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NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON)

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED

31 March 2025

Charity Number: 1123257 Company Number: 6484891

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON)

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED

31 March 2025

Contents Page
Reference and administrative details 1
Trustees' Report 2-7
Auditor’s Report 8-11
Statement of Financial Activities 12
Balance Sheet 13
Statement of Cash Flows 14-15
Notes to the Financial Statements 16-30
Detailed Income and Expenditure 31-32

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON) REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025

Trustees Non-Trustee Elders Non-Trustee Elders
Mr Adetayo Aderemi (Non-Elder) Mr Frederick Asante Mr Chris James
Mr Chima Amiaka (Secretary) Mr James Beatt(appt: 30/8/24) Mr Ian James(Retired 5/9/24)
Mrs Cynthia Caiquo (Non-Elder) Mr Tim Coales Mr Isaac Kironde(Retired 11/11/24)
Dr Olukunle Onabolu (Chairman) Dr Peter Debrah-Mensah Mr William McCabe
Mr Neville Pinto (Retired 17/3/25) Mr Gerald Huston Mr D Kofi Sunu
Mr Mark Rossell
Mr Tony Sokan

The liability in the event of a winding up does not exceed £1. At the first general meeting, all the members shall retire but shall be entitled to stand for re-election. Thereafter, each Trustee shall be appointed to serve for a period of three years.

Registered office: 5 Cairo New Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 1XP

Auditors Solicitors
Xeinadin Audit Limited Russell-Cooke Solicitors
5 Robin Hood Lane 2 Putney Hill
Sutton London
Surrey SM1 2SW SW15 6AB
Bankers
The Co-operative Bank Charity Bank Clydesdale Bank
91 George Street Fosse House 154 - 158 Kensington High St
Croydon 182 High Street London
Surrey Tonbridge W8 7RL
CR9 3QT TN9 1BE

Insignis Asset Management Aldermore Santander Nationwide Hampshire Trust OakNorth United Trust Bank Charter Savings Cambridge & Counties Bank Recognise Bank Sainsbury’s Bank GB Bank Investec

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NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON)

TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025

The Trustees are pleased to present their report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Reference and administrative details set out on page 1 form part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements and the Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Structure, governance and management

The New Life Christian Centre (Croydon) was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in the United Kingdom on 28[th] January 2008 with company number 6484891 and is registered with the Charity Commission with number 1123257. The Centre operates from its premises at Cairo New Road, Croydon, CR0 1XP.

The Elders are the leaders of the church. They ensure the vision, values and objects of the church are maintained. They have delegated authority to the Trustees who act as company directors for Companies Act purposes. New trustees are exclusively appointed by the existing trustees from amongst those who have been serving in a leadership capacity for some years. Such appointments are confirmed at annual general meetings of the charity. The governance and management of the charity are delegated to and implemented by every one of the Trustees jointly. With two exceptions, all the trustees are elders. The Elders meet fortnightly to pray, receive reports, evaluate how the church is doing and make decisions as appropriate.

Trustee Induction and Training

New Trustees are given an induction and provided with an information pack of NLCC leaflets that includes our values and ministries; the Memorandum and Articles of Association for the Company; and guidance notes (Charity Commission document CC3 "Essential Trustee") about being a Trustee and about the work of the Charity. They are also given our Conflict of Interest policy as well as Trustees Declaration form to complete, sign and return.

We confirm to the best of our belief that these accounts comply with the relevant statutory requirements, our governing document and the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (2019) FRS 102. Elders are still meeting fortnightly, and separate trustees’ meetings are also held bi-monthly to carry out their responsibilities on behalf of the charity. The trustees normally seek to reach a consensus on all matters before implementing their decisions. The trustees are aware of the need to assess the risks to which the charity may be exposed and the potential impact they could have. As all but two of the trustees are elders, the fortnightly meetings of the elders enable us to identify risks to be addressed, and trustees’ meetings are held to deal with these without undue delay.

Objectives and activities

Our Memorandum of Association declares that our objects are:

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NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON)

TRUSTEES REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025 (continued)

The fellowship has been operating in Croydon for more than 87 years and has grown into a thriving church comprising people of many different ages, nationalities and cultural backgrounds. The church seeks to impact the local community and further afield with the truths of the Kingdom of God. We are committed to making our church very accessible to all who wish to worship with us and become part of us. We are particularly keen for people from the local community to join us. To this end, we provide a wide range of activities for people of all ages each on our premises here in Croydon, including an independent Ofsted-Registered Pre-School.

