LARKBEARE CHRISTIAN TRUST
A charltable Incorporated organisatlon'CIO'
Charlty reglstratlon number: 1161666
TRUSTEES REPORT AND FINANCIAL SfATEmETr￿S
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

LARKBEARE CHRISTIAN TRUST
TRU￿EE REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Receipts & Paymenls Account - CC16a

LARKBEARE CHRISTIAN TRUST
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Trugees present the reFK)rt and financial statemènts for the year ended 31 December 2024.
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Charity Name".
Larkbeare Christian Trusl
Charity regi*ration number..
1161666
Date ol lomalion..
14 May2015
Pn'ncipa office..
25 Fleming Way
Exeler
Devon
EX2 4SE
Trust88$ TBC
The Trustees who s8rv8d during the period are as follows".
Mr. George H Mere(lrth (resigngj as Chaimian on 19 March 2024, resigned as trustee on 24
September 20241
Rev. Chri*ian J. Keane
Mr. Nigel K Warren (Treasurer)
Dr James P Gould
Mr Huw G M Parry
Ms Sarah L Richards (appoint￿1 Chairpergnn on 19 March 2024)
Bankers
The Tru*'s bank is CAF Bank Lttl. 25 Kings Hill. West Mdling. Kent. ME19 ￿Q.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMEpir
Governlng Oocument
Larkbe& Christian Trust is a charitable Inc0rwra￿ organisation {CIOI ar¥J was regi*ered as a
charity on 14 May 2015. Thè Charrty was established Lfrnder a Constf(ution d￿￿ 14 May 2015 (as
amended on 9 May 2018) which established the 04'ecliv&s and wwers of the CIO.
Recrultment and Appolrrtrnont of Tru8tee8
The Trustees are chanty trustees for the pursN)ses of charty law. Un(Jer the wuirements ol thè
Constitution the Truste8s are elect￿1 Io serve until rth'rement or removd. Al Truslees are dso
members ol the CIO.
All Trustees give their time voluntarily and received no benefits from the Charty.
Tru8ts0 Inductlon and Tralnlng
All Tru*ees are familiar with the practic￿ work ol the Charity and three have been involved as Trustees
from the establishment of th8 CIO. All Trustees are 8ncouraged to volunteer in practical ways.

Adcthtionally, all Trustees are actively erKJaged with the Charily and arè lamillar wrth the context within
which rt operates. incI￿ling..
The oblig*ions of Trustees.
The man docum8nts which set out the operationd Iramework for the Charity including the
Constttution.
R￿UreIng and the current financial wjstion.
Future plans and Obl￿"ve$.
R18k Monagomont
The Trustees have conducted a rewow of the major risks to which the Charity is ex￿sed. Where
appropriate, sy#ems or proc&JLbres have been established to mitigate the risks the ChaFity laces.
Organlsotlonal Structur•
The Tru*ees meet biannually lor more as rg]uiredl and are respongble for the strategic di￿lOn and
Ft)licy of the Charity. At present, there are ftvè Trustees Irom a variety of prolessiond backgrounds
relevant to the work of the Charty.
A scheme of delegation is in place. Day to day resw)nsibilty for &1minIstrat￿n rests wrth Ms Sarah
Flichards {Chairman) and Nigel Warren (Financel.
HNANCIAL REVIEW
wrth th8 aid and suppjrt of its supporters and volunteers, the Charty rais&l donations 01 £65,313 for
the year {20Y3 £69,916). In a(1dition. the Charity received Gift Aid refunds 01 £12,446 120¥3
£11.50n.
The Trustees made grants totalling £77.620 {2023 - £82,650) to St Leonard's Exeter PCC to supwrt
the lay Mini*ry Assistant Programme and other ￿n-#1Pendlary ministry wsts. The surplus lor the year
was £9612023- a deficit of £1,269).
As at 31 D&8mber 2024. the Chanty's only assat was Cash at Bank of £54412023- £4481.
In addith)n to the atx)ve, the Charity received Gfft Ad ￿undS on 12 FetKuary 2025 from HMRC totalling
£2,444.75 in rewt of donations r￿1Ved in Ihè year endgj 31 D￿ember 2024. The refunds will be
inclL*J&J in the financial statement lor the year ended 31 December 2025.
The Tru&ees intend kn ￿ntinUe to support lay ministry in St Leonard's Parish and will make further
grants to St La)nard's PCC during the year ended 31 DeC￿ber 2025. It should be nol8J that as a
result of a net ￿rease in donations in 2022, 20¥d and 2024 and a corresponding I￿1 in HMRC Gift Aid
relunds, the Charity was only able to make grants to St LeA)nards PCC Exeter of £77,620 during the
od I20Y8 - £82.6501
Prlnclpgl FUr￿Ing Swr
The only fundirKJ sources for the Chaity are gffts from supporters.
Invèstment Pollcy
All ot Chanty's fvnds are to be appligj in th8 short 18mi and no funds are hdd for long temi
investmenL
Rosoms Pollcy
The Tnjstees hav8 examined the Charity's requirements for reserves in I￿ht of the main risks to the
organisaiion.
The Charty r￿elVeS donations from SUPFQrters and makes voluntary grants to aptYOV8d LKxlies. The
Charity does Th)I have any regular financial commrtments or liabilities, other than Bank A(gount lees of

