CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 01.09.2021 To 31.08.2022 Charity name: Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales (EPCEWI Charity registration number: 801935 Objectives and Activities SORP rel8renca Summary of th8 purposes of the charity as s81 out in ils governing do¢ument Para 1.17 To promote for the public benefit Ihe advancement of the Christian religion by supporling the work and outreach of its member churches and fellowships within England and Wales, and in such other parts of the United Kingdom, or the world, as the trustees may from time to time think fit, for as long as these churches adhere to the historic Christian faith as defined by the Westmins18r confession and catechism. The Presbylery advances the Christian faith by the help and support it gives to Ihe member church8s. and by organising conferences during Ihe year. A church planting committee considers how the outreach of the member churches can be assisted. and of the Presbytery itself, and how the Christian religion can be adVan￿d by the planting of new churches, and churches slrenglhened in their work of the advancement of religion for ihe public benefil. The trustees are aware of the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. In doing so. we can confirm that the Presbytery's activities wholly comply with this guidan￿. In particular, this is evidenced by th8 way we have sought to advance the Chnslian faith through supporting the work and outreach of its member churches. This has been achieved through regular meetings of the churches together in conference {Presbytery meetings). and other ways, including.. Financial assistance given to churches for training of men for the ministry in the EPCEW churches. Advising and helping churches as need arose. 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•xl Slalemenl ¢onfiming whether the trustees have had regard lo the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit Para 1.18 Providing administrative back-up for the churches as necessary. Helping to provide for Christian ministry in the churches by the training and examination of office bearers. The organisation of conferences for the benefit of the churches. The churches in Sweden and Germany have been fully a part of the work of th6 Presbytery. Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP relwKe Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Pwa 1.38 Policy on social investmenl including program related investment The Evangelical Pr8sbyterian Church in England and Wales Presbytery (Charity number 8019351 has no paid personnel and relies on volunteets for its effective work. The Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales could not function without the contribution of time and expertise made by its volunteers. The volunteers consist of the moderator. ¢lerk. second clerk and treasurer. There are five standing committees. which assist in the work of the Presb voluntaril Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunl88rs Other Achievements and Performance The charity has been able lo help its member churches effectively throughout the year. The charity has been able to give administrative advi￿ and support to its member churches throughout the year. Sufflmary of the main achievements of the charity. identifying the difference the charity's work has made to the circumstances of ils beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. Para 1.20 The churches at Tranas in Sweden, Zurich in Switzerland and Bedin in Germany aré fully a part of the charity's supportive work, and are fully a member of the EPCEW churches. The EPCEW has continued lo support the work of the member churches through spiritual counsel and support offered in the meetings of the memb8r churches in Presbytery meetings, four of which were held throughout the year. During this financial year Ihe Covid-19 pandemic and associated restrictions ¢onlinued to impact the work of the charity, resulting in greater online activity whenever ssibl8. articularl al committee level. Additional information (optional) You ma choose lo include furlher statements wher8 relevant about.. Achievements against objéctives sel Pwa 1.41 Perfomiance of fundraising activities against objectives set Pwa 1.41 Investment performance againsl objectives Para 1.41 Other Financial Review Review of Ihe charity's financial position al Ihe end of the eriod Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Para 1.21 Pard 1.22 The charity does not have a fomial reserves policy. however, the following can be noted.. The charity has five funds.. General fund lunrestricledl Church Planting fund Publication fund Ministerial Training fund Ministerial Assistance fund The Presbytery does not accumulate large reserves, and all of its funds are regularly in use. The general fund is for day-to-day running of the organisation. The church planting fund is used to support ministers in the church lants. £106,467 Amount of res8rves held Reasons for holding zero reserves Details of fund materially in defi¢il Explanation of any un¢ertainlies about the ¢harily continuing as a going ¢onc8rn Para 1.22 Para 1.22 Para 1.24 None Parn 1.23 None Addltlonal Information (optionall You ma choose to include further statements wh8r8 relevant about.. The charity's principal The principal sources of funds are from the sources of funds lincluding churches comprising the Evangelical any fundraising) Presbyterian Church in England and Wales. which are donated to the Presbwery. Individuals my also contribute to Presbytery funds. The Presbytery does not intentionally raise funds from the general public but would receive funds from the public if donaled. P¥d 1.47 Expenditure has been mainly for church planting activities, and the day-lo-day administrative costs of the Presbytery, doing its work of supporting the ¢onstiluenl hurches. Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted The Evange5ical Presbytersan Church in England and Wales has no long-lerm investments and owns no property. Para 1.48 A description of the principal risks facing the charity Para 1.46 Structure, Governance and Management Description of charity's trusts.. Type of governing document Para 1.25 Trust deed How is the charity consliluled? IA g unincorporated nir) i Pard 1.25 Charitable Trust Trustee selection methods including details of any conslilutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled lo appoint one or more Iruslees Pwa 1.25 New Trustees are appointed by serving trustees. Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about.. Policies and Pro￿dureS adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charily gives practical and spiritual help and guidance to ils member churches. The charity is a geographical organisation that has a number of churches. The office bearers of these member churches meet regularly to discuss and decide on mallers brought to the meeting. The charity's organisational structure and any wider network with which th8 charity works Para 1.51 The Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales has sister church relations with a number of similar church bodies in the UK and across the world. bul these related parties are not connectèd in matters of overnance or finance. Relationship with any related parties P¥a 1.51 Other Reference and Administrative details Charit name Other name the chari uses Ré istered charit number Charity s principal address Evan elical Presb EPCEW 801935 Naunton Lane EPC Church Building 23 Naunton Lane Cheltenham GL53 7BJ erian Church in En land and Wales Names of the charity trusteos who manage the charity Oates acted if not for who ar Twstee name Officè Ilf any) Name of person lor body) entltled toa oint trustee ifan Trustees of Evangelical PreSb￿erlan Church in England and Wales Trustees of Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales Trustees of Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales Trustees of Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales Trustees of Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales Trustees of Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales DONALD JOHN MACLEAN STEPHEN DANCER Resigned 22.11.2022 RUSSEL LEE YOUNG Resigned 28.09.2021 STEPHEN ALEXANDER JOHNSTON REV MATTHEW THOMAS FAUX Chair Appointed 29.4.2022 DR FALKO PIETER DRIJFHOUT Appoin18d 28.9.2021 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Cor orate trustees - names of the directors at the date the re Dir•ctor nam• ortwasa roved Name of trustees holding tille to property belonging to the charity Trust￿ name acted rf not forvlhole ar Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects oflhe harity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity's objects Details of arrangements for safe Guslody and segregation of such assets from the charity's own assets Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advlsers {Optlonal Infomiation) Type of Name Address adviser Bank Lloyds TSB Gonville Pla￿. Cambridge Name of chief executive or namos of senior staff membors (Optlonal Information) Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-dis¢losure of ke ersonnel details Other o tional information Declarations The tn15tees declare that they have approved the truste￿. rnport abovo. Slgned on behalf of the ¢harlty's Iruslees Slgnature(s) Full name(s) Posltlon (eg Secretary. Chalr. etc) Rev atthew Faux Chalr Date zs 06 £025 PUBLIC / CYHOEDDUS ## EPCEW Financial Report 2021-2022 ## 3[rd] September 2022 Period September 2021 – August 2022 |**INCOME**
Congregations - regular contributions
Gift for Salford
Individual contributions
Publications
Other Income
**TOTAL INCOME**
**EXPENDITURE**
Support
Hull
Tranas
Berlin
Gloucester
Salford
Sheffield
Training
Travel Expenses Committees
Travel Expenses International Synods etc
Printing, Distribution, Website
Clerks Expenses
Room Hire
Subscriptions
Insurance
STEM
Miscellaneous
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**
**ANNUAL SURPLUS / (DEFICIT)**|||**Budget**
20000
0
500
250
250
21000
**Budget**
2500
1500
1500
5000
12000
0
1000
1500
2000
6300
250
500
500
500
500
250
33800
-12800|||**Actual**
14458
500
515
82
28936|**Actual**
14458
500
515
82
28936|**Variance**
-5542
500
15
-168
28,686
23491
**Variance**
2050
1500
1500
0
0
-5976
1000
46.38
2000
2270.05
250
395
200
-5.57
500
250|**Variance**
-5542
500
15
-168
28,686
23491
**Variance**
2050
1500
