## Deva Church Report and Accounts Year ended 31 March 2025 1 Lamb's Passage, London EC1Y 8AB www.stewardship.org.uk ## **Deva Church** ## **LEGAL & ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE Deva Church Ffordd Pant y Celyn Prestatyn Denbighshire LL19 8YE GOVERNING DOCUMENT Constitution dated 4th May 2012 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1152350 TRUSTEES RESPONSIBLE FOR Andrew Dalton MANAGING THE CHARITY David Jones Eric Payne Phillip Shepherd Ron Cutting David Phillips (appointed 28 Oct 2024) INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Archie McDowall BA CA Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB ## **INDEX** Page 1 Legal & Administrative Details Pages 2-3 Trustees' Report Page 4 Independent Examiner's Report Page 5 Receipts and Payments Account Page 6 Statement of Assets & Liabilities Page 7 Notes to the Accounts Page 1 ## **Deva Church** ## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** The Trustees have pleasure in submitting the Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025. ## **Objects of the charity** The charity, which is a church, is governed by a constitution and is constituted as a trust. The charity's principal objects, as set out in its governing document, are: The objectives of Deva Church are to communicate the life changing Gospel of Jesus Christ to as many people as possible and also to provide a Christian Church Fellowship. To be able to reach this objective the Church carries out a number of varied activities including regular Sunday Services held for worship and the preaching of the Gospel which include crèche and special classes for children if they attend. Outreach to and support for the local community is through weekday activities providing for needs of older people and activities for ladies. Church is also involved in providing a Local Authority “Warm Hub” and its own “Deva Hub” and/or coffee morning. The church building is also used for a number of community activities, organised by The Church and others including Neighbourhood Watch, and 'Surgeries' for local Councillors and community Police Officers. On Tuesdays a Midweek Prayer and Bible study meeting is held providing information on local and world issues for prayer information along with Bible ministry. Regular reports are given on worldwide missionary work to inform and provide an opportunity to give financial support. On 31st March 2025 the Church had a formal Membership of 38 augmented by a number of regular attendees to its Services and activities. ## **Summary of the charity's main activities and achievements** To further the above objects and vision, the charity's main activities and achievements were as follows: Overview: The Church is committed to demonstrating the love of Christ in its neighbourhood and has adopted ideas to fulfil its aims. The updating of its website and provision of recorded sermons provides a valuable contact with those unable to attend services on a regular basis. The Church's financial giving to Mission has been reviewed to ensure cost effective use of resources. In planning the activities the Trustees have applied the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission. The trustees have considered the guidance produced by the Charity Commission on the provision of public benefit and they confirm that public benefit has been provided by the following: - 1) Providing regular public worship open to all. - 2) Conducting pastoral work including visiting the sick and the bereaved. - 3) Teaching Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups when circumstances allow. - 4) Providing activities for children when such are required. - 5) Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas. - 6) Continuing to be involved in a local food bank. - 7) Providing support and undertaking Funeral Services for those who are and are not Members of The Church. - 8) Holding a monthly Communion Service with 'signing' for deaf attendees. Page 2 - 9) Updating the Church Website to provide more information to the Public and encourage more to come to our meetings. 10) Members actively involved in other charitable work including Good News for Everyone (formerly The Gideons UK), MEDCARE, Bible Society and SASRA. 11) Allowing the Church building to be used for Community activities such as Police Surgeries, Exhibitions, Prestatyn Town Council’s Civic Service and as a Polling Station. 12) A review of our regular donations to Missionary works was undertaken and led to the system of regular amounts being given to specified works rather than based on a variable monthly offering. ## **Reserves policy** Reserves Policy It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds which are the free reserves of the charity at a level which provides sufficient funds to enable the charity to continue in operation while it addresses any unforeseen expenses or shortfall in long term resources. **Financial review** of the accounts April 2024 to March 2025 Income for the year ending 2024 has slightly increased to £28,959 from £21,721 in the year ending March 2023. ## **Governance** The trustees are responsible for preparing the report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards(United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The law applicable to charities in England and Wales, the Charities Act 1993 Charity(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to: "Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently Observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP Make judgements and estimates that are responsible and prudent Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is appropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business". The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993, The Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the Trust Deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection and other irregularities. ## **Approval** This report was approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by: ## David K Jones ___________________________ David K Jones (May 25, 2025 12:46 GMT+1) David K Jones Trustee May 25, 2025 Date:_______________________ Page 3 ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT** ## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF** ## **Deva Church** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Deva Church for the year ended 31 March 2025 on pages 5 to 7 following. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; or 2. 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. ## Archie McDowall Archie McDowall (May 29, 2025 12:31 GMT+1) Archie McDowall BA CA Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB Date: May 29, 2025 Page 4 ## **Deva Church** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** |Notes
**_Income receipts_**
Offerings and Donations
