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2025-08-31-accounts

Registered number: 07993991 Charity number: 1147453

Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee)

Trustees' Report and Financial Statements

for the 12 months to 31 August 2025

Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Contents

Page
Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisers 1
Trustees' report (including Strategic Report) 2 – 8
Independent Examiners’ report 9
Statement of financial activities 10
Balance sheet 11
Notes to the financial statements 12 – 22

Internal

Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee)

Reference and administrative details of the company, its trustees and advisers for the year ended 31 August 2025

Trustees

R Gilbert, Chairman P Fearnley, Treasurer J Bower M Bower R Senior (resigned 15 October 2025)

Company registered number

07993991

Charity registered number

1147453

Registered office

310 Newland Avenue, Hull, HU5 2NB

Independent examiner

M Ryan Numbers Ltd 32 High Street Wendover Buckinghamshire HP22 6EA

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 August 2025

The Trustees (who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006) present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

The charity operates under the working name of Oasis Hub: Hull in order to acknowledge its close working relationship with the Oasis family of charities.

Structure, governance and management

a. Constitution

The company is registered as a charitable company limited by guarantee and was set up by a Memorandum of Association on 16 March 2012.

b. Method of appointment or election of Trustees

The management of the company is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Articles of Association.

c. Policies adopted for the induction and training of Trustees

The power of appointment of new trustees lies with the existing trustees. New trustees are appointed with a view to the board of trustees providing the complementary mix of skills necessary to perform the trustees’ function. Trustees are encouraged to obtain training so as to increase their skills, such training being funded by the company.

d. Organisational structure and decision making

All key decisions relating to the running and operation of the company are made by the company’s trustees. The trustees meet approximately four times a year, together with such further ad-hoc meetings as and when required. Day to day operational decisions relating to the running of the company and its premises are delegated to the Hub Leader (Claire Thomas), who attends at and reports to the trustee’s meetings.

e. Risk management

The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the company is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances of the company, and are satisfied that systems and procedures are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks. These include the implementation and monitoring of policies relating to Health and Safety, Safeguarding, Internal Financial Controls and Reserves.

In particular internal risks are minimised by the implementation of procedures for authorisation of all transactions and projects and to ensure consistent quality of delivery for all operational aspects of the company. These procedures are regularly reviewed to ensure that they still meet the needs of the company.

Monthly management accounts are prepared and distributed to all trustees and senior staff. These are considered at the trustees’ meetings.

Objectives and Activities

a. Policies and objectives

The objects of the charity for the benefit of the public in Kingston upon Hull and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees may think fit, includes the advancement of the Christian faith by proclamation and example.

The objects also include the relief of unemployment, the prevention or relief of poverty, the promotion of education including social and physical training, the relief of sickness and preservation of health and the provision of recreational facilities.

b. Strategies for achieving objectives

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 August 2025

The aim of the charity is to operate as a catalyst for community transformation by facilitating improvements in the lives of individuals and community activity and cohesion.

This will be achieved by identifying and understanding the needs and issues within the community and by working to create a place where everyone is included, making a contribution, and reaching their God-given potential. This flows into our ethos which is:

Oasis Hub: Hull aims for holistic community development that includes spiritual, educational, social, emotional, physical and environmental development.

Whilst exercising their powers and duties the trustees have had due regard to section 4 of the Charities Act 2011, and complied with, the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission.

c. Activities for achieving objectives

The charity holds regular services of worship and other events and activities to encourage and nurture the Christian faith; works in the local community for improving the wellbeing of everyone; is involved with other churches and charities in the city and region; and links with Oasis churches and charities across the UK.

Through its church building, the charity works towards achieving maximum public benefit for everyone within the locality by ensuring that the building is fully accessible, open to all and meets the current needs expressed by local residents in the deprived area where the charity is primarily based. The charity achieves its objectives by reaching out to the local community and welcoming everyone in, creating space and support for families, older people, people experiencing poverty, social exclusion and deprivation.

d. Volunteers

The charity is grateful for the unstinting efforts of its volunteers who are involved in its work.

