Oadby Evangellcal Free Ch￿Ch. Independent Exèmlne¢s Report
Independent Examiner's Report
on the accounts of Oadby Evangelical Free Church
(charity number 1030055)
for year ending 31st December 2024
Church Officers. Report
These accounts have been prepared on a re￿iptS and pawnents basis. In the opinion of the charlty
trustees the accounts are an accurate reflection of the financial position of the charsty and comply
with legal requirements and have our unanimous approval.
Signed on behalf of the trustees
Name
Office held
Signature
Date
Stuart Glover
Elder, Trustee & Interim
Treasurer
Steven Green
Elder & Trustee
6"rt,J)2<
Independent Examlner's Report
I report on the accounts of Oadby Evangelical Free Churth ft)r the year ended 31st December 2024
which are set out below.
Responslbllltles and basis of report
As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with
the Charities Act 20111.the AcV>.
I report in respect of my examination of the charitrfs accounts carried out under section 145 of the
2011 Att and in carryln8 Out my examination, I havefollowed all the applicable Dlrections given by
the Charity Commission under sectlon 145(5)Ib) of the Act.
Independent examlner's statement
I have completed my examination. I conflrm that no materkil matters have come to my attention in
connection with the examination which 8ives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,.
the accountin8 records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of theAct; or
the accounts dld not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts dKI not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and
content of accounts set out in the Charitles (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other
than any requirement that the accounts give a 'twe and falrf vlew whichls not a matter
considered as part of an indepeThJent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connectlon with the examination to
which attentlon should be drawn in this report In order to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached.
Name
Relevant professional
qua lifications/body
Member of the Institute of
Accountants and Bookeepers (MIABI
Signature
Date
Heather Wells
?Js)15
Address:
7 Muston Gardens, Leicester. LE2 6FX

Oadby Evangelical Free Chwch: kcount5 for 2024
Oadby Evangelical Free Church
Accounts & financial statement
st
st
Period covered: l January 2023- 31 December 2024
Summary of receipts and payments
sl
(I"January- 31 December 2024)
Receipts
Unrestricted funds
2024
(£)
64,753.42
2,011.35
5,135.00
7,674.80
2023
Donations
Bank interest Ioeposlt accounts)
Other income
Glft Aid/Gfft Aid small
donation scheme IGASDS)
63,761,89
605.22
23,720.25
8,155.73
Restrlcted funds
Givlng for
missionary/speciflc causes
Other income
6,977.75
5,425.06
0.00
1,000.00
Total
86,552.32
102,668.15
Payments
Unrestrlcted funds
2024
2023
(£1
37,299.60
1.793.23
313.87
6,371.39
47,138.01
5,316.64
5,975.89
Employment
Events/activities
Equipment
Administration
Building
Utilities
Glving to missionaryand
other causes
40,069. 10
2,226.12
712.64
7,051.85
28,960.04
5,828.45
7,545.00
Restricted fund5
Missionary glvlng
Gifts to other causes
Building Fund
6,241.50
586.25
5,069.99
0.00
7,830.60
Total
99,220.95
117,109.22
Surplus/(Defiat) of recelpts
over payments
{12,668.63)
(14,441.07)
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Oadby Evangellcal Free Chwch: Accounts for2024
Breakdown of receipts
11 January- 31" December 2024)
st
Unrestricted funds
2024
(£)
64,753.42
43,659.00
12,677.16
2023
(£)
63,761.89
38,065.00
14,090.73
Donations
Bank transfer
Giving via Stewardship
Note I
Offering box
8,417.26
11,606.16
Tax reclalm
7,674.80
8,155,73
Other Income
5.135.IX)
105,00
30.00
5,000.00
0.00
23,720.25
0.00
10.98
0.00
23,709.27
Chu rth activities
Miscellaneous
Legacies
Insurance clalms
Note 2
Bank Interest
1011.35
605.22
TOTAL
79,574.57
