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2025-03-31-accounts

New Life Church Winchester Registered Number: 1050438 Trustees’ Report

The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Principal Activities:

The charity’s primary activity during the year continues to be the running of a Christian church in the area of Stanmore Winchester.

Small Charity Provisions:

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Charity Acts relating to small entities.

Address and Contact Details:

Address: New Life Church Winchester, Stanmore Lane, Winchester, SO22 4BT. Telephone: 01962 843714. Website: www.newlifechurchwinchester.org.

Independent Examiner:

Ken Stratton FMAAT of Kimball Smith Limited, Brewery House, High Street, Twyford, Winchester, SO21 1RG

Bankers:

Barclays Bank, 50 Jewry St, Winchester, SO23 8RG

Kingdom Bank, Ruddington Fields Business Park, Mere Way, Ruddington, Nottingham NG11 6JS

Solicitors:

Warner & Richardson LLP, 29 Jewry St., Winchester, SO23 8RR Geldards LLP, 4 Capital Quarter, Tyndall Street, Cardiff, CF10 4BZ

Leadership (Eldership) Team

The following persons served on the leadership team for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Trustees

The following persons served as trustees in the following roles for the year ended 31 March 2025.

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Structure, Governance and Management

The charity is constituted as a trust and is governed by a trust deed constitution, adopted on the 10[th] July 2023. Trustees are typically appointed by the Senior Minister / Lead Pastor, with the acceptance of existing trustees. When there is no incumbent Pastor, the existing trustees of the Church Council will appoint new trustees by vote with a two-thirds majority acceptance.

Following provisional selection and appointment, trustees are given a ‘Trustees’ declaration pack’ that contains mandatory forms to be completed:

In addition to this, trustees must also complete a Disclosure and Barring Service Check and additional ID checks conducted by the church’s independent financial examiner to ensure charity compliance with anti-money laundering regulations. Individuals are notified that their selection and appointment are subject to the satisfactory completion of all these checks.

Trustees are then offered different training induction opportunities with organisations such as, but not limited to, the Charity Commission, Stewardship, or as such organisations recommended and advertised by our church denomination movement. Trustees are also directed to the Charity Commission information guide documents.

New Life Church Winchester has an organisational structure of a Church Council that consists of:

For the year ended 31 March 2025, the church trustees met 4 times and held an AGM relating to this financial year on the 1[st] July 2025.

Outside of the church council, there are staff and ministry leaders appointed by the church council to lead various activities to further the objects and activities of the church charity.

New Life Church Winchester is a part of the Assemblies of God Great Britain (AoG GB). This is a Pentecostal fellowship movement of locally autonomous churches that are relationally connected but operate as independent charities, with each one governed by its own governing document. Today, at the time of this report, there are over 600 churches that operate in well over 500 locations throughout Great Britain. For more information on AoG GB, please visit www.aoggb.com.

Objectives and Activities

The objects of the charity are:

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These objectives are achieved and provide a benefit to the public by:

New Life Church Winchester is aware of the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in “The Advancement of Religion for the Public Benefit ”. We have made regard to it in the administration and daily operation of the church charity, particularly when deciding which activities would be the most appropriate to undertake to serve the needs of the church and the wider community in a way that is compliant with the laws and regulations of the land.

Review of Activities and Achievements

It is the held belief of the church and its leadership that its key responsibility is to encourage people to work together to fulfil the vision of New Life Church Winchester. This is to ‘encounter God’s presence, equip the saints, and evangelise the lost’.

To that end, the charity’s primary activity during the year continues to be the running of a Christian church in the area of Stanmore, Winchester.

Church meetings

We run one main Sunday morning service every week from 10.30am. We thank God for an increase in our weekly attendances from the previous year which average between 80 – 100+ adults, and 5-15 children and young people. Church membership have increased with the number of adults who have decided to make New Life Church their spiritual home breaking over the 100 mark.

