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2025-12-31-accounts

Charity registration number 1101664 (England and Wales) Company registration number 04926246

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Trustees J C Adams
D J Woodward
C J Ford
Charity number (England and Wales) 1101664
Company number 04926246
Registered office 70 Catton Grove Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR3 3NT
Independent examiner Scrutton Bland Limited
15 Palace Street
NORWICH
Norfolk
United Kingdom
NR3 1RT
Bankers Santander
Bootle
Merseyside
L30 4GB

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

CONTENTS

Page
Trustees' report 1 - 8
Independent examiner's report 9
Statement of financial activities 10
Balance sheet 11
Notes to the financial statements 12 - 29

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Companies Act 2006 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019).

Objectives and activities

The principle objective of Oak Grove Community Church is to advance the Christian faith, through our worship, church activities and community projects. As part of our community focus we also aim to bring relief to people who are in need due to financial hardship, age, ill-health or other social disadvantage, or who are hard to reach or marginalised within wider society. There has been no change to our objectives during 2025.

Public benefit

The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.

Activities

First and foremost as our organisation name suggests, we are a church! A worshipping community or family that is motivated by our faith to seek to love, serve and work among people in the Catton Grove area of North Norwich to see people’s lives and the situations they face transformed.

Community Outreach

We offer regular youth and children’s activities, Foodbank Distribution Point & Warm Welcome, and Coffee Stop. Having our own building is an amazing gift, and certainly in term time the chapel is used regularly at least 5 or 6 days per week, both for our own activities as well as other community groups and individuals making use of it.

Family Support

Our Families Worker and her team provide targeted support through parenting programmes as well as providing adhoc support. This can be anything from a friendly listening ear to more formal advocacy and support for parents and carers.

Community Money Advice

Our trained advisors are equipped to help with a wide range of money and debt issues. It could be something proactive like training on money management or budgeting, and we are also able to help in situations of debt and can work with our clients, dealing with creditors on their behalf to alleviate their immediate stresses and strains and work towards successful debt resolution for them.

Locally Trusted Organisation (LTO) for the Big Local

A community plan in which our role is providing support to the Catton Grove Big Local Partnership as they endeavour to make Catton Grove a better place to live work and volunteer.

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Achievements and performance

Significant activities and achievements against objectives

As we reflect on 2025, we do so with thanksgiving and hope. With so many activities described below, it is clear that it has been a busy year, but it is the growth in people and the opportunities to serve them that has given us the most joy. We are so grateful for the staff and volunteers that continue to work tirelessly in our North Norwich community of Catton Grove.

The Church continues to meet weekly at Catton Grove Primary School for its Sunday services, with most of the other church activities mentioned below taking place at the Chapel on Catton Grove Road.

Sunday Gatherings

As mentioned above, our weekly Sunday gatherings take place at Catton Grove Primary School, and we continue to be grateful for the partnership we have with the school. Our 2nd -5th Sundays of the month feature a combination of sung worship, teaching, communion, prayer and fellowship with various teaching series being explored to give a greater understanding of God’s word and a deepening transformation to become more like Jesus in our thoughts, words and actions.

On the first Sunday of the month, we have continued our All In gatherings where we meet later in the morning to share lunch, enjoy games, quizzes, crafts and listen/respond to a thought for the day. During 2025, we have been encouraged by the sustained number of individuals and families from our community that come along, as well as regular members of our congregation. Even more encouraging is the number of people coming to All In from our mid-week activities, joining up all the work we do.

We continue to be thankful for our regular groups run by members of our church that benefit many people in our church and within our community:

Coffee Stop is our longest standing group, providing a weekly event for all ages with hot drinks, light bites to eat, good conversation and good company.

Journeying Together gives a space twice a month for people to express their creativity through Bible journalling and provides valuable support and encouragement.

Dynamis is our monthly evening event, giving people the opportunity to pray, worship and encounter the Holy Spirit and seek His gifts.

Prayer Events are held each week: prayer meetings online on Monday evenings and Friday mornings, and prayer walking around the community on Friday mornings.

Oak Grove’s 90th Anniversary

A particular highlight of 2025 was in October when we celebrated 90 years since Oak Grove Hall - as it was - originally known opened its doors to the then ‘new’ Catton Grove Estate. The personnel and methodology may have changed over the years, but we remain as committed as ever to serve our local community. 2025 provided us with the perfect excuse to celebrate and because 90th birthdays don’t come around too often we made the most of it by celebrating more than once!

In July we hosted a 1930s themed buffet style meal encouraging people to dress in period attire. Then for our main celebrations we made a weekend of it, firstly with our Coffee Stop team hosting a 1930s themed coffee morning on the Friday, complete with an impromptu choir singing some songs from the 30s. On the Saturday we held a community fete with tombola, games and refreshments and the weekend culminated in a celebration service on Sunday.

It was a fantastic time of celebration as we reflected on God’s faithfulness, and it was great to have with us many friends and / or former members of the church as well as local dignitaries.

Family Support

We are really thankful for another busy year of supporting the families in our community:

Kids Matter / Babies Matter:

In March 2025 we held our 10th Kids Matter parenting programme! This was a full group of parents including a dad and between them they have 14 children between 1-10 years old who will have benefited from their parents’ improved confidence and new parenting skills learnt.

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This is one mum’s quote:

“Thank you all for a lovely few weeks, no one judged anyone’s parent skills, I’ve learnt different skills, learnt that each parent is different, but most importantly that we all need support, and help! No one fails, we just learn, sometimes not always the correct way, but that’s ok! Thank you, Lynette, for putting the group together and again not judging. I will miss our Wednesdays, and the snacks!! Thank you all”

We also had one very anxious mum who attended with her support worker, and it was really encouraging to see that s he enjoyed the sessions she attended and felt confident to keep coming back.

