
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 01 / 09 / 2021                     To 31 / 08 / 2022** 

**Charity name: The Christ Church Gospel Partners Fund** 

**Charity registration number: 1150427** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**As before; to advance the Christian faith,**<br>**provision of pastoral care, advance**<br>**education**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**The charity has supported six Ministry**<br>**Trainees of Christ Church Southampton,**<br>**by means of grants. The trainees have**<br>**received both structured and**<br>**unstructured training, working fulltime,**<br>**supporting local churches, and providing**<br>**pastoral care.**<br>**The purchase of a property in the year**<br>**has been to provide manse**<br>**accommodation for a pastor and his**<br>**family as they moved to the area and**<br>**started ministry work.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had due regard to the**<br>**guidance issued on public benefit by the**<br>**Charity Commission.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 



Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Supporting six Ministry Trainees at Christ**<br>**Church Southampton, in providing grants**<br>**to support their study and pastoral care**<br>**work and in supporting local churches.**<br>**As the pastor and his family could not**<br>**initially move to the area due to a lack of**<br>**housing, the trust prompted a fundraising**<br>**effort to supplement the trust in acquiring**<br>**a manse property, with this assistance**<br>**facilitating the pastor and family move**<br>**and work in the local church community.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The trustees meet twice yearly and**<br>**regularly communicated by**<br>**predominantly emails and occasional**<br>**messaging. This time is to review**<br>**commitments on a rolling year basis. We**<br>**consider we have funds in hand to meet**<br>**obligations undertaken. These have**<br>**resumed to expected levels in the current**<br>**year to pre-pandemic levels, though**<br>**Ministry Trainees more self-funded, travel**<br>**and course expenses have resumed.**<br>**Rent for the manse provides adequate**<br>**coverage for the interest loan taken out**<br>**for theproperty. **|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held because income is not**<br>**guaranteed from year to year and the**<br>**trust wishes to be able to assure**<br>**assistance where required. As noted in**<br>**previous years as an anticipation, a**<br>**purchase of property was made with**<br>**some of the trusts finances, as well as**<br>**some reserves still held in ongoing**<br>**provision of grants to support Ministry**<br>**Training and other purposes.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£67,834**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust deed date 9th November 2010**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association,CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**By existing trustees**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|The Christ Church Gospel Partners Fund|
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|Other name the charity uses|n/a|
|Registered charitynumber|**1150427**|
|Charity’s principal address|1 REDHILL CLOSE<br>SOUTHAMPTON<br>SO16 7BT|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Nigel Paul Bridges|Chairman|||
||Francis Edward<br>Orlando Saer||||
||James Jonathan<br>Welch Roberts||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||



**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## Declarations 

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees 

Signature(s) Full name(s) SAMES Position (eg. Secretary, Chair, etc) Date Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg. Secretary, Chair, etc) Date 



**Charity Name N The Christ Church Gospel Partners Fund 1** 


## **Receipts and payments acco** 

Period start date 

**For the period from** 

**To** 

09/01/2021 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds** 

**to the nearest £** 

**to the nearest £ to the nearest £** 

## **A1 Receipts** 


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General Donations                   33,927                            -                              -<br>Donations towards Manse                             -                    60,692                            -<br>Gross Interest                          20                            -                              -<br>Reimbursements for SC Gospel                     2,340                            -                              -<br>Other                        107                            -                              -<br>Manse Rent                     3,099                            -                              -<br>TCS Donations                             -                      7,500                            -<br>                  39,493                    68,192                            -<br>Sub total (Gross income for AR)<br>A2 Asset and investment sales,<br>(see table).<br>                            -                              -                              -<br>                            -                              -                              -<br>Sub total  [                            - ]                             -                              -<br>Total receipts                 39,493                 68,192                           -<br>A3 Payments<br>Courses and conferences                   17,467                            -                              -<br>Incidental Expenses                             -                            -                              -<br>Sundry                        100                            -                              -<br>Trainee Grants                     9,400                            -                              -<br>Manse Expenses                   12,106                            -                              -<br>TCS Expenses                             -                         523                            -<br>Loan Interest Repayment                     2,115                            -                              -<br>Balance Adjustment                             -                            -                              -<br>Sub total                   41,189                         523                            -<br>A4 Asset and investment<br>purchases, (see table)<br>Manse Capital                             -                  119,435                              -<br>                            -                              -                              -<br>Sub total                             -                  119,435                              -<br>Total payments                 41,189               119,958                           -<br>Net of receipts/(payments)  -                1,696  -              51,766                         -<br>A5 Transfers between funds -              58,743                 58,743                         -<br>A6 Cash funds last year end               128,273                         -                           -<br>Cash funds this year end                67,834                   6,977                         -<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of** 

|||**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**|**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Current Account (Co-Op)<br>Deposit Account (CAF Scottish Widows)<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**44,837**<br>**22,998**<br>**-**<br>**67,834**<br>OK|
|||**Unrestricted**|
|||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
|||**Fund to which**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**|**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**<br>Manse|Restricted<br>**asset belongs**|
|**charity’s own use**||**Fund to which**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**<br>Mortgage on Manse (Kingdom Bank)|Restricted<br>**liability relates**|





Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print N 



**o (if any) 150427** 

## **ounts** 

## **CC16a** 

Period end date 08/31/2022 

## **Total funds** 

**Last year** 

**to the nearest £** 

**to the nearest £** 


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                  33,927                   35,915<br>                  60,692                             -<br>                         20                          28<br>                    2,340                     1,770<br>                       107                     1,154<br>                    3,099                             -<br>                    7,500                             -<br>                107,685                   38,867<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>



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                          -<br>                          -                               -<br>                          -                               -<br>             107,685                38,867<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>



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                  17,467                     3,990<br>                          -                            30<br>                       100                          44<br>                    9,400                     1,400<br>                  12,106                             -<br>                       523                             -<br>                    2,115                             -<br>                          -                            39<br>                  41,712                     5,503<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>



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                119,435                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>                119,435                             -<br>                161,147                  5,503<br>-              53,462                33,364<br>                          -                         -<br>             128,273                94,909<br>               74,811              128,273<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




## **the period** 


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Restricted  Endowment<br>funds  funds<br>to nearest £ to nearest £<br>                    6,977                           -<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>                 6,977                       -<br>OK OK<br>Restricted  Endowment<br>funds  funds<br>to nearest £ to nearest £<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>Current value<br>Cost (optional)<br>(optional)<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>Current value<br>Cost (optional)<br>(optional)<br>                399,000                           -<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>                          -                             -<br>Amount due  When due<br>(optional) (optional)<br>                279,300<br>                          -<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>





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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** The Christ Church Gospel Partners Fund 

**On accounts for the year** 31 August 2022 **Charity no** 1150427 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 to 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 year ended 31/08/2022. 

- **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:** F Jones 

**Date:** 26/06/2023 

**Name:** Fiona Jones **Relevant professional** ACA **qualification(s) or body (if any):** 

**Address:** 41 Westridge Road Southampton SO17 2HP 

**October 2018** 

**IER** 

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**Section B                           Disclosure** 

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

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

**October 2018** 

**IER** 

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