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2025-03-31-accounts

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MOWBRAY COMMUNITY CHURCH

(A company limited by guarantee)

CONTENTS

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Reference and Administrative Details
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Trustees' Report 2 to 4
Independent Examiner's Report 5
Statement of Financial Activities 6
Balance Sheet 7
Statement of Cash Flows 8
NotestotheFinancial Statements 9to17

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MOWBRAY COMMUNITY CHURCH

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

TRUSTEES� REPORT

The Trustees of Mowbray Community Church are directors for the purposes of company law and trustees for the purposes of charity law (hereinafter referred to as �the Trustees�). The Trustees present their report and accounts for Mowbray Community Church for the year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.

GOVERNING DOCUMENT

Mayfield Community Church was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee on 16 June 2010, company number 07286282, and received charitable status on 12 July 2010, charity number 1136824. The company�s name was changed from Mayfield Community Church to Mowbray Community Church (the Charity) on 19 September 2011.

The governing document of the Charity is the Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 16 June 2010.

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

This information is presented in pages 1 of the accounts.

OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY

The objects are the advancement of the Christian faith and the worship of God in the United Kingdom and overseas by any means whatsoever and such other charitable purposes as shall further the attainment of this object.

APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES

A person may be appointed to the trusteeship by a resolution passed by the elders of MCC. The Trustees, when complete, consist of at least five and not more than twelve individuals of whom at least five must be elder-trustees and up to two may be non elders.

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

The Charity is managed by a Senior Leadership Team assisted by a Ministry and Operations team of elders and deacons. The Senior Leadership Team is responsible for the principles, direction, and oversight of the church while the Ministry and Operations Team are responsible for operational matters. Remuneration of the charity�s key management personnel is set by the Directors and CPI is used as a guide.

The Charity does not have a paid Fundraiser and there are no targeted fundraising initiatives. Fundraising activity is mainly through individual gifts.

REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES DURING THE PERIOD

The Charity continued its core activities in pursuit of its objectives and has seen more individuals coming into membership. MCC continued through a period of interregnum, that is without a full time paid Pastor position, whist actively continuing the search for a suitable replacement.

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MOWBRAY COMMUNITY CHURCH

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

TRUSTEES� REPORT

FUTURE PLANS

A Recruitment Group was formed and is actively engaged in recruiting a new Pastor. Alongside this the Senior Leadership Team have been reviewing the organisational structure to ensure it is best designed to fulfil the Vision and Strategy of the church in future. Other vacancies within the new structure have been identified which the Recruitment Group has been tasked with helping to fill.

PUBLIC BENEFIT

Public benefit is provided through the teaching of the Christian faith, mentoring of adults and children and engagement in the services highlighted above. In addition to the spiritual and eternal benefit of such teaching and mentoring, the core principles at the heart of the Christian faith should, when implemented, lead to constructive and progressive engagement of those mentored with the wider community.

We have referred to the public benefit guidance contained in the Charity Commission�s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our objectives and in planning our future activities. The aims of Mowbray Community Church are undertaken specifically to ensure the charitable objects meet the public benefit requirement and the Charities Act 2011.

VOLUNTEERS

The Church also benefits greatly from the involvement and enthusiastic support of its many volunteers. In accordance with Charities SORP, the economic contribution of general volunteers is not recognised in the accounts.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial support for the activities that help the Charity achieve its objects continues to be drawn almost exclusively from voluntary donations by members of Mowbray Community Church, including Gift Aid which is added to eligible gifts. Donations have been given at considerable personal sacrifice and the Trustees are firmly of the view that voluntary donations will continue to meet the Charity�s on-going requirements. Financial issues are not the major regulator of the Charity�s activities and the Trustees are determined to continue to develop the work of the Charity consistent with its objects and may at times, in faith, go ahead of the apparent financial resources. Although, at times, this approach is likely to stretch the resources and commitment of the church members, this is not considered to be imprudent.

Currently we support a number of part-time staff including a CAP Centre Manager, two CAP Debt Coaches, Children�s Worker, and Operational support staff as well as cleaning staff. We have a vision for increasing our activities anticipating ongoing generous support financially by our members, who share the ambition, to achieve our goals. This is all part of our ambition to raise our profile, improve our pastoral ministry and widen our influence in Harrogate driven by our determination to advance The Faith locally.

RESERVES POLICY

The Charity seeks to maintain cash reserves of at least £25,000 which represents approximately four weeks� expenditure. It also recognises that from time to time this amount will not necessarily be identifiable but is confident that the nature of its membership is such that this amount could be made available should extreme circumstances ever demand such. At the year end the free reserves of the Charity were £156,569 (2024 - £121,135).

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MOWBRAY COMMUNITY CHURCH

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

TRUSTEES� REPORT

The total funds held by the charity at 31 March 2025 was £1,164,459 (2024 - £1,157,416) Restricted funds totalled £750 (2024 - £6,352) and designated funds totalled £1,007,140 (2024 - £1,029,929) which equals the property net book value after deducting the charity bank loan secured against it.

RISK POLICY

The Trustees have introduced a formal risk management process to assess risks to the Charity and implement risk management strategies. This involves identifying the major strategic, business, and operational risks the Charity faces, prioritising them in terms of potential impact and likelihood of occurrence and identifying means of mitigating the risks. This is an on-going process, with the risk register being updated on a regular basis. The Trustees believe the largest risk facing the Charity to be the risk of loss of the premises due to fire or accident. This risk is mitigated by an insurance policy.

TRUSTEES� RESPONSIBILITIES

The Trustees are responsible for their annual report and for the preparation of the financial statements for each financial period which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charitable Company as at the end of the financial period, and of the incoming resources and application of them for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which are sufficient to show and explain the Charitable Company's transactions and to disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charitable Company and to enable them to ensure that any statements of account comply with the requirements of 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 and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Each Trustee has taken the steps they ought to have taken as a Trustee in order to make themselves aware of any relevant information and to establish that the Charity's Independent Examiner is aware of that information. The Trustees confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and which they know the Independent Examiner is unaware of.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the small companies� regime under the Companies Act 2006.

Approved by the Board and signed on its behalf by:

...................................................... Matt Wood, Trustee Date: 3 September 2025

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER�S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF MOWBRAY COMMUNITY CHURCH

I report to the Charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 6 to 17.

This report is made solely to the Charitable Company�s trustees, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and the Charitable Company�s trustees as a body in accordance with section 154 of the Charities Act 2011. My independent examiner�s work has been undertaken so that I might state to the Charitable Company�s trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an independent examiner�s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Charitable Company, the Charitable Company�s members as a body and the Charitable Company�s trustees as a body for my independent examiner�s work, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the Charity�s 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

Since the Company�s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.

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.

������������. Sarah Wearing, FCA, DChA 3 September 2025

HPH, Chartered Accountants Conyngham Hall Business Centre Bond End KNARESBOROUGH HG5 9AY

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