2025-06-30-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
Viv	Szpakowski	Celebrate Church
Les	Szpakowski	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

Church Constitution

Type of governing document (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 Christan faith. The Church may also advance educaton and carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and/or other parts of the world.
	Weekly Christan;  Worship.  Prayer.  Teaching.  Pastoral support.  Small group meetngs. Made available to all regardless of creed, faith, gender or orientaton Support of local Scout organisaton with fnance and personnel. Grants and donatons to alleviate poverty on basis of need. Hostng of community events and gatherings. Decision have been informed by statutory declaraton 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 donatons been made on the basis of need and not status or connecton

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 Christan faith. The Church may also advance educaton and
carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom
and/or other parts of the world.

Weekly Christan;

Worship.

Prayer.

Teaching.

Pastoral support.

Small group meetngs.
Made available to all regardless of creed, faith, gender or
orientaton
Support of local Scout organisaton with fnance and personnel.
Grants and donatons to alleviate poverty on basis of need.
Hostng of community events and gatherings.
Decision have been informed by statutory declaraton 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 donatons been made on the basis of
need and not status or connecton

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 Christan worship.
Held regular outreach events.
Seen growth in regular atendance and commited givers.
Controlled spending.
Contnued missionary link to Romania with team atending a week
of mission in Medjidia, Southern Romania.
Held mens’ meetngs and ladies’ gathering.
Hosted a number of guest speakers.
Contnued search for own permenant premises.
Saw growth in all age ranges of Church.
Survived massive impact of major surgery on main leader.

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Section E Financial review

Policy is to keep only three months of running costs in reserve Brief statement of the and for all other monies to be available for ongoing activities charity’s policy on reserves 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 27/01/2026 27/01/2026	Signature(s) Full name(s) Stuart Gregg Robert Farnes Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Treasurer Date 27/01/2026 27/01/2026	Signature(s) Full name(s) Stuart Gregg Robert Farnes Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Treasurer Date 27/01/2026 27/01/2026
	Chair	Treasurer
	27/01/2026 27/01/2026
	27/01/2026

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CHAfelTY COMMISSIO (>k ANtTr ANI? Receipts and payments accounts CC16a 01K07rd02 Section A Receipts and payments nds nd5 Tcrtal lund• LIy•ll A1 R•¢•lpti COLLECTI(MAND OFFERINGS OTFER GIFTS RECOvELE (GIFf ADI DESIGNATED GIFTS &71 S4LES OF EaLNPMEKr Sub tot•l(Gros8 MGM AR) 4S1M 4&1 A? As8•t •nd Inw•trnth Subkn 45.1eO J•.J41 A3 PAyTMnt• MINIKEAIAL lT8 SALARY HOUSING ALLowi4ce •xrfJo 012 CWNCIL TAX WATER AATES MOIQR AND TRAVEL OFFICE COSTS ENTERTA4MEMr CCW4FEREPE 215 J4$ eEni•G CO8T8 ROOM HIRE EQUIPUENT COSTS GIFTSTOSPENXERS OTHER MEETI COSTS 4012 l.J 2,047 LUNCE AKI SuFIpT1 4•$ OA¢06T8 GIFfs ANO DCNXATI PKSTORAL EXPENSES OEGNATED GFTS EDUCATILN RES(XJRCES 1• ij INR4¢Es ACC¢xNry iqo 1.021 Sub to .•TT 40 A4 A88et and in¥wlrn•nt pur¢h•8•s18•• 1•ts) S*0 TOtpaYM Xgn 40.486 N•t Olyo¢•lptfp0yM•nts) 10.1 1,137 A6 C•sh funds l•st yw ond G•$h fund$ thls y•arend 4a$9 43S8 4359

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Endowmont Categorie5 D•ialls fuh)d8 to n•Ar•stt Bl Cash funds 14.$4• Total c•sh Ild$ $11 Ed0nt lund• lo•••t£ fund fvnd Delabls Curv•Tht w41 D•talls B3 Invmtmnl a•s•ts D8talls B4 AM•t• r•talfi•d lor th• ¢harlty• Y4vn u Fw¥Jt•kh D•tslls 85 Uabllltl•• Date of apwoval bewollll th?uste Prirt NaTh Stuart Gregg Robert Farnes 27101126 27101126

CELEBRATE CHURCH Independent Examlnerfs Report to the Trustees ol Celebrate Churth For the Year Ended 30 June Z025 I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 30June 2025. Re4rt1¥e Re5ponslbilitles irf Tru5t•es and Examlner As the charitVs trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts: you consider that the audlt reqU1ment of Section 145 of the Chaf Ities Act 2011 (the Act) does not appty- It is my responsibility to state. on the ba515 of procedures specified in the General Dirertions given by the Charity Commission under Section 14515llbl of the Act. whether partKular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Independent Examlnerfs Report My examination was carried out in accordance wlth the general direction5 given by the Charity Commlssloners. An examlnatlon Includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a compari50n of the accounts presented wlth those records. It also includes consxleration of any tsnusual Items or dlsclosures In the account5, and the seekln8 of explanatlon5 frorn you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provlde all the evldence thot would be quIred in an audit and. consequently. I do not express an audlt opinlon on the view given by the accounts. Independent Examln•e5 Statement In connectlon wfth my examination. no matter has come to my attentlon: 11 Whlch Blves me reasonable cause to be beIve that, in any material respects. the requirements (a) To keep accountln8 records In accordance with S130 of the 2011 Act- and (bl To prepare account5 whlch accord wlth the accounting records and to comply wlth the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met,. or 2} to which, in my opinion, attentlon should be drawn in order to enable a proper understandlng of the accounts to be Teached, S. f. Sutcllffe F.CC. Torevell Dent Llmlted Chartered Certified Accountant 1-3 St Ann's Place Pellon Lane Hallfax HXI 5RB q/oi [24