We also have other periodic church meetings such as our fortnightly ‘Encounter Nights’, which are times of worship, prayer, and prophecy. Another notable highlight was a powerful night of worship and prophecy with a guest Pastor from Denmark. We are grateful for these meetings as they serve as an extended time for people to deeply refresh their spirits in the presence of God.

The Alpha Course meetings ran in April and May 2024 continue to go from strength to strength. This is where we create space for people of the community and church to explore life’s biggest questions and the Christian faith over a meal. One of the great things we found in feedback from those who attended is to see new friendships form as well as learning foundational perspectives on the Faith.

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Baptisms

The baptismal service held in September 2024 was again very special. Like last year, 4 people originally made the decision to go ahead with baptism, but another 4 people decided to be baptised in response to the gospel being preached! So like last year, 8 people were baptised in total, including one who attended the Alpha Course! We marvel at the goodness and the grace of God, but join us in praying that the Lord will continue to work in the lives of the eight people who were baptised, and that these folk embrace the adventure of discipleship with zeal and a deep commitment, with the full support and encouragement of the church.

Global Recording Networks (GRN) Day

Another notable moment for our church and our Lead Pastors was back in February 2025, when they were formally inaugurated as the new Directors for GRN UK in a special Sunday service here at New Life Church. GRN is a leading provider of Christian evangelistic and discipleship audio-visual materials. They bring the Gospel to the world’s least-reached language groups, building bridges with words and pictures. It was a wonderful time for us as a church as we hosted members from the GRN UK & European teams, including Pastor Sam Bouix - European Director for GRN UK, who delivered the sermon that day. We are super expectant for what the Lord will do through Pastors Sanjay and Mary Sanil. We pray blessings on them as they step into this new role.

Away Day Weekend

Our annual Saturday away day to the beach in July and the Sunday service that follows always blesses our church community. This year, we had an extended member of our church family, Pastor Ian Williams from Home Church Torquay in town to fellowship and minister to us. This was a great time of celebration, joy, and encountering the Holy Spirit through worship, teaching, fellowship, and ministry. Thank you to Pastor Ian for allowing the Lord to use you in a mighty way, and a big thank you to all the staff and volunteers who worked together to ensure that the weekend was a success.

Children and Youth

We are thankful for growth in these ministry areas, which is very encouraging. For the first time in 7 years, we hosted a Summer holiday club week for Primary school children in the church and community. Our theme for the club was Restoration Station, which was all focused on how Jesus restores and helps us. We had over 20 children from families from the church and local community attend, along with 5 young leaders who supported the 3-day holiday club, which followed with a celebration Sunday service and BBQ. It is worth noting that some of these families joined the church. It was wonderful to see our Kids church leaders and teenage volunteers emerging and flourishing in supporting the event.

That leads to youth ministry. We want to see our youth growing and participating in activities in the church, but also more widely with Wildfire Youth Project and Youth Alive, the National Youth Ministry of AoG GB. Some examples of this have included our Young people attending some of our periodic youth drop-ins, including the back in the Autumn, where we welcomed the Vineyard Youth Bus to the car park for an outdoor youth drop-in. Also for the first time since before the Covid-19 pandemic, we were able to send 2 young people to the Wildfire Youth residential at the Rock UK Carroty Wood activity centre in October 2024, along with a couple of our youth leaders. They got to be amongst a group of 50 kids from local churches in and around Winchester for worship, teaching, and lots of games!

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Then in March 2025, we were able to take 3 of our older young people to Youth Alive Awaken Youth Conference in Exeter for a day of games, teaching, and encounter. It was a privilege to see our young people worshipping and engaging with 200 other young people. We desire for them to see that the family of God is big and there is so much opportunity in Christ Jesus.

School of Prophecy

In the Autumn of 2024, we launched for the very first time a School of Prophecy, which was ably led by Peter Light. This was attended by approximately 15 people and gave people the opportunity to learn about prophecy, and how to practically use the gift of prophecy in their everyday lives and in the life of the church. We are grateful to Peter for your life and ministry and allowing God to use you in edifying the church body through this course.

The church family

We would like to honour and express sincere thanks to church members and the community for their generosity in giving of their time, and their finances to the life and upkeep of the church, including various projects and causes throughout the year. We are grateful for church members who gave towards a new church electric keyboard, piano and a replacement in-ear monitor. We are also particularly grateful for those who gave to compassionately to support church families in need, and to enable the next generation of young adults to go to a European Christian leadership conference to network and learn. All of these things edify and enable our church family to be supported and grow, so thank you.

Finally, we would like to honour our leadership team and trustees for all that they do to lead and support the church. In particular, we honour the Finn family, who stepped down from the leadership team during this year. Your love, wisdom and support that you poured into the church is very much appreciated. We love you all, and we pray God’s blessing and favour over your lives as you step into a new season.

Looking ahead

Going forward the focus for our church is to continue in reaching out to the community and sharing the love and the truth of the gospel through words and any other practical means (see Matthew 5: 14-16; Isaiah 60: 1-3). Also, as a church we would like to see the next generation of younger leaders to rise, be equipped, and mobilised to serve in the kingdom of God, utilising their God-given talents and abilities. We firmly believe that when we do that, the Lord will make room for us (Genesis 26).

Financial Review

Personnel

At the conclusion of 31 March 2025, the church employed two full-time members of staff and two part-time members of staff.

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Finance

We give thanks that total charitable income this year grew to £192,012 from £168,476 in the previous year. Giving from tithes and offerings increased by 15%, whilst Income from the venue hire of rooms in the church building increased 27% as more local public bodies in health and education wanted to use our venue facilities when not in use for church activities. This has a positive financial benefit and a partnership benefit to the church as we look to work alongside and network with other organisations in the local community. We were also very pleased and grateful to receive two grants during this year. One was from Winchester City Council towards the purchase of a new audio loop system for our church auditorium, which allows us to improve our accessibility to people with different care and support needs. The other grant was from the AoG GB Missio Dei Bible College for hosting a placement student as an apprentice in our Children’s ministry.

Total expenditure costs increased by 7.4% to £174,585 from £162,584 in the previous year. This is due to higher ministry, salary, and operating costs that are reflective of a growing church with increasing ministry operations and activities.

Taking all of the above factors into consideration, we are pleased to report that the church was able to stay within its means with an excess income of over expenditure totalling £18,114.

Reserves Policy

The trustees continue to consider and review the finances of the church, including its reserves. The trustees aim to take a prudent and long-term view in making decisions whilst balancing our belief in God’s provision for the church.

To this end, it is a policy requirement of the church that in any one financial year, to have maintained and set aside funds that have not been restricted or designated for a specific use elsewhere equivalent to a minimum of four months’ expenditure. This is so that in the event of any unforeseen financial income shortfall or unexpected but necessary capital expenditure, the church charity operations can be maintained in the short term whilst decisions are made about how to plan finances for the medium to long term.

During the year to 31 March 2025, incoming resources exceeded expenditure by £18,114. The church charity also had cash reserves in the Kingdom Bank savings account of £63,399. This was an increase on the previous year as we begin to rebuild our reserves so that they get back to an adequate level which then helps to mitigate any unnecessary exposure to risk as the church membership and operations grows.

Signed on behalf of the board of trustees.

Silas Brown Trustee Treasurer 27[th] January 2026

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Registered number 1050438

New Life Church Winchester

Report and Accounts

31 March 2025

New Life Church Winchester Registered number: 1050438 Trustees' Report

The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Principal activities

The Charity's principal activity during the year continued to be the running of a christian church in the area of Stanmore Winchester . Please see the website of New Life Church Winchester at www.newlifechurchwinchester.org

Trustees

The following persons served as trustees at the date of this report

Terry Chainey Benjamin Chainey Silas Brown Pamela Maton Gemma Reeves Sanjaykumar Sanil Helena Angell ( appointed 24 September 2025)

Small Charity provisions

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Charity Acts relating to small entities.

This report was approved by the board on 27 January 2026 and signed on its behalf.

Silas Brown Trustee/Treasurer

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New Life Church Winchester

Independent Examiners' report to the trustees of New Life Church Winchester

You consider that the charity is exempt from an audit for the year ended 31 March 2025. You have acknowledged, on the balance sheet, your responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Charities Acts with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These responsibilities include preparing accounts that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity at the end of the financial year and of its income and expenditure for the financial year.

In accordance with your instructions, we have prepared the accounts which comprise the Income and Expenditure Account, the Balance Sheet, and the related notes from the accounting records of the charity and on the basis of information and explanations you have given to us.

I have not carried out an audit or any other review, and consequently we do not express any opinion on these accounts.

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act").

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:

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given 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.

In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act.:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Ken Stratton FMAAT Independent Examiner 27-Jan-26

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New Life Church Winchester Income and Expenditure account for the year ended 31 March 2025

Notes
Income
Charitable activities
Resourses costs
Additional charitiable activities and govenance
Other operating income
Excess income
2
Interest receivable
Excess income over expenditure
Tax on profit on ordinary activities
Excess income over expenditure		 2025
£
192,012
(26,211)
165,801
(947)
(147,427)
-
17,427
687
18,114
-
18,114		 2024
£
168,476
(25,443)
143,033
(855)
(136,286)
3,250
9,142
529
9,671
-
9,671

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New Life Church Winchester Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
3
Current assets
Debtors
4
Kingdom Bank
Barclays account
Cash in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
5
Net current assets
Net assets
Reserves
Property Reserve
6
Unrestricted funds
7		 2025
£
1,249,488
8,319
63,399
15,804
33
87,555
(6,890)
80,665
1,330,153
1,150,000
180,153
1,330,153		 2024
£
1,248,880
9,685
55,000
7,636
20
72,341
(9,182)
63,159
1,312,039
1,150,000
162,039
1,312,039

The trustees are satisfied that the charity is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit.

The members have not required the charity to obtain an audit.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Charities Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in the Charities Acts applicable to small companies entities.

S Brown Trustee

Approved by the board on 27 January 2026

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New Life Church Winchester Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard (Charities SORP (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.

Income

Income represents the value of contributions to the charity from members of the church and others.

Depreciation

Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives.

Equipment

up to 33.33% reducing balance

Pensions

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions are charged to the income and expenditure account as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.

2 Operating income 2025 2024
£ £
This is stated after charging:
Depreciation of owned fixed assets 8,071 6,938
Pension costs 1,492 1,376

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New Life Church Winchester Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

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Tangible fixed assets
Cost
At 1 April 2024
Additions
At 31 March 2025
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2025
Net book value
At 31 March 2025
At 31 March 2024
Freehold land and buildings:
Historical cost
Cumulative depreciation based on historical cost
4
Debtors
Accounts receivable
Gift aid tax refund
5
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Wages
Other taxes and social security costs
Other creditors and restricted funds
6
Property reserve
Original cost of freehold properties		 Land and
buildings
£
1,217,786
-
1,217,786
-
-
-
1,217,786
1,217,786		 Equipment
£
79,570
8,679
88,249
48,476
8,071
56,547
31,702
31,094
2025
£
1,150,000
-
2025
£
5,065
3,254
2025
£
-
4,864
2,026
6,890
2025
£
1,150,000		 Total
£
1,297,356
8,679
1,306,035
48,476
8,071
56,547
1,249,488
1,248,880
2024
£
1,150,000
-
2024
£
6,329
3,356
2024
£
(100)
4,351
4,931
9,182
2024
£
1,150,000

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New Life Church Winchester Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

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Unrestricted reserves
At 1 April 2024
Excess expenditure for the year
At 31 March 2025		 2025
£
162,039
18,114
180,153

8 Restricted funds

Within the other creditors in note 5 are restricted funds of £567 (2024 - £594) . During the year specific gifts plus the related gift aid were received totaling £6,281 (2024 - £3,859) and apart from the £567 left in restricted funds the resources were spent on the the activity designated.

