CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the period
From 1 January 2023 To 31 December 2023
Charlty name: St Paul's Gèrnian Evangellcal Refornied Church Trust
Charlty registratlon number: 1073905
Objectives and Activities
Summary ofthe purposes of
th8 charlty as set out in its
gov8rning document
Para1.17
The object of the charity is the
advancement of religlon by promoting
religk)us and other charitable work in the
German speaking protestant community in
Greater London in accordance with the
Iraditions of St Paul's German Evangelical
Reformed Church
Dur5ng the year, grants wer8 not made to
the Gennan church's parochial districts of
London East and West or the German
Choir London
Summary of the main
activities in relatlon to those
purposes for the public
benefrt, in particular.'the
activities, projects or
seryices Identified in the
accounts.
Para 1.17
1.19
Grants were made to charities supportlng
the homeless and adults with leaming
difficulties.
The trustees b￿rne aware that, due.to
the ongoing consequ8nces of Covid, the
Gemian YMCA In London was unable to
make Its regular small grants to local
organisations. The trustees agreed to make
a grant of £10.000 to the Gennan YMCA
th £5,000 being paid in 2022 and another
£5,000 the current year. The allocation of
this grant to third parties is at the discretion
of the Get7nan YMCA'S Board of
Management.
Statsment confim)ing
whether the trustees hav8
had regard to the guidance
Issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefrt
Para 1.18
The trustees have consKlered the Public
Benafrt requirement and believe that the
charity's current activities are in line with
Charity Commlssion guidelines.
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Addltlonal Infonnatlon (optional)
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choose to indude further statements where relevant about:
SORP r8feroF
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
Pera 1.38
Policy on social investment
induding program related
investment
Para 1.3B
Contribution made by
volunteers
0th8r
Achievements and Performance
SORP ref¢rnn¢e
During the y8ar, 'grants were not made to
the Gennan church's parochlal districts of
London East and West or the Gemian
Choir London
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the drfference the
Gharity's work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.
PpTr 1.20
Grants are made to charities supporting the
homeless.
Ongoing projects:
A grant of £10,000 to Glass Door, a
London Homeless charity sponsored by
and supported by local churches.
A grant of £10,000 to Borderlin8, a charity
supporting homeless with a Scottlsh Origin.
In making this grant the Trustees were .
conscious of the historical support given to
the fledging St Paul's Church by the
Church of Scotland.
A grant of £8,832 to support two volunteers
at Q.V.S.R, a retirement home for
international seafarers in East London.
A grant of £5,000 was made to the German
YMCA in London to enable it to continue
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providing making small grants to local
organisations.
A grant of £10.000 was made to Th8
Connection at St Martin-itFthe-fields in
London to support their ongoing work with
the homeless.
In total the grants made were £43,832.
The trust will continue to make grants along
similar lines in the future and is considering
how it might broaden the we of its
donations. The continuing level Of dividend
income and the level of the charity's
reserves will enable Ihis to be achieved
despite a continuing low level of interest
eamed on bank deposits.
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choose to include fvrther statements where relevant about:
Achievements against
objectives set
Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
Pard 1.41
Despite the Inlllal adverse impact of the
pandemic on investment markets, the
Trustees were pleased to note the overall
positive perfo￿anCe of our investment
fijnds over the year and have been
reinforced in their faith in the value of using
specialist charity fund managers.
The Trustees took the dec¥sion to transfer
units held in the COIF CIF Accumulation
Fund to the COIF CIF Income Fund to
increase its investment income in the
future.
Investment performance
against objectlves
Para 1.41
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Financial Review
Review of the charity's
financial position at the end
of the
eriod
ststement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held
Para 121
The charity has cash reserves of £75,095
and Investment Assets of £4.564,225.
Pora 1.22
The trustees consider the investment
assets to be in the nature of an endowment
fvnd lo fvnd Ihe continuing activiti8s of the
charity whilst maintaining the real value of
the original endowment.
The cash reserves of £75,095 are
considered sufficient but not excessive to
meet the immediate needs of the charity. In
r&￿hIng this view, the trustees are mindful
of the greater calls on the trusvs funds as a
resutt of the Gemian churches becoming
dependant on their own resources and no
lon
er subsidised from Gennan
The charity has Gash reserves of £75,095
and Investrn8nt Assets of £4 564,225.
The charity does not hold zero reserves,
see section above
No funds are in deficit
Amount of reserves held
Par? 1.22
Reasons for holding zero
reserves
Details of fvnd matertally in
def￿1t
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
Para 1.22
P8ra 1.24
Para 1.23
No such cDncerns are notad
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choose to indude further statements where relevant about:
The investrnent objectives of the charity are
to achleve balanced growth of capital and
income. The trustees regularly review the
performance of the charity's investments
which remain invested in COIF Charity
Funds and in Schroder Charity Multl-Asset
Units. The trustees belleve these funds to
be appropriate for the purposes of the trust.
The charity's principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)
Parn 1.47
The market value of the charity's
investments at 31 De￿rnber 2023 was
£4,564,225 {31 December 2022:
£4,115,172). Investment income increased
during the year from £33,437 in 2022 to
£56,726 in 2Q23.
