CHARITY COMMISSION Trustees. Annual Report for the perlod From 0110412024 To 3110312025 Perfod Ond dats Ch•rfty namo: Sewardstone Evangelical Church Charlty r•gi8tratlon number: 1166206 Objectlves and Actlvftl•s Summwy of the Purpo￿ of Ihe charty a8 set oul ui it8 gov•mlr*J Oxurmnt P•• 1.17 1.To advance the Christian faith in accordance with thè 8aM of Faith in way8 8nd In 8uch parts of th• Unlted Klngdc¥n (K the ¥wrld 88 the tru•teO8 m fron tkne to lirm thlnk fft,. 2. To rdieve Sickr￿ and fm8rKlal hwdshlp and to arml F￿8￿ve 0￿￿ troalth Ihe prov*ion of funds. gcA)ds or 88fyice8 of any kind. including through the provisbon of counselling 8upp(xt in Such port8 ol the Unit&J Kin9d¢)m or the ¥KJrld as the Tfu8tee8 frcm may think fft; 3. To adv￿¢¢ educ4tion in s￿h and In •u¢h ￿rtI ol the Unitwj Kingdcyn LY the )rhJ a• tho trust￿• to tlmo Tr think rrt. Public ￿r)Ith1p. Inltruckn ￿ th8 Chrl8tlan latth. dunng w*ekty worship meeting8 and through week.tmno Biblts Study Opportunlty for prtr4ale and pu￿1¢ prayer & d￿cUSSion, includw s￿ne&S. fin8n¢ig1 hardship and IXh8r needs, trxalty and Summary of th• ￿1n actNrti88 in r8latth to tho purp0888 fcw th8 publk benefrt, In particular. the Pm 1.17 •*1 1.19 thntif￿d in the acc(JJnts. Prow3ion of spe(?f￿ w••kty Klivii*• Art *xl Craft group Bibkn Study Group L8di08' monthty Coffee mcmk Wam Space open for public 4 8 a week for 3 months Tru8tee$ have and ad(ntrMedged the gu*Jance issued by the Charty Commis•ion on publK benèfl and to tyjr kr)(y•Aedge thwe has been no devthK>n fr(Mn gubJanc• whelh8T the trust8es have had regard to the gubdance rssued by the Charity C(Mnmis8ion on pubk Addltlonal Infonmtlon I0￿10n41) Youm chwse to include further Stat¥n￿ts ¥%*ve relevant 8ts)ut P¥•138 Policy on grant making 1.36 Polw on 84MI investment including program rel*1 invest￿￿nI The chaty cc¥)tinuos to rety solety on voluntary donation8. It does not hold fundraisin9 events. and doe• not re¢eiv• 9rant8 from any sourc•. P•i 1.30 Contrit¥Jlion made Volunteers Achlevements and P•rformance s￿￿1 provisbon for the communty". Church locials (opon to all and oft includkng free nwll Fekn8hlp durkng *ry8hip •arv Summary of Ihe main achi8vement8 ol th• chwty. ident￿l¥j the dlfferertti the arit18 work h88 made to the c1￿umStanCeS ol rts b•n￿arleS aTrJ any *thJer beneffti to •ociety M a vthobe. Pw• 1.20 Imwoved mental, financiBI arKI thysical belng through wayer 8rrtl ctyJn88lliNJ {vdth financial $UFwI offered when approw*e> Provisirm of instructK)n and gtthylh in th• Christkqn faith through mKfvKek Bknlp Studi88 and Sunday Ser¥ice8. Provhth of oPp￿tUnty for the communNy to meet for ￿￿rShIP 8nd felbwship évery Sunday. Visikng c(¥Trnunly & offerirwJ way•r Oonall￿8 of fin￿ and f(Mxl lo the local Fo￿￿ Bank help8 Yi dI8wal￿g need Ki the local communty. Provis*￿ of 8 wami Space and a free to the locd clxnmunty over th8 winler of financial h8lp to charithrys wortww ytyjng people bn the area e.g. Wallham F￿1 Y(xth Chnst, Ch Evan9elism. Provr4Mx of ¢lotheWreadtng and edLKatKJnal equiwient allèvwting chud hardship through Operation Chiislmas Chdd *ilh Swnarilans P￿￿.. ProVts￿ of financial aSS￿tarKe to charrt xking overseas lo swe•J the gospel & to albew'ate [￿vertY and hunger through Tear Fund aThJ other Christi￿ Clwit*•. Pr￿115￿￿ d financial a￿161￿rK¥ to Samaritan8 Pur88 mtdlng m6dlcal and IiJ>J in th8 evenl ol gh)bal disasters. Addlllon•l Infonn•lion loptlonall You m• Achievements against ObJ.