Fleet & Crookham Churches Together in Schools
FACCTS Trustees’ Annual Report Year Ending 31 July 2025
Report Background
Details of Charity
The Charity is Fleet & Crookham Churches Together in Schools (“FACCTS”), with charity number 1094885 and is a Company limited by guarantee, number 4522200. 7(4)(a)
The registered office of the Charity and Company is Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet GU51 1HA.
The Members of FACCTS are the Trustees and, ex-officio, the current clergy and ministers of Churches in Christians Together in Fleet and Church Crookham. Trustees may be appointed by Members voting at a general meeting or by the Trustees in the interim but ratified by Members at the next general meeting. They normally serve for 3 years and can then be re-elected for a further term. 7(4)(f)
As of 31 July 2025 the Trustees were:
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Andy Le Roux (Chair)
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Heather Clements (resigned 14[th] November 2024)
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Mike Gibbons
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Debbie Glenn
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Will Parker
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Juliet Worthington (Treasurer)
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(resigned 14[th] November 2024)
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Nina Curley
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(resigned 19[th] March 2025)
Restrictions on Activities
There are no specific restrictions, other than the limits imposed by the objects and by Clause 4 of the Memorandum of Association, which defines the powers exercisable by the Charity. SORP 30(f)
Bankers
The Charity’s bank is Lloyds Bank plc, 174 Fleet Road, Fleet, Hants GU51 4DD. There are currently no other professional advisers used on a regular or repeated basis. SORP 30(e)
Property
No Trustees hold property on behalf of the charity. 7(4)(i), 7(4)(j)
Note: c lause numbers following each section indicate relevant Charity Commission Regulations, as per “The Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No 2868)” or refer to the “Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) - Accounting and Reporting by Charities”.
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
Fleet & Crookham Churches Together in Schools
Charity Objectives & Outcomes
FACCTS objectives (from Memorandum and Articles of Association (M&AOA) incorporated on 30[th] August 2002 7(4)(d))
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To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Beliefs, appearing in the Schedule to the M&AOA, in Fleet and Crookham in Hampshire and in surrounding areas in Hampshire and Surrey as the Directors (referred to as “Trustees”) of the Charity may from time to time think fit; and
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To advance education in accordance with Christian principles by such means as the Trustees may consider appropriate in the said locations as the Trustees may from time to time think fit. 7(4)(e)
Strategic outcomes
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Schools have access to a Christian youth work organization, providing experienced and qualified youth work staff and volunteers, able to meet schools’ needs;
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FACCTS services are normally provided free of charge; and
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Services are delivered in accordance with the needs defined by school staff, the curriculum, and other requirements, as agreed in partnership with FACCTS staff.
Delivering Public Benefits
The Charity Commission sets out two key principles for delivering public benefit. FACCTS delivers public benefit as described below:
Principle 1: There must be identifiable benefit or benefits.
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FACCTS provides benefits including educational services to schools and training, information and links with local churches;
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FACCTS services and information are open and publicly accessible via pamphlets, the website, regular reports and meetings;
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Trustees approve all projects to ensure that benefits are clearly related to the aims. New opportunities identified by schools are reviewed and progressed as appropriate; and
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FACCTS has a publicly accessible Statement of Beliefs, available to all who wish to support the organisation or use our services.
Principle 2: Benefits must be to the public, or section of the public.
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The number of beneficiaries is appropriate to our aims. We are now working with all the State schools in our defined geographic area; SORP 31 (c)
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Services are based on schools’ requirements and provided freely. They are subject only to mutual agreement as to suitability and availability of staff &/or volunteers;
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Membership, although primarily from local churches, is open to all, recognising the Statement of Beliefs, set out in our M&AOA;
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
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We will serve people of all faiths and none, and people from the wide range of social and cultural backgrounds encountered in society; and
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Trustees are reimbursed for reasonable expenses and staff paid in line with national recognised rates.
