ChaTity re8istratiOtL number. I I76T20 The Vine Christian Fellowship An￿￿1 Report and Financial Ststanents for the Year End￿1 31 Mar¢lJ 2023 The Vine Chri5ti*n Fellowship Contents Refcrcncc and Athinistrative Detsi TnLSte&s' Rep)rt 2to4 Statern¢Dt of Tr￿st¢¢$' Respon￿bIlItieS Indepertdeni F.xamin&s Rewrt Sthtement of Financial Activities B8lat)ce She Notes to the FIna￿la1 Stalements 9tolO The Vine Christian Fellowship Reference aDd Admlnbtrative Details Trwte Mts Sue Win Mr David G8wI¥ Mr Timothy Buttl¢r 27 Bascott Road Wallisdo PrlDdp*l Office Dorset BHII 8RJ Charlty Reglstratlon Nunther 1176720 IDdependeTrt E1•n￿￿er M8rtin Arthur FMAAT, FFK FIPA. FFfA, MIH. AC Accountancy.eoop L Unit 2A, The Cowtyard CTrft Centsr Huntick Road LY￿ett Minster BH166BA Page I The Vlne Christian Fellowship Trnstees, Report The tn￿1¢¢5 present th¢ annua] togethcr wtth the financial siatwn¢nts of the chariry for the yw cndcd 31 March 2025. Objtctlves and *cthitie5 Objects Th¢ obj¢cts of the CIO are any charitable p￿￿SeS either at FK)me or Overse￿ for the benefii of the public in particular the advancement of the christi￿ Religion Aeiivilies.. The principlc objcctiVC5 of th¢ tnJ$L ¢onlinuc to ￿ thr advanltment of the Christiati faith and the relief of povcrty. The artivit1¢5 Olltlined below were carriL¥J out itl Putsuit of thL*e Obl￿tIves. The tn￿t¢eS have paid due reg&d to guidance issued by the Charity c(rfMni￿i0n in deciding what activities the ¢l)An'iy should undertakc. The Church Continu￿ its of Sunday r•)rning s¢rviw which appeal to people of a]1 ages, with undernthty initiaiives were F*)th tsking pia¢e in th¢ building in the heart of ¢OTllTnunity, with the aim oforf¢ring s(xial and pra¢ti¢ai supwjrt to those who often find themselves tsolated. -Conncction8" is a coffee mornin8 for anyone over fifty, with an activity, iufornjation or prddical help focu5 cach month. Th SFND group aiffl5 to be a safc placc for kn parenting ¢bildrcn wth addiiional D¢eds to cotDe for emthional and practical swpport. Both groups are opeu t(Tr all. We continued io operaie an outreach in our hub in the heart of TurliD M(x>r. rcacbRtig out to the LY)munity with a space to cotne and fi￿j support atld to xKialise. A Carol Serviee w&s held in t)e￿nber with OD invitmg people outside the memberthip of the chureh and being a￿eSsible to as many people as possible. We also. for the fiT5t tim< offered Carols by Candlelight at the church building, wth more than 20% of the collgregation joining us frorn nearby homes or by invi￿lon. Wreath-making and a Family Fun event were a]50 well-atten(kd by our local community. As a church community we provided items and packed Christhw ham￿ to be distributcd by other charities to some of the most deprived in our lo¢al cornmunity. Eastcr 15 a kcy opp)rtUTJty for thc church kn Tracb into thc uimmuntty with the Chri#ian m&8s8ge and Sllp￿rt for tknsc on nccd. Unusually, neither knter 2024 nor 2025 fell withtn this finan¢i81 y¢ar. Support of Mi&sio The church continued to sUp￿)rt a nutnber of local and intrrnational Christian en&avouT5 both financially and irl pray¢r, includiDg all orwani￿liOll in Uwda providing ethi(xtiou Sup[￿ to S￿ne of the most nccdy in thc locality. IO°h of g¢n¢ral in¢onK is allocat¢d to suptK>rt mi&%ioD5. bli¢ &enefii Th¢ tru¥t¢es ¢onfirn] that th¢y have complicd with the rrquitrmcDts