It is our aim to take care, pastorally, of all those who are part of our church community, especially those who are advanced in years, those who are sick and those who request help and guidance. We have paid workers as well as volunteer helpers who assist in all these activities and visit those who are unable to get about.

All these activities are geared towards public benefit, as the trustees have always adhered to and continue to adhere to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

Grant Making Decisions

In keeping with our objectives to share the gospel of Jesus Christ further afield, we actively and financially support many missionaries and mission projects in countries across Europe, Africa and Asia.

The primary aim of our grant-making policy is to provide missions support to individuals and institutions. Consistent with our primary objective of proclaiming and furthering the gospel of God, additional grants are made to individuals for the relief of their immediate financial needs. Our practice is mainly to support those individuals and institutions with whom we have established good relationships over the years and whose effective involvement in the purposes of the charity has the confidence of the trustees.

Reserves

The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately three months’ unrestricted charitable expenditure. The trustees consider that this level will provide sufficient funds to respond to applications for grants and ensure that support and governance costs are covered.

The balance held as unrestricted funds at year end was £2,534,244 (2024: £2,453,375), of which £680,600 (2024: £666,307) are regarded as free reserves, after allowing for funds tied up in tangible fixed assets. Restricted funds balance at the end of the year was £128,531 (2024: £113,699), bringing the total funds balance at the year end to £2,662,775 (2024: £2,567,074). Actual three months’ cash payments totalled £342,160 (2024: £316,476). The current level of reserves is therefore higher than what is needed.

Remuneration of key management personnel

The trustees and elders listed on page 1 and the Executive Board (made up of the Heads of Departments and the Financial Controller) are the key management personnel in charge of directing, controlling, running and operating the charity on a day-to-day basis. All trustees (directors) give of their time freely; however, one is employed in a

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TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025 (continued)

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different capacity and his remuneration and related party transactions are disclosed together with those of the other key management personnel in Note 14 to the accounts.

The pay of senior staff, together with all other staff members, is reviewed annually. In view of the nature of the charity, the directors benchmark against pay levels in other charities of a similar size and activity.

Achievements and performance

This last year was another year of consolidation and growth throughout the church. Attendance at our Sunday morning service continues to increase and it has been especially encouraging to see an increasing number of young adults join our church family. We have continued to live-stream our Sunday morning services, with each service being viewed on hundreds of devices.

Despite the continued challenging financial climate, financial giving to New Life has remained consistent.

Our youth work was significantly impacted this year, by the continued absence of our youth worker Ryan Bedward, who suffered a serious stroke in March 2024. He is recovering slowly but has been unable to return to work. His co-worker wife Izzy has also been absent for most of the year as she continues to support his recovery. We had to run the youth ministry using other staff and volunteers which was not easy, but towards the end of the year agreed a new more sustainable structure which has now been implemented.

The work with children and young people continues to grow. Our youth went on their annual Easter camp, returning at the start of the financial year and our children went on their now annual summer camp too. Our Pre-School continues to grow, and we continued to develop further our links with the local community through ministries like our Noah’s Ark parent/toddler group and our ‘Bubble Time’ activity morning for children and their parents. We also had a busy Christmas season which included a theatre production and our carol services, all of which were heavily subscribed by church members and the local community.

We have continued to run various mid-week courses for people inside and outside the church, which were well attended. Our missions work both here in the UK and overseas continues. We also continue to engage closely with other local churches and civic bodies including police, elected mayor and local councillors.

During the year we ran an Alpha course for those exploring Christianity, a discipleship course - Growing as a Christian, as well as a one-day conference for men 16 year and over. There were the usual activities in the year for the various age groups – Rendezvous, our weekly lunch-time club for the over 60s, Ladies Breakfast meetings, Men’s Activities, Young Adults activities, Youth activities, Children’s Activities as well as several prayer meetings and connect group meetings, some at the Centre and others hosted by church members in their homes.

We have continued to make improvements to the main hall, including new house and stage lighting and also refurbished our cellar area, making it a more practical space. These improvements have been well received by our church family.

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TRUSTEES REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025 (continued)

As well as in-house preachers, we benefitted from the ministry of guest preachers like Nathanael Edwards, Louise Bunce (Bunty), John Edwards, JC Alzamora and Stephen Bryars.

