LLANELLI FREE EVANGELICAL CHURCH
(Registered charity no: 519123)
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2022
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TfUStee8' AnnLHI Report
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Indepe￿lert Examinfs Report
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Re￿Ipts arKI Payments Ac%ount
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Slaknnent of Assets aThJ Liabilrties
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Trustee's Annual Re
rt 202112022
Reference and admlnls
lfv• detsl
Chaiity name: Llanelli Free EvaNJelical Churth
Regl8twod charity Number: 519123
Charity's Prlnclpal addre88:
The church buikling is srtuated in Queen Vicknfia Roaj, Uanelli, Carmathnshire SA15 2TH.
AII Correspondence, h(h￿r, st#wld be addressed to:
Matthew Howard
2 Llandafen Fam
Pemberton
Uanelli
Camiarthenshire
SA15 9BX
Those who afe ekcted by tt* thufch members to the ots of ekler or deacon are the trustee8 of the
church.
Ide
Mr. mattF￿ Brian Lloyj Jones
Mr. David Lewis
Mr. Matthew Chartes St John Howard (Church Admnistrator)
Mr. Malcolm MacDonakl (resYJwl 30 June 2022)
Mr. Matthew George Thomas
Mr. James Hughes
Mr. Matthew V4llliam
The Pastor of the Churth. ￿. Philip Swann, is irt attendance at ts Twstees, meets.ngs and acts
Chair in a non-voting (apaaty.
Adv
ankers..
Lloyds Banking Grow)
21 Stepney Street
Llanelli
Carmartherthire
SA15 3YD
Virgin Money
Jubil￿ House
Gosforth
New￿5118 upon Tyne
NE3 4PL
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Structure.
overnance and mana
ement
Dedaration of Twst dated 30 Jurn 1987.
anisational Stru￿rn
All Church work in ts various aspeLts rJ)mes urKler the iurisdidion of tre pastor and eksers. who are
mainly responsible for Church order. Regular meetiNJs a￿ held with the deacA)ns, who are responsible
for the administrative and prath'cal affairs of the Church. The pastor and eklers will decKle the advisabilty
or otherwBe of proceeding kn any proposed athty, submitting their find1￿8 to the Church Meeting,
and recommending best c￿r3e of a(Xion. The Church ￿nSiSts of all current members of the
church.
The elders arKI deaco￿ nwt approx¥n• ten times a yaar. Church mernbe￿ n￿ting8 arn held three
times a year.
fP
The Pastor is elected by ts mwnbw5 of the church, requiriry the votes of at I￿t 80% of th08e who
have voted.
l•cllon of Elder8
The qualifications for the office of ekler3 88 Set out in the Testament arè read expounded to the
Church. The Pastor and Elders recommerKI n(¥nirw to the thurch. based on the needs of the church at
that time. A ballot is subsequenty hdd and those recevving the voles of at18ast 70°h of those who have
voted are considered duly elected. Those elected are approaclBJ by the Pastor and Elders and are
invited to accept the offK*.
Ele
on
The Pastor and Etders reCom￿nd norninees to church, on the need8 of the church at that
time. A ballot 18 sub8equenty hekl and those re￿1VI￿J the votss of at least 70% of those 4th0 have vot
are o)nsKlered duly elected. Those el8ct&J are approficw by Ihe Pastor and Elders and are invited to
accept the offi￿.
Inductlon and Tralnln
of New Tft￿taes
New trustees are provKled wrth infrinnation on the roles arKI duties of trustees as published by the Chaiity
Commission. A copy of the church's DeclaralK)n of Trust is provid&l by the Churth Administrator and
guKlance given on its (￿t￿ts.
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The church has a Safeguarding PoliGy and guKlelines whw* were upjated and apwoved in November
2013 and lodged with Thirty One Eohl (formety the Chur(*Jes Child ProtectDn Advisory Ser4ice).
Training and copies were given to those involved with chiklren and vulnerable adults on 9th March 2014.
All who work with children and Vulnerab￿ aduhs in the church are subject to Disclosure and Ba￿lryJ
Service (DBS) ched(s. The rolling proJramme for upJatinglrenewir¥J che(*s ¥vill be undertaken by
the safeguardirYJ cMrdinator3.
Adaptats'ons and improvements have been made to the church pr8mi8es to ensure C¢Ynplian￿ with the
Disabilty Discrimination Act 1995. Insuran￿ cover was set in the light of indep￿ent advi￿. The
trustees comply with Charity Ccthmission advice and direclives in the runniTrJ of ts church. The church'8
finarK£S are subjed to independent examination. The church cxthues to be well supported by members
and non- members arKI is able to meet all commrtments.
