## _**Worship and Leadership Academy 2025**_
# **Worship and Leadership Academy**
# **Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 5[th] April 2024**
## **Charity Information :**
Registered Charity Number 1163747 Trustees Rev Dr Andrew Hardy (resigned 29/4/2024) Christopher Robert Page Joshua Daniel Kindness Karen Sprouse (appointed 29/4/2024)
Registered Office Bethel Church Spon End Coventry CV1 3HB
Independent Examiner Gavin Kibble 1 Kineton Road Coventry CV2 3NR
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_**Worship and Leadership Academy 2025**_
**Worship and Leadership Academy Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 5[th] April 2025**
|Contents|Page|
|---|---|
|Report of the Trustees|3 - 5|
|Independent Examiners Report|6|
|Statement of Financial Activities|7|
|Statement of Assets and Liabilities|8|
|Notes to Financial Statements|9 - 11|
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_**Worship and Leadership Academy 2025**_
## **Trustees Report**
The trustees submit their report for the year ended 5[th] April, 2025.
## **Introduction**
The last financial year has been a challenge for the Worship and Leadership Academy (“WLA”) and again most of it’s focus has been invested in the Oasis Café project. The training arm of WLA has been severely affected by the general downturn of smaller education providers including the closure of a former higher education partner. The Trustees are investigating various avenues and talking to a number of potential partners to restart what has traditionally been the heart of WLA.
## **Major Activities and Achievements**
The accounting year for the WLA CIO runs to April 5th of each year. The main activity of the WLA is the provision of community facing projects and ministry training for church-based organisations and individuals.
The Oasis café is an essential service to local Spon End residents, literally a lifeline to some who without it would suffer from social exclusion, loneliness and poor mental health. It still operates at a small loss but the future towards sustainability is looking positive.
The Incredible Edible gardening project is continuing and has been bringing people together around gardening and providing free fresh fruit and vegetables to the local community.
The Trustees ‘Friends of WLA’ scheme has continued with a small number of faithful donors and these funds have been used to support members of our community.
The Trustees of the WLA are investigating viable ways to re-introducing training which has always been at the heart of WLA and would also like to expand the project offering to include professional counselling, therapy support for young people with disabilities and supporting young people and families who have experienced school exclusion.
The WLA runs out of Bethel Church, Coventry and currently does not attract any facility lease costs unless funding allows.
## **The Upcoming Year**
The short-term future of the charity is secured however the Trustees are actively seeking to expand the offering of WLA in the upcoming year.
Such areas for potential income might include:
- Expanding into counselling services for young people and those suffering with addictions in partnership with external professionals.
- Introducing support for parents and young people with disabilities in partnership with external professionals.
- Expanding the current Oasis Café offering to a wider range of people in the community
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## _**Worship and Leadership Academy 2025**_
## **Trustees Report (continued)**
## **Risk Policy**
The trustees have identified the risks which might affect the charity and have provided relevant training as advised. The trustees review the charity’s policies and procedures regularly to minimise any risks identified.
## **Reserves Policy**
The trustees’ policy is to review the reserves of the charity on a regular basis. This review encompasses the nature of income and expenditure streams, and the trustees have determined that a general reserve of one month’s unrestricted expenditure should be maintained.
**Signed on behalf of the Trustees ___________________** Date **16/01/26**
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## _**Worship and Leadership Academy 2025**_
## **Independent examiner’s report to Trustees of Worship and Leadership Academy**
I report on the accounts for the year ended 5[th] April, 2025 which are set out on pages 6 to 11.
## **Respective responsibilities of the trustees and the examiner**
The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) 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 Commissioner section 145 (5) (b) of the 2011 Act; and
- state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s Statement**
My examination was carried out 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. It also includes considering any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in a full audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matters have come to my attention:
- (1) which give 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; or
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
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.
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Gavin Kibble 24[th] December, 2025
1 Kineton Road, Wyken, Coventry, CV2 3NR
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## _**Worship and Leadership Academy 2025**_
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 5[th] April, 2025**
||2025
2024|
|---|---|
|.|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total|
|Note|Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds|
|**Incoming Resources:**|£
£
£
£|
|Donations and Grants
2|1,614
10,514
12,128
10,350|
|Charitable Activities
3|9,510
-
9,510
8,124|
|Other Income
4|12
-
12
-|
|**Total Incoming Resources**|**11,136**
**10,514**
**21,650**
**18,474**|
|||
|**Resources Expended:**||
|Expenditure on Charitable Activities
5|16,849
3,783
20,632
25,644|
|Management and Administration
6|1,454
736
2,190
2,940|
|**Total Resources Expended**|**18,303**
**4,519**
**22,822**
**28,584**|
|||
|Net incoming/ (outgoing) resources before transfers|(7,167)
5,995
(1,172)
(10,110)|
|||
|Transfers between funds|1,557
(1,557)
-
-|
|||
|Net incoming/ (outgoing) resources|(5,610)
4,438
(1,172)
(10,110)|
|||
|Reconciliation of funds :||
|Total funds brought forward|6,016
1,743
7,759
17,868|
|||
|**Total funds carried forward**
9|**406**
**6,181**
**6,587**
**7,758**|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derives from continuing activities.
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## _**Worship and Leadership Academy 2025**_
## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 5[th] April, 2025**
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|Total Funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Funds|2025|2024|
|**Monetary Assets**|£|£|£|£|
|Cash at bank and in hand|406|6,181|6,587|7,758|
|**Other Assets**|||||
|Unclaimed gift aid|362|-|
362|317|
|**Liabilities**|||||
|Sundry creditors|350|-|
350|350|
The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 18/ 01 /26 and were signed on its behalf by :
________________________
on behalf of the Trustees
The notes on pages **8 to 11** form part of these financial statements.
