## **Trustees Annual Report**
1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
## **SECTION B**
## **GOVERNANCE ISSUES (OPTIONAL INFORMATION)**
The Private Limited Company limited by guarantee, Company Number 10016724, **Wildwood Church Stafford** , has Charity Incorporation status registered as a charity Number 1169325.
Trustees meetings were held seven times throughout the year in-person and on Zoom. The Company AGM was held in January 2025.
## **SECTION C**
## **SUMMARY OF THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY..........**
To advance Christian religion in accordance with the doctrinal basis of faith of the Evangelical Alliance
**SUMMARY OF THE MAIN ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN RELATION TO THESE OBJECTS (INCLUDES WITHIN THIS SECTION THE STATUTORY DECLARATION THAT TRUSTEES HAVE HAD REGARD TO THE GUIDANCE ISSUED BY THE CHARITY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC BENEFIT)**
2024 - 2025
Church services are in person each week and are open to all. Visitors and guests attend church services and other events, almost all of which are not subject to any charge. In addition, the charity live-streams Sunday services on YouTube to continue to be available to people who are unable to attend in person. We meet at Beaconside conference centre. The children meet each week and are joining the main service at the beginning and then move into their own groups.
The charity maintains The Gateway centre on Wildwood estate, Stafford, as community rooms and church offices. The facility is small but is well used through the week by groups of older and younger people.
Open, school and church-based youth work for all ages continued with our gap year student and the youth leader maintaining good connections with the young people.
In the Spring time, we hosted a variety of fundraising events to support local young people in attending a Christian youth conference, called Newday. We had a car wash, a quiz and a bake sale to raise money for this. In May, we also arranged a trip to Llandudno for the church and a large group of people from the local community.
Men’s breakfasts had been taking place most months and there have been Church lunches following services. A number of our church members, and a few people from the community, attended the Devoted Christian conference in Stafford.
The church has been running an Alpha course, **Life skills course (CAP)** and First Steps toddler group. Home groups for adults and young adults have been meeting.
There has been a popular and committed group at ‘drop in’ Friday Coffee Morning attended mainly by older people, (up to 20 people each week), and a ‘Knit and Natter’ group meeting on a Thursday averaging 8 people each week.
Direct aid overseas continued to be provided to Liberia and indirectly overseas aid was provided through the Christ Central Churches, an organisation of which we are members.
We continued to collect food for Rising Brook Foodbank.
## **SECTION C**
## **ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES (OPTIONAL INFORMATION)**
Most of our community-based activities are planned, organised and delivered by volunteers. Some were regular weekly activities such as Knit and Natter and a Friday Coffee Morning. The volunteers generally work in small teams and for relevant activities are DBS checked. They have undertaken First Aid and/or safeguarding training for children/vulnerable adults and risk assessments are also completed. They are supported by the Church leadership.
In addition to our own church services and activities we also work in partnership with the ChristCentral Churches network, other local churches as part of the group of Stafford churches known as Love Stafford, and with Youth Net, the local organisation supporting church-based youth work.
## **SECTION D**
## **SUMMARY OF THE MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE CHARITY DURING THE YEAR**
The Gateway building which we lease on Wildwood estate as a church office and base for our work continues to be a great asset in delivering our vision, to showcase, to all people, His glory, beauty and justice as we encounter Jesus, the God who is love. The building has been used as a base for staff over this year, but also for team meetings, Home groups who preferred a bit more space and for Youth Groups, Knit and Natter, the Friday Coffee morning and First Steps toddler group.
We continued to employ 3 staff during 2024-25 and, in partnership with Time for God, we were connected with a gap year student for the academic year. The gap year student recruited for 2024- 25 contributed greatly to youth work. Their main activity has been working with the schools, one to one and group work. The student also contributed to a range of general activities within the charity, including setting up a new group for young people to explore the Christian faith. The student received training/briefing and debriefing from Time for God before and after coming to the UK and met up with their cohort in the UK during the year.
## **SECTION E FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **BRIEF STATEMENT ON CHARITY’S POLICY ON RESERVES**
We have maintained reserves at a reasonable level which will cover the cost of statutory redundancy payments for three months for our staff if the charity’s activity were to cease.
## **FURTHER FINANCIAL REVIEW DETAILS**
Events organised by the church and the running of the church are funded by the Church members. There was a reduction in giving this year due to a change in circumstances for some of our most generous donors. In March and April, we launched a ‘Step Up’ campaign asking our church members to increase giving following which we had an encouraging response to this with many giving for the first time or choosing in faith to increase their regular donations. Income and expenditure were evenly balanced for 2024/5.
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
> **Report to the trustees/** Wildwood Church **members of**
|**On accounts for the year**|31 August 2025||**Charity no**|1169325|
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/08/2025** .
**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:** T. Herriott **Date:** 27/02/2026 **Name:** Tim Herriott; **Relevant professional** ACA BA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Tim Herriott Enterprises 15 Briarsleigh, Wildwood STAFFORD ST17 4QP
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|qgiumowe|**CC16a**
**1169325**
**Wildwood Church Stafford**
01/09/2024
31/08/2025
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**||**Last year**||
||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||
|Offerings & Gifts, Gift Aid (Covenants) **103,971**
**50,345**
**-**
**154,316**
**150,774**
Tax Refund
**20,782**
**9,188**
**-**
**29,970**
**23,090**
Grants/Funds
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Church Activities togenerate funds
**6,113**
**-**
**-**
**6,113**
**8,070**
Bank Interest
**706**
**-**
**-**
**706**
**737**
Other Income
**-**
**231**
**-**
**231**
**500**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_**131,572**
**59,764**
**-**
**191,336**
**183,171**
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~**_Sub total_**~~**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**131,572**
**59,764**
**-**
**191,336**
**183,171**
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|**A3 Payments**|||||||||
|See Attached Schedule A|**126,376**|**-**||**-**|**126,376**||**179,682**||
|Charitable Activities|**-**|**59,704**||**-**|**59,704**||**49,824**||
||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
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||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**126,376**|**59,704**||**-**|**186,080**||**229,506**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Materials /IT/PA
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,721**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,721**
**_Total payments_**
**126,376**
**59,704**
**-**
**186,080**
**234,227**
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**5,196**
**60**
**- 5,256**
**- 51,056**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**- 20**
**20**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**100,288**
**2,491**
**-**
**102,779**
**153,835**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**105,464**
**2,571**
**- 108,035**
**102,779**
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
27/02/2026
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Accounts Receivable
Prepayments
**Details**
National Savings
Bank Accounts
Cash Accounts
Accounts Payable
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**105,464**
**2,571**
**-**
**-**
**105,464**
**2,571**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2,425**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
1630
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
27/02/2026
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**Wildwood Church - 1169325**
**Schedule A**
## **Payments Directly for Charitable Purposes**
|**Payments**|**2024/25**|**2023/24**|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Hire & Cost of Centre|21,209|17,468|
|Gifts UK and Overseas|4,394|29,535|
|Catering|1,395|1,236|
|Postage & Stationery|537|446|
|Insurance+Professional Fees|6,000|7,204|
|Activities|6,511|22,259|
|Youth/Church Workers|86,330|101,534|
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|**TOTAL**|**126,376**|**179,682**|