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 August 2025

Strategic Report

Achievements and performance

a. Going concern

After making appropriate enquiries, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

b. Review of activities in relation to objectives:

This has been a very busy and exciting year for Oasis Hub: Hull as many people have joined us, seeking community and support. The longer term impact of the riots in Hull in August 2024 have been felt across our community, and our work to bring people together from different backgrounds has felt even more important this year. We have developed and grown this work, with inclusive activities, celebrations and conversations. The cost of living crisis continues to be a big pressure for our community, and so the warm space, Food Club and other free activities we can provide to support people have been important.

We continue to be responsive to our local community as together we change, develop and grow what we do, seeing a wide range of different people through our doors.

Church Services

We have held regular church services throughout the period. A variety of styles of service mean we have included music, talks, ‘sofa’ conversations, and a range of other activities as we encourage each other in the Christian faith. Our monthly ‘Community Sundays’ are a space to eat together, talk together, learning from and supporting each other. Our discussion groups enable people to think and talk about the topics further, and regular quiz nights help people to get to know each other better. The church has an ethos of openness and inclusion, welcoming everyone to participate equally regardless of disability, mental health problems, poverty, ethnicity, sexuality or gender. We aim to put this into practice by involving everyone in church and its activities. Examples of things we do to help our inclusivity include podcasts for people to listen to at home, a ‘relaxed corner’ in the service for children, young people, and others who would prefer to colour or knit instead of sitting in rows; coffee available throughout the service and sofas available for people who prefer not to engage fully in the service.

Joining together with other Churches

We work collaboratively with others where appropriate. This year we held a joint Lent course with other local churches and met with leaders at other local churches. We also organised a joint church presence at Hull Pride, bringing people together from a range of different churches to march in the parade, and holding a stall afterwards. We carried a banner in the parade saying ‘You are beautifully and wonderfully made’ and the stand had photo opportunities and goody bags to give away.

We continue to work with the Oasis network of churches, giving and receiving support. We have appreciated a number of visits from the wider Oasis team to our church services over the year.

Open House

Open House runs during the week and is a space where our community can join together and support each other. We welcome people from all backgrounds and ages and everyone mixes, enjoys conversation, friendship and support while playing in our World of Wonder, or over a drink and snack in the lounge or hall. This has also acted as a ‘warm space’ to support people who need help with the cost of living crisis. Over the year we had more than 14,000 visits to Open House. We have seen many people new and old including families, students, people who are homeless, people with mental health problems, financial difficulties, experiencing social isolation and so on. We encourage everyone to get involved and participate, treating the space as a second home.

This year we have focused on creating more connections with activities and conversation starters which have been helpful in creating a sense of belonging and breaking down barriers between groups. We have had activities such as sharing our favourite recipes which created conversations about childhood foods from many different countries. We also made placards to take to Hull Pride and many other activities. As a community we came together to create a community mural to give the message that everyone is welcome in our space. Artlink, a local arts charity worked with us to ensure everyone was involved in the design and creation of the mural which is now in our reception area.

Our group for pre-school children and their grown ups has continued to strengthen this year, and we continue to host a breastfeeding support group run by Goodwin Development Trust. Food Club

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 August 2025

Our Food Club opens for 4x 2 hour sessions each week. This year we supported almost 500 different individuals with the Food Club, giving away 18,000 meals. People who live locally and are in financial need are able to register and attend once a week. They donate £2.50 for a basket of food including ambient and fresh items. Our model aims to promote dignity and hope, while supporting people in a holistic way. We are grateful to all the people who have donated food to enable this project to run smoothly and help so many people.

One to One Support

During the year we have continued our one to one support for people who need some extra help. Community Support workers are on hand to support people with things like accessing healthcare, understanding a letter from the Council, getting help for financial issues, applying for a job and so on. We have also hosted an advisor from the Citizens Advice Bureau which has been a great benefit for our community.

Our Space

Our Space is for SEN families to use our World of Wonder at a dedicated time for them. This gives quieter times for the children and parents/ carers as they make friends, provide peer support and have space to have fun.