Sadly, our much-loved pastoral assistant, Les Petken, who had been off work for some time due to illness passed away. His loss obviously impacted the whole church and also increased the workload on the pastoral team. A process of re-organising the pastoral work of New Life is in progress.

Going Concern

There are no issues affecting the company’s status as a going concern.

Financial review

The total funds carried forward at the end of the year by New Life Christian Centre (Croydon) have increased by £95,701 (2024: £127,893). The effect of the general financial turbulence throughout the country on the Centre continues to be closely monitored by the trustees, especially since most of our income is voluntary. We continue to help those members of our congregation who have been adversely affected by the current economic climate through various ways, including our Pastoral Care, Christians Against Poverty (CAP) Debt Centre, Storehouse, which helps church members in financial need, as well as Operation Christmas Angel, where we distributed food vouchers to those in need both within the church and in the community.

This year, grants amounting to £125,458 (2024: £130,022) were granted to individuals and institutions. A review of our grant funding policy is on-going with a view to ensuring effective use of our funding and improved accountability.

The trustees would like to take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to contribute to the life of the Centre. It is estimated that we have about 300 volunteers altogether rotating in various frequencies. On a weekly basis, there are about 100 of them actively involved in the different activities at the Centre.

The Scheme of Delegated Authorities continues to be applied at all levels of the organisation and is monitored by the Executive Board. Any Head of Department can raise an issue, that might exceed their delegated authority, at an Executive Board meeting, and the Board will then reach a decision that is within its remit or escalate the matter to the Trustees for ultimate determination.

Most of the donations continue to come in electronically, with very few cheques and cash being handed in at the Centre. The risk associated with handling of cash is therefore mostly reduced. No incidents of theft or fraud occurred during the year.

Plans for future periods

We intend to continue with the rest of the identified improvements according to their priority. As these improvements involve considerable levels of finance, the work continues to be carried out phase by phase as funds become available.

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TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025 (continued)

We are looking at practical ways we can accommodate the increasing number of people attending on a Sunday and have recently engaged architects to explore how we can expand the property and make better use of our space.

Many of the current missionaries we support have retired or are retiring. We are therefore reviewing our missions’ strategy including how we can engage more effectively with our local community.

The Directors still seek to appoint more trustees with appropriate skill sets.

Other objectives include:

Risk

The Trustees review the charity’s current and planned future activities in the light of any major risks arising from time to time and the effectiveness of systems and procedures designed to manage them. The principal risks and uncertainties currently facing the charity are considered to be the loss of income, the management of our property stock, and the loss of key staff. Our plans and strategies for managing risks include consulting with external professional organisations and individuals, maintaining effective internal controls, risk registers, incident reporting and monitoring systems and insurance cover where appropriate.

Statement of fundraising practice

In the year 2024/25, New Life Christian Centre (Croydon) engaged in fundraising in the form of receiving free-will offerings/donations, some of which were gift-aided, from members of our fellowship. However, we did not contract the services of any professional fundraisers as defined by section 58 of the Charities Act 1992. Other than publicly inviting an offering at every service, we do not engage in persistent or intrusive fundraising practices with any of our donors, including vulnerable people, and we never have private or coercive discussions with individuals about their giving. Our fundraising practices are ethical and in accordance with Biblical principles. No complaints were received about our fundraising practices.

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NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON) TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ST MARCH 2025 Icontinuedl Trustees. responsibilities The trustees, who are also directors of NLCC Icroydonl for the purposes of company law, are responsible for preparing the Trustees, Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards {United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). Company law requ ires the trustees to prepare f inancial statements for each f inancial year which give a true and fai r view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to.. Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently., observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP., make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent., state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements,. prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue its operations. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention of fraud and other irregularities. Disclosure of information to auditors To the knowledge and belief of the Trustees, there is no relevant information that the charity's auditors are not aware of, and the Trustees have taken all the steps necessary to ensure the Trustees are aware of any relevant information, and to establish that the charity's auditors are aware of the information. The minutes of all Trustees, meetings held during the accounting year have been made available to the auditors, and any questions they have raised arising from those minutes have been answered. Auditors A resolution will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting that Xeinadin Audit Limited be re-appointed auditors of the charity. The above report is prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies. regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. ON BEHALF OF E TRUSTEES 22 July 2025 O Onabolu

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

TO THE MEMBERS OF NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON)

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of New Life Christian Centre (Croydon) (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and the notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, including the trustees’ report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

TO THE MEMBERS OF

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON) (continued)

Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ report included with the trustees' report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement, the trustees' (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

TO THE MEMBERS OF

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON) (continued)

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Based on our understanding of the charity, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to charity and employment legislation, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Charities Act 2011.

