## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/11/23 Period start date To 31/10/24 Period end date**
**Charity name: Whitley Community Church Trust**
## **Charity registration number: 1067611**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To further the Christian faith in**
**accordance with the statement of faith**
**contained within the trust document.**
**To offer support and relief to persons in**
**need or hardship or who are aged or sick.**
**Conduct Christian Ministry in other parts**
**of the United Kingdom or the world as the**
**trustees think fit.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**We have held regular weekly Church**
**services, various home groups and**
**online Bible study and prayer meetings.**
**We have responded to various individual**
**and family needs as we have been able.**
**We have continued to develop the**
**relationship with the Christian based**
**local charities through the SALT (Social**
**Action Linked Together) initiative. Played**
**an active role in the formation of new**
**community support group ‘TORCH’ a**
**charity which has taken over from SALT.**
**We have continued to host the Green**
**Health Thames Vally - Horticultural**
**Therapy project in our church garden**
**who are working with people suffering**
**mental health issues.**
**Hosting Brighter Futures for Children**
**(supports local families)**
**We have continued to offer community**
**and support through home groups and**
**social activities. This has helped those**
**who feel isolated or abandoned.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We confirm the trustees have had regard**
**to the Charity Commission’s guidance on**
**public benefit.**
**Additional details of objectives and**
**activities (Optional information)**
**You may choose to include further**
**statements, where relevant, about:**
**• policy on grant making.**
**• policy programme related investment**
**• contribution made by volunteers.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Main achievements over the year include:**
**Delivered and facilitated Christian**
**outreach and missions to local**
**community.**
**Welcomed new families and individuals**
**into the spiritual life of the church and**
**faith in Christ.**
**Development of home groups for bible**
**study discipleship and prayer.**
**Development of minister’s role, working**
**on establishing the Destained 2 Win**
**Ministry into an independent charity**
**which will be better able to give support**
**and encouragement to a number of**
**churches and ministries as well as**
**hosting Christian retreats training and**
**conferences.**
**Established Congregational Leaders to**
**organise the day to day running of The**
**Well Church worship services and**
**community activities.**
**Continued to webcast devotionals on**
**major Christian themes.**
**Supported the planting and development**
**of a Well Church in Pakistan.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Charity ended the year in a slightly**
**stronger financial position overall.**
**Largely due to increased fund raising**
**through growing membership,**
**contributions to the Destined 2 Win**
**Ministry, and increased use of our**
**facilities by other local churches.**|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity has not had an official policy**
**on reserves though we aim to have a**
**reserve of three months running costs. In**
**practice we have used the gift aid money**
**when claimed as a reserve amount when**
**needed.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**0**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Gift Aid is used as our reserve and is**
**claimed as required.**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The charity is financially sound and there**
**are no uncertainties as regards it**
**continuing as a going concern.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including|Para 1.47|**Regular donations from members of the**
**church.**
**Income from hire of church building and**
**garden to other churches and local**||
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|any fundraising)||**charities.**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**None identified**|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Trust**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Appointed by the Trustees**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|
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|You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Whitley Community Church Trust|
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|Other name the charity uses|The Well Church
Destined 2 Win|
|Registered charity number|1067611|
|Charity’s principal address|1, Chagford Road
Whitley
Reading
