## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees**
Charity Name Broadfield Christian Fellowship
|**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|31 December 2023|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1081321|
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2023. **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the 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.
**Signed:** S Downes **Date:** 15 October 2024 **Name:** Suzette Downes **Relevant professional** BSc (Hons) **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 12 Highwood Crescent Horsham RH12 1EN
**Oct 2018**
1
**IER**
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**Oct 2018**
2
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Broadfield Christian Fellowship 1081321
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01-01-23 31-12-23
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Bank Interest 103 - - 103 11
Church Weekend 1,755 - - 1,755 3,584
Coffee Shop 405 - - 405 481
Little Lambs 910 - - 910 500
Offerings 18,863 - - 18,863 16,951
Specific Gifts 1,383 - - 1,383 1,405
Tax Rebate 4,638 - - 4,638 4,019
Sub total (Gross income for
28,057 - - 28,057 26,951
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 28,057 - - 28,057 26,951
A3 Payments
Bank Charges 138 - - 138 140
Books & CDs - - 15
Children & Youth 20 20 160
Church Weekend 2,332 2,332 2,934
Coffee Shop 1,652 1,652 1,596
Community - - 250
Copyright Licence 348 - - 348 329
Equipment 11 11 83
Guest Speakers 1,000 1,000 1,150
Ichthus Christian Fellowship 160 160 1,120
Insurance 410 - - 410 410
Joint Management Committee 3,300 3,300 3,300
Legal 600 600 -
Literature 315 315 -
Little Lambs 1,011 - - 1,011 781
Maintenance - - 68
Media - - 7
Music 7 7 9
Pastoral Gifts 194 - - 194 16
Printing & Stationery 126 126 48
Publicity - - - - 60
Regular Gifts 3,000 3,000 3,000
Social Events 316 316 -
Special Gifts 1,500 1,500 2,118
Staff Costs 10,219 - - 10,219 9,479
Subscriptions 315 - - 315 272
Sunday Service 82 82 32
Training & Conferences 450 450 90
Sub total [ 27,506 ] - - 27,506 27,467
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 27,506 - - 27,506 27,467
Net of receipts/(payments) 551 - - 551 - 516
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 7,414 - - 7,414 7,930
Cash funds this year end 7,965 - - 7,965 7,414
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**
**Details**
AV equipment
Kitchen equipment
Musical instruments
Laptop computer & software
Lectern
Current Account
Deposit Account
Cash
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**920**
**7,000**
**45**
**7,965**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**6,500**
**500**
**500**
**600**
**250**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
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|||||OK|
|||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**|
## **Disclosure**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
During the financial period £2,697 was paid to Broadfield Youth & Community Centre for the use of the building and other miscellaneous items, where Mr I S Johnson and Mr K A S Gordon are also trustees
|Signature|Print Name
Kevin Gordon|Date of
approval
16-Sep-24|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 Jan 2023 Period start date To 31 Dec 2023 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Broadfield Christian Fellowship**
## **Charity registration number: 1081321**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|**Objectives and Activities**|||
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||SORP
reference||
|Summary of the purposes of the
charity as set out in its governing
document|Para 1.17|a) To advance the Christian faith in
accordance with the statement of
beliefs appearing in the schedule hereto
in West Sussex and in such
other parts of the United Kingdom or the
world as the trustees may from time to
time think fit.
b) To relieve persons who are in
conditions of need or hardship or who
are aged or sick and to relieve the
distress caused thereby in the said
West Sussex and in such other parts of
the United Kingdom or the world as the
trustees may from time to time think fit.
c) To promote and fulfil such other
charitable purposes beneficial to the
community in the said West Sussex and
in such other parts of the United Kingdom
or the world as the trustees may from time
to time 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 seek to express God’s love by
promoting the Christian faith and through
compassion for those in physical, mental
and spiritual hardship, without
discrimination or passing judgment.
Broadfield Christian Fellowship serves the
local community in a number
of ways:
**Sunday service**for Christian worship and
teaching. The Church meets in the
Broadfield Community Centre, Crawley.
Admittance: Public admittance
Charitable needs met: Facilitates worship
for Christian believers, teaching for
Christians and others on moral and faith|
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|||issues, pastoral care by prayer on
request.
Accessibility: Ground floor, wheelchair
access, disabled access WC
Charge: No charge. Regular attendees
invited to contribute voluntarily
**Wednesday Coffee Shop**for
refreshment, friendship and help, meeting
in the Broadfield Community Centre,
Crawley. Second-hand clothing and other
items are freely available.
Once a month, UKHarvest food rescue
service distribute food alongside the
weekly Coffee Shop.
Admittance: Public admittance
Charitable needs met: Social and leisure
activity, relief of need and financial
hardship, pastoral care by prayer on
request.
Accessibility: Ground floor, wheelchair
access, disabled access WC
Charge: No charge. Donations accepted.