The Trustees remain satisfied that FACCTS is working well to achieve its objectives and pursuant to its charitable status, to deliver identifiable benefits to the section of the public on which we focus. 7(3)(a)
Report on Project Activities in Period
Chair’s report
I am delighted to report that FACCTS continued to enjoy God’s rich blessing and the favour of the state schools in Fleet through the 2024/25 school year. It has been wonderful to chair a charity where everyone, the team, the trustees and the volunteers, shares the same vision and desire to bring the Christian faith alive to the children and staff of our schools. I have been particularly impressed by the passion of the staff team and the way they work together and support and cover for each other. It’s also really good to have such a large team of committed volunteers whose involvement ranges from support in one-off events to leadership of teams and activities. Our staff team leader, Janis Dolding, maintains a steady hand and continues to lead with energy and wisdom, enabling both experienced and new staff and volunteers to utilise their gifts.
We enjoy an astonishing breadth and depth of engagement with our local schools. Of the 6500 or so children in these schools, we impact around 4000 each year. We don’t take this for granted but are careful to guard this, in an age of increased secularisation, through our values of being present, consistent, professional, adaptable, responsive and transparent thereby earning trust. We recognise that, while our vision remains the same, the way we achieve it differs; in 2024/25 we had continuing opportunities to teach RE lessons and received very good feedback from this. We are determined to stay focussed on our core mission objectives.
We continue to enjoy regular financial support from churches in Fleet and Church Crookham and from some 45 individuals. We had forecast for a small budget deficit of £0.4k but were delighted and surprised to report a surplus of £13.1k. This was mainly due to tight control on expenditure and our income exceeding forecasts under each head ; we are particularly grateful for a regular £400 per month donation from LivingStones Christian Centre and a £2000 grant from a Christian trust whose vision we share. By God’s grace, our financial position is secure for the next two years at least.
We enjoy a united and engaged Board of Trustees. A very able trustee had to resign for personal reasons during the year in addition to the two trustees who stepped down at the AGM. We have been unsuccessful to date in recruiting replacements and in finding a new treasurer (the former treasurer continuing as bookkeeper in the interim for which we are very grateful). I’d like to mention Will Parker
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
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who has continued as Project Co-ordinator and does much behind the scenes to ensure the smooth running of the charity. The fact that he leads from the front through his own involvement in schools is testimony to his passion and commitment.
In conclusion, we are so thankful to God for His blessing on FACCTS throughout 2024/25. May He continue to bless, protect and use FACCTS for His glory as we look to the future.
Andrew le Roux Chair 2025
Board activities and report on progress
The Board met 5 times in the year to review management/policy issues and finances, receive reports on schools' work and address staffing for the following school year. We welcome those with an interest in schools work to become trustees, particularly people from unrepresented churches on the Board.
The charity employed 4 part time schools workers during the year. Our team leader worked for 25 hours a week. This was the second year of the temporary contracts of two other team members who worked 12 and 10 hours per week. A new team member was recruited at the beginning of the school year on a 1 year temporary contract, initially for 15 hours per week but reduced to 10 after Christmas because of constraints on her availability. These three staff have been offered and accepted contracts for the 2025/26 school year.
We are reliant on our committed and faithful team of volunteers who populate Open the Book teams, support Reflection Spaces, help with Lunch Clubs and enable Christmas and Easter presentations to happen.
Infant Schools
FACCTS ran a full Open the Book (OTB) programme in Fleet Infants, Crookham Infants and Elvetham Heath Primary School (EHPS). Tweseldown Infants and Tavistock Infants invited us to an average of two assemblies a term, all of which went down well with staff and pupils. We put on a Reflection Space for Heatherside Infants and, in the Summer Term, for EHPS. In addition, we were invited to help EHPS with their RE syllabus for Year 1. We are praying for an opportunity to take OTB back to Heatherside Infants again and are aware that a primary school in Hartland Village is scheduled to open in September 2027.
Junior Schools
Throughout the school year, FACCTS ran lunch clubs in four of the five junior schools – Heatherside, Crookham, EHPS and All Saints. We ran occasional Open the Book based assemblies at All Saints two or three times a term where we also ran a 4 week Outdoor Club for 4 pupils. We gave RE lessons to classes at Heatherside and Crookham. We are praying for an opportunity to run a lunch club at Velmead Juniors and to take regular assemblies at Crookham Juniors.
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
Fleet & Crookham Churches Together in Schools
We also held Christmas and Easter Presentations across Year 6, and taught an It’s Your Move lesson to all Year 6 classes and, in addition, at Dogmersfield School.
Secondary Schools
We continued to run two Christian Clubs at Court Moor, Impact on Monday lunchtimes and Oasis after school on Tuesdays. Both groups were attended mainly by non-Christians whose behaviour presented challenges. We ran a Youth Alpha for Court Moor and Calthorpe pupils in the Summer Term at Living Stones Christian Centre.
We ran Outdoor Clubs for small groups of Year 7 children at Court Moor in both the Autumn and Spring terms.
The group at Calthorpe Park continued to meet outside in the MUGA (Multi User Games Area) with an average of 60 children attending each week. We continued an after school club indoors (the 180 Club) on Mondays with a consistent handful of children participating.
We ran a concentrated day of the CAP Youth Money Management lesson across year 9 at Court Moor but did not receive an invitation this year to Calthorpe Park.
We continued our partnership with Good News for Everyone (formerly the Gideons) to help with the distribution of New Testaments to pupils in Year 7. We supported this at Court Moor by giving each class an introductory lesson on the Bible; the RE teachers at Calthorpe took this on themselves. Everyone agreed that this was a more effective way of introducing the Bible to students than an assembly. At Calthorpe, we gave 2 RE lessons across Year 7, on Jesus in the Autumn term and on the Cross in the Spring term . At Court Moor, we gave assemblies across the whole school, a year group at a time, on two of the school’s characteristics of courage and kindness and on the school’s five Senses across year 7.
We continued to offer coffee to the staff of both schools, that at Calthorpe Park being volunteer led with team support.
Policies
We have refreshed a number of policies and ensured that our safeguarding policy remains appropriate.
Training
We continued working through Youthscape training with the whole team . Two of the team attended an OTB Drama Workshop, the lessons from which will enhance our delivery. Janis attended her church’s Leadership Conference.
Christmas
The team made a significant contribution to the Walk Through Nativity that Christians Together put on as part of the town’s Christmas festival.
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
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Objective measures of success are hard to find so we rely heavily on feedback from teachers, the pupils themselves and occasionally from parents. This is invariably positive. We have also seen pupils (and sometimes their families) joining church youth groups and attending church.
Treasurer’s report
Donations come from Churches in Fleet and Church Crookham, from Organisations and directly from individuals. We are very grateful for all these donations, whether such giving has been maintained, increased or newly made.
This year we returned a surplus of £13.1k when we budgeted for a small deficit. All variances moved in our favour. We benefited from £5k gifts from a local church, £3.5k one-off gifts from individuals and tight control of expenditure. We budgeted for and received a £2k gift from a Christian trust.
The accounts are prepared in accordance with SORP guidelines (Statement of Recommended Practices). They are supported by a set of notes, which amplify the information presented in the Income and Expenditure Account and the Balance Sheet.
Grants and Investments
No specific grant policies exist but annually the Trustees set a budget for the operation of the Charity considering the current financial situation and forecast revenues/expenditures. Any grants awarded from Charity funds would be subject to approval by a quorate Trustee meeting – none have been granted in this financial year. 7(4)(k)
The Charity has a current account and two savings accounts with Lloyds Bank.
