## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date 01 01 2023 31 12 2023 

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## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** CRABTREE CHURCH TRUST **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1092748 **Charity's principal address** CORRESPONDENT 91 CHESTERTON AVENUE HARPENDEN **Postcode AL5 5ST** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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|John Lower|Correspondent|||
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|Denise Legg||||
|Stephen Morley||||
|Debbie Clark||||
|Alex White||||
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name Address** 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Type of governing document 

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 28 MAY 2002 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

TRUST 

How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) APPOINTED BY EXISTING TRUSTEES 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 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. 

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## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

|**Section C**|**Objectives and activities**|
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|**Summary of the objects of**<br>**the charity set out in its**<br>**governing document**<br>**Summary of the main**<br>**activities undertaken for**<br>**the public benefit in**<br>**relation to these objects**<br>**(include within this section**<br>**the statutory declaration**<br>**that trustees have had**<br>**regard to the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public**<br>**benefit)**|To advance the Christian Faith in accordance with the statement<br>of beliefs.<br>To provide relief to persons in need or hardship.<br>The continuation and development of Crabtree Church where<br>members worship and seek to advance the Christian Faith.|
||Financial support of church missionaries in Malawi, Uganda,<br>Luton, Harpenden and St Albans.<br>Little Fishes parent/carer toddler group provides a service for the<br>local community has seen a growth in numbers this year.<br>The Oasis coffee and cake ministry now continues on a<br>permanent basis with regular members attending for<br>companionship. This ministry has grown steadily in numbers.<br>Outreach events to make contact with local families and children<br>from local schools continue which brings<br>the community into the<br>premises and to meet church members.<br>The premises continued to be used by Bethany Church<br>to further<br>the Christian work in Harpenden.<br>Throughout the year, the Trust has sought to help those in<br>financial need,<br>keeping the premises open all year for use of the<br>church hall by the Trussell Trust - St. Albans and District<br>Foodbank to provide food for those locally who cannot afford<br>it.<br>The church has also directly provided food to those locally<br>who are unable to use the foodbank for various reasons.|



## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

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** 

The main achievements of the Trust during the past year have been: 

Financial support of church missionaries in Malawi, Uganda, Luton, Harpenden and St Albans. 

Little Fishes parent/carer toddler group providing a service for the local community which has seen a growth in numbers this year. 

The Oasis coffee and cake ministry now continues on a permanent basis with regular members attending for companionship. This ministry has grown steadily in numbers. 

Outreach events to make contact with local families and children from local schools to bring the community into the premises and to meet church members was this year the “Easter Egg and Cake” event. 

The premises continued to be used by Bethany Church to further the Christian work in Harpenden. 

Throughout the year, the Trust has sought to help those in financial need, keeping the premises open all year for use of the church hall by the Trussell Trust - St. Albans and District Foodbank to provide food for those locally who cannot afford it. The church has also directly provided food to those locally who are unable to use the foodbank for various reasons. 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

Reserves are maintained in low risk deposit accounts. **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

**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); 

- 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) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** 

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|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Crabtree Church Trust**<br>**1092748**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>1/1/2023<br>12/31/2023<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~——==~~|
|---|
|**Total funds**<br>**Last year**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
|**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest      £**|
|**A1 Receipts**|
|Donations and voluntaryreceipts<br>**53,287**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**53,287**<br>**76,720**<br>Operatingactivities togenerate funds<br>**6,505**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,505**<br>**4,497**<br>Investment income<br>**4,520**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,520**<br>**2,082**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**64,312**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**64,312**<br>**83,299**<br>**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_<br>~~—ae=a=~~|
|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                              -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_                  64,312**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**64,312**<br>**83,299**<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>~~—————~~|
|**A3 Payments**|
|Payments forgeneratingfunds<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Charitable Payments - Grants & Donations<br>**7,460**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**7,460**<br>**8,199**<br>Charitable Payments - Activities<br>**76,834**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**76,834**<br>**78,415**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                      84,294**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**84,294**<br>**86,614**<br>~~—======~~|
|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total payments_                  84,294**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**84,294**<br>**86,614**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>~~——————~~|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ -                19,982**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-                19,982**<br>**-                 3,315**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**161,689**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**161,689**<br>**165,004**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_                141,707**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**141,707**<br>**161,689**<br>~~===>>~~|





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**Details**<br>Bank accounts<br>**Details**<br>Tax repayable re Gift Aid<br>Rent deposits paid<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>PAYE<br>Signature<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|
|---|---|---|
|||**141,697**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**141,697**|





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