Investment policy and
objectives induding any
social investment pollcy
adopted
Para 1.46
A description of the principal
risks facing the charity
Par8 1.46
Since the Protestant Church in Germany
ceased subsidising the Gennan Churches
in London there has been a continual
demand on the Trust for fundin
whlch it
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has sought to meet where possible and
appropriate.
The Trustees are actively exploring other
areas of support for the work of the Church
in London which would accord with the
charitable spirit and traditions of the original
St Paul's Gennan Church congregations.
Of particular interest is the potential for
working with churches supporting the
homeless in London and suitable new
'ecls are bein
sou
ht.
Structure, Governance and Management
Description of chari￿s
trusts:
Type of governing document
(trust deed. royal chan.er)
Parn 1.25
Charity Commission Scheme sealed 2 July
1998.
How is the charity
constituted7
(e.g unincorporated
association. Clo}
Trustee selection methods
including detalls of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitted
to appoint one or more
tnjstees
Pera 1.25
Charitable Trust.
Para 1.25
Individual Trustees are invited to propose
names of suitable potential trustees for
approval by the trustees.
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choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees
Para 1.51
The tharitys organisatlonal
structure and any wlder
network with which the
charity works
Parn 1.51
Relationship with any
related parties
Para 1.51
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The tru*ees regularty review the risks to
which the charity is exposed and consider
that the only major risk faced by the charity
are those to which the investment portfolio
is exposed, namely maintenance of capital
values and income levels. In or(ler to
mitigate these risks, the charivs
investment portfolio is managed by two
wellthnown firms of investment managers
specialising in investment for charities and
the twstees monitor their perfonnance
ularl
Other
Reference and Administrative details
Chari
name
Othef name the chari
uses
Re
istered charit
number
Charitys principal address
St Paul's German Evan
elical Reformed Church Trust
1073905
The Gennan YMCA
35 Cravan Terrace
Lon(Jon
W2 3EL
Names of the charfty trustees who manage tho charlty
Dates aGtsd if not for whole
ear
Trust•• name
offi￿ (If any)
Name ot person (or body) entitkd
to a olnt trusts•
Mr Dieter Loss8
Chair
Rev Peter Wintgens
Mr Uwe Maynard
Mrs Katherine Payne
Mrs Caroline Quigly
Hon Treasurer
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11
12
13
14
ate trustees - names of the directors at the date the re
Dlre¢tor namè
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Name of trustees holding title to propety belonging to the charity
Datos act￿ If not for wholo
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Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets
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held in this capacity
Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charitls objects
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Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity's own
assets
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Addltlonal Infomiatlon (optional)
Namos and addresses of advlsers (Optlonal Inforniatlon)
Typo of
Name
Address
advlser
Investment
Managers
Investment
Managers
Principal
Bankers
CCLA Srtrvestrnent
Management
Schroder Unlt Trusts
Limited
One Angel Lan?, LorKlon EC4R 3AB
1 London Wall Place, London EC2Y SAU
Bardays Bank PLC
1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP
Name of chlef executive or nam•s of senlor stsff members (Optional information)
Exemptions from dlsclosure
Reason for nonrfjisclosure of ke
rsonnel detslls
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Other o
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Declarations
The trusteos declaro that thoy have approvod tho tru•to9•' report above.
Signed on behalf of the chaTity's trustws
8lgnaturo(s}
Full name(s),Di8ter Ronald Losse
Posllion (og Secretary. I Ch8ir
Cbalr. et¢)
Uwe Maynard
Oate
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WAIES
St Paul's Gern)an Evangellcal Reformed
Church Trust
10739OS
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the perlod
from
01 January 2023
31 December 2023
To
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds
lo th• n•ar•st
Restricted
funds
Endowment
funds
Total funds
Last yoar
to thg n•are$t £
to the nearest£
to the n•ar••t £
to the n01￿1 £
A1 Reeelpts
Inv8slmènt Incomè
Bank int*r•st
56.726
1,355
56,726
1.355
33.437
431
Sub total(Gmss income for
AR)
A2 Asset and Investment sales,
(see table).
58.081
58.081
33,868
Sub total
zzzz
58,081
58.081
33.868
A3 Paymènts
DonalionB and grants io ￿rther charilable
activitie$
43,832
43.832
33.832
ccountancy and ind8P8ndent examlner
720
720
Sub total
44W2
44.552
A4 Assèt and investmènt
urchases.
see table
Sub total
zzzz
44,552
44.SS2
34,492
Net of receipts/(paymentsJ
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
13.529
13,529
624
61,566
75,095
61,566
75,095
62,190
61,S66
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Sl Paul's G8nnan Evangallcal refonned Church Trust
On accounts for the year
ended
31 December 2023
Charity no
(if any)
1073905
Set out on pages
1 to10
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ('Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 31 De￿mber 2023.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ("the Act.).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention {other than that disclosed below ') in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with seclion 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examinerfs statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the br8Gkets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
2311012024
Name:
Julian Pocock
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Chartered Accountant
Address:
17 The Market Place
Devizes
Wiltshire SN10 1BA
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for
examiners).
IER
October 2018

Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
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October 2018