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← River Church (Orpington)

2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

From Period start date To[Period end date ] Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 01 2024 31 12 2024

~~ee~~ Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name River Church (Orpington) ~~Pe~~ Other names charity is known by Ramsden Family Church (previous name) ~~PC~~ Registered charity number (if any) ~~[OT~~ 1121675

Charity's principal address C/o Mr Patrick Wakeford

30 Pleasance Rd Orpington, Kent Postcode BR5 3AR

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)

1 Patrick Wakeford Chair of Trustees

2 Peter Cross

3 Arron Phillips

4 Joel Perez Treasurer

5 Samantha Howard 6 Terence Urbanczyk 13 Jun 24 – 31 Dec 24 7

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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)[Trust Deed ] How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)[By Charitable Trust Deed ] Trustee selection methods The Trustees must be appointed by a resolution passed by a simple majority at a meeting of the Trustees. (The appointment must be (eg. appointed by, elected by) confirmed by Deed where property is held)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Section C Objectives and activities

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Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its governing
document
Summary of the main activities
undertaken for the public
benefit in relation to these
objects (include within this
section the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit)		 The objects of the Church are:
1.
For the benefit of the public to advance the Christian Faith (in
accordance with the Statement of Beliefs) in such ways and in such parts
of the United Kingdom or the World as the Trustees from time to time may
think fit;
2.
For education, care for the sick and relief of poverty in such ways
and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the World as the Trustees from
time to time may think fit.
Providing a place of worship for the River Church (Orpington) group to
advance the Christian Faith for the benefit of the public.
Supporting voluntary workers in the World and within the U.K. to advance
the Christian Faith for the benefit of the public. For example, the River
Church (Orpington) gives gifts of money to the Ameva Farm & Bible
College project in Zimbabwe. This financial support enables them to
continue to operate the farm which provides food to the local community as
well as help with health, education and social work, in addition to the work
of the Bible college which helps train local church leaders.
Training members of River Church (Orpington) in Leadership Skills to
advance the Christian Faith for the benefit of the public. This is done
regularly at midweek meetings as well as special events.
Care of sick people within the church including visiting and providing
support.
The employment of two part time community support workers to provide
support and reach out to those in need in our community during and after
the pandemic will continue in 2024
Hosting Community and Outreach Events for the benefit of the Public in
the Crays and Orpington. This brings local people together and fosters
community spirit and cohesion. Other activities such as games and
entertainment are provided for the benefit of the public. In addition, the
church supports the local Foodbank and the local Christians Against
Poverty group, both of which seek to alleviate poverty in the area.
Youth Club evenings to advance the Christian Faith for the benefit of the
public. This involves activities which develop interpersonal skills of
teenagers and young adults as well as connecting with other youth groups
from other areas around the UK.
Running a Sunday School on a Sunday morning for younger attendees of
the River Church to advance the Christian Faith for the benefit of the
public, and to promote education. The Sunday School is open to all
members of the public with different activities appropriate for the varying
age ranges.
Activities undertaken by the church pastor have included:
●
Overall leadership / providing direction for the River Church.
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Responsibility for organising regular church meetings.
●
Responsibility for the overall set up and administration related to
church meetings.
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Helping local people with personal needs.
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Providing community support groups within the church set up.

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● Oversight for activities run for the local community such as outreach meetings.

● Providing spiritual and emotional support to those in need.

Please note that money was also spent on DBS Checks for volunteers involved in activities where appropriate.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Volunteers have contributed to the running of the Charity, particularly in practical ways on a Sunday morning in order to set up the meeting place so that it can run efficiently in order to advance the Christian Faith for the benefit of the public. Volunteers give their time and skills in many ways to support the ongoing work of the Charity.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

Some of the volunteer roles have included:

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Section D Achievements and performance

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Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The church continues to meet together every Sunday norming with new members joining, which included some with a church background and others with no or limited previous experience of church, we are glad to see that many new comers are from a very wide range of ethnic minorities and nationalities. As the church activities grew, we have now moved to the Giggs Hill Church Hall, this has enabled us to hold a wide range of daily activities through the week that have greatly impacted the local community, from toddler groups, youth meetings, support groups, bible studies, men’s and women’s breakfast, CAP meetings, worship meetings, Gospel Meetings aimed at new believers, baptisms, picnics and other charitable events. The charity continued its membership of the “Mission Life Grace” network of churches, which currently consists of five core churches, together with a number of associate churches. The church continues to stream our Sunday Services on YouTube form our original Zoom meeting during the pandemic, this has a positive impact tackling loneliness all across our communities. The leadership felt that it was important for people to still be able to participate of our services from home and not missed out due to mobility or any other issues that might keep them form attending our meetings in person The Kids work within River Church has continued to grow and prosper; the groups expand the children’s education by teaching them about the Christian faith, kids’ work switched to an all-age “Family church” service which was well received and enjoyed by many, including families from other churches within the MLG network. As part of the kids’ work a series of fun challenges were set for families and social gatherings. The Youth work for teenagers and young adults has continued to develop; this provides a positive social environment for young people and helps build confidence, bible studies and socials have run every week and we are thankful for the leaders who faithfully served throughout the year. The church finances increased over the year. This was due to an increase in giving from new and existing members, for which we are thankful. We continued to provide some retirement support to our former pastor, who continues to provide some input to our leaders. The stable financial position enabled the charity to continue employing two Community workers, whose roles started in September 2020 and have now become permanent employees The church support financially local people to alleviate poverty, together with providing support for missionaries overseas. The church also arranged a hamper for a homeless shelter, and Christmas gifts for an orphanage.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

The Trust Deed states that “The Trustees will be jointly responsible with the Spiritual Leadership for the maintaining of a minimum cash balance within the church accounts of £500”. In practice, the trustees typically aim to maintain at least three months of committed expenditure in reserve (estimated as approximately c.£20,000).