All investments are subject to approval of the Trustees. Interest-bearing bank accounts were in operation throughout this financial year providing interest of £951. No investments were made or approved. SORP 30(g)
The Trustees’ annual report was approved by the Trustees on 2025 and signed on their behalf by
Andy le Roux Chair
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
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FACCTS Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 July 2025
| ~~es~~ | Notes ~~es~~ |
2024/25 ~~es~~ |
2023/24 ~~es~~ |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~~ne~~ | ~~ne~~ | £ ~~ne~~ |
£ ~~ne~~ |
| Income ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ |
| Donations Received ~~ee~~ |
Note 1 ~~ee~~ |
56,884 ~~ee~~ |
49,983 ~~ee~~ |
| Tax Reclaimed - Gift aid ~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
Note 2 ~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
4,795 ~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
5,371 ~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
| ~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
| Interest Received ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~a~~ |
~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ |
951 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ |
837 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ |
| Other Income ~~a~~ |
6952 |
6,653 |
|
| Total Income ~~aee~~ |
~~ee~~ | 69,582 ~~ee~~ |
62,844 ~~ee~~ |
| ~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
| Expenses ~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
| ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ |
| Direct Expenses ~~ed~~ |
~~ed~~ | ~~ed~~ | ~~ed~~ |
| Schools Workers’ Salaries ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | 45,917 ~~ee~~ |
45,794 ~~ee~~ |
| Employer’s Pension ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | 1,614 ~~ee~~ |
1,668 ~~ee~~ |
| Schools Workers’ Expenses ~~ee~~ |
Note 3 ~~ee~~ |
6,025 ~~ee~~ |
7,563 ~~ee~~ |
| Total Direct Expenses ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | 53,556 ~~ee~~ |
55,024 ~~ee~~ |
| ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ |
| Overheads ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ |
| Donations made ~~ee~~ |
Note 4 ~~ee~~ |
1,200 ~~ee~~ |
1,200 ~~ee~~ |
| Insurance ~~ee~~ |
Note 5 ~~ee~~ |
790 ~~ee~~ |
772 ~~ee~~ |
| AccountancyFees ~~es~~ |
Note 6 ~~es~~ |
824 ~~es~~ |
847 ~~es~~ |
| Other administration costs ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | 71 ~~ee~~ |
196 ~~ee~~ |
| Total Overheads ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | 2,885 ~~ee~~ |
3,015 ~~ee~~ |
| ~~es~~ | ~~es~~ | ~~es~~ | ~~es~~ |
| Total Expenses ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | 56,441 ~~ee~~ |
58,039 ~~ee~~ |
| ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ ~~ss~~ |
~~ee~~ ~~ss~~ |
~~ee~~ |
| Excess of Income over Expenditure ~~es~~ |
~~es~~ ~~ss~~ |
13,141 ~~es~~ ~~ss~~ |
4,805 ~~es~~ |
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
Fleet & Crookham Churches Together in Schools
FACCTS Balance Sheet as of 31 July 2024
| Notes | 31 July 2024 | 31 July 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | £ ~~a~~ |
£ ~~a~~ |
| Current Assets ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ |
| Bank account ~~a~~ |
~~a~~ | 57,236 ~~a~~ |
44,095 ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| Current Liabilities ~~a~~ |
~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| Total Net Assets ~~a~~ |
~~a~~ | 57,236 ~~a~~ |
44,095 ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| Capital and Reserves ~~a~~ |
~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| Brought forward funds at beginningofyear ~~a~~ |
~~a~~ | 44,095 ~~a~~ |
39,290 ~~a~~ |
| Surplus/ (Deficit)inyear ~~a~~ |
~~a~~ | 13,141 ~~a~~ |
4,805 ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| Total Capital and Reserves ~~a~~ |
Note 7 ~~a~~ |
57,236 ~~a~~ |
44,095 ~~a~~ |
For the year ending 31 July 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006. The Members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. However, as in previous years, the accounts have been subject to an independent examination by a qualified accountant.
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.
Approved by the Trustees on 2025 and signed on their behalf by
Andy Le Roux Chair
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
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Notes to Accounts
Note 1 – Donations Received
General Fund - These are the donations received from individuals, organisations and churches that support the work of FACCTS.
Note 2 – Reclaimed Tax from Donations
FACCTS is a registered charity and as such is able to claim Gift Aid on donations made by taxpayers to the charity.
Note 3 – Schools Workers Expenses
These are the direct expenses incurred by the Schools Workers as part of their duties in carrying out the objectives of FACCTS.
Note 4 – Donations Made
FACCTS is actively supported by Scripture Union (SU) who provide schools worker training plus policies and advice on all aspects related to the operation of the Charity. As in previous years, a monthly donation of £100 has been made to the SU.
Note 5 – Insurance
FACCTS is obliged to maintain employee and public liability insurance, covering the work of the Charity and its employed workers.
Note 6 – Accountancy Fees
These were fees incurred in preparing FACCTS monthly payroll which is completed by Stewardship Services Bureau.
Note 7- Movement on Reserves
| Brought forward |
Income | Expenditure | Movement | Carried forward |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| General Reserve | 44,095 | 69,582 | 56,441 | 13,141 | 57,236 |
| Total | 44,095 | 69,582 | 56,441 | 13,141 | 57,236 |
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
Fleet & Crookham Churches Together in Schools
FACCTS Trustees’ Annual Report Year Ending 31 July 2025
Report Background
Details of Charity
The Charity is Fleet & Crookham Churches Together in Schools (“FACCTS”), with charity number 1094885 and is a Company limited by guarantee, number 4522200. 7(4)(a)
The registered office of the Charity and Company is Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet GU51 1HA.
