LARKBEARE CHRISTIAN TRUST
A charltablo Incorporated organlsallon 'CIO'
Charlty reg18trallon number: 1161666
TRUSTEES REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

LARKBEARE CHRISTIAN TRUST
TRUSTEE REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Receipts & Payments Account - CC16a

LARKBEARE CHRISTIAN TRUST
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The Trustees present the report and Ilnancial statements lor the year ended 31 December 2023.
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Charity Name..
Larkbeare Christian Trust
Charity registration number..
1161666
Date of formation..
14 May2015
Pnncipal ofhce:.
25 Fleming Way
Exeter
Devon
EX2 4SE
Trustoog
The Trustees who served during the period are as follows:
Mr. George H Meredith {Chairman appointed on 7th March 2023)
Rev. Christian J. Keane (Chairman until 7th March 2023)
Mr. Nigel K Warren (Treasurer)
Dr James P Gould (appointed 20 September 2022)
Mr Huw G Pary (apw)inted 7 November 2022)
Ms Sarah L Richards (appointed 7 November 2022>
Banker8
The Trust's bank is CAF Bank Ltd, 25 Kings Hill. West Malling, Kent. ME19 4JQ.
srRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Gov•rnlng fjocument
Lart(beare Christian Trust is a charitable incortM)rated organisation (CIO) and was registered as a
chanty on 14 May 2015. The Charity was established under a Constitution dated 14 May 2015 (as
arnended on 9 May 2018) which established the oty'ectives and powers of Ihe CIO.
R￿ruItMeN and Appolntment of Tru8tee8
The Trustees are charrty tru*ees lor the purposes of charfty law. Under Ihe requirements ol the
C<)nstrtution the Trustees are elect&J to serve untll retirement or removal. Ail Trustees are also
members of the CIO.
All Tru*ees give thdr tlme voluntarily and rec8lv8d no benefits from the Charlty.
Tru•tse Indudlon and Tralnlng
All Trustees are lamillar wrth the practlcal work ol the Charity and three have been involved as Tru*8es
from the e*ablishm6nl of the CIO. All Trustees ar8 encouraged to volunteer in practical ways.

Additionally, all Trustees are actively eThJaged with the Charity and are lamiliar wrth the context wrthin
which rt operates irtI￿lirKJ.
The 0blKJa￿nS of Twste8S.
The main documents which Sd Out Ihe op￿￿lOnal framework for the Charity incI￿ling the
Constitution.
Reg)ur¢ing and the current financial ￿)$•11￿.
Future ￿an$ and objectives.
The Trustees have (x•ndurte(l a review of the major risks to which the Chanty is ex[￿ Imwe
appropnate. sy*ems or ￿￿edureS have been established to mitigate ihe risks the Charity faces.
OrynlsatSMal strucILn
The Tr￿eeS meet biannually (or mre as required) and are responsible lor the strategrc dir￿lM)n arnl
Iy of the Charrty. At wesent, thwe are six Trustees from a of profewon* backgmunds
Tèbevant to the wort¢ of tt)e Chanty.
A schwne of delegat￿ is in place. Day to day resFY)nsibilty for administration reas wrth Rev cnrl*ian
Keane (Chairman) arKI N￿e1 Warrwi (Finance).
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Wth the aKI ¥KJ SUp￿rt of rts swpporters and volunteers. the Chanty fas￿1 donations of £69.916 for
the year (2022 - £79.752). In additi.on. the Charity r￿e1V￿1 Grft Aid refurKlS of £11,507 12022 -
Els,￿).
The TnAees m*Je grants totalling £82,f)5012022 - £96.050} to St Leonard's Exetu PCC to SUl¥K)rt
the lay mini￿ Asg'*ant Programme and other non-stipendiary ministry posts. The defiLIt for the
was £1,269 (2tr22- a Lleficit of £717).
As * 31 D￿1￿ 2W23, the Chanty's only asset was Cash at Bank of £448 (2022- £1.717).
*IrtKm to the atx)ve. the Chanty receivaj Gift refunds on 29 January 2024 trom HMRC totallir¥J
£2.586.S6 in rewt ol (JonatK>ns received in the year ended 31 December 2023. The relunds will be
Ir￿lL￿a￿l In the finaroai &*ement ior the year ended 31 December 2024.
Tru*ees Inter￿ ts conts'nue to supiM)rt lay miniw in St Leonard's Parish and will make further
ants to St Lwnafd's PCC dunng the year ended 31 Decernber 2024 It should be rK)t&Y that as
rewrt ￿ a nd a￿ease in don&ons In 2022 arid 2023 and a correspondirvj tall in HMRC Gift AKI
refU￿$s, ts Chanty was only able to make grants to St Leonards PCC Exeter ot £82.650 dunng the
perw)0 (2￿2 . £*.050)
prtnGWI FuThllfVJ Swr¢•s
The (mly lurK11ry sources lor the Charty are gffts Ifom sUp￿rters.
Pdky
All ol Chwrty'6 lurK16 are ￿ be ap￿1￿1 In lh8 6hort ierm ￿K1 ￿ tunds we I￿k1 lor k)IKJ twm
Invo*mw*
The Tru*e06 ha¥• examin•Y the Chanly'8 I￿1(￿reM￿lI loi rewvos In I￿thi ol the mwn risks to tho
The Cknarity frf&ves th)n￿n6 Iroffl arKI mpJ(•s voluntary ￿an13 lo aw0v￿1 tKx110& The
Charrty 0086 have any r8gular finar￿￿ ComMrtm￿1l ￿ Iithi111os. olhw than Bank ACc￿nt lees ol

