## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 1.4.2024 **Period start date To** 31.3.2025 **Period end date** **Charity name:** RIVERSIDE FAMILY CHURCH ## **Charity registration number: 1003598** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|1. The advancement of the Christian
religion either in the United Kingdom or
overseas.
2. The advancement for the public benefit
of religious or other education
3. The relief of the aged, poor, sick,
deprived, disabled or homeless.| |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 and
1.19|TO PROMOTE AND UPHOLD THE
CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGH
CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGS,
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SOCIAL
ACTION, BY SUPPORTING THE
UNDERPRIVILEGED AND WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WIDER
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES WITHIN
SOUTHAMPTON.

Children’s and Youth Activities -
providing games, crafts and
activities, and learning life values
in line with Christian principles.

Regular Christian services which
are open to the public providing a
place of welcome, acceptance,
support and friendship
irrespective of ethnicity, race,
background or gender.

We started a midweek bible study
– tackling social isolation by
seeking to build relationships
locally.| |||
We provided prayer support to
local people seeking help from us.

Special support for those in
need at Christmas through
Christmas hampers for the
community. We partnered with
Compassion and One by one to
help those in need
internationally.

A Community Café provided in
half term school holidays.
Helping tackle social isolation
and provide activities for
families.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|In planning our activities for the year, we
kept in mind the Charity Commission’s
guidance on public benefit at our trustee
meetings.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|
Citywide engagement with other
charitable organisations to make a
difference to many people in the city
in areas of homelessness, food
poverty, evangelistic initiatives

Summer Community events and
‘Christmas at Riverside’, which
served many from the immediate
community by providing free food,
refreshments, activities for children
etc.

As a church we also actively
connect with One Body
Southampton. We connected with
other churches and begun
discussion to look at a shared city
vision for collaboration.

We continued to give over 10% of
our income to support other
charitable organisations which
varied from protecting children, to
sharing the Christian message
around the world. We supported the
following organisations: One By
One, Martis Productions (formerly,
E-quip Arts) and Compassion UK.

We worked in partnership with the
local community centre helping
develop stronger community links
and started planning joint projects
together.

