2024-08-31-accounts - Richmond Wesleyan Reform Church

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Richmond Wesleyan Reform Church

Accounts and reports for the year ended 31 August 2024

Richmond Wesleyan Reform Church

Report of the trustees

for the year ended 31 August 2024

The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024. The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report are Mr I C Boot, Mrs W E Hudson & Mrs K Boot.

Structure, governance and management

Constitution

The charity is governed by the Wesleyan Reform Union Reference Deed dated 27 October 1898.

Organizational Structure

The trustees oversee the operation of the Charity with management being devolved to the Pastor and Elders who are responsible for the day to day running of the Charity.

Results

The results for the year are set out on the receipts and payments account.

Related Parties

In the opinion of the trustees the only co-operative relationship is with the Wesleyan Reform Union.

Objectives and activities

Principal activities

The trustees for the time being shall at all times permit the said premises and the chapel school or other buildings from time to time standing thereon to be used and occupied and enjoyed as a place for the public worship of God and for the instruction of children and adults under the direction of the society or church assembling for worship thereon in connection with the said denomination or Connexion according to the principles constitution usages polity and rules from time to time of the said denomination and also for the promotion of such other religious, educational or charitable purposes as the said society or church shall from time to time direct.

Review of activities

During the year the church has continued to focus on being an evangelical church that is committed to teaching the Bible, out of our conviction that when the Bible is taught, God's word speaks to us.

Public benefit

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit.

They have referred to this guidance when reviewing the aims, objectives and in planning activities. The trustees ensure that activities are carried out for public benefit by delivering services valued by the people we support and promoting an efficiently managed charity that engenders public confidence.

Achievements and performance

Financial review

Risks

The trustees have reviewed and identified major risks to the Charity and have established systems to mitigate their impact.

The position of the Charity is regularly reviewed by the trustees and steps are taken as required to react to changes in the circumstances.

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Richmond Wesleyan Reform Church

Report of the trustees

for the year ended 31 August 2024

Reserves

As at the Balance Sheet date the Charity had unrestricted cash reserves of £28,874. They consider the period passed as meeting the charitable requirements. The Net Operating surplus amounted to £7,758 (2023 – deficit £10,375). The trustees are mindful of the constant need for repairs and renovations to the property.

Statement of trustees' responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that year. In preparing these financial statements the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then 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; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

On behalf of the trustees

I C Boot

Trustee

7th May 2025

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Richmond Wesleyan Reform Church members of

On accounts for the 31st August 2024 Charity no 1135034 period ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the period ended 31/08/2024

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:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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.

Signed: Date: 07/05/25 ~~Wer [|~~ Name: D WATSON ~~Ps~~ Relevant professional Association of Chartered Certified Accountants qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 54 Main Street, Anston, Sheffield, S25 4BD

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Section B Disclosure ~~ee~~

October 2018

IER

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

October 2018

IER

Richmond Wesleyan Reform Church	Richmond Wesleyan Reform Church	Richmond Wesleyan Reform Church	Charity Number
			1135034
Receipts and pa		Receipts and payments acc		CC16a
For the period from	01/09/23	To	31/08/24

