Re%ktsred Ch*rity Numb¢r 1fj72U12 COmp￿Y Re%wlraikn NumlTrer (13627757 (England &WakJl VINEYARD CItRisfiAN FELLOWSHIPOF ￿EVENAGE TRUSTEES. REPORT Af*D UNAUDrrED FIN￿Yc1AL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3• SEFryEMBER 2425 VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OF STEVENAGE CONTENTS Legal at)d pthJni8ts8tiNr mfomwlio '1 ru5tce4' rep)rt Inderfftl¢nt ¢xi)miiK'T'Y rerAIrt Ststement thf Finar*ial Aetiviiies R&loNe 8he¢i N(Trtes to financial gtyten*nL* LEGAL Al￿ ADM[l￿TRATIvE LNFORMATION FOR fHE YE4RENDED 3• SEPTEMBER 2025 The of ￿ ¢twn'table (-" the ¢hariry") arL its tyusteei tor the puryK)se of chfirity lam. 8rd throughwt th]"s t¢P)rt are collwtivel}' ￿te￿ed to 4$ the tA￿te¢￿. The Llwntabk conytti is lry its IfusLLL¥. Tk th￿te9 StiThMJ8 thmng th¢. VC4T and yince the jtar etsj wer¥ ￿ lolluws". DN S EIttTres J O D PLW4)n John*i A Wirnlwr-Ri¢hord8 DC SI¢￿ l) ApyJii1*d 2 ￿.h 2026 Rc5i8ned 2 MArch 2026 A S¢ewort-Darlit Senlor P￿tor DN5Ba￿s R¢8tst#JYd ChArlty number 1072012 CoMp*Try 03627757 W•rklnin4m¢ ste￿8¢ v￿yard Governlni doLxuDtht Menx)r&nthun and Articl￿ L)f Association dllwxl 7 8epkmiKi 199R ObJ¢¢ti per ￿ve￿Ing docvmeThl l Th. funheraTV vfreli8ithts OT xxular publ)¢ vducatinn 11 ThL" ad￿r￿¢t1￿( ofthe chr￿l￿n faith Ir￿lU{JI.￿ mi8sionan. ttL(tvi(i¢% in the lJnit&l K]n8dom &¢M4 l?Kcrs￿S And alw includin8 b￿1 uol Ismited ¢(> thc plantin8 of nLW Churches and I)r￿110Th5 ofwffigrcgtttions 111 The reliet'of tN)orond IV The Ytliefof the si(& aTr4 elderl} V .%￿h 0￿[G￿n￿ble ubJe£L% and for the ￿r]i of%￿h0￿£h&rItrbk IxMIt¢s inS¢ttutio￿ as ts Cvrnmittee S￿11 in theit aFAI)lu* d150￿tion *e fit. UNI l. The Oth'tsl C¢ntye. c￿k￿yell Clo%. SGI 2NB. Vlttth*rd C¢Trl Unli l. Tk Orbitsl (Xntyc. C￿keT￿lI Close. SGI 2NR Ind*penM]na￿d h. chairman of I￿￿teeS dnd thre po551ble Tru5*es serve for a ￿ThOd tsf ye¥r5. A Eoard of currenily ￿Kn[M51n8 of fi memtrtry. who Tr￿t th￿e fy> four timL'¥ 8 )'¢8r. dmiTU5ters the chan'ty Th¢ sernor pastor. marLW ￿daY-￿&Y oFraunn5 ofd* d)Nn't%'. ObJe¢dv¢ of StevthAge Vlneyxrd To ￿tab]Ith a gonuine laith in bxop]e, with a lo￿ for a￿1 k) thDt faith actiirly thmon¥lrated in the e0n)m￿lI}. S¢Mtey of the Chureh lu teams ATMI lead￿ who ￿810T Icad FfHLtic41 punuii of uurohJecliNtJ. The VbloD of Slevenagt VIAry¥Jnl To crLdle a chur¢li ￿h¢re IhL' preierKe of J4%us 1$ ¢%￿riet￿¢￿ m wor(L% thds As a fa￿h wmmunity Th¢ TL4(,h out to tt brvkL'n, the si¢k ond thL' stnJ88lin8 of our $cKALty with ho￿ 4nd acti0Th5 vf fttith. Tht's ¢oA only bc done.. - l. As we trK¢om¢ a Str￿￿ wor5￿"F91￿g chU￿h Ag we ￿Vek￿ mA¢urity ond ¥￿T8th of thftxw thc tra¢hllKq yTrdarn)licaiion of Ix'bli¢¥l truth A¥ uach person th.￿0ver5 MIM) itrw. •¢ in li￿1 through sp￿ilU81 dis¢lpli￿. k*rniT¥ Iw praet*e 4. By ¢r¢aling a ¢kn.h f￿1 of sM.￿l-￿tIned FW)le MBnt to their Q)rnm￿lty tbrouth fxiih and ￿'tiOn%. thL sick, th¢ I0￿]Y and in our xKicty". As every. dts¢oK'rs the Bilb ￿lents ￿Yell th¢m. VINEYARD CHRisfiAN FELLOWSHtP OF STEVENAGE TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONrir4UED) FOR 7JJE YE4RENDED3QSEPTEAIBER2025 RewlAr AttfvirféA CongT¢gaTional ￿0[8￿.P with 8 tamil). aTrJ miDistsTr. R68uiar traiDmg cvents coverinBdi*Lpleskn"pfvtrw r()r the Sic￿7]fe 5kJll3 alld subjects. Lkn"Idren's expre8%ion of chU￿h in Fxtallel with ac4Jlt frmsion. 4. Ilon* grow inteTESt8rour6 led bj. fulty ￿lU¢d8nd￿￿mal13 e4ULpF￿ I￿&15.. w￿1h. in l¥xn¢8. S. Focus bYOUF¥, St￿lf1¢ 8reA4￿ COVWill8 Frfavcr, *achJnB. W4xthip. Iiwsi¢. Ii'omen Ln m10￿￿￿, tamilies. 