We assessed the susceptibility of the charity's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by making enquiries of management, considering the internal controls in place and discussion amongst the engagement team.

We determined that the principal risks were related to presentation of separately disclosed items and management override of controls.

In response to the risks identified we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation, identifying and testing journal entries, reviewing Trustees’ meeting minutes and evaluating the charity’s internal controls.

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations

are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: http://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE {CROYDON) {continued) Use of our report This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and regulations made under that Act. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are reqLJired to state to them in an auditors, report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and its members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. Miriam Hickson FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Xeinadin Audit Limited Statutory Auditor Chartered Accountants 5 Robin Hood Lane Sutton Surrey SM1 2SW Dated..

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON)

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (including income and expenditure account)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025

Note
Income and endowments from
Donations and legacies
Investments
Charitable activities-Pre-School
Charitable activities-Other

Expenditure on
2
Charitable activities-Pre-School
Charitable activities-Other
Total expenditure
Net income / (expenditure) for the year
3
Transfers between funds
10
Net Movement in Funds
Reconciliation of Funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 2025 Total
£
1,097,523
32,669
176,454
20,379
1,327,025
120,224
1,111,100
1,231,324
95,701
-
95,701
2,567,074
2,662,775		 2024
Unrestricted
£
1,054,203
32,669
176,454
20,379
1,283,705

120,224
1,082,612
1,202,836
80,869
-
80,869
2,453,375
2,534,244		 Restricted
£
43,320
-
-
-
43,320
-
28,488
28,488
14,832
-
14,832
113,699
128,531		 Unrestricted
£
1,063,628
27,478
148,390
20,095
1,259,591
110,070
1,025,387
1,135,457
124,134
1,006
125,140
2,328,235
2,453,375		 Restricted
£
21,266
-
-
-
21,266
-
17,507
17,507
3,759
(1,006)
2,753
110,946
113,699		 Total
£
1,084,894
27,478
148,390
20,095
1,280,857
110,070
1,042,894
1,152,964
127,893
-
127,893
2,439,181
2,567,074

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NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE {CROYDON) BALANCE SHEET COMPANY NUMBER: 6484891 AS AT 31 March 2025 2025 2024 Note Fixed assets Tangible assets 1,853,643 1,787,068 Current assets Debtors 141,733 254,937 510,000 87,703 421,012 340,000 Cash at bank and in hand Cash Investments 906,670 848,715 Current liabilities Creditors.. Amounts falling due within one year 97,538 68,709 Net current assets 809,132 780,006 Total assets less current liabilities Creditors: Amounts falling due after one year 2,662,775 2,567,074 Net assets 2,662,775 2,567,074 Reserves Restricted income funds 10a 128,531 113,699 Unrestricted income funds 10b 2,534,244 2,453,375 Total charity funds 2,662.775 2,S67.074 These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies, regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. Approved by the Trustees on 22 July 2025 and signed on their behalf by.. O Onabolu Trustee T Sokan Trustee

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON)

COMPANY NUMBER: 6484891

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025

Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities:
Capital Repayments
Interest Paid
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting
period
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the
reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting
period		 2025
£
78,556

32,669

-
(107,300)

(74,631)


-
-
-
3,925
761,012
764,937		 2024
Note
£
120,837Table 1
27,478
-
(100,436)
(72,958)
-
-
-
47,879
713,133
761,012Table 2

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NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON)

COMPANY NUMBER: 6484891

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025 (continued)

Table 1: Reconciliation of net income/(expenditure) to net cash flow from operating activities

Net income/(expenditure) for the reporting period (as
per the statement of financial activities)
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Interest Paid
(Surplus) on the sale of fixed assets
(Increase)/decrease in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
Table 2: Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
Cash in hand
Cash investments
Total cash and cash equivalents		 2025
£
95,701

40,725
(32,669)
-
-
(54,030)
28,829
78,556
2025
£
254,937
510,000
764,937		 2024
£
127,893
40,933
(27,478)
-
-
5,147
(25,658)
120,837
2024
£
421,012
340,000
761,012

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

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

a. Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared under the Companies Act 2006 and in accordance with the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS 102). The financial statements are drawn up on the historical cost basis of accounting. The financial statements are prepared in Sterling, which is the financial currency of the charity, rounded to the nearest £.

