FOREFRONT COMMUNITY CHURCH Registered Charity Number: 1139006 UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Content5 Page Trustees, Report Independent examinerfs report Receipts and payments account li ststement of assets and liabilities 12 forefrontcommunitychurch Trustee5' Annual Report for the period P•r*X stsrt dale Ppnfyj ond ¢Jate From 01 2024 To 31 IZ 2024 Referenc.e and administration details Charlty name Section A Forthnl Communty Church ikner names ¢harlty1s known by R•glatered chatity numbgr Of any) 113 Chartys prlncipfjl addfp5S j 42 Fcxe street Char¢ Po8tcode TA20 10A Namos ol the charity truslees who managè the ehaiity N•m• ol person lor bothyl entotkd lo tn￿1* I Mr5 A Brisler 2024 Ur M Brisléf Mrs J Bristow 4 Mr D Burtieia S Ms L Dirnori Ms D Farringdon Chaimian Apwrtted 22 Awl 2024 Appointed 18 NO￿nbel 2024 Mrs W Gfeeri Mf J Kerr Trea￿er Mr N M¥sh 10 Mr S Thuflwi Mr P Ds'mon Mr D Sutrjffte Mi33 C Sinilh 11 e5igr*d 1V Fets 2024 Resigned 18th Nov 2024 Rewned 111 No¥ 2024 Names ol the tru$tee8 lor th• chartty. If any. (fly •xwnple. any custodlan tru8t••sl N•m• Dat￿ act8d11 not lor wholg ¥•ar 12 13 TAR Names and addrus•s ol advlsors Ioptlonal Inlorniatlonl Type of advher Name Address Independent Examlner i kn WesWey 1 Coleton Crescefi Exeter. Devon EX2 40G Nam• of chlef executlve or n*neJ of xnlor staff m•mbers (Optlonal Inlorniatlon) Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement De5cAptlon of th• charfty's trusts Type of governing do￿￿r￿t,, Fcnfr¢)nt Communty Church Is a Charilable IncO￿Orated Oryanisation I {CIO), chanty numbw l13Th. and Is recognised by Companies House ' ￿ n￿ni￿ CE020874. F(xelront Cmimunty Church's C￿SIrt￿10n. active from 27th February 2020. eslabli5hes the ows ar￿ p(r*vs ofthe CIO arlt the govemance nenls. H¢)w the charity ¢s constituted CIO C4)nve￿￿1n CO￿trtUE￿In regISter￿j wryth ts Charrty Commission and ? ',ru%' ass￿&1￿)[￿. c￿1 I reccgnised by C4)osed and are satisf*d that systems are In *ce lo mthjata eXPQ5ure to maj.or nsks. These indude, buildirg proraty secunty. insuran￿. rye arwJ electrical 54fety. personnel safety and 7hellbeirg. A list of r￿ntidIC serwce arKI maintenan reqU1￿Mellts for the centre rs regLAady I￿+￿ed by the Tntstees to be8t ensufe corttinued integrity a￿1 safty le g Fife Alarm system tested 8very week, and Se￿￿￿ annualty. Electrul PAT ptrl(xmed regularfy. Heating System ￿nL￿1 ￿lCe. ete.). The staffl¥cAunteers (and wrs) are cogntsanl of the Ixilding$ materbal condition. aTrJ report any i¥$L￿￿ LY safety concems to the Centre Managef as ne¢es38ry. Section C Ob"ectives and activities Foretronl Commur¥ty Ctwr¢h'5 (knpcts are as l¢Xlows as per tho ', (11 To the Chiistian farth in acc(Ydance with Ihe slatemffit cl bel￿ts 88 ts trustees may frMI time to tine ihink fil and to lulfil such cAher purposos whth ¥e excluswely Chartab￿ according lo the law Summary of tho obl¢cts of th• l EThJland and Wales and are connectepj Ihe charitable V•X)rk ol ¢harlty s•t out In its govemlng document ' chanty. (2) To relw4* sId[r￿ and hafdship ano lo womoto preseThe gotrj heallh by lh8 w0vis￿n of luThJ8. 