## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 1 January 2022 **To** 31 December 2022 **Charity name:** Henley Gospel Trust **Charity registration number:** 1178370 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|The purpose of the CIO is, for the public
benefit, the advancement of the Christian
faith in such ways as the Trustees shall
from time to time decide.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public benefit, in particular,
the activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|•
Weekly Sunday Worship Services for
the community (called Trinity at Four).
●
A weekly mid-week group for babies
and pre-schoolers and their carers.
●
Three weekly mid-week youth groups
for the community (primary,
secondary school and college age).
●
Involvement in assemblies at local
primary schools.
●
Educational courses for those
exploring the Christian faith and to
help parents in the community.
●
Community events around the
principal Christian festivals -
Christmas and Easter
●
Practical short-term, support for
people facing financial hardship
●
Financial support for organisations
providing practical support centred
around the Christian faith in the UK
and overseas.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|When planning activities for the year, the
Trustees and the ministry team at Trinity
at Four have considered the
Commission’s guidance on public benefit
and, in particular, the specific guidance
on charities for the advancement of
religion.| |---|---|---| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
difference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Over 2022, Trinity at Four, the church
congregation supported and managed by
Henley Gospel Trust, has seen an
average increase of 10% in regular
attenders (up from 90 in 2021 to 99 in
2022). This growth has predominantly
come from newcomers joining the
congregation.
Particular achievements and activities of
note include:
•
A successful repeat of well-attended
community events over Christmas
and Easter
•
The continued growth of our mid-
week small groups and youth
activities.
•
A well-attended church ‘getaway’ day
in September 2022, which worked
well in re-gathering people after the
busy summer holidays.| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period|Para 1.21|Henley Gospel Trust had total receipts of
£109,827, payments of £161,956, and
positive bank balance of £68,859 at year
end.| |---|---|---| |||Expenditure was largely made up of the
running costs of Trinity at Four.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|As many of our costs are fixed (e.g.
salaries), the Trust looks to hold 6
months of operating costs as reserves to
manage any reduction in receipts. This is
held in the Trust’s bank account.
While we had to draw on some of the
reserves for 2022, the Trustees are
confident they can be replenished over
time in 2023/24 to reflect the higher
levels of operating costs.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|There was £68,859 in the bank account
at the year end.
The policy requires £80,978, based on
costs of £161,956.
The reduction in reserves was primarily
down to increased payments as a result
of a strategic decision to employ new
staff to expand the work of the church.
We have plans to increase the level of the
reserves to bring them up to the 6
months’ operating costs.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Receipts were largely made up of regular
giving by members of the congregation,
including Gift Aid.
Giving was down by £1,350 on 2021.
The increase in spending was primarily
down to employing new staff to expand
the services available, particularly for
children and young people.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|The focus of 2022 is:
•
To continue to grow the congregation
numbers
•
Encourage attendees to give regularly
to ensure our operating costs are met
•
Increase the money held in reserves
We have initiatives planned to achieve
this.| |A description of the
principal risks facing the
charity|Para 1.46|As our income is directly linked to giving
by members of the congregation, our
primary risk would be:
•
A reduction in giving by regular
attendees, for example, if they saw
their personal income drop
•
A reduction in the number of
attendees.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Type of governing
document|Para 1.25|Constitution| |---|---|---| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions
e.g. election to post or
name of any person or
body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Elected by a majority of existing Trustees| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Henley Gospel Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Trinity at Four| |Registered charity number|1178370| |Charity’s principal address|29 Gainsborough Hill, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1ST| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| |1|David Guillebaud|Chair||Election by majority| |2|Ruth Chadwick|Trustee||Election by majority| |3|Simon Wright|Treasurer||Election by majority| |4|Adrian Bignell|Trustee|Until 14 Jul 22|Election by majority| |5|William Stileman|Trustee|Until 18 Jan 22|Election by majority| |6|Duncan Carter|Trustee||Election by majority| |7|Andrew Kearns|Trustee|From 18 Jan 22|Election by majority| ## **Declarations** The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s Trustees. |Signature(s)||| |---|---|---| |||| |Full name(s)|David George Guillebaud|Ruth Mary Chadwick| |||| |Position|Chair of the Trustees|Trustee| |||| |Date|1 March 2024|1 March 2024| **Henley Gospel Trust** **1178370** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** ## **CC16a** **For the period** 1st January 2022 31st December **To from** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**109,827**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**109,827**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**109,827**
**-**
**12,348**
**147,083**
**-**
**2,525**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**161,956**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**161,956**
**- 52,129**
**-**
**120,988**
**68,859**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**109,827**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**109,827**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**109,827**
**-**
**12,348**
**147,083**
**-**
**2,525**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**161,956**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**161,956**
**- 52,129**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |Giving|**109,827**|||||**104,130**| |||||||**7,047**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**109,827**|||||**111,177**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**111,177**| |||||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |Direct Costs|**12,348**|||||**13,512**| |Other Expenses|**147,083**|||||**93,034**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |House Deposit|**2,525**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**161,956**|||||**106,546**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| |Investment in Minister's House|**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**106,546**| |||||||| ||**- 52,129**|**-**|**-**|**- 52,129**||**4,631**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**120,988**|**-**|**-**|**120,988**||**116,257**| ||**68,859**|**-**|**-**|**68,859**||**120,888**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|Bank
Soldo
**Details**
1|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**67,007**
**1,852**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Bank|**67,007**|**-**|**-**| ||Soldo
1|**1,852**|**-**|**-**| ||0||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**_Total cash funds_**||**68,859**||**-**||**-**| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments||||||| ||account(s))||OK||OK||OK| ||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**||**Endowment**| ||||**funds**||**funds**||**funds**| ||**Details**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|Gift Aid to be Reclaimed||**36,539**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**|||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**|Minister's House||Henley Gospel||**-**||**-**| |**charity’s own use**|||~~Trust~~||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**||**When due**| ||**Details**||**liability relates**||**(optional)**||**(optional)**| |**B5 Liabilities**|Loan on Minister's House||Henley Gospel||**-**||| ||||~~Trust~~||||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||Print|Name|||Date of
approval| ||||David Guillebaud||||01-Mar-24| ||||Ruth Chadwick||||01-Mar-24| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Rep9rt to the trusteesl members of EThJ gosfj£L fA On accounts for the y8ar ended Charity no (if any) Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {°the Trusf) for the year ended31 | ia If Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trus( you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act.) I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directsons given by the Charity Commission under ctIon 14515)(b) of the Act. I have Completed my examinat'on. l Confim that no material matters have come to my attention ') in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts-do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no concems and have come across no other rnatters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper Ltnderstanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualification{s) or body