## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 01 2024 31 12 2024 **From To** Section A Reference and administration details The Cross And Stable Church and Community Centre for Downs Barn and Downhead Park **Charity name** Downs Barn and Downhead Park **Other names charity is known by** Cross and Stable Church and Community Centre **Registered charity number (if any)** 1017685 **Charity's principal address** 1 Stable Yard Downs Barn Milton Keynes **Postcode MK14 7RZ** ~~——~~ **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Name of person (or body) entitled to Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year appoint trustee (if any)** Chair To 17[th] October 2024 By virtue of office as Minister of 1[Rev Paul Smith] the Church Chair From 17[th] October 2024 By virtue of office as Minister of 2[Rev Chi Okpala] the Church 3 Ric Brackenbury Secretary Milton Keynes City Council 4 Paul Trendall To 7[th] October 2024 Milton Keynes City Council 5 Graham Eaton From 17[th] October 2024 Milton Keynes City Council 6 Chris Pooley Cross and Stable Church Office of Stantonbury 7[Mike Morris] Ecumenical Moderator 8 Trevor Heale To May 2024 Great Linford Parish Council ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Charity Trust Deed dated 18th January 1993 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Nominated as per section 7 of the Charity Trust Deed. Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) **TAR** October 2025 1 ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** Day to day running of the church and community centre is delegated to You **may choose** to include the management committee, with trustees providing oversight and additional information, where direction only where required. relevant, about:  policies and procedures 2024 saw the highest level of bookings and income since the COVID-19 adopted for the induction and pandemic. However casual bookings were lower than in previous years training of trustees; showing the importance of the regular users of the centre to the ability to maintain in good order. - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider A £6,000 grant from the separate Cross and Stable Charities - network with which the charity works; (incorporating the on-site workshops) was agreed in year. This is for - relationship with any related major works to sand and varnish the floor, refurb and flush out heating pipework, and for planned audio system upgrades. - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of Our bookings clerk is now managing bookings day to day; this increases major risks and the system the sustainability of the centre rather than relying on volunteers, and - and procedures to manage ensures a consistent service and point of contact for our users. - them. The charity has more than adequate reserves to remain a going concern. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** Overall control of the Cross and Stable Church and Community Centre **Summary of the objects of the** for Downs Barn and Downhead Park, Milton Keynes; via a Management **charity set out in its governing** Committee, for the benefit of the local and wider community. **document Summary of the main activities** Upkeep and managing regular and ad-hoc bookings for the church and **undertaken for the public** community centre. **benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** Section D Achievements and performance Provision of community facilities for church and community user groups **Summary of the main** throughout the year. **achievements of the charity during the year** Building work carried out in the year included re-surfacing the floor, fence repairs and boiler maintenance. **TAR** October 2025 2 ## **Section E Financial review** Management Committee has agreed that we should never hold less than **Brief statement of the** £10,000 in current funds; this would be to cover a replacement boiler **charity’s policy on reserves** should the need arise. **Details of any funds materially** None. The accounts show a surplus in the 2024 calendar year. **in deficit** ## **Section F Declaration** ~~a~~ **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Ric Brackenbury ~~ee~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~ **Date** 02/10/2024 ~~po~~ **TAR** October 2025 3 **Cross and Stable Management Committee Income and Expenditure from 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024** printed 01-Oct-25 |**2023**
**Income**
Rent
4,130
Sun
Church
1,659
Sun
World of Grace
2,192
Sun
Winning Souls
M-Fri
Mini Professors
2,860
closed
Centre Stage UK
Mon
Forward in Faith
1,021
Tues
U3A Tuesday Choir
66
Tues
Cairo Cats
1,272
W/Fr
Yoga
1,445
Wed
Weight Watchers
371
Thurs
Friday Jumma Prayers
1,337
Thurs
U3A Monday Dance
1,093
Fri
Yoga
1,092
Great Linford Parish
4,543
Casual Bookings
**23,080**
16,000
Grants from Charities
Current Account Interest
1,032
CCLA Deposit Acc Interest
Insurance Claim
Telephone from Pre-school
4,012
FIT Receipts (Solar Panels)
Unclaimed deposits
Confiscated deposits
**44,123.52**
General Fund
Building Fund Restr.
Building Fund GRANT
Bell Fund Visiting Bell Ringers|**2024**
**£**
owed
4,920.00
1,905.00
175.00
2,209.20
356.40
2,915.00
1,130.00
1,212.60
283.80
-
400.05
1,530.00
360.00
1,207.00
2,128.75
387.00
1,047.20
1,180.80
590.40
3,289.80
**23,945.40**
3,282.60
6,000.00
1,205.92
-
3,306.35
**34,457.67**|**2023**
**Expenditure**

4,620
Cleaning
660
Window cleaning - 4 weekly
2,207
Ground Maintenance
9,257
General Running Costs
1,516
Insurance
385
Water
1,825
Electric
7,800
Gas
605
Phones/Broadband
60
Bank charges
Late Deposit refund
Alarms
Boiler
3,646
Bookings Officer
Renovation
Occasional Maintenance
Floor
Fence
Error
Boiler
electrical
Guttering etc
**32,582**
General Fund
Building Fund
Bell Fund|50 Blades
Ecclesiastical
Anglia
Total Power
Total Power
BT
Restricted
Designated
Transfer to Ch|**2024**
**£**
4,552.00
720.00
2,436.96
306.95
1,538.23
583.30
1,724.29
5,185.01
573.50
60.00
2,659.49
3282.00
1750.00
0.00
2293.83
384.00
520.00
**28,569.56**| |---|---|---|---|---| |
**44,123.52**|**34,457.67**
3,282.60|**32,582**||**28,569.56**| |||11,542||| ||||GAIN (- Loss)
5,888.11|| |||||| |**Fund Balances**||**Bank Balances**||| |||31/12/2023|Change
**31/12/2024**|| |||13,091
CafCash Account
23,098
CCLA Account
640
-
Deposits
289
D & Cred/to be pstd
21
Cash/unpresented|2,280.81
15,372.14
1,183.44
24,281.66
40.00
600.00
-
2,383.86
2,673.08
-
21.00|| |||**35,859.77**
Total|5,888.11
**41,747.88**|| Report of the Independent Examiner to Cross and stsble Management Committee I report on the financial statements of the Cross and Stable Management Committee for the year ended 31 December 2024 which are set out in the attached accounts. Responsibilities of the Trustees and the Independent Examiner As Trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements. you consider that the audit requirements of the Regulations and s.144{2) of the Charities Act 2011, do not apply and that an independent examination is sufficient. Basis of the Independent Examiner's Report An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Trustees and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosure in the accounts, and seeking explanation from you, as Trustees 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 my opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charity's state of affairs at 31st December 2024 and its incoming resources and application of resources in the year then ended. In connection with my examination, no matter has corne my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that. in any material respert. the requirements to keep accounting records, to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, and to comply with accounting requirements, have not been met. In my opinion there is no matter to which attention should drawn in order to obtain a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Nicholas Johnson 44 Belsize Avenue Milton Keynes, MK6 3LW Date: