1057338 South Ruislip Christian Trust Trustees’ Annual Report ## & ## Financial Statements For the Year Ending 31[st] March 2022 ## SOUTH RUISLIP CHRISTIAN TRUST Contents Page 1 Charity Information 2 - 4 Annual Report 5 Independent Examiners' Report 6 Statement of Financial Activities 7 Balance Sheet 8 - 11 Notes to the Accounts ## SOUTH RUISLIP CHRISTIAN TRUST CHARITY INFORMATION |Charity Registration No.:|1057338|| |---|---|---| |Governing Document:|Declaration of Trust Dated 9th July 1996|| |Correspondence Address:|24 Rastrick Close|| ||Burgess Hill|| ||RH15 9UW|| |Trustees:||| ||Phil Platt|(Chair & Secretary)| ||Sylvia Baxter|| ||Ann Saville|| ||Jean Peters|| ||James Jjuuku|| ||Yin Lan Fu (known as Polly Quercolli)|| |Joint Treasurers:|Philip Platt (Acting) and Polly|Quercolli| |Employees: [Pastor]|Darren Campbell|| |Independent Examiner:|Peter Saltiel|| ||Church & Charity Accounts Service|| ||7 Planchadeau|| ||23460 Saint-Pierre-Bellevue|| ||France|| |Bankers:|Lloyds TSB|| ||Ruislip Branch|| ||82 High Street|| ||Ruislip|| ||Middlesex|| ||HA4 7AB|| ||Stewardship|| ||1 Lamb's Passage|| ||London|| ||EC1Y 8AB|| 1 ## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF SOUTH RUISLIP CHRISTIAN TRUST 2021/22 REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 1057338** Registered Address: SRCF, 2, Deane Avenue, South Ruislip, HA4 6SR Governing Document: Trust Deed Dated 9 July 1996. Trustees: Philip Platt (Chair & Secretary), Yin Lan Fu known as Polly Quercolli (Treasurer), James Jjuuku and Jean Peters. Joint Treasurers: Philip Platt (Acting) and Polly Quercolli Employee: [Pastor] Darren Campbell Inland Revenue Reference: LP1/992/Ref RS 1517. Bankers: Lloyds, Ruislip Branch, 82 High Street, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 7AB. and Stewardship. Aims and Organisation The aim of the trust is to advance the Christian Faith in South Ruislip in accordance with the statement of beliefs and to promote and fulfil other charitable purposes in the community and other parts of the world as the trustees may from time to time think fit. These activities are centred on the local Church called South Ruislip Christian Fellowship (SRCF), [Previously known as Deane Avenue Evangelical Church]. To enable the Fellowship to progress more effectively, the Trust continues to employ Darren Campbell as full-time ‘pastor’. Some of the pastor’s working day is spent in the Church office where he makes himself available for consultation and spiritual advice to members of the Church and any others. He prepares sermons, study notes, plans programmes, produces resources and deals with any correspondence. He also meets with other members of the leadership team. As the need arises, he makes pastoral visits to homes and hospitals. This amounts to about 9 or 10 a month. The Pastor makes himself available to give spiritual guidance to persons needing this help. When visiting the sick, he will on occasions take communion with the person being visited. He also conducts funerals and weddings. Much of this was heavily restricted by COVID-19 regulations and much of the work transferred to phone, WhatsApp, Zoom and YouTube. As Restrictions were lifted other activities were restarted – Tuesday Focus for the older people, House groups, and an Alpha course. A ministry of Street Evangelism was initiated. The day to day working of the Church can be summarized as follows: Prayer – Prayer Nights once a week and House Groups fortnightly Teaching – Sunday Morning Service, Sunday Club, House Groups Worship – Sunday Morning Services 2 Fellowship – House Groups fortnightly, fellowships bring and share lunches on occasional Sundays, Women’s Prayer breakfasts monthly, Tuesday Fellowship weekly Serving –, continuing support for members and others by visits, phone calls and meetings in the premises at Deane Avenue Evangelism – Street evangelism, Alpha Course Mission Links - South Africa, China, Papua New Guinea & TEAR Fund Community Care – Teddy Bear Club (parent & toddler Group) restarted in September 2021, supporting Local Food Bank continued throughout year. Progress and Achievements About half the Sunday morning preaching and teaching schedule continues to be the responsibility of the Pastor. As services restarted, they were live-streamed when possible to enable those who could not attend in person to share in the services on Sunday The Leadership Team continue to manage the fellowship. The SRCF maintains its relationship with Partnership and The Evangelical Alliance supporting and sending representatives to meetings etc. The church runs its own web site. http://www.srcf.org.uk., the aim of which is to provide information about the Church to Members, other Churches, and the general public. This currently has about 500 hits a week and is very popular. The Sunday morning sermons are available and can be listened to online or downloaded to be listened to later. The most popular part of the website is the Missionary and the Pastors sections. There are also links to other Christian organizations. In compliance with statutory duty, SRCT has engaged with NEST to provide pension funds for our employees. The Future ## Finance The Trust is financed almost entirely by church members. Their giving is on a weekly, monthly or occasional basis. They give either in cash, by cheque, standing order or under a deed of covenant through C.A.F, U.K.E.T. or a like organization. There are two accounts. The ‘Staff’ account (SRCT) [Acting Treasurer Philip Platt] is for the full time worker; his salary plus associated tax and national insurance, plus there is the allowance for miles driven in the Pastor’s own car on Trust business. Other charges include, telephone charges, small office items, maintenance of the computer and a book allowance and the auditing of the accounts. The ‘General’ account [treasurer Polly Quercoli] covers expenditure on the fabric of the building, gas, electricity, 3 insurance etc. and the running of the church activities. The Trust has agreed that Polly Quercoli be treasurer for both accounts, relieving Phil Platt. ## Risk Analysis To cover the possibility of a drastic drop-in support or the unexpected need to provide redundancy payments, a balance is kept in a deposit account. This is monitored and there exists an action plan if our ‘reserves’ fall to a critical level. All activities are required to provide a risk assessment and the premises Managers keep records of safety checks, etc. All paid and volunteer workers are required to provide DBS certification and Protection issues are included in all relevant team meetings. Phil Platt, Secretary. - 15[th] January 2023 4 Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees / Members of South Ruislip Christian Trust Registered Charity No. 1057338 for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31st March 2022. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I 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, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 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 Peter Saltiel Church & Charity Accounts Service 7 Planchadeau 23460 Saint-Pierre-Bellevue France _Formerly 69 Portland Place, Greenhithe, Kent, DA9 9FE_ Dated 19[th] January 2023 5 ## SOUTH RUISLIP CHRISTIAN TRUST ## Statement of financial activities for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 |Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
Activities for generating funds
Investments
Expenditure on:
Grants
Charitable activities
Net income / (expenditure)
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Notes
Fund
Fund
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
3.1
33,631
100
33,731
60,776
3.2
928
-
928
190
3.3
211
-
211
293
34,770
100
34,870
61,259
4.1
5,670
100
5,770
1,500
4.2
44,425
-
44,425
40,528
50,095
100
50,195
42,028
(15,325)
-
(15,325)
19,231
151,391
-
151,391
132,160
136,066
-
136,066
151,391|Total
2021| |---|---|---| All activities are regarded as continuing. The above statement includes all recognised gains and losses during the year. The Notes to the Accounts from part of these Financial Statements 6 ## SOUTH RUISLIP CHRISTIAN TRUST ## Balance Sheet as at 31[st] March 2022 |Notes:
£
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash at bank & in hand
NET ASSETS
REPRESENTED BY:
Unrestricted fund
Designated fund
Restricted fund|2022
2021
£
£
£
136,066
151,391
136,066
151,391
(5,869)
18,391
141,935
133,000
-
-
136,066
