## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **Day Month Year Day Month Year 1[st] January 2025 To 31[st] December 2025** **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by** UNITY CHURCH ORPINGTON **Registered charity number (if any)** 1151334 **Charity's principal address** RYE CRESCENT ORPINGTON **Postcode BR5 4NH** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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3
4
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6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||PETER PRICE|Trustee/Director||UnityChurch Members| ||NEIL MALTMAN|Trustee/Director
CHAIR of
Trustees/Directors|01/01/2025 to 16/03/2025
16/03/2025 to 31/12/2025|Unity Church Members| ||PETER BELL|CHAIR of
Trustees/Directors|01/01/2025 to 16/03/2025|Unity Church Members| ||MASSIMO
MASSARO|Trustee/Director||Unity Church Members| ||AMY KOLVER|Trustee/Director||UnityChurch Members| ||CINDY DADIER|Trustee/Director|16/03/2025 to 31/12/2025|UnityChurch Members| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Articles of Association (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Charitable Company (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Elected by Members (eg. appointed by, elected by) March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. Unity Church is a mission initiative commenced June 2012, supported by two partner churches, Christ Church (Orpington) and Hope Church (Bromley & Orpington). The church building is owned by the Diocese of Rochester and is in the parish of All Saints. The Church operates under a Mission Order from the Bishop of Rochester. During 2025, the church was affiliated to the Regions Beyond group of churches. Church leaders from the group met on occasions during the year to encourage, support and pray for each other. The church is also part of Churches Together in Orpington. David Bell was employed as Church Leader of Unity Church until 11/9/2025 and is responsible for day to day running of its ministries. A significant number of volunteer members of the church lead, sustain and develop ministries and activities of the church. The Trustee/Directors are responsible to ensure the charity complies with all applicable regulations and governance. They are also responsible for monitoring risk and a Risk Register has been compiled and is reviewed at least annually. All major insurable risks are covered by a bespoke church insurance policy including building, contents and liability sections. The Trustee/Directors are responsible for all legal and governance aspects. March **2012** **TAR** 2 ## **Section C Objectives and activities** |**Summary of the objects**
**of the charity set out in**
**its governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for**
**the public benefit in**
**relation to these objects**
**(include within this**
**section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees**
**have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission on**
**public benefit)**|To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in Orpington, Kent and in
such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees of the charity may
from time to time think fit in accordance with the Statement of Beliefs.
In furtherance of these objects, the charity operates a church in the local area offering a
range of activities and pastoral support to both church members and the wider
community. When considering the aims, objectives and activities run by the charity, the
trustees have considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in
particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion.| |---|---| ||**Regular activities undertaken by Unity Church include:**
* Weekly services of worship, open to all. A children’s teaching group operates on
Sundays.
*Growth Groups meet to explore the Bible, discuss various topics, encourage one
another and pray together in the church building.
*Twice weekly community food distributions from the Community Fridge took place from
outdoors on the premises to 40 to 60 people representing 50 to 70 households
consisting of 100 to 150 householders for each distribution. After each distribution a
Community Café with free refreshments is provided for 25 to 40 people.
*Youth Club (called Catalyst) run weekly during term time for 10 to 15 secondary school
aged young people. In addition, trips were organised using funds provided by Jack
Petchey Foundation.
*Community Garden providing a space for the community to be engaged in gardening
skills, growing vegetables that are given to the community. It is also a place to meet
and chat with each other.
*The Alpha Course offering friendship and opportunity to explore and develop Christian
faith have been run three times during the year.
*Tuesday morning online prayer meetings.
*Monthly prayer meetings (called the Engine Room) in the church.
*Occasional activities undertaken in conjunction with other Orpington churches through
the auspices of Churches Together in Orpington.
* One Job Club eight-week course, under the auspices of Christians Against Poverty
(CAP), and with financial and personnel support from other Orpington churches. This
gives help to those who are out of work to write CV’s and learn interview techniques.
One-to-one coaching is provided.
* Two Life Skills ten-week courses, under the auspices of CAP, helping people to know
how to plan and budget better.
*Twice weekly Get Active free gym sessions for adults from the local community during
term time have been held to help with physical health, nutrition and well-being.
Approximately 8 to 12 adults attend each session.
*Get Active Dance, a weekly free dance session for 10 to 20 local women.