The Members of FACCTS are the Trustees and, ex-officio, the current clergy and ministers of Churches in Christians Together in Fleet and Church Crookham. Trustees may be appointed by Members voting at a general meeting or by the Trustees in the interim but ratified by Members at the next general meeting. They normally serve for 3 years and can then be re-elected for a further term. 7(4)(f)
As of 31 July 2025 the Trustees were:
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Andy Le Roux (Chair)
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Heather Clements (resigned 14[th] November 2024)
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Mike Gibbons
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Debbie Glenn
-
Will Parker
-
Juliet Worthington (Treasurer)
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(resigned 14[th] November 2024)
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Nina Curley
-
(resigned 19[th] March 2025)
Restrictions on Activities
There are no specific restrictions, other than the limits imposed by the objects and by Clause 4 of the Memorandum of Association, which defines the powers exercisable by the Charity. SORP 30(f)
Bankers
The Charity’s bank is Lloyds Bank plc, 174 Fleet Road, Fleet, Hants GU51 4DD. There are currently no other professional advisers used on a regular or repeated basis. SORP 30(e)
Property
No Trustees hold property on behalf of the charity. 7(4)(i), 7(4)(j)
Note: c lause numbers following each section indicate relevant Charity Commission Regulations, as per “The Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No 2868)” or refer to the “Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) - Accounting and Reporting by Charities”.
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
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Charity Objectives & Outcomes
FACCTS objectives (from Memorandum and Articles of Association (M&AOA) incorporated on 30[th] August 2002 7(4)(d))
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To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Beliefs, appearing in the Schedule to the M&AOA, in Fleet and Crookham in Hampshire and in surrounding areas in Hampshire and Surrey as the Directors (referred to as “Trustees”) of the Charity may from time to time think fit; and
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To advance education in accordance with Christian principles by such means as the Trustees may consider appropriate in the said locations as the Trustees may from time to time think fit. 7(4)(e)
Strategic outcomes
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Schools have access to a Christian youth work organization, providing experienced and qualified youth work staff and volunteers, able to meet schools’ needs;
-
FACCTS services are normally provided free of charge; and
-
Services are delivered in accordance with the needs defined by school staff, the curriculum, and other requirements, as agreed in partnership with FACCTS staff.
Delivering Public Benefits
The Charity Commission sets out two key principles for delivering public benefit. FACCTS delivers public benefit as described below:
Principle 1: There must be identifiable benefit or benefits.
-
FACCTS provides benefits including educational services to schools and training, information and links with local churches;
-
FACCTS services and information are open and publicly accessible via pamphlets, the website, regular reports and meetings;
-
Trustees approve all projects to ensure that benefits are clearly related to the aims. New opportunities identified by schools are reviewed and progressed as appropriate; and
-
FACCTS has a publicly accessible Statement of Beliefs, available to all who wish to support the organisation or use our services.
Principle 2: Benefits must be to the public, or section of the public.
-
The number of beneficiaries is appropriate to our aims. We are now working with all the State schools in our defined geographic area; SORP 31 (c)
-
Services are based on schools’ requirements and provided freely. They are subject only to mutual agreement as to suitability and availability of staff &/or volunteers;
-
Membership, although primarily from local churches, is open to all, recognising the Statement of Beliefs, set out in our M&AOA;
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
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We will serve people of all faiths and none, and people from the wide range of social and cultural backgrounds encountered in society; and
-
Trustees are reimbursed for reasonable expenses and staff paid in line with national recognised rates.
The Trustees remain satisfied that FACCTS is working well to achieve its objectives and pursuant to its charitable status, to deliver identifiable benefits to the section of the public on which we focus. 7(3)(a)
Report on Project Activities in Period
Chair’s report
I am delighted to report that FACCTS continued to enjoy God’s rich blessing and the favour of the state schools in Fleet through the 2024/25 school year. It has been wonderful to chair a charity where everyone, the team, the trustees and the volunteers, shares the same vision and desire to bring the Christian faith alive to the children and staff of our schools. I have been particularly impressed by the passion of the staff team and the way they work together and support and cover for each other. It’s also really good to have such a large team of committed volunteers whose involvement ranges from support in one-off events to leadership of teams and activities. Our staff team leader, Janis Dolding, maintains a steady hand and continues to lead with energy and wisdom, enabling both experienced and new staff and volunteers to utilise their gifts.
