2024-06-30-accounts - Celebrate Church

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 JULY 2023 30 JUNE 2024 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Celebrate Church

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1178376

Charity's principal address 8 Southlea Close Bradford W Yorks Postcode BD12 7BZ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Rev Stuart Gregg	Minister and Chair	Celebrate Church
Robert Michael Farnes	Treasurer	Celebrate Church
Paul Callaghan		Celebrate Church
Liz Gregg		Celebrate Church

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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser	Name Address	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

Type of governing document

Church Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods Trustees appointed by Church members

(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;
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.

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Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document 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)	The principal purposes of the Church are the advancement of the Christian faith. The Church may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and/or other parts of the world.
	Weekly Christian;  Worship.  Prayer.  Teaching.  Pastoral support.  Small group meetings. Made available to all regardless of creed, faith, gender or orientation Support of local Scout organisation with fnance and personnel. Grants and donations to alleviate poverty on basis of need. Hosting of community events and gatherings. Decision have been informed by statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public beneft including importance of being open to all and fnancial donations been made on the basis of need andnotstatus orconnection

Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its governing
document
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)

The principal purposes of the Church are the
advancement of the Christian faith. The Church
may also advance education and carry out other
charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and/or
other parts of the world.

Weekly Christian;

Worship.

Prayer.

Teaching.

Pastoral support.

Small
group
meetings.
Made available to all regardless of creed, faith,
gender or orientation
Support of local Scout organisation with fnance
and personnel.
Grants and donations to alleviate poverty on basis
of need.
Hosting of community events and gatherings.
Decision have been informed by statutory
declaration that trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission on
public beneft including importance of being open
to all and fnancial donations been made on the
basis of need andnotstatus orconnection

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Held weekly Christian worship. Held regular outreach events. Seen growth in regular attendance and committed givers. Controlled spending. Continued missionary link to Romania with team attending a week of mission in Medjidia, Southern Romania.

Held mens’ meetings and ladies’ gathering. Hosted a number of guest speakers. Continued search for large premises. Saw growth in all age ranges of Church. Gained a live musicians as a worship leader. Started a young adults group and a 2[nd] home group.

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Section E Financial review

Policy is to keep only three months of running Brief statement of the costs in reserve and for all other monies to be charity’s policy on reserves available for ongoing activities and grants/donations

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 (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) Stuart Gregg Robert Farnes Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Treasurer Date 07/11/2024 07/11/2024	Signature(s) Full name(s) Stuart Gregg Robert Farnes Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Treasurer Date 07/11/2024 07/11/2024	Signature(s) Full name(s) Stuart Gregg Robert Farnes Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Treasurer Date 07/11/2024 07/11/2024
	Chair	Treasurer
	07/11/2024 07/11/2024
	07/11/2024

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CHARITY COMMISSION FQII ENfjLI4NU WAlf Receipts and payments accounts CC16a pprk)d from 0110712023 To Section A Receipts and payments Unr••trkt•d nds ld$ funds Totsl fund• Lasiy• toth• M•f••t£ 10 th• Mar•#£ A1 Roc•lpt• COLLECTDNSAPKI OFFERWJS ¥8Sg 28.771 THER GFTS TAX RECOVERA8LE <GFT AID) EStsNATED GIFTS LESOF EQUFVENT Sub tot• ross InGome AR) J•¥9 39.349 JO,875 A•wt and knv••tsn•rt s•l••. Sub tot•1 Tot•lrn¢•lpts 39249 W9 30,87S A3 P•ym•rrt• MIMSTERIIL COSTJ SALARY 2,620 tOUSNG ALIOWAACE 1.012 IA72 871 COUNCL TAX WATEA R4TES TOR TRAV£L oFFE COSTS ENTERT4ENT ¢ONFERENCE MeEnNG ¢08T8 ROOM HRE 701 121 I2 275 219 Ir112 J,012 3,16J EOUIPMENT COSTS GFTSTO SPEAKERS OTHER MEEtWfj COSTS EVENT AND OUTREACH UCENCE ANO Sv8SCRPTN I,•wJ 1,•36 2.047 318 OYHER C03TS GIFfsAND DONATIONS PASTORAL EXPENSES 8JiO •Jio DEsNATEDGWTS 2Jir11 EOUCATK)NAL RESOLIRCES CHILD SUPPORT1&4FEGUARTh ij 13 INSURANCES AcwuMfANCY 216 IlJ21 Jjo Sub total A4 A•sgt aThJ I0*1MnI pwchas•s, (see tsbl Sub total Ilet olrncw"pls/fp•yments) . AS Transl•rs botw••n ftmds A6 C¥gb funds last year eThl Cash funds thls yearend J7 &496 5,496 4.359 2.531

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CELEBRATE CHURCH Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of Celebrate Church For the Year Ended 30 June 2024 I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 30 June 2024. Respertive ResponslbllttTes of Trustees and Examiner As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Actl does not apply. It 15 my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Direction5 given by the Charity Commission under Section 14515llbl of the Act. whether particular matters have come to my attention. B•sls of Independent Examlnerfs Report My examlnatlon was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commi55ioners, An examlnatlon Includes a rewew of the accountin8 records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and the seeklng of explanations from you as trustees ¢oncernin8 any such matters. The procedure5 undertaken do not provlde all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently* I do not expre55 an audit oplnlon on the view given by the accounts. Independent Examlnerfs St•tement In connection with my examination. no rnatter ha5 come to my attention: l) Which gSves me reasonable cause to be believe that, in any materlal respects, the requirements lal To keep accountlng records in accordante with S130 of the 2011 Act.. and Ibl To prepare accounts whlch accord with the attountin8 records and to comply wlth the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met. or 21 to which, in my oplnlon, attentlon should be drawn In order to enable a proper understandlng of the accounts to be reached. S. J. Sutcllffe F.C.C.A. Torevell Dent Umlted Chartered Certlfled Accountant 1-3 St Ann's Place Pelk)n Lane Halrfax HXI 5RB Date..