**The church provided facilities and support for local community groups:**
*Conditioned Fitness, personal trainer sessions during various days in the week.| March **2012** **TAR** 3 **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** ## **Church’s work and ministries.** During the year we have maintained a steady number of people attending the church, both on Sundays (50-80 with an average of almost 60) and for our mid-weekly events (20 - 40). We have sustained significant numbers of people from the community engaging with our weekly ministries, especially Job Club and Life Skills (10-20), Alpha (4-8) Community Fridge (6090) and have continued to help and care for many in need in the area. We have continued to seek new areas in which we can impact upon the community to provide both practical and spiritual help. ## **Policy reviews and updates.** During the year, we reviewed/produced: - Equal Opportunities Policy reviewed Feb 2025 - Whistleblowing Policy reviewed Feb 2025 - Equal Opportunities Policy reviewed Feb 2025 - Ministerial Review completed Jul 2025 - GDPR Personal Data usage reviewed Oct 2025 - Lone Working Policy reviewed Feb 2025 - Grievance Policy reviewed Mayl 2025 - Disciplinary Policy reviewed Mayl 2025 - Statutory Sick Pay Policy reviewed May 2025 - Fire Evacuation Routes Plan reviewed April 2025 - Working at Height policy reviewed April 2025 - Bank Business Card Policy reviewed August 2025 - GDPR Privacy Policy reviewed August 2025 - PAT Testing carried out May 2025 - Anti-Bribery Policy reviewed Oct 2025 - Health and Safety Policy reviewed Oct 2025 - Risk Register reviewed and updated Jan 2025 - Safeguarding Policy and Procedures reviewed and updated Oct 2025 - • Internal Financial Controls Recording reviewed and updated Dec 2025 - Fire Risk Assessment reviewed and updated Dec 2025 ## **Building and grounds Improvements:** - We completely refurbished the church kitchen including all units, windows, electric appliances, flooring, lighting, fire resistant shutter, fire door and other door, plumbing. - We undertook some significant roof repairs. - We replaced a door and several windows March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** ## **Brief statement of the** ## **charity’s policy on reserves** The reserves policy of the charity is to maintain a minimum of two months expenditure on salaries, running and maintenance costs, which would amount to approximately £12500. Unrestricted reserves on the General Fund amounted to £47100 at the end of the year. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## NONE ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); The Charity’s principal source of funding comes from regular giving and donations from members and the offerings taken at Sunday services. This is supplemented by income from lettings. There are no investments. - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any March **2012** **TAR** 6 ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Neil Maltman **Position (e.g. Secretary, Chair,** Chair of Trustees **etc) Date** 22.6.2026 March **2012** **TAR** 7 ## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES Accounting period 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 Unity Church, Orpington Charity Number: 1151334** |**Incoming Resources**
Donations & Gifts (1)
Tax Refund
Lettings
Job Club
Life Skills
Other (Refund from 2024)
Building (insurance)
Building project
Get Active Gym
Get Active Dance
Jack Petchey Foundation
Other Grants
Time 4 Me
Community Garden
Community Fridge (extra food)
Kitchen Project
Bank Interest
**Total Incoming Resources**
**Resources expended**
Salaries, Pension Contribution & NI
Cleaner|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total 2025**
**£**
**£**
**£**
58,163
3001
61164
24,590
0
24,590
6,000
0
6,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
6
0
1475
1475
0
1,000
1,000
0
1,080
1,080
0
510
510
0
2,140
2,140
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,120
1,120
0
7,340
7,340
953
0
953
**89712**
**17666**
**107,378**
-
45,379
0
45,379
2,668
0
2,668|**Total 2024**
**£**
64614
8,396
5,100
0
0
0
0
2,275
1180
1610
1600
0
7,550
0
1,650
34,268
1,543| |---|---|---| |||**129,786**| |||53,940
1,430| |Running Expenses (2)|9,245|0|9,245|9,273| |---|---|---|---|---| |Grounds|1,088|0|1,088|2,048| |Window Cleaning|336|0|336|264| |Building Maintenance|2,842|3,294|6,136|4,726| |Gifts & donations (1)|0|2,333|2,333|0| |Equipment Purchased (1)|1,067|400|1,467|3,854| |Catering & Hospitality|983|0|983|777| |Church Leader’s Expenses|1,006|0|1,006|886| |Children’s Work|230|0|230|298| |Youth (Catalyst)|343|0|343|1,798| |Gas|1,377|0|1,377|1,450| |Electricity|1,614|88|1,702|1,589| |Job Club|0|624|624|545| |Life Skills|0|682|682|990| |Jack Petchey Foundation|0|2,134|2,134|1,927| |Donations to Charitable Causes (3) (1)|9750|348|10,098|8,758| |Miscellaneous Cash Expenditure|0|0|0|18| |Get Active Gym|0|1,765|1,765|1674| |Get Active Dance|0|930|930|915| |Training|422|0|422|2,441| |Community Garden|0|0|0|0| |Time 4 Me|0|120|120|6,302| |Community Fridge|405|355|760|1093| |Community Fridge Extra|0|1,386|1,386|1319| |Other Ministry (Outreach)|852|0|852|1,093| |Kitchen Project
0
42,097
Building Project
0
0
**Total Resources Expended**
**79607**
**56556**
**Net Incoming / (Outgoing) Resources**
**10105**
**-38890**
**Total Funds Brought Forward**
**39,312**
**39,896**
**Total Funds Carried Forward (4)**
**49417**
**1006**
**Balance Sheet**
**Current Assets**
Cash at Bank and in Hand
**Total Assets**
**Represented by**
General Fund
