Report and Accounts 1[st] October 2024 – 30[th] September 2025
Registered in England and Wales. Charity No: 1179483
Impact Thame Report of the Trustees
12 months ending 30[th] September 2025
Reference and administrative details
Impact Thame is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation whose only voting members are its charity trustees. It is governed by its Constitution which was adopted on registration on 8[th] August 2018 and amended on 16 May 2023 and on 29 Sep 2023.
Charity registration number 1179483
Principal office Black Horse Cottage, Manor Road, Towersey, THAME, OX9 3QR
Trustees
Susan Margaret Civval Catherine Enticknap Julie Fox (Appointed 31[st] January 2025) Rev Patrick Joel Harris Mark Powys-Smith
Governance
The Trustees oversee the charity and normally meet every two months with extra meetings if needed.
New trustees are recruited by direct invitation from the existing trustees and are identified either by trustees or by referral. In extending invitations to individuals, account is taken of the skills, present and required, and to provide appropriate representation from churches in the area. The chair of trustees is nominated by the trustees of the CIO who may at any point revoke such appointment.
Induction of trustees includes provision of information on the requirements of being a charity trustee as well as the governing documents and relevant guidelines from the Charity Commission. New trustees are encouraged to reflect on the role of the charity and talk to those already involved, especially among the other Trustees and the Leadership Team.
Having mostly had personal contact with Impact Thame, new trustees are often aware of our objectives and the work we undertake. As such, the induction of new trustees is minimal. Trustees are encouraged to attend appropriate external events where this will facilitate the undertaking of their role.
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Objectives and activities
Charitable purpose
To promote the Christian faith to children, young people and families in Thame and its surrounding villages in particular but not exclusively by a combination of teaching, performing arts, music, physical activities and crafts in a way which promotes the Christian faith and encourages churches to work together to promote unity.
Public Benefit
The trustees have complied with the duty in section 4 of the 2006 Act to have due regard to guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission, including the specific guidance on advancement of religion, in all their decisions.
Achievements and performance
We have experienced many benefits from our personalised bookings system for both children and team this year. We have refined more policies to fit current needs and by July had revisited all our existing policies and added some new ones. We are sensing a building trust in the brand of Impact Thame to deliver good children’s events and families are looking out for them and talking about them.
On 31[st] October 2024 Impact Thame ran another successful Lighten Up Party for 4’s to 11s. Team from across the town and surrounding villages came together to put on a very successful event for 120 children, with their parents staying to enjoy the evening. This year we also ran a Youth Lighten Up Party which ran on after the younger party, and which was attended by around 20 young people.
- We ran a Zoom Launch in March laying out our plans for our Holiday Club to run from 23[rd] 25[th ] July 2025 based around three venues: St Mary’s Church Thame, Thame Barns Centre and the Thame Cricket field. The result of the increasing momentum behind Impact Thame is that 45 team members from across the churches came together to run our Holiday Club and give up to 120 children three fun-filled mornings (9.00-12.30). We ran all-together sessions based around Bible stories, where the children could learn, be involved, play games, sing, dance and have fun together. These themes were supported by crafts, reflections, a “chill zone”, sports and more, using a Space Theme as the backdrop to our teaching. We were delighted to welcome more young people onto our team as Junior Team members who helped in all areas of the Holiday Club. They were fantastic role models, as well as being hard working and energised team members.
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Financial review
The CIO had a deficit for the year of £380 (2024: £1,610 deficit) as the trustees continued their policy of using accumulated reserves to subsidise events in the year.
Total income amounted to £3,805 (2024: £3,631). Donation income has continued to grow, with gift income of £1,531 (2024: £1,169). In addition, the trustees were grateful for grants received from local churches of £1,200 (2023: £1,258).
There was total expenditure of £4,185 (2024: £5,241). The principal expenditure was for event expenses required to run Lighten Up Party and the Holiday Club. There was no expenditure on fundraising.
At 30th September 2025 the General Fund stood at £22,888 (2023: £24,498), which will be used to fund activities planned for 2024/25.
Reserves policy
The charity aims to apply income directly to its charitable purposes, whilst retaining sufficient available reserves to cover immediate operating expenses. The trustees consider it appropriate to carry reserves equivalent to eight to ten months’ operating expenditure.
Factors considered include the need to cover fluctuations in gift income and critical expenditure requirements to set up and prepare for annual events. The funds give the trustees scope to commit expenditure in advance of the voluntary income that those events generate.
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved this trustees’ report.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Susan M Civval, Trustee 14th November 2025
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Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Impact Thame
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Impact Thame (the Charity) for the 12 months ended 30 September 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Charity, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent Examiner’s Statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Gordon M Taylor ACMA Retired 1, Cheshire Road, THAME, OX9 3LQ
20th October 2025
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Receipts and payments accounts
| For the period from |
For the period from |
For the period from |
1st October 2024 |
1st October 2024 |
To |
To |
30th September 2025 |
30th September 2025 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ £1,531 £1,200 £960 £114 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 |
Total funds to the nearest £ £1,531 £1,200 £960 £114 £0 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Gifts and donations | £1,531 | £0 | £0 | £1,531 | £1,169 | ||||
| Grants | £1,200 | £0 | £0 | £1,200 | £1,258 | ||||
| Bank interest | £960 | £0 | £0 | £960 | £1,089 | ||||
| Sales | £114 | £0 | £0 | £114 | £115 | ||||
| £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
£3,805 |
£0 | £0 | £3,805 | £3,631 | ||||
| £0 £0 |
£0 £0 |
£0 £0 |
£0 £0 |
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| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||||
| £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||||
| Sub total | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| £3,805 | £0 | £0 | £3,805 | £3,631 | |||||
| Activities | £3,077 | £0 | £0 | £3,077 | £4,296 | ||||
| Administration and support | £675 | £0 | £0 | £675 | £678 | ||||
| Advertisingand Promotion | £247 | £0 | £0 | £247 | £108 | ||||
| Insurance | £148 | £0 | £0 | £148 | £131 | ||||
| Governance | £38 | £0 | £0 | £38 | £28 | ||||
| £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||||
| £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||||
| Sub total | £4,185 | £0 | £0 | £4,185 | £5,241 | ||||
| £0 £0 |
£0 £0 |
£0 £0 |
£0 £0 |
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| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||||
| £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||||
| Sub total | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| £4,185 | £0 | £0 | £4,185 | £5,241 | |||||
| (£380) | £0 | £0 | (£380) | (£1,610) | |||||
| £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||||
| £22,888 | £0 | £0 | £22,888 | £24,498 | |||||
| £22,507 | £0 | £0 | £22,507 | £22,888 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
B1 Cash funds
| f assets and liabilities at | f assets and liabilities at | the end of the period | the end of the period | the end of the period | the end of the period | the end of the period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signature Bank Accounts CCLA Deposit Fund Total cash funds |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ |
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| £515 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| £21,992 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| £22,507 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Date of approval Print Name |
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| S M Civval | ||||||
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