1500
0
0
-5976
1000
46.38
2000
2270.05
250
395
200
-5.57
500
250| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||| ||||||||44491||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||3979.86| ||||||||||27470.86| 1 PUBLIC / CYHOEDDUS ## EPCEW Proposed Budget 2022-2023 ## 3[rd] September 2022 |**INCOME**
Congregations - regular contributions
Individual contributions
Publications
Other Income
**TOTAL PLANNED**
**INCOME**|**GBP**
20000
500
250
250
21000| |---|---| |**EXPENDITURE**
Support
Hull
Tranas
Berlin
Salford
Training
Travel Expenses Committees
Travel Expenses International Synods etc
Printing, Distribution, Website
Clerks Expenses
Room Hire
Subscriptions
Insurance
STEM
Miscellaneous
**TOTAL PLANNED EXPENDITURE**
**ANNUAL SURPLUS / (DEFICIT)**|**GBP**
3000
1500
1500
11600
1000
1500
2000
6300
250
500
500
500
500
250| |---|---| ||30900| ||-9900| 2 PUBLIC / CYHOEDDUS ## EPCEW Bank Accounts Statement ## 3[rd] September 20221 ## **BANK ACCOUNTS per 3/09/2022** |OPENING
General
Church Planting
Training
Conferences
Ministerial Support|22237
75379
8728
0
0
106344| |---|---| ## **Comments re: 2021/22** 1. Congregational contributions did not meet budget (13 congregations and plants did not make any contributions), with a variance to budget of -£5,542 2. Unplanned ‘Other’ income was substantially above budget – however this was largely due to two factors: - a. Sheffield Pres congregation’s reimbursement of prior church planting grants made by the denomination on their behalf, in the sum of £20,750. - b. During the period January to May 2022, the EPCEW Trust covered the Pulpit Supply expenses of Sheffield Pres Church, which was subsequently reimbursed, in the sum of £5976. 3. Budgeted expenditure for the support of the Hull, Tranas and Berlin Congregations was not spent. In fact, the Hull congregation made one of the largest individual church contributions to the denomination this year. 4. Likewise budgeted expenditure for Training support was not spent this year. ## **Recommendations** 1. Congregations seek to honour their commitments to regular contributions. If congregations are realistically unlikely to be in a position to do this, they should advise the Treasurer or a member of the Trustees as soon as possible, to ensure the budget for the coming year is accurate as possible. 2. Consideration of the need to include support for the Tranas Congregation for the coming financial year. 3 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trustoesl membors of Evangelical Presbylerian Church in England and Wales On accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022 Charity no (if any) 801935 Set out on pages I report to the Irustees on my examination of th8 accounts of the abov8 charity ('the Trust") for the year ended Rèsponsibllltles and As the charity truslees of the Trust. you are responsible for th6 preparation basis of report of th6 accounts in accordance with Ihe requirements of the Charities Acl 2011 {"the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(SKbl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material mallers have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause lo believe that in. any material respect.. accounting re￿rdS were nol kept in a¢¢ordan¢e with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accoLsnting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Oate: 26 June 2023 Name: Graham Ricketts F¢ Relevant professional qualificationls) or body (if any): Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountantants Addrèss: Gordon Down & Company Limited 144 Walter Road Swansea. SA1 5RW Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independenl examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for 8xaminers). IER October 2018 Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Evangelical Presbylerrian Church In England and Wal88 IEPCEW> Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For th p•rl¢)d from To 01.09.2021 31.08.2022 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrlcted fund$ to lh• n•ar•8t Restrfcted funds Endowment funds Totsl fund$ L•st y•ar toth• nfrare•tt toth• n••r•si£ tOlh• to th• n•ar4*t£ A1 R•celpts Donaiion8. aGies ar nl f5.333 Bank Inwr•si Sundry 757 Sub tot•1 (Gross income for AR) 1441S alor A2 A#sot ond Inv••tm•nt •al•s. 18ee tHblel. Sub total Total Yecelpts 15.41$ 21107 022 18,895 A3Pa m•nt8 Church $upoort Travèl 17.000 17 3,338 1.454 , P05tag9 ond ?laikJwry Sub$¢rlpiiorb6 Insut8fjce SuThY 4030 9,32Q 3DO 506 330 3SI Sub total 17,IXNI 14MO A4 Asset and Inv•stm•nt urchas•8, 88• tablé Sub total rolalpayments 17.000 Net of rncelpts/{paymenls) AS Transferg between funds Ae Cash fund8 last year end Cash fun(ts this year end 4,315 22,124 31m 69,773 75 91.897 11x1,467 87,5B2 91M97 Section B Statement of assets and Ilabllltles at the end of the perlod Unrostrlct•d ltsnds Restrlct•d fund8 tOll••f••te Endowment funds Ccltogoiio8 Del.Ills 81 Cash funds Cash il bthk 31,087 75,MO Tof81 cash funds 31,087 75J80 Unrnstrfd•d R••trl¢tod fund• Erthm•nt lund• Delails Fund towNÈh D•talls CuN•ntv*lu• O•tall$ B4 Assets retalned for tho ¢harltys own use -#im-; D•tall8 Th￿1•• B5 Uabllltles SbJnod ￿￿trUst*￿ Signaluro Inl Nam• Data ol roval FBUX ZS