Building Repair Fund
**Notes to Accounts**
1. Donations and gifts include:
Unrestricted - offerings £ 3590
- regular gifts (gift aided) £49225
- donations
£ 5348|0
42,097
0
0|
42,097

0

**136,163**
**-28,785**

**79,208**

**50423**
50423
**50423**
**47099**
**3324**
**50,423**|4,953
5,563| |---|---|---|---| ||**79607**
**56556**||**119,924**| ||||**9,862**
**69,346**
**79,208**
79,208| ||||**79,208**| ||||72,695
6,513| ||||**79,208**| ||||| Restricted gifts : £2083 Dave & Kate Bell, £250 Together ‘25, £400 laptop, £268 CAP, 2. Running expenses include waste disposal, boiler maintenance and inspection plus replacement of fire protection equipment. Gas and electricity costs are recorded separately. 3. Donations to charitable causes includes £4200 to Regions Beyond, £1200 to Release International, £1680 to Starfish Malawi, £1368 to Bromley CAP Partnership, £1200 to JW Taminga (Cornerstone Church, Penang), £250 Churches Together and £200 Transform Bromley Borough Partnership. 4. Restricted funds of £1006, to be carried forward into 2026, to be used as follows : £6 Jack Petchey & £1000 Building Project. 5. For the purposes of this SOFA, where the expenditure was in 2025, netted refunds were allocated against expenditure to which they related. A total income of £233.85 was ignored and a total expenditure of £233.85 was ignored as follows: ## **Refunds/Income** ## **Expenditure** |14.01.25|Restricted
£77.84|07.01.25|Restricted| |---|---|---|---| |02.04.25|Kitchen
£16.33|03.04.25|Kitchen| |02.04.25|Kitchen
£22.99|03.04.25|Kitchen| |07.05.25|Kitchen
£26.50|28.04.25|Kitchen| |01.08.25|Kitchen £13.48|17.07.25|Kitchen| |04.08.25|Kitchen
£9.98|17.07.25|Kitchen| |22.09.25|Community Fridge £16.05|04.08.25 Community Fridge|| |11.09.25|Community Fridge £15.70|13.10.25 Community Fridge|| |27.10.25|Leadership Expenses £22.00|27.10.25|Other| |10.11.25|Jack Petchey £12.98|04.11.25|Jack Petchey| ## **Basis of Preparation** These accounts have been prepared on an historic cost basis in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards for Small Enterprises in Charity Commission Statement of Recommended Practice. ## **Accounting Policies** - Incoming resources are included in the SoFA when received. - Grants and donations are included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources. - Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the time of receipt by the charity. - Any capitalised expenditure is depreciated over 4 years. ## **Trustees’ Expenses** No expenses were paid to trustees. ## **Staff Costs** Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind £40958 Employer’s National Insurance costs £0 (after deduction of Employment Allowance totalling £10500) Pension costs £4421 ## **Employees** Minister (full-time) January to September 2025 Administrator (part-time) ## **Defined Contribution Pension Scheme** 10% of the Minister and Administrator’s salary was paid to Legal and General. ## **Basis of preparation** For the years ending December 2018 onwards the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. No members have required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006 The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime. Signed on behalf of the board, Chair of Trustees comm￿ Inaepenaeni examiners repon on Ine accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to th• trustee81 mombers of Unlty Chur¢h 0￿Ington On accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 Charity no {If any) 1151334 8•t out on pages Rospective The chanty's Iruslees are responsible for the preparation of the ac¢ounl$. responsibllllles of The ¢harity'$ trustees consider that an audit is nol required for this year trustees and examSngr under section 144 of the Charitie5 Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examinat￿n is needed. It is my responsibilty to.. examine the accounts under section 145 of th8 Charrlie$ Act. to follow th8 procedures laid down in the general Dire¢lions given by the Charity Commission {under section 145151{bl of the Charities Act. and to slate whether particular matters have come to my attention. 8asl8 of independent My examln8lion was carried out in accordance with general Directions given exarnlnerfs 8tatsment by the Charty Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charty and a ¢ompanson of the accounts presented with those records. 11 also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the a￿ountS. and seeking explanations from the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do nol provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as lo whether the accounts present 8 'true and fairf view and the report 1$ limited to those matters Set out in the statement below. Indepondent In ¢onnection with my examinats'on, no matter has come to my attentK)n examlnerf8 Ststement (other than that di$¢losed below ') 1. wh￿h give$ me reasonable caus8 to believe that in, any material respect, the reqLtiremenls'. to keep accounting records in accordance with seclion 130 of the Charities A¢l'. and to prep8re accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply vthh the accounting requirements of the Chartti8s Act have not been met., or 2. lo which, in my opinlon, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reachgj. Ple8se delete the words in the br8¢kets rf they do not 8ppIy. SIgn￿. Date: Name: TANYA WARDLEY Relevant profe8slonal qualification{s) or body lif any): Assoclation of Ac¢otsntlng Technlcian8 . AddrM•: 13 RINGMER WAY BROMLEY BR12TY Section B Disclosure