9oc*J$ ￿ swvKo8 induding counselling and support ser¥Kes. TAR The TTh6tees have pgki due regard lo wthlc benrfrti guld8nCe l$sL￿1 by Chwily Commiyslon In dechjing what athwli8s Iho Forefront Cornmunty Churth shwbj uthtak•. Forefrorrt c￿lMUnty Church is a Chnthn Ind8P8rthnt Cbvrch, wtAch 5ubscnbe51o the EvaThJelical Aifiance ar*J Ihw basis of farth. arxj also belongs to P*tnetship UK. 11 comtKiw a iKKty ol fr￿1 a bM¢Je vaiiety ol backgrounds. Forefront Communty Church fffis tsnd oprates the Forefronl Community Cenlre on Fore Street In Chard. whth ￿0¥￿9 for communlty outre&h *KJ services in pwsuanco of rts ObpctNes Tfr centre also WOVKle5 fa¢ilrt*. aThJ thè Churth'$ adrnini$trabon hub. Chrislk?n fath 8efvKes are ￿ and faclrt8W ty the Churth, mosty held in (thar wrtabl? local pr•n*es. Summary of the maln activltles undertaken lor th• public benefit In relatlon to thes• objects Ilnclude withln th1$ secuon the statutory declaration that trustees have had regar(I to the guldance lssu•d by thg Chartty Commission on public benefit) AddItIor￿1 det•lls of oblectlve8 and xtlvities (Optional Inforniatlonl arKI fKilital¢d by vobJnleern. Yw may ch¢)o•• to in¢l￿￿e further statements. r&S8vant. abouL polw ¢)n grantmakiry., poly programrne ralabj cortsIbth￿ made ty TAR Section D Achievements and performance Forefronl Community Cl￿rCh c￿lin￿ed lo appty rm¥Jered slr818gw to actkny its chwtablv obpc15, domoftstratsd by lollcMr¥J Summary ol th• maln achlevèments of the charlty durtng the y￿r Forefront Comrnunty Church held SU￿aY Morning S￿¢4$ the rnain hall ol Hotyro(Kl Ac*lemy. lo which anyone wa$ wel¢ctho. and facilrfated IA*ekty'house girAWS' held in Cmjrch nwbers ￿M@s. hcffies. There rtyulai Youth Grcw meeting8 and acliwt*s fun ' the Church, as ¥￿11 as 'su￿aY Schod. held at the samtt tim8 as the | weekty Sunday ser¥ices. In Deceml)er Ihe cf*urch held a Chftstmas Card S¥￿Ce al Hotyrood Acaderny Main Hall. kn addrtion to thè usual ! Christmas SeThtss. 'Youlh Alpha. t￿lse$ and'Adull Alplo, cw8es . were also run by ￿ Church in year. offemg C(￿MUn￿ outreath and servKes, and also fvn¢tonirrtJ as th• . Church ￿MinIStrab0fi hub. Sreuficalty, the txrtr8 prov•Jed a fwj b** I sernee lthe L¢yds Larder), weekfy community coffee momngs, on¢e weekty Lvaft actswty momings. S￿#8￿Su9port grwp meetirys for your¥J I mums with their bats.es (GrtrMro Tc•3ether). and a week day 'drop in. centre lor ffanbers of public. 'Citizens Advi¢e S¢)Uth Somwset nb"nu¢(I to opeTrte tr(xn the centr8 twKe weekty. and counsdliry $4Mces {NHS mental Health. etc.) used the centre on an ocCaSc￿al I baws. i The centre also rryulw meetsrg lJc4ities for thè Church •rKI other asscciated aetiw1￿ fyouth Group5. Meetings, elc.). arvj . occasional speoal uses such as an 'Altemalive Halloween, eveniThJ and , 'open house. for CamNal nfjm. Tre CeNTe also provfraed a meebng space and farjlrties for thè'Hm*&s a￿1 RoL￿h Sleeper NHS Nursi Service. on a regular ba$$. Regardrfj wryk with kKal ChId￿ ar￿ youth, th8 Churti contrnued to fnarbu*ty support a W0￿er. to hve bcally and attend Forefront Comrrmjnrty CFvJrth Sh& r￿8￿ mentoriry and support from ir Church. aThl in retwn forged links wth children and youth, espetsalty from the loc31 Portuguese pap￿at￿7n, wthilst exwding on wth anoth￿ local youth worker. aKI Holyrwj A¢adwny. Church eDntinued to wort and commun￿ate wrth churc1￿ in the a￿9 wlwi necessary, as beiTrJ re$￿esented at the Ch¥ , ChLYches Together ICCT) group. A week long Swnmer Club dw $th{x￿ svmnw hol'day (headed by CCTI was supported by Forelront Communty Church lalorwJ wrth olhef churches In Char(l) by PfovbJwN vol￿1•erS and matenal supwt | Fofefronl Communiy Churth alk>￿1 15% 01 Ihe oll come lo gNe regular supw to miSsKrfW￿ al ftr)me and thoad *t had links ￿1th the Chwch. In Ihe UK supportth1 Evan9ekst schools In Soulhwesl. arKI wrted misy￿S In London Abroad we Sup￿￿￿ mlssKJ￿￿ In Spain, ThailaTrJ. aNI owat￿n Mobilisatson IOM opefale a mIssw￿ry sl¥p Low Hop•l. • also supported Latm Link la Bruilian tsa￿ mwjonary ¢)TTJarnJ•lw). 