## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 1 April 2025 **To** 31 March 2026 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Sutton Christian Centre CIO **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1173775 **Charity's principal address** 5 Perott Drive Four Oaks Sutton Coldfield **Postcode B75 6QU** ## **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)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Margaret Wattis|Chairperson||| ||John Binch|Treasurer||| ||Carol Wattis|||| ||CraigRobbins|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** **April 2009** 1 |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
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**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**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** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected By Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **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** 1. To advance the Christian faith 2. To express Christian witness, love and concern in a practical way **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** **TAR** **April 2009** 2 The focus is on work for the children and youth in two deprived areas of Sutton Coldfield and Walsall Wood. Many of these children and youth come from homes where there are problems such as substance abuse, physical abuse, culture of dependence on state benefits. We are involved with a wide range of young people in our work through the different programmes that we run. Below is an overview of the different projects we are running. **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)** Youth Group - The object of this work is getting to know the young people and building relationships with them. With this type of work the focus can vary from the mundane to the deeply significant. We aim to be good role models and to encourage them in the issues of life. For us it acts as a contact point so that we can move them into one of the other groups that has a more structured direction. Deeper - This works to engage with teenagers and run a structured programme of work for them to get involved in. The degree of interest varies from person to person, but a prerequisite of being part of this group is that they listen and get involved. When an individual shows interest and commitment to this group we try to ‘grow’ them into the young leaders group. Young Leaders - This group is set up for those who have shown an active interest in developing and growing as people. The aim is to give young people the tools to be the leaders of society by teaching them various lessons and giving them opportunities to serve within the local community. This takes the form of serving within specific church run activities or community-based activities such as gardening/labouring and helping to run community days. The trustees confirm that they have paid due regard to the Commission’s guidance on public benefit. **TAR** **April 2009** 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. **TAR** **April 2009** 4 Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The work of the Church continues in both Falcon Lodge and Walsall Wood. The youth group on Falcon Lodge has been reduced in numbers as several of them are now continuing their education at university or college. Although away they still retain their connection with the church, attending and being involved in the church service whenever possible. However, more youth have recently joined the church so we will be encouraging them to get involved in the young people’s work. We now have more young children in the church, who we hope will mature into the youth group. We have set up a men’s group to be a support to the Pastor and reach out to new people. We continue to be a part of the East Sutton Coldfield Churches Together holding business meetings and prayer meetings to support and encourage each other to reach out to our local community. This involves organising our Annual Christmas Event providing free gifts for the children on the Estate. In Walsall Wood we hold a weekly Bible study for the local people. A member of our youth group from 15 years ago is in the process of reestablishing the youth work at The Well. **TAR** **April 2009** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the** **charity’s policy on reserves** It is the Trustees’ policy to hold reserves of approximately six months expenditure. Because expenditure (and income) fluctuates from year to year this is based on the average of the previous seven years. The reserve is reviewed annually, taking into account any changes in expenditure or other commitments. **Details of any funds materially 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)** Margaret Wattis John Binch **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc)**[Chair ] **Date** 16 April 2026 **TAR** **April 2009** 6 |**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Sutton Christian Centre CIO**||**1173775**|| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |Period start date
**For the period**
**from**
01-Apr-25|**To**|Period end date
31-Mar-26|| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**8,948**
**2,634**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,375**
**-**
**-**

**12,957**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,957**
**1,560**
**360**
**3,180**
**720**
**6,246**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,066**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,066**
**891**
**-**
**57,524**
**58,415**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**8,948**
**2,634**
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**1,375**
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**12,957**
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**12,957**
**1,560**
**360**
**3,180**
**720**
**6,246**
**-**
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**12,066**
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**891**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Tithes and Offerings|**8,948**|||||**10,510**| |Donations,Grants & Gift Aid|**2,634**|||||**2,929**| |Hire of the Well|**-**|||||| |Sundries|**-**|||||**-**| |CommunityProjects|**-**|||||**-**| |Interest|**1,375**|||||**1,608**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**12,957**|||||**15,047**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**
|||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**15,047**| |||||||| |Hire of Methodist Church|**1,560**|||||**1,560**| |Children and Youth Work|**360**|||||**692**| |Sundries|**3,180**|||||**2,496**| |Hire of the Well|**720**|||||**720**| |Other Charges for the Well|**6,246**|||||**3,653**| |Charitable Giving||||||**5,000**| |CommunityProjects|**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**12,066**|||||**14,121**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**14,121**| |||||||| ||**891**|**-**|**-**|
**891**||**926**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**57,524**|**-**|**-**|**57,524**||**56,598**| ||**58,415**|**-**|**-**|**58,415**||**57,524**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 26/07/2026 1 ## **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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank Accounts & Cash in Hand
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
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**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**58,415**
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Print Name
M Wattis
J Binch|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| |||M Wattis|15/04/2026| |||J Binch|15/04/2026| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 26/07/2026 2