In Autumn 2025 we tried something different; to facilitate a Kids Matter programme in a local school, in partnership with a local church. Sadly, we didn’t get a big enough group to run it but we built relationships with a couple of mums who will be attending an online Kids Matter programme in 2026.

We didn’t run a Babies Matter programme in 2025, but plans are underway to do one soon.

Renew Wellbeing:

Our weekly Renew Wellbeing sessions continued until August 2025. They gave parents a safe space to connect with one another and they were able to have time to prioritise their own wellbeing, enabling them to be more resilient with the vast emotions that parenting brings. However, we made the difficult decision to change the weekly Renew Wellbeing sessions into monthly Renew Retreats. This enables the team to prepare more material for the sessions, and we opened it up to a wider remit, not just parents. One of the reasons for doing this was to hopefully enable cross generational support. These monthly retreats have been going well, and the feedback has been positive.

EPIC Dad:

The EPIC Dad sessions ran monthly, and we had a small core group of dads that attended regularly with their children. We made pancakes together, painted stones, played with Lego, table tennis and lots of other activities. These sessions came to an end in July with a lovely picnic at a local park and since then, the dads have continued to meet together without us. We have kept in contact with them and invited them to other activities we run.

Beach Day Out:

We took a coach full of families to Mundsley beach at the end of July. We had a great day out; the weather was a little showery to start with, so we began the day in a local church room where we made crafts/ played games and ate lunch. We then went to the beach and the children played in the sand and some swam in the sea. The day was really successful with fantastic feedback. It was great to see parents and children meeting up with friends and making new friends. Thanks to funding received for this trip, we were able to provide a picnic, ice creams and the coach with no cost to the families.

Supporting Parents & Exploring Faith:

In the Autumn of 2025, we started a new group for parents called Supporting Parents and Exploring Faith, in response to parents requesting this in their yearly evaluation. This has been a lovely group where friendships and support have really developed and grown, and the parents have been able to ask questions about parenting struggles and the Christian faith in a safe space. We have looked at various topics from communicating well with our children and family members, the power of saying sorry, why rest is so important for us, the fact that our children are all different and that’s ok, etc. These sessions continue to be well attended, and parents really appreciate the space and time given to them and their little ones.

Christmas:

We held a Christmas Social Supermarket which enabled parents to come and choose their own Christmas hamper including fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, store cupboard ingredients as well as some Christmas treats like biscuits/ sweets/ hot chocolate and marshmallows. We had coffee and cakes available, and parents and children stayed and chatted, made new friendships and it was a lovely, relaxed atmosphere One parent said, “ What a huge help, it has put a smile on my face”.

One off purchases/gifts:

Once again, we have been able to meet the needs of some families with one off purchases for household items/ baby equipment.

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Youth

In 2025 we have continued our regular Fresh Fridays youth club, been a consistent presence in schools and explored the exciting realm of online ministry with a weekly gaming group. Over the year we have engaged with 70+ young people, have cemented a number of consistent and curious core groups across the clubs and seen some encouraging early signs of integration between the youth ministry and the wider church.

Fresh Fridays:

In 2025 we have continued our fortnightly pattern of Fresh Fridays. We have seen around 30 individual young people across the year with a regular attendance of 10-15. In the autumn term, those numbers dropped to a regular 8-10, but that core group has shown greater appreciation and ownership of the space as well as explored the broader life of Oak Grove by coming to All In and the bi-monthly city wide youth event Encounter.

Holy Potato:

2025 saw another consistent year for us and Norwich Youth For Christ at Holy Potato, our Friday lunch club at Sewell Park Academy. We regularly have 20-30 students every Friday lunch time. Around 10 of those have engaged with our other activities at different points across the year. For the final few weeks of 2025, a Christian teacher has asked to be involved, and we are now looking at how we can keep the inclusive, relational nature of the group whilst also offering a more intentional, Jesus message alongside it.

Hellesdon High School Christian Union:

In 2025 we continued to partner with Norwich Youth For Christ to deliver a Christian Union at Hellesdon High School. With a regular attendance of 10-15 young people, this has undergone a change as we said good-bye to the yr 11s and welcomed a new group of yr 7s. There are still a few young people who have stayed with us throughout the year but with the change in demographic we have seen an increase in curiosity as we explore the Bible and pray together.

Fresh Gaming:

In 2025 we launched Fresh Gaming, a weekly after school 2 hour online gaming stream on Thursdays. This had varying success. When it started, there were regularly around 5 young people engaging every week, enjoying the time to play games together and a short Jesus-themed message derived from a video game playthrough. This turned out to be a really encouraging weekly touch-point, especially for those we know from Sewell Park Academy. However, through the Summer and Autumn term, the numbers gradually dwindled and the decision has been made to take a break from it at the start of 2026.

Children's work

In 2025 we saw an increase in both our team and attendance at the monthly Kidz Klubs to the point we were able to reshape the ministry to better serve both the children and the wider church. Amidst a busy year with the Synergy Input Process and the 90th celebrations, we took a break from the termly Food and Fun In School Holidays (FISH) sessions across the Spring and Summer term, returning in the Autumn alongside our annual Light Party. Across the year we also had the privilege of delivering some Religion and Worldview lessons at Catton Grove Primary School.