RG2 8AY|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||RodneyCarkett|Chair of Trustees||Trustees|
||Michael Phillips||1 Nov 2023 to 13 Oct
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||Trevor Howard||||
||Tibebu Berhanu||From 13 Oct 2024||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Trevor Howard **Full name(s)** Rodney Carkett **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)**
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||**Receipts and Payments Accounts**|||||
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||**Whitley Community Church Trust**|||||
||**Charity Number 1067611**|||||
||**For Period 1/11/2023 to 31/10/2024**|||||
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|**Income**
**Yr end 31/10/24**
**Yr end 31/10/23**||||**Yr end 31/10/22**|**Yr end 31/10/21**|
||Offerings through Standing Orders|14,822.00|13,466.00|19,829.90|24,213.50|
||Weekly Offerings & Donations - Gift Aid|15,164.10|2,239.43|7,784.17|1,750.86|
||Weekly Offering-No Gift Aid|1,600.00|1,718.16|2,895.00|2,246.66|
||Other Donations (Stewardship)|70.30|411.87|100.31|529.26|
||Designated Projects||||2,485.98|
||Gift Aid Claims|4,810.00|3,609.25|5,029.01|7,713.38|
||Hall & Garden Hire|7,040.00|4,187.53|4,955.04|2,154.34|
||Refunds|68.99|-|147.47|648.46|
||Destined 2 Win Min. Acc.|15,934.20|1,474.00|-|-|
||Savings Acc. Interest|32.00|33.05|-|-|
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|**Total Income**
**59,541.59 27,139.29**||||**40,740.90**|**41,947.44**|
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|**Expenses**||||||
||Church Minister Pay|4,741.44|15,927.75|20,698.98|20,642.04|
||Cleaner Pay|874.40|1,113.80|1,105.20|848.00|
||Guest Speakers & Ministry Support|11,487.87|905.00|1,263.25|810.00|
||Online Service Editing|-|-|-|1,470.00|
||Online Media Costs|662.99|704.96|896.75|2,089.16|
||Equipment Purchase for Live Streaming|-|24.60|64.39|3,822.22|
||Ministry Payments & Designated Gifts|750.00|33.00|5,255.00||
||Bank Charges|-|0.29|9.29|10.69|
||Governance, Licences & testing|-|-|||
||Utilities (Gas Water Electric Internet)|4,144.40|3,930.94|4,465.77|1,885.34|
||Other Min support - Churches in
Community|615.00|900.00|1,611.00|2,852.99|
||Church Catering|582.10|114.88|452.22|472.16|
||Office & Cleaning supplies|365.89|20.84|59.97|208.61|
||Repairs Maintenance Buildings &
Equipment|6,507.93|30.52|213.04|1,158.78|
||Insurance 318 Safeguarding|1,153.39|1,036.72|956.69|969.59|
||Parish Nurse Support|-|-|-|550.00|
||Printing & Publicity|-|-|-|42.00|
||HMRC PAYE|254.67|1,623.20|4,363.52|4,348.22|
||Refunds||-|-||
||Rest Days|-|-|-|74.75|
||Destined 2 Win Min. Acc.|13,905.83|178.80|-||
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|**Total Expenses**
**46,045.91 26,545.30**||||**41,415.07**|**42,254.55**|
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|**Bank Accounts**||||||
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||**Main Acc**|**9,612.58**|**1,877.27**|**911.53**|**3,417.93**|
||**Destined 2 Win Ministry Account**|**3,444.42**|**1,295.20 **|**-**|**-**|
||**Savings Account Balance**|**4,041.70**|**337.42 **|**2,004.37**|**4.34**|
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charlty (°the Trust") for the year ended i ): ,
Responslbllltlo8 and
basls of report
As the charitys truslee8, you are responslble for the preparation of th8
accounts In accordance wlth the requlrements of the Charltles Act 2011
{"the Act.).
I report In respect of my examinatlon of th8 Trust's accounts carrled out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and In carrylng out my examlnatlon, I
have followed all the appllcable Dlrectlons glven by the Charity Commlsslon
und8r section 145(5)(b> of the Act.
Independent trhe charity's gross Income exceeded £250,000 and l am quallfied to
examlnerfs statement undertake the examlnation by belng a qualified member of [Insert name of
appllcable Ilsted body]]. Delete [ ] If not appllcable.
I have completed my examinatlon. I confirm that no materlal matters have
come to my attention In connection wlth the examlnatlon (other than that
dlsclosed below ') whlch glves me cause to belleve that In, any material
respect:
the accounting records were not kept In accordance wtth section 130
of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord wlth the accountlng records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concemlng the form and content of accounts set out In th8 Charltles
{Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requlrement
that the accounts give a Yrue and fair. view which is not a matter
consldered as part of an Indep8ndent examlnatlon.
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 understandlng of the accounts to be reached.
' Please delete the words In the brackets rf they do not apply.
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