￿tIVeS set Perfomnce of fvnth8i$ing activit￿8 a9ain8t obJectN88 Inve8tfftht ￿rfOrn￿nC• og•kn#t objxtr Pw• 1.41 Flnanclal Revlew Reviww of the charty's financkql po8riKJn at Ihe emd ofthe ststemerrt explaining the policy for holding resep•e8 slating why Ihw are hehj 121 1.22 A reserve 1$ hekl to ensure that we can m•¢t payynent of regular running costs of the charity le.g. electnatylgafthater) for on• ar wrthout inconx. £3,000.00 Amount ol re8w￿l hehj Reasons for holding zero P•• 122 Pw•1. ai18 ol fvno mat•rioUy In dellctt Exp18nation of any uncertaintl88 about the charity cmlinury a8 a goin9 concern 124 P*¥ 12J AddMloMI Inforniatlon (optlon•ll YCWJ ct#Me to I)C￿de fwthw statThnts where relev8nt a￿ul.. The charity relies soioty on vohjntary donations. Tho charity does not hold furKlfaising events, and doe8 not r￿e1ve gM18 from any ur¢e. The charW8 prfnclpal aources of funds (indudkng any lun¢tralsiNdl Pm147 Investrnerrt poky and Objectr￿S including any social inv•8bn•M pollcy Pw14J A do8CrtptK)n of the prindpal P** i. Oth•f Structure, Governance and Management DescriFAx)n of dwrilYS Type of l¥)verni￿ d(Kument Il harter H(yw ts the charty constrtuted? 'e g unincorporated Constitution 129 cio 4S4nrJAtinn r.lni Twstee 8elect*)n iY*tlKx18 I￿￿JIng det8118 of any conslilUt￿nal pro¥i8ion8 e.9. ebdxjn to rM)8t or name of any ￿rIOn enti to appoint one or rnC￿e tru8tees P¥• 125 Trustees a￿ tKrninated and apwmnted every three years. Ilf a trustee steps dMI l is deceased mid-tenn. remaining Irustoes m apFrf)int a temwary trustee untl such tyne as can l*(e p*•. Addlll¢)n•l Infonnakn loptkxwl) Youm Policles and wocedu adopted for the r￿U¢l￿n and trainino of trustees P¥• 1.51 Churth Lgodwj mget othor bx81 church leadorn to 8UPWrt otror and lo arrange. Joint Publ￿ wxshlp The Charity's wgani8atkxwl slruclure and any WKJ8r netwfxk wrth which tho chartty ￿OrkI Pw• 1.51 R•lation•hlp rdatod Pnl.51 Reference and Admlnlstratlve detalls Chanty ntne Other n￿e the charty uses i$lered ch numt .Ch8rity's Pfincipal addr888 SVwwd8t￿e Evan 116621 145 Sewgrdstone Roal ChirKJfNd L(￿dOn E4 7PA Namm of th• ch•rlty tr￿ta￿ TAtho manag• th• charity Office lrf•nyl WerKly Mrtch John F08ker Htywafd Rovknury Bisola Surakalu Administrator Trwsurer From 01.01.25 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 17 18 19 20 rote truSt￿- n•mes of the direclcws at th• dat• the re DI￿10r Iiarn• Name of truste88 hok* trtle to propety Lth9Y)g to the charity D•ts• •cl•d 11 nol lor whol• Funds held as custodlan trustees on behalf of others DeScnFI￿n of the asset8 hekl In this Name and oiycls of11 chanty on ￿ behalf the assets are hehj and h(M thA falls wrthin tho custodian chariV$ obJo¢t* Detsil¥ ol ￿T￿ements for safe cu8tody and segregatK)n of 8(Kh a68els Addltlon•l Informatlon (optIor￿) Ilam•8 and •ddrouo• d advisern (OpknMI In10rn￿o￿) Typ• ol Nam• Addrfj advlvr N•rn• of chhl •x•cUtI￿ or n•m•• of ••nl¢x •Lqff m•mb•r• (Optlonal Infonnth) Exemptlons from dl•clo8ure R••#<)n noTh4i•clowre cf k Othor o tlonal Inforniation Declaratlons 81gned on bohall d th• charlty'l tru•l• Slgnatur•(•) Full nam•(•) Po•lUon (¢9 Secretary, Chalf, et¢) W8n(ty Marian Mitchell Hovrdrd Rowbury Dat• 25 CC Receipts & Payments Report ChaTlly namc". St%%'ardsione EvangLlical Church Ch￿lIV nutnber." 1166206 For Ihc pLYiod frotn 0110412024 10 3110312025 RcL¢I 'rncn15 Unrestricted fund5 Restricted funds Endoivinent Tot31 fvnds Last year Receipts Voluntary Receipts 35.597 200 35.797 27.98) Oih¢r Re¢¢ipis 35,597 200 35.797 27.983 Asset and Inveqthient.£2le% et T(Jtal receiptq 35.597 20 3.f,797 27.98) Payments 1.200 1.200 Fu￿￿[$]￿1￿g Cosis Cliaritable Activities Costs Ciovernart¢e Losis Olhercosts 32.277 222 10.939 43216 222 23.683 260 33.69) 10.939 44.638 23.943 bsils and Invrstsn¢nts bTainsllvssLS Total paymeiits EXLLSS vf rii¢ipls ovLipaym¢mts 33.6W 1,898 10.939 23.943 4.040 -10.739 -8_841 Tran£fers between Fllnds Cash Fund5 Last Year End 28,524 30.422 22.123 11.384 511.fy17 41.S06 C&sh fynd£ thi£ yearend Pageiofi **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Sewardstone Evangelical Church **On accounts for the year** 31 March 2025 **Charity no** 1166206 **ended Set out on pages** 1 to 3 (One to Three) including this report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/3/2025 **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**
**Address:**|Darren Warren
**Date:**|15/01/2026| |---|---|---| |||| ||Darren Warren – Paxton Independent Examiners|| |||| ||FMAAT|| |||| ||61a High Street South|| ||Rushden|| ||Northants, NN10 ORA|| ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .