Company registration number: 06402268 Charity registration number: 1123715
**DEWSBURY GOSPEL CHURCH TRUSTEES' REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
## **Dewsbury Gospel Church Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' Report|1—4|
|Independent Examiner's Report|5|
|Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)|6|
|Comparative Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)|7|
|Balance Sheet|8|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|9—13|
**Dewsbury Gospel Church Company No. 06402268 Trustees' Report For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Aims and Objectives**
The objectives of the company are for the benefit of the public:
(I) the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the Articles of Faith set out in Article 34 of the Articles of Association including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, by the preaching and proclamation of the Christian Gospel, the teaching of Christian doctrine and principles, pastoral care, the distribution of the Bible and other Christian literature and by all forms of broadcasting media;
(II) the relief of persons who are in conditions of need, hardship and distress or who are aged or sick;
(ill) the advancement of education on the basis of Christian principles;
(IV) the promotion of such other charitable purposes as the Board shall from time to time determine.
## **Significant Activities**
The charity has two main activities carried out through two separate divisions:
·Dewsbury Gospel Church, focusing on the worship and praise of God.
·Branch Christian School, focusing on the education of students equivalent to GCSE and A Level standard in a Christian environment.
## **Public Benefit**
The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
## **Achievements and Performance**
## **Main Achievements**
As of 31 May 2023, the charity operates from a single premise now at the Revival Centre, Dewsbury after the Temperance Hall building at Dewsbury was sold by the Temperance Building charity. The Church continued to lease the Temperance Hall building in Dewsbury until 31 May 2023.
Weekly Sunday services were held along with midweek prayer meetings at the Dewsbury Revival Centre along with various outreach events within the building proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ and providing Christian teaching to the public and opportunity to connect with the community.
Support was once again given to the Children’s Work facilitated by ‘Churches Together in Dewsbury’ and the youth members of the Church in their later teens and early twenties continued to have had the opportunity to meet on a regular basis with their peers from other member churches and community within the group.
Dewsbury Gospel Church continues to fully support "Care Dewsbury", a collaboration of ‘Churches Together in Dewsbury’ – caring for homeless and needy people, especially those with alcohol and drug dependency. The Church has also during the year hosted joint leadership meetings for Churches Together in Dewsbury and have also continued to support the outreach and open-air meetings in Dewsbury Town Centre.
The Church has the main responsibility for the supervision of Branch FM Community radio station with many Church members involved as trustees and volunteers. The interest in and influence of the station continues to grow within the local community through its presentation of good music and various programs.
Branch Christian School continues to operate in the Dewsbury Revival Centre and had 20 students during the year, a similar number of students as in previous years. Students from the school have graduated from and attended various universities including Oxford, Kingston, Leicester, Cardiff, Huddersfield, and Lancaster.
Members of the Church continue to put much time and effort into seeing the premises from which the charity operates serve as places of praise, worship, study, and service for the general community in and around the town of Dewsbury.
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## **Dewsbury Gospel Church Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
## **Financial Review**
## **Financial Position**
During 2024, the charity remained financially stable and saw a net surplus of £11,401 (2023: £67,315) of which £520 was restricted (2023: £600) and £10,881 (2023: £66,715) was unrestricted. Total income for the period was £208,297 (2023: £223,922) against expenditure of £196,896 (2023: £156,608).
The charity ended the year with total funds of £335,435 (2023: £324,034) of which £7,875 (2023: £8,475) were restricted and £326,440 (2023: £315,559) were unrestricted.
## **Reserves Policy**
The charity has no quantified reserves policy in place. however, the Board considers that the level of reserves of the charity at the end of the period is satisfactory.
## **Going Concern**
At the time of signing these accounts the Trustees are of the opinion that the Charity will remain viable for the foreseeable future and therefore these Financial Statements have been prepared on the Going Concern basis.
## **Additional Note**
## _Principal funding sources_
The principal funding sources of the charity remain donations to the Church together with school fees. This funding has been used to support the key objectives of the charity.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
## **Governing Document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and is constituted as a company limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006. The guarantee is limited to £1 per member, who are all directors/trustees of the company.