6. A SUW or*n to t]* Con￿n￿nity thniuBIK>Ui the I'¢ar 7. S¢ttyon8lly f(Ku5ed ev¢M¥ SUfQXmin8 wI￿rable famdies Mith ¢dwation. Su1￿15[Cr￿e. WOTknn8 l¢x811) placed edwationrLI pagtor&l Icums and organi￿lI0ns. Wurkiu8 al¢)n8Stde local chAriiics WMI b￿81new in th anya ￿ sKttificully torg¢i th¢ hon￿leSS. sIn￿lIn lurnilie%, the w, ti* hww, the di.8adi*nlA8¢d. 9. A¥til'¥ly fU￿r￿1n8 ntherctkuitses and rffovithn8 ilMnwith4*4iqtsnct ￿￿¢￿￿￿$1b1C, e.B.. in Mone￿ mttnaB¢Tr*nl, wayer lor the $￿k. fo(x4 &)natio￿% Erfncndin AllernAtlTh'e A￿vI￿* To Ikvelop and ¢TWUTa8e relationship b)th In the Chu￿￿ #NI th¢ ¢ommwiity. r¢guknrfv tumin¥ a ran8¢ of events $utsh tts quiz u'enw. s￿￿81$. Mw]ks. mu¥J¢ cNEnts. croft¢¥¢nm8 and tThJdler 8toupLet¢. ov¢Th￿ PrnJt¢ts Supp>rting ¢haniies aad Nc￿ (Non.(JO￿l￿n￿￿ntsl (￿￿￿n￿al1￿.%) obm¢a¥. F()r over 20 yL*rs we Swrtedan Nli() in Lumlx)dia, calltti Ca￿. fur caME￿th'a (Llic) thai i$ similar 10 the 0￿￿¢￿￿5 ul. Vineyard. In the ￿$( wt have sent mini91ry i¢Mms, [￿￿￿]ed and suprxrt Up lo 7 5•/• of th¢ LhLu¢h's I￿￿me unnuolly is ¢OntrJl￿led lo thLYn. A¢hlevtm¢nts Performanee tht 202&25 T¢n UM¢l*y S¢rvl¢e¥ C.hurelh Lrf ikn %urxldY 8¢r¥"icffi I￿￿.e cunl￿uCd io i* d p]ace of worskn"p. community.. and ￿o￿th. rhe church continues to Bro 5teadJly, with ￿ Jn¢re&se JIL Eit1¥￿]HI￿, epGitillv amotw farnilies LINrstr￿rn% remain d wu]ar resoutce: rea¢h those ¥Te unable iti FeTr)n. W'¥ wnlinue to v(T¢r tran%Fx)rt for knl refvgccs haire ex￿￿&￿ed a desirc lo join nn Sw)days. enablll]8 llK)re r¢opte io ￿. of our¢knh £omJnunits'. Clvln8 Cr(bwth A5 uiir¥huTch hB$ 8fVWry SO i(>0 thL' aNI Cnga8etY￿ll0f Our¢0nllnL￿)ty. Wc havl strne￿our￿g1n88roifvIth in re8uIFJr ￿1,1￿8 and finyncial thiwllons. refltettn8 thc comtni1ll￿'￿¢ of those M'IM) call th¢ Lhurch holl￿ und the trusi placed in th¢ WQTk WT are u￿k]D8. (kn crrtnrM&8iunmirtiStries trmain in hwb derna￿ llnd are 8ralcful to k &bk tv re$wnd to those )eaT. thL" refi￿bish[[ThI of ihe F￿dsP￿d areth conwletrd. Fwvidinp 8 laT8er aiA morE prdctiwl ylora8C IUY8 lu WIp￿rt the incrc&%ir8 volu￿£ ot fupof 8tlendLt8 come ea¢h Tn¢Trnth. fi￿J thcre'$ 8roliin8 for this kn h&Jw) t]Y•re fr¢4Ltcnd)'_g $1 LTrfEoth its wal￿ und the T*e(l li ThL¢S in our communiry. Chlldr¢n'4 Wo1* 4Dd Safw•rdl C)ur tyhilthcn $ Bnd ￿￿uth mini>ltK'¥ ci>niinue io thn.ve and Roofrd. ourii)uth wup for thw¢ in Y¢aT i+ hai c0ntsll￿d to de￿1[￿p, ￿nd n%)n￿llY I'ndai. n￿111 youth 4o¢iuls have In￿trAU¢e4l iv surTxbn tlu5 gmwitl8 mini$tsi' The incTe43in¥ nwnh¢r ol"voungyx4wl¥ att¢nd￿& i¥ erKoura8Ln8 $18n ofmore yoijn¥ lamilies joxnin8 th¢ ¢hurcli. .Siwfi￿nl work has &l¥o Eeen invL¥led Ln deve14yin8 the childftn's miJuJlTh, with a 8nJwu)8 nutrtlwnFvoluntCLr¥ joining the Kith T¢dm (o sunK)rt S￿en8(￿ this afta oftyhweh lifL. I)Jnn8 thc Jear. tIL" children'$ mini%try moved di￿1￿1 $ign-In $NSlcm for Lll 8ruups. ¢nharLiin8 our sof¢&uHrdin8 kY¢M¥se5 9Up￿)￿l￿8ancVen xtToDs¢r ¥a[e8ufyrdi￿I ￿K)de1. & Sthftlng The Senior Pa4lor absent for thc majonty of (he J¢gr fvltowiR8 8 ￿art tsRtbplanl. We arc grateful tv the ￿nIor LLJdeTsMp'l'¢am, who proNidcd ￿$t0￿1 U%ETsi8ht dunn8 thLS ststT on a(&Jitionol TESFrt)rLg1bilit￿ on(1 hours to eTh8ure the n￿llin8 of church und its M￿)iStnes. To 811PtK)rt the growin8&￿￿]8 of our cFllidT¢n'¥ minimry. a ChibJrn'¥ Work AdDtmistrtstr)rjoined the durinB thL' Tre2r. Thejr UFpointnWLt hds proiithd traluahle adtMiW"51rntive SL4V>rt and hL'lt*l $trrythen the 4klii¢ry and rganisaiion of th1* 8wwing orea cbuTch TThJteu. Govtrn*nc¢ F*cllllicg Tjuster Board rvrnRuwd %thbl¢ thro￿￿￿ th¢ yor. and conlinues to stron8. with ￿gU￿r reviL (Trf )lJcies athj procedures iocnsure rEm&tneffecLt%e and ￿P[￿￿￿]￿le as churchgwws. followin8 thevc&renQ one ¢TtLb¢r $WPErd ftom tltii riile a5 c(￿n￿nN SecrEt8ry and In￿le¢. at¥J are grdiefill fot their faithful service contnl>utLon. One i)¢w tnJ¥trc has Iren appVin￿d, th2 B(￿[d Tr)nltnw¥ to trtnefil from A l)rcRdth of skills and cx[rtrie￿. 