96,243.09
Restricted funds
2024
£)
6,391.50
0.00
2023
Mlsslonary causes
5,425.06
1,082.75
1,403.05
2022 Christmas offering
2023 Easter offering
zl I
2023 Harvest offering
2023 Christmas offering
TearFund
VOCM Building Fund
2024 Easter offerlng
2024 Christmas offering
0.00
2,234.00
0.00
0.00
3.457.50
700,00
2,222.50
500.00
16.76
200.00
0.00
0.00
Note 3
Note4
Note 5
Other
ivlng
586.25
0.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Contribution to trdvel
expenses
Christian Institute
2024 Harvest offering
Note 6
255.00
331,25
0.00
0.00
Note 7
TOTAL INCOME TO RE￿RIcrED FUNDS
6.977.75
6,425.06
TOTAL RECEIPTS
86,552.32
102,668.15
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Oadby Evangellcal Free Church: Accourts for 2024
Breakdown of payments
(I"January- 31" December 2024)
Unrestrlcted funds
2024
2023
Employment
40,069.10
39,925.78
37,299.60
35,171.90
Salarles tax and pension
contribution5
Book allowance
Travel expenses
143.32
0.00
0.00
2,127.70
Events/artlvStles
Note 6
2,226.12
388.20
540.40
306.31
542.06
260.15
189.00
1,793.23
831.35
37.93
215.21
365.70
220.54
122.50
Visiting preacher expenses
Worship services
Catering
Outreach
Youthwork
Room hire
ment
712.64
40.56
389.84
52.25
229.99
0.00
313.87
39.98
239.11
0.00
0.00
34,78
Audrovisual
Computing
Furniture
Cleaning
Health & safety
Mlsslonary causes &
other causes
7.545.00
5,975.89
Carcassonne
Latln Llnk
Mandritsara
Valathi
Nelsons (via UFM)
Cavllls
Local Unwersity Cus
East Midlands Churches
Day
Bulkln8ton Churth
renovation project
1,560.00
1,560.00
1,560.00
2,040.00
0.00
675.00
0.00
150.00
1,440.00
1,440.00
1,440.00
960.00
445.89
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
150.00
Admlnlstratlon
Note8
7,OSI.85
2,565.00
212.00
1.480.38
328.00
£608.00
183.48
251.99
6,371.39
2,285.66
127.71
1,384.03
314.lJ)
1,476.00
172.68
145.00
Fees
Printing and stationery
Insurance
Copyright li￿nce
FIEC membership
Zoom subscription
Child protection/
safeguardin8
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Oadby Evangelical Free Church,. Accounts for 2024
Website
Conferen￿S/tra ining
0.00
423.ljo
466.31
Building
28,960.04
17,187.00
24.65
1,864.39
13.98
9,552.68
299.34
18.00
0.00
47,138.01
18,700,00
17.28
152.49
2,916.00
1,297.57
95.40
0.00
23,959,27
Rent
Building fabric
Cleaning
Gardenlng
Gas work
Health & safety
Keys
Drains
Utllltles
5,828.45
1,746.60
2.950,95
750.98
379.92
5,316.64
1,464.71
2,902.26
677,97
271,70
Electrlci
Gas
Phone/broadband
Water
Total payments from unrestrlrted funds
92.393.20
104,208.63
Restrfcted funds
2024
(£)
6,241.50
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2,734.00
3,507.50
0.00
0.00
2023
{£)
5,069.99
440.00
767.50
1,403.05
2,242.68
0.00
0.00
16,76
200.00
Mlsslonary causes
2021 Chrlstmas offerln
2022 Christmas offerin
2023 Easter offering
2023 Harvest offerin8
2023 Christmas offerin
2024 Easter offerlng
TearFund
VOCM Building Fund
Note 3
Note 4
Glfts to other causes
Note 6
Note 7
586.25
255.00
331.25
Christian Instltute
2024 Harvest offerSn
0.00
0.00
Buildin
Fund
7,830.60
7,830.60
Buildin
V40rk
0.00
Total payments from restrlrted funds
6,827.75
12,900.59
TOTAL PAYMENTS
99,220.95
117,109.22
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Oadby Evangelical Free Church: Accounts for 2024
Notes on receipts and payments
Includes £215.05 collected by Art@Oadby8roup and £230.16 from Shining Stars group.
£29.99 refund and £0.01 test payment from PayPal.
2023 Christmas offerfng was spllt equally between the work of the Intemational Mi55ion to Jewish
People and Reach Across. Figure Indude5 Gift Aid claimed on ap￿1(able don3tlons. Payment Includes
£500.00 collected in 2023 financial year.
2024 Easter offerlng was 8lven to the church bulldln8 prolect at Valathl Outreath Church Ministrie5.
Flgure Includes Glft Ald clalmed on appllcable donations. £50.00 donation was double counled so
more was sent than collerted.
