TREASURER’S REPORT

First of all I’d like to thank the members of the church for approving the annual accounts, and the budget for next year which I presented at the AGM last month. For those who were not able to attend the AGM, I’d briefly like to summarise part of our budget for the coming year.

We’re budgeting this year overall to spend around £78,000. This includes our day to day running costs, heating, lighting, ministry stipend, sundries etc. To a total of £56,000, building repairs of £14,000 and gifts to the causes we support of £7,700.

To meet these costs without spending from our reserves we need the following income:

Church Offerings
50,000
Tax Refund
7,400
from Fair (in lieu of rent)
2,400
from Fair (bills)
1,200
use of Halls
10,000
Total
71,000
Special offerings

Income

LOM - winter kitchen
3,500
BMS
500
Bethany
500
LOM - gift with mission trip
1,500
Total
6,000

We intend to have four special envelope offerings through the year. One to provide a gift for Lom that the mission team will take with them. One to raise funds to support the Lom winter soup kitchen, an activity we have joyfully supported for the last two years. The other two to provide gifts for the BMS and for Bethany, both of which are organisations we are closely linked with.

To meet our budgeted expenditure, including the above four special appeals to which we are committed, we need to achieve an average weekly offering of £1502.

Last year our income totalled just under £62,000. The target this year is challenging, but I’m sure that it is achievable.

Paul Watson