KING’S CHURCH BARKING
(CHARITY NO: 1015872) TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
YEAR END 31 MARCH 2025
KING’S CHURCH BARKING
TRUSTEES REPORT
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The Trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025.
The Trustees & Governance
Trustees who served during the period were - Mark Figgins Jean Playle Deborah Marsden Gerald Toop Emma Selvon
During the year Mark Figgins and Jean Playle stepped down as Trustees. Our thanks and appreciation go to Mark and Jean for their invaluable contributions and hard work throughout the years.
King’s Church activities are administered by the church leadership team and the Trustees.
Charitable activities
The main objective as a Christian church in Barking is to advance the Christian faith and express the Christian message in practical ways, in particular with regard to worship, Christian discipleship and communication of the Christian message, in culturally relevant ways and including community interaction and service. The church continued to pursue those aims during the period under review.
Worship is a central part of our Sunday church service and throughout the year we held several worship evenings open to other United Reformed Churches and also open to other churches in Barking and Dagenham.
Partnering with Barking United Reformed Church
We partner with Barking United Reformed Church to hold Sunday Services, activities, and meetings together.
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King’s Church in the Local community
Activities in and for the benefit of the local community included –
Community Coffee Mornings
We run a weekly coffee morning for the local community for free tea, coffee and friendship. Both passersbys and locals frequent, we have many regulars.
Kidz Klub
We hold holiday clubs for children with crafts, games and bible teaching. An Easter holiday club for children had on average 20 children and a holiday club in August saw 15 children come. At Christmas 25 people came to a family crafts day.
Friday Youth Group
The Friday youth group runs every fortnight. With activities such as board games / pool / table tennis / play station games it’s been a space for the young people to grow in confidence in who they are and learn to relate to one another. The youth group were also taken on day trips to London.
Cuppa at Christmas
We held Cuppa at Christmas - a place for people to pop in for a cup of tea and a friendly chat on Christmas Day.
Ladies Group
In October, the Ladies Group hosted a talk by the police on Women’s Safety.
Barking Churches Unite, BCU
King’s Church together with Barking URC supported the work of Barking Churches Unite, (organizer of interchurch events and projects for the local community) Our worship team led the worship at several BCU, United Prayer Events where churches across Barking come together to pray.
We took part in the annual BCU Christmas and Easter prayer outreach weeks where we prayed with people passing through the shopping centre.
Local Foodbanks and Schools
We provide monthly financial support to foodbanks in Barking and Dagenham. We also support local schools providing monthly financial support to a local school's own internal foodbank and providing financial support to help fund activities for vulnerable children in another school.
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King’s Church support of UK and Overseas mission and charities
In the period, King’s Church supported Christian ministries and charities working both in the UK and overseas.
Finances
Basis of accounts preparation -
All receipts and payments for the period are disclosed in the attached Receipts and Payments account.
Year under review -
During the year, income from Tithes and Offerings from church members was £24,947. This continues to demonstrate the generosity of the King’s Church membership.
The income tax recovery on Gift Aided payments, amounted to £6,123.75.
Barking URC
King’s Church works closely with Barking URC – we do our services, meetings together. Similar to many other charities, Barking URC’s bank accounts were unexpectedly closed by Barclays bank during the financial year. To enable Barking URC to continue operating, King’s paid most of Barking URC’s expenses – Building Expenses £20,654.87. This will be repaid by Barking URC in due course. The Building Fund bank account was used solely for Barking URC’s receipts from 1/6/24. Only one payment has been made using Barking URC’s receipts – this was to United Reformed Church Trust for Barking URC’s Ministry and Mission contribution.
Reserves Policy -
The Trustees have agreed that sufficient funds should be maintained to ensure that the main charitable activities could be supported for a minimum of three months.