Kidz Klub:

In 2025, for the Spring term we continued to host Kidz Klub for the whole length of the Sunday church gathering once a month. For the Summer and Autumn term, we were able to reshape that so that the children went to Kidz Klub for the latter half of a gathering twice a month. This has meant that children have felt more a part of the wider church family as they are able to worship and share communion with the whole congregation. It has also made it easier for parents of young children who now have an extra Sunday in a month to more easily hear the sermon and respond. The children also have the opportunity to explore more topics. This has been a very welcome change and although it may have lost a missional edge where some of the unchurched attendees stopped attending, it has enabled us to value and disciple the children that do come more effectively.

School Holidays:

As mentioned above, we took a strategic break from FISH for the first 2 terms of 2025. We returned in Autumn with an encouraging, creative and much-loved time where the Norwich Puppet Theatre led a puppet-making workshop for the 50+ attendees. This took place just before our annual Light Party where we served hundreds of hot chocolates, gave away over 100 treat bags and had a great time talking to families and sharing in a celebration of our local community. A gospel themed obstacle course was a new addition to this activity for 2025.

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School Visits:

In the Summer term we were invited to Catton Grove Primary School to share about our work with the yr 4 students. In the run up to Christmas we were also invited in to teach 4 lessons across 3 year groups. The first was about the Bible, again with yr 4s, as part of their exploration through religious holy texts. Then we spoke about the story of Christmas and how it is central to our faith, this was for yr 1s. Finally, we delivered lessons about Advent to both yr 2 classes. All of these were a privilege to deliver and were received with great appreciation from the staff and students at Catton Grove Primary School.

Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Appeal

We continue to hold our annual Shoebox Sunday at the November All In gathering where we pack shoeboxes full of items for children to be sent across the world as part of the Samaritan's Purse's Operation Christmas Child project. This year we packed 64 boxes and it’s been really encouraging to see this total increase year on year. We continue to be a Church Collection Point, welcoming individuals, churches and businesses into the church during the National Collection Week to drop off their filled shoeboxes. Our collection point collected a total of 206 shoeboxes that were sent to the UK processing centre for distribution. This event continues to bring together members of our church and local community in an act of generosity that positively impacts children across the world.

Charity Shop

Open Monday to Friday except bank holidays and at Christmas, our Charity shop continues to supply good quality pre-loved clothing, books and bric-a-brac at reasonable prices, as well as provide opportunities for volunteering and for some a stepping stone to return to work. The shop has felt the impact of the declining rag collection income and although the total shop income was less than last year, at £25,693 it has remained popular within our local community and has welcomed new volunteers.

Warm Welcome / Foodbank

We were pleased to continue partnering with Norwich Foodbank to facilitate our foodbank distribution point for 50 weekly sessions this past year. Food poverty remains a real challenge within our community so we are pleased to be able to help meet these needs practically.

As well as food parcels, we also have 2 ‘resident’ advisors who take it in turn to support and/or signpost people to resolve difficulties with their finances, housing and other issues.

Alongside the foodbank, we also provide hot drinks and toasties, biscuits and cakes, and a ‘warm welcome’ to anyone who drops in, which is not limited to foodbank clients.

Oak Grove Community Money Advice

This has been a more settled year for Oak Grove Community Money Advice (OGCMA) but still with some challenges mainly around securing core funding for the Centre after our long-term funding partnership with Catton Grove Big Local came to an end. Our Centre Manager, Sian Pearce, has now been in post over a year and one of the main priorities for 2025 for Sian was fundraising. We are pleased to report that due to a combination of successful grant applications and donations, OGCMA now has funding in place through to August 2026. We wish to acknowledge the financial support received from the Norfolk Community Foundation, The Geoffrey Watling Charity, The Yorkshire Building Society and The Skipton Building Society. We also want to thank the Wickes Community Programme for a small grant which allowed us to redecorate and improve the money advice office in 2025.

OGCMA had 32 live cases open at some point during the reporting year, incorporating a total debt of £927,698, with two thirds of this being marked as priority debt. This included 12 full new clients, and 17 cases which were concluded and closed during the year. We also provided general information, where no formal debt advice was given, to a number of people who contacted the service, which involved signposting or referral to other sources of help. We have just produced our second FCA Consumer Duty Board Report and as we plan for 2026, continuing to keep waiting times down and how long it takes to find a debt solution for clients remains a priority. We are pleased to report that all 3 advisors have advanced their training in 2025; we have incorporated regular file reviews; and staff/volunteer annual reviews, alongside monthly casework meetings.

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TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

Big Local

During the first part of 2025, we continued to support the Catton Grove Big Local Partnership (‘CGBLP’) in our role as their Locally Trusted Organisation - acting in an admin and finance control role on behalf of the partnership. The programme ended in January 2025, with the funding fully spent and the necessary closeout procedures completed by July 2025.

Synergy Churches

Although firmly committed to our community in North Norwich, we love being part of the bigger picture too. Being part of a national family of churches continues to be a blessing to us. Having friends alongside you for the journey is key to longevity and continued success.

We build and foster relationships through quarterly cluster gatherings and monthly online leaders’ ‘’Huddles” as well as the national conference in February and Leaders’ Summit in October each year. This year we engaged in an Input Process where we welcomed a team to come for a weekend to interview our church members and then bring feedback and recommendations thereafter. This was a hugely beneficial process that served to help us celebrate what is already working well as well as set priorities for future exploration.

