The hub church Portland Road, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts, CM233SL 07788612398
Annual Report for the year ending 31 August 2025.
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Trustees. Mr A Hickman, Mr J Baxter, Matt Leman and Miss Evelyn IbekehOlasegha served for the whole year.
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Purpose of the Charity. Throughout the report period, this charity has continued to promote the Christian Faith in Bishop’s Stortford. .
We have continued to help individuals with needs, within Bishop’s Stortford or the surrounding area when brought to our attention.
During the report period, the building has continued to host the Portland Child Contact Centre. This fulfills a great need in the community. The Contact Centre provides a safe environment where solicitors and social services can arrange for children to meet with a separated parent on a regular basis, if necessary.
Local people including dance classes, Two AA groups, a camera club, a children’s activity group and a U3A dance exercise group continue to hire the building.
- Report of progress towards our aims.
Weekends are used for the contact centre for broken families and church services on Sunday. Friday nights are used for a prayer group and youth work and during the week connection groups. Local community groups use the hall in the day time and evenings when the church is not holding meetings. The babies and toddlers group regularly has up to 15 mums with their children in attendance which brings in a small amount of finance.
4/. For the past three years now we have opened the centre as a “warm space” for those who are homeless, struggling to put on their own heating or needing a warm social environment for contact with friends. We provide free food and drink during the day Monday and Friday.
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Anthony Hickman (trustee) Date: 5th February 2026.
| Christan Outreach Centre (Bishop's Stortord). | Christan Outreach Centre (Bishop's Stortord). | Registraton : 104917Christan Outreach Ce | Registraton : 104917Christan Outreach Ce | |
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| Portland Road, Bishop's Stortord, Herts. | Portland Road, Bishop | |||
| Income and Expenditure for the | year ended 31st August 2025 | Balance Sheet as at 3 | ||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Building | ||||
| Tax Back | 6753.62 | 8817.63 | ||
| Rental Income | 9623.5 | 9235 | ||
| Tuck Shop Sales | 0 | 99.92 | ||
| Bumble bees | 1134.86 | 1238.38 | Equipment Forward | |
| Tithes & Oferings | 40211.27 | 37289.5 | Equipment Purchased | |
| Sundry Income (donatemporary | 0 | 100 | Equipment Sold | |
| Bank Interest | 485.79 | 349.87 | ||
| Grant Money for warm space | 2000 | 1060 | Depreciaton | |
| Insurance Claim | 0 | 2539.53 | ||
| Current Assets | ||||
| Total Income | 60209.04 | 60729.83 | Pety Cash | |
| Kingdom Bank Saving | ||||
| Saving account | ||||
| Expenses | School Account | |||
| Postage, Statonery and Printng | 771.44 | 515.26 | Gif aid debtor | |
| Bumble bees | 200.35 | 175.49 | Bank Balance | |
| Pastor's Expenses +Visitng Pastor expenses | 6125.27 | 2214.06 | ||
| Cleaning Supplies/toiletries | 159.58 | 325.97 | ||
| Staf Training & Sundry Expenses | 489.01 | 303.83 | ||
| Licences/subscriptons | 2129.01 | 1218.28 | Current Liabilites | |
| Evangelism/Advertsing | 4584.19 | 1347.61 | ||
| Tuck Shop and youth | 2515.58 | 1844.3 | Mortgage | |
| Heat & Light/Telephone/Insurance/Internet | 5929.22 | 4061.35 | ||
| Gifs to Disadvantaged & Other Ministries/Mission | 1372.58 | 3128.75 | ||
| Teaching Material | 14.99 | 8.99 | NET ASSETS | |
| Children and Youth ministry | 236.41 | 209.65 | ||
| Mortgage Interest | to be adjusted | 20679.74 | 19821.12 | |
| Depreciaton of Equipment | 2559.81 | 2823.72 | Represented by : | |
| Bank/ Legal/Professional Fees | 6173.72 | 2662 | ||
| Centre Maintenance/Repairs | 2284.73 | 6274.87 | ||
| Balance Forward | ||||
| 56225.63 | 46935.25 | Valuaton increase | ||
| NET RETAINED INCOME | 3983.41 | 13794.58 | Net retained income |
950000.00
12863.59 1357.57 0.00 14221.16 2559.81
11661.35
2.88 20000.00 31.92 0.00 641.46 12793.75
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33470.01 995131.36 243624.62 751506.74
747523.33 0.00 3983.41 751506.74
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CHARITY COMMISSION| Independent examiner's FOR ENGLAND AND WALES report on the accounts
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Section A Independent Examiner’s Report | |
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ReportP to thememberstrustees/of Christian Outreach Centre (Bishop's: : Stortford)
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On accounts for the year | 31° August 2025 Charity no | 1049175 ended (if any) | | report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/08/2025.
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Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act’). | report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, | have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
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Independent | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: e accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
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| 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. * Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
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Signed: iereOe hp, a sacif \ MA Date: | 03/02/2026 Name: | Ayoyinka Akande |
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Relevant professional | FCA (Fellow-Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales)
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qualification(s) or body - (if any): Address: | 15 Millcroft, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire CM23 2BP 1 October 2018 — ae
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