## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date
**From**
**01 04 2023 To 31 03 2024**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name The Living Stones Christian Church**
**Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1172181
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**Charity's principal address**
Buckland Road Baptist Church Buckland Road POOLE **Postcode** BH12 2NA
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
for whole year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 SERGEJUS GOLOZOVAS Chair --- ---
2 AUDRIUS VALATKA Treasurer --- ---
3 MARTYNAS BERESNA Secretary --- ---
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
The Living Stones Christian Church is governed by CIO Foundation Type of governing document Constitution. (eg. trust deed, constitution) The Living Stones Christian Church is a Charitable Incorporated How the charity is constituted Organisation (CIO). (eg. trust, association, company) As per the constitution apart from the first Charity Trustees, every Charity Trustee selection methods Trustee must be appointed by “Spiritual Leadership”, which currently (eg. appointed by, elected by) consists of existing Trustees.
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant.
The Living Stones Christian Church is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), governed by a constitution and lead by a team of Trustees. The day-to-day running of the organisation is handled by the Trustees. All trustees, including Chair, Secretary and Treasurer, are involved in the day-to-day management of the charity. Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries, Conflicting interests, Volunteer management and Complaints handling policies are in place.
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## **Section C Objectives and activities**
For the public benefit, the advancement of the Christian faith in Dorset and **Summary of the objects of** such other parts of the United Kingdom and the world as the Charity **the charity set out in its** Trustees may from time to time decide. Weekly worship and prayer **governing document** meetings including Christian teaching and activities. Children/youth educational clubs. **Summary of the main** The Trustees are aware of the Charities Commission's guidance on public **activities undertaken for the** benefit in "The Advancement of Religion for the Public Benefit" and has **public benefit in relation to** regard to it in the administration of the Church. The Trustees believe that, **these objects (include within** the Church provides benefit to the public by: **this section the statutory** • providing resources and facilities for public worship, pastoral care and **declaration that trustees** spiritual, moral and intellectual development, both for the congregation and **have had regard to the** for anyone else who wishes to benefit from what the Church offers and; **guidance issued by the** • promoting Christian values and service by partners of the church to the **Charity Commission on** community, for the benefit of individuals and society as a whole. **public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include Since Charity do not have paid Staff, contribution by volunteers is crucial. further statements, where It includes pastoral care, music ministry, youth / children’s club, cleaning, relevant, about: events organizing. contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
The Living Stones Christian Church offers regular free Sunday services **Summary of the main** with Bible teaching, prayers and music worship. Services also includes **achievements of the charity** free youth/children’s club. **during the year** Besides regular services charity offers to community special celebrations, such as Christmas, Easter, Back to school, Mothers day, Fathers Day. Special services include participation of guest speakers which brings valuable experience in area of Bible teaching, building family relationships. Living Stones Christian Church attendees special life’s moments (e.g. birthdays, anniversaries) are celebrated with blessing prayers and flowers. Charity also is seeking to support those who are in need, e.g.: £6500 was donated to other charities in England, Lithuania and Latvia.
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## **Section E Financial review**
At the end of the financial year the charity has met its financial goals. **Brief statement of the** The charities income comes through the voluntary giving of those **charity’s policy on reserves** attending the Church (£12,412). All expenditure relates to the furtherance of the charities aims (£20,252). There are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue. Based on the adequacy of the charity’s reserves as at the balance sheet date, along with their knowledge of the charity’s ability to meet bills, payments and other liabilities as they fall due, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Annual accounts are prepared on Receipts and payments basis and will be provided in a separate document.
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
The charities income comes through the voluntary giving of those You **may choose** to include attending the Church. additional information.
## **Section F Other optional information**
Bankers: LLOYDS BANK PLC, PO BOX 1000, BX1 1LT.
Solicitors: Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP, 134 Edmund Street, Birmingham, B3 2ES.
## **Section G Declaration**
Trustees' Responsibilities
Charity law requires us as Trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year which give a true and fair view of the state of the charity and of its income and expenditure for the year. We are required to:
1. Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
2. Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
3. State whether the applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the accounts;
4. Prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business;
We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 and; We also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities.
(Annual accounts will be provided in a separate document.)
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date**|Sergejus Golozovas
Martynas Beresna|
|---|---|
||Sergejus Golozovas
Martynas Beresna|
||Chair
Secretary|
||20/05/2025|
||20/05/2025|
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The Living Stones Christian Church No 1172181
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01/04/2023 31/03/2024
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Voluntary donations 12,412.18 - - 12,412 12,319.00
- - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 12,412.18 ] - - 12,412 12,319.00
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 12,412.18 - - 12,412 12,319.00
A3 Payments
Grants and donations paid 8,593.32 - - 8,593.32 1,740.90
Rent 5,700.00 - - 5,700.00 4,500.00
Consultancy - - - 129.00
Insurance 245.37 - - 245.37 245.37
Healthy family conference 1,994.49 - - 1,994.49 2,095.61
Children's & youth work 1,460.00 - - 1,460.00 2,399.00
Worship band 648.98 - - 648.98 628.00
Catering 1,610.61 - - 1,610.61 1,764.89
Maintenance - 277.86
Family activities - - - 920.00
- - - - -
Sub total [ 20,252.77 ] - - 20,252.77 14,700.63
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 20,252.77 - - 20,253 14,701
Net of receipts/(payments) - 7,840.59 - - - 7,841 - 2,382
A5 Transfers between funds - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 47,445.42 - - 47,445 49,827.00
Cash funds this year end 39604.83 - - 39,605 47,445.00
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
28/07/2025
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**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
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|Martynas Beresna
Signature
Sergejus Golozovas
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
Treasurer's Account Lloyds
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**39,604.83**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**39,605**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
Print Name
Sergejus Golozovas
Martynas Beresna|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**|
|||||
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
20/05/2025
20/05/2025|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
28/07/2025
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