**Little Lambs Play and Sing**toddler
group for refreshment, friendship and
play, meeting in the Broadfield
Community Centre, Crawley.
Admittance: Public admittance.
Charitable needs met: Preschool play and
learning for children, friendly social group
for parents.
Accessibility: Ground floor, wheelchair
access, disabled access WC
Charge: Nominal charge.
**Church Weekend Away**for Christian
worship and teaching. The Church went
to De Vere Horsely Estate in 2023.
Admittance: Public admittance but
numbers are limited by the venue.
Charitable needs met: Facilitates worship
for Christian believers, teaching for
Christians and others on moral and faith
issues, pastoral care by prayer on
request.
Accessibility: Ground floor, wheelchair
access, disabled access WC
Charge: Attendees are charged, some
subsidies are given.|
|Statement confirming whether the
trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit|Para 1.18|Yes, the trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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||SORP reference||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteers are an important resource in
both our faith and community work.
Volunteers are involved in all of our faith
and community activities.
We have around 20 people regularly giving
their time, skill and effort. All our trustees
also give of their time freely. The charity
relies on the time and effort given by
volunteers to run the Sunday service, Little
Lambs toddler group, Wednesday Coffee
Shop and the church weekend away.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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||SORP reference||
|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|Broadfield Christian Fellowship is a local
church made up of people from all
backgrounds. We are based in the
Broadfield Youth and Community Centre,
which we share with the Church of England
and Roman Catholic churches. We are
adjacent to the local shopping parade,
which includes a large free car park, and
opposite the library and Neighbourhood
Hub, ideally situated for the local
community.
Broadfield Christian Fellowship is a Link
Church within the Ichthus Christian
Fellowship, which is based in South
London, and a member of the Evangelical
Alliance. We are in fellowship with other
evangelical churches in Crawley and have
links with various local Christian groups,
such as The Lighthouse Project, a Christian
ministry to the children of Crawley, The
Christians Against Poverty Crawley Debt
Centre, Holmsted Manor near Cuckfield, run
by Youth With A Mission, the International
Bible Training Institute in Burgess Hill, and
The Easter Team, a local Christian charity
that serves people who are homeless or in
need in and around Crawley.
We meet every Sunday morning at 10.30
a.m. (10.00 a.m. for refreshments) in the
Community Centre Social Hall for worship
and teaching. Our worship style is informal
and generally led by people from within the|
Fellowship, using studies produced by a variety of sources and with occasional visiting speakers. We normally celebrate communion on the third or fourth Sunday in each month and at other times as arranged. We also have a weekly Monday evening prayer meeting, currently via Zoom, and a weekly home group on Tuesdays. A weekly news sheet is produced giving details of all planned activities and other local Christian events. On Mondays at 9.30 am we run Little Lambs Play & Sing toddler group where all babies and pre-school children with a carer are welcome. Every Wednesday at 9.15 am we run the Triangle Coffee Shop in the Social Hall, at which coffee, tea and toast are served for a nominal donation. Secondhand clothes and other items are also freely available. This provides an important service to the community and many people drop in during this time. On the third Wednesday of each month, we are visited by the UKHarvest food rescue service. The Coffee Shop has been awarded the highest 5-star Food Standards Agency rating for Food Hygiene by the local authority. David Evans has continued to be employed as Pastor on a part-time basis throughout the year and the three trustees have continued without change.
## **Financial Review**
|**inancial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity’s financial position is healthy,
income and expenditure are roughly
balanced and all of the charity’s normal
expenditure is covered.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|In accordance with advice from the
Commission we have agreed to hold
reserves equivalent to at least three
months’ normal expenditure.
We do not intend to build up reserves much
beyond this value.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£7,000|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|||
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||Para 1.23|None|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The income is from voluntary donations
from attendees who have informally or
formally committed to regular giving. Many
use the Gift Aid scheme to increase the
value of their donations and the Gift Aid
Small Donations Scheme is also used.|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|None known|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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|---|---|---|
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed dated 16th March 2000|
|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|The existing trustees are responsible for the
recruitment of new trustees but in so doing
the trustees seek the views and
recommendations of the church leaders.
The trustees believe this approach ensures
that new trustees are respected members of
the faith and local community. The trustees
give due consideration to the personal
competence, skills, specialised knowledge
and faith.|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
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|---|---|
|Charity name|Broadfield Christian Fellowship|
|Other name the charity uses|BCF, informally|
|Registered charity number|1081321|
|Charity’s principal address|Broadfield Community Centre
Broadfield Barton
Crawley
RH11 9BA|
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**|
|1|Kevin Gordon|Treasurer|||
|2|Ian Johnson||||
|3|Pauline Okelo||||
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
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Signature(s)
Ian Johnson
Full name(s) Kevin Gordon
Position (eg Treasurer
Secretary, Chair, etc)
Date 24 September 2024
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