88 The ￿n￿al re¥￿￿ ol F￿•1(￿ Sthff pay and rO￿n hn TAR UThiert8ken, Room r8lvJ romain the same atKJ 8 sfflall increase in pay was made vmilsi ahgni'rKJ Ir￿ea￿ Io tho slart of the finanuai year. Necessary repa*s ar4d Impr0￿MentS m&J8 to the w0p￿. Inciuthng repairs m¢XfK lof Ihe e*ctric door. Strategles for 2025 Our current strateq￿S to act¥the our chant8ble 'ObieclNes' wll conttnug An ernph￿s ￿ our work chthjren and youth will cx)ntsnu8, Ihe conb.nued empboymwl of our Ywlh for 8t least an&hÈr year. Th¢5¢ indude. partrM5hip With the supp)tt at Holyrood Academy. the Aroli￿n Piareer youth worker, and pursuan￿ of otner approprt*e YL￿th support actiwti•s. as wdl as the o)ntinuèd and dgvdopment ot the ¢hurch's oym youlh. Leadership Wil cont￿￿ to be minlknl of TKayS to ak)w for an e>￿an￿on of aims and object￿, vthether thi5 be ItWQUgh the uso of anem*1￿ premw. armvor ftuihw improvoments io our existing Section E Financial review I It is th¢ CIO'S policy that unreslncled which have nol be¢n ' deS￿nated lry il use 5houkJ ts mdwrtaingil al a level equivabeni I to btheen thretr and S￿.mOnth.5 expendrtLxe. The Irusle&s Cxinthef thal ic5¢tves at th* level wil ensur¢ thal, In the event ol a $4nrfwnl I feauctK)n m fundirwj. Iw wiii ba aDl6 io conDnue the Fweftoni ' Commijnrty Church's ￿￿Tent ad1vil￿5 ¥thilè conSHI￿allOn Is 91¥•7 to , way8 ￿ ￿1¢h adthlional Iw*dJ may bo rni3ed. Brief $￿emen1 of the charty's pollcy on I￿1ve% D¢14115 of any funds rnatertally In deflcit TAR Furthèr flnantlal r@¥1￿ detsllg Ioptlonal Inlormaiion) YIYJ choose io addilional infmats"M. where rèlovanl about chanty s print?p81 sources of funds lindudiryj aiiy furKIvaisingl". how expendrturE has supported the key obRdNes of tr• chanty., inveslffwl pDW and objectiyes including any emicai rnstrneffl Poli adttpt@d Section F Other option21 information Ml$8lon t•*n glvlng of £13,189 {2023.' £11.781) giftx la lh8 ltiltraiTrJ indwiJuals ¥xl or9anisatlQll5". E BLtrden - OMF IMematFonal E2,52012Q23. £3,29T) K & A Barrett- Pl ?6a12023 £3 29n M Strange- £rril {2023'. £1,679) B a E Higgs- £240 {2023'. £0) C & A Mnises- £1,26012023: £1.679) B & A Sheath- £5.02012023.. £1,679> Youth worJter- £nil {2023. £1SO) London Cty MissA)n - £1.9821202J. Enl) Educatson Plus- £72212023.. £nil) Jen5y - £100 (2023.. £nill Grant fundlng of £nil {2023.' £12.753) 1ndW￿ gfwts to Ihe lollomng lThJr4)2uais oui of Off￿￿8.. - Anisa Marsh £nil12023.. £1751 B & E Higgs £nil {2023.' £2401 World Vision Fnil12023" £7 1041 Camp3 . Spree £nil 12023 £5101 Harvest- Alpr* course, lords lartkn & slep £nl12023'. £1.498) LL￿dOn Cty m￿S1)n £nil12023: £1,613) Op¢¥akn Moknlisat￿ (2023.. £1,613) Assets rntalned lor thè charity's own use The freehold propety of Fcfefronl CoMm￿ty 42 F(¥8 Stro@t. Ch*d. Somenel. TA20 IQA ongnaiiy cosi £2 14,080 In 200Jf DewerAalion 15 bwng char9cd at 20/9 Stra￿h1 lin¢ ￿ accordance wth Ihe chafty's acrxyjnling L>oIKy. Tlwe hab* been no knprownenis durbThJ ihe year which hiive wjthj v8luv to tht property and all repairs w• off as in th8 rece￿IS and payments account. pxiSt￿9 Iufnishings and equiwnent nave rn DfoiMJM lorwafo ￿u& slnce havd bovn full Of wntt¢n off as purchased. Thw4 no wJt1rt40ns during th8 yèar TruslA@# None of tho TnJG1e￿ (of any pty¢¢ns cMn•c*8d tmih ttrwnl re￿Ved 8ny eypns•s Irom F￿lf(￿l communffy CfvJTth dunry thwe no a￿9 41 yew •nd. loutr￿n9 trustoo¢ pwsonl connedod wth Ihoml romUnWatK￿ 8nd ptsnyons duving 11 year, vmicn were In Jccordance Wnh tm mwii(JfiThJum artKkns ol d4#0ual￿I W a ieason*bb• ba TAR and In b￿1 inte￿$tS of dwity.