2025-09-30-accounts - Hurst Green Evangelical Church

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Section A

From

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date ~~Day Month Year Day Month Year~~ To Reference and administration details

Hurst Green Evangelical Church Hurst Green Evangelical Free Church

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1170241 Charity's principal address 77 Hurst Green Road Oxted Surrey Postcode RH8 9AJ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Alison Reed	Chair
Hazel Marsh
Jonathan Reed		End 28thSeptember 2025
Stephen Marsh

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B

Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) By Appointment Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

Objectives and activities

The objects of the CIO (“the objects”) are to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Beliefs appearing in the schedule hereto in Hurst Green, Surrey and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the charity trustees may from time to time think fit and to fulfil such other purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales and are connected with the charitable work of the CIO.

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Having had due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commissioners the Trustees have provided public benefit in the following ways:

Provision of church services.

This has been covered both through traditional Sunday Services which is open to everyone as well as specific services such as baptisms, weddings, blessings and funerals.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Education about the Christian Faith.

As well as the provision of the Sunday Service the Church also provides the opportunity for bible studies, children’s church and one to one discussions. The Church works with Churches Together in Oxted District (CTOD), and in conjunction with other Churches and public events.

Pastoral care and prayer, prayer meetings and outreach including provision into the local care home.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

The Trustees employ a full time Pastor who along with the volunteers deliver the pastoral care to those in the fellowship and surrounding community.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Achievements and performance

Provision of our services to the community on a regular basis.

Adding new events for the public and working closely with other Churches in the area.

The Trustees have progressed the redevelopment of the church working with Novo Land and Development on the project.

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Section E

Financial review

Brief statement of the For this period it was our intention to keep our investments at a healthy level charity’s policy on reserves which was achieved.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section FOther optional information

Section G

Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Alison Reed Full name(s) Steve Marsh Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Trustee Trustee etc) Date 18/06/2026

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	Hurst Green Evangelical Church	Hurst Green Evangelical Church	Hurst Green Evangelical Church	1170241	CC16a

	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	Period start date	To	Period end date
		01/10/2024		30/09/2025

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 £
A1 Receipts
Giving- Gift Aid	27,069	4,675	-	31,744	17,013
Other Giving	3,501		-	3,501	8,888
Reclaimed Tax	4,588	964	-	5,552	3,615
Rental Income	50	-	-	50	-
Solar Power	0	-	-	-	-
Interest received	1,663	-	-	1,663	8,155
Tithes	2,920		-	2,920	-

*Sub total(Gross income for AR)*	39,791	5,639	-	45,430	37,671

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
Quilter Investments	19,000	-	-	19,000	33,000
*Sub total*	19,000	-	-	19,000	33,000

**Total receipts **	58,791	5,639	-	64,430	70,671

A3 Payments
Donations	4,716	-	-	4,716	3,501
Spending on Ministry	3,943	-	-	3,943	2,119
Salaries and visiting speakers	29,637	-	-	29,637	28,746
Utilities	0	-	-	-	-
Church/Property Maintenance	3,737	-	-	3,737	-
Manse Maintenance	658	-	-	658	-
Consultancy	6,181			6,181	9,720
Administration	2,839	-	-	2,839	2,742
Accommodation Expenses	3,254	-	-	3,254	19,700
Other Expenses				-	1,664
Developer costs		127,328		127,328	321,582
		-	-	-	-
**Sub total **	54,965	127,328	-	182,293	389,774

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	11,321		-	11,321	539
**Sub total **	11,321	-	-	11,321	539

**Total payments **	66,286	127,328	-	193,614	390,313

*Net of receipts/(payments)*	- 7,495	- 121,689	-	- 129,184	- 319,642
A5 Transfers between funds		-	-	-	-
A6 Cash funds lastyear end	20,177	127,328	-	147,505	467,147
*Cash funds thisyear end*	12,682	5,639	-	18,321	147,505

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories	Details	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
		to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	Petty Cash	100	-	-
	Bank Balance	12,582	5,639	-
	Co-Op Direct Plus	-	-	-
	*Total cash funds*	12,682	5,639	-
	(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	OK	OK	OK

		Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
	Details	to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets			-	-
		-	-	-

	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets	Quilter Investments	Collective Investment Account	-	53,700
			-	-

	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	Furniture, fixtures and fittings		-	-
	77 Hurst Green Road - church and flat above		-	-
			-	-

	Details	Fund to which liability relates	Amount due (optional)	When due (optional)
B5 Liabilities			-
			-

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature	Print Name		Date of approval
		Alison Reed		29/07/2026

Independent examiner’s report on the accounts


Section A	Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees of	Charity name:Hurst Green Evangelical Church Charity no:1170241
On accounts for the year ended	30th September 2025 Set out on pages 1–5 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
	I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/09/2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report	As the charity’s trustees, 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 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 examiner’s statement	I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below ) 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. _ Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
Signed:	Date:28/07/2026
Name:	Brian Downs
Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):	FCCA (ACCA)
Address:	Devonshire Green Accountants Genesis House, High Street, Westerham, Kent TN16 1AH

IER 1 Oct 2018


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.	The redevelopment of the church, carried out with Novo Land and Development under the arrangement disclosed in last year’s report (a contract price of £500k for the church and land, with the developer building the new church funded by that sum and the profits from three houses on the remaining plot), was completed during the year. The new church, with a flat above, opened in May 2025 and is now held by the charity at 77 Hurst Green Road; the remaining restricted development fund of £127,328 brought forward was fully expended on the project in the early part of the year. A one-off donation of £4,675 (plus £964 Gift Aid) received in October 2024 and restricted by the donor for church carpets remained unspent at the year end and is carried forward as a restricted fund of £5,639.

IER 2 Oct 2018