£60 00 per annum {2023 - £60.00) and a small annual intemet domain fee (currently £6.71 per annum
inclusve of VATI. It does rni hold any tangible assds other than cash ai bank.
In the event of further falls in funding, the Trustees will reduce the voluntary grants made by the Charity.
However, the Charity continues to attract new donors and some k)ng standing donors have Ir￿reaS￿l
their giving. The Trustees are confident Ihat they are able lo manage the current acts'vilies of the Charity
in an orderfy manner in the event ol a sHJnilicant drop in funding.
The Trustees have therefore e*ablished a wlicy whereby the unrestrict&1 funds not committed or
invested in tangible fixe(l assets held by the Charity should be nil.
Plan8 for Futuro Porlod8
The Chafity will continue lo se8k th)nations and make grants 10 Christian Chur¢tw and charllles in
order to advance the Christian farth in accordance wrth its obj'ects.
Re8pon8iblliti88 of th8 Trusteos
Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare financial sl*ements lor each financial period which give a
true and fwr view of the #ate of the affairs ol the Charty as al the balance sheet Oate and ot its income
resources and application ol reg)urces, including income and expenditure, lor the linancid peiiocl. In
preparing those financial statements, the Trustees should follow best practice and-.
Select suitable accourting policies and then apply them consistently..
Make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent", and
Prepa￿ the linancial statements on the going concern basis unless it is not appropriate to
assume that the Charity will continue on that bas's.
The Tw*ees are responstrle lor maintaining proper accounting r￿ordS which disclose wrth reasonatAé
accuracy at any lime the fi'nancial position ol the Charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial
*alements comply with Charty law. The Trustees are also responsible for saleguarding the assets of
the Charity and hence lor taklng reasonable steps tor th8 pr8v8nlion and del￿tion ol IraLKi and other
iffwjularilies.
Trust008' oxp•n808
During the year, one tru*ee was paid £6.71, b￿ng réimbursem￿ for the annual intwnet domain lee ol
£6.71 lor 2024 paid ty him on behalf of the Charity.
Related party tran8action8
During the year, the Charity received donations lotdling £7,429 {2023 - £7,284) from ils Trustees arKI
related parties. All the donations were unconditiond.
OUR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Purpo808 and Alm8
Our Charity's purwses as set out in the objects contained in the Constitution are the advancement of
the Christian la¢th in such ways as the Charity Trustees may from ts'me to tim& decide.
The Trust88s do not consider th* any delriment or ha￿ would arise from ils charilable PUTwses.
En8urlng our Work D•llvw8 Our Alm8
We review our aims. objeLtives and activities each year. This review looks at what we achieved and
the OLrtcomes ol our work in the period. The review looks ai the gjccess ol the key activities aNI the
benefi'ts they have brought to those groups ol people w8 are s* up to help.
The review helps us ensure our aims, obl￿tIveS and actimties reman focused on our *ated purposes.
We have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commisgon's general guidancè on publi¢

