## **Trustees’ annual report for the period** **From: 1[st] January 2024** ## **To: 31[st] December 2024** ## **Charity name: Graceworks** ## **Charity registration number: 1110309** ## **Company number:** ## **Objectives and activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To enable and advance communication of**
**Christian faith in schools**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Through religious education, collective**
**worship, school lunchtime clubs, sports**
**and youth and children club activity**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The charity trustees**
**have due regard to**
**guidance on public benefit published by**
**the commission;**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Achievements and performance** |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**As usual we have been welcomed back in**
**to all our existing school plus we have**
**been approached by new schools for**
**assistance**
**The work force has changed we have**
**gone from employing two members of**
**staff one full time and one part time to in**
**September this year employing a new**
**part time member of staff both employees**
**have moved on within the ministry locally**
**which is a blessing for Graceworks to see**
**them develop within their own rights**
**Our new part time member of staff is**
**doing a fantastic job and we hope this**
**will give the trust a chance to recoup**
**some money and maybe this year either**
**recruit another part time member of staff**
**or increase our part time worker to full**
**time**|| |---|---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**Following the continued support of our**
**supporter base we have been able to**
**continue our work with a part time**
**member of staff**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Funding has remained steady this year**
**and with both workers moving on and**
**reducing our cost to one part time**
**member of staff we have been able to tick**
**along nicely**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Financial review** |**Financial review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**2024 has been a very steady year for**
**income so we have not had to use any**
**reserves and still have a healthy bank**
**balance**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We will be working at 9 months reserve**
**once we reduced to one part time worker**
**on the 25th August 2024**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£14,374**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **N/A** Para 1.47 The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) **N/A** Para 1.46 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted **N/A** Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity **N/A** Other ## **Structure, governance and management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of|Para 1.25|**Trust deed**| |association etc||| |---|---|---| |How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO|Para 1.25|**Charitable trust**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**New Trustees are appointed by the**
**trustee Board.**
**Officers of the trust are appointed by the**
**trustees annually**| |||| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **N/A** Para 1.51 Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees **N/A** Para 1.51 The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works **N/A** Para 1.51 Relationship with any related parties **N/A** Other ## **Reference and administrative details** |Charity name|**Graceworks**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|**1110309**| |Charity’s principal address|**62 Crowlands Avenue RM7 9JB**| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**
**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**
**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**
1
Charlotte Clayton
Chair
2
Debra Barrett
Treasurer
3
Chizu Ofoajoku
Secretary
4
Jonathan Maltz
5
BradleyShaw
1stNovember 2024
6
Jason Lilly
18thJuly2024
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
**N/A**|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Charlotte Clayton|Chair|||| ||Debra Barrett|Treasurer|||| ||Chizu Ofoajoku|Secretary|||| ||Jonathan Maltz||||| ||BradleyShaw|||1stNovember 2024|| ||Jason Lilly|||18thJuly2024|| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |**Director name**|||**N/A**||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)** |**Names and**|**addresses of advisers (optional information)**|**addresses of advisers (optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)**||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Charlotte Clayton Debra Barrett **Position (for example** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc)** Treasurer **Date** 10 / 02 /2025 ||**Graceworks**
|**Graceworks**
|**Graceworks**
|**1110309**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
1/1/2024|**To**|Period end date
12/31/2024|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**
Grants and Gifts
**22,050**
Tax Recovered
**471**
interest
**29**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,550**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 22,550**
**A3 Payments**
**-**
Fees and salary
**21,145**
Admin and Training
**60**
Expenses
**858**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 22,063**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_**
**_Total payments_ 22,063**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 487**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**13,886**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 14,374**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**22,050**
**471**
**29**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,550**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,550**
**-**
**21,145**
**60**
**858**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,063**
**-**
**-**
**22,063**
**487**
**-**
**13,886**
**14,374**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||||**-**|**22,050**|**33,237**| ||||**-**|**471**|**507**| ||||**-**|**29**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**22,550**|**33,744**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**22,550**|**33,744**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**21,145**|**34,391**| ||||**-**|**60**|**60**| ||||**-**|**858**|**1,172**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**22,063**|**35,623**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**||| ||||||| ||||**-**|**22,063**|**35,623**| ||||||| |||**-**|**-**|**487**|**- 1,879**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**13,886**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**14,374**|**13,886**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Bank Balance
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
D Barrett
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**14,374**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**14,374**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Debra Barrett
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||D Barrett|Debra Barrett|| ||||| ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** ## **Graceworks** 31 December 2024 1110309 **Report to the trustees/ members of On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) Set out on pages** 1-2 ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 December 2023. As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Signed: Date: Name:** Alan Gray **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA ) **Address:** 73 Shepherds Hill **October 2018** 1 **IER** Harold Wood RM3 0NP ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). ## **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **October 2018** 2 **IER**