Buildings

We have increased our fundraising activities and grant bid writing for building works in 2025, which has enabled us to carry out lots of repair and maintenance jobs to our Chapel building. Work carried out:

Replacement external door and 2 x windows. Repairs to external brickwork and rendering Replacement of old fluorescent lights with LEDs Replacement heating for our Family Space New stage carpet and sanding/recoating of main hall wooden flooring Drain repairs at the back of the building

Work scheduled for 2026: Drain repairs at the front of the building Replacement of the under-stage door Sanding/recoating of upstairs wooden flooring

Funding

We are extremely grateful to our faithful congregation for their regular support and financial giving. Aside from their regular gifts, we held a gift day in January 2025 which yielded an additional £36,853 in one off donations, increased giving and Gift Aid. Our charity shop continues to do well and also raised in excess of £25,000 in income this year. However, this income alone is not sufficient to fund all of the activities and services that we currently provide so we are also incredibly thankful to the following organisations who have provided us with funding support and assistance this year:

Catton Grove Big Local Co-op Local Community Fund The Educational Foundation of Alderman John Norman The Family Hubs Community Fund The Geoffrey Watling Charity The Ivy Child Charitable Trust Norfolk Churches Trust Norfolk Community Foundation Preventing Hardship Winter Fund Norwich Foodbank Skipton Building Society Wickes Yorkshire Building Society

Looking ahead into 2026, external fundraising via charitable trusts and organisations will remain a key part of our activity.

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Working in Partnership

One of the many privileges of being a known and trusted presence in our community and city is the opportunities to - work in partnership with others. This year our Senior Pastor joined the Core Team for Connect Norwich a group of Christian church, organisational and charity leaders partnering together to facilitate and encourage good relationships between leaders and their churches and organisations.

Our Operations Manager facilitates a network for administrators of local churches and Christian organisations, working together to support and encourage one another and share resources.

As mentioned previously, we continue our partnership with Norwich Youth For Christ to carry out schools work and have strengthened our connections with Family Hubs and local churches in supporting families in the area.

We remain committed to our vision and aims - to see the lives of the whole community we serve of North Norwich transformed and we are excited to see what 2026 brings!

Financial review

During the year ended 31 December 2025 incoming resources totalled £215,337 (2024: £463,347) with total resources expended of £283,640 (2024: £459,437). As a result total funds held by Oak Grove Community Church at year ended 31 December 2025 totalled £262,448, of which £134,393 were restricted.

Going concern

After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

Reserves policy

The reserves policy sets the aim of having a general fund of 3 months’ worth of staff costs and general running costs, to help with cashflow management and enable the Charity to have the ability to withstand and respond to future adverse events – such as a major loss of funding or unforeseen building cost.

The Trustees recognise that the Charity as at 31 December 2025 fell short of having the equivalent of 3 months expenditure as a general fund. However, the Charity held a successful Gift Day in March 2026 to help bolster financial reserves and the Charity’s staff will maintain an active fundraising programme to seek further funds.

Having considered the potential risks the Charity faces and having assessed future plans, the Trustees will also continue to consider the capacity to build up free reserves sufficient to ensure an orderly withdrawal from the Charity’s operating role, should that become necessary, including meeting our contractual obligations and any redundancy arrangements.

Major risks

The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks.

Structure, governance and management

The charity is registered as a charitable company limited by guarantee and was set up by a Memorandum of Association.

The principal objectives of Oak Grove Community Church are:

  1. To advance the Christian faith;

  2. To bring relief to people who are in need due to hardship, age, or who are sick, in the community;

  3. To provide recreational and other leisure-time activities for people who have a need due to youth, poverty or social and economic circumstances, in Norwich, the United Kingdom and the world.

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OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

The trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:

J C Adams

D J Woodward

C J Ford

Recruitment and appointment of trustees

The management of the Charity is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Memorandum of Association. The Trustees who served during the period are shown under Legal and Administration information on page 1.

Organisational structure and decision-making policies

Trustees generally meet bi-monthly, with additional meetings held where the need arises, and are responsible for the management and administration of the Church in accordance with the constitution and general law. The Trustees (listed above) are expected to fulfil their legal duties having regard to the spiritual direction of the church. One of the existing Trustees is also a member of the Leadership Team of Oak Grove Community Church. The additional members of the Church Leadership Team who are not Trustees, are Lynette Woodward, Daniel Starling, Joanne Ford, Carole Ogilvie, Megan Saunders and Steve Appleby.

The Leadership Team meets fortnightly and is responsible for the spiritual leadership, strategy and overall direction of the Church. The staff management team oversee the daily operation of the charitable company under the supervision of the Trustees. With the exception of Darren Woodward who is paid for his services as Pastor and Senior Leader, the Trustees receive no payment apart from the reimbursement of out of pocket expenses.

The trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.

J C Adams

Trustee

21 April 2026

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Oak Grove Community Church (the charity) for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity (and also its directors for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

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 financial statements to be reached.