Community meals

We continue to offer our community meals which are popular and bring people together across different communities to eat. On Wednesdays we join together for a two course meal, and we ran evening sessions in the winter to serve soup and sandwiches. The meals not only provide hot meals to help budgets stretch, but also create space for conversations with people who might not normally talk with each other. A highlight was our multicultural Christmas meal. It included people from different faiths and ethnicities with a Sudanese band, Muslims and Christians dancing together, eating together- a traditional English main course and puddings from all over the world.

Additional activities

We have created additional, creative activities for families at regular points through the year. This has included a Christmas Wonderland with a Christmas tree trail, Father Christmas, Christmas crafts, a Christmas meal, an Easter egg hunt, cooking multi-cultural meals together, an ‘Under the Sea’ theme for May half term.

We have also run extra sessions for families only with the help of Healthy Holidays funding this year. This included sessions during the Easter holidays and over the summer, with themes such as our rainbow trail and ‘holidays in space’.

Feedback

We have received valuable feedback this year, some quotes include:

“I tell ya, if this place wasn’t here, I’d be absolutely totally lost.”

“It makes me feel happy because I meet with different kinds of people from various countries.” “Open House makes me feel so good and cared for.”

“Coming here twice a week gives me the chance to interact with different people and also gave me the opportunity to participate in painting activities.”

“The experience of being here is the people here are very caring, even the love they have for individual are very special and it makes me happy.”

“The atmosphere and people in the open house are friendly and this makes me at home.” “The feeling of being loved as displayed by the staff is really a great experience.”

“It is really good for mental well being. I enjoy being here with people. They are warm & makes you feel home. When I came from India, I didn’t know what to expect, but being here really made me feel home at some point. They share their recipes & told me how to dress up for winter & it was all warm & cozy.” “I feel great being part of this wonderful place” “Attending Open House makes me feel welcomed and excited. It also makes me feel I’m part of a supportive and inclusive environment where people genuinely care about one another which is important to me.” “The man asked me how I am, which meant a lot.”

“It makes me happy when coming here”

“It has made a massive difference to confidence in becoming a Mum and knowing there is someone to come and talk to.”

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 August 2025

Other developments

This year has been challenging due to a number of funding streams coming to an end and also capital works needed to keep our building running. We are so grateful to the funders who have renewed their funding or given us new funding both for our ongoing work, and to make the repairs needed to our heating system. Over the winter period, our heating and hot water systems were replaced and improved meaning we are now able to consistently and more efficiently heat the building. We were also able to secure capital funding to install solar panels, new LED lighting and an energy management system to improve our energy efficiency and costs into the future.

Our relationship with the Oasis family of charities continues to develop and we have appreciated the mutual support this provides including visiting speakers, peer support for our Hub Leader, HR and finance support, team training and development.

We have had funding this year to work alongside Bora Shabaa and the University of Hull to learn together and engage in reflective practice. This has been beneficial as a team as we think about our practice and how we live out our ethos and values in the work we do.

We would like to thank everyone who has helped us to achieve our objectives this period. The many people who give time and money to build our community. The National Lottery Community Fund which has renewed our funding for a further five years enabling us to continue our Open House work. New funding from the Garfield Weston Foundation has been invaluable in supporting our Open House and Food Club this year, alongside new Community Recovery Fund from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government via Hull City Council and Forum, and extensions from the Know Your Neighbourhood Fund. Also additional funding from the The Joseph Rank Trust, Two Ridings Community Foundation, The Hull and East Riding Charitable trust, Jospeh Rank Benevolent Fund, Nunburnholme Trust, Hull City Council, North Bank Forum, The Arnold Clarke Community Foundation, Healthy Holidays funding from Hull City Council and the Department for Education and the Ideas fund from the British Science Foundation and Wellcome Trust.

Thank you to the funders who have enabled our capital works to happen this year: The National Lottery Community Fund, Benefact Trust, Clothworkers Foundation, Bernard Sunley Foundation, Green Hall Foundation, Nunbornholme Foundation and DCMS via Groundwork UK.

None of what we do would happen without our community, who give money, time, vision and skills to ensure that together we thrive- we are grateful for every person.

c. Fundraising activities/Income generation

The charity is very grateful to everyone who gives to its work. It has a mixed funding portfolio including donations from individuals, funding from trusts and foundations, and income from room hire. The charity continues to seek external funding to enable it to pursue its objectives. All funding is used in furthering the objects of the c harity.

d. Factors relevant to achieve objectives

A highly motivated staff and volunteer team coupled with high standards in the quality of activities and support provided is essential to achieve the objectives of the charity.

