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FOUNTAIN GATE CHAPEL
CROYDO
Tn￿et5 knnual Report
Independent ExaTnlneV$re
Bal#n￿ Sheet
Notes to theAccounts
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FouKfAIN GATE CHAPEL
CROYDO
Tntstees Annual Report
For The Year Ended 31 December 2025
Lordina Osel Asante
Mlke Qiiartey
16 Weston aose
Coulsdon
Surrey
CRS IBX
1176825
Trlnlty Ace Llmlted
Chartered Certlfied Accountants
London
SMS ILN
Metro Bank

FOUNTAIN GATE CHAPEL (CROYDON)
The trustees presentthtlrreportaDd accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025
The Trnstees have adopted the provtsions of the Ststement ofRecommended Pracdce (SORP)
"AccountIngand Repothgby Charides (Revlsed 2005) In preparingthe annual ￿pOrtand flnandal
ststements of the chaTty.
Oblecllve8 olthe Clwltyand Prt0dp￿ Acdvltlesas l•ld down byiheTntht Deed
Fountsln Gate Chapel Croydon Ss dMrftsble. The oble¢tlve5 ofFGC are..
l. To advance the Chrffistlan fafith for the benefltofthe publlcln 4ccord•nce wlth the statements
ofbellefas the trustees from tlme to tlrne thlnk fit
2. To relleve the needs of thecommunlty In Croydon and the surn>undlngareas by.
The preservatlon and protecdon of good physlcal and mental health
B. The advancement ofeducadon and (ralnlng ofth05e In the communltywho are In need thereof
so as to advance them In Ilfe and asslstthem to adaptwlthln the wlder communlty
C. The provlslon of facllltles for recreatjon orotherlelsure-tlme occupadon wlth the oblertof
Improvlng the condltions of Ilfe of those persons who have need of such facllltles by reason of
thelryouth. age. Inflrniltyord15ablemen¢ flnandal hardship orsocial and economlc
drcumstances
TheprlDdpAI acdvldm ofthethurth:
Fountslrj 8ate chapel, Croydon Is a church In the local area thar Is open to people from all walks
of life and 5UPPOrts the rellglous needs of the people. The church offers donatlons to food banks.
homeless and the deprlved In the sodety. the church also supports slngle parents and extend a
helplng hand to people ITJ dlre need who vI￿lTh* church meets at NoTburymanorprfmary
school on Sund•y&
Developm¢DL Revlewof A¢dvhle8and Arblevements Intheperlod
The charlty contlnued to mlnlsterto the needs ofvarlous sodal groups withln and outslde the ChU￿h
The ch¥rlty etwed wlth the local communlty byoryanising summerbarbecue event
The feedback recelved fmm the local communltyafterthe event were p051tIve and very encournglng.
The cha￿ty provldes forum forempowennen¢ developmentfor its members to be equlpped mentslly
educatlonally. sodally and 5Piritually.
Members a150 made a bold clalm howthe Gospel oflesus Chr15t has trdnsfornied
thelrllves and famllle.s, 7YOtto mentloD the PDsldve I￿￿ttle6 havlngwlthln the communlty
The Charlty wlll condnue to focu5 on Its acdvitles ro meer the oblecrlves of the Charlty In splte of
the financial challenges ahead.The Chartty Is looklng forward to purchase Its bulldlDg or a
place of worshlp wlthin 5year&
The charltyrelles 501ely on contributions from Its member&The charity does nrtemploy any
professional fundra15iDgb¢)die5.
There are no restslcted funds operared bythecharfry.A]I funds aremllabbe for use atthe di￿retIOn
ofthe T￿￿tee5.