'I'hv swch tor d Fymatteot ¢htuch ￿lIdIng COMIn￿sandwe¢4￿1M￿ ￿[W"erfUllY w￿]deT￿PF0rtUnitt65 asthej ari¥b. We ¢olltinue Fmjsqibk io fwAnc¢ OVLYYas *tsviiie5 and kul weds. this ie4r c4n)e to £20.399 (2024." £18,575). VINEYARD CHRISTLLY FELLOWSHIP OF sfEVENACE TRUSTEES, REPORT (coKfiNUED) FOR TVE YE4REIVDED 3OSEPTEMBER2025 Plani for the fvture The thi￿Ch colllinir5 lo exFtriellce stsad¥' gro￿th wbith IKiT)8sowmg ¢htsllcnges intern)s of $pcc and r¢￿ur¢rS. Tk lleed fur a permanent builduw kei. ￿Onti.. rArtLutsrl} As a ivai. w knng 108¢d*r our Sund￿, seTritts. compJ&sion Inini8tn¥s. wnd midwttk a£tiviti¥5 wthTor* T{￿f. AIthouBh costs rematn ts ehallLrngb. continue to 8t(1￿ Our Teserveg kTxI 8re eJxouraB¢d b). the cburch's 8rowtkn which Sts¢Ti¥t1￿n¥ our ability i<) pl4n IOT fi)tU￿ with CQDfi(k In rn'sp)T￿ to the "quiet Mii'al" we are 5¢ein8 tEe tfw. 11-L are al%0 expkiIinB TKW (o engage with those explorll4L. ￿lIh. itx1￿lIng plang d¢￿lop 8 team fo¢uxd on 81Iin8 Bib￿* ts) the comJnunLII'. Nov¢nthr 202) hrin8& re.laU￿h of ￿. Ba￿,knd sw¥, W￿"¢h Thill etwbic to furtkr Cx￿nd our ¥wrt lor local famil>Ly aThl ktren8then thi5 Im￿rt￿nt area vfour compassroR Iiiin1%￿. The Cl)ur¢h has many vOl￿tte￿ i￿1￿.￿8 s¢IKYal who oitTre¢ Vllri(￿ orMs in the ¢hw¢h I￿lu{b.ng.. a) Srn&ll GTOUPS cl WeL.¢)ming. Connwl R¢fffshmen d) Worshjp, &]xi SITearnuJ8 c) Monagll¥ fabililiei ComFAssion Th¢ LThur¢h emplovy six qlaty.. - al Youth 8nd children, in¢t￿lIn8 admLnLSIrnIOI. b) LL'ad Pa3tDrs lil￿rIm)ro¢￿￿ 5un¢l¥) IrM)w tr*nts8eiiTht Jnd wblic ministTr 4nd ￿$¢0[￿1 ¥up￿tt c) OtTice Mana8ernenl dl Lomp8sion Manaseineni el Foodthd Ci)ryordithqiing (shaftd rolel Intemittcnt n*etiny 4Jccur irt wen￿5 tA)urse ol. y¢ar. lo . a) 'I'rust¢¢s and ¢harity nunagemenl- 3 a ycar. bl l.¢othrshJp of %mall dt¥J I￿Uy 8TOUPS - UP 10 4 I1￿£S ￿rYear. ¢) Kegul8r nLt'tin&4 I'tr short.Lemi iysues aTrJ stra1¥￿ ithpi¢$. dl Worship leadcr¥- up to I timL'$ a sellr. e) Re8ular attendw it Vwttrd l.eaders LonfewK¢ (Vl,fJ) Publle b¢n¢flt I'lie tru¥1￿3 ackno￿1¢￿￿¢ the requiNncnt ￿ deJThTrnstrak ckarlv thui it mwt h&vL" charitabk PUTr*)w thllt 8re fnr public [￿￿rIt. tkrails of abtsvities for thL pjhlic t*t%fii yJr th￿ni*d in th¢ pra8rnphs "Ihe tnLy*es thai they hai paid regard io the Chan'ty" cr*Mmis￿ guidan¢¢ on pthlic knfii ￿fOre &cidm8 whAi actiYiti¢$ th¥ charitv shvuld vtNEYARD CHRisfiAN FELLOWSHIP OF STEVENAGE TRUSTEES, REPORT ICOL¥TINUED) FOR THE TrE4RENDEDJ8SEpfEM8ER 2025 R¢xrvu and Invwjtment polkks Generol Fllnd £163,01812024.. £143.6631 Thi5 t'und 15 8v&ilftbl¢ a.% a Tesoulie lort)¢%¥ ¥vnrn(mih' iniih?liiYs. 5ts1T. slM)rt lenn prO￿rt). nee(Ls llnd a resource for n¥w voluntxr initi8tiNrs. ¢th¥x L4c InJiLati%¢ is aH)rrJbed as a fJThqnLial re9￿$( to Tn￿lL￿. il i% b￿tseled for and funds are I¢u5cd fTUrn thox. rcsenrs For é¥umple. exien&d d¢bi ￿ller, oNerseos Or￿ge Telicf and anYihin8 Ihal amow]ts to tl reliet ot the in the Lornmwiity. Tlx fimd ts &%'ail8ble forany rA)t¢J)tyLI that fi￿[￿$ ourchan'tshle nbjeCti￿8. Ministry Fimd £Nil (2024.. INill The StevenaBe VitwArd 4¥live]y sutp)rL8 cknrities WLth similar and gwils. Thi8 fund devo*s fwtxe projects