Financial review

a. Financial and risk management objectives and policies

Total income for the year ended 31 August 2025 amounted to £429,803 (2024: £291,838). Income was higher than in previous years as this includes grants for capital expenditure, totalling £113,876. Expenditure amounted to £341,902 (2024: £331,063). The overall result is a surplus of £87,901 (2024: £39,225 deficit), leaving retained funds of £2,550,727 (2024: £2,462,826) split £89,316 (2024: £57,306) unrestricted, £175,000 (2024: £175,000) designated, and £2,286,411 (2024: £2,230,520) restricted.

The company’s income is applied to the furtherance of its objectives through the support and employment of individuals, the resourcing of activities, gifts and donations to third parties and general administrative and property costs.

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 August 2025

b. Reserves policy

It is the company’s policy to retain sufficient funds to cover fluctuations in income, current liabilities and unplanned expenditure in line with the forecasted needs of the organisation. By prudent planning and monitoring, every effort is made to keep unexpected fluctuations to a minimum and to limit the proportion of the company’s funds that must be tied up. The reserve policy requires three months’ running costs which we estimate to be £85,000. The charity holds £89,000 of unrestricted funds, £175,000 of designated funds and £2.3m of restricted funds. Staff are working across unrestricted and restricted projects and the reserve policy has been met. The company’s assets are available and adequate to fulfil its obligations.

c. Principal funding

Restricted funds were received during the period. Information regarding these funds is disclosed in the Notes to the financial statements.

Notwithstanding the restricted grants received in the year, the company remains dependent upon individual donations and gifts from Church members to further its objectives.

Plans for the future and future developments

Our Hub Plan was written in 2023, and we reviewed this over the summer of 2025 to ensure it still reflects our plans and priorities for the next 2 to 5 years, including some new areas of work. The main areas for development are:

Members' liability

The Members of the company guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the company in the event of winding up.

Trustees' responsibilities statement

The Trustees (who are also directors of Hull Community Church for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial period which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 August 2025

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with 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.

This Trustees’ Report was approved by the Trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) and signed on their behalf by:

R Gilbert, Chairman Trustee

P Fearnley, Trustee

Dated: 17 May 2026

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee)

Independent examiners' report to the members of Hull Community Church

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 August 2025.

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 your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, 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.

Matt Ryan FCCA The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

32 High Street Wendover Buckinghamshire HP22 6EA

Date: 17 May 2026

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Statement of financial activities (incorporating income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 August 2025

Note
Incoming resources
Incoming resources from generated
funds:
Voluntary income
Donations and gifts
Grants
2
Activities for generating funds – rental
income & event income
Other incoming resources
Total incoming resources
Resources expended
Costs of generating funds:
Costs of generating voluntary income
3
Charitable activities
4
Governance costs
5
Total resources expended
6
Net movement in funds for the year
Total funds at 1 September 2024
16
Total funds at 31 August 2025
16		 Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
46,334
7,687
60,883
5,487
 Designated
funds
2025
£

-

-

-

-		 Restricted
funds
2025
£
10,784
298,331
-
297
309,412
-
253,521
-		 Total
funds
2025
£
57,118
306,018
60,883
5,784


Total
funds
2024
£
57,584
191,925
39,388
2,941
291,838
10,194
319,789
1,080
331,063
(39,225)
2,502,051
2,462,826
120,391 - 429,803


11,204
76,097
1,080
-

-

-

11,204

329,618

1,080
88,381 - 253,521
341,902


32,010
57,306
89,316
-
175,000
55,891
2,230,520


87,901

2,462,826

175,000
2,286,411


2,550,727

All activities relate to continuing operations.

The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the period.

The notes on pages 12 to 22 form part of these financial statements.