FOUNTAIN GATE CHAPEL (CROYDOKJ
Appointment ofTrustees are done bythe extstlng Thlstees with consultstion of the view of the
church members asto the trustworthiness ofeach perso
The Trustees considerthe kryoperatlonal, finandal and state8lc risks that mayhave a bearlng
on the artlvIes ofthe charity. $￿tsb1e managementSnformatlon Is avallable to the Trustees on a
regular basis to monltor these rfsk5 and allow allymlttgating action to be taken to addTe55 thenL
Charltylaw requlres the Trustees t0p[Epa￿ flTJandal statements foreach fin4nclal year whl¢h
glve trye and falrvlew of the state of affairs of the charlty and of its flnanclaj artlvltles for the year.
1 selert sultable accountSrtg pollcles and apply them conslstsntly.
2 make Sud8ements and estlmates thatare reasonable and pruden¢
3 state whetherappllcable accountlng skndards and stements ofrecommened prartlce
havebeen followed sublertto any departures dlsclosei1 and explalned In the
flnancial $tstsments:
4 prepare the flnandal statements on the golng concern basls unless It Is Inapproprlate
to assume thatthe chartty wlll condnue In operatton.
The Trustees are Teponsible for keeplng accountlng and flnandal records whlcb dlsdose wlth
reasonable accurary atanytlme the finandal p051tlon of the charlty and to enable them to
ensure thatthe flnanclal statements comploy wlth the Charfttes Arts 1993. Theyare also
responslble for safeguadlngthe assests of the charlty and hence for taldng ￿asonable steps for
the prevention and deteLtion of fraud or other irre8ularltles.
The members ofthe boaTdoftrustees durfngthe y¢arwere;
Lordln8 Osei Asante
Mlke Quartey
The reportwas approved by the Board QfTn￿teeS onthe 26 February ZOZ6and slgned on its behalfby.
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Lr)rdiJ)a Osel Asante
Date

FOUNTAIN GATE CHAPEL (CROYDONI
IndepeodeDt B￿￿(Der's Reporttothe Trust¢es of the Clwlty
For Theyear Ended 31 December ZOZS
Independent eXam1tte￿S reportto the tn￿tee$ of Fountaln Gate Chapel
I reportto the charlty trustees on my examlnailon ofthe a¢￿￿nts of Fountsin Gate Chapel-croydon
(the Trust) forthe year ended 31 December 2025.
Re5ponsiblllties and basis of report
As the charlty trnstees of the Trusryou are responsible forthe preparation ofthe accounts In accordance
wlth the requirements ofthe CharItles Act 2011 ('the Attj.
I report In respert of myexamlnatton of the Trusvs accounts canled otstunder 5ertlon 145 ofthe Art
and In carrylng out my ex8mlnalSon I have followed all ippllcable Dlrectlons glven by the Charfty
Commls51on undersertion 145(5)(b) of the Ac
Independ¢ntexamlner's sl#tement
I haye completed my examlnatlon. I confinn that nomatert31 matters have come to my atten￿0￿ In
nnectton with the examination which glves me cause to belleve thatln. any materfal respectr.
l. accountlng records were not keptln atcordance wlth sectlon 130 of the A¢¢ or
11.the accounts do noraccord with the accountlng records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters In COTtnertton wlth the examlnadon to whleh
attention should be drawn in thls report In orderto enable a proper understsndlng ofthe accounts to be
reached.
Slgned: SethAche•mpon8
Date
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319 Welbeck Road
London
SM5 ILN

FO￿A]N GATE CHAPEL
CROYDO
ONCOME AND EXPENDmiREACCOUNTS)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2025
FUNDS
FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS
2025
2025
2025
2024
INCOMING REsOUR￿s
Tfthes, Offerlngs and Donatton¥
Investment Income
405M
40W 46753
GIftAld Clalm
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7,328
7J28
9186
TOTAL INCOMING RESOUCES
47M72
47m
55939
Charltsble artivltles
47,361
47J61
39833
TOTAL RESOURCES IXPENDID
47,361
47,361
39833
Net Mov•men¢ In Fu
511
511
16106
Total Funds Brought Forward
16.106
16,106
12069
16,617
16ffj17
2817S

FouKfAIN GATE CHAPEL
CROYDO
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2025
2025
20Z4
FAXEDASSETS
Tanglble FLxed Asset- No knIAssets He)d
Prepayment
Cash at Bank & In Hand
GiftAid Claim-RecelYable
18JJ39
3.220
14W22
9,186
s.1
LMBILMBS
Credltors: Amounts fal]Ingdue wlthln one year
(300)
(3J60)
20.9S9
TOTAL Assrfs LESS CURRENT LIABIUTIES
20.959
20.448
Credltors: Amounts falllDg due after more than one year
TOTAL Assrfs LESS TOTAL LIABILITIES
CHARrrYFUNDS
Unmtrtcted ikn
20,9S9
20rt48
TOTAL FUNDS/(DIFICTrs)
2Q448
The flnanclal 8tatsments were 4pproved bytht Board of ttystees and sl8ned on its behalfby.
Lordlna Osd Asante
Dated

