**50114** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 January 2024 To 31 December 2024** **Charity name: JAMES STREET CHURCH** ## **Charity registration number: 1172983** ## **Objectives and Activities** |**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**| |---|---|---| |SORP
reference||| |Summary of the
purposes of the charity
as set out in its
governing document
Para 1.17
**The purposes of the Church shall be:**

**The advancement of the Christian faith [in**
**accordance with the Statement of Faith] in such**
**ways as the Charity Trustees may from time to**
**time decide; and**

**The relief of persons who are in need by reason**
**of financial hardship, ill-health, disability,**
**unemployment, and such other economic or**
**social disadvantage.**

**The support of Christian missionaries and**
**humanitarian appeals outside of the UK.**||| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public benefit, in
particular, the activities,
projects or services
identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|**Advancement of the Christian Faith:**

**Sunday Services**
**Our Sunday service is between 10:30 and**
**12:00 PM with coffee, cake etc available from**
**10:00 to 10:25. Again we are open to any one**
**dropping in as everyone is always welcome.**
**We have a church family of between 35 and**
**40 people.**

**Tuesday Fellowship.**
**On a Tuesday evening, except when there is a**
**worship evening, we hold a fellowship**
**evening of prayer and Bible study. It's mainly**
**for our own church family that attends but is**
**open to everyone.**

**Men's breakfast.**
**This is open to all men and normally held**
**quarterly on a Saturday. We had 15 men at**
**the last one.**

**Ladies Conference**
**We also run an annual Ladies Day in**
**November, again open to all ladies. It's a time**
**for the ladies to stop and recharge and be still**
**with the Lord. They get a cream tea made by**
**the men. We always have around 40 ladies**
**attending.**

**Worship evenings.**
**We were on this once a month on a Tuesday**
**at 6:30 to 8:00 PM. It is a time when anyone**
**from any place in the city can come and**
**spend time in praise and worship, dancing,**
**using instruments and just spending time**
**together. We have around 20 to 25 people**| Page 1 of 11 JamesStreetTrusteesAnnualReport2024v1.0.docx ||**attend.**| |---|---| ||**Sanctuary Prayer**| ||**Sanctuary is held every other week. It is a**| ||**time when anyone can walk into the church to**| ||**talk, pray, or talk and pray with our prayer**| ||**team, they are unable to get there. They can**| ||**text the team and pray to pray for them. They**| ||**also visit the elderly who are sick and cannot**| ||**get to the church.**| |**Relief**|**of persons in need (Loving the community)**| ||**Kids club and youth group**| ||**Ages 5 to 16. Friday evening, 6:30 to 8:00 PM.**| ||**At Kid’s club and youth group we aim for the**| ||**children to have. A fun in a safe environment.**| ||**We play games, do crafts and teach life skills**| ||**like cooking. We have between 13 and 21**| ||**children each week.**| ||**Craft Group.**| ||**We run a craft group in the church once a**| ||**month on a Monday. This is a drop in session**| ||**and a few elderly people from the estate**| ||**joined with church people to make things.**| ||**They have just started to make Christmas**| ||**items. Everyone is welcome, all ages.**| ||**Food Bank.**| ||**This runs every Thursday 10 to 11.00 am.**| ||**The food bank is a walk in service with no**| ||**referral needed. We trust the people when**| ||**they say they are in need. We give a mixture**| ||**of tinned, packet and fresh foods each week**| ||**in just the hour. We feed between 180 and 210**| ||**people a week. Alongside the food bank we**| ||**run a cafe providing hot drinks, cake, biscuits**| ||**and a small meal. Hot dogs, jacket potato,**| ||**pasta etcetera. About 12 stay and eat and**| ||**many more have a hot drink.**| ||**Christmas meals, parties and presents**| ||**We are extremely fortunate to be able to work**| ||**with the Rotary Club at Christmas. They help**| ||**us put on a Christmas lunch for everyone**| ||**who needs it or needs the company. This year**| ||**it's the 15th of December. We cater for 50**| ||**adults. They also help us run a children's.**| ||**Christmas party all children are welcome. We**| ||**ask a local school which children need it the**| ||**most. And invite them. We again cater for 50**| ||**children. They have a party, games, dancing,**| ||**food and are given a gift.**| ||**Police and community meetings**| ||**The Police and community meetings are held**| ||**in the church every three months for the**| ||**residents to come along and share their**| ||**views and hear about what's going on in their**| ||**community.**| ||**Elections**| ||**The council uses the church for elections,**| ||**which means it is easy for the community to**| ||**vote.**| Page 2 of 11 JamesStreetTrusteesAnnualReport2024v1.0.docx |||**Mission**
**We support other relief and mission organisations**
**working outside of the UK especially including;**