£60.00 per annum (2022 - £82.00) and a small annual intemet domain fee (currently £6.71 per annum
inclus've of VAT). It does not hold any tangible assets other than cash at bank.
In the event ot further falls In funding. the Trustees wlll reduce the voluntary grants made by the Charty.
How8ver, the Charity continues to attract new donors and some long standing donors have increased
their giving. Trustees are confident that they are able to manage the current activities ol the Charty in
an orderfy manner In the event of a signilicant clrop in funding,
The Trustees have therefore established a pollcy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or
Invested in tangible fixed assets held by the Charity should be nil.
Plans tor Future Perlod8
The Charity will continue to seek donations and make grants to Christian Churches and charities in
order to advance the Chn'stian faith in accordance with its objects.
Re8ponslblllt108 01 Iho Tru8teo8
Charty law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financi￿ period which give a
true and fair wew ol the state of the affairs of the Charity as at the balance sheet date and ol its income
resources and application of resources. including Income and expenditure, for the linancial period. In
preparing those financial *atements. the Trustees should follow best practice and:
Sel&t surtable accounting policies and then apply them consistently.,
Make ju(Jgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent,. and
Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is not appropriate to
assume that the Charity will continue on that basis.
The Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable
accuracy at any time the financial position ol the Charity and to enable them to ensure that the fi'nancial
statements comply with Charity law. The Tru*ees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of
the Charrty and hence tor taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other
irr&3ularrties.
Tru6t•os' •xpenso8
During the year. one Irustee was paid £6.71. being reimbursement for the annual intemet domain lees
01 £6.71 for 2023 pad by him on behalf of the Charity.
R•lat•d pgrty transacllon8
During the year, the Charrty r￿e1Ved donations totalling £7,284 from its Trustees arKI relat￿1 partles. All
the donatsons were unconditional.
OUR AIMSAND OBJECTIVES
purpos￿ and Alm•
Our Charrty's purposes as set out in the objects conlained In the Constitution are the advancern￿t ol
the Christs'an I￿th in wch ways as the Charity Trustees may from time lo time d￿ld6.
The Trustees do nol ￿nSIder that any detrlment or hann would arise Irom its charltable purtx)ses.
En•urlng our WorfE D•llver8 Our Alm8
We rewew our alms. Obl￿tiVeS and activitles each year. Thi8 revlew looks at what we achieved arKI
the outcomes ol our work In the period. The review looks ai the success ol the key activili6s and the
benelits they have tsroughl to tIw88 group8 ol people we are 801 UP to help
The review help8 U8 ￿sure our alm6, obl8cllve8 and actlvllle8 remaln locused on our stat￿1 wrpos6S.
We have referr￿j to the guldance conlaln&J In the Charity Comm188lon's general guidance on public

nefit when reviewirKJ our alms and objectives and in planning our future actiifjties. In particular. the
Trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims an(J objectives they have set.
The Focu8 of our Work
r main objettive for the period was to advance the Chrlstian lalth.
How our Actlvltl88 Dellvor Publlc Benet
Our main activities arKI who we iry to help a￿ descrlbed below.
Who u••d •nd b•n•fft•d from our ￿rVIces?
The Charity makes grants to Christian churches and similar organisations in order to advance the
Chnstian farth.
The rylmary purpK)se of the grants is to enable them to engage Christian minlst8rs andkjr volunteer
workers within their organisation including Youth and Women's Ministers arKJ essential Administrative
#aff. Onty ministers arKJ workers providing thelr services to the public without charge to the public are
support￿. Workers inclLxJe Ministry Assistants who support various aCtI￿￿tIeS within the local church.
irKI￿lIng a￿lent, SflLrth, Children and women's ministries.
The Charty would al￿ cong'der making grants lor part-time training in Christian ministry and the
ovigon of Items in connection with the Chri*ian faith such as the purchase of B'rbles and Bible
mmentaries tor Christian workers, use.
The benefiuan'es are people in the receiving organisations and the general public who are serv￿1 by
them.
The th￿lUIe to ￿ Constitution contains our Statement of Beliefs. The Statement o188liefs in our
Constrtution coukl be dexnbed as broadly Christian Protestant orthodox beliel. The moraj and ethical
framework d￿n'b￿ therein is that lives will exhibit the Iruit ol the Splrit and they will be brought into
evw ifKreasng confonnity Wlth the character ol Christ.
The Charty may make grants io other churches or charitles which do not have exactly the same
beliefs. Howe4W, the receiving church or Chan'ty should have beliefs which are in ail materia matters
the same as ours.
Dunng tr* pml UfKJer review. we met our objective by making grants totalling £82.650 (2022 -
£96,0￿) to St Lwnard's PCC in order to help fund the Ministry Assistant Programme and the co*s ol
ploying the Ctjurch Family Minist8r, the Church Manager and other Administrative staff in the Church
Cffice In the Parish of St Leonard's. St Leonard's has a recognised need for support staff which are rM)t
lurKI￿$ by the Dic¢ese or any other othslde body.
Awov&S ty the Tru&ees and signed for and on behall ol the Trustees
19 March 2024
Ichalrrnan
Gwjrge H Mar￿1rth
I g March 2024
ITroasuror)
Nigel K Warren

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES
Lathbe•Tr Chrfstl&n Tw$t
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For th• p•rfod
from
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Section A Receipts and payments
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funds
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81,448
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9SA21
Sub total
Total recelpts
81,448
11,44•
95N21
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050
fees
Sub total
•2.717
11717
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purchases, Iwe labl•l
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82,717
81717
96.138
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LARKBEARE CHRISTIAN TRUST
A CIO registered charity no. 1161666
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Larkbeare Christian Trust
I repori on Ihe accounts of thè charily for the year ended 31 December 2023 which are sel out on pages 1 to 2 of
CC16a.
Respectlve respon$lbllitle5 of trustees and examlner
The charity's trustees a￿ responsible foi the preparation of the accounts. The charily's Iruslees consider that an
audit 15 not required for this year under 5eclion 14412} of the Charilies Acl 2011 (Ihe 2011 Act) and Ihal an
independent examination is needed.
11 is my responsibilrty lo:
examine the accounls under section 145 of the 2011 Act..
follow the procedures laid down in the general Direclions given by the Charity Commission under seclion
145{5}(b) ol the 2011 Act. and
stale whether particular mallers have come lo my allenlion.
Basis of independent examiner's report
My examination was carried oul in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An
examination Includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts
presented with those records. 11 also Includes considefalion ol any unusual Items or disclosures in the accounls.
and seeking explanations from you as Iruslees concerning any such mallers. The procedures undertaken do not
provide all the evidence Ihal would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as lo whether the
accounts present a Irue and fair view. and the report is limiled lo Ih05e mallers sel out in the slalemenl below.
Independent examinerfs statement
In connection wrth my examination. no matter has come lo rny allenlion..
which gives me reasonable cause lo believe that, in any material respect, the requirements..
lo keep aLxounting records in accordance with sedion 130 of the 2011 Act.. and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Ihe accounting
requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met; or
19 whith, in my opinion. attention 8hould be drawn in order lo enable a proper underslanding of the accounts
to be read)ed.
Da¥￿ Tolhur61 FCA
11 Ljlley Walk
Honilon
Devon
EX14 2EA
Dale. 25 May 2024