FouKfAIN GATE CIIAPEL (CROYIJON)
Notss to theAccounts
forthe yearended 31 December 2025
The flnaniaal statetrmen¢s are prepared In accordanc*wlth appllcabl¢ accountkngs¢¥ndards
udn8the Histort￿l Cost Coftventtorkn
The fi￿ana￿ statetements Tefiettthe requlTrments ofthe Tevw s￿tell￿ntofReco￿rntfided
PTaCtirt'Ac¢ovD￿ng for Charfdes. (SORP).Th¢Clbarltycomplled with bestPTxdce atthe tiine
ofprepaTlngthese a¢¢ounts.
Fountaln Gats ha5 no IL¥ed assets rI￿rded as at31StDeceM￿r 2025
GENEKIL
Th••e A¢￿Unts Iw• t*•n PT•parod In tteOrd•n￿ wlth wIlC¥b￿ *Ax)unllng Standardi and the
Ch•rW• SORP. IStatom•rt ofR•comm•ndBd Pr•dw on ty Ctt•r#kn8).
2 lthrow•
Income Is accounted for on accruals basi& except fordonatlon&wthlch are credlted when recefved
**Jrk¥ th• p•r.
Z.1 GIftAld
GIftAld Cl4lm
These representamowits llventovarl0￿ IndIvldu8￿ OTg4nlythni andotherthathrable trus¢*
Honornrium to viJltln8spethrs ond remitton¢48 for m1$61onarywork
All oxpendlture ts #eeouDted foron anacmials knjs
Resour(￿ expended on tharltsble acOvltles comprffiseail the resources applled bythe charfty ID
ndeerI￿dTh￿lts wotkto meetits charftable obltctlve&These costs Indude the dlrect ¢DSt¥ of
the charttsble acdvides wlth those supportCOSts Incurred that¢n•ble the%e ac¢lYltl•s to be
F4endlture OTI governan¢e t05f5are th¥ ¢o26ts. liiruriyd by the tharttyto oper•t¢*rtdtogencrnt¢
the Inforn￿tIon requlred for publlcaccountablllty.
The charfry's are are avatlabje forvse atthe dls¢redonofthe Board of

PouDtaln Gate Chapel (Croydon)
ProfitAnd IA>ssAccouDt
Fortheye3rended 31 December Z025
2025
2024
Income
Ththe4 offerijy & Don*ions
GIftAid Clalm
40SM 46.753
7328
9.186
47872 55.939
Totsl Intome
Bank charye5
Travelllng & Motor Expense5
Rent (includlngstorase costj
Honorarlwry Glts & Upkeep to vlsldngpastors and guest speakers
Mu$Sc Mlnlsuy. Medla. RadI￿TeleViSIo￿ Publicityand advert
Portage, Statlonery and prtndn8
Donations to charities
Mlsslons & Evangellsm
Accountancy fees
Admlnlstrative expen%$
Subscrtptlon5
Legal & Professlo)￿ ftes
Sundry expenses
Telephone. InterneLWebsltes. IT consumables and fLY
Welfare,marriages. funerals, conference expenses & soclai artlvltle5
5637
8100
3442
5014
2340
2490
200
31)0
1277
79
2754
6,177
8,950
4,830
4.903
2.990
1,640
1,300
300
1.300
971
2767
2.540
12105 13,610
47361 52,961
Surplu•/(d¢fidt)
sii
2.978
Fund bAlOn￿ blhvd
20 448 17 470
20959 20A48
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FoupifAIN GATE
forth• year 31 December 202S
2025
Cash at Bank&in Hand
&1 GIftAid Clalm-Recelvable
18,039
3220
CREDrroRS:
Amounts fallin8 duewlthln oneyear
31KI
Amounts falllngdue afterMQreth￿0ueYear
BROUGHT INCOMING
RESOURCES Q4RRtED
FORWARD RESOURCES EXPENDITURED FORWARD
UDrestr(cted funds
Restrlrted Fund
20448
47N2
(47.361)
20.959
47072
47361
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