## **Trustees' Annual Report Evangelical Brotherhood Church**
for the financial year ended 31 October 2024
## **1. Reference and administration details**
> **Charity Name** Evangelical Brotherhood Church
> **Working Name** Highbury Evangelical Fellowship
> **Charity No.** 1097799 16A Highbury Place **Principal address** London N5 1QP
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**Trustee name Office Dates enacted Appointing body** 1 Matthias Roggli Chair 29/09/2017 Board of Trustees 2 John Dupuis Trustee 03/02/2012 Board of Trustees 4 Kester Putman Trustee 05/04/2023 Board of Trustees **Name of the trustee for the charity (custodian trustee) Name Date enacted** 03/06/2003
1 Evangelical Brotherhood Church Limited (Company No. 2392677)
## **Advisers and Staff Members**
**Function Name**
As the charity’s total income does not exceed GBP 25’000, there is no legal requirement to have an independent examination. However, a Independent Examiner voluntary independent examination was carried out by Mr Fritz Möhr, one of the independent examiners of the Gemeinde für Christus (GfC), Switzerland.
As the charity ceased its day-to-day business operation by the end of Staff Members 2016, there are no longer any staff members or volunteers working for the charity.
## **2. Structure, governance and management**
**Description of the charity’s trusts**
**Type of governing** Declaration of trust (dated 26 September 1989 as amended by deed of **document** variation dated 7 September 1990). **How the charity is** Trust **constituted Trustee selection methods** Appointed by the existing board of trustees.
## **Additional governance issues**
The charity is associated with the international church denomination Gemeinde für Christus (GfC), Herbligen / Switzerland.
## **3. Objectives and activities**
## **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
1. To advance and promote the Christian faith by the provision and maintenance of a place of worship for the service of Almighty God.
2. To advance the religious education of the public and to relieve poverty.
3. To provide or assist in the provision in the interest of social welfare of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation particularly for young people under the age of 25 in order that their conditions of life may be improved.
## **Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects**
The Evangelical Brotherhood Church (EBC) ceased its day-to-day business operation by the end of 2016 with a view to selling its two buildings preferably to a charity with similar objectives.
In 2017, a contract was signed with St Crispin’s Church (registered charity no. 1171480) with an option to buy the freehold of both properties.
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After St Crispin’s Church vacated the manse at 25 Calabria Road and confirmed they were not in a position to buy the property, the building was sold on 13/5/2022 with net sale proceeds of GBP 1.560.053,10.
The lease with St Crispin’s Church for the church building 16A Highbury Place is due to expire on 31/12/2024. As St Crispin’s Church is not able to buy the building, it is planned to put it up for sale on the open market. In order for the building not to stay unoccupied for a longer period of time and to allow a smooth transition for the St Crispin’s ministry to a new location, the current lease will be extended until 31/12/2025 with a mutual termination option with three months’ notice.
For the duration of the lease, the main activity of our charity consists in providing the church building for the ministry of St Crispin’s Church. The funds generated will be used for ministries within the worldwide GfC denomination, of which the Evangelical Brotherhood Church is an integral part.
The trustees aim to implement the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, particularly the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. To the best of their knowledge, St Crispin’s Church are operating under the rules and regulations as set out by the Charity Commission and in line with the main objects of our charity.
## **4. Achievements and performance**
## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
The main activity of our charity was to rent out our church building to St Crispin’s Church. As far as the trustees are aware, the conditions according to the lease were fully met and the rent was paid as agreed. St Crispin’s ministry continues in line with our own aims.
## **5. Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
The charity’s reserves are being kept at a reasonable level to provide for all expenses. We are very grateful for the ongoing commitment of the GfC-denomination to cover any possible deficit.
## **Further financial review details**
The charity’s income consists of the rent paid by St Crispin’s Church. The expenses mainly cover building insurance and administration costs.
Please refer to our accounts for more detailed information of the charity’s finances.
