Charity Registration No. 1130956 THE ROCK CHURCH TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 THE ROCK CHURCH LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Trustees Mr. l Evan8 Mrs. H Evans Mr. A Jame6 Mr. C Gayle 1130956 The R(￿ Centre Lidffield House 27-31 Lichfield Street Walsall WS1 1TJ Mr. Anup Somarajan 28. Cherry Tree Road Brereton Rugeley WS15 1AY THE ROCK CHURCH CONTENTS Pa Trustees Annual report Independent examinerfs report Statement of flnanclal actlvltle8 Balance she8t Notes to the accounts THE ROCK CHURCH TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 The Tnjstses present their report and accounts for Ihe year ended 31 March 2025. The accounts have been prepared in accordance wlth the accountirKJ wlicies set out in note 1 to tre accounts arKt LY)mply with the charity's governing document, ts char￿e5 Act 2011 and the Statement of Recommended PrxtKe, "AccA)unting and Reportlng by Charities., issu￿1 in Marth 2005. StnKture• governanc• and management goveming document is a trust deed dated 16th Marth 2009. a￿1 a deed of Variatw)n dated 23rd June 2￿9. Tr (thiity is a tNst as agreed by the Charity Commis8iLThire& TTLtsknes crfThe Rod( Church: the method of appointrnent Is Set Lxrt in Ihe Irust document. The RcK* CIxKch operates through variou8 comrnlttees, meet between full meetings of the TNstees. Tn*tses WIK) sepied during the year were.. Evans Rod( Churth is an independent thurch wlth a registered address at 27-31 Lichfield Street, Walsall. The ¢xTrS￿ address Is The Rock Church, Llchfield H￿. 27-31 Lithfield Street, Walsall WS1 1TJ. The RcKk Church is a religlous charfty registered wlth the Charrty CLvnmi88ion. Registratlon number 1130956 Tnths has assessed the major rtsks to whlch the tharlty Is exposed, and are satisfied that systems are i) r*e to mltlgate exposure to the major rf8k8. ObJectlve8 and actlvltle8 The charity's objects are.. To advance the Chrlstlan Falth In such way8 a￿1 In suth parts of the Unlted Klngdom or the World as the Trustees think fit. To relieve persons who are In condltlons of need or hardship and to relleve the dlstress caused thereby, on such occasion as the Trustees thlnk fft. The Trustees have the responslbllity of co-operatlng wlth the church leadership team in promoting the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, soclal arxl ecumeniL71 and has a number of active community programmes whlch are aimed at improvlng the Ilves of those in the local community. The Trustees have paid due regard to guidanc￿ Issued by the Charlty Commi55ion in deciding what activities the charity should undertake. Revlew of tho Ygar The Trustees met during the year., in addition to reg(dar leadernhip meelings. We continue to se￿e the people of the Church and the local communlty through the pastoral offices. These make up a significant part of The Rock Church mlnistry. THE ROCK CHURCH TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Work wlth, and In, th• Local Communlty m￿,$ Women'8 actjvltles contInu￿1 as tho ￿ Wowe88￿1. ￿agIng church members In the t of the Chrfstlan Falth, and Supp￿Ing eaL* oth￿swe11beITh￿ Prayer arKI blble studles contlnued, ithsdplethp tralnlng took place Uvwl)out the yew. V*icKts Chrlskn Dlscipl8ship arKJ tralning took place durfng ts year. wlth Some involv￿￿rt met tr pray￿ and fellow8hlp each week, IK)St￿j at the Rock Churth, enabllw COnne￿On and F￿j ccrtlnuesto provlde a much needed resource, wlth opportunltles f(xVolunt￿trOrn the COm￿ty WKI be invdved In thls worf(. Sevwal S(*￿IS that we have bullt up goryj rdalicYKthips with thelr harvest c¢xrtrflxrtlons arKI donated them to the food bank M8mbers of the church and local , San￿1￿.8 Purde. The Rock Coffe8 8IK)p was OF￿ f(Y the g￿￿al public to call in for a drlnk (Xr swvlce contlnua to grow and our &nday seNlces have now moved to the new bulldlrKJ we 11 is the policy of the chadty that unre8tt cted fvnd8 tBve fKrt been de81gnated for a 4)ecffic u88 ￿K￿ld b8 m81ntslned above a level equlv81ent to 8lx nN)nth'8 eXpend￿re. The T￿st ees COn￿deB that rosew es at thi8 level w118nwre that, In the event of a dgnlficant dop In fvndlng. they w11 be able to (x)ntinue the ch81ty8 curent actI￿tIeS w ￿ con8lderakn 18 glven to ways In w hth addltlonal funds be ralsed. Th1818vel of r888W 88 ha8 been malnlalrnd thwJlNxrt tho year. On behalf of the IN?8￿ of Tu6t 808 f. lan Evans Chalr ofTru8te88 Dth:13 Jfftoy2128 THE ROCK CHURCH INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE ROCK CHURCH We report on tho accounts of the charlty for the year ermlod 31 21Y25. vlhith are set out on page8 4 to 6. RMp•ctlv• r••pon•lbllltl•• of Tru•tau and oxamlnor charW8 Trustees are re8pon8lble for th8 preparaLkn ol Th8 charltys TNsts88 o)nsld8r that an audlt Is not r8qulr8d for thls year under 88clon 144(2) of the Charlues Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an Independent exemlnatlon 18 needed. It 56 our r88pon8lblllty to.. (l) examlne the acLounts under 8OCtlon 145 of the 2011 Act,. {11) to follow the procedure8 lald down In the genwal Dtre¢ll￿ ty1h8 Charfty Comrn188k)n under Sectlon 145(5)(b> of the 2011 Act., and {111) to 8tste whether partlcular matter8 have come lo ¢xr 811•th1. B••l• ol Ind•p•nd•nt •xamln•rf• r•port Our eXamIna￿on was carrled ¢Jut In accordance wlth tho glv8n by the Charfty Comml8810n. An examlnaUon Include8 8 r8vlew of the accounllng record8 kept by th8 ¢harfty and 8 compartson of the 8ccx)unts pre8anted wlth th088 r8cord8. It 8180 Includ08 any unusual ltsm8 or d18c108Urn8 Sn the accounts, and 8e8klng explan8tlon8 from you 88 tru8tees (¥)n￿nIng any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provlde all the evldence that W{J￿1 be a) audlt and consequently no oplnlon 13 glven as to whether the account8 present a Irue and fatr the rep(*t Is Ilmited to th088 matter8 88t out In tho 8tstgm8nt below. Indopondont oxamlnorf• •latemont In fX*nn8ctlon wlth our 8xamln8tlon. no matter ha8 Ixfft to wr attakn: {al whlch glve8 U8 rea80nable cau88 to b8llev8 that In any nwtsrtsl re8POCt tha requlremants: (l) to keep 8c¢ountlng racord8 In ac￿r￿anCe *llh 8th 130 d lh8 2011 Act. and (11) to prepare accounts whlch accord w51h th• acojunlkng and ¢xmply wlth the a¢￿untIng roqulrements of the 2011 Act; hav8 not been met,, or (bl to whlch, In our oplnlon, attentl(In 8hould be