The church monrtors its finan(aal positson to e￿Ure that its reserves are sufficth to nxel its financial
obligations
ctiVe8 and activities
of the trust
These are stated in the Dedaration of Trust.
Yo advan￿ the Christian rel￿10n in ts cwnty of Dfvl arKI e18where in the Uniba Kingdom and
(Following local goverrrnnt reorganisation on 1 Aw'l 1996, the three countss of Camiarthenshire,
Cered￿lon and Pembrokeshire replacej the ￿)Unty of Dykd.)
anisation of
trust
°In order that the organisation of the Church a￿j the Tntst may fully ￿nN)nIZe, the eklers and deacons
of the Church shall be the trustees."
ublic Benefft
The trustees have had regard to ts guNJarK*J is8￿￿ ty ts Charity Ccrni83ir)n on publ￿ benefit
Poli
Statements
The Church is rev￿wing policies on membership and discipline. The a¥n 18 to ensure that these policies
are refiective of the church's bel￿ts through thar¥Jes within 8LK
Our prayer as a church is that the public ber￿ deliv￿1 arKI facalitses of the church will not
be confined to time but will have eternal benefft for all who receive it
In the goodness of God, we have been proV)J￿ with a pla￿ of wxship. During 2021r22 use of premises
ained restr¢i*ed but rt Was P(wible through the use of a booking system to have a restricted number
present at Sunday Services. Other persons O￿tIn￿l to join online thrO￿Jh Faceb(x)k and YouTube.
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The a¢NitRs that are in undertaken with ts a*n of prov#J#vJ a varied range of ways of support to the
communty whilst putting into practK% the gospel of Jesus Christ Details are set out below.
Mond
Coffee Momirqs
Tuesda
Parent and Toddler group during schcd terms
Bib￿ study Life Groups altematiNJ with a sharelprayer meetirvJ
Wednesda
Men's bible sludy (b￿nonth￿)
hu
Woman's Blble Study {bi4nonthly)
rid
Friday Club and Youth
Our Pastor who is a govemor of Y8gol Pen Rkn8 15 regularfy as￿￿ to take sthool as8wnbli&s. The
Church has supported the school although it has not been possble due lo ongoing restrictions to hold the
Sunday Momi￿a Services on the school prerni8es.
Achievements and rformance
Re
ofthe
ar ended 5th
ri12022
Wrth the continuing reduction in restrictions ttwe was an opportunty to retum to holdiry Ihe churth
activities. However, investment on online facilitEs prov￿83 opportunty for a wider outreach to
those who through d￿tance or health u9n￿rnS. It has been encouragirYJ that the WO￿ of the Church
has been mairrtained. The opportunty has been taken to en(￿rage through the ongoing
distribution of free God honouring Itteratu￿.
In order to encourage Your￿ people to atternl Chri8tian sumnw (amps the churth continues to offer a
contribution t￿rdS the cost. Mary parents took advanlage of this facilty.
The church has also financialty supported for many years the distribution of New Testaments to Year
Seven pupils at Bryngwyn Comprehensbve Schoot by the CamiarttrErtshire branch of Good News for
Everyone (fomxrly Gideons Internaknal).
Besides reaching out to the c>)mmunty thurth supports frxxl banks (vera￿ by otr*r thur¢h88 in
Llanelli.
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Financial Review
As'a cOnWuen￿ of the Covid restrictThs different financial pro(%dures We￿ mtrodu(%d. Procedures for
offerings to paid directy into the bank account or by fowarded chtyues to ts Church Treasurer have
proved beneficol in the IWJ tenn. The suoxs of this <*n be seen in overall level of giving being
Maintair￿d. This is very encouraging. the greater u* of meetiThJ involving e￿(￿ronIC means there
has been an ongoing enhan<%￿nt to ts varKXk8 rtems of u￿1 in the produ(*ion of streamed
senrfices and other meetings.
Overall, the receipts b%ere £65,416 aNJ paYm￿ts £70,527 leaving 8 defiot for the year of £5.111 This
deficit will be covered through the recoverw through ts Gift AMJ sclwne.