thai do nol F￿nefit the Chan'lv IiwLnciall)' To thTht end K. w &'ur. Foodihed-L7,696 {2024.. £23.417) 'rhis fund is & restricted finaiKthl TL>L'rve crea*d fr¢)m (k}na￿l￿ rec¢ii¢d io ￿ S￿nI vn our Com￿¥¥1￿n work Nithin thL' ornmuiiity wkre WL. offer $wyrt lo ￿ hthmeless. SIn￿8]In8 fartllli¢¥. rwT. and the di%adi'ants8wJ. P4¥loTal Suprrtirt £ NTII 12024.. £NIl) Thi¥ fur￿ is & re&triC¢￿ fullncitil )Eservi' ¥rL'u*d fTOrn dorniiow re¢ei*¥d be SFeni for a ￿￿1r1¢ pu￿¥¢. These dontslw arise frtstn mLmE¢r8 ￿.1$h￿S iu $w)￿Jrt a Certa￿ indiN'xlwEI ur insijiutt ill th¢ ¥huTch or wxnmunity nnLI Sicwna8e VinL'ydrd a¢L% &$ th¢ fubilitsior I￿￿¢¢n donor rc¢wocale Sb le￿na￿e VLDeyonl LtBure5 llknnLy Llonaroj lo ihi% lund is uskd for I purwse il was intendcd fiK. PropErt)' Fund 1171,991 (20*4 £16¥.5281 Thi8 fund 1> a r¢skn¢ted fula￿1￿1 r¢s¢Tr¢ Ikvo*d sokly ts> the Chan"ty"4 futttyt truildin8 need$. IL 1% (hete prirnrnril)p to fund iniiilll dCrA￿lt8. to Thokaie buihjj'ngs w'hetkn ￿￿(h**I ￿ le4￿d ort£oin8 dilapdatirjrn resI￿rtUrIn8 [na￿te[jan(¢ Lu%ts. We tcview this fithd cvntimthlly iti the li8hL of Iw81 It&8￿ or pur¢knas¢ Ffuprm. wnunili¢s. 'I'he tft￿te￿ belie￿ thal the cu￿en1 TEseTres pri)11(k gde(wate o)nlmgew for th¢ on8Oitw llKrea%e Trf spendin8 thfii antieirthi¢ in 2025-2026 Th￿ ari*3 from maintAinin8 sal&ries. kirl% aTJd ￿￿1n@ ￿*#. VINEYARD CHRIsfIAN FELLOWSHIP OF STEVENAGE TRusfEES' REPORT (co￿1NUEDl FUR THE Y￿R ENDED 30SEIYEMBER 3025 RINk￿5￿&￿en1 "I'hL "[n￿ll￿'s dL¥ ni)t klLL%t that Ste%'ella8e virw4.ard is subjixl yuE¥ktanlial risks kn'gtml liabilLtI￿ diycli)YLxI ￿ th rLnUt￿)￿l slulL.n￿nis. li tM)Ids LYnpk)I'crs liabiliTh' insurarKe Ixthlic ￿(￿rnn1'￿' I￿￿r￿￿e. A n$k &$$¢%%T￿nt I￿]ic￿ al￿ risk ASsc55Th￿nI rcgi%tcr have ￿￿en rffepred arml ar¢ on & rryular Iwii. A¢¢owi¢*nts A rewlulion w'ill priipTrul ai Ilr ACYM tFAi Mark I liertrffj) vf HW Associates l.imify4 k r¢4pwinfrd Hs IndeJxTrtsni F.xumin¢T for enbllLTJii )'L'JIT. Sthtsnwil of Trn*l¢es' R￿ponSIbIlI L(}m￿nN. and ehan"t)' ]ai¥ K'4uifL' trtL4lee4 In tre[￿¢ S￿*r[￿nts @ive dnd fair Vie￿ (>f the siaie ofuJTJiTY Dl'ihL chtiritj dl Ik. ¢ndol-th¢ fLnanciDI }'eur ond c)I'its surp1￿8 ord¢fi&it fvr th¥. lin￿1￿1 ycar. In do1￿￿5 trW4Wk'¥urL' ￿qUIred C)￿￿￿.¢ the nrthods aDd pnncipies m th¢ chan1￿* 4)Rl): mgk'e I￿L$ th014ft' TLYsornhle aThl ￿l￿nI. tate wheth¥Y upplKabk IJK A￿.￿untIn8 Stynd&rds followttl subjttt to fjny tyrtures th.￿.]0¥L￿ 8nd ¢xplaJned in the linancial 5tstcm¥mL8'. I￿] pre￿re th¢ finun¢ial Sla1¢n￿ts vn thE Bolf￿ co￿l￿ Ixsi$ imlets il is inorv0Friu￿ to presume ch&rtty' w Ill The Mi￿.* are r¢S￿￿81b￿ for k¢epin8 aco)untin8 T¢oYd% HthiLh di¥ck)se with TEa80nahl¢ OWUTuei' ot am. the rinar￿14] 1x)sili￿ 4)r th¥ ihan"Th' aTKI whi¢h cDable thLYn io ewure fiwnc￿l stslen*ni8 t￿7mpli. ￿7th CompAnie% A¢t 20(K,. The tnJsiiK's UTL alvA) re¥px)IlSLblL IITrT sale8uanlin¥ the a￿lS vf the chariti. and l()r Iheir r*0[￿r appli¢ation as requiT&J by cliuril}' he￿¢ for ￿ rMS0￿b1¥ for w¥%L￿]0￿ aJKI dLkn'liun of fro￿1 un¢Jother iTrcguldn(tes. Tlie ￿1x)lL rtywrt has E¢en IXLFAIrL￿ in occor(knL¢ *ith w(?I"L¥iOtL8 8tvlii4b]e lth ¢niiilLwJ to the Small c()mpnie8' e¥eM￿LL)n lind With th¥ gtuti*llloiXI of R¥'¥vnittlLthd [￿)RP}. Aw'iwitsi]t4 UtKI K4M)rnn8 tty LlJdnu¢x. AppwNcd bN' the lnj5tcL￿ si8txd on t￿1[ Irholf by.. t)NSBan Dlreelor Datc.. 29° 2026 VINEY ARD CHRISTIAN FELU)WSHIP OF STeV£YAGE IYDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRL'ST£ESON THE VNAL'DrrED ACCOI'NTS OF VINEYARD CHRI￿1￿￿ FELU)WSIIIP OF STEVEIYAGE I report to th¢ ch•riiy trusi¢¢s QD my ¢Aarninafie4L ofihe #¢ounts of Vineyard Christi*J Fellowsbip ofs*ven4e {tli¢ ¢h8rityl fof the year ended 30 Septemb¢r 2025, whkh aTe set outoh p•ges 9 10 19. This report is made solefy w th¢ ¢h#riiabl¢ company's tnJsiee5. 