|2,050|
||183,986|13,651|37,488|235,125|170,600|
|Total Expenditure|183,986|13,651|37,488|235,125|170,600|
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|Statement offunds||||||||||
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|||||At 1st April
2022|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|At 31st|March|
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|General Reserve||||336,644|178,948|(183,986)|18,196|349,802||
|Designated
funds||||||||||
|Bliss Legacy||||20,485||(240)||20,245||
|Okell Legacy||||2,000|||||2,000|
|Smith Legacy||||3,000|||||3,000|
|Lorne Street||||8,592||(4,659)|2,490||6,423|
|Redemption
Fund||||28,000||||28,000||
|Seed Fund||||15,799||(8,752)|7,845|14,892||
|Family Worker Fund||||3,000|||||3,000|
|Iecn uevelopment|||I-una|5,975|||||5,975|
|Innovation
Fund||||6,000|||2,000||8,000|
|Designated
Tithes||||46,574|1,000||(26,891)|20,683||
|||||139,425|1,000|(13,651)|(14,556)|112,218||
|Total Unrestricted|Funds|||476,069|179,948|(197,637)|3,640|462,020||
|Restricted funds||||||||||
|Property Maintenance||Funds||||||||
|Property
Maintenance||Funds||12,640|||(12,640)|||
|Short Term Redirected||Gifts||||||||
|Redirected
Gifts|||||1,994|(1,994)||||
|Destiny School Zambia||||733|5,030|(4,595)|||1,168|
|Greenway
Grocer|||||125||||125|
|Iranian
Family Fund|||||2,526|(1,122)|(260)||1,144|
|Sanctuary Seeker Fund|||||6,824|(5,209)|2,000||3,615|
|Music Ministry||||500||(500)||||
|Cuppa at the Cross||||314|||||314|
|Lovemore 8 Caroline||||580|460|(738)|||302|
|Property
Roof Fund|||||10,000|(7,050)|7,000||9,950|
|Zambia Sports 8 Kids||||415|100||||515|
|Steph Mansfield||||(350)|2,450|(2,100)||||
|Ukraine||||1,615|9,361|(9,434)|||1,542|
|Wolverham
School|Fund|||179|276|(455)||||
|Longer Term Ongoing||Funds||||||||
|Childrens
Work||||850|||||850|
|Mission to India||||2,979|||||2,979|
|Outreach
Fund||||821|398|(1,219)||||
|Overseas
Mission||||548||(312)|||236|
|Sanctuary Seeker Fund||||||||||
|The Barn Fund||||5,620|1,283|(2,712)|260||4,451|
|Youth 8 Students||||4,191||(48)|||4,143|
|Total restricted
funds||||31,635|40,827|(37,488)|(3,640)|31,334||
|Total funds||||507,704|220,775|235,125)||493,354||
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|Designated
funds|Designated
funds||||||||||
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|Bliss Legacy||||Unrestricted
legacy received|||||||
|Okell Legacy||||Unrestricted
legacy received|||||||
|Smith Legacy||||Unrestricted
legacy received|||||||
|Lorne Street Reparation|||Fund|Reserve for future large reparations|||||||
|Seed Fund||||Propotion ofincome set aside for external|||||ministries||
|Family Worker Fund||||Designated to launch
Community|Project||||||
|Redemption
Fund||||Funds set aside following
reclaim ofofferings|||||||
|Tech Development||Fund||Funds for future
PA &Media upgrades|||||||
|Innovation
Fund||||Funds set aside for future innovative||projects|||||
|Designated
tithes||||Tithes allocated for future larger projects|||||||
|Restricted funds|||||||||||
|Property Maintenance|||Funds||||||||
|General||||Funds raised for Damp Issues &Roof|||||||
|Short Term Redirected|||Gifts||||||||
|Redirected
Gifts||||Funds received to redirect to individuals||||and organisations|||
|Destiny School Zambia||||Funds raised for a School in Zambia|||||||
|Greenway
Grocer||||Local Community
Initiative
against|food||poverty||||
|Cuppa at the Cross||||Local Community
Outreach|||||||
|Iranian
Family Fund|||||||||||
|Lovemore &Caroline||||Overseas
Missionary|||||||
|Steph Mansfield||||Overseas
Missionary|||||||
|Kaveh &Negin Refugee|||Fund|Funds raised for Sanctuary Seeker|Family||||||
|Music Ministry||||Fund for Musicians
Training|||||||
|Africa Missions||||Funds raised for Overseas
Missions|||||||
|Zambia Sports &|Kids|||Funds raised for Sports Ministry
in|Zambia||||||
|Ukraine||||Funds raised for Ukrainian
mission|&|relief|||||
|Wolverham
School||Fund||Funds raised for support for Woolverham|||||school||
|Property
Roof Fund|||||||||||
|Longer Term Ongoing|||Funds||||||||
|Childrens
Work||||To fund a part time children's
worker|||||||
|Mission to India||||To fund ministry
into India|||||||
|Outreach
Fund||||To fund special outreach events|||||||
|Overseas
Mission|Fund|||To fund overseas ministry
trips|||||||
|Sanctuary Seeker|Fund|||To fund the work for Asylum Seekers||in|UK||||
|The Barn Fund||||To fund assistance to church members|||in|financial||crisis|
|Youth &Students||||To fund the ministry
into youth
&|student||||work||
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|5|Employees Costs|2023|2022|
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||Wages and salaries|77,763|69,138|
||Social security costs|1,140|821|
||Pensions|1,578|1,280|
|||80,481|71,239|
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||Furtherance
ofCharity's|objectives||||||||
||Management
and administration||of|the church||||||
|6|FIXEDASSETS||Freehold||land|Fixtures &|ONce|P.A||
||||and|buildings||Fittings|Equipment|Media &IT|Total|
|||||E||E|E|E|E|
||Cost|||||||||
||As at 1st April 2022|||225,833||56,767|32,344|63,171|378,115|
||Additions|||||19,631||2,451|22,082|
||Disposals|||||||||
||As at 31st March 2023|||225,833||76,398|32,344|65,622|400,197|
||Depreciation|||||||||
||As at 1stApril 2022|||72,094||56,767|32,344|59,139|220,344|
||Charge for the Year|||3,277||3,926||3,684|10,887|
||Eliminated
on Disposal|||||||||
||As at 31st March 2023|||75,371||60,693|32p344|62,823|231.231|
||Net Book Value|||||||||
||As at 31st March 2023|||150,462||15p705||2,799|168,966|
|7|Debtors and Prepayments|||||||2023|2022|
|||||||||E|E|
||Income Tax Recoverable|||||||11,890|2,223|
||Prepayments
and Accrued Income|||||||8,218||
|||||||||20p108|2 223|
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|8|Creditors: Amounts||||falling|||due within one|year|||f|f|
||Accruals|||||||||||3,869|9,143|
||Other Creditors|||||||||||5,283|1,585|
|||||||||||||9,152|10,728|
|||||||||Unrestricted|||Restricted|Total Funds||
||||||||||Fundsf||Fundsf|2023f|2022f|
||Fixed Assets||||||||168,966|||168,966|157,771|
||Current Assets||||||||302,206||31,334|333,540|360,661|
||Current
Liabilities||||||||(9,152)|||(9,152)|(10,728)|
||Fund Balance||||||||462,020||31,334|493,354|507,704|
|10|Related party||transactions|||||and expenses - Trustees||||||
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||Fees|||||||||||f|f|
||Gerald Sidery|||(including||||Lin Sidery)||||49,650|43,564|
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||Expenses|||||||||2023|2022|2023f|2022
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||Traveling||and subsistence|||||||||||
||Phone and internet||||||expenses|||||||
||The total|donations||||made by the trustees|||during|the year was f19,256 (2022||-f33,816)||
|11|Governance|costs:||||||||||||
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||Independent|||examiners||||fees||||1,650|2,050|
||Salaries|&proportion|||||ofoverheads|||||||