NEWBURY CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA REGISTERED CHARITY No 1168280 TRUSTEES, REPORT AND RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 CONTENTS Trusteeg Report Reference and Administrative Details Structure, Governance and Management Objectives and Activities Achievements and Performance Financial Review Declaration Independent Examlnerfs Report Recelpt and Payments Account Statement of Assets and Llabllltles
NEWBURY CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA REGISTERED CHARITY No 1168280 TRUSTEES, REPORT AND RECEiiyfs AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES The trustees of Newbury Christadelphian Ecclesi3 {'The Ch3rlty"} present their report and financial information for the year ended 31 December 2024. SEcfioN A- REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Registered Charlty number 11682820 Charitys principal addres5 243 Lower Way, Thatcham West Berkshire RG19 3TP Charlty trustees Benjamin David Cox- Treasurer and Adminlstration Committee Member Miriam Elisabeth White- Administration Committee Member Stephen Beresford Robinson- Administration Committee Member I Secretary Rodger Yuile-Administration Committee Member Independent Examlner Philip Lawrence Bankers Lloyds Bank plc Newbury Bulldln8 Socletv SEcfioN B-STRucfuRE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Type of 8overnln8 document How charlty Is constltuted Constitution Unincorporated associatlon Trustee selection method Membershlp of the Newbury Ecclesla's Administration Committee subject to electlon every two years
NEWBURY CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA REGISTERED CHARITY No 1168280 TRUSTEES, REPORT AND RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 SEcfioN C- OBJEcfivES AND ACTIVITIES The Charity's objectives are to advance a Bible based Christian faith- to the glory of God and honour of Jesus Christ for the benefit of the Christadelphian comrnunity and members of the public, particularly in the Newbury area. The Charity's main activities, undertaken for the public benefit, in pursuit of these objects are: Holding meetings for worship, prayer and Bible teaching. Preaching through personal engagement and by invitation to meetings. Provision of Sunday School, a youth club and other occasional activities. Periodic collection for charitable needs, including disaster relief. Serving, to the extent feasible, attendees, pastoral and welfare needs. The foregoing activities promote a fuller understanding of the human condition, relative to the eternal things of God, and serve members of the public with direction, balance and purpose in today's complex world. In the exercise of their powers and duties in connection with the Charitls objectives, the trustees have reviewed and had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit as last updated in September 2013. Activities In 2024 Newbury Christadelphian Ecclesia holds regular and ad hoc meetings both at the hall and online. On Sundays, we regularly hold two services in the hall. One is our regular Breaking of Bread meeting in which we remember the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. The other is our Bible Time, where we provide introductions to Bible topics mainly aimed at those visiting or in the early stages of learning about the Bible. These meetings are open to all and we have welcomed a number of visitors. We continued to run our version of the CBM 22 lesson courses on-line at the beginning of the year. This has now come to a natural conclusion. We have also run two Preparation for Bapt15m courses and continue to run courses ad hoc as needed. We also have a mid-week Bible discussion group that is a regular feature of our programme. The Ladies Tuesday Group meets at the hall once a month and online every week. We regularly review our services to ensure they continue to meet the needs of our members. For example, we have experimented with change5 of times with Sunday Services, to See if it helped more members attend. As a result, the timings of our seNices have changed and will continue to be reviewed. We continue to invest time and money ensuring our technical set-up works for both in- person and online services. We have had a number of changes to our membership overthe yearto December 2024 and very many regular visitors to our services - both online around the UK and in person at our hall. We witnessed and celebrated 6 baptisms in the course of 2024 and mourned the falling asleep of one of our members. We also transferred 2 members to other ecclesias with our blessing . At the end of 2024, our membership numbered 99 people but only 40Yo of these were local with the remaining members spread across the Uk plus a hub of 5 meeting regularly in Belgium.
NEWBURY CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA REGISTERED CHARITY No 1168280 TRUSTEES. REPORT AND RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Preachlng Our regular Bible Time on Sundays is a cornerstone of our preaching activities and has been well attended by visitors over the year- with many of these visitors joining our membership a5 tirne went on. Invitations to our activities are mainly by word of mouth. Those that attend already are keen to bring new friends along. We have also had some people drop in from the local area thanks to our notice boards outside. From time to time, we produce paper/ email invitations for our members to hand out such as to invite people to our Christmas service. Preaching efforts have been more individual this year, with fewergroup classes. There waswork being done in Belgium at the start of the year and cla55es arranged for individuals wanting to prepare for baptism. The work in Belgium is ongoing. Following baptisms in Belgium in May, a satellite of Newbury ecclesia was established in Anderlecht in Belgium. The members there meet regularly on a Saturday for Breaking of Bread, Sunday School and fellowship. There have been visits from several of our UK members and they have been exploring options for premises. The website is due an update and we have been working through ideas to put in place in 2025. Youth We are privileged to have the regular company of several children at our services and their full participation in our Sunday School pro8ramme. We continued to run three classes throughout the year, followin8 the CSSU syllabus. The Sunday School programme was shared with presidents to enable them to start the Memorial service with a Sunday School section if desired. A suggested relevant song or two was provided for them to use if they wanted. We held the Sunday School Party in January, with the usual array of party games followed by food and entertainment in the form of skits by the Teachers and some of the older children. In July we held the Sunday School Outing, with an ecclesial trip to Queen Elizabeth Country Park near Petersfield. We took a picnic for lunch and enjoyed the play parks, assault course and a mixture of walking and cycling. Those who stayed to the end had a fish and chips supper together. Also in July, we had the Sunday School Prize Giving at the hall instead of Bible Time one Sunday. After a short talk, the children were rewarded for their efforts every Sunday with some gifts. The children have been able to join in with Thames Valley Youth Group over the course of the year. This meets every other week on either a Friday evening or Saturday afternoon with an activity and then a Bible session. Six of our older children {3 current and 3 former Sunday School scholars) attended the CYC Camp in Corfe Castle in the summer and the reunion/ meet up event leading up to Our Sunday School children also benefited from the regular'Family' services on Sundays at 11:45am.
NEWBURY CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA REGISTERED CHARITY No 1168280 TRusfEES' REPORT AND RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 All of those involved in teaching our Youth are DBS checked and we have secure Safeguarding policies procedures in place. We reviewed these policies and procedures during 2024 and followed up on any actions required to ensure the continued safety and wellbeing of our children and all our members. Charitable Donations We are pleased to support the work of NHS Berkshire Mental Health by regularly allowing them to use our hall for meetings. Any surplus from our Monthly Lunch Club is donated to a chosen charity. This year £108.01 was donated to Christadelphian Meal a Day. We supported a number of charities financially over the year. Amongst these were 8 Christadelphian charities which do a range of activities from Preaching to Financial Aid to projects in developing countries. Disaster relief funds were channelled through the Disasters Emergency Committee and the Christadelphian Samaritan Fund. We have also had the opportunity to put faith into practice with the advent of some rough sleepers outside the hall. They were provided with a covered Space at the back of the hall to sleep in, access to running water, an urn for heating water, a camping toilet with access to the manhole and some food supplies on Sundays. We made contact with the council and various charities to see how we could help them and get them into more suitable accommodation, but they were reluctant to take up hostel rooms. Since they have left we have reviewed how the situation was dealt with and what more we could have done and followed up on their situation when able to. Pastoral and Welfare After a period of transition of committee members at the start of the year, the Welfare Committee met regularly to consider the welfare and needs of our church family. This has resulted in practical and financial help being offered in addition to prayers and spiritual encouragement. We focused on bringing our spiritual family together in 2024 and arranged several events, including Sunday Roasts in July and October, where some past friends and members were invited alon8, and enjoyed fellowship with us. We continue to support the Iranian refugee community with advice and practical help where necessary as many of them have recently gained their leave to remain and are in the process of finding employment and accommodation. Unfortunately, several Iranians have ceased contact with buddies, having moved away. Some are now being well looked after by closer ecclesias but, for those we are still in contact with, it is good to see how they are progressing with their lives, with new jobs, accommodation etc., but our prayers are still very much needed to give strength to cope, especially as they are far away from families and the turmoil/worry which is in the Middle East currently. Once a month, we join together for a bring and share lunch at the hall, to which all are invited. Thursday Lunch club has been held regularly on the third Thursday of each month. This is a great way to reach out to people who may not attend other seniices. We have also had two social evenings, The Big Top Talent Show, and our Christmas Service. The feedback has been excellent, and plans are being put in place for more social events in 2025.