Mark Johnstone FCA

Scrutton Bland Limited 15 Palace Street

NORWICH

Norfolk NR3 1RT United Kingdom 30 April 2026

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
2025
2025
Notes
£
£
Income and endowments from:
Donations and
legacies
3
133,204
29,539
Charitable
activities
4
17,049
471
Other trading
activities
5
25,693
-
Investments
6
2,161
-
Other income
7
7,220
-
Total income
185,327
30,010
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
8
13,447
55
Charitable
activities
9
199,472
70,666
Total expenditure
212,919
70,721
Net (outgoing)/
incoming resources
before transfers
(27,592)
(40,711)
Gross transfers
between funds
4,329
(4,329)
Net (expenditure)/
income for the year/
Net movement in funds
(23,263)
(45,040)
Fund balances at 1
January 2025
151,318
179,433
Fund balances at 31
December 2025
128,055
134,393		 Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
2025
2024
2024
£
£
£
162,743
125,915
290,530
17,520
3,826
2,356
25,693
27,602
-
2,161
2,497
-
7,220
7,619
3,002
215,337
167,459
295,888
13,502
12,813
-
270,138
182,752
263,872
283,640
195,565
263,872
(68,303)
(28,106)
32,016
-
14,227
(14,227)
(68,303)
(13,879)
17,789
330,751
165,197
161,644
262,448
151,318
179,433		 Total
2024
£
416,445
6,182
27,602
2,497
10,621
Donations and
legacies
3
Charitable
activities
4
Other trading
activities
5
Investments
6
Other income
7
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
8
Charitable
activities
9
Total expenditure
Net (outgoing)/
incoming resources
before transfers
Gross transfers
between funds
Net (expenditure)/
income for the year/
Net movement in funds
Fund balances at 1
January 2025
Fund balances at 31
December 2025
463,347
12,813
446,624
459,437
3,910
-
3,910
326,841
330,751

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The statement of financial activities also complies with the requirements for an income and expenditure account under the Companies Act 2006.

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

BALANCE SHEET

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2025

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
15
Current assets
Debtors
16
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year
17
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
The funds of the charity
Restricted income funds
20
Unrestricted funds
22		 2025
£
6,618
99,666
106,284
(12,200)		 £
168,364
94,084
262,448
134,393
128,055
262,448		 2024
£
5,607
154,239
159,846
(24,600)		 £
195,505
135,246
330,751
179,433
151,318
330,751

The company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the year ended 31 December 2025.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 21 April 2026

J C Adams

Trustee

Company registration number 04926246 (England and Wales)

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

1 Accounting policies

Charity information

Oak Grove Community Church is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 70 Catton Grove Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 3NT.

1.1 Accounting convention

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2 Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3 Charitable funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.

Endowment funds are subject to specific conditions by donors that the capital must be maintained by the charity.

1.4 Income

Income is recognised when the charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.

Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.

Legacies are recognised on receipt or otherwise if the charity has been notified of an impending distribution, the amount is known, and receipt is expected. If the amount is not known, the legacy is treated as a contingent asset.

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

1 Accounting policies

(Continued)

1.5 Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

1.6 Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets costing £500 or more are capitalised and recognised when future economic benefits are probable and the cost or value can be measured reliably.

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Freehold land and buildings 4% straight line Equipment 20% straight line Sound equipment 25% reducing balance

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.

1.7 Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting end date, the charity reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).

1.8 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.9 Financial instruments

The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

1 Accounting policies

(Continued)

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.10 Employee benefits

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

1.11 Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements

In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

Total 2024 £ 130,923 285,522 416,445 285,522 285,522
Restricted funds 2024 £ 5,908 284,622 290,530 284,622 284,622
Unrestricted funds general 2024 £ 125,015 900 125,915 900 900
Total 2025 £ 134,266 28,477 162,743 28,477 28,477
Restricted funds 2025 £ 2,062 27,477 29,539 27,477 27,477
Unrestricted funds general 2025 £ 132,204 1,000 133,204 1,000 1,000
Donations and legacies Donations and gifts Grants Grants receivable for core activities General Grants
3

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

4
Charitable activities
Core
Charitable
Activities
2025
£
Charitable income
2,416
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds -
general
2,416
Restricted funds
-
2,416
5
Other trading activities
Charity shop income
6
Investments
Interest receivable		 4
Charitable activities
Core
Charitable
Activities
2025
£
Charitable income
2,416
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds -
general
2,416
Restricted funds
-
2,416
5
Other trading activities
Charity shop income
6
Investments
Interest receivable		 Events
2025
£
15,104
14,633
471
15,104		 Total
Core
Charitable
Activities
Events
Total
2025
2024
2024
2024
£
£
£
£
17,520
2,647
3,535
6,182
17,049
2,647
1,179
3,826
471
-
2,356
2,356
17,520
2,647
3,535
6,182
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
funds
funds
general
general
2025
2024
£
£
25,693
27,602		 Total
Core
Charitable
Activities
Events
Total
2025
2024
2024
2024
£
£
£
£
17,520
2,647
3,535
6,182
17,049
2,647
1,179
3,826
471
-
2,356
2,356
17,520
2,647
3,535
6,182
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
funds
funds
general
general
2025
2024
£
£
25,693
27,602		 Total
Core
Charitable
Activities
Events
Total
2025
2024
2024
2024
£
£
£
£
17,520
2,647
3,535
6,182
17,049
2,647
1,179
3,826
471
-
2,356
2,356
17,520
2,647
3,535
6,182
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
funds
funds
general
general
2025
2024
£
£
25,693
27,602		 Total
2024
£
6,182
3,826
2,356
6,182
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
funds
funds
general
general
2025
2024
£
£
2,161
2,497

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

7 Other income

8 Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
general
general
2025
2024
2024
£
£
£
Net gain on disposal of tangible fixed assets
-
-
3,002
Miscellaneous income
68
165
-
Use of premises
7,152
7,454
-
7,220
7,619
3,002		 Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
general
general
2025
2024
2024
£
£
£
Net gain on disposal of tangible fixed assets
-
-
3,002
Miscellaneous income
68
165
-
Use of premises
7,152
7,454
-
7,220
7,619
3,002		 Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
general
general
2025
2024
2024
£
£
£
Net gain on disposal of tangible fixed assets
-
-
3,002
Miscellaneous income
68
165
-
Use of premises
7,152
7,454
-
7,220
7,619
3,002		 Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
general
general
2025
2024
2024
£
£
£
Net gain on disposal of tangible fixed assets
-
-
3,002
Miscellaneous income
68
165
-
Use of premises
7,152
7,454
-
7,220
7,619
3,002		 Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
general
general
2025
2024
2024
£
£
£
Net gain on disposal of tangible fixed assets
-
-
3,002
Miscellaneous income
68
165
-
Use of premises
7,152
7,454
-
7,220
7,619
3,002		 Total
2024
£
3,002
165
7,454
10,621
Raising funds
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
general
2025
2025
£
£
Fundraising and publicity
Other fundraising costs
233
55
Trading costs
Staff costs
9,374
-
13,447
55		 Total
Unrestricted
funds
general
2025
2024
£
£
288
296
9,374
8,524
13,502
12,813
8,524
12,813