We have around 40 active members|| |---|---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The income for the year was £78,476.69
against expenditure of £77,460.99.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Riverside Family Church has a commitment
to holding 3 months priority costs in
reserve. This includes funds to cover
staffing costs, insurance and utilities as well
as covering costs for unforeseen
circumstances.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|At the end of March 2024, we had
unrestricted reserves of £16,873.63 which
is in line with our reserves policy| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|n/a| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
All income is through the giving and
generosity of the members of Riverside
Family Church and is used to fulfil the
objectives and vision of the charity.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|By Charitable Trust| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Nominated and appointed by the existing
trustees| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Our operational governance is in
accordance with the constitution of
Assemblies of God GB (AOG GB) with
whom we are fully affiliated members| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Riverside Family Church| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1003598| |Charity’s principal address|131A Northam Road
Southampton
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Clayton Betteridge|Chair of Trustees||| ||Julia Maddock|Trustee||| ||Philippa Robertson|Trustee||| ||Laurence
Brackpool|Lead Minister and
Trustee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |The Official Custodian for
charities as holding trustee
on behalf of the Trustees of
Riverside Family Church||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Laurence Brackpool (Lead Minister) ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** **The church changed its name from Riverside Family Church to RIVER CHURCH.** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Clayton Betteridge Julia Maddock ~~es ee~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair of Trustees Trustee **Chair, etc)** ~~es~~ **Date** 18/01/2026 ~~——~~ **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** |**Report to the trustees/**|Riverside Family Church||| |---|---|---|---| |**members of**|||| ||||| |**On accounts for the year**|31|**Charity no**|1003598| |**ended**||**(if any)**|| ||||| |**Set out on pages**|2-3||| ## **Respective** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in **responsibilities of** accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). **trustees and examiner** The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Act and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, - to follow the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Act, and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention **Basis of independent** My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given **examiner’s statement** by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. **Independent** In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my **examiner's statement** attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns 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: Date:** 19 December 2025 ~~VFihevboon [|~~ **Name: J Robertson FMAAT** ~~Po~~ **Address:** JSR Management & HR Consultancy Services Ltd 37A Victoria Road Southampton SO19 9DY River Church Income & Expense Account Basis: Cash From 01/04/2024 To 31/03/2025 |Account||Total| |---|---|---| |**Operating Income**||| |General Income||30.01| |Gift Aid||13,581.97| |Grants||1,500.00| |Sales||400.00| |Tithes & Offering||60,594.71| |Income for specific purpose||0.00| |Buildings||1,000.00| |Specific activity||570.00| |**Total for Income for specific purpose**||**1,570.00**| |**Total for Operating Income**||**77,676.69**| |**Cost of Goods Sold**||| |**Total for Cost of Goods Sold**||**0.00**| ||**Gross Profit**|**77,676.69**| |**Operating Expense**||| |Bank Fees and Charges||72.42| |Buildings Maintenance||2,900.17| |Childrens||296.77| |Cleaning supplies||125.55| |Conference and training||2,184.16| |Gifts out||1,060.00| |One off giving||2,235.94| |Regular giving||6,000.00| |**Total for Gifts out**||**9,295.94**| |Insurance||6,019.41| |IT and Internet Expenses||27.00| |Account|Total| |---|---| |Meals and Entertainment|607.18| |Riverside Community Café|41.62| |Welcome Team|1,007.41| |Courses / Conferences|13.30| |**Total for Meals and Entertainment**|**1,669.51**| |Office Supplies|474.34| |Other Expenses|1,070.70| |Repairs and Maintenance|4,837.37| |Salaries and Employee Wages|5,107.00| |Seasonal mission|33.78| |Summer events|23.75| |Christmas @ Riverside|450.37| |Christmas Hampers|623.09| |Easter @ Riverside|97.75| |**Total for Seasonal mission**|**1,228.74**| |Subscriptions|1,053.10| |Urban Saints|84.00| |Accountants|685.00| |DBS|176.16| |Membership|3,099.00| |**Total for Subscriptions**|**5,097.26**| |Worship|15.38| |Youth|171.43| |Travel|0.00| |Automobile Expense|568.34| |Fuel/Mileage Expenses|260.87| |Parking|73.48| |**Total for