**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 02 2024 31 01 2025 **From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Earlesfield Community Church **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1170812 **Charity's principal address** 20 Gresley Court Grantham Lincolnshire **Postcode NG31 7RH** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Daniel Howson|Chairperson||| ||Grace Howson|||| ||Andrew Morton|Treasurer||| ||Grace Morton|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **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** Type of governing document Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed by a resolution passed by the existing trustees. Trustee selection methods Recommendations for appointment as a trustee are accepted from the (eg. appointed by, elected by) Elders. ## **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 Objectives and activities** Earlesfield Community Church was established for - 1) The advancement of the Christian Faith 2) Any other charitable work that facilitates the preceding aim. **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** March **2012** **TAR** 2 **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)** In working towards the objectives, the Trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and have worked towards making Earlesfield Community Church as accessible and inclusive as possible to all the community. **Church Activities** Every ministry of Earlesfield Community church has seen encouraging growth over the last year. Our Sunday venue: The local youth centre is accessible to our community and the facilities are ideal. Sunday gatherings have a very real community feel with people from all ages and many backgrounds meeting together in unity. The monthly meal is very popular with space now at a premium. Each week our children are catered for during the sermon with ‘Sunday Club’ and a creche which they love and are excited about attending. Tuesday evening Bible studies give opportunity for lively debate and are valuable for people to ask questions and interact further with the teaching received on Sunday. Our Summer Camps were a highlight with around seventy children and young people enjoying two weeks of activities and fun as well as hearing the Gospel, some for the first time. A great team of volunteers made this possible. We have been amazed at how these camps were made possible by the generosity of many individuals, not just in finance but in many practical ways. The camp venue is proving to be ideal. We hosted a team of university students from Mississippi over the May half term holidays. The team enjoyed their visit and local folk are still talking about the community activities held during their visit. Easter Sunday morning ‘Big Breakfast’ was a highlight with lots of locals coming along for the first time. Christmas activities were very popular again this year with outstanding attendances. Our community were very grateful and appreciated the effort we put into all these activities. Hope Community Café is a hive of activity and is widely accepted as a community hub on our estate. The café is loved by our community and is as busy as we can cope with! We took on another ‘Hospitality and Catering’ apprentice in September. She has settled in well and is progressing with her City and Guilds studies. Hope Community Café has accommodated several placement students from various learning providers across Grantham. A number of groups and organisations from the wider area use the café as a place to meet, chat and enjoy a good coffee. A Lady from church has started a group for parents with children with special needs. This runs every two weeks and although small it is meeting a real need in our community. March **2012** **TAR** 3 ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The church has met every Sunday. Weekly Bible studies have also met. Hope Community Cafe has opened Tuesday to Thursday every week. School collective worship has continued in both the primary and secondary schools. Weekly ‘Tots and Toys’. Weekly after school club. Monthly men’s discussion group. Christmas and Easter celebrations were well attended, representing a wide spectrum of our estate, from toddlers to senior citizens. All these activities have given many opportunities for sharing the good news and providing bible teaching on a variety of subjects and scripture passages. In addition, the church has: - Supported overseas missions. - Daily distributed surplus food received from a local shop. - Worked with our local youth and provided groups for these to meet in a safe environment. - Facilitated fortnightly ladies’ breakfast and Bible study group. March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** The ECC policy is to retain 3 months expenditure as unrestricted **Brief statement of the** reserves, in case of unexpected expenses. **charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially** N/A **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 F Other 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) Full name(s)** Andrew Morton Daniel Howson **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Treasurer ] Chairperson **Date** 31/10/2025 March **2012** **TAR** 6 ||**Earlesfield Community Church**|**Earlesfield Community Church**||**1170812**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**|| ||**For the period**
**from**|01/02/2024|**To**|31/01/2025|||| |**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**
Donations & Offerings
38,100
**-**
**-**
38,100
33,601
Gift Aid
**-**
**-**
5,927
Rental Income
5,928
**-**
**-**
5,928
5,568
Trading
57,070
**-**
**-**
57,070
57,628
Interest
**1,415**
**-**
**-**
**1,415**
**719**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_**102,513**
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**102,513**
**103,442**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**
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**_Sub total_ -**
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**_Total receipts_**
**102,513**
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**102,513**
**103,442**
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~~——————~~|||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||| |Evangelism & Outreach|**840**|**-**|**-**|**840**||**2,925**|| |Ministry Expenses|**5,188**|**-**|**-**|**5,188**||**8,450**|| |Maintainence|**2,014**|**-**|**-**|**2,014**||**5,063**|| |Rental|**1,385**|**-**|**-**|**1,385**||**720**|| |Overseas & Local Mission|**4,975**|**-**|**-**|**4,975**||**5,885**|| |Trading Costs|**38,560**|**-**|**-**|**38,560**||**39,481**|| |Professional Fees|**4,093**|**-**|**-**|**4,093**||**3,511**|| |Staff costs|**25,366**|**-**|**-**|**25,366**||**28,306**|| |CampCost|**7,478**|||**7,478**||**4,857**|| |||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**89,899**|**-**|**-**|**89,899**||**99,200**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
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**_Sub total_ -**
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**_Total payments_**
**89,899**
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**89,899**
**99,200**
~~—SSe5=~~|||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**12,614**
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**12,614**
**4,242**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
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**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**65,433**
**- -**
**65,433**
**61,191**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**78,047**
**-**
**- 78,047**
**65,433**
**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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**61,191**
**65,433**| ||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted funds**|**Restricted funds**|**Endowment**|| |**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**|||**funds**|| ||||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|| |**B1 Cash funds**|**78,047**
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**78,047**
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Bank Accounts
**_Total cash funds_**
~~—====~~||||||| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))||OK|OK||OK|| ||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted funds**|**Restricted funds**|**Endowment**|| ||||**funds**|||**funds**|| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 17/03/2025 1 **Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B2 Other monetary assets - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -** ~~—=——~~ **Fund to which asset Current value Cost (optional) Details belongs (optional) B3 Investment assets - - - - - - - - - -** ~~ne~~ **Fund to which asset Current value Cost (optional) Details belongs (optional) B4 Assets retained for the - - charity’s own use - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -** ~~ese~~ **Fund to which Amount due When due Details liability relates (optional) (optional) B5 Liabilities - - - -** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name Date of approval A Morton 06/03/2025 ~~——~~ 2 17/03/2025 CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 17/03/2025 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Earlesfield Community Church On accounts for the year ended 31 January 2025 Charity no {if any) 1170812 Set out on pages Iremembei lo Include the page numhers of addi110nal sheets I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3110112025. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement 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. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Date: 2811012025 Signed: Name: Carl Braddy Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): ACCA and CMIIA Address: IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). None Glve here brlef detalls of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018