NEWBURY CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA REGISTERED CHARITY No 1168280 TRUSTEES, REPORT AND RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Now that many of our Iranian friends have been moved, our Sunday numbers have decreased. We are looking at ways of making it more accessible for members who find it difficult to get to the meeting because of health or transport. Taxis and lifts from willing volunteers are available and our members are aware of this. Having the timings of the first meeting on Sundays, change, has been a great blessing to some. We have seen many of our older members suffering with ill health this year. Other members continue to make themselves available to visit those who are not able to get out, and we are very thankful to those who can do this. Every Sunday we have a welfare report giving us news and updates on our members and people we may know. This is followed by a welfare prayer and is an opportunity for anyone to ask for prayers they need. From time to time, we send cards to people to give them comfort or encouragement.
NEWBURY CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA REGISTERED CHARITY No 1168280 TRUSTEES. REPORT AND RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 SEcfioN D-ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE The church collects for external charities on a weekly basis. This year we were pleased to raise over £9000. The benefiting charities were- Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC}, which brings together 15 aid charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently at times of crisis overseas. The Christadelphian Bible Mission ICBM), which supports preaching worldwide and provides welfare to churches and individuals. The Christadelphian Auxiliary Lecturing Service (CALS), which 5UPPOrts preaching in the UK. The Chri5tadelphian Benevolent Fund ICBFI, which provides support for members of Christadelphian churches who are in need. Christadelphian Care Homes {CCHI, which provides a network of care to those in need of residential, nursin8, dementia or respite care. The Christadelphian Sunday School Union ICSSU), which provides teaching resources for children. Christadelphian Meal-a-Day, which provides worldwide 'down-to-earth' support for vulnerable children, the provision of clean water, agricultural skills, basic health care and education and a meal a day. The Christadelphian Samaritan Fund, which funds external charities supporting relief from natural disaster and war. The Shunem Home, which provides shelter, education and care for some of the most vulnerable in Hyderabad, India.
NEWBURY CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA REGISTERED CHARITY No 1168280 TRUSTEES, REPORT AND RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 SECTION E- FINANCIAL REVIEW The accounts are prepared on a cash basis, due to the size of the Charity- The principal source of income continues to be voluntary member donations, including gift aided donations. The expenditure in the year has supported the CharitVs objertives in respect of: Upkeep of the property, the objectives of which is to provide a suitable premises for the maln activities of worship, study and fellowship, as well as making our hall and facilities available for use bv external organisations. Charitable giving to external organizations, which include local charities. Pastoral welfare of members that need support. The income for the year was slightly higher than in the previous year. Cash flow increased due to the receipt of slgnlficant respite care grants and their payment. Net spending Increased on the previous year, with the level of Outreach activities and donations staying broadly similar and utilities expenditure increasing. Other expenditure was in line with the previous year. The Charitys reserve policy is to hold main reserves at the level of one year'5 operating budget, to provide some resilience against any unforeseen events. R¢¢tlpt•atkdPayrnenl¥ 2024 2023 Unr•strfcl•d Ae•trfd Fund• Furbd Tot41 Funds Tot•1 Fynd$ Hee¢lpt• Donatlon5 Tax iecl8lmed Irom Glft lrtleresl on d¢poslt thccount Soles Woylease Totalrec¢lpts 16,602 1.965 255 12 li 18.845 7,3 23.908 20.679 2,433 4.398 4,693 255 212 12 li 28.584 li 25.595 9,739 Paym•nt Repalrs Ind mDlnienanc• Elettrl¢lty and 8as Water ind sewerage Insuionce Telephone aTrd Iniern•t Donaiion5 P31d General Hous2keeplTh8 Outreach act18 Groni$fgThYarded TotalP4yments Nttr•¢tlptJllpoymtntsl Cash funds end of lasi year Tran5fey hetwtn hJnds C88h Ivnds end ofthlsyer 765 1,432 1.020 1.318 334 1.527 2.771 3,664 5.093 17.924 921 20.774 785 1.432 1,020 1.318 334 11,266 2.771 4.164 5.093 10,239 28,163 -500 421 788 21.562 1,092 361 1,184 329 10,044 2.929 4.e9Q 7¢XI 21.697 3,898 17.664 21,895 21,983 21,662 Stat•fflent•t•¥setJandllablUtle 2024 2023 C•shf¥nds Newbury Bulldln¥ Soclery Deposii aecouni Lloyds Bank Current accounl 7,709 14.274 21.983 7.454 14.108 21,562
NEWBURY CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA REGISTERED CHARITY No 1168280 TRUSTEES, REPORT AND RECEiiyfs AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 SEcfioN F- DECLARATION The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees Report above. Signed on behalf of the Trustees Stephen B Roblnson Secretary Date: 3011012025
Newbury Christadelphian E¢cl051a Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from To 0110112024 31112r2024 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrlcted funds Restrlcted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to th• n••rost to th• rw•mt £ to th• nr¥st £ to the nr•Bt £ to th• nrOSt £ A1 Rècelpts Donations Tax laiMed from Gift Interest on deposit account Sales of mags, dianes and hymnbooks Wayjeave 16.602 1.965 255 12 11 7.306 2N33 23.9)8 20,679 4,693 212 255 12 11 11 ross Income AR) 18,845 9.739 28,584 an (see table). nve8 e8, A3Pa ments Repairs and maintenance E18Ctri(ity and gas Water and sewage Insurance Telephone and intemel Admin Donations paid General housekeew'ng OLrtreach actiwbes 765 1.432 1.020 1.318 334 5.093 1.527 2.771 3.664 17.924 765 1,432 1,020 1,318 1,092 361 1,184 329 700 10.044 2.929 4.B91 21,897 5,093 11,268 2,771 4.164 28,164 9.739 500 10.239 Sub total A4 Asset and Investment Sub total Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end CCXX R1 accounts ISS) 29110r2025
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted fund8 to nearest £ Restricted funds to noarast£ Endowment funds to nwost £ ategorles Details Bl Cash funds Ne•Jbury Buitding Swety DeFQ%t AIC 7.709 Lloyds Bank CLtrrenl AJC 13.986 288 Total cash funds 21,695 288 lagw bolarK8s th rwlpts and p•ynwtt$ oxrrt(Bll Unrestrlcted funds to n•ar•$t£ Restrfcted funds to ngarest £ Endowment funds to nr•st £ Details Fund to which J•••t belon Current valuo lonal Details Cost loptlonjl} B3 Investment a880ts Fund to whleh a8t bolon Detallg CoBt loptlonal) Curront valu8 tlonal 84 Assets retalnod for the charlty's own u80 Fund to which rela Amount due Whgn du Details B5 Liabilities Signed by one or tTUStees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Date of roval Print Name Benjamin David Cox 294)ct-25 stephen Beresford Robinson 2oct-25 CCXK R2 accounts ISS) 2911012025
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Newbury Christadelphian Ecclesia Registered Charity No:1168280
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity (“The Trust”) for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Responsibility and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the 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. In carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner’s statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination that gives me cause to believe that, in any material respect:
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Accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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The accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come 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.
Signed
Philip Lawrence
31 October 2025
The Lodge
Mill Lane
Aslockton
NG13 9AS
UK