**Open Doorshttps://www.opendoorsuk.org/ , **

**Bringing Good News**
**https://www.bringinggoodnews.org/**

**The Tabernacle Church Stanley, Falkland**
**Islands**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees
have had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit|Para 1.18|**The**
**Trustees**
**have**
**had**
**regard**
**to**
**the**
**Charity**
**Commission’s guidance on public benefit.**
**The charity seeks where possible to reach out and offer**
**loving care to all residents on the surrounding estate**
**and to anyone who approaches us for help.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**At the discretion of the trustees, the charity will make**
**occasional donations or grants to other charities or**
**individuals that are performing activities which are**
**aligned with the charitable objectives of this charity.**
**To this end, we seek to give a proportion of our**
**income through other relief and mission**
**organisations.**| |Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment|Para 1.38|**The charity currently has no program of social**
**investment.**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We are very grateful for the faithful volunteers who**
**help activities at James Street happen. Many of these**
**volunteers are retired but faithfully devote a lot of**
**energy to blessing the surrounding community**
**through the activities of James Street.**
**These include voluntary youth workers, cooks, drivers**
**and musicians, administrators and caretakers.**
**In addition, we wish to recognise the voluntary**
**members of the pastoral team who visit the sick and**
**elderly, provide pastoral guidance and prayer for the**
**community. **| Page 3 of 11 JamesStreetTrusteesAnnualReport2024v1.0.docx ## **Achievements and Performance** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP
reference
Despite its small size and limited resources,
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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**| |---|---|---| |SORP
reference||| |||**Despite its small size and limited resources,**| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**James Street Church has during 2024 continued**
**its tradition established over 60 years of**
**blessing the people of the surrounding Golden**
**Grove estate.**
**Alison Strudwick continues to be a part time**
**Pastor for the church. Alison spends three days**
**a week organising the activities of the church**
**and providing pastoral support to individuals as**
**needed.**
**We have continued to provide pastoral support**
**and encouragement to anyone who came to our**
**church, either on-line or through the weekly food**
**bank.**
**We support the spiritual needs of the estate**
**through**
**offering**
**prayer**
**and**
**counsel**
**as**
**appropriate to anyone who comes to us.**
**Around 35 people come regularly to our Sunday**
**meetings including a number from the adjacent**
**sheltered housing where we also have volunteer**
**visitors. We have continued to provide online**
**services**
**and**
**helped**
**many**
**of**
**our**
**older**
**vulnerable citizens to access these through their**
**phones or tablets.**
**We continue to see a high demand for help for**
**impoverished**
**families**
**on**
**our**
**estate.**
**We**
**continue to support over 100 families with food**
**donations through our Thursday food bank.**
**We**
**have**
**continued**
**to**
**organise**
**outdoor**
**celebrations of Christmas and Easter with**
**dramatic presentations and community singing.**
**Our children's clubs meet regularly. We provide**
**games, crafts and a simple snack for all of the**
**children who attend. We have also organised a**
**number of trips to local landmarks which gets**
**the children off the estate.**| Page 4 of 11 JamesStreetTrusteesAnnualReport2024v1.0.docx ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**The trustees wish to record our profound**
**gratitude to Alison Strudwick, our pastor, has**
**continued to provide leadership and pastoral**
**support to the community.**
**As a result of Alpha and other initiatives we have**
**seen a number of new members who have**
**appreciated pastoral support and someone to**
**talk to about various issues in their lives.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We are encouraging the majority of our members**
**to rearrange their giving to give a regular gift to**
**James Street through Stewardship Services who**
**will handle direct debits and charitable tax**
**recovery on our behalf.**
**(https://www.stewardship.org.uk/)**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| Page 5 of 11 JamesStreetTrusteesAnnualReport2024v1.0.docx ## **Financial Review** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 We have slightly exceeded our income this
financial position at the end year and this has meant dipping into our
of the period reserves. The increased expenditure has
mostly been accounted for by expenditure
on building refurbishment and additional
demands on the foodbank.
Our major expenditure continues to be the
food bank which is supported by giving
from the congregation. We are saddened by
the continued need for food support to
families in the area and we believe we
provide a lifeline for many.
The trustees are aware of the excess
expenditure, however we have sufficient
funds in hand for this not to pose an
immediate problem.
We are considering how we can raise
additional funds to sustain our charitable