Total 2024 £ 50,515 20,765 132,773 37,824 39,167 281,044 152,560 13,020 446,624 182,752 263,872 446,624
Total 2025 £ 23,769 20,765 32,661 5,754 - 82,949 176,133 11,056 270,138 199,472 70,666 270,138
Charitable
Catton		 giving
Grove Big		 Local 2025
2025		 £
£		 -
14,831		 -
-		 16,984
12,430		 -
-		 -
-		 16,984
27,261		 1,428
571		 -
-		 18,412
27,832		 18,412
-		 -
27,832		 18,412
27,832
Community activities 2025 £ - - 2,448 2,535 - 4,983 - - 4,983 2,413 2,570 4,983
Core
Church		 charitable
activities		 activities 2025
2025		 £
£		 8,938
-		 20,765
-		 -
799		 -
3,219		 -
-		 29,703
4,018		 174,134
-		 11,056
-		 214,893
4,018		 177,157
1,490		 37,736
2,528		 214,893
4,018
Charitable activities Staff costs Depreciation and impairment General expenditure Catering SLA Payments Share of support costs (see note 10) Share of governance costs (see note 10) Analysis by fund Unrestricted funds - general Restricted funds
9

(Continued) Total 2024 £ 50,515 20,765 132,773 37,824 39,167 281,044 152,560 13,020 446,624 182,752 263,872 446,624
Charitable
Catton		 giving
Grove Big		 Local £
£		 -
35,310		 -
-		 24,422
103,654		 -
-		 -
39,167		 24,422
178,131		 1,441
6,705		 -
-		 25,863
184,836		 24,125
-		 1,738
184,836		 25,863
184,836
Core
Church
Community		 charitable
activities
activities		 activities £
£
£		 7,118
-
8,087		 20,765
-
-		 -
243
4,454		 -
35,295
2,529		 -
-
-		 27,883
35,538
15,070		 144,414
-
-		 13,020
-
-		 185,317
35,538
15,070		 154,436
1,639
2,552		 30,881
33,899
12,518		 185,317
35,538
15,070
Charitable activities For the year ended 31 December 2024 Staff costs Depreciation and impairment General expenditure Catering SLA Payments Share of support costs (see note 10) Share of governance costs (see note 10) Analysis by fund Unrestricted funds - general Restricted funds
Charitable activities For the year ended 31 December 2024
9

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

10
Support costs
Support
costs
Governance
costs
2025
£
£
£
Staff costs
126,179
-
126,179
Depreciation
6,376
-
6,376
Establishment
23,634
-
23,634
Administration
17,392
-
17,392
Travelling
2,005
-
2,005
Telephone and
computer
146
-
146
Bank charges
401
-
401
Independent
examiner fees
-
2,388
2,388
Accountancy
-
8,668
8,668
176,133
11,056
187,189
Analysed between
Charitable activities
176,133
11,056
187,189
11
Net movement in funds
The net movement in funds is stated after charging/(crediting):
Fees payable for the independent examination of the charity's financial
statements
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
Loss/(profit) on disposal of tangible fixed assets		 Support
costs
Governance
costs
£
£
126,179
-
6,376
-
23,634
-
17,392
-
2,005
-
146
-
401
-
-
2,388
-
8,668
176,133
11,056
176,133
11,056		 Support
costs
Governance
costs
£
£
126,179
-
6,376
-
23,634
-
17,392
-
2,005
-
146
-
401
-
-
2,388
-
8,668
176,133
11,056
176,133
11,056		 2025
£
126,179
6,376
23,634
17,392
2,005
146
401
2,388
8,668
187,189
187,189		 Support
costs
Governance
costs
£
£
112,674
-
6,389
-
14,864
-
16,473
-
1,564
-
184
-
412
-
-
2,160
-
10,860
152,560
13,020
152,560
13,020		 Support
costs
Governance
costs
£
£
112,674
-
6,389
-
14,864
-
16,473
-
1,564
-
184
-
412
-
-
2,160
-
10,860
152,560
13,020
152,560
13,020		 2024
£
112,674
6,389
14,864
16,473
1,564
184
412
2,160
10,860
165,580
165,580
2024
£
2,160
27,154
(3,002)
2025
£
2,388
27,141
-

12 Trustees

During the year, one Trustee received remuneration of £39,670 (2024 : £39,670), inclusive of employer pension contributions in respect of services he provides undertaking the role of Senior Pastor under a contract of employment.

During year ended 31 December 2025, expenses totalling £149 were reimbursed or paid directly to 1 Trustee (2024: £228 to 1 Trustee) in relation to travel expenses incurred in relation to his role as an employee.

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

13 Employees

The average monthly number of employees during the year was:

Involved in charitable activities
Involved in support services and governance
Total
Employment costs
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs		 2025
Number
3
4
7
2025
£
140,088
13,312
5,922
159,322		 2024
Number
4
4
8
2024
£
156,700
7,802
7,211
171,713

The total amount of employee benefits (including employer pension contributions) received by key management personnel for their services to the Company was £81,351 (2024 : £81,351)

A large proportion of the activities of the charity are staffed by volunteers. This help is unquantifiable but without it the charity could not continue to pursue its work.

