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ANNUAL REPORT

AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

for the year ended 31 March 2025

New Life Community Church Loughborough

2 De Montfort Close, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 4RL

Charity registration no. 1172260

CONTENTS

	Page
Reference and Administrative Information	3
Trustees' Report	4
Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities	6
Statement of Financial Activities	7
Balance Sheet	8
Notes to the Financial Statements	9 - 13
Supplementary Information relating to the Financial Statements	15
Independent Examiner's Report	16

New Life Community Church Loughborough REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Trustees

John-Mark Abbott Anthony Glover Matthew Newton Valentin Nistor

Charity Number in England and Wales

1172260

Principal Address

2 De Montfort Close Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 4RL United Kingdom

Independent Examiner

Tim Oglesby A.C.A. Chartered Accountant Olive House 26 Ward Close Leicester LE2 8NJ

Accountant

Shires Accountants AAT Licensed Accountant Suite G30 Genesis Centre Innovation Way Staffordshire ST6 4BF

Principal Bankers

HSBC Bank PLC 31 Cattle Market Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 3DL

Solicitors

Ellis-Fermor & Negus 2 Devonshire Avenue Beeston Nottingham NG9 1BS

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New Life Community Church Loughborough TRUSTEES' REPORT

The trustees present their Trustees' Report and the unaudited financial statements for the financial year ended 31 March 2025.

The financial statements are prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011, FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

The Trustees' Report contains the information required to be provided in the Trustees' Annual Report under the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) guidelines. The trustees of the charity are also charity trustees for the purpose of charity law and under the charity's constitution are known as members of the board of trustees.

In this report the trustees of New Life Community Church Loughborough present a summary of its purpose, governance, activities, achievements and finances for the financial year 31 March 2025.

The charity is a registered charity and although not obliged to comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland FRS 102, the organisation has implemented its recommendations where relevant in these financial statements.

Financial Review

The results for the financial year are set out on page 10 and additional notes are provided showing income and expenditure in greater detail. At the end of the financial year the charity has assets of £293,895 (2024 - £259,901) and liabilities of £2,218 (2024 - £19,703). The net assets of the charity have increased by £51,479.

Charitable objects and public benefit

The advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the basis of faith primarily but not exclusively within Loughborough and the surrounding neighbourhood; and such other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the members of the church in general meeting further the work of the church.

New Life Community Church (formed 1979) provides public benefit through the advancement of the Christian religion. Worship services are held weekly on Sundays and group meetings held during the week. All meetings are open to members of the public, with the exception of members’ meetings. Details of other public benefit activities are run and detailed below.

• Sunday School and creche

• Parents and Toddlers’ group

• Youth Group

The church runs other projects for public benefit in the local community.

• Loughborough Area Foodbank (started Dec 2018)

• Christians Against Poverty (CAP) debt centre (started Jan 2019)

• Mental Health community support work (started Nov 2021)

• Job club (started Jan 2023)

All the church projects continue to grow and the trustees are thankful to the small but dedicated team of staff and volunteers who enable these vital works to keep running, as well as all those individuals and organisations that support all the varied church work prayerfully and financially.

General overview

The work of the church has continued throughout this year with the many activities that we are involved in. Aside from the foodbank and other work in the community we continue with the work with children and young people. The Parent and Toddlers group has continued to be very busy and well received by all those who attend, and the youth club, while small, has slowly grown in number.

We have continued to benefit from many visiting preachers who have come each Sunday and are very grateful for all their willingness to give time and effort while we have had no pastor. The church also incredibly thankful to other local churches for their support in so many different ways.

Our leadership team has remained stable with one elder and three deacons. We continued in the search for a new pastor with several being dropped or withdrawing from consideration. After many discussions over several months the church met in March and made the decision to call Tim Berry, who will take up the position in July. He has previous experience as a pastor and a pastoral assistant with his most recent position being in the Liverpool area in a church with very similar work to our own. We are very much looking forward to welcoming him later in the year.

We once again have held an annual Christmas dinner especially for contacts made through our foodbank and debt centre, as well as several other activities for those in our community during the year.

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Church membership and attendance remains fairly stable. While is has been sad to see some leave us, we have been encouraged to also see new visitors, often on a weekly basis, and a couple of new members.

Loughborough Area Foodbank

Foodbank parcels are distributed based on a voucher system. The vouchers are issued by partner referral agencies. Each emergency food parcel given to a family household is designed to provide enough food for three days.

During 2024/25 the Foodbank helped a total of 3956 individuals (2024: 5,664) by fulfilling 1465 vouchers (2024: 2,053). There were 497 unique households (2024: 612).

Loughborough CAP Debt Centre

During 2024/25 the debt centre was able to provide help to 24 clients (2024: 23) of which 1 went debt free (2024: 4). During this year we have had two CAP debt coaches working with our clients alongside a number of volunteers.

Mental Health support

We employ a mental health worker to work alongside and support the other church ministries. They work primarily but not exclusively with clients who use the foodbank and debt help services and are struggling with mental and emotional health issues. Some one-to-one support is provided alongside a 12-week group course from Kintsugi Hope that covers topics such as depression, stress, anxiety and loneliness.

We are grateful to the NHS "Getting Help in Neighbourhoods" project for continuing grant funding to enable this important work to continue.

Property

The church has its own building at 2 De Montfort Close, Loughborough, LE11 4RL.

Restricted funds

The trustees make a decision each year on an appropriate amount to transfer from some restricted funds to use for general church expenditure, for example insurance, building heating and lighting, and minibus running costs, where these are used by the respective projects.

Associations and partnerships

The church is a member of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC), a non-denominational association of over 600 churches in the UK with similar beliefs and a common cause.

The Loughborough Area Foodbank is supported by Trussell.

The church debt centre is run in partnership with Christans Against Poverty (CAP).

Our mental health support groups are run in partnership with Kintsugi Hope.

Policies

The following policies are held by the church:

• Safeguarding

• Health and safety

• Data protection

• Equality

• Social media

Grants and finances

During this year we are grateful to have received so many donations and grants which has enabled our church projects to continue. These include the following (* indicates central or local government funding):

• *Charnwood Community Grants - £5,000

• *Leicestershire County Council (Household Support Fund) - £17,100

• NHS (Getting Help in Neighbourhoods) - £17,972

• Quorn Townlands - £1,250

• Trussell Trust - £91,450

The current climate continues to make it difficult to raise funds and we are looking to find ways of making more grant applications. We are very grateful to the Trussell Trust for providing the ability to employ a fundraiser this year. This is starting to help, but it remains difficult to source grants to cover ongoing work, rather than starting new projects. We are hugely grateful to those who donate to our work, especially individual supporters.

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New Life Community Church Loughborough STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

for the financial year ended 31 March 2025

The trustees are responsible for preparing the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities and financial position of the charity as at the financial year end date and of the surplus or deficit of the charity and otherwise comply with the Charities Act 2011.

In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

• select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

• make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

• state whether the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards, identify those standards, and note the effect and the reasons for any material departure from those standards; and

• prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the above requirements in preparing the financial statements.

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

27 January 2026 Approved by the Board of Trustees on ____ and signed on its behalf by: ______ Mid ________ A Matthew Newton Anthony Glover Trustee Trustee

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New Life Community Church Loughborough STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

for the financial year ended 31 March 2025

		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
		Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds
		2025	2025	2025	2024	2024	2024
	Notes	£	£	£	£	£	£
Income
Donations and legacies	4.1	52,550	38,842	91,392	46,840	42,856	89,696
Investments	4.2	2,970	-	2,970	-	-	-
Other income	4.3	-	134,216	134,216	3,060	42,887	45,947
		───────	───────	───────	───────	───────	───────
Total income		55,520	173,058	228,578	49,900	85,743	135,643
		───────	───────	───────	───────	───────	───────
Expenditure
Charitable activities	5.1	30,671	146,428	177,099	54,115	192,742	246,857
		───────	───────	───────	───────	───────	───────
Net income/(expenditure)		24,849	26,630	51,479	(4,215)	(106,999)	(111,214)
Transfers between funds		6,000	(6,000)	-	7,500	(7,500)	-
		───────	───────	───────	───────	───────	───────
Net movement in funds		30,849	20,630	51,479	3,285	(114,499)	(111,214)
for the financial year
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds beginning of the	14	154,174	86,024	240,198	150,889	200,523	351,412
year
		───────	───────	───────	───────	───────	───────
Total funds at the end of		185,023	106,654	291,677	154,174	86,024	240,198
the year
		═══════	═══════	═══════	═══════	═══════	═══════

The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the financial year. All income and expenditure relate to continuing activities.