New Life Christian Centre (Croydon), charity number 1123257, meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. It is a company limited by guarantee whose registered office is at 5 Cairo New Road, Croydon, CR0 1XP.

b. Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, on the basis that no material uncertainties exist that cast significant doubt upon the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of one year from the date of approval of the financial statements.

The Trustees have paid particular attention to the likely effects on the Charity of inflationary pressures and the challenging economic situation, which may impact our congregation and their giving. We are confident that the Charity has sufficient resources to enable it to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

c. Income

All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount of income receivable can be reliably measured.

d. Expenditure

Expenditure is accrued as soon as a liability is considered probable, and is apportioned between direct, grant and support costs as follows:

e. Debtors

Grants receivable and other debtors are included at the settlement amount due. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid.

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NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025 (continued)

g. Creditors and provisions

h. Depreciation

Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, apart from freehold properties, at rates calculated to write off their cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset over its expected useful life.

The useful economic life and holding value of freehold property are so great that depreciation is immaterial and so is not charged.

i. Operating leases

There were no operating leases.

j. Pension scheme arrangements

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and a stakeholder pension scheme. Pension costs are accounted for as the contributions are made.

k. Finance leases

There were no assets held under finance lease.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025 (continued)

Note 2: Expenditure on Charitable Activities:

Expenditure
Salaries
Buildings & Accommodation
Internet
Telephone
Printing & Stationery
Missionary Fund
Transport
Ministry Trips
Gifts
Catering
Activity Groups
IT Support
Sundry
Depreciation
 2025 Total
£
731,317
67,816
4,685
3,534
4,350
125,673
736
2,315
4,683
9,032
64,113
6,528
15,000
40,725
1,080,507		 2024 2024
Activities
Undertaken
Directly
£
522,731
67,816
4,685
3,534
4,350
736
2,315
4,683
9,032
64,113
6,528
15,000
40,725
746,248		 Grant
Funding
Activities
£
-
-
-
-
-
125,458
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
125,458		 Support
Costs
£
208,586
-
-
-
-
215
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
208,801		 Activities
Undertaken
Directly
£
469,374
58,311
4,244
3,977
15,580
-
679
1,569
8,065
9,930
59,368
9,303
19,513
40,933
700,846		 Grant
Funding
Activities
£
-
-
-
-
-
130,022
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
130,022		 Support
Costs
£
182,092
-
-
-
-
6,298
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
188,390		 Total
£
651,466
58,311
4,244
3,977
15,580
136,320
679
1,569
8,065
9,930
59,368
9,303
19,513
40,933
1,019,258

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025 (continued)

Pre-School
Salaries
Other Costs
Governance Costs
Management and
Administration
Legal and Professional
Audit and Accountancy


Total		 2025 Total
£
111,563
8,661
120,224
1,200,731
69
23,192
7,332
30,593
1,231,324		 2024 2024
Activities
Undertaken
Directly
£
111,563
8,661
120,224
866,472
-
-
-
-
866,472		 Grant
Funding
Activities
£
-
-
-
125,458
-
-
-
-
125,458		 Support
Costs
£
-
-
-
208,801
69
23,192
7,332
30,593
239,394		 Activities
Undertaken
Directly
£
104,789
5,280
110,069
810,915
-
-
-
-
810,915		 Grant
Funding
Activities
£
-
-
-
130,022
-
-
-
-
130,022		 Support
Costs
£
-
-
-
188,390
48
15,723
7,866
23,637
212,027		 Total
£
104,789
5,280
110,069
1,129,327
48
15,723
7,866
23,637
1,152,964

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025 (continued)

