**Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
**To**
Period start date **1[st] January 2024**
Period end date **31[st] December 2024**
**From**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
Together Church Torbay
**Other names charity is known by** Kings Arms Church (formerly)
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1078726 **Charity's principal address** Together Church Building St James Road Torquay, Devon **Postcode TQ1 4AZ** ~~ee~~ **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Timothy Steer Chair of trustees 2 Joseph Mark Farrin Trustee 3 Penny Lister Trustee 4 David Ryan Treasurer 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 ~~ee~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||
|**Greg Bell**|Church Operations
Manager|9 St. James Road, Upton, Torquay|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
|Peter Clayton, pastor and lead elder|||
Peter Clayton, pastor and lead elder
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Trust Deed Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by Trustees with input from Church Leadership Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
The trustees agreed that operating via a CIO would be a more appropriate structure for the charity to adopt. A CIO was created on 26 June 2024 and Together Church Torbay Trust’s charitable activities were transferred to the new CIO with effect from 1 September 2024.
The trustees will look to dissolve Together Church Torbay Trust and transfer its remaining assets to the new CIO in due course.
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
Together Church began in 1998 as the Kings Arms church with a passion to make an impact for Jesus in the Torbay Community. We have developed today into a group of people of all ages, meeting in Torquay, **Summary of the objects of the** who are seeking to live out the Christian life in a way that please God, **charity set out in its** reflects the teaching of the Bible and is relevant to modem life. We are **governing document** confident about the future of the church, believing God is growing and changing us in ways that please him and will bring praise to him. We are a Newfrontiers "Commission" sphere church, a growing family of over 850 churches in 60 nations.
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**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
**Sunday Services, Morning and Evening** Usually we begin our meetings with songs that reflect our relationship with God. We love God passionately and are deeply grateful to him for all he has done for us. Between songs, various people are welcome to pray or read from the Bible as appropriate. We then have a short personal testimony from a church member or invited guest, speaking about how they have experienced God’s love and power in their lives. On occasion this may be replaced by a specific alternative, such as a two minutes’ silence on Remembrance Sunday. We then typically have a five-minute break. Someone will then teach from a part of the Bible. We are eager to learn what God says to us in the Bible and to know how to live it out. Our preaching is therefore intended to explain what the Bible passage means and to show the impact it has on our lives in the 21[st] century. This is more in-depth in our evening services with extended teaching elements. Our services concludes with tea and coffee. This is also an important part of our services, when there is time to catch up with one another, develop friendships and pray with one another. **Life Groups** Church is about more than Sunday mornings, and so we also have smaller groups that meet during the week, which focus on being a church family as well as continuing our journey of loving God. Our small groups are called ‘Tens Groups,’ reflecting their rough average membership, and in them we aim to be enjoying life with God, sharing life with one another and offering new life to our friends. Whether we have been Christians for decades or just for days, we all need the help of others if we are to become what God is calling us to be. Tens groups are a forum to make friends, express care for one another and to worship God together and learn how to follow him more closely. They also provide an opportunity for people to serve, and learn how to participate in meetings. Tens Groups each have an appointed leader(s) but the intention is that everyone will play a part in the life and activities of the group. Tens Groups are vitally important in the life of Together Church and the development and support of all church members. Our Tens Groups meet in homes, typically once a week, in various locations in Torbay. Tens Group members also get together at other times when group events are organised. With changes to the church leadership, we have held more whole-church evenings to ensure that we are open and thorough in communicating with the church membership. **Children and Young People** We are committed to providing the very best care and attention to our children (which includes operating a full Child Protection Policy). Our aim is to provide a fun, friendly context in which they can learn about the relevance God has to their lives. Our 0-18s Groups include a growing Tots group for preschool children and parents on several mornings a week, aiming to reach families across our community. We also run Friday afternoon/evening groups split for primary and secondary school-aged children, run by a dedicated team who plan an action-filled session including worship, drama and fun games. _Secondary school age_ This is our group for young people who attend secondary school. We offer a variety of fun activities and games mixed with worship, teaching and advice and building fellowship. **Schools work** We have been closely involved with the schools locally, including Upton
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School and St. Cuthbert Mayne. We have provided Bibles for the pupils, run assemblies and have offered the use of our church building as an activity space.
## **Other groups**
We provide a free, collaborative room space and resources for Free Movement (fitness and wellbeing,) Home 4 Good (adoption and fostering support charity), anger management support and English language classes. We have also supported the local council with a space for meetings and community groups. In some weeks we have had more than 500 people through the building for various events and activities. We consider being generous with allowing access to our building as an expression of our giving and outreach.
We have established an annual internship opportunity within the church, allowing development and encouragement of our young adults.
As of 1 September 2024, the above activities ceased to be facilitated by the charity when the activities were transferred to TOGETHER CHURCH TORBAY CIO.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
## **Public Benefit**
The Trustees are mindful of the Charity Commission’s guidance on Public Benefit and have taken account it when making decisions. The trustees believe that all of the activities detailed above comply with this guidance, in that no discrimination is made against any individual or organisation.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
## **1: Advance the Christian faith**
Together Church Torbay has met together regularly in various settings for worship, prayer and friendship. We have also hosted a variety of events to which guests have been invited, including guest services, social events, and a Carol Service.
We have held regular activities for the children and young people in the church. We also supported our young people in attending the Spree church event in Exeter.