The notes on pages 9 to 13 form part of the financial statements

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New Life Community Church Loughborough BALANCE SHEET

as at 31 March 2025

		2025	2024
	Notes	£	£
Fixed Assets
Tangible assets	10	137,722	137,307
		───────	───────
Current Assets
Debtors	11	1,698	19,863
Cash at bank and in hand		154,475	102,731
		───────	───────
		156,173	122,594
		───────	───────
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	12	(2,218)	(19,703)
		───────	───────
Net Current Assets		153,955	102,891
		───────	───────
Total Assets less Current Liabilities		291,677	240,198
		═══════	═══════
Funds
Restricted trust funds		106,654	86,024
General fund (unrestricted)		185,023	154,174
		───────	───────
Total funds	14	291,677	240,198
		═══════	═══════

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime and in accordance with FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland", applying Section 1A of that Standard.

27 January 2026

Approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on ________ and signed on its behalf by

_____Matthew Newton _____Anthony Glover Trustee Trustee

The notes on pages 9 to 13 form part of the financial statements

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New Life Community Church Loughborough NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the financial year ended 31 March 2025

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

New Life Community Church Loughborough is a charity incorporated in England. The registered office of the charity is 2 De Montfort Close, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 4RL, United Kingdom which is also the principal place of business of the charity. The financial statements have been presented in Pound (£) which is also the functional currency of the charity.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following accounting policies have been applied consistently in dealing with items which are considered material in relation to the charity’s financial statements.

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland FRS 102", applying Section 1A of that Standard.

As permitted by the Companies Act 2006, the charity has varied the standard formats in that act for the Statement of Financial Activities and the Balance Sheet. Departures from the standard formats are to comply with the requirements of the Charities SORP and are in compliance with section 4.7, 10.6 and 15.2 of that SORP.

Statement of compliance

The financial statements of the charity for the financial year ended 31 March 2024 have been prepared on the going concern basis and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland FRS 102", applying Section 1A of that Standard.

Fund accounting

The following are the categories of funds maintained:

Restricted funds

Restricted funds represent income received which can only be used for particular purposes, as specified by the donors. Such purposes are within the overall objectives of the charity.

Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds consist of General and Designated funds.

□ General funds represent amounts which are expendable at the discretion of the board, in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.

□ Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that the board has, at its discretion, set aside for particular purposes. These designations have an administrative purpose only, and do not legally restrict the board's discretion to apply the fund.

Income

Income is recognised by inclusion in the Statement of Financial Activities only when the charity is legally entitled to the income, performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, the amounts involved can be measured with sufficient reliability and it is probable that the income will be received by the charity.

Income from charitable activities

Income from charitable activities include income earned from the supply of services under contractual arrangements and from performance related grants which have conditions that specify the provision of particular services to be provided by the charity. Income from government and other co-funders is recognised when the charity is legally entitled to the income because it is fulfilling the conditions contained in the related funding agreements. Where a grant is received in advance, its recognition is deferred and included in creditors. Where entitlement occurs before income is received, it is accrued in debtors.

Grants from governments and other co-funders typically include one of the following types of conditions:

□ Performance based conditions: whereby the charity is contractually entitled to funding only to the extent that the core objectives of the grant agreement are achieved. Where the charity is meeting the core objectives of a grant agreement, it recognises the related expenditure, to the extent that it is reimbursable by

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New Life Community Church Loughborough NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

for the financial year ended 31 March 2025

the donor, as income.

□Time based conditions: whereby the charity is contractually entitled to funding on the condition that it is utilised in a particular period. In these cases the charity recognises the income to the extent it is utilised within the period specified in the agreement.

In the absence of such conditions, assuming that receipt is probable and the amount can be reliably measured, grant income is recognised once the charity is notified of entitlement.

Grants received towards capital expenditure are credited to the Statement of Financial Activities when received or receivable, whichever is earlier.

Expenditure

Expenditure is analysed between costs of charitable activities and raising funds. The costs of each activity are separately accumulated and disclosed, and analysed according to their major components. Expenditure is recognised when a legal or constructive obligation exists as a result of a past event, a transfer of economic benefits is required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be reliably measured. Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but cannot be attributed to one activity. Such costs are allocated to activities in proportion to staff time spent or other suitable measure for each activity.

Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost or at valuation, less accumulated depreciation. The charge to depreciation is calculated to write off the original cost or valuation of tangible fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives as follows:

Land and buildings freehold	no depreciation
Fixtures, fittings and equipment	25% straight line
Motor vehicles	25% reducing balance

Debtors

Debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due. Income recognised by the charity from government agencies and other co-funders, but not yet received at financial year end, is included in debtors.

Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand comprises cash on deposit at banks requiring less than three months notice of withdrawal.

Taxation and deferred taxation

No current or deferred taxation arises as the charity has been granted charitable exemption. Irrecoverable valued added tax is expensed as incurred.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date where transactions or events have occurred at that date that will result in an obligation to pay more tax in the future, or a right to pay less tax in the future. Timing differences are temporary differences between the charity's taxable profits and its results as stated in the financial statements.

Deferred tax is measured on an undiscounted basis at the tax rates that are anticipated to apply in the periods in which the timing differences are expected to reverse, based on tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

3. PROVISIONS AVAILABLE FOR AUDITS OF SMALL ENTITIES

In common with many other charity of our size and nature, we use our auditors to assist with the preparation of the financial statements.

4.	INCOME
4.1	DONATIONS AND LEGACIES	Unrestricted	Restricted	2025	2024
		Funds	Funds
		£	£	£	£
	Donations and legacies	52,550	38,842	91,392	89,696
		═══════	═══════	═══════	═══════

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4.2	INVESTMENTS		Unrestricted	Restricted	2025	2024
			Funds	Funds
			£	£	£	£
	Investments		2,970	-	2,970	-
			═══════	═══════	═══════	═══════
4.3	OTHER INCOME		Unrestricted	Restricted	2025	2024
			Funds	Funds
			£	£	£	£
	Other income		-	134,216	134,216	45,947
			═══════	═══════	═══════	═══════
5.	EXPENDITURE
5.1	CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES	Direct	Other	Support	2025	2024
		Costs	Costs	Costs
		£	£	£	£	£
	Governance Costs (Note 5.2)	24,998	-	152,101	177,099	246,857
		═══════	═══════	═══════	═══════	═══════
5.2	GOVERNANCE COSTS	Direct	Other	Support	2025	2024
		Costs	Costs	Costs
		£	£	£	£	£
	Charitable activities - governance	24,998	-	152,101	177,099	246,857
	costs
		═══════	═══════	═══════	═══════	═══════
5.3	SUPPORT COSTS			Governance	2025	2024
				Costs
				£	£	£
	Support			152,101	152,101	190,347
				═══════	═══════	═══════
6.	ANALYSIS OF SUPPORT COSTS
					2025	2024
					£	£
	Support				152,101	190,347
					═══════	═══════
7.	NET INCOME				2025	2024
					£	£
	Net Income is stated after charging/(crediting):
	Depreciation of tangible assets				3,059	2,915
					═══════	═══════
8.	INVESTMENT AND OTHER INCOME				2025	2024
					£	£
	Bank interest				2,970	3,060
					═══════	═══════

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9. EMPLOYEES AND REMUNERATION

Number of employees

The average number of persons employed (including executive trustees) during the financial year was as follows:

				2025	2024
				Number	Number
	Employees			6	6
				═══════	═══════
	The staff costs (inclusive of trustees' salaries)	comprise:		2025	2024
				£	£
	Wages and salaries			117,134	133,350
	Social security costs			4,784	4,771
	Pension costs			2,329	2,614
				───────	───────
				124,247	140,735
				═══════	═══════
10.	TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
		Land and	Fixtures,	Motor	Total
		buildings	fittings and	vehicles
		freehold	equipment
		£	£	£	£
	Cost
	At 1 April 2024	129,619	40,967	7,200	177,786
	Additions	-	3,474	-	3,474
		───────	───────	───────	───────
	At 31 March 2025	129,619	44,441	7,200	181,260
		───────	───────	───────	───────
	Depreciation
	At 1 April 2024	-	35,557	4,922	40,479
	Charge for the financial year	-	2,489	570	3,059
		───────	───────	───────	───────
	At 31 March 2025	-	38,046	5,492	43,538
		───────	───────	───────	───────
	Net book value
	At 31 March 2025	129,619	6,395	1,708	137,722
		═══════	═══════	═══════	═══════
	At 31 March 2024	129,619	5,410	2,278	137,307
		═══════	═══════	═══════	═══════
11.	DEBTORS			2025	2024
				£	£
	Trade debtors			-	17,972
	Prepayments and accrued income			1,698	1,891
				───────	───────
				1,698	19,863
				═══════	═══════
12.	CREDITORS			2025	2024
	Amounts falling due within one year			£	£
	Trade creditors			11	-
	Accruals and deferred income:
	Pension accrual			473	413
	Other accruals			1,734	19,290
				───────	───────
				2,218	19,703
				═══════	═══════