3 Net Income/(Expenditure) for the Year
2025
£
This is stated after charging:
Depreciation
40,725
Auditors' Remuneration
7,332
4 Staff Costs
2025
£
Salaries & Wages
690,940
Social Security costs
60,537
Pension
47,610
799,087
Benefits in kind
28,943
828,030
2025
No.
The average monthly number of employees during the period was
made up as follows:
24
There were no employees with emoluments of £60,000 per annum or more.
5 Trustees' Emoluments
2025
£
Emoluments
50,977
Company Contributions to money purchase pension schemes
4,131
55,108
No. of Trustees accruing benefits under Co Pension schemes
2025
1		 2024
£
40,933
7,866
2024
£
632,798
54,147
43,941
730,886
18,162
749,048
2024
No.
22
2024
£
49,334
4,001
53,335
2024
1

6 Taxation

The charity is exempt from taxation on its charitable activities.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025 (continued)

7 FIXED ASSETS

Fixtures Office & Music &
Freehold & computer media Mobile Other
property fittings equipment equipment Phone equipment Total
£ £ £ £ £ £ £
Cost
As at 1st April 2024 1,461,581 395,219 28,077 71,067 189 7,573 1,963,706
Additions - 93,278 7,214 2,525 - 4,283 107,300
Disposals - - - - - - -
As at 31st March 2025 1,461,581 488,497 35,291 73,592 189 11,856 2,071,006
Depreciation
As at 31st March 2024 - 107,166 23,829 44,433 189 1,021 176,638
Charge for year - 27,660 2,774 9,055 - 1,236 40,725
Released on Disposal - - - - - - -
As at 31st March 2025 - 134,826 26,603 53,488 189 2,257 217,363
Net book value
As at 31st March 2025 1,461,581 353,671 8,688 20,104 - 9,599 1,853,643
As at 31st March 2024 1,461,581 288,053 4,248 26,634 - 6,552 1,787,068

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025 (continued)

LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON)
ES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025 (continued)
8Debtors
Trade Debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Other Debtors
9Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
Trade Creditors
Accruals & deferred income
Taxation & Social Security
Other Creditors		 2025
£
4,660
74,582
62,491
141,733
2025
£
33,559
39,622
17,632
6,725
97,538		 2024
£
4,076
35,395
48,232
87,703
2024
£
27,862
17,047
16,907
6,893
68,709

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025 (continued)

10 FUNDS FUNDS
Balance as Balance as Balance as
at 1st Apr at 31st at 31st Mar
(a) Restricted 2023 Transfers Income Expenditure Mar 2024 Transfers Income Expenditure 2025
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
Ukraine Support 3,951 - 13 - 3,964 - 75 - 4,039
Life Support - - - - - - 1,920 1,920 -
Louise Bunce (Bunty) 180 - 360 540 - - 360 360 -
Star of Hope 75 - 150 190 35 - 150 - 185
Across The Bridge (C
Woods) 290 - 600 890 - - 600 600 -
SLAWA 22 - 294 316 - - 3,006 3,006 -
Sarah Rossell,
missionary abroad 375 - 750 1,125 - - 750 750 -
Barnabas Ministries 30 - - - 30 - - - 30
LifeSpring International 65 - 120 185 - - 120 70 50
Storehouse 6,823 - 5,128 5,106 6,845 - 4,443 4,406 6,882
African Child Trust 280 - 111 391 - - 650 650 -
F A Roxburgh - - - - - - 2,444 2,344 100
Sponsor-a-chair - (406) 406 - - - - - -
Bedwards - - - - - - 6,310 844 5,466
COP Samanbo - - - - - - 5,000 5,000 -
ACTS 435 - - 600 400 200 - - - 200
J C Alzamora - - - - - - 100 100 -
Conference - (600) 600 - - - - - -

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025 (continued)

10FUNDS(continued)

Restricted


REGENERATE – Building
Fund

Deaf Ministry

Pastoral Care

Music Department

Rendezvous

Children’s Activities

Children’s Trips

Christmas (OCA,
Hampers, etc)

Youth Activities

Youth Camps

Noah’s Ark

Healing On The Streets
(HOTS)

Christians Against
Poverty (CAP) Centre

Legacy to Children		 Balance as
at 1st Apr
2023
Transfers
Income
Expenditure
Balance as
at 31st
Mar 2024
Transfers
Income
Expenditure
Balance as
at 31st Mar
2025
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
65,061
-
-
-
65,061
-
-
-
65,061
40
-
-
-
40
-
20
-
60
4,070
-
688
2,036
2,722
-
750
300
3,172
492
-
125
-
617
-
-
-
617
-
-
10
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
100
100
-
-
10
-
10
556
-
1,791
427
1,920
-
956
-
2,876
-
-
6,007
4,740
1,267
-
5,986
5,445
1,808
2,602
-
120
-
2,722
-
-
-
2,722
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,680
-
5,680
63
-
-
-
63
-
-
-
63
186
-
-
-
186
-
-
-
186
4,627
-
2,371
1,001
5,997
-
3,307
2,534
6,770
21,158
-
922
50
22,030
-
683
159
22,554
110,946
(1,006)
21,266
17,507
113,699
-
43,320
28,488
128,531

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025 (continued)

Ukraine Support is funds to support the people of Ukraine and those who are helping them following the Russian attack.