## **6. Declaration**
The trustees declare that they have approved the above trustees’ report.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
> **Date** 20 March 2025
## **Signature**
> **Full name** Matthias Roggli
> **Position** Chairman
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||**Evangelical Brotherhood Church**
**1097799**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**01/11/2023**
**31/10/2024**|**Evangelical Brotherhood Church**
**1097799**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**01/11/2023**
**31/10/2024**|**Evangelical Brotherhood Church**
**1097799**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**01/11/2023**
**31/10/2024**|**Evangelical Brotherhood Church**
**1097799**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**01/11/2023**
**31/10/2024**|**Evangelical Brotherhood Church**
**1097799**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**01/11/2023**
**31/10/2024**|**Evangelical Brotherhood Church**
**1097799**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**01/11/2023**
**31/10/2024**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**||**To**|||||
|||**01/11/2023**|||**31/10/2024**|||
|||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**14'400**
**44'363**
**58'763**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**58'763**
**837**
**1'358**
**32**
**-**
**2'227**
**-**
**-**
**2'227**
**56'536**
**-**
**1'641'472**
**1'698'008**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7'200**
**7'200**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**14'400**
**44'363**
**58'763**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**58'763**
**837**
**1'358**
**-**
**32**
**-**
**2'227**||**Last year**
**to the nearest**
**£**|
|Rent St Crispin's|**14'400**||||||**14'400**|
|Bank interest|**44'363**||||||**1'994**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**58'763**||||||**16'394**|
|||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales**||||||||
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||
||||||||**16'394**|
|||||||||
|BuildingInsurance|**837**||||||**800**|
|BuildingRunningCosts|**1'358**||||||**-**|
|PropertySellingCosts|||||||**-**|
|Administration|**32**||||||**32**|
|RoundingDifference|**-**||||||**1**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**2'227**||||||**833**|
|||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases**||||||||
||**-**||||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
||||||||**833**|
|||||||||
||**56'536**|**-**|**-**||
**56'536**||**15'561**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**1'641'472**|**7'200**|**-**||**1'648'672**||**1'633'111**|
||**1'698'008**|**7'200**|**-**||**1'705'208**||**1'648'672**|
Accounts Evangelical Brotherhood Church
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and
payments account(s))
Current Account Lloyds Bank
Savings Account Lloyds Bank
MyDeposits
Fixed Term Deposit Lloyds Bank
**Details**
**Details**
Property
16A Highbury Place, London N5
title held by the Evangelical
Brotherhood Church Limited
as Custodian Trustee,
insured for £401,725
(Policy No. 31/BCS/9166511,
Baptist Insurance Co. PLC)
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1'981**
**-**
**28'241**
**-**
**1'667'786**
**-**
**7'200**
**1'698'008**
**7'200**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
Print Name
Matthias Roggli (Chairman)|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
|||||
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||
||||Date of
approval
**20.03.2025**|
Accounts Evangelical Brotherhood Church
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Independent Examiner's Report
Charlty
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the
Evangelical Brotherh¢)od Church (the Charity
registered Chanty No. 1097799
Period
for the financial year ended
31 October 2024
Responsibilities
and basis of
report
As the charity trustees of the Charty you are resnSIble for the preparation
of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chartties Act
2011 ('the Act,).
I report in respect of my examination of the Chartty's accounts carried QLrt
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
examinerfs
statomant
I have completed my examination. I confimi 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 Trust as required by
section 130 of the Act. or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should drawn in this report in order
to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Slgned
Name
Date
Professional
qualification
Address
Accountant
N1edeiedsftrasse 35
3210 Kerzers
Switzerland
Independent Examiner's Report
Charlty
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the
Evangelical Brotherh¢)od Church (the Charity
registered Chanty No. 1097799
Period
for the financial year ended
31 October 2024
Responsibilities
and basis of
report
As the charity trustees of the Charty you are resnSIble for the preparation
of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chartties Act
2011 ('the Act,).
I report in respect of my examination of the Chartty's accounts carried QLrt
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
examinerfs
statomant
I have completed my examination. I confimi 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 Trust as required by
section 130 of the Act. or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should drawn in this report in order
to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Slgned
Name
Date
Professional
qualification
Address
Accountant
N1edeiedsftrasse 35
3210 Kerzers
Switzerland