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Balance sheet as at 31 August 2025

Note
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
13
Current assets
Debtors
14
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors:amounts falling due within one year
15
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Net assets
Charity Funds
Restricted funds
16
Designated funds
16
Unrestricted funds
16
Total funds		 2025
£
2,417,162
8,700
148,699
157,399
(23,834)
133,565
2,550,727
2,550,727
2,286,411
175,000
89,316
2,550,727		 2024
£
2,342,041
4,979
124,737
129,716
(8,931)
120,785
2,462,826
2,462,826
2,230,520
175,000
57,306
2,462,826

For the year ended 31 August 2025 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibility for:

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 17 May 2026 and signed on their behalf, by:

R Gilbert, Chairman

The notes on pages 12 to 22 form part of these financial statements.

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Internal

Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025

1. Accounting policies

1.1 Basis of preparation of financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102 have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value.

The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all periods presented unless otherwise stated.

1.2 Company status

The company is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales. The members of the company are the Trustees named on page 1. In the event of the company being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the company.

1.3 Fund accounting

General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the company and which have not been designated for other purposes.

Designated funds are funds that have been set aside or are for a specific purpose. They are designated at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the company for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.

Investment income, gains and losses are allocated to the appropriate fund.

1.4 Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of financial activities when the company is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

No amounts are included in the financial statements for services donated by volunteers.

Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.

Other income is recognised in the period in which it is receivable and to the extent the goods have been provided or on completion of the service.

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025

1.5 Resources expended

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been included under expense categories that aggregate all costs for allocation to activities. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular activities, they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of the resources.

Fundraising costs are those incurred in seeking voluntary contributions and do not include the costs of disseminating information in support of the charitable activities. Support costs are those costs incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the company and include project management costs. Governance costs are those incurred in compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.

All resources expended are inclusive of irrecoverable VAT.

1.6 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

The policy with respect to impairment reviews of fixed assets, excluding property, is to impair those assets that are no longer used by the company in pursuit of its objects. These assets are impaired to their recoverable amount.

Property impairments are recognised when the cost of a property is deemed to exceed its current value.

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation and impairment. Depreciation is not charged on freehold land. Depreciation on tangible fixed assets is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of those assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:

Property - 40 years
Fixtures and fittings - 8 years
Office equipment - 6 years
Computer equipment - 4 years

1.7 Operating leases

Rentals under operating leases are charged to the Statement of financial activities on a straight line basis over the lease term.

Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight line basis over the period until the date the rent is expected to be adjusted to the prevailing market rate.

1.8 Pensions

The company operates defined contribution pension schemes and the pension charge represents the amounts payable by the company to the funds in respect of the period.

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025

2. Grant income

2.
Grant income
Forum – Community Recovery Fund
Forum – Warm Spaces & Health
Government Grant
Two Ridings Foundation Know Your
Neighbourhood Fund funded by the UK
Government
Hull & East Riding Charitable Trust
Healthy Holidays
The National Lottery Community Fund
Ideas Fund
Co-Op Local Community Fund
The Tudor Trust
Two Ridings Community Foundation
Making A Difference Locally
Westhill
Groundwork UK
The Green Hall Foundation
The Benefact Trust
The Joseph Rank Trust
The Joseph Rank Benevolent Fund
Bernard Sunley Foundation
The Cloth Workers Foundation
Arnold Clarke Community Foundation
Garfield Weston Foundation
Nunburnholme Foundation
3.
Costs of generating voluntary income
Staff costs		 Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
-
-
7,687
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Restricted
funds
2025
£
17,347
6,500
-
23,188
8,000
5,644
90,789
7,000
-
-
2,500
-
-
59,905
-
3,750
10,000
500
5,000
35,000
2,500
20,000
708

Total
funds


2025
£

17,347

6,500

7,687

23,188

8,000

5,644

90,789

7,000

-

-

2,500

-

-

59,905

-

3,750

10,000

500

5,000

35,000

2,500

20,000

708

























Total
funds
2024
£
-
15,000
6,111
27,652
7,500
-
74,521
11,387
1,132
34,247
5,000
1,000
6,000
375
2,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7,687
Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
11,204		 298,331
306,018
191,925
Total
funds
2024
£
10,194

