# **Crossways Community Church**
**Annual Report and Financial Statements**
**for the year ended 31 March 2025**
## Contents
Trustees Annual Report 2024/25 ............................................................................................................ 3 Independent Examiner’s Report ............................................................................................................. 5 Receipts and Payments ........................................................................................................................... 6 Balance Sheet .......................................................................................................................................... 7 Analysis of income………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..8 Analysis of expenditure………..…………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..…9
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## **Crossways Community Church** Trustees Annual Report 2024/25
_**Charity Name:**_ Crossways Community Church _**Registration Number:**_ 1162619 _**Address**_ : Darent Suite, Acacia Hall, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1DJ
## _**Trustee Names:**_
Mr. David Sinclair (Secretary) Mr. Stephen Brindley (ex-officio) Mr. Charles Lafe (Health and Safety Officer) (resigned September 2024) Mrs. Hannah Thorne Ms. Miriam Dzitiro
## **Annual Update**
Crossways Community Church follows the constitution that was written when the charity was started. And on a day-to-day basis, it is run by the Senior Pastor, Stephen Brindley.
The church has had another great year as a church, seeing growth in all areas. We have especially seen our community cafe grow, with each day getting busier and busier, and more community groups asking to use the space. Sunday services are well attended, and we have had new people joining the church regularly.
Charles Lafe stepped down as a Trustee in September 2024, but we have since appointed two new trustees, Hannah Thorne and Miriam Dzitiro, who are settling into their roles well.
We also are about to celebrate our 10-year anniversary as a church and aim to have a special service followed by a lunch to honour the 10 fantastic years we have had.
The church has also been involved in redeveloping the local foodbank, ensuring that we are meeting the needs of our community. Pastor Steve and Aimee Rogers have had particular involvement on this, collaborating the new initiatives with Dartford Borough Council. The new venue is almost fully renovated, and the foodbank should be moving over to create the new ‘Dartford Larder’ by the end of June 2025.
## **Financial Update**
The Church started the year with total funds of £37,956 and ended the financial year with £33,090.
Crossway’s income continues to be generated by donations from our members, which for most of our members is via bank transfers with a small amount from our Sunday offerings. Our biggest expenditures continue to be our employed staff (2 x senior pastors and our 1x social media & admin assistant) and our building.
We continue to be members of the Living Wage Foundation. The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate that is voluntarily paid by almost 10,000 UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a wage which meets every day needs.
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## **Future Plans**
This coming year we aim to continue to increase our activities and grow all areas of our church ministries.
The church also intends on employing a part time AV manager – just for 8 hours a week – who will oversee our Sunday production and social media accounts. This will take effect of April 2025.
The completion of the foodbank move to Dartford Larder this year will also mean that our community work will increase, in the hope that we are able to help people with more than just food. Working with other charities and organisations means that we can offer advice in many areas, including budgeting; electric and gas; job seeking and more.
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## Independent Examiner’s Report
This report on the financial statements of Crossways Community Church for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 6 to 10, is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
## **Respective responsibilities of the trustees and examiner**
As trustees of the Church you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements; you consider that the audit requirements of the Regulations and section 144 (2) of the Act does not apply and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiners report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under s.145 (5)(b) of the Act. That examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Church and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
- to prepare financial statements, which accord with the accounting records and comply with the requirements of the Act and the Regulations;
- have not been met; or
2. to which in my opinion attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Keith Scudder 42 Frobisher Way, Gravesend, Kent. DA12 4RA
18 December 2025
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## **Crossways Community Church**