activities.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 The charity’s policy is to maintain sufficient
policy for holding reserves reserves to cover 6 months of operational
stating why they are held expenditure. From time to time we may dip
into these reserves to cover emergency
building or maintenance costs.
Separately we have established a building
fund to cover ongoing maintenance and
improvements to the building.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £39,556
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 N/A
deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 N/A
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
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Page 6 of 11 JamesStreetTrusteesAnnualReport2024v1.0.docx |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The charity’s principal source of income is**
**the faithful giving to the church members**
**who although mostly retired, continue to**
**support the ongoing operational costs of the**
**charity.**
**We have also received some more**
**substantial gifts (or gifts in kind) from**
**individuals who wish to support the youth**
**work.**
**Where appropriate in addition we seek**
**grants from relevant awarding bodies to help**
**fund our charitable activities.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**We have no long-term investments and hold**
**our cash reserves in public banking deposit**
**accounts. We have no specific policy on**
**social investment.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The principal risks facing the charity are**
**1. The ageing church membership.**
**Although our members are very faithful and**
**active in their support, we recognise that**
**they are getting older and several have**
**passed away this year. However, we also**
**recognise that this church has always had a**
**similar age profile and so we trust that new**
**members will join us as others depart.**
**2. Ageing building in need of refurbishment**
**Our building is an asset which continues to**
**serve us well. We continue to sustain its**
**usefulness through sustaining repairs and**
**decoration. However, we recognise that as it**
**gets older, more major work may become**
**necessary for which the charity has no**
**immediate provision.**| Page 7 of 11 JamesStreetTrusteesAnnualReport2024v1.0.docx ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated**
**Organisation**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**New Trustees are selected by unanimous**
**vote of the current Trustees.**
**All Trustees must be in agreement with the**
**aims and objectives and statement of faith**
**of the charity.**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**JAMES STREET CHURCH**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|**1172983**| |Charity’s principal address|**James Street Church**
**James Street**
**Southampton**
**SO141PH**| Page 8 of 11 JamesStreetTrusteesAnnualReport2024v1.0.docx ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body)
Trustee name Office (if any)
year entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Craig Gallen Chair
2 Andy Strudwick Treasurer
3 Alan Spake
Ian Malcolm
4
Campbell
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** Page 9 of 11 JamesStreetTrusteesAnnualReport2024v1.0.docx ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|N/A| Page 10 of 11 JamesStreetTrusteesAnnualReport2024v1.0.docx ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Craig Gallen Andy Strudwic
Se
Position (eg Secretary, Chair of Trustees Trustee (Treasurer)
Chair, etc) ee
Date
18/06/2025
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Page 11 of 11 JamesStreetTrusteesAnnualReport2024v1.0.docx ||**Charity Name**
**JAMES STREET CHURCH**|**Charity Name**
**JAMES STREET CHURCH**|**Charity Name**
**JAMES STREET CHURCH**|||||||||**No (if any)**
1172983|**No (if any)**
1172983|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**
Period end date
01-Jan-24
31-Dec-24
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period**
**from**
Period start date
**To**
ee
ee ee||||||||||||||||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**
**CC16a**||| |Giftable Tithes and Donations|**6,930**|||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**6,930**|**6,930**||**17,166**|**17,166**|| |Tithes and Donations|**9,651**|||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**9,651**|**9,651**||**11,404**|**11,404**|| |Car Park and Room Hire|**4,752**|||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**4,752**|**4,752**||**2,719**|**2,719**|| |Youth Ministry|**266**|||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**266**|**266**||**116**|**116**|| |Conference and Outreach|**10,876**|||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**10,876**|**10,876**||**1,347**|**1,347**|| |Special Appeals|**73**|||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**73**|**73**||**2,563**|**2,563**|| |Mini Bus Hire||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**-**|**-**||||| |Grants||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**-**|**-**||||| |Interest Received|**459**||||||||||||**459**|**459**||**229**|**229**|| |Food Bank Donations|||||||||||||**-**|**-**||**3,912**|**3,912**|| |Estate of Late David Burnett||||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**-**|**-**||||| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**33,007**
**-**
**-**
**33,007**
**39,456**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**33,007**
**-**
**-**
**33,007**
**39,456**
**A3 Payments**
=—~~——~~||||||||||||||||||| |Building Upkeep & Operational Cost|**5,121**|||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**5,121**|**5,121**||**3,706**|**3,706**|| |Fees and Subscriptions|**670**|||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**670**|**670**||**1,908**|**1,908**|| |Church Activities|**1,340**|||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**1,340**|**1,340**||**3,673**|**3,673**|| |Charitable Giving|**1,950**||||||||||||**1,950**|**1,950**||**3,786**|**3,786**|| |Outreach and Conference|**11,369**|||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**11,369**|**11,369**||**10,323**|**10,323**|| |Administration Costs|**1,393**|||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**1,393**|**1,393**||**4,216**|**4,216**|| |Employment|**7,549**|||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**7,549**|**7,549**||**7,292**|**7,292**|| |Mini Bus|**3,156**|||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**3,156**|**3,156**||**3,329**|**3,329**|| |Food Bank|**7,008**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**7,008**|**7,008**||**4,764**|**4,764**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**39,556**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**39,556**|**39,556**||**42,997**|**42,997**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**39,556**
**-**
**-**
**39,556**
**42,997**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**-6,549**
**0**
**-**
**-6,549**
**- 3,541**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**-6,549**
**0**
**-**
**-6,549**
**- 3,541**
===~~—~~—
SSeS
=||||||||||||||||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 18/06/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** **----- Start of picture text -----**
|||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |Categories|Details|funds|funds|funds| |to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £| |B1 Cash funds|Bank Account Balances General Accounts| |15,865|-| |Bank Account Balnces Saving Accounts| |26,711|-|-| |-|-|-| |Total cash funds|42,576|-|-| |—===| |(agree balances with receipts and payments| |account(s))|Agreement Error|OK|OK| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |funds|funds|funds| |Details|to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £| |B2 Other monetary assets|-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |—==—| |Fund to which|Current value| |Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)| |B3 Investment assets|-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |=| |Fund to which|Current value| |Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)| |B4 Assets retained for the|-|-| |charity’s own use|-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |==| |Fund to which|Amount due|When due| |Details|liability relates|(optional)|(optional)| |B5 Liabilities| |-| |-| |-| |Signed by one or two trustees on|Date of| |behalf of all the trustees|Signature|Print Name|approval| |Mr C R Gallen|18/06/2025| |Mr A J Strudwick| |———|18/06/2025| |2|18/06/2025| **----- End of picture text -----**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 18/06/2025 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WAIES Independent examinefs report on the aGGounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trn8teos1 members of On aGcounts for the year ended 11212G)2S4 Charity no lif any) 1171q£3 set out on pages I report lo the trustees on my examination of the account$ of the above charity Ilhe Triiql") for the year ended Responslbllities and basis of report As the thanvs Irustees. you are responsitjle for the prepa1alic￿ of the ￿countS in accordance with thc reqU1￿m￿nIS of the Charibes Act 2011 1.the Ad.) I report in respeci of my examination of the Trust's accounts carTied out under sectK3n 145 of Ihe 2011 Act an¢J in carrying out niy exan?inalion, I have followed 811 the 8pplicable Directions given by the Chanty Commissron under sec*KJn 145(5)(b) of the Ad. Independent examiner5 ￿le cliarily'¥ gross in(cme ex¢eeded £250,000 and l am qualified to undertake the $t&tgmont examinal￿ft by beir￿ a qualthed member of [Insert natne of applicable listed bLyJyll. Delete l ] if1￿1 dpplicable. I h8ve ￿Mpleted my ex8mmab"un. I confinii that no material mattets have come io my atterrtion In connectvjn with the examinai.on iofftef Ihan that disci05ed bel￿)￿ ") wb.iGh ￿Ve3 me Gause lo believe that in. any material respect.. the accounting reo)rds were not kept in aCc(y(lan￿ wrth seGkion 120 of the Charities Act., or the accounls did not acrA)rd wrth me arLounting records", or tIE aixounls did not comply with the applicablc requirements concerning the fom and cA)ntenl of accounts set ¢xrt in the Ghant*s IAcrL)unis and Reports) Regulalion 2008 olhef than any reqU1￿ment that the accounts give a 'tru& and frdir, viow which is not a matter conS￿ered as part ol an Independern examination. I have no COn￿mS 8nd have come across Th) other matters in connpckn'on wrth tt)e examination io which attention shoukj be diayn) in Ihis report in order to enable a proper understsnding of the ￿CoUnts to be. reAthed. . Please delete Ihe kyords in the brac&ets rflhey do not apply. Name: Relevant professlonal qualificatiM{sl or body Irf ..c c .%(￿￿. AddrevJ: Section B Disclosure Only complete If the examiner nee(is lo highlight malenal maller5 of concern isee QC32. Indepgndenl eXamffta1￿n o( charrty aco)unts'. direCt￿nS and gu￿an$￿ for examiners). Glve here brief detsils ot any Items that Ihe examiner wlshes to d16close.