Gift aid receipts
Prestatyn Council / Warm Hub
Bank interest
Income from letting of facilities
**_Total receipts_**
**_Payments_**
2
**_Total payments_**
Transfers between funds
3
**Net movement in funds**
Cash funds as at last year end
**Cash funds at this year end**
A
Net of receipts / (payments) before
Payments in relation to charitable activities
undertaken directly|General
Restricted
Funds
Funds
£
£
16,579
1,829
6,580
-
2,611
-
561
-
800
-
27,130
1,829
21,354
6,060
21,354
6,060
5,777
(4,231)
(4,550)
4,550
1,227
319
42,780
1,200
44,007
1,519
Unrestricted Funds|2025
£
18,407
6,580
2,611
561
800
28,959
27,414
27,414
1,545
-
1,545
43,981
45,526|2024
£| |---|---|---|---| ||General
Funds
£
16,579
6,580
2,611
561
800
27,130
21,354
21,354
5,777
(4,550)
1,227
42,780
44,007||| ||||19,810
-
1,376
535
-| ||||21,721| ||||28,060| ||||28,060| ||||(6,339)
-| ||||(6,339)
50,321| ||||43,981| The notes on page 7 form part of these accounts. Page 5 ## **Deva Church** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** |**Deva Church**
**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**||| |---|---|---| |General
Restricted
funds
funds
Notes
£
£
**A**
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank with immediate access
44,007
1,519
44,007
1,519
**B**
**Other monetary assets**
Gift aid due to charity
2,754
-
2,754
-
**C**
**Liabilities**
**Falling due within one year**
Fee for Independent Examination
600
-
600
-
**Total**
600
-
Unrestricted Funds|2025
£
45,526
45,526
2,754
2,754
600
600
600|2024
£| |||43,981| |||43,981| |||6,580| |||6,580| |||1,200| |||1,200| |||| |||1,200| The accounts were approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by: David K Jones ___________________________________ David K Jones (May 25, 2025 12:46 GMT+1) David K Jones May 25, 2025 Date:_______________________ The notes on page 7 form part of these accounts. Page 6 ## **Deva Church** ## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** ## **1 Accounting policies** The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis and comprise a statement that shows the charity's receipts and payments, a statement that summarises the charity's assets and liabilities and related notes. The accountancy profession have determined that only accounts prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards present a 'true and fair' view and, as these receipts and payments accounts have not (and cannot) be prepared in accordance with accounting standards, these accounts do not present (and are not intended to present) a 'true and fair' view of the charity's financial activities and state of affairs. General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes. Restricted funds are donations which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors; they include donations received from appeals for specific activities or projects. |General
Restricted
funds
Funds
£
£
**2**
**Payments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly**
Ministry expenses
100
6,060
Gifts and speaker expenses
1,833
-
Photocopier, stationary & internet
1,829
-
Utilities
3,909
-
Outreach activities
1,204
-
Caretaking, windows and cleaning materials
3,156
-
Church Growth Trust - church rental
160
-
Building & contents insurance
1,478
-
Building & grounds, repairs & maintenance
4,722
-
Legal fees, licenses, audit
2,463
-
Catering
500
-
21,354
6,060
Unrestricted Funds|Total
2025
£
6,160
1,833
1,829
3,909
1,204
3,156
160
1,478
4,722
2,463
500
27,414|Total
2024
£| |---|---|---| |||11,010
1,880
1,108
3,203
25
2,923
160
1,258
3,358
2,282
853| |||28,060| ## **3 Movement of funds** |General funds
Restricted funds
Missionary Fund
Total funds|Opening
balance
£
42,780
1,200
1,200
43,981|Receipts
£
27,130
1,829
1,829
28,959|Payments
£
(21,354)
(6,060)
(6,060)
(27,414)|Transfers
£
(4,550)
4,550
4,550
-|Closing
balance
£| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||44,007| ||||||1,519| ||||||1,519| ||||||45,526| The Missionary Account exists to hold funds given voluntarily by the church membership prior to being sent as regular gifts to missions supported by the church. Page 7 ## Deva Church 2025 Accounts - FINAL FOR SIGNING Final Audit Report 2025-05-29 Created: 2025-05-23 By: Lawrence Renn (lawrence.renn@stewardship.org.uk) Status: Signed Transaction ID: CBJCHBCAABAAqkso5ufCKX05Xo0m3LDOZIgN_aalMn-l ## "Deva Church 2025 Accounts - FINAL FOR SIGNING" History - Document created by Lawrence Renn (lawrence.renn@stewardship.org.uk) 2025-05-23 - 8:48:33 AM GMT - Document emailed to davidkjones84@gmail.com for signature 2025-05-23 - 8:51:09 AM GMT - Email viewed by davidkjones84@gmail.com 2025-05-25 - 11:40:44 AM GMT - Signer davidkjones84@gmail.com entered name at signing as David K Jones 2025-05-25 - 11:46:25 AM GMT - Document e-signed by David K Jones (davidkjones84@gmail.com) Signature Date: 2025-05-25 - 11:46:27 AM GMT - Time Source: server Document emailed to Archie McDowall (archie.mcdowall@stewardship.org.uk) for signature 2025-05-25 - 11:46:29 AM GMT - Email viewed by Archie McDowall (archie.mcdowall@stewardship.org.uk) 2025-05-29 - 11:20:56 AM GMT - Document e-signed by Archie McDowall (archie.mcdowall@stewardship.org.uk) Signature Date: 2025-05-29 - 11:31:26 AM GMT - Time Source: server ## Agreement completed. 2025-05-29 - 11:31:26 AM GMT