Restricted
funds
2025
£
-

Total
funds
2025
£
11,204

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025

4. Charitable activities

Summary by fund type
Staff costs
External gifts
Property costs
Church and community activities
Equipment
Telephone & IT
Travel & subsistence
Subscriptions and memberships
Administration
Professional & consultancy fees
Insurance
Depreciation
Bank charges
Consumable supplies
Recruitment & Training
Sundry expenditure		 Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
24,127
2,400
13,618
1,588
2,400
7,143
410
1,112
1,545
568
7,658
1,201
396
1,461
952
9,518
76,097		 Restricted
funds
2025
£
165,959
-
16,816
24,309
213
101
-
-
1,500
2,667
-
37,554
-
40
512
3,850
253,521		 Total
funds
2025
£
190,086
2,400
30,434
25,897
2,613
7,244
410
1,112
3,045
3,235
7,658
38,755
396
1,501
1,464
13,368
329,618		 Total
funds
2024
£

175,826

2,162

33,675

27,549

8,227

6,227

1,261

1,365

4,622

6,147

7,851

31,016

343

1,920

1,262

10,336

319,789
5.
Governance costs
Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
Independent examiners’ fee
1,080		 Restricted
funds
2025
£
-		 Total
funds
2025
£
1,080
Total
funds
2024
£

1,080

6. Analysis of resources expended by expenditure type

Costs of generating funds
Charitable activities
Governance		 Staff costs
2025
£
11,204
190,086
-
201,290		 Other costs
2025
£
-
139,532
1,080
140,612		 Total
2025
£
11,204
329,618
1,080		 Total
2024
£

10,194

319,789

1,080
341,902
331,063

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025

7. Net incoming resources / (resources expended)

This is stated after charging:

Depreciation of tangible fixed assets:
- owned by the charity
Operating lease rentals – other
8.
Independent examiners remuneration
Independent examiners’ fees
9. Staff costs		 2025
£
38,755
187
2025
£
1,080		 2024
£
31,016
697
2024
£
1,080

Staff costs (including trustees) were as follows:

Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs
The average monthly number of employees during the period was
Generating voluntary income
Charitable activities		 2025
£
174,623
14,767
11,900

201,290
as follows:
2025
No.
1
9

10		 2024
£
163,655
11,295
11,070
186,020
2024
No.
1
9
10

No employee (2024: no employee) received remuneration amounting to more than £60,000 in the year.

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025

10. Trustees' remuneration

Trustees’ remuneration, as authorised under the company’s Articles of Association, amounted to £nil (2024: £nil).

No trustees (2024: no Trustees) have benefits accruing under a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions of £nil (2024: £nil) were payable by the company in the period.

Trustee expenses of £nil (2024: £nil) were incurred during the period.

11. Comparatives for the Statement of Financial Activities

Note
Incoming resources
Incoming resources from generated
funds:
Voluntary income
Donations and gifts
Grants
2
Activities for generating funds – rental
income
Investment income – interest
Other incoming resources
Total incoming resources
Resources expended
Costs of generating funds:
Costs of generating voluntary income
3
Charitable activities
4
Governance costs
5
Total resources expended
6
Net movement in funds for the year
Transfers between funds
Total funds at 30 June 2023
16
Total funds at 31 August 2024
16		 Unrestricted
funds
2024
£
43,463
6,111
39,388
2,321		 Designated
funds
2024
£

-

-

-

-		 Restricted
funds
2024
£

14,121

185,814

-

620
91,283 -

-

-

-		 200,555
10,194
87,795
1,080
-

231,994

-
99,069 - **231,994 **

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025

12. Taxation

Factors affecting tax charge for the period

Hull Community Church is a U.K. registered charity, number 1147453. All the company’s income is applied to its charitable objects and the company is, therefore, exempt under current legislation from most forms of taxation.

Value Added Tax is not recoverable by the company and is therefore charged to the Statement of Financial Activities or Balance Sheet as incurred.

13. Tangible fixed assets

Cost
At 1 September 2024
Additions
Disposals
At 31 August 2025
Depreciation
At 1 September 2024
Charge for the period
Disposals
At 31 August 2025
Net book value
At 31 August 2025
At 31 August 2024		 Freehold
property
£
2,460,000
-
-
2,460,000
120,833
29,000
-
149,833
2,310,167
2,339,167		 Fixtures and
fittings
£
8,159
113,876
-
122,035
5,284
9,755
-
15,039
106,995
2,874		 Total
£
2,468,159
113,876
-
2,582,035
126,118
38,755
-
164,873
2,417,162
2,342,041

Included in freehold property is freehold land at cost of £50,000 which is not depreciated.