We enjoy an astonishing breadth and depth of engagement with our local schools. Of the 6500 or so children in these schools, we impact around 4000 each year. We don’t take this for granted but are careful to guard this, in an age of increased secularisation, through our values of being present, consistent, professional, adaptable, responsive and transparent thereby earning trust. We recognise that, while our vision remains the same, the way we achieve it differs; in 2024/25 we had continuing opportunities to teach RE lessons and received very good feedback from this. We are determined to stay focussed on our core mission objectives.
We continue to enjoy regular financial support from churches in Fleet and Church Crookham and from some 45 individuals. We had forecast for a small budget deficit of £0.4k but were delighted and surprised to report a surplus of £13.1k. This was mainly due to tight control on expenditure and our income exceeding forecasts under each head ; we are particularly grateful for a regular £400 per month donation from LivingStones Christian Centre and a £2000 grant from a Christian trust whose vision we share. By God’s grace, our financial position is secure for the next two years at least.
We enjoy a united and engaged Board of Trustees. A very able trustee had to resign for personal reasons during the year in addition to the two trustees who stepped down at the AGM. We have been unsuccessful to date in recruiting replacements and in finding a new treasurer (the former treasurer continuing as bookkeeper in the interim for which we are very grateful). I’d like to mention Will Parker
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who has continued as Project Co-ordinator and does much behind the scenes to ensure the smooth running of the charity. The fact that he leads from the front through his own involvement in schools is testimony to his passion and commitment.
In conclusion, we are so thankful to God for His blessing on FACCTS throughout 2024/25. May He continue to bless, protect and use FACCTS for His glory as we look to the future.
Andrew le Roux Chair 2025
Board activities and report on progress
The Board met 5 times in the year to review management/policy issues and finances, receive reports on schools' work and address staffing for the following school year. We welcome those with an interest in schools work to become trustees, particularly people from unrepresented churches on the Board.
The charity employed 4 part time schools workers during the year. Our team leader worked for 25 hours a week. This was the second year of the temporary contracts of two other team members who worked 12 and 10 hours per week. A new team member was recruited at the beginning of the school year on a 1 year temporary contract, initially for 15 hours per week but reduced to 10 after Christmas because of constraints on her availability. These three staff have been offered and accepted contracts for the 2025/26 school year.
We are reliant on our committed and faithful team of volunteers who populate Open the Book teams, support Reflection Spaces, help with Lunch Clubs and enable Christmas and Easter presentations to happen.
Infant Schools
FACCTS ran a full Open the Book (OTB) programme in Fleet Infants, Crookham Infants and Elvetham Heath Primary School (EHPS). Tweseldown Infants and Tavistock Infants invited us to an average of two assemblies a term, all of which went down well with staff and pupils. We put on a Reflection Space for Heatherside Infants and, in the Summer Term, for EHPS. In addition, we were invited to help EHPS with their RE syllabus for Year 1. We are praying for an opportunity to take OTB back to Heatherside Infants again and are aware that a primary school in Hartland Village is scheduled to open in September 2027.
Junior Schools
Throughout the school year, FACCTS ran lunch clubs in four of the five junior schools – Heatherside, Crookham, EHPS and All Saints. We ran occasional Open the Book based assemblies at All Saints two or three times a term where we also ran a 4 week Outdoor Club for 4 pupils. We gave RE lessons to classes at Heatherside and Crookham. We are praying for an opportunity to run a lunch club at Velmead Juniors and to take regular assemblies at Crookham Juniors.
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We also held Christmas and Easter Presentations across Year 6, and taught an It’s Your Move lesson to all Year 6 classes and, in addition, at Dogmersfield School.
Secondary Schools
We continued to run two Christian Clubs at Court Moor, Impact on Monday lunchtimes and Oasis after school on Tuesdays. Both groups were attended mainly by non-Christians whose behaviour presented challenges. We ran a Youth Alpha for Court Moor and Calthorpe pupils in the Summer Term at Living Stones Christian Centre.
