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2023-12-31-accounts

Lee Street Independent Evangelical Church

Charity No 1172195

Unaudited Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 December 2023

Lee Street Independent Evangelical Church

Contents
Page
Reference and Administrative Details 2
Trustees’ Report 3-6
Trustees’ responsibilities 7
Independent Examiners Report 8
Receipts and Payments Account 9
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 10
Notes to the Accounts 10

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Lee Street Independent Evangelical Church

Reference and Administrative Details

Charity Name Lee Street Independent Evangelical Church Charity Registration Number 1172195 Registered and Administrative Lee Street Church Office Lee Street HORLEY RH6 8ES Trustees Brian Legg Nathan Page Kenneth Cowell Susan Cottingham Bankers HSBC UK 9 The Boulevard CRAWLEY RH10 1UT Barclays Bank UK Plc 90/92 High Street CRAWLEY RH10 1BP Independent Examiners Field Sullivan 9 Hare & Billet Road Blackheath London SE3 0RB

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From Period start date To Period end date
01 01 2023 31 12 2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Lee Street Church Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1172195 Charity's principal address Lee Street Horley Surrey Postcode RH6 8ES

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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10		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for
whole year		 Name of person (or body)
entitled to appoint trustee (if
any)
Brian Legg Church Secretary
Kenneth Cowell
Nathan Page
Susan Cottingham
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
Name
Address		 Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
Name
Address		 Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
Name
Address
Buildings and Land Church Growth Trust The Barn, 1 Manor Farm Barns, Baines Lane, Seaton,
Oakham LE15 9HP
Evangelical & Legal Stewardship 1 Lambs Passage,London EC1Y 8AB

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

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Trust Deed (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Declaration of Trust (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by a collective agreement of all the existing trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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

Section C Objectives and activities

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

The objectives of the charity are for the public benefit and are to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the statement of beliefs as set out in the trust deed in Horley and in other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees see fit.

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)

The main activities of Lee Street Church are:

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further Apart from Lee Street Playgroup all activities of the charity are carried out by statements, where relevant, about: part time unpaid volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main
achievements of the charity during
the year		 The main achievements and performance activities of Lee Street Church in 2023
are:

Maintained Christian Witness at Lee Street Church

Worked closely with Churches for Horley to advance the Christian faith.

Continued to maintain the grounds over the year.

Continued to support missionary work of other charities and
individuals.

Continued to hold Sunday Meeting via zoom for members who are not
local to Horley as had been possible during the Coronavirus Pandemic.

To provide practical support to the Churches for Horley Foodbank.

Continued with the outreach in the local community, through our
Church Playgroup.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s The Church has some reserves which is reviewed by the Trustees. The Trustees
policy on reserves consider that the church should continue to maintain minimum level of general
reserves to enable building and ground maintenance.
Details of any funds materially in
deficit		 N/A
Further financial review details (Optional information)
Youmay chooseto include Lee Street receives income form a number of sources, these include:
additional information, where
Weekly offering and Monthly direct payments
relevant about:
Gift aid

the charity’s principal sources
Legacies
of funds (including any
County Council funding for Playgroup
fundraising);

how expenditure has supported		 The income over 2023 is used to ensure all the payments, and bills are paid.
the key objectives of the Over the year in 2023 the income was £107,892.
charity;

investment policy and		 All of the expenses for the church and playgroup are taken from the income as
objectives including any ethical stated above.
investment policy adopted.

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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) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)

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Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with the applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards. The Trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records with disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the Trust. The Trustees are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and taking reasonable steps to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities. In accordance with The Charities Act 2011 Section 145 the accounts have been independently examined.

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FIELD SULLIVAN • CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Lee Street Independent Evangelical Church

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Lee Street Independent Evangelical Church (‘the charity’) for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the summary of receipts and payments and the statement of assets and liabilities.

This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the charity’s trustees those matters I am required to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for my work, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity 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 charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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.

An independent examination does not involve gathering all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently does not cover all the matters that an auditor considers in giving their opinion on the accounts. The planning and conduct of an audit goes beyond the limited assurance that an independent examination can provide. Consequently I express no audit opinion on the accounts and my report is limited to those specific matters set out in the independent examiner’s statement.

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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

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.

Tim Sullivan FCA Field Sullivan Limited 9 Hare & Billet Road Blackheath London SE3 0RB

Date:……………………….

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Lee Street Independent Evangelical Church

Receipts and payments accounts

CC16a

For the
period from		 01/01/2023 To 31/12/2023

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts Unrestrict
ed funds
to the
nearest £
93,229
14,663
-
107,892		 Restricted
funds
to the
nearest £
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-
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-		 Endowment funds
to the nearest £
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-
-
-
-		 Total funds
to the
nearest £
93,229
14,663
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-
107,892		 Last year
to the
nearest £
Playgroup 93,229 - - 93,229 73,457
Church 14,663 - - 14,663 13,111
- - - - -
- - - -
Sub total(Gross income for AR) 107,892 - - 107,892 86,567
Sub total(Gross income for AR) 107,892 - - 107,892 86,567
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see
table).
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Sub total - - - - -
**Total receipts ** 107,892 - - 107,892 86,567

A3 Payments

A3 Payments
Playgroup 81,267 - - 81,267 69,910
Church 18,542 - - 18,542 15,992
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- - - - -
- - - -
- - - - -
**Sub total ** 99,809 - - 99,809 85,902
A4 Asset and investment purchases,
(see table)
Furniture and equipment - - - - -
- - - -
**Sub total ** - - - - -
**Total payments ** 99,809 - - 99,809 85,902
Net of receipts/(payments) 8,083 - - 8,083 665
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 80,914 - - 80,914 80,249
Cash funds this year end 88,997 - - 88,997 80,914

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

Categories
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets
B1 Cash funds		 Other creditors
Accruals
Details
Details
Insured value of Lee Street
Church premises, leased from
the Church Growth Trust
Furniture and equipment -
insured value
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and
payments account(s))
Details
Gift aid debtor
Prepayments
Accrued income
Details
Playgroup bank and cash
Church bank and cash		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
77,230
11,767
-
88,997
OK
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
2,149
1,282
7,433
10,864
Fund to which asset
belongs
Fund to which asset
belongs
Unrestricted fund
Unrestricted fund
Fund to which liability
relates
Unrestricted fund
Unrestricted fund		 Restricted
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
OK
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
Cost
(optional)
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-
Cost
(optional)
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-
-
Amount due
(optional)
8,378
3,110		 Endowme
nt funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
OK
Endowme
nt funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
Current
value
(optional)
-
-
Current
value
(optional)
649,009
-
-
When due
(optional)
Other creditors Unrestricted fund 8,378
Accruals Unrestricted fund 3,110

Notes to the accounts

During 2023 £600 (2022: £1,071) was paid to Kenneth Cowell for speakers expenses and gifts, and £nil (2022: £50) to P.Byrne, son-in-law of a Trustee, for electrical works.

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Signature Print Name
Brian Legg		 Date of
approval
Brian Legg

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