There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.

14 Taxation

The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

15
Tangible fixed assets
Freehold land
and buildings
Equipment
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2025
675,860
19,250
At 31 December 2025
675,860
19,250
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2025
480,675
18,999
Depreciation charged in the year
27,033
89
At 31 December 2025
507,708
19,088
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
168,152
162
At 31 December 2024
195,185
251
16
Debtors
Amounts falling due within one year:
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
17
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Notes
Other taxation and social security
Deferred income
18
Trade creditors
Accruals
18
Deferred income
Other deferred income		 15
Tangible fixed assets
Freehold land
and buildings
Equipment
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2025
675,860
19,250
At 31 December 2025
675,860
19,250
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2025
480,675
18,999
Depreciation charged in the year
27,033
89
At 31 December 2025
507,708
19,088
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
168,152
162
At 31 December 2024
195,185
251
16
Debtors
Amounts falling due within one year:
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
17
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Notes
Other taxation and social security
Deferred income
18
Trade creditors
Accruals
18
Deferred income
Other deferred income		 15
Tangible fixed assets
Freehold land
and buildings
Equipment
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2025
675,860
19,250
At 31 December 2025
675,860
19,250
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2025
480,675
18,999
Depreciation charged in the year
27,033
89
At 31 December 2025
507,708
19,088
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
168,152
162
At 31 December 2024
195,185
251
16
Debtors
Amounts falling due within one year:
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
17
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Notes
Other taxation and social security
Deferred income
18
Trade creditors
Accruals
18
Deferred income
Other deferred income		 Sound
equipment
£
9,454
9,454
9,385
19
9,404
50
69		 Sound
equipment
£
9,454
9,454
9,385
19
9,404
50
69		 Total
£
704,564
704,564
509,059
27,141
536,200
168,364
195,505
Notes
18		 2024
£
9
1,309
4,289
5,607
2024
£
4,002
10,000
4,783
5,815
24,600
2024
£
10,000

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

18
Deferred income
(Continued)
Deferred income is included in the financial statements as follows:
2025
2024
£
£
Deferred income is included within:
Current liabilities
-
10,000
Movements in the year:
Deferred income at 1 January 2025
10,000
-
Released from previous periods
(10,000)
-
Resources deferred in the year
-
10,000
Deferred income at 31 December 2025
-
10,000
19
Retirement benefit schemes
2025
2024
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
5,922
7,211		 (Continued) (Continued)
2024
£
10,000
-
-
10,000
10,000
2024
£
7,211

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity in an independently administered fund.

20
Restricted funds
The restricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may
be used.
Movement in funds
Movement in funds
Balance at
1 January 2024
Incoming
resources
Resources
expended
Transfers
Balance at
1 January 2025
Incoming
resources
Resources
expended
Transfers
Balance at
31 December
2025
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
Maintenance of Buildings Fund
70,280
-
-
-
70,280
-
-
-
70,280
Catton Grove Primary School Devel Fund
52,052
3,002
(6,268)
(3,002)
45,784
-
(6,268)
-
39,516
Fixed Assets of OG Fund
3,351
-
(486)
-
2,865
-
(473)
-
2,392
Catton Grove Big Local
23,684
236,509
(187,081)
(28,493)
44,620
-
(27,833)
(16,787)
-
Supporting Families
-
1,000
(1,000)
-
-
4,855
(546)
-
4,309
Collections to be passed on
-
1,073
(1,073)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Local Community Fund (Renew)
-
-
-
-
-
1,916
(509)
-
1,407
Alderman Norman
-
-
-
-
-
3,000
(2,330)
-
670
Community hardship fund
-
28,504
(28,504)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Families Emergency Equipment
760
850
(620)
-
990
-
(164)
-
826
NCC Decan Fund
379
-
(395)
16
-
-
-
-
-
Renew Wellbeing
1,996
-
(1,996)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Oak Grove Money Advice
4,083
-
(12,416)
11,500
3,167
17,369
(12,824)
3,767
11,479
NCC - Community Building Improvement
695
-
(695)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Building Fund
645
3,192
(1,255)
4,398
6,980
1,217
(13,374)
8,691
3,514
Epic Dad
1,679
-
(1,144)
-
535
-
(535)
-
-
NCF - Winter Household support fund
600
-
(600)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Family Support - Development Fund
-
7,649
(8,006)
357
-
-
-
-
-
Love Norfolk Fund
-
5,000
(2,562)
-
2,438
-
(2,438)
-
-
NCF Warm Spaces - Chill
1,440
1,989
(1,931)
1
1,499
-
(1,499)
-
-
FISH
-
-
(996)
996
-
-
-
-
-
NHSF
-
5,800
(5,775)
-
25
-
(25)
-
-
Ivy Child Christmas
-
1,020
(770)
-
250
1,653
(1,903)
-
-		 - 24 -

(Continued) - 134,393
- (4,329)
- (70,721)
- 30,010
- 179,433
- (14,227)
(299) (263,872)
299 295,888
- 161,644
Restricted funds Shoebox appeal
20

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

21 Restricted funds

Restricted funds are those received with a restriction on their use.

The Maintenance of Buildings Fund;

represents funding retained to cover liabilities payable to Norfolk County Council once a Transfer of Control Agreement for the charity's use of Catton Grove Primary School has been signed.

The Catton Grove Primary Sch Devel Fund;

relates to the funds raised and used to build a larger Sports Hall at the primary school.