of srftion 17 of the Chariiics Act 2011 to havb due TEgard to the public bellefit guidance publishcd by the Charity cornm￿0￿ for England and Wal¢8. Financial revkw The income of the charity. aTisiDg maithly fmm voluntary 8iViD8 by the dhutrh m¢M1K￿ an￿Untsd ty £62,508 (2024.. £69,307}. Th¢ ¢harity madc a surplus in the peri(MJ of £3,828 12024.. £7.198}. At thc ￿[1¢MI ¢nd, unrestrictcd rE￿v¢S (kncluding dG8iwied fijnds) toialled £50.688 alld restri¢*4J reserv￿ totallcd £4,079. Policyon Free reserves18eneral reserves eXcI￿lIng ￿nO￿nts illY¢sted in as5¢ts for the church's use) 8re ayailable to meet the costs of nonnal rut]ninE and exwdnsion of the churth and ro ensure the church cat) meet the cDsts of nonnal running and expansion of the church aml to eThsur¢ the church can rneet the cornmittnents that have been enter)J into. Our poliey is to keep 3 months, expeitses &$ A Teserve.cunrnty £5.IMM) per n￿th, so our aim is £15,( reserves. Strncture. governAtsee and m*na2ement Nt#Mre oJgovernin8 Th¢ CIO is ¢ont￿lIe4 by its gov¢min8 ¢knunTh( a CJO (Charilabl¢ I￿t￿l Organisation) - Foundaiion deed dated 18th January 2018 Page 3 The Vine Christian Fellowship Trnstee8' Report (l) Apart froffj the fus1 charity trustec& every tru5tr¢ mwt bc appolti￿d for a ¢eTm of four y¢ws by a resolution p&%sed al a propcrly convened meeting of the charity trustces. 121 In 5electin8 individuais for appointment a5 ch2rity tnL8tees, the charity (n￿ets h&ve regard to the skills, )wledge and experience needed for the effective adminisiration of thc CIO. The charity tsusttts wll make available to each new Chuity on or bcfore his orher fllBt ￿p￿]ntMentr. (a) a copy of thc current vcrsion of thi5 COD5tituti4)n' and {b) a copy of the CIO'S latest Trnstets. Amiuai Rwrtalld slaten￿l Ofa¢￿unts. Any nece&w training will be provide The CThurch is governed a￿1 regulated by its Tn￿te¢S and the Eldership te Two of the rurtcllt Trustxs arr also on thc Eldership Ovcr this financial peri￿, the church Continu￿ to med jointly with Poolc Christian Fellowship. Th¢ two churches began rn￿ting together in January 2024, with the aim of cxploring a formal merger. The elders of the nvo Churches also mct jointly. The two tru￿te ixArds mct togcthcr collaborntiv¢ly* whalc tnaintainin8 Scvdfdte records and vottn8 independently on all decision& During this process, members of both churches were kept fully.inr￿￿ed of the re&sons f(w consideTiDg IL and wtre It￿}lld¢d ID the d¢ri$l0￿makin8 proce&s, with opp)rtulliti¢5 giv¢n to 8ive fecdback A risk assessment vns undeTthken to Consider any additional risks {finan¢ia]. governaTJce and compliance. perational or external) to the ctwity tbTDuglL merging with Poole Chlistiall FellDW5hÈp. and. where TKces5ary mitifdlion$ w¢re put iti pla¢¢. By April 2024, the tru5txs and el(kts of Vinc Church Poole. bavin8 satisficd the￿￿e1v￿ that both their charitsble kwrpose5 and vision for their ouhV0￿1ng were aligned with thos¢ of P¢)ole Christian Fellowship. a recommendatiort Wds Put to the church n)cmbers that the two churches should merge. lftdividual consultations with all memF*rs endorsed this recommeTwJation and. in May 2024, the decision w&s taken to merge. aTKI for the iwo churches togeth¢r io be known as H8rbour Chw¢h Poole. {Pool¢ Christian F¢llowship. Chariry no. 1176975. effected its name ¢honge to Harbour Church Poole in June 2025. Vine Chwch Poole will r¢main as a Registered Chan'ty until the rnerger is by the Clthrity ComTnissioJ4 wh*euEMm it will be dissolv￿ alld merge into Harbour Church Pthle.) For the resi of the financial year. 811 Chu￿￿ artKvi¢ies Carri￿ joinuy, pu15uani to d￿ls1OnS having firsi been agreed separaicly by t]* trumees of VI￿ Church Pool¢. The a[￿Ual report Wds approved by the tn￿ of the clwity On.