## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 1st January 2024 31st December 2024 **From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details |**Charity name**
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)**
**Charity's principal address**|
Wellcome Church|
Wellcome Church| |---|---|---| |||| |||| ||
**1176350**|| ||
42 Stanford Road|| ||Grays|| ||Essex|| ||**Postcode**|**RM16 4XS**| ## **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)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Andrew Blakey|Chair||| ||Neil Frost|Secretary||| ||Jo Jones|Treasurer||| ||Len Stockwell|||| ||Harold Hoyte|||| ||Emma Dell|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||| ||**Name**||**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |||||| |||||| |||||| **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name 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) Charity Incorporated Organisation Foundation (CIO) How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed By Trustees 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; ## **Risk Management** The board includes individuals with financial management, Safeguarding, IT and administration skills, who are responsible for ensuring that adequate controls are in place for keeping accurate records and for safeguarding the future of the charity. - 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** The object of the CIO is, for the public benefit, the advancement of Christian faith in Thurrock and in such other parts of the United Kingdom and the world as the charity trustees may from time decide **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** **TAR** March **2012** 2 Members attended the Congregational Federation National Assembly in Colchester. During the year we received a gift of £2,000 from the Congregation Federation as part of our award for the work we do with QVSR,we agreed to donate this to the work of QVSR Tilbury seafarers centre We also received 2 years gift aid which at present is designated for helping purchase the building which Victory Church (Kosovo) use and rent at present. Finally we received money from The Orsett Churches centre which we donated to a church in financial need in the local community **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)** As a Christian organisation we have worked with others to support people in the community both locally and abroad. Demonstrating our faith in action and by our attitude to others. We had Christmas cards delivered to the surrounding area, with invitations to attend church events. In Thurrock we have worked with Foodbank, a homeless project, and QVSR Tilbury’s Seaman centre. Overseas we have continued to support a church in Kosovo with:- - Time and finance in the relief of poverty, - Access to education, - Access to health care - Christian teaching. Internally we have encouraged people to explore their faith, and it’s outworking in their lives. We share testimony when people recognise God’s interest in their everyday life and that of those they interact with day by day. We have made use of video conferencing, offering a hybrid approach allowing interaction both from in-person and online attendees. We have been successful in maintaining numbers. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** There are no paid staff within the organisation, All work on projects and all supporting other organisations is on a voluntary basis. Four of the members have started a 4 year part time degree in Practical Theology. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: Currently £23,680, held in the main account, is set aside for finding funds to allow Victory Church to buy the premises it rents. And £24803 is ringfenced for local mission. - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 3 ## Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** - **Working with community offering financial support** . • Victory Church Kosovo - • Essex and East London Homeless. • Thurrock Foodbank. • QVSR Seafarer Centre at Tilbury Docks. - • Blythwood Care. - • Local Scouts. - **Supporting community groups** with volunteer time these groups included • Victory Church Kosovo - • QVSR Seafarer Centre at Tilbury Docks. - • The Homeless Response Action Group in Grays. - • Foodbank, working in the warehouse, leading a team for collection, helping in distribution. - • Blythwood Care `o` sorting `o` packing shoeboxes for overseas aid and `o` delivering boxes in Kosovo - • Local Scouts - **Working with other Churches** • Victory Church Kosovo - • The C of E parish of Horndon, Orsett and Bulphan - • Methodist Church of Horndon • Fresh Hope Community Church Stanford-le-Hope - • Salvation Army Grays - • Church of His Presence (Grays) - • Church of Glorious Vision Prophetic Voice Tabernacle Ministries **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** To maintain a balance at the bank to cover recurring costs for a year **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** **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 are donations - 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)** Andrew James Blakey Neil Frost **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[ CHAIR ] SECRETARY **Date** 19-01-2025 **TAR** March **2012** 5 ||**Wellcome Church**
**Charity Name**|**Wellcome Church**
**Charity Name**|**Wellcome Church**
**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|01/01/2024
Period start date|**To**||31/12/2024
Period end date||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**19,229**
**9,533**
**2,670**
**-**
**2,000**
**3,000**
**-**
**36,432**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**36,432**
**500**
**8,000**
**13,215**
**2,000**
**1,867**
**363**
**518**
**26,463**
**-**
**1,121**
**1,121**
**27,584**
**8,848**
**-**
**34,357**
**43,205**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**345**
**-**
**3**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**348**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**348**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,367**
**-**
**-**
**1,367**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,367**
**- 1,019**
**-**
**26,170**
**25,151**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**19,229**
**9,533**
**3,015**
**-**
**3**
**2,000**
**3,000**
**-**
**36,780**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**36,780**
**500**
**8,000**
**13,215**
**2,000**
**1,867**
**363**
**1,367**
**518**
**-**
**27,830**
**-**
**1,121**
**1,121**
**28,951**
**7,829**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**19,229**||||||**17,864**| |Gift Aid from HMRC|**9,533**||||||**14,147**| |Mission donation|**2,670**||||||**2,620**| |Gift from OCC for local mission|**-**||||||**27,000**| |Interest|||||||**3**| |Con Fed Award|**2,000**||||||**-**| |from Orsett Churches Centre|**3,000**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**36,432**||||||**61,634**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**61,634**| ||||||||| |
Hall Hire|**500**||||||**500**| |SupportingThurrock Mission|**8,000**||||||**3,407**| |Supportingoverseas mission|**13,215**||||||**14,127**| |Donations|**2,000**||||||| |Internal costs|**1,867**||||||**1,773**| |Congregational Federation|**363**||||||**352**| |Local Mission|||||||**830**| |Insurance|**518**||||||**546**| |Sundryitems|||||||**100**| |**_Sub total_ **|**26,463**||||||**21,635**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
~~**purchases (see table)**~~|||||||| |~~**,**~~
**PA system and instruments**|**-**||||||**10,028**| |
Chairs and equipment|**1,121**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**1,121**||||||**10,028**| |**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**31,663**| ||||||||| ||**8,848**|**- 1,019**|**-**||**7,829**||**29,971**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**34,357**|**26,170**|**-**||**60,527**||**30,625**| ||**43,205**|**25,151**|**-**||**68,356**||**60,596**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 14/02/2025 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**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
main Account
Mission Account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**43,205**
**24,803**
**-**
**417**
**-**
**-**
**43,205**
**25,220**
OK
Agreement Error
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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Print Name
Neil Frost
Andrew Blakey|**Endowment**
**funds**
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**funds**
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approval| |||Neil Frost|16/02/2025| |||Andrew Blakey|16/02/2025| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 14/02/2025 2 Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of Wellcome Church I report to the charity tfU5tees on my examination of the accounts of Ihe charity for the year ended 31st December 2024. Responsibllitles and basis of report As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the reqU1￿ments 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 Acl and in carying out my examination I have followed all the applicable D1￿ctionS given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of Ihe Act, Independent examlnerfs •tatemont I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me Cause to believe that in anymaterial respect.. 1. accountlng rernrds were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. 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 proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed Dated I w (cbALfy