The trustees (who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006) that served during the year were as follows:
Mr IM Grace Mr J Holt - secretary (appointed Feb 25) Mr JJ Childs Mr MD Farrant (resigned Feb 25) Mr MD Firth Mrs L Cox (resigned Feb 25) Mr SP Hodgson Mr A Adekunle (appointed Apr 25)
## **Trustee Selection Methods**
Trustees are appointed by the incumbent trustees and in accordance with the Articles of Association. When appointing new trustees the Board takes into account that it is practicable to do so, and that new trustees will contribute to the skills and balance of the existing Board.
## **Organisational structure**
While the trustees engage with the operations of the charity at the strategic level the day to day management of the activities of the charity during the year ended 31 December 2024 were delegated by the trustees to Mr S P Hodgson, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, while Mr J J Childs discharges the duties of Pastor of the Church.
All decisions in relation to major expenditure, particularly of a capital nature, are made by the Board of Trustees as are decisions concerning the setting or modification of the charity's aims and objectives. Decisions in relation to day to day operational activities are delegated to Mr S P Hodgson, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, as are decisions concerning the implementation of policies to achieve the charity's aims and objectives.
...CONTINUED
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## **Dewsbury Gospel Church Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
## **Organisational structure - continued**
## _Induction and training of trustees_
The charity has not adopted specific policies for the induction and training of trustees. However the Board are mindful of the need for trustees to keep abreast of developments in company and charity law and best practice.
## **Reference and Administrative Details**
## **Trustees**
Mr IM Grace Mr J Holt - Secretary Mr JJ Childs Mr MD Farrant - Secretary (resigned 28/02/2025) Mr MD Firth Mrs L Cox (resigned 28/02/2025) Dr A Adekunle (appointed 01/04/2025)
## **Charity Number**
1123715
## **Company Number**
06402268
## **Principal Address**
Dewsbury Gospel Church Revival Centre West Park Street Dewsbury West Yorkshire WF13 4LA
## **Independent Examiner**
21 Warnocks Lane Coleraine Co. Londonderry BT52 1TH
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## **Dewsbury Gospel Church Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
## **Small Company Rules**
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees' report was approved by the board of trustees and signed on its behalf by:
04/09/2025
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## **Dewsbury Gospel Church Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Dewsbury Gospel Church For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2024.
## **Responsibilities and Basis of Report**
As the charity trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
## **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:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
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.
04/09/2025 21 Warnocks Lane Coleraine Co. Londonderry BT52 1TH
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## **Dewsbury Gospel Church Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
|**Notes**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
Charitable activities:
Charitable activities
Investments
**4**
Other
**5**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Charitable activities:
**6**
Charitable activities
Other
**NET INCOME**
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:**
Total funds brought forward
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**15**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
164,222
38,095
5,460
-|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
520
-
-
-|**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
164,742
38,095
5,460
-|**2023**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
93,459
126,857
3,482
125|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||207,777|520|208,297|223,923|
||(193,656)
(3,240)|-
-|(193,656)
(3,240)|(152,111)
(4,497)|
||(196,896)|-|(196,896)|(156,608)|
||10,881|520|11,401|67,315|
||10,881
315,559|520
8,475|11,401
324,034|67,315
256,719|
||326,440|8,995|335,435|324,034|
The notes on pages 9 to 13 form part of these financial statements.
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## **Dewsbury Gospel Church Comparative Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
|**Notes**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
Charitable activities:
Charitable activities
Investments
**4**
Other
**5**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Charitable activities:
**6**
Charitable activities
Other
**NET INCOME**
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:**
Total funds brought forward
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**15**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
92,859
126,857
3,482
125|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
600
-
-
-|**2023**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
93,459
126,857
3,482
125|
|---|---|---|---|
||223,323|600|223,923|
||(152,111)
(4,497)|-
-|(152,111)
(4,497)|
||(156,608)|-|(156,608)|
||66,715|600|67,315|
||66,715
248,844|600
7,875|67,315
256,719|
||315,559|8,475|324,034|
The notes on pages 9 to 13 form part of these financial statements.
