Finance Update

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2023 Financial Report (Audited)

The audited 2023 financial report of Living Church is now available after completion of the independent audit and can be found at this link

November Finance Report

Below is the Finance Report for November 2023. The first section is titled ‘Operations’, summarising giving, expenses and forecast operating profit/loss for the year. The second section is titled ‘Cash’ which reports the total amount of cash coming in and out of our main bank accounts and the forecast cash surplus/deficit for the year. In the report, the Cash Flow graph represents our ‘Cash at Bank’ at the end of each month.  ‘Cash at Bank’ refers to all

New Year – Stages of Life

Can you believe it’s November? It’s less than 7 weeks till Christmas! But I’m not going to talk about Christmas, I’m going to talk about the new year. Ecclesiastes 1:3 says ‘there is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.’ The new year often brings with it changes – some big, some small. For some it can be a new stage of life. Maybe your kids are starting school

2024 Budget Q&A

Last night, as part of the Church Life event, we discussed the proposed budget for 2024. Attached you will find a copy of the Budget Paper that was presented. We ask that you use the coming weeks to read, reflect and pray on the budget. Praying about a set of numbers may seem like a strange thing to do but, like all we do as a church, we want our budget to be glorifying God.

September Finance Report

Below is the Finance Report for September 2023.  The first section is titled ‘Operations’, summarising giving, expenses and forecast operating profit/loss for the year.The second section is titled ‘Cash’ which reports the total amount of cash coming in and out of our main bank accounts and the forecast cash surplus/deficit for the year. In the report, the Cash Flow graph represents our ‘Cash at Bank’ at the end of each month.  ‘Cash at Bank’ refers to all our bank

February Finance Report

Below is the Finance Report for February 2023.  The Cash Flow graph represents our ‘Cash at Bank’ at the end of each month.  ‘Cash at Bank’ refers to all our bank accounts, excluding Capital Funds or Special Projects Account.  The second graph illustratesthe gap between budgeted and actual giving to help us see how any ‘gap’ is tracking. We are currently below our giving target by 16% so please take the time, if you haven’t already, to

November Finance Report

Below is the Finance Report for November 2022.  The Cash Flow graph represents our ‘Cash at Bank’ at the end of each month.  ‘Cash at Bank’ refers to all our bank accounts, excluding Capital Funds or Special Projects Account.  The second graph illustratesthe gap between budgeted and actual giving to help us see how any ‘gap’ is tracking. You will notice that our giving is significantly higher than budget. In March, we received $100,000 from an anonymous

October Finance Report

Below is the Finance Report for October 2022.  The Cash Flow graph represents our ‘Cash at Bank’ at the end of each month.  ‘Cash at Bank’ refers to all our bank accounts, excluding Capital Funds or Special Projects Account.  The second graph illustratesthe gap between budgeted and actual giving to help us see how any ‘gap’ is tracking. You will notice that our giving is significantly higher than budget. In March, we received $100,000 from an anonymous

September Finance Report

Below is the Finance Report for September 2022.  The Cash Flow graph represents our ‘Cash at Bank’ at the end of each month.  ‘Cash at Bank’ refers to all our bank accounts, excluding Capital Funds or Special Projects Account.  The second graph illustratesthe gap between budgeted and actual giving to help us see how any ‘gap’ is tracking. You will notice that our giving is significantly higher than budget. In March, we received $100,000 from an anonymous