Life Support is a charity with a mission to serve those in need in developing countries by providing food, shelter, education, training and employment.

Louise Bunce (known as Bunty) is a worldwide missionary.

Star of Hope is a humanitarian organisation in Bulgaria, founded by the late Emilia Manolova, a former student of our former Bible School.

Across The Bridge is the umbrella for Chas and Nicola Woods’ ministry with Mahabba, Pastoral support of overseas missionaries and Prayer ministry that reaches out to people of other faiths.

SLAWA (South London African Women Association) is a charity founded by one of our church members to support refugee women and their

families.

Sarah Rossell is involved in an English Language School.

Barnabas Ministries are involved in the training of Christian leaders in Kenya.

LifeSpring International runs a school that they built in Chingola, Zambia, for children who would not otherwise be able to go to school. The Storehouse (formerly Open Hands) fund provides support for those in financial need.

African Child Trust supports widows and orphans in 7 African countries.

F A Roxburgh is a lady who had need for medical care for her son.

Sponsor-a-Chair was an appeal made to help purchase new chairs. The transfer during last year was with the permission of the donors as part payment of the chairs.

Bedwards - a couple of the church (and employees). Ryan suffered a stroke and the fund is monies received from well wishers for the couple for his care and support.

COP Samanbo – funds were to help with building projects and the provision of health and educational supplies in this very poor region in Ghana. ACTS 435 – funds received for the purchase of furniture and home appliances for members of the congregation.

J C Alzamora – a guest speaker with a powerful, prophetic teaching ministry.

Conference – a restricted contribution towards a conference. The transfer during last year was with the permission of the donor, as part payment of the conference expenses.

REGENERATE is our proposed redevelopment of NLCC site. Funds were raised for the Planning Permission.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025 (continued)

Deaf Ministry – funds given specifically for our Deaf Ministry

Pastoral Care: started by a terminally ill member of the church, this these funds are for helping our congregation members who need pastoral care. Music Department: specifically for use by the music department. The transfer during last year was to purchase speakers as specified by the fund. Rendezvous is an activity group for the elderly.

Children’s Activities are Power House and other activities.

Children’s Trips: donations towards Children’s Trips.

Christmas (OCA, Hampers etc) is a fund that was collected to give Christmas Hampers and gifts out to the needy.

Youth Activities: funds given specifically for use by the Youth Department.

Youth Camps: donations towards Youth camps.

Noah’s Ark is a parent and toddler group.

Healing On The Streets (HOTS) is a group of Christians that go into the streets to prayer for people who want healing. Christians Against Poverty (CAP) fund is for our Centre Manager to use to provide for CAP clients. The Legacy to Children was left for the work of children by the late Alice McDonald.

10 (b) Unrestricted

Unrestricted
Designated
Undesignated		 Balance as
at 1st Apr
2023
Transfers
Income
Expenditure
Balance as
at 31st
Mar 2024
Transfers
Income
Expenditure
Balance as
at 31st Mar
2025
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
56,401
205
138,455
131,089
63,972
122,220
4,124
110,413
79,903
2,271,834
801
1,121,136
1,004,368
2,389,403
(122,220)
1,279,581
1,092,423
2,454,341
2,328,235
1,006
1,259,591
1,135,457
2,453,375
-
1,283,705
1,202,836
2,534,244

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025 (continued)

11 NET ASSETS The balances carried forward on the various funds are held as follows:






Restricted funds

Unrestricted funds
 Fixed
Assets
2024
Other Net
Assets
2024
£
£
-
113,699
1,787,068
666,307
1,787,068
780,006		 Total
2024
£
113,699
2,453,375
2,567,074		 Fixed
Assets
2025
Other Net
Assets
2025
£
£
-
128,351
1,853,643
680,601
1,853,643
809,132		 Total
2025
£
128,351
2,534,244
2,662,775

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12 OPERATING LEASES

There were no operating lease charges for the year:
2025
£
Hire of plant and machinery:
-
There are no future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases:
2025
£
Within one year
-
between 1 and five years
-
Total
-		 2024
£
-
2024
£
-
-
-

13 PENSION SCHEME ARRANGEMENTS

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and a stakeholder pension scheme. The assets of the schemes are held separately from those of the charity in independently administered funds. The pension cost charge represents the contributions paid by the charity to the funds and amounted to £47,610 (2024: £43,941).