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## _**Worship and Leadership Academy 2025**_
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 5[th] April, 2024**
## **1: Accounting Policies**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011. The accounts have been produced in the receipts and payments basis.
## **Incoming resources and resources expended**
All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. Expenditure is accounted for on an income and expenditure basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Going Concern**
At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charity’s objectives at the discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds can only be used for the particular purposes specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
|**2:**
**Donations and Grants**|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total Funds
Total Funds|
|---|---|
||Funds
Funds
2025
2024|
||£
£
£
£|
|Income from grants and donations|1,614
10,514
12,128
10,350|
|Gift aidrecovered|-
-
-
-|
||1,614
10,514
12,128
10,350|
|||
|**3:**
**Income from Charitable Activities**|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total Funds
Total Funds|
||Funds
Funds
2025
2024|
||£
£
£
£|
|Oasis Café|9,510
-
9,510
8,104|
|Allotment project/ Incredible Edibles|-
-
-
20|
||9,510
-
9,510
8,124|
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## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 5[th] April 2025 (continued)**
|**4:**
**Other Income**|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total Funds
Total Funds
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
12
-
12
-
12
-
12
-
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total Funds
Total Funds
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
3,331
2,250
5,581
4,158
12,986
1,533
14,519
10,787
-
-
-
10,207
532
-
532
48
-
-
-
444
16,849
3,783
20,632
25,644
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total Funds
Total Funds
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
155
-
155
27
362
240
602
440
330
-
330
198
436
436
-
77
60
137
1,008
350
-
350
350
-
-
500
-
-
200
-
-
37
180
-
180
180
1,454
736
2,190
2,940|
|---|---|
|||
|||
|Other income||
|||
|||
|||
|**5:**
**Expenditure on Charitable Activities**||
|||
|||
|Café running costs||
|Café wages costs||
|Café refurbishment||
|Allotment costs/ Incredible Edibles||
|Gifts||
|||
|||
|**6:**
**Management and Administration Costs**||
|||
|||
|Expenses||
|Bookkeeping||
|Insurance||
|Advertising||
|Software and IT services||
|Independent Examination||
|Training||
|Equipment (small value)||
|Travel||
|Other||
|||
## **7: Staff and Staff Costs**
The average monthly headcount was 2 (2024: 2) and the average monthly full time equivalent headcount (including part-time staff) was 2 (2024 : 2).No employee received a salary in excess of £60,000.
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## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 5[th] April 2025 (continued)**
|**8:**
**Movement of Restricted Funds**|Balance
Balance|
|---|---|
||06/04/2024
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
05/04/2025|
||£
£
£
£
£|
|Severn Trent Grant|186
9,564
(4,083)
-
5,667|
|Citizen Grant (for advertising)|-
950
(436)
-
514|
|Oasis CaféFurniture|1,557
-
-
(1,557)
-|
|Total Restricted Funds|1,743
10,514
(4,519)
(1,557)
6,181|
|||
||Balance
Balance|
||06/04/2023
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
05/04/2024|
||£
£
£
£
£|
|Oasis Café|-
5,175
(5,175)
-
-|
|Severn Trent Grant|9,950
-
(9,764)
-
186|
|Warm Hub Grants|-
3,995
(3,995)
-
-|
|Oasis CaféFurniture|1,000
1,000
(443)
-
1,557|
|Total Restricted Funds|10,950
10,170
(19,377)
-
1,743|
## **Description of Restricted Funds :**
- Oasis Café **:** These are funds specifically received in the form of grants to support the running of the café.
- Severn Trent Grant : This grant is intended to refurbish the new café space
- Communtiy Matters Grants : Funds available to operate a “Warm Hub”
- Oasis Café Furniture : Grant to purchase furniture for the café.
## **9: Trustees Remuneration and Expenses**
The charity trustees were not paid or received any other benefits from employment with the Charity in the year (2024: nil) neither were they reimbursed for expenses relating to their roles as trustees during the year (2024: nil).
## **10: Related Party Transactions**
Mrs H Kindness, the wife of one of the trustees received £602 (2024 : £440) for bookkeeping services.
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## _**Worship and Leadership Academy 2025**_
## **Prior Year Statement of Financial Activities**
||2024
2023|
|---|---|
|.|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total|
|Note|Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds|
|**Incoming Resources:**|£
£
£
£|
|Donations and Grants
2|180
10,170
10,350
25,140|
|Charitable Activities
3|8,124
-
8,124
10,678|
|Other Income
4|-
-
-
4,671|
|**Total Incoming Resources**|**8,304**
**10,170**
**18,474**
**40,489**|
|||
|**Resources Expended:**||
|Expenditure on Charitable Activities
5|6,267
19,377
25,644
35,218|
|Management and Administration
6|2,940
-
2,940
7,355|
|**Total Resources Expended**|**9,207**
**19,377**
**28,584**
**42,573**|
|||
|Net incoming/ (outgoing) resources before transfers|(903)
(9,207)
(10,110)
(2,084)|
|||
|Transfers between funds|-
-
-
-|
|||
|Net incoming/ (outgoing) resources|(903)
(9,207)
(10,110)
(2,084)|
|||
|Reconciliation of funds :||
|Total funds brought forward|6,919
10,950
17,868
19,952|
|||
|**Total funds carried forward**
9|**6,016**
**1,743**
**7,758**
**17,868**|
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