TREASURER’S REPORT

We’re now just over 6 months into the current financial year, and financially we continue to do well.

Our targets for the year were very challenging.



Church Offerings

50000
Tax Refund

7400
from Fair (in lieu of rent)

2400
from Fair (bills)

1200
use of Halls

10000
Total

71000









We knew at the start of the year that we were facing building repair and maintenance costs of thousands of pounds. Our fabric fund was used up last year and we hoped to be able to meet these extra costs from our weekly offerings, rather than having to dip into our reserves. The challenge facing was a weekly offering of £1000, significantly up from last year, and to date we’re averaging over £1150.

We still need to be careful. There are still five months of the year to go, and we’ll only really know if we’ve met our targets at the end of the year. The programme of building repair work has now mostly been completed, and though repairs to the manse cost a little more than expected as additional repairs needed to be done, we now know exactly how much the repairs cost and we can still meet them within our budget.

Our harvest thanksgiving appeal has been a tremendous success. We have so far been able to send £5000 to LOM both to support the soup kitchen and as a gift to accompany the team that recently visited Bulgaria. There is still more to be sent, at least £1000 from gift aid. Thank you again for your support for this most important piece of our church work.

Our next special collection will be the Christmas Tree envelope appeal to support the Bethany trust. Bethany is dear to many of us, and through the Care Shelter and the Care Van work we can clearly see the importance of the work carried out by Bethany. There will also be an opportunity to donate clothing such as hats and gloves.
Paul Watson