2024 Chrlstmas offerfng was donated to work wlth people In Northem Israel. Flgure Indudes Glft Ald
dalmed on appllcable donatlons.
Vlsltln8 speaker expenses total Includes £120.70 whlth speaker asked to be sent to the Chrlstlan
Instltute ICI). So totsl sent to Cl was £375.70.
2024 Harvest offerlng was went towards the wDrk of Open Hands In Lelcester. Flgure Indude5 Glft
Aid dalmed on applicable donatlons.
Fees pald to Independent examlner and solldtor.
5t
Statement of assets and Ilabllltles at 31 December
Assets
2024
2023
Current account
Deposlt accounts
Petty cash
Total
10,136.99
108,286.86
14.53
118,438.38
19,809.23
111,275.51
22.27
131,107.01
Funds
Unrestrlcted {general) fund
Deslgnated funds:
Valathi
Restrlcted funds:
Bulldlngfund
2023 Chrlstmas offerln
2024 Chrlstmas offerlng
Total
104,068.98
116,457.61
0.00
480.00
13,669.40
0.00
700.(KJ
118,438.38
13,669.40
500.00
0.00
131,107.01
Llabllltles
Amount due within l year
1.403.05
L472.52
Flxed assets
The Church does not own any land, buildings or vehlcles. Flxed assets hekl by the churth includes
books, office equlpment and other ftxtures and fittings which all belon8 to the general fund.
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Oadby
North Memorial Hall Stoughton Road Oadby Leicester LE2 4FL
Tel: 0116 271 3805 emall: info@oefc.co.uk web: Y￿Av.0efc.cO.uk
Evangelical Free Church
Annual Report
for the year ended 31" December 2024
Name:
Oadby Evangellcal Free Church
(common abbreviation.. OEFC)
Charlty Number:
1030055
Governing Document:
Church Constitution
(last revised on 21st March 1997)
Minister:
Gary Prlckett
Women's
worker/Administrator:
Trustees/church Officers;
Emese Carter-Whittley- since 1st November
Lance Atter (Elder & Trustee)
Stuart Glover (Elder, Trustee & Interim Treasurer)
Steven Green (Elder & Trustee)
Luke Carter-whlttley (Deacon)- from 6th March
Judith Chinnery (Deacon)
Alejandro Joya (Deacon)- until 23rt1 August
Charity Commlsslon
Correspondent,.
Stuart Glover
c/0 Oadby Evangelical Free Church
North Memorial Hall, Stoughton Road, Oadby
Lelcestershire LE2 4FL
Website .
www.oefc.or
Banks:
Barclays Bank plc
Nationwide Building Society
Independent Examiner
of Accounts:
Heather Wells MIAB

l. Purpose/Object
The church was established In the mid-1970s to promote the advancement of the
Christian faith, and such other charitable purposes as are consistent with that aim,
partlcularly but not exclusively in the Leicestershire town of Oadby.
The church's understanding of the Christian faith is set out in its Basis of Faith. This Is
identical to the Doctrlnal Basis of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
IFIEC) and comprises the basic truths of historic, Biblical Christianity.
2. Organlsatlon
The Church's Constitutlon describes the rules governing the leadership and
membership of the church, the conduct of its formal 'business' meetings, the two
ordinances It observes (believers, baptism and communion) and the basic aspects of
its financing {by means of freewlll offerings, which are carefully recorded and
independently examined).
The work of the church is overseen by elders and supported by deacons (known
collectively as Church Officers), all of whom are active in the church and are appointed
by church members. One of the elders is appointed as the minlster of the church and Is
a full-time employee of It. the other elders serve as the Trustees of the charity.
With the exception of the minister, all members of the church who serve as its elders,
deacons or in other ways do so on a voluntary basis and, unless agreed otherwise by
members of the church at a formal meetin& without payment.
In 2024, the church held four business meetings for church members. At the end of
the year, the church had an admitted membershlp of 49. Morning congregations are
routinely larger than this, and many other children and adult5 attend one or more of the
church's mld-week activities.
The church Is Independent of any other organlsatlon but malntalns a posltSve Interest
in and links wlth other evangelical churches and Christian organi5ations. In particular, it
malntains its affiliation to the nationwide Fellowship of Independent Evangelical
Churches (FIEC).