As a result of these activities we have seen a number of people, of all ages, come to faith in Jesus Christ. Existing church members have developed both their faith and support for one another. We organised a church camping weekend together, which was a great opportunity for fellowship and worship together.
## **2: Relief and Support**
Church members have supported one another through a variety of difficult or challenging life situations. The church has also supported local care initiatives and build a network of involved local churches.
## **3. Ellacombe site**
Due to the expanding church membership and the limitations of the Upton building, the church has established a new site and a developing community in Ellacombe. This meets in the local Salvation Army hall and has already begun to bring in new people from this community.
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
It is Together Church Torbay policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds (if possible) which equates to at least two months’ unrestricted payments to cover emergency situations which arise from time to time. We would still aim to retain three months’ if possible, though increased staffing costs make this a long-term aim.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
The principal source of income for the Together Church Torbay is from its members, who give as they feel appropriate. We may also receive contributions from other sources, for example a gratuity from another church if one of our team has preached there.
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Timothy Nicholas Steer **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair
**Date** 27/10/2025
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**Charity Name No (if any) Together Church Torbay 1078726**
**Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y** Period start Period end **For the period** date **To** date **from** 01/01/2024 31/12/2024
## **CC16a**
||**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|||**Restricted**
**funds**|||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total**
**funds**||**Last year**|
|||**to the nearest**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest**||**to the**||**to the nearest**||**to the**||**to the**|
||||**£**|||**nearest £**||**£**||**nearest £**||**nearest £**|
||**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||
||GeneralGiving|**85,984**|**4**||**1,921**|||**-**||**87,905**||**108,202**|
||Other Income|**110**|||**-**|||**-**||**110**||**1,000**|
||Gift aid|**18,204**|**18,204**||**223**|||**-**||**18,427**||**27,435**|
||Together Youth Income|**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||Gift for church member|**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||Ukraine fund|**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||Refugee fund|**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||Event income|**-**|||**3,815**|||||**3,815**||**2,365**|
||Bank interest|**261**|||**-**|||||**261**||**95**|
||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_||||||||||||
||_AR)_|**104,559**|||**5,959**|||**-**||**110,518**||**139,097**|
|**A2 Asset and investment**
**sales, (see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**104,559**
**5,959**
**-**
**110,518**
**139,097**
~~SESS~~|||||||||||||
||**A3 Payments**||||||||||||
||Activities||||||||||||
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**11,126**|
||Administration||||||||||||
|||**3,796**|||**-**|||**-**||**3,796**||**6,623**|
||Advertising||||||||||||
|||**-**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**880**|
||Event costs||||||||||||
|||**7,965**|||**2,155**|||**-**||**10,120**||**9,944**|
||Giving||||||||||||
|||**10,598**|**10,598**||**1,434**|||**-**||**12,032**||**23,407**|
||Premises||||||||||||
|||**6,999**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**6,999**||**15,764**|
||Staff costs||||||||||||
|||**53,078**|**53,078**||**-**|||**-**||**53,078**||**62,267**|
||Other expenditure||||||||||||
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**9,687**|
||Discipleship||||||||||||
|||**1,861**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**1,861**||**-**|
||Ellacombe||||||||||||
|||**3,296**||||||||**3,296**|||
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|Family fund||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**666**||||||**666**|||
|Legal||||||||||
||**1,902**||||||**1,902**|||
|Ministry||||||||||
||**3,599**||||||**3,599**|||
|Outreach||||||||||
||**1,516**||||||**1,516**|||
|Together Tots and Youth||||||||||
||**3,883**||**3,804**||||**7,687**|||
|Training||||||||||
||**1,525**||||||**1,525**|||
|Travel||||||||||
||**919**||||||**919**|||
|Upton||||||||||
||**1,636**||||||**1,636**|||
|Transfer to CIO||||||||||
||**6,300**||||||**6,300**|||
|**_Sub total_**||||||||||
||**109,539**||**7,393**||**-**||**116,932**||**139,698**|
|||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||
|**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**|**109,539**||**7,393**||**-**||**116,932**||**139,698**|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-**||**-**||||**-**||**-**|
||**4,980**||**1,434**||**-**||**6,414**||**601**|
|**A5 Transfers between**||||||||||
|**funds**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year**||||||||||
|**end**|**20,352**||**1,434**||**-**||**21,786**||**22,387**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||**15,372**||**-**||**-**||**15,372**||**21,786**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**period**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary**
**assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for**
**the charity’s own use**|**Details**
Current account
Business Premium
account
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with
receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Office Equipment
PA / Audio Visual
Sundry assets
Building|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**488**
**14,884**
**-**
**15,372**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs **
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs **
General
General
General
General|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||Office Equipment|General|**-**|**-**|
||PA / Audio Visual|General|**-**|**-**|
||Sundry assets|General|**-**|**-**|
||Building|General|**-**|**100,000**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
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## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
**----- Start of picture text -----**
Fund to which Amount due When due
Details liability relates (optional) (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Date of
Signature Print Name
approval
Timothy Steer 27/10/25
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**Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Together Church Torbay Charity no. 1078726**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Together Church Torbay for the year ended 31[st] December 2024.
## _**Responsibilities and basis of report**_
As the charity 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 Charity’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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or The accounts do not accord with those records.
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.
_I P Barrett FCA FCIE_
Barretts Chartered Accountants 22 Union Street Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 2JS
24[th] October 2025
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