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

● the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

● how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

● investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

The income received has mainly been provided through voluntary donations made by members of the public. In addition, further income was received from some of these donations through the Gift Aid scheme.

The expenditure enables the objectives to be fulfilled by sustaining the regular running costs of the charity and particularly by enabling the support of the pastor, which enables others to be trained and the core objectives to be developed. Money is given to several projects across the world to enhance our faith objective and the relief of poverty. International giving is matched in the local communities for relief of poverty and hardship.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) P Wake ord oel Pere f J z

Full name(s) Patrick Wakeford Joel Perez Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair of Trustees Treasurer Date 22/10/2025

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||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Charity Name|No (if any)| |River Church (Orpington)|1121675| |Receipts and payments accounts|CC16a| |For the period|Period start date|Period end date| |To| |from|01/01/2024|31/12/2024| |Section A Receipts and payments| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |Total funds|Last year| |funds|funds|funds| |to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £| |A1 Receipts| |Offertory (Gift Aid Eligible & General)|128,702|-|-|128,702|108,967| |Gift Aid Received|41,711|-|-|41,711|11,433| |Bank Credit Interest|602|-|-|602|2| |Other Gifts, Events, Fundraising & Building|1,990|-|-|1,990|-| |Investment Income|142|-|-|142|179| |-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |Sub total|(Gross income for| |AR)|[ 173,147 ]|-|-|173,147|120,580| |—__-=| |A2 Asset and investment sales,| |(see table).| |Investment Account - Disposals|10,000|-|-|10,000| |-|-|-|-|-| |Sub total|10,000|-|-|10,000|-| |Total receipts|183,147|-|-|183,147|120,580| |==|=| |—|—| |A3 Payments| |Administration|699|-|-|699|1,929| |Insurance & Child Protection|668|-|-|668|1,062| |Community Events & Outreach|2,179|2,179|347| |Kids Work & Youth|3,666|3,666|1,898| |Group Network and Connected Events|3,648|-|-|3,648|3,171| |Salaries, Employment Expenses, and| |Retirement Support of Former Pastor|58,946|58,946|54,247| |Rent, Hall Hire and Building Expenses|27,169|27,169|24,710| |Support of Missionaries, Gifts & Social| |Need|17,746|-|-|17,746|16,880| |IT and Technology|1,862|-|-|1,862|2,098| |Hospitality, General Expenses & Travel|2,944|-|-|2,944|1,441| |Worship, Equipment, Speakers & Training|7,968|-|-|7,968|572| |Other & Misc (e.g. Special Events, Moving| |Costs etc. and Hardship Support)|-|-|-|-|-| |Investment Expenses|324|-|-|324|87| |Sub total|[ 127,821 ]|-|-|127,821|108,441| |A4 Asset and investment| |purchases, (see table)| |Investment Account - Purchases|20,000|-|-|20,000|-| |Investment Account - Reinvested| |Dividends|4|-|-|4|-| |-| |-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |Sub total|[ 20,004 ]|-|-|20,004|-| |—===|Total payments|147,824|-|-|==|147,824|108,441| |Net of receipts/(payments)|35,323|-|- 35,323|12,139| |A5 Transfers between funds|-|- -|-|-| |A6 Cash funds last year end|42,585|- -|42,585|30,446| |Cash funds this year end|==|77,909|-|- 77,909|===|42,585|

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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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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
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B1 Cash funds		 Details
Investment Account
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Gift Aid Claims for 1 October to 31
December 2024 will be processed in 2025,
and will therefore show in next year's
accounts.
Main Bank Account
Cash Box
Investment Account
Details
Details
Equipment e.g. Musical Instruments, Sound
Equipment, Laptop, Projector, Chairs etc.
Details
Reserve Account and Additional Account
Peter Cross
Signature
Joel Perez		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
77,088
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0
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821
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77,909
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OK
OK
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
Unrestricted
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
Unrestricted
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
-
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-
-
-
Print Name
JOEL PEREZ
PETER CROSS		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
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OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
60,113
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-
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-
Current value
(optional)
3,000
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-
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-
-
-
When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
22/10/2025
22/10/2025

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) 202+ Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement of able. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (oèhepth dIse1￿￿) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair. view which is not a rnatter considered as part of an independent examination. 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 accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professlonal qualification(s} or body IER Oct 2018

(if any): Address: Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brlef details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018