45 in ac¢otdance with Ch&pter 3 of Phrt 16 of ¢he Compantr¢s Ad 2006 and the charitable company's irustees ts a b(Mfv iTr ¥cord￿Cl with sertiort 154 of the Charities Act 2011. My indepeftderrt exarniner's work kn been undertaken so th•1 I might 5tste io the chaThtsbl¢ company's truste¢s those rnatteT5 1 whi requlred to slile lo Ih¢m in on in&pendent &xJrnineT'S r¢wrt foino other Purp￿¢. To the fullest exTeni perniitted by law, I do T￿1 accept or &ssum¢ t¢spon$ibility 10 any¢Jne thher than Ihe ch*itablt ¢omp*tty. the ¢h•rit•ble company's metnbers as body And the chwiikble cornp￿Y's ¢nJsiees ¥ a body for my inde￿￿thi examincr's *vk. forthis report. or for the opinions I IMv¢ fonned. Respon$lbllltleJ Athd bAskn of re￿)rt As the ¢hirily'S trusices of VinryaTd Chri5ti•n Ftllowthip of S*ven•8c land olso ils dire￿0￿? for ihe purpose5 of CoMp￿Y lawl you arc rc5ponsibl¢ for the pr¢pN&¢ion of the a¢eounts in XCOTdanct with the requifements of iheCompanie5 Ac¢ 2006 lih¢ 2006 A¢t) Hllving wisfied myself tkn Ihc Kcounls of the chwiiy we not requiTEd w be auditrd under Pari 16 of ihe 2￿6 Aet and Are ¢li8ible for IndÉpeThdeni examin•tiorb l Tepon in rcsF¢ciof myexaminalion of yOVTcharity's acwunls05 carried OLLI und¢r section 145 of the Charitiey Act ?01 I (the 2011 Ad}. .n ¢aYryin8auimy examin•iion T havefollow￿ the Dlreaions given by the (Tharity Commissicn under secticd 145(5llbi ofthe •OI1 .4rt lThdependent ei*Mln•eJ i(•lerneni I hfyv¢¢ompl¢l¢d my eXAmi￿10n I nom*tteT5 h4vewmeto ￿1¢￿11￿￿ SD ￿￿n￿liON with ih¢ex4rn1natlon 8lwLng mc eiuse 10 beli¢v¢ ihAt sn any mweri•l resptci.. accoyniSng recoFds wrre k¢pl in respect of Ihe charity ￿ requirtd by se TrHnyf¢rs ￿Th¥een I'unib (20,399) (27.923} 2U.399 I8.£￿) 36.192 (2U.399) Net movtm¢Tr¢ 19.319 (27.92.1) 18.W) 36.192 Totsl fun&* brou¥hi forward 192,218 375.881 299.689 Totsl fund* urrled forn*rd 16?.982 164295 .327,277 335.881 T1￿ jtatcment of f￿[￿￿1 ￿￿1711¢$ I￿]U￿*11 841￿ and b)gxs rec08ll￿￿ in JLW. Ail inC￿ne and cx￿nth"1UI¢ dcriTrE fn)llt on8OillB aLtivitt¢s. vtNEYARD CHRJSTtAP4 FELLOWSHIP OF STEVENAGE BALAf4cE SHEET ASA T30SEP7EMIIER2025 2•25 2024 FIXED ASSETS Inthii811)IL 115SL'Is T8n8ibl¢ aw15 12 13 -117 7,174 5.A79 5.879 7,4(Jl CURREIYT A&SETS ik.trt()T ttt ijank ar¥J in hand 14 145213 l9.1.959 101,-128 241,098 319,174 .144.42fi CREDITORS: anx)unts fallin¥ duc 'Iih)n iinL' SL'ar 15 (17,7761 116.0361 NET CURRENf ASs￿s 121.1(J8 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRE￿ LIABILITIES 327277 315.881 FUNDS l_InrLsiri¥i¥d Fut¥JJ Cl¢ncrul IX.8iBMted Mttii%tr)" 1(Tr2.982 141.663 11)2,982 164.295 RL8lricled filnds 143.66.1 192,218 21 TryfAL Fuf4DS 16 327.277 3.15.1181 Tr chrilable Com￿n5' is enriiled io ex¢inption from dudii rtqiiircn*ni coillained in 477 of the CoiiipaiuL¥ Act 2iKKJ. foT IIK I"¢ar etmkd .10 Scpicinbcr 202.5 No nicmb¢r of I7￿ Com￿￿%. Iws dcpw"i¢d a nolic¢, puiThiJM 10 scrtion 476. rcqwnng an a￿111 of iltSC ￿￿ll￿& '[￿ lrnstees Kknou'ledge I1￿1rreSpj￿]bt1[1IeS for¢wLSun￿1 ihi tlKcoili￿lli kccp5accounLingi tKords ii'liicli compl). 'ith section.1116 of Ilic Aci aThJ for prcwrin¥ accoums Mlll¢li gl-c a tnr E)Nl fcliT I'iem of Ilr sta¢c of dffairs of 11 0￿￿M as ai tl* elkl of fi￿￿1￿1 I'￿￿r of 115 i￿￿Ming TCSOUTces al￿ applicatson of re￿￿rCe& i￿luding tls i1￿0M¢ aMle%r￿￿￿7tU1r. forilr fI￿￿la] icar in&￿￿alKe ￿1th1￿ r¢quiremcffls of seC￿onS 194 and IYS and M Iiich ol￿nI"15L, compli. with LI￿ ￿quIr¢I￿etrts of ilK c'oin￿￿cs A¢1 2￿￿) rekniing 10 xwuni& M) r ds applicable io COM￿nY. dLtounts hai'c p￿￿¢d in acc0th￿e *ith prn'lsio￿5 applicthlc io comkMni¢s subj￿1 io small companics fi￿￿la1 stst¢InC￿ apptoycd bi thJ#ees atKJ aullK)ri*d for I￿ on 2*h 2U26 are signed on DNSB•rnes Compatty Re%htration 3627757 VINEYARD CHRtSTIAN FELLOWSHIP OF STEVENAGE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YE4REl+lDED 3QSEPTEAIBER2025 A¢¢oun¢ing politiei Company Kt*tyA #nd Inforn*tAoD v￿￿}.&[d Lhtiyl￿n Fellows￿p ot gtri'enage is a prii.alc comrortv ]Lniit￿ @UUTantEe lncoryDrQt￿ in England arld W&les. I'he te8iStCTC(J onice is Linit l. lkn'tsl CL'nwe. C. Thc cl￿nIv iy • PublLC Be￿ri1 F.niiti' a5 (L.1-ll￿d ￿. FRS 102. ThL a¢counLs are F(eF•r¢d in $teTlin& i¥ thc fU￿tior￿1 of the ¢lwity. fvIo￿tary ank)w115 in these account% Are r(Km&.d lo the nÈtsrest £. Ay8e19 aTyJ Itabilili¢s fjre miliAll%' ￿c￿801$ed 41 C¢f*l unle95 othenvi* A￿ted Tvkvant G¢countUl8 N)licv. The c￿niV ha4 token ￿Vanta￿ of ¢oncession avaiiablè lo smalkr ¢harilie$ m thc Ststetneni of R¢LÉ)Tnm¢i)ded Pr#cti¢¢ which anal)si$of 1wmU￿ res4)ur¢4S dr*J rLSOUTttS ¢XtNKkxl by MiuMI e&*8unL3 TatlKT than bv aLLi￿ty. GoknA tontern The Inisl¢¥s ¥JL eonf¥deni th91 thc chrits. 1$ 8bk ￿ con[in￿ io lialx"liues ￿ Ily fall due fur foreseMbl¢ future and ihfiT should Er ona 8Of¥ Loncern t•sts. 1.4 Ineoth¢ rknnkti(>n¥ rLTrresent the ioial offerw r¢¢4'ii%d at ￿￿r$Ill"P ser%iees atyj church events or diw tli th¢ Ixnk a¢couni durins thc lear. including an) a%socilllLYJ Cjitl Ald te¢i4ints. Interest TLLLl%'abk ts uk'lwJLYI m the fir*r￿lI1 slatcrnents. ac¢ruafs Iwt$. Iknoted y¢rviccs al￿ fBGilJliis are inchthj ID the st&te￿￿ olFinllnci81 AcliNities wl*TC the knefit is rea$onahly q￿n11t￿￿1¢ m¢4surable. CJ(IvemTncnl 8ronts arL re£oBtsixed al fair i'ahK" ot the ￿cell￿d or TLxei￿b1e there is Th￿nable assuranL'I tkRt the 8r¥nl W￿liti￿n$ a￿1 the wai]ts iiijl iK ￿Cel￿ta. A 8rani Ihat yeifie$￿yt0r[mt￿ert>￿d1t10n% 15 TfW5ed iti i￿)MC when Ilje FKifoTnxn¢e¢ondilinnsarc met. Wi¢rc 8rant docs not srrtify. PErfQmTrot￿¥ 11 is reco8wsd in I￿L1ML when the prvcttds a￿ rLreiNrd OT rwei%ahlc A 8Tant rK¢iv¥d knfor¢ th¢ rwogmtioll ¢nknia are Satisf￿ 18 as 8 liah"lity. Expondlture Li8bili reco tion Liabilit7es tWO8ni%d Trsowtts eX￿ided as a5 the￿ is a Iwl or ￿nStr￿lI￿L obb"gation wmtnsttm¥ the ¢harity to the expyndilute. Ex￿￿JJ"tllre ]ucIu￿S any I'AI. M"hJeh caunot ￿eVI￿re￿ i'ematjce LOSts cDmpn5e all costs ￿n￿￿1v￿a8 thc ￿tt)ll¢ &wutffabili(y of thr charity and ils compli4￿C with ularLDn arml pract￿. VINEYARD CHlUStIAN FELLOWSHIP OF sfEVENAGZ NorES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEPITS {COP4TlTrlbTD FOR 7HE YE4RENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 Intfiniible flxed ￿lett and *iw*rtbxlknn InLqn8ihle fixed are ¢apitali%ed and are anKsrtiyed oirr a U5Lfid ]ife of io yea TIM￿￿1t tlvd depTe¢iAtlon 'I.￿nsible tixed a&seL8 C(%S¢ing more Ihan ilIO are c4pitslisLyI. tkweciatinn 1$ proiTwJed al ¢dku]atoJ to WTite off G05t of ¢￿h as5eL on a suais)11-IM)e I*si4 w"'ei its useful life. as foll¢)us." Church e(Pllpmeni Fund Aeeountlng Th8* 8rr Wh￿.h ir ￿ in E￿o￿la￿e w'ith cljan'table nbje¢ts at th¢ di￿￿(lon lif th¢ tnkn"tees. De$igna*dffi4ndy ar¢ Ywestri¢t￿ t'un(L% hal￿ EgenearM&￿L￿l t￿, the truste¢$ forp1n￿lll8rpurtJ)9es. 11 i¥ the Ghurch's ￿17¢¥ &￿j ¢0 sei asi& oi ieL81 1(YY• ufits incomin8 r¢sout¢cs inlu (ksigt)ated Mmi%try FutMI to dL4wi¢ vutside t)* cl]urclJ 81 thl" I￿5￿￿"5, discretion. Any b&L)￿¢ C4Lrned f4)rn7rd this fund rettt*DL% In￿ w ¢arnwkn.d which has not }'et out. Réslrieidfymts Thex are funds thtsi ¢)nJ)' Ir for pJrtiCul¥rw¥w￿pllryx)Ie$ Ob)￿ts ofthe Ch&Lrilli. R¢ytrieii0￿ ariY ￿.