## Receipts and Payments
## **for the year ended 31st March 2025**
|**Receipts**
Voluntary Income
Other incoming resources
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Employment
Ministries
Events
Sunday Service Operations
Building
Office & Professional Costs
**Total resources expended**
**Net incoming resources**
**Total funds brought forward**
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**£**
**£**
76,737
-
**76,737**
6,850
5,700
**12,550**
**83,587**
**5,700**
**89,287**
44,590
-
**44,590**
6,605
5,173
**11,778**
4,851
-
**4,851**
2,412
-
**2,412**
22,163
-
**22,163**
8,359
-
**8,359**
**88,980**
**5,173**
**94,153**
**(5,393)**
**527**
**(4,866)**
**37,956**
**-**
**37,956**
**32,563**
**527**
**33,090**|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
_66,871_
_6,549_|
|---|---|---|
|||_73,420_
_38,459_
_9,620_
_4,002_
_3,549_
_30,380_
_7,091_|
|||_93,101_
_(19,681)_
_57,637_|
|||_37,956_|
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## **Crossways Community Church**
## Balance Sheet
**As at 31 March 2025**
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Total Total
2025 2024
£ £
Current Assets
Bank current account 33,090 37,956
Total assets 33,090 37,956
Represented by funds
Unrestricted
General fund 32,563 37,956
32,563 37,956
Restricted
Youth Grant 527
527 -
33,090 37,956
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Approved by the Trustees on the 11 December 2025 signed on their behalf below
David Sinclair
Chairperson
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## **Crossways Community Church**
Analysis of income for the year ended 31 March 2025
|**Voluntary Income**
Gift Aid Donations
Non Gift Aid Donations
Gift Aid Reclaimed
**Other incoming resources**
Hall Hire
Other Organisations
Grants
**Total Income**|2024
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
£
49,094
-
**49,094**
_38,531_
17,398
-
**17,398**
_14,125_
10,245
-
**10,245**
_14,215_
2025|
|---|---|
||**76,737**
**-**
**76,737**
**_66,871_**|
||1,700
-
**1,700**
_850_
5,150
-
**5,150**
_-_
-
5,700
**5,700**
_5,699_|
||**6,850**
**5,700**
**12,550**
**_6,549_**|
|||
||**83,587**
**5,700**
**89,287**
**_73,420_**|
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## **Crossways Community Church**
Analysis of expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2025
||||2025||2024|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted||Restricted|Total||
||£||£|£|£|
|**Employment**||||||
|Employee Costs (inc. Salaries, HMRC & Pension)|43,859|||**43,859**|_37,732_|
|Employment Aids||731||**731**|_727_|
||**44,590**||**-**|**44,590**|**_38,459_**|
|**Ministries**||||||
|AV|1,808|||**1,808**|_3,614_|
|Kids||331||**331**|_1,058_|
|Symphony Women||793||**793**|_799_|
|Men||67||**67**|_-_|
|Youth||-|673|**673**|_329_|
|Senior Champions||-||**-**|_-_|
|Worship||-||**-**|_-_|
|Hosts||106||**106**|_50_|
|Pastoral Care||375||**375**|_117_|
|Community Outreach|1,165|||**1,165**|_677_|
|Operation Hope||-||**-**|_2,102_|
|Internal Blessings||299||**299**|_157_|
|External Blessings||-||**-**|_-_|
|Internal Hospitality||587||**587**|_546_|
|External Hospitality||308||**308**|_171_|
|Community Project Work||766|4,500|**5,266**|_-_|
||**6,605**||**5,173**|**11,778**|**_9,620_**|
|**Events**||||||
|Anniversary|1,246|||**1,246**|_243_|
|Christmas|1,928|||**1,928**|_2,251_|
|Easter||308||**308**|_173_|
|Mothers/Fathers Day||192||**192**|_39_|
|Communion||88||**88**|_17_|
|Baptism||140||**140**|_993_|
|Marriage Course||-||**-**|_-_|
|Warm Hub||-|-|**-**|_-_|
|New Peoples Lunch||227||**227**|_147_|
|Alpha||-||**-**|_-_|
|Summer Sundays||722||**722**|_-_|
|One Off Events||-||**-**|_139_|
||**4,851**||**-**|**4,851**|**_4,002_**|
|**Sunday Service Operations**||||||
|Refreshments||390||**390**|_526_|
|Guest Speakers|1,677||-|**1,677**|_1,080_|
|Staff and Volunteer Training||345|-|**345**|_653_|
|Venue Presentation||-||**-**|_1,290_|
||**2,412**||**-**|**2,412**|**_3,549_**|
_Analysis of Expenditure continued on next page_
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## **Crossways Community Church**
Analysis of expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2025 (continued)
|**Building**
Rent
Insurance
Health & Safety
Fire
Alarm
Safeguarding
PAT Testing
First Aid
Waste Management
Repair & Maintenance
Cleaning Products
Servicing Agreements
Garden Maintenance
**Office & Professional Costs**
Advertising
Furniture and Equipment
Printing
Computer Hardware
Computer Software
Stationery
Internet & Phones
Professional Fees
Banking/Credit Card Charges
Licences
**Total Payments**|2024
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
£
15,874
**15,874**
_17,231_
1,945
**1,945**
_450_
240
**240**
_-_
-
**-**
_-_
810
**810**
_-_
322
**322**
_252_
-
**-**
_-_
27
**27**
_-_
826
**826**
_1,561_
1,802
**1,802**
_10,886_
190
**190**
_-_
-
**-**
_-_
127
**127**
_-_
2025|
|---|---|
||**22,163**
**-**
**22,163**
**_30,380_**|
||113
**113**
_216_
876
**876**
_362_
947
**947**
_992_
189
**189**
_637_
3,343
**3,343**
_3,597_
345
**345**
_439_
909
**909**
_-_
1,499
**1,499**
_650_
-
**-**
_66_
138
**138**
_132_|
||**8,359**
**-**
**8,359**
**_7,091_**|
|||
||**88,980**
**5,173**
**94,153**
**_93,101_**|
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