- dlar Miss C M C Smilh (frustee, 1" Nov 20241 £34,640 {2023'. £31,013} Mrs J Marsh (spouse of IAr N Marsh) £4.661 I￿?3. f4 368) C￿ costs l Miss C M C Sm*th (TnKteel £1,577 (2023: £1.551) No T￿￿te¢ gffts nls ab Miss A Marsh {dau9hter of Trustee Mr N Mwsh) £nil {2023: £176) ' The numbÈr of Inslees (and thnnpAS8AI with them) with t*AKxn bèn8fits are acr￿ing under money purthase sthemes is 1 (2023: 11. TrLLs1￿ donAled offuir¥Js lo chanty fx)ndttion and Ihe aggrrfate value of tIK)8e tr8nsacb.ons In th¢ y¢ar onding 31 Oecunber 2024 was £36.930 {2023.' £33.5311. Operating lease Al the year end there V*we outstandAvJ Mmmitrnerts for fttso minwxum eqLwpmont leasè paym•nts under non-cancellable operating lea5e5 35 f¢Jlo*s." - Due with l year £262 (2023 .' £78n Due after more than 1 ye¥ £nil (2023: £262) Restrfcted funds Ihere ¢)ffpnng8 are donated lor a 8p•¢ffi¢ pr4èei thtt• ar• w¥at•d as rn$triC￿ moni•s and uHd to fvlffl IfvJ5e pled9e5, Pl￿e5 rEYx%•yJ al 31 OeLwniw 2024 WeTe £1.109 (2023. £7.95e) Section G Declaration The trustses d6Glaf¢ that they have appro¥ed the trustees, r¢port above. Slgned on b•half of th• charlty's trustees Slgnalurpls) Full nome(s) Posltk•n {eg S¢¢retsry, Chalr, c)1. CH•M 2-81￿1￿5 TAR CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Sectlon A Independent Exarninerfs Report Report to the trusteesl mombors of Forefront CommurNty Chur¢h On accounts for tho year endèd 31 DeGemb8r 2024 Chaiity no lif any) 11391)X S•t out on pages 11to 12 I report to the Iwslees on rny examinaliun of trye accounts of the above chanty 1.the Trusl'j for the year ended 31112 12024. ResF)onsibilities and As the charty trustees of the Trust. you are responsit4e for the prep3ration basis of r•port of the accourls In aCCordar￿e ¥wth the requirem8nt5 of the Charitie5 Act 2011 {-Ihe Acl") I rep?rt in respect ol my exaNNr)ation of Ihe Trust's a¢¢ounls carned out up.der seCt￿n 145 of the 2011 Acl ana in cafrying oul my exam..natton, I havc foll?wcd the applicable t*"re¢lions given by the Charrty Commission under seCt￿n 145(51{b) ot *he Acl. l tr,ave completed my exanination. I confiryn that no malenal matters have come lo my attentson In connect.ior. wrty the examinat￿￿ vthi¢h g,'ves me cause to believe that in, an> mal&rial rè.8ped accoun'.ing records were no: kept in accordance 7Mth secticjn 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accofd wilh Ihe accounting recoids Independent examiner's statement I ￿8￿0 no concems arKI have come across no other matters in connection th t*e examination to wh.th attp.nticJn should be drawn in order to enable piuyi uniSefslai¥Jiiig ol tl)e accoupils lo t* feached. Si9ned: Date: Ic¥ Name: Jonathan Weslley FCA Relevanl professional qualificationls} or body lif anyl: Associaknon Chartered Accountants Addro$8: Thompson Jenner LLP 1 CcAleton Crescent Exeter. Devon EX2 4DG IER Section 8 Disclosure Oiili WlfiFA¢lr li IIIF ¢X•lail BG U•bUW 54n•d by rffj• ¢ SJ8MIt rJK P•q• i?