## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1 Jan 2024 Period start date To 31 Dec 2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Wembdon Christian Ministry Trust**
## **Charity registration number:**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**For the public benefit the advancement of**
**the Christian faith in Wembdon and**
**Bridgwater and such other parts of the**
**UK and the world as the trustees may**
**decide.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Provision of grants for the employment of**
**3 Christian workers at St George’s**
**Church Wembdon**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The workers were able to provide public**
**information about the Christian faith to**
**children and their carers and to other**
**adults in Wembdon and local area**
**through children’s activities and adult**
**meetings.**|
## **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
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The Trust made grants to St George’s**
**Wembdon as contributions to the**
**employment of a Children and**
**Community worker, a Pastoral worker**
**and a School Assembly worker.**
**Community Outreach events were held at**
**Easter and August holiday times. A**
**Holiday Bible Club was held at the start**
**of August plus regular Friday evening**
**activity events. Weekly adult Bible**
**information and support meetings were**
**provided by the Pastoral worker.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity’s income at the year-end**
**exceeded expenditure and this is**
**anticipated to continue.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**£25K is reserved for grants for children**
**and pastoral work and £30K is reserved**
**for a grant for future employment of a**
**Youth and Community worker. The**
**balance of the fund is reserved for future**
**grants within the objects of the Trust.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£66,927**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Candidates are sought who agree with**
**the Statement of Faith attached to the**
**Constitution. Election is by the existing**
**Trustees.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Wembdon Christian Ministry Trust|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|WCMT|
|Registered charity number|1162148|
|Charity’s principal address|30 Chapel Road
Pawlett
Somerset
TA6 4SH|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||R A Ballard|Chair|||
||A P Bannister|Secretary|||
||D L Johnson||||
||R Moss||||
||J H Dunn||||
||D M McFaul||||
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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)** Robert Arthur Ballard **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 18 Oct 2025
||**Wembdon Christian Ministry Trust**
**Charity Name**|**Wembdon Christian Ministry Trust**
**Charity Name**|**Wembdon Christian Ministry Trust**
**Charity Name**|**Wembdon Christian Ministry Trust**
**Charity Name**|**Wembdon Christian Ministry Trust**
**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**
**from**||01/01/2024
Period start date||**To**|31/12/2024
Period end date|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Freewill Donations General|**20,143**||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**20,143**||**17,243**|
|Freewill Donations Simon Evans|||**1,000**|||**1,000**||**1,000**|
|Freewill Donations Youthworker|**-**||**21,011**|||**21,011**||**4,827**|
|Bank Interest|**300**||**-**|||**300**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**20,443**||**22,011**||**-**|**42,454**||**23,070**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||
||**-**||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||
||||||**-**|**42,454**||**23,070**|
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|grants|**13,346**||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**13,346**||**19,596**|
|Simon Evans|**5,136**|||||**6,136**||**5,706**|
|Newtown Kings|**-**|||||**-**||**100**|
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**18,482**|||||**19,482**||**25,402**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||
||**-**||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|||||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||
||||||**-**|**19,482**||**25,402**|
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||**1,961**||||**-**|
**22,972**||**- 2,332**|
||**-**||||**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**39,127**|||||**43,955**||**46,287**|
||**41,088**||||**-**|**66,927**||**43,955**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
20/10/2025
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**41,088**
**25,839**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,088**
**25,839**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
R A Ballard|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
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||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
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||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
|||R A Ballard|17/10/2025|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
20/10/2025
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Wembdon Christian Minist Trust
In regardstothewembdon Christian MinistryTrust
(1162148), I have completed my examination of the Trust's
accounts for 2024.
I have no concerns and have come across no matters in
connection with the examination to which attention
should be drawn.
Signed
Name: Alex Hoyes
Date: 11 /11 /25