9 Trustees remuneration

The Trustees do not receive an income for the contribution they make to the Charity in their capacity as a Trustee. Salaries have been paid to Trustees for their other roles as follows:Sanjaykumar Sanil £38,198 - Silas Brown £24,000

10 Employees

No employee of the charity received remuneration of over £60,000.

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New Life Church Winchester Income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 March 2025

Charitable income
Charitable activities direct costs
Resources
Charitable activities and govenance costs
Other operating income
Excess income
Interest receivable
Excess income		 2025
£
192,012
(26,211)
165,801
(947)
(147,427)
-
17,427
687
18,114		 2024
£
168,476
(25,443)
143,033
(855)
(136,286)
3,250
9,142
529
9,671

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New Life Church Winchester

Detailed income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 March 2025

Income
Church Events
Gift Aid
Gifts and specific income
Student Events
Rental income
Venue Hire
Tithes
Compassion fund
Ladies Events
Grants/Furlough Scheme
NLC Sound/Media Project
Church Defibrillator
Mens Events
Love Offering
Alpha Course
Kids & Youth Events
OCC Shoebox Appeal Donation
Morocco Earthquake/Libya Floods Appeal
Charitable activities
Booking expenses
Church events costs
Compassion Fund Expense
Keble Street Maintenance
Ladies ministry
Men's ministry
Mission Support
Outreach
Student ministry
Sunday expenses
Worship team
Youth ministry
Assemblies of God
Resources
CCLi
CCPAS		 2025
£
668
20,315
165
32
22,165
52,098
88,941
311
1,083
1,000
4,341
-
333
370
80
100
10
-
192,012
5,071
3,703
952
4,773
1,174
418
1,055
2,069
67
-
934
964
5,031
26,211
947
-
947		 2024
£
144
21,497
3,786
75
22,220
41,130
77,316
(138)
1,004
-
-
1,211
31
283
-
-
-
(83)
168,476
4,528
2,067
1,097
5,449
1,247
210
1,821
508
327
322
3,277
369
4,221
25,443
710
145
855

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New Life Church Winchester

Detailed income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 March 2025

Additional charitable activities and govenance costs
Employee costs:
Wages and salaries
Pensions
Employer's NI
Staff training and welfare
Travel and subsistence
Motor expenses
Entertaining
Premises costs:
Rates
Facilities expense
Light and heat
Cleaning
General administrative expenses:
Telephone and fax
IT and media
T V License
Visiting speaker
Postage
Stationery and printing
Subscriptions
Bank charges
Insurance
Equipment expensed
Software
Repairs and maintenance
Garden maintenance
Depreciation
Sundry expenses
Legal and professional costs:
Bookkeeping
Legal fees
Advertising and PR
Other operating income
Other operating income		 2025
£
90,425
1,492
2,286
4,541
273
1,346
2,048
102,411
3,077
524
4,726
5,008
13,335
1,568
2,422
170
1,590
26
1,201
209
118
3,769
2,839
-
5,953
727
8,071
1,353
30,016
1,651
14
-
1,665
147,427
-		 2024
£
81,627
1,376
1,244
1,475
5,326
475
1,537
93,060
5,732
86
6,668
3,584
16,070
1,465
1,168
159
2,600
49
1,993
142
103
3,696
66
75
5,754
622
6,938
-
24,830
1,441
840
45
2,326
136,286
3,250

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Registered number 1050438

New Life Church Winchester

Report and Accounts

31 March 2025

New Life Church Winchester Registered number: 1050438 Trustees' Report

The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Principal activities

The Charity's principal activity during the year continued to be the running of a christian church in the area of Stanmore Winchester . Please see the website of New Life Church Winchester at www.newlifechurchwinchester.org

Trustees

The following persons served as trustees at the date of this report

Terry Chainey Benjamin Chainey Silas Brown Pamela Maton Gemma Reeves Sanjaykumar Sanil Helena Angell ( appointed 24 September 2025)

Small Charity provisions

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Charity Acts relating to small entities.