3. Publlc Beneflt Statement and Church Activities
The Trustees of the church have had regard to the guidance Issued by the Charity
Commlsslon on public benefit. In particular, the church seeks to benefit the local
community by pursuing its main purpose through a range of activities appealing to a
wide cross-section of ages and interests.
Each Sunday, and norrnally twice on that day, the church meets for public worship;
special services are also held at Christmas, Easter and at other times. The church does
not generally live-stream its ser¥ices, but video recordings of most of them are released
promptly on its YouTube channel. Those who attend the Sunday morning service are
invited to send thelr younger children out of the rneeting to a crèche or to Sunday-school
classes held in the extension to the Hall in which we worship.
Each week the church runs at least one mid-week meeting for Bible Study and prayer,

sometimes with an invited missionary or other guest speaker. Smaller groups, meeting
in the Hall or in private homes, meet twice a month; there are also regular prayer
meetings, including one held on-line early each Saturday morning. Other regular mid-
week sessions include an Art group, a coffee morning with activities or presentations,
a play sesslon for pre-school chlldren and their carers, a table-tennls sesslon for men,
and conversation club to help speakers of other languages improve thelr spoken English
and a monthly walking group.
One-off events were also held including various craft events e.g. Easter craft evening
and a Christma5 wreath making event which were open to the local communitv.
The church's activities are very well advertised in the church, on the web and via a
weekly Bulletin which Is issued both electronically and on paper. All of the church's
activities, save for its business meetings for members and some of its small-group
sessions, are open to the public. several of them attract people who are not formal
members of the church or regular members of its congregation.
Most of the church's actlvities and events are held at the North Memorlal Hall, which is
located on Stoughton Road in Oadby and forms the communal space for an estate of
homes originally built In the 1920s to house disabled warriors from the Great War,
The church rents thls property through an exclusive lease granted to it by the Trustees
of another local charlty- the North Memorial Homes.
In additlon to Its concern for the people of Oadby, the church attively supports Chrlstlan
outreach and missionary work, as well as humanitarian aid projects. Donations received
for special collections taken up in 2024 were sent to local charitles and foodbanks as well
as to recognised misslons working overseas. Regular donations were made to Christian
organisations and churches working In Latln Amerlca, Madagascar, southern France and
Tamil Nadu,. once again we contributed to the 'shoebox appeal, organised by the
Blythswood Care charity, and in November 2024 were able to pass on 63 shoeboxes,
fllled with slmple Christmas gifts, for needy familles in eastern Europe.
4. Flnanclal Posltlon
The church accounts for the year 2024 have been signed off by an independent
examiner, They show that the church reported a deficit for the year of just over
£12,600. This was largely, though not only, a product of atypical expenditure in 2024,
including over £8,800 towards a new boller for the North Memorial Hall. Due to the
church having good reserves, the deficit reported in 2024 is of no immedlate concern.
5. Outreach
In the autumn, the church membership approved the elders, proposal to employ a part
time women's worker/adminlstrator. In additional to taking on some administrative
tasks, this post will seek to develop our ministry amongst women in the local
communlty, Includlng maklng new contacts and holdlng Blble studles.
The church also purchased some copies of the evangelistic LIFE magazines for church
attendees to give out to their friends and neighbours.
6. Future Developments
The church has occupied the North Memorial Hall in Oadby under the terms of a 35-
year lease granted to it by the Trustees of the North Memorial Homes. That lease
expired in mid-2022, but was extended to mid-2023 to allow negotiations to take place

regarding a possible new lease.
Heads of Terms for a new lease were agreed between the Trustees of OEFC and the
Trustees of the North Memorial Homes in July 2023. Solicitors for the latter are
drawlng up a lease document, based on the agreed Heads of Terms, for twenty years
running from l October 2023. The new lease will be an Internal Repairing and Insuring
{IRI) lease, rather than a Full Repairing and Insuring (FRI) lease as before. The trustees
are still waiting for a copy of the draft lease.
The church Is also committed to reglstering as a Charitable Incorporated
Organisation. Work on this has started and it is hoped that it will conclude with the
next year.
,bJ
Signed by Stuart Glover on behalf of Trustees of Oadby Evangelical Free Church
Date: 20105/2025
Afflllated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangellcal Churches
O.E.F.C Is a Registered Charlty: Number 1030055
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