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds YE23 Comparative A1 Receipts Offerings - Gift Aided 22,635.67 - - 22,635.67 16,972.61 Offerings - Other 18,970.48 - - 18,970.48 9,755.78 Bank interest received 238.90 - - 238.90 99.61 Donations - Other 1,100.00 - - 1,100.00 1,890.00 Café 371 Net Surplus 210.25 - - 210.25 189.53 Grant Income 7,900.00 7,900.00 - - - *Sub total(Gross income for AR)51,055.30* - - 51,055.30 28,907.53 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Total receipts* 51,055.30 - - 51,055.30 28,907.53 ~~=== _=n=~~ ~~—__————~~	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds YE23 Comparative A1 Receipts Offerings - Gift Aided 22,635.67 - - 22,635.67 16,972.61 Offerings - Other 18,970.48 - - 18,970.48 9,755.78 Bank interest received 238.90 - - 238.90 99.61 Donations - Other 1,100.00 - - 1,100.00 1,890.00 Café 371 Net Surplus 210.25 - - 210.25 189.53 Grant Income 7,900.00 7,900.00 - - - *Sub total(Gross income for AR)51,055.30* - - 51,055.30 28,907.53 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Total receipts* 51,055.30 - - 51,055.30 28,907.53 ~~=== _=n=~~ ~~—__————~~	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds YE23 Comparative A1 Receipts Offerings - Gift Aided 22,635.67 - - 22,635.67 16,972.61 Offerings - Other 18,970.48 - - 18,970.48 9,755.78 Bank interest received 238.90 - - 238.90 99.61 Donations - Other 1,100.00 - - 1,100.00 1,890.00 Café 371 Net Surplus 210.25 - - 210.25 189.53 Grant Income 7,900.00 7,900.00 - - - *Sub total(Gross income for AR)51,055.30* - - 51,055.30 28,907.53 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Total receipts* 51,055.30 - - 51,055.30 28,907.53 ~~=== _=n=~~ ~~—__————~~	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds YE23 Comparative A1 Receipts Offerings - Gift Aided 22,635.67 - - 22,635.67 16,972.61 Offerings - Other 18,970.48 - - 18,970.48 9,755.78 Bank interest received 238.90 - - 238.90 99.61 Donations - Other 1,100.00 - - 1,100.00 1,890.00 Café 371 Net Surplus 210.25 - - 210.25 189.53 Grant Income 7,900.00 7,900.00 - - - *Sub total(Gross income for AR)51,055.30* - - 51,055.30 28,907.53 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Total receipts* 51,055.30 - - 51,055.30 28,907.53 ~~=== _=n=~~ ~~—__————~~	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds YE23 Comparative A1 Receipts Offerings - Gift Aided 22,635.67 - - 22,635.67 16,972.61 Offerings - Other 18,970.48 - - 18,970.48 9,755.78 Bank interest received 238.90 - - 238.90 99.61 Donations - Other 1,100.00 - - 1,100.00 1,890.00 Café 371 Net Surplus 210.25 - - 210.25 189.53 Grant Income 7,900.00 7,900.00 - - - *Sub total(Gross income for AR)51,055.30* - - 51,055.30 28,907.53 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Total receipts* 51,055.30 - - 51,055.30 28,907.53 ~~=== _=n=~~ ~~—__————~~	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds YE23 Comparative A1 Receipts Offerings - Gift Aided 22,635.67 - - 22,635.67 16,972.61 Offerings - Other 18,970.48 - - 18,970.48 9,755.78 Bank interest received 238.90 - - 238.90 99.61 Donations - Other 1,100.00 - - 1,100.00 1,890.00 Café 371 Net Surplus 210.25 - - 210.25 189.53 Grant Income 7,900.00 7,900.00 - - - *Sub total(Gross income for AR)51,055.30* - - 51,055.30 28,907.53 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Total receipts* 51,055.30 - - 51,055.30 28,907.53 ~~=== _=n=~~ ~~—__————~~	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds YE23 Comparative A1 Receipts Offerings - Gift Aided 22,635.67 - - 22,635.67 16,972.61 Offerings - Other 18,970.48 - - 18,970.48 9,755.78 Bank interest received 238.90 - - 238.90 99.61 Donations - Other 1,100.00 - - 1,100.00 1,890.00 Café 371 Net Surplus 210.25 - - 210.25 189.53 Grant Income 7,900.00 7,900.00 - - - *Sub total(Gross income for AR)51,055.30* - - 51,055.30 28,907.53 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Total receipts* 51,055.30 - - 51,055.30 28,907.53 ~~=== _=n=~~ ~~—__————~~
A3 Payments
Salaries & employers NIC	24,222.28	-	-	-	24,222.28	15,379.30
Missions - Overseas	3,259.00	-	-	-	3,259.00	2,336.00
Missions - TEAR Fund	-	-	-	-	-	-
Missions - Roger Carswell	360.00	-	-	-	360.00	360.00
Christian Copyright Licence	894.37	-	-	-	894.37	851.28
Circuit Dues	770.75	-	-	-	770.75	703.00
CleaningMaterials	74.01	-	-	-	74.01	63.68
Sundries	143.01	-	-	-	143.01	446.85
Childrens Club Expenses	240.06	-	-	-	240.06	128.46
Electricity	982.93	-	-	-	982.93	705.16
Gas	2,843.66	-	-	-	2,843.66	4,054.07
Water	301.68	-	-	-	301.68	314.25
Outreach events expenses	443.92	-	-	-	443.92	180.72
Insurance	2,214.06	-	-	-	2,214.06	2,029.45
Repairs and Maintenance	4,081.09	-	-	-	4,081.09	9,920.86
Speakers' Expenses	50.00	-	-	-	50.00	165.00
Office Costs	1,348.85	-	-	-	1,348.85	1,517.28
Bank charges	137.26	-	-	-	137.26	126.87
Special Repairs - New Tables	930.00	-	-	-	930.00
**Sub total **	43,296.93	-	-	-	43,296.93	39,282.23
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) Purchase of fixed assets - - - - - Loans Repaid - - - - - Sub total - - - - - *Total payments* 43,296.93 - - 43,296.93 39,282.23 *Net of receipts/(payments)* 7,758.37 - - 7,758.37 (10,374.70) A5 Transfers between funds - - - - A6 Cash funds last period end 21,115.77 - - 21,115.77 31,490.47 *Cash funds this period end* 28,874.14 - - 28,874.14 21,115.77 ~~—_————~~ ~~===>=~~

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Categories Details funds funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds HSBC Current Bank Account 16,303.97 - - HSBC Money Manager Account 12,570.17 - - - - - Total cash funds 28,874.14 - - ~~==~~ (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) OK OK OK Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B2 Other monetary assets - - - ~~===~~ Fund to which Current value Cost (optional) Details asset belongs (optional) B3 Investment assets ~~—=~~ Fund to which ~~=~~ Current value Cost (optional) asset belongs (optional) Details B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use - - ~~—=~~ Amount due When due Details (optional) ~~=~~ (optional) B5 Liabilities ~~—=~~ Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the Date of trustees Signature Print Name ~~=~~ approval Ian C Boot FCCA 07 / 05 /2 5 ~~eel~~

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)