We ran Outdoor Clubs for small groups of Year 7 children at Court Moor in both the Autumn and Spring terms.
The group at Calthorpe Park continued to meet outside in the MUGA (Multi User Games Area) with an average of 60 children attending each week. We continued an after school club indoors (the 180 Club) on Mondays with a consistent handful of children participating.
We ran a concentrated day of the CAP Youth Money Management lesson across year 9 at Court Moor but did not receive an invitation this year to Calthorpe Park.
We continued our partnership with Good News for Everyone (formerly the Gideons) to help with the distribution of New Testaments to pupils in Year 7. We supported this at Court Moor by giving each class an introductory lesson on the Bible; the RE teachers at Calthorpe took this on themselves. Everyone agreed that this was a more effective way of introducing the Bible to students than an assembly. At Calthorpe, we gave 2 RE lessons across Year 7, on Jesus in the Autumn term and on the Cross in the Spring term . At Court Moor, we gave assemblies across the whole school, a year group at a time, on two of the school’s characteristics of courage and kindness and on the school’s five Senses across year 7.
We continued to offer coffee to the staff of both schools, that at Calthorpe Park being volunteer led with team support.
Policies
We have refreshed a number of policies and ensured that our safeguarding policy remains appropriate.
Training
We continued working through Youthscape training with the whole team . Two of the team attended an OTB Drama Workshop, the lessons from which will enhance our delivery. Janis attended her church’s Leadership Conference.
Christmas
The team made a significant contribution to the Walk Through Nativity that Christians Together put on as part of the town’s Christmas festival.
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
Fleet & Crookham Churches Together in Schools
Objective measures of success are hard to find so we rely heavily on feedback from teachers, the pupils themselves and occasionally from parents. This is invariably positive. We have also seen pupils (and sometimes their families) joining church youth groups and attending church.
Treasurer’s report
Donations come from Churches in Fleet and Church Crookham, from Organisations and directly from individuals. We are very grateful for all these donations, whether such giving has been maintained, increased or newly made.
This year we returned a surplus of £13.1k when we budgeted for a small deficit. All variances moved in our favour. We benefited from £5k gifts from a local church, £3.5k one-off gifts from individuals and tight control of expenditure. We budgeted for and received a £2k gift from a Christian trust.
The accounts are prepared in accordance with SORP guidelines (Statement of Recommended Practices). They are supported by a set of notes, which amplify the information presented in the Income and Expenditure Account and the Balance Sheet.
Grants and Investments
No specific grant policies exist but annually the Trustees set a budget for the operation of the Charity considering the current financial situation and forecast revenues/expenditures. Any grants awarded from Charity funds would be subject to approval by a quorate Trustee meeting – none have been granted in this financial year. 7(4)(k)
The Charity has a current account and two savings accounts with Lloyds Bank.
All investments are subject to approval of the Trustees. Interest-bearing bank accounts were in operation throughout this financial year providing interest of £951. No investments were made or approved. SORP 30(g)
The Trustees’ annual report was approved by the Trustees on 2025 and signed on their behalf by
Andy le Roux Chair
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
Fleet & Crookham Churches Together in Schools
FACCTS Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 July 2025
| ~~es~~ | Notes ~~es~~ |
2024/25 ~~es~~ |
2023/24 ~~es~~ |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~~ne~~ | ~~ne~~ | £ ~~ne~~ |
£ ~~ne~~ |
| Income ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ |
| Donations Received ~~ee~~ |
Note 1 ~~ee~~ |
56,884 ~~ee~~ |
49,983 ~~ee~~ |
| Tax Reclaimed - Gift aid ~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
Note 2 ~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
4,795 ~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
5,371 ~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
| ~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
| Interest Received ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~a~~ |
~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ |
951 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ |
837 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ |
| Other Income ~~a~~ |
6952 |
6,653 |
|
| Total Income ~~aee~~ |
~~ee~~ | 69,582 ~~ee~~ |
62,844 ~~ee~~ |
| ~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
~~ee~~ ~~ns~~ |
| Expenses ~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
~~ns~~ ~~ee~~ |
| ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ |
| Direct Expenses ~~ed~~ |
~~ed~~ | ~~ed~~ | ~~ed~~ |
| Schools Workers’ Salaries ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | 45,917 ~~ee~~ |
45,794 ~~ee~~ |
| Employer’s Pension ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | 1,614 ~~ee~~ |
1,668 ~~ee~~ |
| Schools Workers’ Expenses ~~ee~~ |
Note 3 ~~ee~~ |
6,025 ~~ee~~ |
7,563 ~~ee~~ |
| Total Direct Expenses ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | 53,556 ~~ee~~ |
55,024 ~~ee~~ |
| ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ |
| Overheads ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ |
| Donations made ~~ee~~ |
Note 4 ~~ee~~ |
1,200 ~~ee~~ |
1,200 ~~ee~~ |
| Insurance ~~ee~~ |
Note 5 ~~ee~~ |
790 ~~ee~~ |
772 ~~ee~~ |
| AccountancyFees ~~es~~ |
Note 6 ~~es~~ |
824 ~~es~~ |
847 ~~es~~ |
| Other administration costs ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | 71 ~~ee~~ |
196 ~~ee~~ |
| Total Overheads ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | 2,885 ~~ee~~ |
3,015 ~~ee~~ |
| ~~es~~ | ~~es~~ | ~~es~~ | ~~es~~ |
| Total Expenses ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | 56,441 ~~ee~~ |
58,039 ~~ee~~ |
| ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ ~~ss~~ |
~~ee~~ ~~ss~~ |
~~ee~~ |
| Excess of Income over Expenditure ~~es~~ |
~~es~~ ~~ss~~ |
13,141 ~~es~~ ~~ss~~ |
4,805 ~~es~~ |
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
Fleet & Crookham Churches Together in Schools
FACCTS Balance Sheet as of 31 July 2024
| Notes | 31 July 2024 | 31 July 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | £ ~~a~~ |
£ ~~a~~ |
| Current Assets ~~ee~~ |
~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ | ~~ee~~ |
| Bank account ~~a~~ |
~~a~~ | 57,236 ~~a~~ |
44,095 ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| Current Liabilities ~~a~~ |
~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| Total Net Assets ~~a~~ |
~~a~~ | 57,236 ~~a~~ |
44,095 ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| Capital and Reserves ~~a~~ |
~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| Brought forward funds at beginningofyear ~~a~~ |
~~a~~ | 44,095 ~~a~~ |
39,290 ~~a~~ |
| Surplus/ (Deficit)inyear ~~a~~ |
~~a~~ | 13,141 ~~a~~ |
4,805 ~~a~~ |
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ |
| Total Capital and Reserves ~~a~~ |
Note 7 ~~a~~ |
57,236 ~~a~~ |
44,095 ~~a~~ |
For the year ending 31 July 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006. The Members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. However, as in previous years, the accounts have been subject to an independent examination by a qualified accountant.
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.
Approved by the Trustees on 2025 and signed on their behalf by
Andy Le Roux Chair
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
Fleet & Crookham Churches Together in Schools
Notes to Accounts
Note 1 – Donations Received
General Fund - These are the donations received from individuals, organisations and churches that support the work of FACCTS.
Note 2 – Reclaimed Tax from Donations
FACCTS is a registered charity and as such is able to claim Gift Aid on donations made by taxpayers to the charity.
Note 3 – Schools Workers Expenses
These are the direct expenses incurred by the Schools Workers as part of their duties in carrying out the objectives of FACCTS.
Note 4 – Donations Made
FACCTS is actively supported by Scripture Union (SU) who provide schools worker training plus policies and advice on all aspects related to the operation of the Charity. As in previous years, a monthly donation of £100 has been made to the SU.
Note 5 – Insurance
FACCTS is obliged to maintain employee and public liability insurance, covering the work of the Charity and its employed workers.
Note 6 – Accountancy Fees
These were fees incurred in preparing FACCTS monthly payroll which is completed by Stewardship Services Bureau.
Note 7- Movement on Reserves
| Brought forward |
Income | Expenditure | Movement | Carried forward |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| General Reserve | 44,095 | 69,582 | 56,441 | 13,141 | 57,236 |
| Total | 44,095 | 69,582 | 56,441 | 13,141 | 57,236 |
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Church on the Heath, The Key, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 1HA Charity Registration number: 1094885 / Company number 4522200
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