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**Dewsbury Gospel Church Balance Sheet As At 31 December 2024**
|**Notes**
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible Assets
**10**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Stocks
**11**
Debtors
**12**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
**13**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES)**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due After More Than One**
**Year**
**14**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS OF THE CHARITY**
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**15**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
272,099|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-|**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
272,099|**2023**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
273,099|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||272,099
5,143
13,765
218,321|-
-
-
-|272,099
5,143
13,765
218,321|273,099
4,299
35,335
220,440|
||237,229
(10,799)|-
-|237,229
(10,799)|260,074
(39,693)|
||226,430|-|226,430|220,381|
||498,529|-|498,529|493,480|
||(163,094)|-|(163,094)|(169,446)|
||335,435|-|335,435|324,034|
||||8,995
326,440|8,475
315,559|
||||335,435|324,034|
For the year ending 31 December 2024 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
On behalf of the board
04/09/2025
The notes on pages 9 to 13 form part of these financial statements.
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**Dewsbury Gospel Church Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
## 1. **General Information**
Dewsbury Gospel Church is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England & Wales, registered number 06402268 and registered charity number 1123715. The registered office is Dewsbury Gospel Church Revival Centre, West Park Street, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 4LA.
## 2. **Accounting Policies**
## 2.1. **Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) "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)", Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006.
The charitable company is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
## 2.2. **Incoming Resources**
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.
## 2.3. **Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation**
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of the fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:
Freehold 2% SL on cost and 10% SL on improvements Fixtures & Fittings 15% RB Computer Equipment 33% RB
## 2.4. **Stocks and Work in Progress**
Stocks and work in progress are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value after making due allowance for obsolete and slow-moving stocks.
Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out method. Cost includes all direct costs and an appropriate proportion of fixed and variable overheads.
Work in progress is reflected in the accounts on a contract by contract basis by recording turnover and related costs as contract activity progresses.
At the end of each reporting period stocks are assessed for impairment. If an item of stock is impaired, the identified stock is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell and an impairment charge is recognised in the statement of financial activities. Where a reversal of the impairment is required the impairment charge is reversed, up to the original impairment loss, and is recognised as a credit in the statement of financial activities.
## 2.5. **Cash and Cash Equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and are readily convertible to a known amount of cash with insignificant risk of change in value, and bank overdrafts.
## 3. **Income from Donations and Legacies**
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## **Dewsbury Gospel Church Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
|Donations and gifts
Gift aid
Donations and gifts
Gift aid
4.
**Investment Income**
Bank interest receivable
5.
**Other Income**
Utilities recharged
6.
**Analysis of Expenditure**
Charitable activities
Charitable activities|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
151,820
12,402|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
520
-|**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
152,340
12,402|
|---|---|---|---|
||164,222|520|164,742|
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
82,587
10,272|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
600
-|**2023**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
83,187
10,272|
||92,859|600|93,459|
||**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**£**
109,025|**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
5,460|**2023**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
3,482|
|||**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
-|**2023**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
125|
|||**Support**
**costs**
(see note 7)
**£**
84,631|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
193,656|
||**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**£**
78,793|**Support**
**costs**
(see note 7)
**£**
73,318|**2023**
**Total**
**£**
152,111|
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**Dewsbury Gospel Church Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
## 7. **Support Costs**
|Employee costs
Premises expenses
General administration
Depreciation
Interest payable
Employee costs
Premises expenses
General administration
Depreciation
Interest payable|**2024**
**Charitable**
**activities**
**£**
629
15,416
39,399
15,819
13,368|
|---|---|
||84,631|
||**2023**
**Charitable**
**activities**
**£**
1,693
15,063
34,565
8,875
13,122|
||73,318|
## 8. **Staff Costs**
|8.
**Staff Costs**|||
|---|---|---|
|Staff costs were as follows:
Wages and salaries
Other pension costs|**2024**
**£**
106,391
2,634
109,025|**2023**
**£**
74,624
754|
|||75,378|
No employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for the reporting period of more than £60,000.
