Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date
Period end date
Day Month Year Day Month Year From 06 04 2024 To 05 04 2025
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name
Radnor Walk Congregational Church
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) ~~i~~ 1126827
Charity's principal address
C/O 9 Hyde Park Crescent
London Postcode W2 2PY
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Ann Batey | |||
| Michael Phillips | Chairman | ||
| Glenys Earnshaw | |||
| Manon Browning | |||
| Glesni Thomas | |||
| ~~po~~ | ~~po~~ | ~~po~~ | ~~po~~ |
| ~~po~~ | ~~po~~ | ~~po~~ | ~~po~~ |
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Type of adviser | Name Address |
Name Address |
|---|---|---|
| Accountant | Affinia | 19thFloor, 1 Westfield Avenue, London, E20 1HZ |
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
TRUST DEED Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) TRUST How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Trustees Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
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| The object of the Deed of Trust dated 30 January 1880 relating to Radnor | |
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| Walk Congregational Chapel was to provide Protestant Dissenter | |
| members with premises in Radnor Walk, Chelsea, London for the Public | |
| Worship of God and similar purposes. | |
| Summary of the objects of the | Whilst the original Church building in Chelsea has been sold, the Church |
| charity set out in its | continues to operate. Its members worship as part of a combined church |
| governing document | with two other churches in a building on EastCastle Street, London W1. |
| This is known as Eglwys Cymraeg Canol Llundain. The Trust supports | |
| the running of this Church alongside other organisation that operate in | |
| support of the original remit relating to Welsh language Christian worship | |
| and education. | |
| When undertaking our activities for the year the Trustees have | |
| Summary of the main | considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit. |
| 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 |
The Trust has continued to support the operational running of the Church in EastCastle Street having entered into a sharing agreement with two other Welsh Churches. The church building continues to need investment in order to retain it in good working order. It is also likely to need some significant investment in the coming years. |
| issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit) |
In addition, the Trustees have supported other institutions and causes in London which relate to Welsh language education and worship. |
| Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information) |
The charity employs the services of Brown Shipley, investment specialists in maintaining and managing their portfolio to ensure that the risk of Trustees managing the funds/conflicts of interest are greatly reduced. We are now operating an income mandate following the advice of Brown Shipley.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
Following significant investments and costs in the previous year, the Trust Summary of the main has had a relatively quiet year. There has been a need for consolidation achievements of the charity which has taken place in this financial year. during the year Our investments have experienced a turbulent year given world events and as a result, given our reserves policy, there has been limited activity. At the chapel at Eastcastle street, the remedial work needed to create a higher quality performance space is completed. The Trust has continued to support the London Welsh school.
Section E Financial review
To have sufficient reserves to invest in short term needs but also to retain Brief statement of the a portfolio long-term. charity’s policy on reserves The Trust looks to use the income generated by its investment in its annual activities. Trustees retain the reserves in order to enable long term continuing funds for investment. When possible, the charity currently reinvests unused reserves into its investment portfolio. Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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The charity’s principle source of funds is the realisation of gains in You may choose to include investments and continual monies generated from their investment additional information, where portfolio. relevant about:
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the charity’s principal Expenditure for large one off payments is approved by the Board of
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sources of funds (including Trustees. In addition, there is ongoing support for the operational running
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any fundraising); of the EGCLL
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
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) Michael J Philli s p Full name(s) Mike Phillips Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairman etc) Date 25 January 2026
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Charity Name No (if any) Radnor Walk Congregational Church 1126827 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Period start date Period end date For the period from To 4/6/2024 4/5/2025
Section A Receipts and payments
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|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|
|Dividends and investment income|68,204|-|-|68,204|59,685|
|Donations|40,224|-|-|40,224|-|
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|108,428|-|-|108,428|59,685|
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|A2 Asset and investment sales,|
|(see table).|
|Investment portfolio - sale|2,283,573|-|-|2,283,573|543,518|
|proceeds of equities and bonds|
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|Sub total|2,283,573|-|-|2,283,573|543,518|
|——|Total receipts|2,392,001|-|-|2,392,001|603,204|
|A3 Payments|
|Salaries|18,000|-|-|18,000|18,000|
|Accountancy fees|3,810|-|-|3,810|3,630|
|Management fees|24,616|-|-|24,616|23,428|
|Charitable donations|30,632|-|-|30,632|42,478|
|Bank charges|60|-|-|60|60|
|Printing,|postage and stationery|735|-|-|735|-|
|Sunscriptions|385|-|-|385|-|
|Sundry expenses|-|-|-|-|- 3|
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|Sub total|78,238|-|-|78,238|87,593|
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|A4 Asset and investment|
|purchases, (see table)|
|Investment portfolio - purchase|
|of equities and bonds|568,964|
|2,271,035|-|-|2,271,035|
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|Sub total|[ 2,271,035 ]|-|-|2,271,035|568,964|
|==|Total payments|2,349,273|-|-|2,349,273|656,557|
|Net of receipts/(payments)|42,728|-|-|42,728|- 53,353|
|A5 Transfers between funds|-|-|-|-|-|
|A6 Cash funds last year end|93,477|-|-|93,477|146,831|
|Cash funds this year end|=|136,205|-e==|-|-|136,205|93,477|
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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 | to nearest £ - - - - OK to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Endowment funds Endowment funds Current value (optional) Current value (optional) When due (optional) Date of approval 25 January 2026 |
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| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Details Current account Investment account Details Details Investment portfolio - equities and bonds Details Details Signature Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Michael J Phillips |
to nearest £ to nearest £ 45,710 - 90,495 - - - 136,205 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) 2,393,078 - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Mike Phillips Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| Michael J Phillips | Mike Phillips | 25 January 2 | |
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Radnor Walk Congregational Chapel On accounts for the year 5 April 2025 Charity no 1126827 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-2
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 05/04/2025.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
| Signed: | Date: | 26/01/2026 | |
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| Name: | RICHARD LANE FCA | ||
| Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): |
Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales | Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales | |
| Address: | 19thFloor, 1 Westfield Avenue | ||
| London | |||
| E20 1HZ |
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Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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