Travel**|**902.69**| |Utilities|0.00| |Broadband|576.00| |Electricity|1,519.36| |Gas|1,008.86| |Account||Total| |---|---|---| |Water||299.94| |**Total for Utilities**||**3,404.16**| |Employee Costs||0.00| |HMRC Employee tax||4,015.87| |Pension||2,772.98| |Salaries||26,111.25| |**Total for Employee Costs**||**32,900.10**| |**Total for Operating Expense**||**77,800.10**| ||**Operating Profit**|**-123.41**| |**Non Operating Income**||| |**Total for Non Operating Income**||**0.00**| |**Non Operating Expense**||| |**Total for Non Operating Expense**||**0.00**| ||**Net Profit/Loss**|**-123.41**| ## River Church ## Cash Flow Statement From 01/04/2024 To 31/03/2025 |Account|Account Description|Total|Year To Date| |---|---|---|---| ||||01/04/2024 - 31/03/2025| |**Beginning Cash Balance**||**17,450.75**|**17,450.75**| |**Cash Flow from Operating**|||| |**Activities**|||| |Accounts Receivable|.|-800.00|-800.00| |Employee||92.88|92.88| |Reimbursements|||| |Net Income||676.59|676.59| |**Non-cash adjustments**|||| |**Non-cash adjustments**||**0.00**|**0.00**| |**Total**|||| |**Net cash provided by**||**-30.53**|**-30.53**| |**Operating Activities**|||| |**Cash Flow from Investing**|||| |**Activities**|||| |Furniture and Equipment|.|-389.00|-389.00| |Gift Aid Receivable||-496.70|-496.70| |**Net cash provided by**||**-885.70**|**-885.70**| |**Investing Activities**|||| |**Cash Flow from Financing**|||| |**Activities**|||| |**Net cash provided by**||**0.00**|**0.00**| |**Financing Activities**|||| |**Net Change in cash**||**-916.23**|**-916.23**| |**Ending Cash Balance**||**16,534.52**|**16,534.52**| Page 1 of 2 Signed by one or two trustees on Behalf of all the trustees **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Date of Approval Page 2 of 2 _Financial Management Accountancy Bookkeeping & HR Consultancy Services Ltd_ |**Client:**|Riverside Family Church| |---|---| |**Client Manager:**|| |**Bookkeeper:**|| |**Year End:**|31.03.2025| |**VAT:**|| |**PAYE:**|YES| |**Capium User**|YES| |**Reviewed By:**|John Robertson FMAAT| |**Review Dated:**|10/12/2024| |**Summary:**|| **In line with our recommendations of previous years the church has invested in bookkeeping software to carry out the day-to-day transactions thus negating common accounting errors.** **Not all expense incurred has a purchase invoice uploaded to zoho, Kingdom Coffee for example.** **General Point: -** - a. Section B4 of the Independent report has NOT been updated as no current figures have been supplied. As has been the case in previous reviews the accounts for Riverside Family Church have been presented in good order. A cross section of transactions from each month were reviewed and consisted of: - - a. A check on Nominal to ensure correct data entry - b. Reconciliation of expenses to cheques raised by treasurer to reimburse personnel. - c. Bank Reconciliation - d. Fixed Assets There are only a few minor observations as listed below. 1. Not all transactions in the Nominal “One off Giving” has supporting documentation to facilitate cross checking. 2. As above for “Regular Giving” 3. Fixed Assets – are long-term, tangible items a business owns and uses to generate revenue. I would suggest that boxes “to sort things” would not fall into this category. Fixed assets are subject to an annual depreciation, Depreciation is the gradual transfer of the original cost of a Fixed Asset from the **Balance Sheet** to the **Profit and Loss Account** . The transfer is usually done by a **Journal** . As general rule of thumb depreciation is calculated on the straight-line basis over the asset’s useful life. JSR Management & HR Consultancy Services Ltd 37a Victoria Road Woolston Southampton SO19 9DY Telephone: 02380 323846 Registered in England & Wales Company Reg No. 7479823 VAT No. 106 637 130 ## _Financial Management_ _Accountancy Bookkeeping & HR Consultancy Services Ltd_ For example, a computer costs £1,000, and is expected to last 4 years, ie. an annual depreciation rate of 25%. On a **straight line method,** the annual depreciation is £250, which is transferred to the Profit and Loss Account from the Balance Sheet every year for 4 years. So after 1 year, the Balance Sheet value becomes £750, and the £250 has been charged as Depreciation to Profit and Loss. In the second year, the computer depreciates to £500, and another £250 is charged to Profit & Loss. The Transaction details should be the item purchased and not how it was paid for. The “Transaction Type” cannot be an “Expense” as Fixed assets are classed as “Capital Items” The purchase of a computer should not be coded under “Furniture & Equipment” the nominal “Computer Equipment” would better describe the asset purchased. The opening balance of £24.00 requires explaining. 4. It is best practice to assist in the transaction audit trail that the transaction is given a purchase invoice number and the detail of the item purchased / generic detail added to the nominal. 5. As suggested in previous reports a secondary signature for approval of reimbursements should be introduced. ## J Robertson FMAAT JSR Management & HR Consultancy Services Ltd JSR Management & HR Consultancy Services Ltd 37a Victoria Road Woolston Southampton SO19 9DY Telephone: 02380 323846 Registered in England & Wales Company Reg No. 7479823 VAT No. 106 637 130