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025 (continued)

14 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Trustees

During the period, trustees and persons with a family connection received the following amounts from the charity as a result of their employment by the charity:

2025 2024
£ £
Trustee
GrossRemuneration
M Rossell 50,977 49,334
Pension
M Rossell 4,131 4,001
Benefits
M Rossell 3,201 1,314

All payments made to the trustees were as provided for in Paragraph 26 of the Articles of Association of the charity.

No trustees claimed any expenses relating to their role as trustees (2024: none). One trustee claimed expenses of £770 (2024: £2,238) in their role as an employee.

During the year, total unrestricted income of £16,991 (2024: £16,189) was received from trustees. There was a total of £645 restricted donations received from trustees (2024: £501).

Key Management Personnel

In addition to the above, total employee benefits to non-trustee key management personnel during the year was £321,077 (2024: £286,075). Relatives of non-trustee key management personnel received employee benefits of £80,877 (2024: £61,475). During last year, a non-trustee key management personnel member received a loan with the interest rate of 1% above Barclays Bank base rate. At the year end, the balance was £29,356 (2024: £11,200).

Grants

Grants totalling £8,150 made up of £7,500 regular support and £650 restricted donations (2024: £9,391 made up of £7,500 regular support, £750 Missions Conference gift, £750 one-off 20th anniversary gift and £391 restricted donations) were made to the African Child Trust during the year. The trustees Olukunle Onabolu and Chima Amiaka are also trustees of this organisation.

Grants totalling £6,750 made up of £6,000 regular support and £750 restricted donations (2024: £8,217 made up of £6,000 regular support, £1,092 Missions Conference gift and travel costs and £1,125 restricted donations) were made to Sarah Rossell (a sister of Mark Rossell, a Trustee of this organisation) during the year. A grant of £2,500 (2024: Nil) was made to David Rossell (the father of Mark Rossell).

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025 (continued)

Lease

40 Tamworth Road was leased to the African Child Trust from 7[th] November 2014 for £6,988/year until 7[th] November 2024 when it was increased to £7,987/year. The trustees Olukunle Onabolu and Chima Amiaka are also trustees of this organisation.

15 GRANTS PAYABLE

GRANTS PAYABLE
All grants were made from the Church. They may be analysed as follows:
Individuals (see note 15(a))
Institutions (see note 15(b))		 2025
£
86,074
39,384
125,458		 2024
£
102,955
27,067
130,022

(a) Individuals

During the year, grants totalling £86,074 (2024: £102,955) in aggregate were made to a total of 46 (2024: 46) individuals. The grants were made for the following purposes:

No. of
grants
Purpose
Missions Support
12
Relief of Financial Need
20		 2025
No. of
grants
£
81,669
15
4,405
67
86,074		 2024
£
97,850
5,105
102,955

(b) Grants to Institutions

During the period, grants totalling £39,384 (2024: £27,067) in aggregate were made to the following institutions. The purpose of all grants to institutions was Missions Support.

2025
Institutions
No.
African Child Trust
13
Central African Mission
4

COP - Samanbo
4
Life Support
7
LifeSpring International
1

Pakistan Bible Society
1

Reaching Higher
1
SLAWA
18
Star of Hope Foundation
3
2024
£
No.
£
8,150
15
9,391
2,000
6
2,805
6,500
-
-
8,620
6
6,344
70
1
185
323
-
-
1,000
-
-
7,906
16
2,166
4,815
10
6,176
39,384
27,067
2024
£
No.
£
8,150
15
9,391
2,000
6
2,805
6,500
-
-
8,620
6
6,344
70
1
185
323
-
-
1,000
-
-
7,906
16
2,166
4,815
10
6,176
39,384
27,067
27,067

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