￿n g￿lfIed by the or v.hm fundy are raisèd for p￿ttICu￿r stncted purFX)*5. The pro￿.. ￿$trI¢¢¢d fund ￿laIeS to 4knMittsn5 rc¢ei%Yd t0￿rdS the cost oi th¢ Ch&rilv ¥ bjiure bjilding ￿eth. PnmaTili lo I'und initial thFrf)5118. and ik costs involi.'ed in rLrAiring and nuiaiing FAuldin85. wh¢dK PUT¢h&8ed or leasLyJ. Trn8teeg ensure th&¢ nKTrne)" donated i¥ hLld for $taied pwse. Th¢ FixMJ51Jgd ri¥iricltyJ fu￿ relaks lo donatinn% 4)TxI ¥rants reCe1N￿ towth the e(>*t c)f pruvidinB rt a cemain indiiidual thr eyleni thul the%e applied to rt5 chatitable obJL%￿. 12 VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHtPOF STEVENAGE NOTES TO THE F￿ANCIAL ST ￿TEmET￿ S (CONTLtyUED) FOR THE YE1REND￿ J¢1 SEPTEMBER 2025 24 Donalithls, gitis and otTerings- r>nal]im￿, 8illq and olleringg- tknnalions, gift5 ft￿1 otleTiT)8S- Uonations, gift5 And otlcnrgs- DoTlatiVT)s. Bifts and utT¢nn85- CTifi Aid Tecl&im Unrestricted fuT￿8 Rcstricied ProFrry fill)d Rcstrict&J F04xLslkd fund Rcstnclttl SMt)A l￿d Re4triGid P&s'Loral suptx>n fund 147.602 134,483 32.53) 26.328 20.204 1,8511 23.573 2(14.717 225,951 Other Grant$ Nl'L8¢ellaneoLlS reeeipts Fundr&isit)8 Lirnts Inl¢r¢si reeeii'abk 5,056 11.984 29,500 10.l(K) 3.4¥2 27.140 -12.982 StAff exp¢1 S8l¥ne4 irKludin8 Nl Othcr Siaff I'rdvcl, a¢commodation ond Accountat￿ry sL'rviL¢ ')9.888 87.494 1.4hO 1.468 2,053 10.l.887 91,015 Buildin8 M'rc, Ten14LI and 8¢TVi¢e ¢I￿rge5 Heat, li8hi and inAurorne nthey 67.950 9,3N7 C)9,(J 9,907 80.(J19 Other *onhlp and ou¢v¢*rb Mcmtxr5htp ynd suE6¢riptitills m￿1¢ ¢4uipllLmt, I￿kS Jtsj LY).8 Su¢ial and l'outh kvrnts Cal¢rin8 fo￿1 and dtink Confer¢nces and ComrAssion ￿'¢lUCIe TUDllm8 Gosts OttKr 953 895 291 499 5.469 1.502 821 12,894 5.080 4,594 1.630 13.354 26.113 13 VINEYARD CHRIsfL4N FELLOWSHtP OF sfEVLYAGE LyiYfES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEwrs (co1Yr￿D) FOR THE YE4RENDED 30SEPTEMBER 2825 Z1125 2024 DonAtlon$ outsldp the ¢hurth ts1ftyl￿9nts 14) inslilulions Gi1151grants tsi iT¥JiTriduals 20.099 3IK) 20.168 20..199 2U,16¥ AdmiDhtrAtion Te]ephon¢. ¢maLI and weiL4Ll¢ ¢o¥ls Printin& and statior*ry OtYK¢ tuKI cornputer e(rJipment ex￿* tynd sun tX'pYivitiLivA charg ()Iher 884 1,072 1,985 3,244 ¥33 287 1.470 2,328 3.5UI 1,289 ¥,U18 8,875 G•v¢rnanee Co$1> Ind¢r*nd¢ni ¢xAmm#lion TrnRi¢e nie¢tin8 LXIXryIg¢$ 1.125 996 1.12J 996 L¥et In4*Mr1￿pendI￿rt This Is sta￿d aller ¢h$r8U￿= tkpTeci4uon PcrL8inn Contributv￿js k) d¢fll*d wntsit*rtion g*hem¢s 3,244 1.7fA) 3.5UI 5.094 I￿le￿de￿¢¢x&rniner,$ rernwmlion for. Inde￿ndert1 examination Othcratcountaoc* .125 245 253 1.37() 1,249 14 VINEYARD CHRtSTWI FELLOWSHIP OF STEVENAGE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEYrs (corfflNLED) FOR THE TrE4R ENDED311.fEpfEMBER 2025 2025 2024 Stxff co¥tX And numbers Gr055 wagcs and salarie% Emploi'ei's Nauonal tnsurm. C￿l￿1￿￿1￿n5 Pcnsion c<)ntnbutions 96.234 1.894 1.760 84.743 1,158 1,593 99.888 87,494 nn a monthii. d￿ra￿e there weye 612024.. 5) employees dllriti￿ l'ear. No emplts)'oe had employrrnnt ￿￿¢11￿ in exce￿ of £60.(KK> (2n?4.. Nil) Th¢ ioial employment kn¢liis of ko raLna8¢llKYLI [tr8rm￿l of th¢ ch&ril}' £56.14U {2024. £54.