benefit when rwewing our wms and obj&tives and in planning our future activféies. In particular, the
Trustees ￿nSider how planned activities will contrikxrte to the aims and Obl￿tiVeS they have sd.
Tho Focu8 of our Work
Our main objgxve for the period was to advance the Christs'an faith.
How our ActlvNl08 Dellv•r Public Bonofrl
Our main activities and who we aim to hdp are described b810w.
Who used and bonafitod from our servlces?
The Charity makes grants to Christian churches and smilar organisat￿S in order lo advance the
Chri&ian f&th.
The primary purwse of the grants is to enable th￿ to engage Christian ministws a￿lIOr volunleer
workers within their organis*ion including Youth and Women s Ministers and essentid Administrative
staff. Only ministers and workers providing their seNices to the public wilhoLrt charge lo the public are
supported. Workers include Ministry Assislanls who SUPFQrt various actiwties wrthin the local church.
incI￿1ng *LKtent. youth, children and women's ministri8s.
The Chanty would al￿ cOn￿der making grants for part-lime training in Christian mini*ry and the
prOwS￿n of items in connection wf(h the Chrfstian farth such as the purchase of &bles and Bible
commentsries for Chri*ian workers, use.
The bendciarles are p￿pIe in th8 ￿e1VIng organisations and the general public who are serv&1 by
them.
The schedule to the Constitution cont&ns our Statement of Beliefs. The Statement of Bèliefs in our
Constrtution wuld be described as broadly Christian Prole*ant orthodox beliel. The moral and elhical
Iramework described therwn is that lives will exhilit the fruit of the Spirit and they will be lyought into
ever inCr￿n9 conformty with the character of Christ.
The Charty may make granis to other churches or charities which do not have exactly the same
t*liefs. However, the receiving church or charity shoukl have beliefs which are in dl material matters
the same as ours.
During the period under rewew, we met our objective by making grants totalling £77,620 {2023 -
£82,W) to St L￿nard s PCC in order to help fund the Ministry As&stant Programme and the costs of
emplowng the Church Family Minister, the Youth Minister and other Administrativ8 Staff in the Church
Olfv'ce in the Parith of St Leonard's. St Leonard's has a reLogniwJ need for suky)rt &aff which are not
fundèd by the Diocese or any other outsyde b¢xly.
Apwoved by the Trust8es and sign&J for and on beham ot the Trustees
6th March 2025
(cnairman)
Sarah L Richards
6th March 2025
ITreaJrer)
Nigd K Warren

CHARifrf COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
Forth• P￿#d
To
111124
Section A Receipts and payments
Endowment
funds
fund5
Restrfde(l fvr￿s
Total fvnd5
'A1 R•edpts
11,107
S￿b tothl(Gross In￿M￿ forAR)
A2 Asset tn¥estment sales.
(see table).
Sub tot•1
Totsir￿1P1$
A3 Payments
Suè total
717
nv•s¢ment
pur¢hases.15ee tsblel
Sub tot•1
77.e87
17.717
N•tof rn¢•lptrfp•ymwt8)
'A5 Transftn t*lween fvnds
A6 cash fund5 last yw•nd
Cash funds thls ygar•nd
1.717
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestrf¢ted RtStrfet•d fvnds Endovm)
funds
fund$
Categorie5
'Bl funds
CCXX R1 a(￿Ints (SS)
23101r2024

Total ¢•8h lunds
fund5
fvnds
knn•rnlt
Fi•bSto*Wch•5A•tI .
'Detalls
. Fiind to*W¢h ¥Mt.,
Detalls
84 Ass•ts Yetslned for the
charlty's use
IDetalls
B5 Liibllltl•s
Sfvjnatwe
Print Nam
Dats olapprvnl
S•TAh L Flcharth
K Ktsrr•n
CCXX R2 aCc￿nts (SS)
2W1r2024

LARKBEARE CHRISTIAN TRUST
A CIO regi¥tsr¢d charity no. 1161666
Inde￿ndOnt Examinèrf? Rgport to th& Trust••s of Lark￿4rÈ Christian Trust
I report on the accounts of the charfty for the year ended 31 De￿rnber 2024 which are sel out on pages 1 10 2 of
CC16a.
Re5P8Ctive responsibilitios of trustse5 and examÉner
The Charity's tiustee5 are resFK)nsible for the preparation of the accounls The charity's trustees Consider that an
8udit is not required for this year under sectK)n 144121 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Acll and that an
independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to..
examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act.,
follow th8 procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section
14515}Ibl of the 2011 Act,. and
state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basi8 of independent examinerfs report
My examinaty'on was c8rried out in accordance with the 98neral Diiections gwèn by the Charity Commission. An
examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a compafison of the accounts
presented with those re(x)rds. It also includ8s consideffdtiori of any unusual Items or disdosures in the accounts.
and seeking explanations from you as trustees Con￿Ming any such malters The prO￿dureS undertaken do not
piovide 811 the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opiniors is given as lo whelhei the
accounts present a'lrue and fair view. and the rewrt is limited to Ihose mallers set out in the 5taternent below.
Indepetvlent examinerf$ statement
In connectDn wilh my examination. no matter has corne to my attenti￿..
which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material ￿spect. the requirements..
to keep accounts'ng records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act., and
to piepare accounts which accord wilh the accounting rewrds and cotnply with the accounting
requirement5 of the 2011 Act
have not been met", or
to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in orderlo enable a proper understanding of the accounts
to be ie8thed.
David Tolhurst FCA
11 Lilley Walk
Honiton
Devon
EX14 2EA
Date.. 10 April 2025