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13. RESERVES

						2025	2024
						£	£
	At the beginning of the year					240,198	351,412
	Surplus/(Deficit) for the financial year					51,479	(111,214)
						───────	───────
	At the end of the year					291,677	240,198
						═══════	═══════
14.	FUNDS
14.1	RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENT	IN FUNDS			Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
					Funds	Funds	Funds
					£	£	£
	At 1 April 2023				150,889	200,523	351,412
	Movement during the financial year				3,285	(114,499)	(111,214)
					───────	───────	───────
	At 31 March 2024				154,174	86,024	240,198
	Movement during the financial year				30,849	20,630	51,479
					───────	───────	───────
	At 31 March 2025				185,023	106,654	291,677
					═══════	═══════	═══════
14.2	ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENTS ON FUNDS
		Balance		**Income **	Expenditure	Transfers	Balance
		1	April			between	31 March
			2024			funds	2025
			£	£	£	£	£
	Restricted funds
	Restricted - Building	31,019		-	3,350	-	27,669
	Restricted - CAP	5,707		6,714	4,133	-	8,288
	Restricted - Foodbank	33,146		26,436	33,332	(6,000)	20,250
	Restricted - Grants	16,152		134,147	99,852	-	50,447
	Restricted - Other		-	5,761	5,761	-	-
		───────		───────	───────	───────	───────
		86,024		173,058	146,428	(6,000)	106,654
		───────		───────	───────	───────	───────
	Unrestricted funds
	Unrestricted General	154,174		55,520	30,671	6,000	185,023
		───────		───────	───────	───────	───────
	Total funds	240,198		228,578	177,099	-	291,677
		═══════		═══════	═══════	═══════	═══════
14.3	ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUND
				Fixed	Current	Current	Total
				assets	assets	liabilities
				- charity use
				£	£	£	£
	Unrestricted general funds			137,722	156,173	(2,218)	291,677
				───────	───────	───────	───────
				137,722	156,173	(2,218)	291,677
				═══════	═══════	═══════	═══════
15.	TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION					2025	2024
						£	£
	Remuneration including pension contributions					28,951	37,149
						═══════	═══════

16. POST-BALANCE SHEET EVENTS

There have been no significant events affecting the Charity since the financial year-end.

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NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH LOUGHBOROUGH

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

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New Life Community Church Loughborough SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Operating Statement

for the financial year ended 31 March 2025

	2025	2024
	£	£
Income	225,608	132,583
	───────	───────
Expenses
Wages and salaries (including trustees' remuneration)	117,134	133,350
Social security costs	4,784	4,771
Directors'/trustees' defined contribution pension costs	451	1,023
Staff defined contribution pension costs	1,878	1,591
Staff training	2,886	166
Rent payable	-	5,040
Rates	482	430
Insurance	2,071	1,819
Light and heat	6,336	5,165
Repairs and maintenance	3,354	29,768
Printing, postage and stationery	505	592
Advertising	209	472
Telephone	806	865
Computer costs	353	449
Motor expenses	738	5,090
Travelling and entertainment	927	516
Legal and professional	224	288
Accountancy	2,020	1,790
Bank charges	250	189
General expenses	23,412	43,098
Depreciation	3,059	2,915
Charitable donations	5,220	7,470
	───────	───────
	177,099	246,857
	───────	───────
Miscellaneous income
Bank interest	2,970	3,060
	───────	───────
Net surplus/(deficit)	51,479	(111,214)
	═══════	═══════

The supplementary information does not form part of the financial statements

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examlner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of New Life Community Church On accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025 Charity no (if any) 1172260 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 31 St March 2025. Responsibilities and basis of report As the chanty'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 I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examinerfs 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 Chanties Act. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements con￿MIng 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 ttrue and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no cOn￿mS 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. Date: 17th January 2026 Signed: Name: Tim Oglesby Relevant professlonal qualificatlonls) or body: ACA (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales), 1987-2019 Olive House, 26 Ward Close Leicester LE2 8NJ Addf•S8: IER Oct 2018