Futuro
The Church ha8 le￿gn￿ed that the aj￿ent facilitss are LwKler pressure and 18 actrvely con8idering the
future accornmodat￿n n￿lS and the best way of takiry this forward. As part of this process the intention
is to move from the existing Trust to a Charity IncxJryx)rat&* Organisati￿. The Church u)nts'nues to seek
how it can support the local ccxrrfnunty aThJ is currenty opening the premises as a Wami Hub.
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examirYerfS report I
on the accounts
Inlepindeni Examlnerh Report..
Report to the tTllStee81 Uaneul Frw Evangoll¢al Church
memts•rn of '
On •ccounts thg y••i ' 5 April ai22
Ch•rlty nts, 519123
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8•tothonp•o•*.0&9
I report lo ￿ tru6fees ry OK￿lnation gf Ihe ol tts •b￿,e
arily fiho TrnGt'} fr)r y&gr gnded S A%il 2021
R•spon•lbllttlts and AJ the charty tnJ5taes of tle Trust. you ère iesponsiblè Icy th9 pr￿.a.ai,,¢)r ..1
ba•ls d r•port the account8 èKvcoTaance rnqJlreman.tts Dt the Ch'ar￿1 5 Ac; 2011
I report M) ro8w. ol ny ¢yAM,.r￿ ollhe Trust'8 a￿O￿n1¥'¢arI￿l cut
ndw se¢mn 14$ of Ihe *111 Arl ar,d in ca-,rying DUI my exarniii=l (In I li•18
lol(A*&1 tr,e *ic8trJe tlraclioris giyon by "Jje Ch￿ty Comm1861C,fl Ultti..
..lon 145151{b> ol Ihe Att
Inde￿ndant
I have comokn¢d my ex•mInai￿n I ca)ntrm ti&l no m8ter￿1 matt•f9 Ila'*e
•xaminoff s statom•nt coma lo my at¢ntk+n in conneLii)n with eXar￿tion vAilch £iiii(ys',
c4uw to &ryli￿e Ihat Ln, $ny malarbl r8spad'
•tsXuntiiig r•corth rn: kept in *)y)rd•we Ffjclic:, 1 J&1 i¢'h&
il* do not •cco*d Ihe acc4yJnling T•CO(ds
I haby TKI cfjn¢esns and have como a¢iJBJ no otsr mattels kn ci)nnpclkn
wlitr tho examknafjon alle￿1￿ sh()ula b8 dra4￿ In arder to en•hb a
oFer urd8rstsnding of Ihe accounts to bv reache¢.
R•lov•nt prof•8slon•l I In8tibJts of Cwtified Bts)#-KÈ8pers
qua',Illcatlonlsl or body '
lit •nyl: |
Addf•4•: ' 12 4eol Demen
Cross Hands
Llanelti SA14 ASN
Plp 7 of 10 U•MIII Ffft Church 8IM23

lanelll Free Evan
lical Church Rocelpts and
Year from 6 April to 5 April
2021122
Payments
2020121
Income
Offerings
Missionary
Tax Refunds
Legacylgifts
Interest
Miscellaneous
Building Fund
63.788
720
2,125
161
950
67.024
Paymants
harita
le 4lire
Pastor's salary
33,013
32.074
Pension
Prof Development & books
DaylwJht
Visiting speakers
Sunday club
Friday Club. Youth &, Holiday
Bible Club
Toddlers
Camp fees
Outreach
Additional gifts
Missionary support
7,723
287
18,231
7,516
53
17,840
811
409
293
250
22
899
892
345
1,785
1,332
-358
Charltablo 411r•ct activlty
Charrt
Mainten8nce
Utilities
497
1.585
2.309
Insurance
Fellowship meals
Broadband
Advertising & photocopying
Computer & sound equipment
Mi￿17aneouS
Charitablewother expondlturn
Total Expenditure
1,311
136
548
600
1,271
898
1,171
867
1,280
3,631
72.810
Deficit4Surplu$ for year
.111
,786
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Statsment of Assets nd
ri12022
ri12021
Brou
ht forward
Deficlt for
-5.111
Balanc• carrled forward
Lloyds TSB Bank Account
Ordina
activities
Earmarked buildi
8.091
11,246
Total
In Mon
Account
Totsi
Other assets at
ear and
Land & building used by itsity at Queen
Victoria Road, Llanelli
Cost £127,¢￿ in Odob8r 1988
Vahjed for Insuran￿ purpose8
November 2020 . £1429,000
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D8claratlon
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report alx)ve.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees:
Signature:
Full name:
Position..
Date:
4/2/35
SI￿atUre.
Full name:
Position."
Date:
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