Certain property held by the company is subject to charges held by the Big Lottery Fund in relation to the company continuing to use the property for the continuation of its objects. This charge was released post year-end, in October 2025.

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025

14. Debtors

Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Creditors:
Amounts falling due within one year
Trade Creditors
Social security and other taxes
Accruals and deferred income		 2025
£
4,619
4,081
2024
£
4,979
-
4,979
2024
£
3,563
1,392
3,976

8,931
8,700
2025
£
11,688
1,383
10,763
23,834

15. Creditors:

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025

16. Statement of funds

16.
Statement of funds
Unrestricted funds
General Fund
Unrestricted Asset Fund
Total unrestricted funds
Total Designated fund
Restricted funds
Building Fund & Rest asset funds
Ideas Fund
Forum
Food Club (previously Community
Swap Shop)
Hull & East Riding Charitable Trust
The National Lottery Community
Fund
Capital Funders
Westhill
The Tudor Trust
Two Ridings Foundation Know Your
Neighbourhood Fund funded by the
UK Government
Garfield Weston Foundation
The National Lottery
CommunityFund Open House grant
Healthy Holidays
Joseph Rank Trust
Two Ridings Emergency Response

Total restricted funds

Total funds		 Brought
Forward
£
54,852
2,454		 Incoming
Resources
Resources
Expended
£
£
120,391
(87,180)
-
(1,201)
Transfers
between
funds
£
-
-		 Carried
Forward
£
88,063
1,253
57,306 120,391 (88,381) - 89,316
175,000 - - - 175,000
2,240,146
2,530
10,863
6,154
-
-
-
-
-
1,257
11,835
13,626
-
-
-
2,286,411
2,550,727
2,163,824
2,284
-
1,988
2,857
24,163
-
4,311
28,293
2,800
-
-
-
-
-
2,230,520
2,462,826
(37,554)

(6,754)

(12,984)

(17,784)

(2,857)

(53,119)

-

(4,311)

(28,293)

(24,731)

(8,165)

(38,711)

(5,758)

(10,000)

(2,500)
(253,521)		 113,876
-
-
-
-
(9,513)
(104,363)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-













309,412 -

-
429,803 (341,902)

The £175,000 designated fund represents the land and buildings held within the general unrestricted funds.

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025

Information on restricted funds

The Tudor Trust - Money received towards staff costs and other costs.

Garfield Weston Foundation - funding towards the costs of Open House and Food Club Joseph Rank Trust - Funding for core costs donated by the Joseph Rank Trust

General funds
Designated funds
Restricted funds		 Brought
Forward
£
57,306
175,000
2,230,520		 Incoming
Resources
£

120,391

-

309,412		 Resources
Expended
£

(88,381)

-

(253,521)
 Transfers
£

-

-

-
 Carried
Forward
£

89,316

175,000

2,286,411


2,550,727
2,462,826
429,803
(341,902)
-

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Hull Community Church (A company limited by guarantee) (Registered number: 07993991)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025

17. Analysis of net assets between funds


Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Creditors due within one year		 Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
1,253
109,820
(21,757)		 Designated
funds
2025
£

175,000

-

-

175,000		 Restricted
funds
2025
£
2,240,909
47,579
(2,077)		 Total
funds
2025
£

2,417,162

157,399

(23,834)		 Total
funds
2024
£

2,342,041

129,716

(8,931)

2,462,826
89,316 2,286,411 2,550,727

18. Pension commitments

The company operates defined contribution pension schemes. The assets of the schemes are held separately from those of the company in independently administered funds. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the company to the funds and amounted to £11,900 (2024: £11,070).

19. Operating lease commitments

At 31 August 2025 the company had annual commitments under non-cancellable operating leases as follows:

Expiry date:
Within 1 year
Between 2 and 5 years		 Other leases
2025
Other leases
2024
£
£
187
510
-
187

20. Related party transactions

There were no related party transactions.

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