151,391| |---|---| Signed on behalf of all the trustees on the 15[th] January 2023 7 ## SOUTH RUISLIP CHRISTIAN TRUST ## Notes to the Accounts ## **1 Basis of preparation** - 1.1 Basis of accounting These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts, accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 and with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). ## 1.2 Judgements and Estimations The Trustees have not made any significant judgements in the process of applying accounting policies and there are no areas of estimation uncertainty that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities. - 1.3 Going concern - a) At the time of approving the accounts, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has sufficient reserves and that the charity is a going concern. - 1.4 Change of accounting policy - a) The accounts present a true and fair view and no changes in the basis of accounting have been made during the year. - 1.5 Changes to previous accounts - a) There have been no changes to the previous accounts during the financial year. - 1.6 Changes to accounting estimates - a) There have been no changes to accounting estimates. 8 ## SOUTH RUISLIP CHRISTIAN TRUST ## Notes to the Accounts (cont’d) ## **2 Accounting policies** - 2.1 Fund accounting - a) Unrestricted funds are donations and other income received or generated for the objects of the charity without further specified purpose and are available as general funds. These are recognised at the time of receipt. - b) Restricted funds - are to be used for the specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is identified to the fund. - 2.2 Income - a) Voluntary income is received by way of donations and gifts and is included in full in the Statement of Financial Activities when received. - b) Where income has related expenditure, the income and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA. - c) Income tax recoverable as Gift Aid is accounted for on a claimed basis. - 2.3 Expenditure - a) Charitable expenditure comprises costs incurred by the charity providing activities and services for its beneficiaries. - b) Costs of generated funds are those costs incurred in attracting voluntary income, or incurred in trading activities undertaken to raise funds. - c) Support and administration costs of the charity relate to the costs of running the charity and includes any costs which cannot be specifically identified to another expenditure. - d) The charity is not registered for VAT, so all costs are inclusive of VAT charged. ## 2.4 Assets - a) Cash means cash in hand and at Bank. 9 ## SOUTH RUISLIP CHRISTIAN TRUST ## Notes to the Accounts (cont’d) ## **3 Analysis of income** |3.1 Voluntary income
Collections
Stewardship
Legacies
Tax refunds
3.2 Activities for Generating Funds
Rent
3.3 Investments
Interest
Total income & endowments|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Fund
Fund
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
1,736
100
1,836
304
30,817
-
30,817
28,424
-
-
-
30,000
1,078
-
1,078
2,048
33,631
100
33,731
60,776
928
-
928
190
928
-
928
190
211
-
211
293
211
-
211
293
34,770
100
34,870
61,259| |---|---| ## **4 Analysis of expenditure** |4.1 Grants
Gifts
4.2 Costs of Activities for Charitable Objectives
a Direct charitable costs
Salaries
Pensions
Premises expenses
Insurance
Heat, light & water
Cleaner
Online project
Speakers expenses
Sunday Club
Tuesday Focus
Prayer breakfast/worship
Publicity & evangelism
Music
Miscellaneous|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Fund
Fund
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
5,670
100
5,770
1,500
5,670
100
5,770
1,500
26,546
-
26,546
25,985
1,925
-
1,925
1,893
1,976
-
1,976
1,085
1,260
-
1,260
1,199
6,874
-
6,874
2,050
1,606
-
1,606
1,738
-
-
-
3,625
530
-
530
285
252
-
252
-
190
-
190
-
829
-
829
-
-
-
-
252
440
-
440
326
156
-
156
310
42,584
-
42,584
38,748| |---|---| 10 ## SOUTH RUISLIP CHRISTIAN TRUST ## Notes to the Accounts (cont’d) ## **4 Analysis of expenditure (cont’d)** |b. Support costs
Telephone & stationery
Subscriptions
Payroll fees
Independent examination
Combined Charitable Activities Cost
Total expenditure|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Fund
Fund
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
501
-
501
510
140
-
140
130
500
-
500
490
700
-
700
650
1,841
-
1,841
1,780
44,425
-
44,425
40,528
50,095
100
50,195
42,028| |---|---| ## **5 Analysis of Funds** |Unrestricted Funds
Designated Funds
Westway Chapel gift
Legacies fund
Restricted funds|Incoming
Resources
1st Apr
resources
expended
31st Mar
£
£
£
£
9,456
34,670
(49,995)
(5,869)
115,560
-
-
115,560
26,375
-
-
26,375
-
100
(100)
-
151,391
34,770
(50,095)
136,066| |---|---| ## **6 Staff costs** |Wages & salaries
Employers' NIC
Pension
Payroll administration
Number of employees|2022
2021
£
£
26,546
25,985
-
-
1,925
1,893
500
500
28,971
28,378
1
1| |---|---| No employee received a remuneration of over £60,000 in either year. ## **9 Trustee remuneration** No trustee has been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity during the year. 11