(KJ7) Tru¥ts¥ remunernth)n •nd eJpen As perni11(L￿ h* the comE￿Y y Mem(>rnThlum L)f A￿l&ll￿), duTU]g the v•)r Mr D N S FlaTr*s recLi%L'LI a *lary in lu$ C8pcih' as sen￿)r Pus'ioT arMl&130 aLYvcdu4 a directOTandtru4t¢¢. His rrrnunbY21iondurJn8 ywen(kd 30 &pLeTn 2025 ¢a)mwised ot so]arv £47.477 (2025. £48.8371 and ￿￿10￿cOntrIb[￿on5 of £1 77212n24.. £1.2341. No otkn trustee re¢L*ived #Di. TemLrmuonoT reimtdJT5¢d cxpYrA¢s. 12 IN¢An￿ble flxed WebJllE Coll Al I f*t0￿r 2V24 Addiliony 965 At 30 SepteTT&r 2025 965 Al I Iktokn 2024 ChArgL for the yr4r 648 317 At 30 S¢pt¢mTrtr 2025 965 Tr4*t bvokva At 30 Septemlxr 2V25 At 30 SrptcmE¢r 2024 317 15 VINEYARD CHRisfIAN FELLOWSHIP OF STEVEf4AGE NOTESTO THE FtNANCIAL sfATEMEiYrs IcoP￿[￿UÉD) OR THE SE4R ENDED 3IPSEpfEMIIEft 3025 13 Twlbk r￿ed •s¢ts Chureh ¢qulptD¢n¢ Co$¢ Ai I Ckiolrr 2024 AJditiVTf% Diswsllls 25.<)77 At 3() septeM￿r 2025 27.609 Dtpvt¢lAthD At l Lkts)E¢r 2024 Charge for the i'e&r Elitninal¢d on dJsrK)sal 2,927 At 3n S¢ptemE*r 2025 21,730 N¢t hvok villl¢ At 30 2025 5.879 At.10.Sept¥'mE¢r 2024 7,174 14 Debth 21124 Otlxr &btory 128.769 16,446 92.625 9.7U3 Prcpaj'ments accrugj 145,215 101,328 Cr¢dl¢org: ￿o￿Thts fth% due vlthkn One ye•r OtrLeT CTedil1)ry Ac¢ru&ls Tllxationond s￿la] 975 15.351 1.450 321 14.443 1.272 17,776 16.036 16 VINEYARD CHRisfiAN FELLOWSHIP OF STEVENAGE NOTESTO THE FINANCIAL srATE1￿NfS {cONm￿D) FOR THE Y£4RENLIED30,SEP7EtVBER2025 16 knalvih of Ncl A￿ets be￿ten Fund¥ Restricted Fund 2025 Totsl Tan8Jble fLxed a8S¢ts Ik.btt>r5 Calh ftt Mnk hgnd Creditots.. anM>unts t#Uin8 w'ithin on¢ F¢nr 5.879 145.?1S 29.664 5.879 145,215 193,959 164.295 (17.776) (17,776) 162.982 164.295 327.277 Ufvre¥lrltt¢d De*Ate fund Re*trletrd Fund 2024 Tol#l Tan8ible fLwI a¥¥els 7.491 101,128 411,880 7.491 103.328 241,098 Cash ui bank in hllnd Lre(IitV￿, atTK>unts f4llin¥ dLX wiihin v¢thr (16.03C)I (16,0161 192,218 335,X81 17 R¢l*ted p•rtlot Mr D N S Harne8. ts Irusice is also a trltsiLe of CaTe fOrCam￿)dm. ¥ whKh *IU.Q(hl wrts dun&t¢d duru)8 the SLAr (2Q24.. £10.(KX)I. AI 10 Sèplernkr ?112fj tkn Lkinlv ¢l>mmiL￿a io mokin8 foll%)wJns IxyitKknts unthr ￿￿￿￿&t￿Cl￿bEt vFratsDP Ic43¢Y'. 2024 Within otje yLwr with￿ one and tsvo Y￿[$ 32.861 49,291 32.861 82,152 19 Volmtvrs 'I'hL"chanh. knfiis from th¥ tin* of arlmen¢ in¢orne- Intsre$t recei￿bk 3,4112 3,482 Tot•1 168.712 90.221 258,933 Expendltsrt 8t&ff costs tsnd Premis¥$ 405ts Vther isurship and Outreach ¢￿ts IX>naiion8 outside tk ¢hir¢h Adminislnllion Governfyrtce cn%1 74.5fi6 41).721 11,143 16.449 29.595 11.229 1.593 353 91.015 22,371 20,1()11 8,87J gl)6 18,37S 11.522 144.948 18,575 222.741 Net fn¢othel{eipeTrdIfy￿) Trlln¥firs betweeTI tunily 23,764 {18.575) (18,575) 18.575 31.(K)2 36,192 Net movement in f¥nd$ 31.002 Total bwught forward 138.473 161.216 299.689 TO￿ fund¥f4fTled hrn•Td 192.218 335.881 18 VINEYARD CHtusriAN FELLOWSHIP OF STEVENACE N(YfES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEtYrs (c(HYn￿D FOR THE YE4RENDED 30SEPTEMII£R ZO35 21 RestrlL*ed fu￿1￿ Thc incorne fun(ts of the charity i￿lU¢￿ restric*d fimEL% tonyi%i118 th foliou'i￿8 unex1rnd￿ E¥[ar￿ ofdonulioDY und gruni8 held on tsu81 tor wcific p￿￿￿.. In f￿￿• B*lwk* At Renourt¢5 l Ottob¢r exwidtd 2024 Tr•n•f¢ JO S¢pt¢mb¢r 2112S Properry Fund Flll Pastoral suPF￿rt 168,528 27,6 3.493 25.?(A) 2.084 {30) {56.646) 2.084 17.69(?) 192,218 In.837 (58.7W) 164.295 MoirDXnt ITr thnd• B*l•n¢¢ at ltscomini Rtwurrt* l 0￿￿￿tr re¥ouJrn ¢Jwid¢d 2D23 Tr#fi•fe 30 Scpt¢mb¢p 2024 PropetTr Futtd Fwylsh¢d Flmd P￿St(l*¥I 1.I5.991 25.223 32.535 55,828 168,528 23.690 157.361) l(tr1.216 ¢X).221 (59,219) 192,21JS 19