￿. l!z/25 . and 5igtrd on its behalf by.. vid Gawler Trustee Page 4 The Vine Christian Fellowship Statement of Trustees, Responsibllltles The iNstres are resw)nsible for preparing the tru5tees' reprt and tl* fitsanci￿ thtements in accordance wth the Unit¢d Kingdom A¢¢out)ting Swldards (UniEoI Kingdom fvrajly Ac¢¢pt¢d A￿ow￿l￿g Practlce) and appli¢abl¢ law and r¢gulations. The law opplicable ￿ charities requires the tr￿$￿tI ￿ prep&e fittart1￿ stateffients for each financial year which giv¢ Y4 truc and fair view of the Sta￿ of affairs of the cbarity atml of the incoming resou￿ and application of resourcc5 ofthe charity for that perio& In preparing these fLnanci21 statementy the tnLStCCS 8rc rcquircd to.. select suitable accounting Njlieiu and then aM)ly them co￿lStentI￿. observe the methcds a￿4 PTitKip1¢5 in Charities SORP. make jud8cmcnts and estimate8 that are Te&sonablc and pr￿len¢ state whether applicable acwun(ÈDg statKlatth bave IKen lollowe(L subject to any ￿￿￿TI#l departujts dÈsclosed and explain￿1 in the finatt¢ial $iat¢m¢nts" and prepare thc f￿at￿tal statements on the going conwa b&8is unle&8 it 18 in4yropri8te to presumc that the charity will continue in business. The tmstees are respon5Lble for keeping pmper accountin8 recor&% that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any tinje the financial w)sttion of the charity and enablc thL7n to ¢xJsurc that the financial ststemcnts COTnply with th¢ Chwities Act 2011. thc applicabl¢ chan.ti￿ (Ac£ounts and Retrf)rts} Regulati¢)n4 and the provisions of the CODSDWfion. The trustees are a]so rEsponyible for saftgswding the ass¢ts of th¢ ¢lJarity ond hence for takin8 JYasonabl¢ steps for thc prevention aTHI detection of fraud and other irwlarits¢S. ApprO￿d by trustees of the chtiTity ott... . .... .... .. avid Gawler Trustee The Vine Chrfstion Fellowship Independent Examiner'5 Report to the trnstees of The Vine Christian Fellowship I rcport to the d￿rity ts]￿e¢S OD my ¢xamination of the accounts of the chariry for the year ended 31 March 2025 whith are setou( on pages 7 10 16. Respective responslbilltles of irnsttes *od eT•Jwi¢r As the charity's tnjstccs of The ViDe Cbristi#n Fellowslhip you ate rog￿nSIble for th¢ pr¢pardti¢)D of the account8 in ac¢ordan¢¢ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the A¢t'l. I report in respe¢l of my ex•mination of the The Vine Christian Fellov6hip's accounts Carri￿ out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in ¢4rryirtg out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Ch8Tity Conllriwion under section 145(5Xb) of the AIX lThl¢pendent eiarniD¢r'J statement havc complctcd my cxamination. I confimi that no nulcrial matt¢rs hav¢ to rny attention ID collnectiOD with the exatnination giving cause to bcli¢v¢ that ill any m8tcri81 tt$￿t.. l. ficcouniin8 records were kept in reSp￿t of Th¢ Vine christi￿ F￿10￿bIP 08 r¢quircd by ae¢tion 130 of thc Act- or 2. th¢ accounts do Dot %cord with those record4" or 3. the accounts ¢k) not comply with the accounting r¢quirem¢nts c¢)ncerning the foTrn aTMI content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 21x18 oth¢r than any requirement that the accounts give a 'twe and fair Vie￿ which is not a rnatkn ei)nsidered as part of an independent examination. I have no conccms and have come acro&s otbtr mattas iti ¢om)ection with th¢ ex8min8tion to which 8ttcntion 5knuld be drawn tn this report in 4)rder to enable a proper unde15ta￿]iDg of the 8CCOUnts to be ffached MartiT2 Ajthur Independent exalnin Accountancy.coop Ltd Unil 2& The Courtyard Crdft Centre Huntick Road Lytchett Minstet Dor5Et BH166BA Datc.. J-JA4..-2 P88e 6 The Ville Christian Fellowship Statement of Flnauclal Attivities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 Totsl 2025 Tot81 2024 UDrestrlrted R£stri¢t¢d Note Incon* and E#dowtt*nts from: DonatiOll5 and legacfftes Other trading activiti Investsnent in¢om¢ 57,166 1,732 438 3.148 60J14 1.732 462 68.640 377 290 24 Totsl Incom¢ 59,336 3.172 62,508 69.307 XpendI￿re on". Charitable activities {54.8951 3.785 58.680 162.115) Total Expendit 154.895) 3.785 (58.680 62.115 Net movement in 4,441 (613) 3,828 7.192 Reconciliatio￿ of funds Totat fi￿d8 briM]gbt forward 46247 4.692 43.748 Totsl carri￿1 fo 13 50.688 4.079 54,767 50,940 All of the clMity& activities 0￿]ve from ¢ontiDUtn8 Ot¢rdtions duTing the ab￿ two prriods. Thc funds breakdown for 2024 is $l￿w￿ in rK)te 13. Th¢ notrs on pa￿ 9 to 16 foThn ajj Integr￿ part of thes¢ fijjancial statem￿ts. Page 7 The VIDe Cbrl8tlax Fellowshlp (Registration nwnber.. 1176720) Balance Sheet as At 31 March 2025 2025 2024 N•ts C•rrent ￿ets Debtor Cash atbank and in hand io 10.746 46,092 11.988 56,838 54509 Credltor¥: knou•ts due vlthln owe year 12 2,071 3,569 Net assets 54,767 50.94(h FuDd8 of the ch•rity: Re•trArted (mcoD￿ fuDds Restricted fijnth 13 4.692 Unr¢strlct•d iDvision foT impairnient A provision for the impaimJ¢nt of tyade debtors is esthblished when there is objective evidcncc that the chan.ty will noi be able to collect all arnounts dll¢ accordin8 to the ori8Ynal tcrms of the r￿7vabl￿. Pag£ 9 The Vlne Chrlstfian Fellowship Notes to tbe Finaneial Ststements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 Cash and ¢qulvalents Cash and &q5h equiwaients comprise casb on band call dqM)Sl￿ and other sbort-tertn hI￿lY liquid inv¢stnKnts that ate r¢adily converttble lo a known amount of cash and arE SUbj￿l lo an in51gi]tficant risk of challBe in value. Fund Str￿t￿re Unrestrictcd illcome are 8eDerdl (unds that aTe avai]ablc for ￿¢ at the tn￿tCes,S discretion in filrtherance of the objectives of the charity. Designated fi￿d8 aT¢ unr¢strictyJ sd asid¢ for swific pwpos¢s at the discreiioD of the M￿lee Restricicd income ￿ndS are those donated for use in a particlllar area or for spccifjc pwses. the we of which is restricted to that ar¢8 orpurpxc. Pensions other pojt retirement obligatiDnJ The charity operates a defirjed contFibuiion pe￿10￿ 5chemc which is a peti5ion plan undcr which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the clwity has rK) le8al or constrnctivc obligation to pay ￿rther contribuliolls ¢ven if the fiumi does Th)t hold sufficient &8sets to pay ail cmploycts the benefits relating 10 employee setviee in the current and prior ￿1￿j5. ContributioDs to def]ned contiibuiion p]8w are recogThised in the Ststemeni of Financial Aciivities when they ar du¢. If ¢olltiibution paymenrs exreed the Colltributioll due for service. the excth is reco8nised &8 a prepaymenL 2 ID¢oD)e from don¥*ion5 *nd leg4eles Unrestrie¢ed futsd$ Iksigu•ted GeTrenl Restrieted funds Total funds Donation5 and Icgxi&s,' Donations from indivith Gift aid reclaimed 720 180 46,697 9,569 47,417 10.272 523 R¢gular ¥iving and capithl doDations 2,625 2,625 T•tal for 21125 9(Ml 56.266 3,148 60,314 T•t*l for 2024 4.992 68.640 Pa8¢ TO The Wine Chrislian Fellowship Notes to the Financial St*tements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 3 IDcorne from other tr•dlNg aellvltles ilnr¢strl¢t¢d f¥nds General E,v¢nls i￿oMf,. Other ¢Ycnts income Property renial income 1.488 244 1,488 244 Totsl for 2025 1.732 1,732 Total for 2024 377 377 4 Investmtnt income UDrestrlcted funds DulED4ted GeDeral Restrleted fuDds T￿%1 funds Interest receiv8ble atyj simil income. lThtere5t receivable on bank deposits 438 24 462 Total for 21125 438 24 462 Total for 2024 239 17 290 5 AM￿Y518 of 8UPPlIrt Costs Charitable artivities expeftdlt￿rt Totsl 2025 Total 2024 Staffing Venue costs Commuoications Fixed costs Vision costs Training & dev¢lopment Ministy costs Sri Lallka Spons￿h1p D¢preciation 36,316 7.926 624 1.587 4,IS5 508 1.785 36.316 7.926 624 lJ87 4.155 508 3,869 3.695 35,032 9.195 954 1,843 1,314 921 7.995 4,452 406 3.695 58,680 62.112 Page 11 Tre Vlne Chrfistian Fellowshlp Iyotes to the Financial Statements for the Ye4r Ended 31 Mareh 2025 6 Net incoDdttgloulgOjllg resour¢ Net incornin8 resourees for ihe year in¢lud¢'. 2025 2024 Depreeiation of fixed assets 406 7 Tru$tees remuneration and e￿￿$¢8 Durin¥ the year the clwity made the followillg transactions with ￿St¢es.. Mr Timothy Hyttl¢r Mr Timothy Buttler rcccived reJnun¢rauon of £26J53 {2024: £24,849) and £494 (2024.. £1.123) of expettses were reimbursryj io Mr Timothy Buttier during tbe year. Expenses paid were rv-imbuTs¢rnents of payments mad¢ on behalf of thc churcK all for rharitrbl¢ pu￿•$¢9. It Wd5 agrEed. in a trustee t￿￿tIng on 9th Sq>tembtr 2021, who) h¢ w&8 apwintcd. thtt it would be vcry beneficial to the church to appoint Tim as a tnjstee. for operatiollal put[x)￿. temuneration Iw not in any way incrc&sed due to his app)intment &s 1ry5t¢¢. No trustr&q have received any other benefit5 the charity dun"Dg the year. 8 Stsff costs The 28sregate payroll costs were &s follovts: 21125 2024 Staff cost5 during the year were: Wages and salaries Pension costs 36J16 35,009 23 36.316 35,032 The mortthly average number of PLThins (including senior manwent tram) employed by the chjrity during the year expressed as titne equivalents was 8s follows: 2•25 No 2024 Avernge number of employ¢cs No employee re¢eiv¢d emoiumLYts of ft￿1¢ tlwi £60,(W duting th¢ ye4r 9 Taxatlon The chariiy is a regist¢[￿1 tharity and is tberefore ¢x¢mpt from ta￿￿10 Page 12 Tbe Vine Christian Fellowship Notes ts the Financlal Statements for tbe Year Ended 31 March 2025 10 DelAors 2025 21124 Prepayments Other d¢btors 475 10271 614 10.746 11,988 11 Cath and equivalents 21125 2024 C&8h at bank 46,092 12 Credltors: f•lllng wlthin ome yur 2•25 Other taxation and social security Other creditors Acctuals 874 283 914 836 491 2,242 2.071 3,569 Pa8e 13 EE trJ