## 9. **Average Number of Employees**
Average number of employees during the year was: 6 (2023: 6)
## 10. **Tangible Assets**
|**Cost**
As at 1 January 2024
Additions
As at 31 December 2024|**Land &**
**Property**
**Freehold**
**£**
354,692
14,821|**Fixtures &**
**Fittings**
**£**
25,995
-|**Computer**
**Equipment**
**£**
44,496
-|**Total**
**£**
425,183
14,821|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||369,513|25,995|44,496|440,004|
...CONTINUED
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## **Dewsbury Gospel Church Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
|**Depreciation**
As at 1 January 2024
93,468
Provided during the period
12,952
As at 31 December 2024
106,420
**Net Book Value**
As at 31 December 2024
263,093
As at 1 January 2024
261,224
11.
**Stocks**
Stock
12.
**Debtors**
**Due within one year**
Trade debtors
Other debtors
13.
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
Trade creditors
Bank loans and overdrafts
Taxation and social security
Accruals and deferred income
14.
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due After More Than One Year**
Other loans
15.
**Movement in Funds**
**As at 1**
**January**
**2024**
**£**
**Unrestricted funds**
General:
General unrestricted fund
315,559
**Restricted funds**
K.I.D.S. Church
2,209
School fees fund
3,266|93,468
12,952|17,864
1,469|17,864
1,469|40,754
1,398|152,086
15,819
167,905
272,099
273,097
**2023**
**£**
4,299
**2023**
**£**
33,168
2,167
35,335
**2023**
**£**
474
6,230
969
32,020
39,693
**2023**
**£**
169,446
**As at 31**
**December**
**2024**
**£**
326,440
2,729
3,266
...CONTINUED|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||106,420|19,333||42,152||
||263,093|6,662||2,344||
||261,224|8,131||3,742||
|||**Income**
**£**
207,777
520
-||**2024**
**£**
5,143
**2024**
**£**
13,004
761
13,765
**2024**
**£**
523
6,230
3,874
172
10,799
**2024**
**£**
163,094
**Expenditure**
**£**
(196,896)
-
-||
|||||||
|||||||
|||||||
|||||||
|||||||
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## **Dewsbury Gospel Church Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 December 2024**
|Play area
Development fund
**Total restricted funds**
**Total funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General:
General unrestricted fund
**Restricted funds**
K.I.D.S. Church
School fees fund
Play area
Development fund
**Total restricted funds**
**Total funds**|2,000
1,000|-
-|-
-|2,000
1,000|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||8,475|520|-|8,995|
||||||
||324,034|208,297|(196,896)|335,435|
||**As at 1**
**January**
**2023**
**£**
248,844
2,209
2,666
2,000
1,000|**Income**
**£**
223,323
-
600
-
-|**Expenditure**
**£**
(156,608)
-
-
-
-|**As at 31**
**December**
**2023**
**£**
315,559
2,209
3,266
2,000
1,000|
||7,875|600|-|8,475|
||||||
||256,719|223,923|(156,608)|324,034|
The K.I.D.S. Church fund was established to fund that aspect of the Church's activities.
The Play Area funds have been established to meet the costs of maintenance and upkeep of these aspects of the Church.
The School Fees Fund is a bursary to assist with meeting the costs of providing education to worthy candidates lacking the means to meet the costs of school fees.
The Development fund is intended to further school development through means including, but not limited to, the purchase of materials or other expenditure such as training programmes.
## 16. **Related Party Disclosures**
During the year remuneration has been paid to wives and close family members of some of the trustees as employees of the charity. Remuneration is paid below the market rate for the positions they hold as part-time employees of the charity. The balance of the time required to fulfil the duties of their employment is donated by them to the charity. The trustees and the remuneration paid are:
- Mrs V Farrant, teacher at Branch Christian School, wife of Mr M D Farrant: £10,613 (2023: £11,078).
- Mrs J E Holt, Headteacher at Branch Christian School, wife of Mr J Holt: £15,321 (2023: £17,894).
## 17. **Company limited by guarantee**
The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital.
Every member of the company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company, in the event of a winding up, such an amount as may be required not exceeding £1.
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