GRACE CHURCH WHITEHAVEN CHARrrY INFORMATION Yèar Ended 31st December 2024 Charily Number 1164923 Principal offKe Grace Chur¢h Whitehaven 14 West Row Whitehaven Cumbria CA28 9AU Trustees Mr Chris Moss Mr Allen Rossi Miss Kim McKenzie Miss Caroline Lowman Elder5hip team Mr Ajlen Rossi Bankers National Westminster 71 Lowther Street Whitehaven CA28 7AH Solicitor M5 Katie Douglas Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP 134 Edmund Street Bimiingham B3 2ES Independent Exarniner Steven Kirkbride Armstrong Vvatson LLP Carteton House 136 Gray Street Workington Cumbria CA14 2LU GRACE CHURCH WHrrEHAVEN TRUSTEE REPORT Y¢ar Ended 31 December 2024 Structure, governan¢¢ and managemenL The chaftty is g)vemed by a constitution dated 23 November 2015. New trvslees are re¢ruited from wthin the Eldershiplspiritual leadership team who are members of the Cong￿gai￿. The aim of there being al least three trustees. 2. The Iruslees met during the ye8r ¢0 dtscuss safeguarding pdicy. finances, rented venues and empSoyee Issues. DaY-t￿daY organisation of the church's aciivib"es, spifitual leadefship, care and vision is the responsibility of Ihe church leaders. 3. Whilst autonomous. the church is part of the Christ Central sphere of the New Frontiers group of churches and is actNely involved wth member churches throughout Cumbria, the UK and intemalionally Mth interaction being voluntary. However. the charity makes use of the assistance available from 5ych a group part￿ularlY when dealing with challenging issues. The church attends many events throxjghout the year. 4. Part of the trustees. responsibilibes J5 the revw of risk factors and ihe Safeguarding is conslanlSy under review wtlh trdining provided for children and youth workers. Miss Karen Messenger. Sarah Rossi and Lynn Graham are our safeguarding officers who regulady reviews all opefational ri5k5. kKJlioes and ￿￿￿edUreS. Sarah Rossi is also appointed as Safeguarding Officer. 5. The Iruslees are to work on annual appraisals for all fulltime staff. Alongside annual ￿VIeWS of salary and expenses. This year. we updated expense allowarKes. employee contracis and a wage ￿VIeW and rise for our ftjll time elder. Objectives and actiwtits The primary object is the advancernent of the Christian faith for the public benefit. To achieve this aim the chaiity ha5 carried (wjt the following main actNittes. 1. The meeting of church members lor regular worship, leaching, outreach and prayer. This is undertaken wee￿Y at Mayfield school. memtr)er s horne5 and various community venues. 2. Pastoral sUPPOrt throughout ihe church and the locality as required or requested. 3. Attending major Christ central events elsewhere in the cwnlry. 4. Working with and establishing new church plarkts In the county. UK and other nations. 5. Operating various small groups and outreach into the community. 6. Supporting Churches Together in the Whitehaven Area where applicable_ 7. Supporting and training of our leaders. 8. Oeveloping ¢on¢acts with Chrisban5 in the local area. ¢wnty and other nations, particular into Mexi¢o. A Gonsiderable amount of work is car￿￿ out by volunteers who support the Vision and Values of the church and desire to achieve the primary object which is grakfully a¢kno￿edged by the trustees. Achievem•nts-. The trustees and elderlleadership team are sat￿le{l that the objectives are being achieved and happy with the progress that the Church has made during this year. The church has maintained a Ma1￿1ty of our members. w?Ih new people Joining throughout the year and becoming part of the church. Normally. thmughout ihe year. the church and individual mefnbers support Chrislian outreach and srrial aclion projects thal we (wganise aftd run. This year. we have managed to continue connections with the following.. We have continued our parenl and toddler group and have over 70 parents on the books. We are now using a new premises whiGh is LamJugh village hall. We invited these parents lo our Christmas carol se*vtce. where many attende¢J. 2. We have strengihened the leadership of the church with a leadership leam working with the elder and a wider leadership team who lead ¢Jepartmenis in the chtjrch, wilh oversighl from the elder. We are moving forward Eo establish a team of eldws who will bring spiritual oversight lo the ¢hur¢h. 3. We continue lo build leadership on a Sunday ￿th a welcome team. leading of meetings and preaching ieam. As well as a number of serving teams that help to rnake Sundays work. 4 We continued 6 small groups and continue to release and develop over 25 small group leaders. Training nights have been organise(I to do this and this continues Ihroughout the year. 5. We continue lo develop and release people in the church lo serve on Sundays and within the comtnunity of the church and wider community. 