Signed on behalf of the Trustees
E. Selvon
Date: 3/8/2025
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| to the nearest £ |
to the nearest | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | ||||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||
| Designated Offerings & Gifts | - | 426 | - | 426 | 342 | ||||
| General Tithes & Offerings | 24,947 | - | 24,947 | 26,815 | |||||
| Tax Rebate | 6,124 | - | - | 6,124 | 5,954 | ||||
| Bank & Other Interest | 923 | - | - | 923 | 858 | ||||
| General Fund Income | - | 360 | - | 360 | 344 | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
31,994 | 786 | - | 32,780 | 34,313 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). ~~—————=~~ |
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| Sub total ~~—————=~~ |
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| ~~—————=~~ | ~~—————=~~ | ~~—————=~~ | ~~—————=~~ | ~~—————=~~ | ~~—————=~~ | ~~—————=~~ | 32,780 ~~—————=~~ |
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| Total receipts ~~—————=~~ |
31,994 ~~—————=~~ |
~~—————=~~ | 786 ~~—————=~~ |
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~~—————=~~ | ~~—————=~~ | 34,313 ~~—————=~~ |
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| A3 Payments | |||||||||
| Premises | 6,825 | - | - | 6,825 | 3,913 | ||||
| Pastoral & Ministrycosts | 500 | - | - | 500 | 800 | ||||
| Mission and charitysupport | 16,550 | 596 | - | 17,146 | 9,350 | ||||
| Catering& hospitality | 728 | - | - | 728 | 1,184 | ||||
| General Fund Expenses | - | 521 | - | 521 | 188 | ||||
| Conferences & Training | 371 | - | - | 371 | 670 | ||||
| Equipment & Accessories | 611 | - | - | 611 | 1,965 | ||||
| Insurance | 436 | - | - | 436 | 454 | ||||
| Independent Reviewer | 110 | - | - | 110 | 115 | ||||
| Outreach & Children's work | 3,211 | - | - | 3,211 | 2,268 | ||||
| Subscriptions & MembershipFees | 1,087 | - | - | 1,087 | 956 | ||||
| BuildingExpenses | 20,655 | - | - | 20,655 | - 1,731 | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 51,084 | 1,117 | - | 52,201 | 20,131 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) ~~————=—~~ |
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| Totalpayments ~~————=—~~ |
51,084 ~~————=—~~ |
~~————=—~~ | 1,117 ~~————=—~~ |
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~~————=—~~ | 52,201 ~~————=—~~ |
~~————=—~~ | 20,131 ~~————=—~~ |
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| Net of receipts/(payments) ~~=SSS5—~~ |
- 19,090 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
090 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
- 331 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
- 331 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
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- - 19,421 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
421 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
14,182 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
| A5 Transfers between funds ~~=SSS5—~~ |
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| A6 Cash funds lastyear end ~~=SSS5—~~ |
78,288 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
288 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
385 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
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~~=SSS5—~~ | 78,673 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
~~=SSS5—~~ | 64,491 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
| Cash funds thisyear end ~~=SSS5—~~ |
59,198 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
198 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
54 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
54 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
- 59 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
- 59 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
- 59,252 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
~~=SSS5—~~ | 78,673 ~~=SSS5—~~ |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories | Details | Details | Details | Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
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| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||||||
| B1 Cash funds | Bank Current Account | 3,357 | 54 | - | |||||
| Bank Savings Account | 45,789 | - | - | ||||||
| Bank General Account | - | - | |||||||
| Bank Building Fund Account | - | - | |||||||
| 95 Day Notice Account | 10,051 | - | |||||||
| Total cash funds | 59,198 | 54 | - | ||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
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| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | - | - | - | ||||||
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| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B3 Investment assets | - | - | |||||||
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| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
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| Details | Fund to which liability relates |
Amount due (optional) |
When due (optional) |
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| B5 Liabilities | - | ||||||||
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Print Name | Date of approval |
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| E Selvon | Emma Selvon | 03/08/2025 | |||||||
KING’S CHURCH BARKING CHARITABLE TRUST 31ST MARCH 2025 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT
I report on the Receipts and Payments accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on the attached pages 4 and 5, referenced ‘CC16a’.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
As the charity’s trustee you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 43 (7)(b) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. 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 you as trustee concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
Independent examiner’s statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act
have not been met; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Name: Christopher Sykes Signed: Christopher Sykes
Date: 28/7/25