The Fixed Assets of OG Fund;

represents funding received and spent on capital equipment items. The resources expended allocated against this fund is the annual depreciation charge on the assets.

Catton Grove Big Local Fund;

from 1 August 2018 to 31 July 2025, the charity was the Locally Trusted Organisation for the Catton Grove Big Local project, a National Lottery funded initiative enabling local people to make their communities even better places to live. This essentially involves the charity acting as the administrative and financial back-office support for this community led ‘Local Partnership’ (made up of residents and other interested parties) as they seek to improve community engagement in the area. The charity’s role is such that it has no control over the spending of the grant, which is received, it acts to carry out the decisions taken by the Local Partnership, and is simply a conduit for monies to be received and paid (since the Local Partnership is not a legally constituted entity). Under the terms of the agreement, the charity receives a management fee which is based upon the amount of grant spent by the Local Partnership in any given period.

Supporting Families;

this fund holds regular giving towards our Family Support worker’s post and is used for their salary costs

Collections to be passed on;

this fund represents funding given to Oak Grove Community Church yet intended for a 3rd party which we pass on e.g. charitable fundraising events

Community Hardship Fund:

grant funding received to run summer and Christmas social supermarkets and purchase school uniform vouchers for year 6 pupils going to high school.

Families Emergency Equipment;

a fund established to help vulnerable families with purchasing equipment/practical items

NCC Decan Fund:

relates to funds to cover our family support work (non-salary costs) during 2023/24.

Renew Wellbeing:

relates to funds to cover the provision of a weekly term time Renew Wellbeing space for parents.

Oak Grove Money Advice:

funding to cover the running costs of our accredited Money Advice Service

NCC – Community Building Improvement: grant received to fund repair work to exterior steps of our building.

Building Fund:

used to accumulate funds towards ongoing repair and maintenance costs of our buildings

EPIC Dad:

relates to funding received to fund the provision of a monthly EPIC Dad Fun club for Dads and their children

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

21 Restricted funds

(Continued)

NCF – Winter Household Support Fund:

a grant to support local families with the ‘cost of living’ crisis through the provision of supermarket vouchers.

Family Support – Development Fund:

grant funding received to support the refurbishment of additional office and community spaces within the chapel premises for the family support work.

Love Norfolk;

grant funding to facilitate the Babies Matter Parenting Programme and funding towards our family support worker facilitating the Kids Matter Parenting Programme, and a summer outing for families

NCF Warm Spaces;

grant funding received to support the creation of a ‘drop in’ space for young people and grant funding to sustain Warm Welcome – our warm space running alongside our regular weekly foodbank distribution point

FISH:

grant received to run Food and Fun in School Holidays (FISH) clubs for local families

NHSF;

grant received to purchase supermarket vouchers for local families

Ivy Child Christmas:

grant funding towards Christmas social supermarket and Christmas event for families

Shoebox Appeal:

relates to funds received for Operation Christmas Child’s shoebox appeal.

New restricted funds:

Local Community Fund (Renew):

grant funding received from Co-op to cover the provision of our Renew Well-being space

Alderman Norman:

grant funding for resources and external activities for our young people’s club, Fresh

22 Unrestricted funds

The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.

At 1
Designated funds:
Property at Catton Grove Road
Fund
Tithe
Gift Day
General funds
Total unrestricted funds		 January
2025
Incoming
resources
Resources
expended
Transfers
At 31
December
2025
£
£
£
£
£
147,050
-
(20,400)
-
126,650
1,629
12,497
(12,754)
-
1,372
-
33,745
-
(33,745)
-
2,639
139,085
(179,765)
38,074
33
151,318
185,327
(212,919)
4,329
128,055

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

22 Unrestricted funds (Continued) (Continued)
Previous year: At 1 January Incoming Resources Transfers At 31
2024 resources expended December
2024
£ £ £ £ £
Designated funds:
Youth Events Bursary Fund 367 - (367) - -
Property at Catton Grove Road
Fund 167,450 - (20,400) - 147,050
Tithe 5,234 14,851 (18,456) - 1,629
General funds (7,854) 152,608 (156,342) 14,227 2,639
Total unrestricted funds 165,197 167,459 (195,565) 14,227 151,318
Designated funds are those earmarked by the Trustees for a particular future purpose. During the year ended
31 December 2025 this included the following:
Property at Catton Grove Road;
the head office of the charity, with annual depreciation charges.
Tithe Fund;
an agreed proportion of certain income receipts that are put aside and used to provide support to local
charities & individuals in need.
Gift Day Fund;
donations received during the year to support the ongoing operations of the Church
23 Analysis of net assets between funds
Unrestricted Restricted
Total		 Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds funds funds funds
2025 2025 2025 2024 2024 2024
£ £ £ £ £ £
Fund balances
at 31 December
2025 are
represented by:
Tangible assets 126,654 41,710 168,364 147,372 48,133 195,505
Current assets/
(liabilities) 1,401 92,683 94,084 3,946 131,300 135,246
128,055 134,393 262,448 151,318 179,433 330,751

24 Related party transactions

Transactions with related parties

During the year the charity entered into the following transactions with related parties:

OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

24 Related party transactions

(Continued)

Donations received by the charity, with no conditions, from related parties and key management personnel in the year totalled £29,039 (2024: £23,396).

Both Darren Woodward, Trustee, and his wife were paid employees of the charity. Details of the salary and expenses paid to Darren in his role as Senior Pastor are included within the Trustees' remuneration and expense note. The net salary paid to Mrs Woodward in her role under a contract of employment during the year amounted to £8,432.