6. We are planning a weekend away for 2026 with a plan to gather and build the relationships of the church community. 7. In 2024, we have continued to commit extra Supp￿ for other Churches outside of Grace Church Whilehaven Ihrough Allen Rossi who works at SUPW>rting and helping churches In Cumbria and Mexi(x). This indudes ddership training. leadership support and input to churches. 8. We We￿ also able to give lo wder work in our movement of churches, to help support churches, projects and charities. Financtal Review l. In 2024 we a￿ working well with our finances. We were able Io Set up more online giving opportuniiies through wr website. 2. We We￿ pleased that a number of members added to the list of rnonlhty standing order donations. even though we did lose some giving from some people leaving the church. which happens at ￿rtain points. The ¢Jetaile(J fYJU￿S are sel out sn the pages that follow this report. 3. The tnjstees are satisfied with the cuffent finances of the church and are satisfied with the current reserves that are held in the bank. 4. The Church plans to continue Sunday meetings at a new venue called the Rosehill Theatre. The same will apply to other meetings of small groups. youth and outreach work. 5. We continue to provide management accounts whith aid deasion maknng and expense monitoring. In 2023. we employed Jenny Moss who continues the book-keeper role. to hel sharpen our expense monitoring. finan￿$ and yearty bookkeeping. Thi5 has proved to be an excellent decision and we a￿ now operating finances arKI budgel Ihrough QuickBooks. 6. Reserves are in the trLtstees' opinion at a goothheallhy level. No Investments are held and surplus cash funds are retained pending investment decisH)ns. 7. We will Conlinue in the fijture io hold 9rft days towards Gertain projects and d)urch work. 8. The truslees wish to place on record their ihanks to ihe employees and Eldership team for their work on behaff of the tnJst. Approved by Ihe board of truslees and swnèd on behalf of the truslees. Allen Rossi Allen Rossi (fru51ee} Charity Number 11f)4923 INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 tkcember 2024. Respective responsibllitles of trustees and examiner The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(21 of the Charities Act 2011 Ilhe 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 ACL. follow the prO￿dureS laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145151(b) of the 2011 Act-. and stale whether particular matters have come lo my attention. Basis of independent enminerfs report 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 consideration of any unusual items or disclossjres in the accounts, 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 Irue and fair vieyl and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examinerfs sLitement In connection with my examination. no matter has come to my attention= 111 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements- to keep accounb.ng records in acc(Kdance wth section 130 of the 2011 Act"and lo prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been mel.. 121 to which, in my opinH)n. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of Ihe accounts to be reached. Steven Kirkbride BFP ACA ATh MAAT Amislrong Walson LLP Carlelon House 136 Gray Street Workinglon Cumbria CA14 2LU 23 October 2025 HARITY NO. 1164923 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 2024 2023 Income Donations and legacies George Street Room Hire HMRC G4ft Aid Little Monkeys Subs Services Total Incorne Total Expenditures Departments Family Fund Gifts Insurances Marketing OfficelGeneral Administrative Expenses Outréach Departments Professional Services Pur¢hases Rent or Lease of Buildings Travel and Accommodation Wages & Salaries Office equipment additions Total Expenditures Net Operating Income NET other incomelexpenditure Net In¢ornellExpenditurel 51.054 60.356 9.687 75 6.036 66.852 66.852 2.398 1.057 9.938 73,749 73,749 1.728 2,348 311 971 3.238 1.70S 1.467 10.629 2.629 10.602 7.578 3.842 62.979 50.207 70.641 3,789 91.783 18,034 300 18,334 3.789 Bank Balances 01101124 Net incornelexpendilu Petty cash rnovemenl Bank Balan￿5 31112124 45,182 3.789 63.516 18.334 41. 93 ,182 GRACE CHURCH WHITEHAVEN CHARITY NO. 1164923 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 2024 2023 Assets Cash funds Bank current account 41.393 45.182 Assets retained for the charity's own use Equipment 16,530 16,530