This report was approved by the board on 27 January 2026 and signed on its behalf.

Silas Brown Trustee/Treasurer

1

New Life Church Winchester

Independent Examiners' report to the trustees of New Life Church Winchester

You consider that the charity is exempt from an audit for the year ended 31 March 2025. You have acknowledged, on the balance sheet, your responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Charities Acts with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These responsibilities include preparing accounts that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity at the end of the financial year and of its income and expenditure for the financial year.

In accordance with your instructions, we have prepared the accounts which comprise the Income and Expenditure Account, the Balance Sheet, and the related notes from the accounting records of the charity and on the basis of information and explanations you have given to us.

I have not carried out an audit or any other review, and consequently we do not express any opinion on these accounts.

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act").

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:

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given 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.

In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act.:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Ken Stratton FMAAT Independent Examiner 27-Jan-26

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New Life Church Winchester Income and Expenditure account for the year ended 31 March 2025

Notes
Income
Charitable activities
Resourses costs
Additional charitiable activities and govenance
Other operating income
Excess income
2
Interest receivable
Excess income over expenditure
Tax on profit on ordinary activities
Excess income over expenditure		 2025
£
192,012
(26,211)
165,801
(947)
(147,427)
-
17,427
687
18,114
-
18,114		 2024
£
168,476
(25,443)
143,033
(855)
(136,286)
3,250
9,142
529
9,671
-
9,671

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New Life Church Winchester Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
3
Current assets
Debtors
4
Kingdom Bank
Barclays account
Cash in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
5
Net current assets
Net assets
Reserves
Property Reserve
6
Unrestricted funds
7		 2025
£
1,249,488
8,319
63,399
15,804
33
87,555
(6,890)
80,665
1,330,153
1,150,000
180,153
1,330,153		 2024
£
1,248,880
9,685
55,000
7,636
20
72,341
(9,182)
63,159
1,312,039
1,150,000
162,039
1,312,039

The trustees are satisfied that the charity is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit.

The members have not required the charity to obtain an audit.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Charities Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in the Charities Acts applicable to small companies entities.

S Brown Trustee

Approved by the board on 27 January 2026

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New Life Church Winchester Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard (Charities SORP (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.

Income

Income represents the value of contributions to the charity from members of the church and others.

Depreciation

Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives.

Equipment

up to 33.33% reducing balance

Pensions

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions are charged to the income and expenditure account as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.

2 Operating income 2025 2024
£ £
This is stated after charging:
Depreciation of owned fixed assets 8,071 6,938
Pension costs 1,492 1,376

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New Life Church Winchester Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

3
Tangible fixed assets
Cost
At 1 April 2024
Additions
At 31 March 2025
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2025
Net book value
At 31 March 2025
At 31 March 2024
Freehold land and buildings:
Historical cost
Cumulative depreciation based on historical cost
4
Debtors
Accounts receivable
Gift aid tax refund
5
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Wages
Other taxes and social security costs
Other creditors and restricted funds
6
Property reserve
Original cost of freehold properties		 Land and
buildings
£
1,217,786
-
1,217,786
-
-
-
1,217,786
1,217,786		 Equipment
£
79,570
8,679
88,249
48,476
8,071
56,547
31,702
31,094
2025
£
1,150,000
-
2025
£
5,065
3,254
2025
£
-
4,864
2,026
6,890
2025
£
1,150,000		 Total
£
1,297,356
8,679
1,306,035
48,476
8,071
56,547
1,249,488
1,248,880
2024
£
1,150,000
-
2024
£
6,329
3,356
2024
£
(100)
4,351
4,931
9,182
2024
£
1,150,000

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New Life Church Winchester Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

7
Unrestricted reserves
At 1 April 2024
Excess expenditure for the year
At 31 March 2025		 2025
£
162,039
18,114
180,153

8 Restricted funds

Within the other creditors in note 5 are restricted funds of £567 (2024 - £594) . During the year specific gifts plus the related gift aid were received totaling £6,281 (2024 - £3,859) and apart from the £567 left in restricted funds the resources were spent on the the activity designated.

