Trustees, Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end dats 03 From Section A Reference and admini stration details Charity name Grace Community Church (Downham Market) Other name8 charlty18 known by Regl8tsr•d charlty number (If any) Charlty'8 prlnclpal addr088 1115897 clo 15 Holme C108e Runcton Holme King's Lynn P08tcoda Nam8s of the charlty tru8tea8 who manago the charlty TN8t•o name Offlco (If any) Keren Loxley Date8 acted If not for whol• Chair e&r Andrew WIll6 Pastor Jean Urquhart Tr888urer Jeanneit6 Vlnc8nt Chri8tine Flemming PE33 OAB Namo of por•on (or body) entitled toa olnt tru•t•• Ifan M8mber8 Member8 Member8 M8mber8 Member8 Secretary 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 Nam88 of the trustees for the charity. If any, (for example. any custodlan trustees) Name Arthur Dyer Dates acted If not for whole 114124 to 31112124 ear TAR March 2012
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) e of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optlonal information) Section B Structure, Doscrlptlon of th8 charity'8 trust8 Type of governing document Constitution (updated 2017) leg. ti dei overnance and mana ement How the charity is constituted As a charity Trustee Selection methods leg. appointed by, electecl b, By the church members at a members meeting Addltlonal governance 18suo5 (Optlonal Informatlon) You may choose to include additional information, where The trustees met during the year to ensure that the relevant, about: objectives of the charitylchurch were being met, and to address any and all matters ari8ing. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees., the charity'8 organi8ational structure and any wider network with which the charity work8,. relationship with any related partl88' trustees, consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. Section C Ob ectives and activities (A) To advance the Christian faith, principally, but not exclusively in Downham Market, surrounding areas, the United Kingdom and the world as the trustees may from time to time see fit (B) To relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship or who are aged or sick, and to relieve the distress caused thereby in the above said areas. (C) To advance promote and fulfil such other charitable purposes beneficial to the communi in the above said areas. Summary ofthe objects ofthe charity 8et out in its governing document TAR March 2012
Regular weekly meetings on a Sunday morning at Stowbridge Village Hall. These involve praise and worship, preachinglteaching and mutual support and encouragement. Weekly midweek meetings in the classroom at the Stowbridge village hall and members homes. These involve more detailed study, prayer and further support and encouragement for one another The church helps support vulnerable people in the community. The church supports Kuffu, a project overseas (in Uganda) which offers Spiritual and practical support for needy children. These fund8 go to Care for Kuffu, a UK-based charity which raise8 awarene88 of the Kuffu project. In compiling these d8tai18, the trustees have had regard to the guidance on public benefit i8sued by the Charity Commi88ion. Siimmary ofthe maln actlvltles undertaken for the publlc beneflt In relation to these objects (Includo wlthln thls Sectlon the statutory doclaratlon that trusts8s hav had regard to the guldance 188uod by the Charlty Comml881on on publlc banaflt) Addltlonal dotall8 of obJectlv88 and actlvlt108 (Optlonal Infom?atlon) Th6 tru8te88 remain grateful to each member of Grace Community Church for their financial and prartical 8UPPOrt of th8 objects of the church. Member8 give of their time, energy and talents In 8UPPOrt of the works the church 18 doing. You may choo80 to include further statements, where relevant, about: policy on grantmaking; policy programme related investment; contribution made by volunteers. TAR
Section D Achievements and performance The Sunday morning meetings are open to all.. Practical and pastoral support has been provided throughout the year by the full-time pastor, as well as the wider leadership group and others throughout the membership. This support has helped various people with their social, economic and health-related needs. Summary ofthe main achievements of the charity during the year TAR March 2012
Section E .i¥' Financial review Brief statement of the charlty's pollcy on reserves The church established a re86rves policy in 2017 which is reviewed annually Details of any funds materlally In deflclt The income for the year to March 2024 was more than the expenditure Further Ilnanclal rovlew datalls (Optlonal Informatlon) You may choo80 to include adriitional information, where relevant about.. the charity's principal sources of funds (includlng any fundrai8ing); how expenditure ha8 8UPPOrted the key objective8 of the charity,. Inve8tment policy and objectives including any ethical inve8tm8nt policy adopted. Church members give or donate regularly to support the objects of the church, and the tru8tees are grateful for thi8 ongoing financial support. Where appropriate, gift aid is reclaimed on th6 relevant sums. Church expenditure 8UPPOrts the full-time pa8tor,18 dlrected to the Kuffu project, goes directly to those In particular ne8d and h8lp8 to maintain the two mobile cla88room8 owned by the church. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, repoit above. Slgned on behalf of the charlty'8 truste8S Slgnature(s) Full name(s) Position {eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Keren Loxley Chair Jean Urquhart Treasurer Date TAR
GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH DOWNHAM MARKET INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Year endlng 31 March 2025 Year endlng 31 March 2024 INCOMING RESOURCES Givin8- church Giving - Kuffu Missions other Kuffu Speclal) Tax reclaimed (Gift Ald) Interest received Total Incomlng resources 44,119.77 2,340.00 750.00 7,861.67 231.43 55,302.87 50,128.08 2,345.00 715.00 4,974.46 70.80 58,233.34 RESOURCES EXPENDED Rent and electricity Senilce costs Miscellaneous Classrooms Misslon5 Kuffu Pastor's costs Insurance Total resources expended 2,504.25 889.87 805.82 2,476.65 5,781.46 37,200.00 933.69 50,591.74 2,824.19 944.22 1373.08 4,690.00 35,800.00 899.95 46,531.44 NET INCOME {EXPENDITURE) 4,711.13 11,702 Approved by the Treasurer on behalf of the Trustees Signed Jean Ur hart Date Approved by the Indelendent examiner Slgned ¢Z.L Bruce Loxley Date
GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH DOWNHAM MARKEr BALANCE SHEET MARCH 20215 2025 2024 CURRENT ASSETS Current account Deposlt account 8264.68 18169.55 £5,647 £16,076 NET ASSETS £26,434 £21,723 FUNDS OF THE CHARITY Restrlcted and unrestricted funds £26,434 £21,723 TOTAL FUNDS £26,434 £21,723 Approved by the Treasurer on behalf of the Trustees Slgned Jean Ur uhar Date Approved by the Inde endent examlner Signed t<- l. Bruce Loxley Date
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts SeCtn A Independent Examiner's Report Raport to the triiste881 members of Grace Community Church Downham Market 31 ¥1 March 2025 On a¢counts for the year ended Charlty no (If any) Set out on page8 1115897 I report to the trustee8 on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (°the Tru8t") for the year ended R08pon8lbllitle8 and As the charity truste88 of the Tru8t, you are responsible for the preparatlon ba818 of raport of the accounts in accordance with the requirement8 of the Chariti88 Act 2011 ('the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Tru8t'8 accounts carried out under section 145 of Ihe 2011 Act aiid in carrying out my examination, I hav6 followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under 8ectlon 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examlnation. I conflrm that no material matters have come to my attention (olher:.than that..¢J8closEdEIJN ') in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that In, any material re8pect: accountlng record8 were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concern8 and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the account8 to be reached. P19ase delete the words in th8 brackats if they do not apply. 71?Izr Independent axamlner'8 8tatamont Slgned: Date: Name: Relevant professlonal quallflcation(s) or body (If any): Address.. ebrf IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of conrn (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidan for examiners). Give here brief detsils of any items that the examiner wlshes to disclose. IER October 2018