
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From** 06 April 2023 **Period start date   To** 05 April 2024 **Period end date** 

**Charity name:** The Church in Southampton 

## **Charity registration number:** 1176336 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**The object of the CIO is to advance the**<br>**Christian faith in accordance with its**<br>**statement of faith.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Specifically, the charity seeks to benefit**<br>**the public through:**<br>**1. Conducting and facilitating**<br>**events for preaching the gospel,**<br>**nourishing believers in Christ**<br>**through the Bible, and helping**<br>**Christians develop their function**<br>**as members of the Body of**<br>**Christ.**<br>**2. Conduct various meetings locally**<br>**and encourage and support**<br>**participation in meetings and**<br>**conferences extra-locally for**<br>**fellowship and edification.**<br>**3. Offering support (including**<br>**financial support) to other**<br>**charities with similar goals to the**<br>**Church in Southampton.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have full regard to the**<br>**Charity Commission on Public Benefit**<br>**guidance in considering its purposes**<br>**and activities.**|



## **Achievements and Performance** 

SORP reference 



|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**1. The charity has facilitated local**<br>**Christian gatherings.**<br>**2. The charity has encouraged and**<br>**supported participation of its members**<br>**to joint gatherings with nearby churches**<br>**in the Southwest region including**<br>**London as much as practicality allows.**<br>**3. The charity has continued to offer**<br>**financial support for gospel outreach**<br>**events in the UK and also abroad.**|
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## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21||
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity relies mainly from one-off**<br>**donations. Whilst its income fluctuates**<br>**yearly depending on various**<br>**uncontrollable circumstances, its**<br>**monthly expenditures nearly remain**<br>**constant, if not increasing. In addition,**<br>**the charity anticipates the need for**<br>**increased financial capability for**<br>**supporting full-time Christian workers**<br>**and having its own meeting hall in the**<br>**future.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||**N/A**|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The charity is a Charitable Incorporated**<br>**Organisation (CIO)-Foundation.**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25||
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**The Church in Southampton recognises**<br>**the necessity for fellowship with other**<br>**believers in Christ to keep the oneness**<br>**in the Body of Christ. In this regard, the**<br>**charity strives to coordinate many of its**<br>**meetings and activities with other**<br>**charities and organisations sharing the**<br>**same goals. This include but is not**<br>**limited to the Church in Reading, the**<br>**Church in London**|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|The Church in Southampton|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1176336|
|Charity’s principal address||





**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Reymart Bona|Trustee||N/A|
||Roland Tambic|Trustee||N/A|
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name N/A** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|**N/A**|||





## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets **N/A** held in this capacity Name and objects of the **N/A** charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for **N/A** safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|<br>**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
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||<br>JOHN REYMART BONA|ROLAND TAMBIC|
||<br>Trustee|Trustee|
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||16/05/2026|16/5/2026|






|**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Church in Southampton**||**1176336**|||
|**Receipts and payments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|Period start date<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>6-Apr-23|**To**|Period end date<br>5-Apr-24|||



## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**3,428**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,428**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,428**<br>**1,533**<br>**50**<br>**-**<br> **1,583**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**1,583**<br>**1,845**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,845**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**3,428**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,428**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,428**<br>**1,533**<br>**50**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,583**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,583**<br> <br>**1,845**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**3,428**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,428**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,428**<br>**1,533**<br>**50**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,583**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,583**<br> <br>**1,845**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|General Giving|**3,428**|||||**2,911**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**3,428**|||||**2,911**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**2,911**|
||||||||
|<br>Operational Cost|**1,533**|||||**2,000**|
|Offering (Chichester)|**50**|||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**1,583**|||||**2,000**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases (see table)**|||||||
|**,**|**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**2,000**|
||||||||
||**1,845**|**-**|**-**|<br>**1,845**||**911**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**1,845**|**-**|**-**|**1,845**||**911**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

5/16/2026 

1 



|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Loan receivable<br>Cash at bank<br>Cash in hand<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**30,604**<br>**-**<br>**878**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**31,482**<br>**-**<br>Agreement Error<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**5,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>JOHN REYMART BONA<br>ROLAND TAMBIC|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||JOHN REYMART BONA|16/05/2026|
|||ROLAND TAMBIC|16/05/2026|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

5/16/2026 

2 