9 Trustees remuneration

The Trustees do not receive an income for the contribution they make to the Charity in their capacity as a Trustee. Salaries have been paid to Trustees for their other roles as follows:Sanjaykumar Sanil £38,198 - Silas Brown £24,000

10 Employees

No employee of the charity received remuneration of over £60,000.

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New Life Church Winchester Income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 March 2025

Charitable income
Charitable activities direct costs
Resources
Charitable activities and govenance costs
Other operating income
Excess income
Interest receivable
Excess income		 2025
£
192,012
(26,211)
165,801
(947)
(147,427)
-
17,427
687
18,114		 2024
£
168,476
(25,443)
143,033
(855)
(136,286)
3,250
9,142
529
9,671

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New Life Church Winchester

Detailed income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 March 2025

Income
Church Events
Gift Aid
Gifts and specific income
Student Events
Rental income
Venue Hire
Tithes
Compassion fund
Ladies Events
Grants/Furlough Scheme
NLC Sound/Media Project
Church Defibrillator
Mens Events
Love Offering
Alpha Course
Kids & Youth Events
OCC Shoebox Appeal Donation
Morocco Earthquake/Libya Floods Appeal
Charitable activities
Booking expenses
Church events costs
Compassion Fund Expense
Keble Street Maintenance
Ladies ministry
Men's ministry
Mission Support
Outreach
Student ministry
Sunday expenses
Worship team
Youth ministry
Assemblies of God
Resources
CCLi
CCPAS		 2025
£
668
20,315
165
32
22,165
52,098
88,941
311
1,083
1,000
4,341
-
333
370
80
100
10
-
192,012
5,071
3,703
952
4,773
1,174
418
1,055
2,069
67
-
934
964
5,031
26,211
947
-
947		 2024
£
144
21,497
3,786
75
22,220
41,130
77,316
(138)
1,004
-
-
1,211
31
283
-
-
-
(83)
168,476
4,528
2,067
1,097
5,449
1,247
210
1,821
508
327
322
3,277
369
4,221
25,443
710
145
855

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New Life Church Winchester

Detailed income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 March 2025

Additional charitable activities and govenance costs
Employee costs:
Wages and salaries
Pensions
Employer's NI
Staff training and welfare
Travel and subsistence
Motor expenses
Entertaining
Premises costs:
Rates
Facilities expense
Light and heat
Cleaning
General administrative expenses:
Telephone and fax
IT and media
T V License
Visiting speaker
Postage
Stationery and printing
Subscriptions
Bank charges
Insurance
Equipment expensed
Software
Repairs and maintenance
Garden maintenance
Depreciation
Sundry expenses
Legal and professional costs:
Bookkeeping
Legal fees
Advertising and PR
Other operating income
Other operating income		 2025
£
90,425
1,492
2,286
4,541
273
1,346
2,048
102,411
3,077
524
4,726
5,008
13,335
1,568
2,422
170
1,590
26
1,201
209
118
3,769
2,839
-
5,953
727
8,071
1,353
30,016
1,651
14
-
1,665
147,427
-		 2024
£
81,627
1,376
1,244
1,475
5,326
475
1,537
93,060
5,732
86
6,668
3,584
16,070
1,465
1,168
159
2,600
49
1,993
142
103
3,696
66
75
5,754
622
6,938
-
24,830
1,441
840
45
2,326
136,286
3,250

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