## **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** 31 December 2024 **Charity no** 1081321 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 3-4 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2024.
**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:** 08 October 2025 **Name:** Suzette Downes **Relevant professional** BSc (Hons) **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 12 Highwood Crescent Horsham RH12 1EN
1
## **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** .
2
**Broadfield Christian Fellowhip 1081321 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01-01-24 31-12-24 ~~a _~~
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**to the nearest**
**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||
|Bank Interest||||**155**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**155**||**103**||
|Church Weekend||||**3,925**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**3,925**||**1,755**||
|Coffee Shop||||**261**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**261**||**405**||
|Little Lambs||||**970**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**970**||**910**||
|Offerings||||**20,001**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**20,001**||**18,863**||
|Specific Gifts||||**450**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**450**||**1,383**||
|Tax Rebate||||**4,693**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**4,693**||**4,638**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|||_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**30,455**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**30,455**||**28,057**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**30,455**
**-**
~~——~~|||||||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**30,455**||**-**
**-**
**28,057**||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||||
|Bank Charges||||**133**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**133**||**138**||
|Children & Youth||||**50**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**50**||**20**||
|Church Weekend||||**5,048**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**5,048**||**2,332**||
|Coffee Shop||||**1,604**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,604**||**1,652**||
|Copyright Licence||||**334**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**334**||**348**||
|Equipment||||**64**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**64**||**11**||
|Guest Speakers||||**800**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**800**||**1,000**||
|Hall Hire||||**26**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**26**||**-**||
|Ichthus Christian Fellowship||||**600**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**600**||**160**||
|Insurance||||**427**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**427**||**410**||
|Joint Management Committee||||**3,300**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**3,300**||**3,300**||
|Legal||||**350**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**350**||**600**||
|Literature||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**315**||
|Little Lambs||||**1,058**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,058**||**1,011**||
|Music||||**27**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**27**||**7**||
|Pastoral Gifts||||**200**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**200**||**194**||
|Postage & Phone||||**1**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**1**||**-**||
|Printing& Stationery||||**68**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**68**||**126**||
|Regular Gifts||||**3,000**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**3,000**||**3,000**||
|Social Events||||**126**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**126**||**316**||
|Software||||**36**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**36**||**-**||
|Special Gifts||||**762**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**762**||**1,500**||
|Staff Costs||||**10,819**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**10,819**||**10,219**||
|Subscriptions||||**267**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**267**||**315**||
|SundayService||||**154**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**154**||**82**||
|Training& Conferences||||**100**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**100**||**450**||
||**_Sub total_ **|||**29,354**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**29,354**||**27,506**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**29,354**
**-**
**-**
**29,354**
**27,506**
~~——_———~~||||||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**1,101**
**-**
**-**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**7,965**
**- -**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**9,066**
**-**
**- 9,066**
~~———~~||||||||||||**1,101**
**-**
**7,965**
**- 9,066**|**1,101**|**551**
**-**
**7,414**
**7,965**|**551**
**-**
**7,414**
**7,965**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|
||||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|**1,019**
**-**
**-**
**8,044**
**-**
**-**
**3**
**-**
**-**
**9,066**
**-**
**-**
**_Total cash funds_**
Current Account
Deposit Account
Cash
~~—====~~||||||
||(agree balances with receipts and payments|(agree balances with receipts and payments|||||
||account(s))||OK|OK||OK|
||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
||||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|
||**Details**||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~—=——~~||||||
||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~1~~||||||
||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**6,500**
**-**
**500**
**-**
**500**
**-**
**600**
**-**
**250**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
AV equipment
Kitchen equipment
Musical instruments
Laptop computer & software
Lectern
~~iss~~||||||
||||**Fund to which**|**Amount due**||**When due**|
||**Details**||**liability relates**|**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Date of
approval
01-Sep-25
Print Name
Kevin Gordon
Signature
~~es~~||||||
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 Jan 2024 Period start date To 31 Dec 2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Broadfield Christian Fellowship**
## **Charity registration number: 1081321**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|**Objectives and Activities**|||
|---|---|---|
||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
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 2024.
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:
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 15 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.|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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 15 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.|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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 15 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.|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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 15 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.|
|---|---|---|---|
|||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 15 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**
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, 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. Second-
hand 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**|||
|---|---|---|
||||
|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|£9,000|
|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|Para 1.23|None|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||||
|---|---|---|
|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**
||||
|---|---|---|
|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**
|||
|---|---|
|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**
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**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**
**Signature(s)** Ian Johnson **Full name(s)** Kevin Gordon ~~a~~ **Position (eg** Treasurer **Secretary, Chair, etc)** ~~a~~ **Date** 15 October 2025 ~~|~~