Registered Charity No: 1163925
Dunstable Christadelphian Ecclesia 17, Kirby Road, Dunstable, LU6 3JH
Annual Report for the year ended 5 April 2025.
The ecclesia is administered by the Trustees (the ‘Arranging Committee’) who are elected annually by the members of the ecclesia. An election took place in May 2024 via post and using a ballot box at the hall as some members attended meetings on Zoom. The year’s Arranging Committee comprises of :
Recording Brother: Mr Jeremy John Goodwin Assistant Recording Brother: Dr. Jeremy Arthur Pearce
Finance Brother: Mr John David Vickers
Other Members: Mr Joseph John Vickers
Mr John Morley
Mr Barry Howard
The Organisation has no permanent Chairman. The Recording Brother acts as secretary to the committee and is the prime contact for the ecclesia. Meetings of the Arranging Committee, Ecclesial Members Meetings and Annual General Meeting are chaired in rotation by the other Trustees.
The objectives of the ecclesia are to meet for worship, fellowship, Bible study, preaching, teaching and recreation. The activities and welfare of adults, young people and children, together with the upkeep of our premises are funded almost entirely by members of the ecclesia which numbered 98 on 5th April 2025. We are continuing to support the ongoing costs and special appeals from our central charities.
It is our policy not to seek financial assistance from outside the Christadelphian Community; Occasionally non-members donate funds during our public events e.g., coffee mornings. All these events are for local charities. Booklets and materials used for our preaching activities are offered free of charge to the public.
Our Sunday morning service is held each week at 11.15 am at the hall and on Zoom via a hybrid system on nearly every Sunday. Also on Sundays, preaching meetings translated into Farsi were
either held in the Hall at 2.00pm or 8.00pm via Zoom in the year to 5th April 2025. Refreshment and then lunch is provided to members and friends with food contributions brought by members.
Our Thursday Bible class meeting is held on Zoom at 7.30 pm and every fortnight on a Wednesday on Zoom at 8.00pm a Bible Class for our Iranian members translated into Farsi was held in the year to April 2025. There is a Small Sunday School available each week in term time at the hall at 11.15 am as required for up to 8 children.
We continue to instruct Iranians for baptism and had approximately 50 baptised members as at 5th April 2025. For our own members, we held services, social events and a study and fellowship meeting in September attending the hall and /or via Zoom. We continue to look for new ways to promote the good news message of things pertaining to the Lord Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God whether online or at the hall. We have also distributed Bibles in town centres and had a stand at a local Carnival.
We have continued to support our elderly members and those with health problems as best we can with telephone calls, visits, notes and cards as well as sending magazines. We have given some financial assistance when requested and further assistance as appropriate. All but three of our elderly or frail members can attend our services at the hall or via Zoom. Attendance at the hall was approximately between 30 to 60 which included Iranian friends, many of whom have become members of our community by being baptised; one or two have been transferred from another Christadelphian Ecclesia as members and we continue to prepare those who requested baptism with instruction on Zoom at the hall or at members’ homes as carefully as possible to ensure, as best we can, their understanding and acceptance of our beliefs as well as their sincerity.
The financial position of Ecclesia remains sound and we continue to carry out minor refurbishment of our premises for the benefit of everyone attending our services and activities. A fair proportion of our budget was still being devoted to helping our Iranian friends with travel expenses, food and mobile phone cards for communication. However with more leaving the area, there is less need for travel support and contact is maintained via Zoom, email and WhatsApp.
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Approved by the Trustees January 2026 and signed on their behalf by Jeremy Goodwin, Recording Brother to Dunstable Christadelphian Ecclesia.
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES DUNSTABLE CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe period To 0610412024 05104r2025 Section A Receipts and payments UnrESlricted funds to Il* wr••t Endowment funds rwost £ R•stri¢l funds Totsl lund$ Lastyear tothe nwr•st £ toth• nDar•st £ A1 Recei mSr azirtes Olhar Bank Interest incl < 25,071 24,734 494 526 426 580 Sub totalfGross income forAR) 21,215 26,077 25,754 A2 Assèt and Investment sale See table Sub totsi Totalreceipts 21.215 4.862 26,077 25.754 A3Pa ment$ Expenses Hardship & Benevolent PayrnentS SS & Youth Acllviiies Witnes5 Matenals ApFea15 CHAFITY FUNDS re H)mes Isdaiion 16a9 14,848 1740 707 707 500 S12 255 250 32 32 623 33 Samsnlan Fund Kl8al a Day C8M PreaChQ C£M Wellsrè C£ntol Benwdent Fund tsdei hlan 1.239 970 354 970 354 669 602 A550C 327 327 344 Sub total 17.618 &3n 28.051 A4 Asset and investment pvrchases. (see table) Sub total Totalpayments t7.618 5.372 22,99D 28,051 Net of raceiptsrfpayments) AS Transfers between funds A8 Cash funds la¥t yearend Cash funds this yearend 3,597 510 3,087 2,297 22,371 3,314 ZS,685 28,772 27,982 25,968 2,804 25,685 CCXX R1 acryxJnt$ ISSI 09m2025
Section B Statement of assels and liabilities at the end of the period Unrpstricteil funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to Mar•Bt £ Categories torthqr•st £ B1 Cash funds CAF CosTh wc 1.415 24,26S Cash In Irj Totalca5h funds 25,968 2,804 UnrBStriet•d funds to wrsst£ Restdcted funds Endowment funds to rnarn¥t £ Details to nBarast E thrrertt volu Details t(OrlI Current val ILVlc+MII ?.jlS Ccot Irtyrnll 84 Assets retained for the charty's own u$9 JJ. hpn due Detalls liatqlity relat•s B5 Liabilities 150tw 20 2Q Sarranlan Fur 293 2D3 Cent Ben PWFlJb As) 185 Signed by one trtsstees on bèhay of all the trustee$ Sonaknr Fyinl Narr Date of approval CCXX R2 accounts ISSI
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Seclion A Independent Examine$ Report Report to the trusteesl members of DUNSTABLE CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA On accounts for the year ended 05 APRIL 2025 Charity no (if any) 1163925 Set out on pages .r Tn [rprJ& nldnEipri of aoaitsonai JJ*e I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (kne Trusf) for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in a¢xx)rdance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). I report in respert of my examination of the Trusfs accounts rnrried out under section 145 of Ihe 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{51(b) of the ACL I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the aco)unting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have me across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please d&lei8 the wortys in the br49Gkels if they do not apply. Slgned: 0811420zC Namo: JINA PAG& Relevanl professional qualification(s} or body lif any}: i CAEtyJ Address: 10 fftte CL&1& ArnfHILL MK+f2- IER October 2018
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