```
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1181886
```
## **`REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND`**
## **`FINANCIAL STATEMENTS`**
```
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021
```
## **`FOR`**
## **`STREATHAM CENTRAL CHURCH`**
```
Hartley Fowler LLP
Chartered Accountants
4th Floor Tuition House
27-37 St George's Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4EU
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STREATHAM CENTRAL CHURCH
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021
```
## **`CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS`**
|||**`Page`**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**`Report of the Trustees`**|`1`|`to`|`2`|
|**`Independent Examiner's Report`**||`3`||
|**`Statement of Financial Activities`**||`4`||
|**`Balance Sheet`**||`5`||
|**`Notes to the Financial Statements`**|`6`|`to`|`10`|
```
STREATHAM CENTRAL CHURCH
```
## **`REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES`**
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021`**
```
Thetrusteespresenttheirreportwiththefinancialstatementsofthecharityfortheyearended31August2021. The
trusteeshaveadoptedtheprovisionsofAccountingandReportingbyCharities:StatementofRecommended Practice
applicabletocharitiespreparingtheiraccountsinaccordancewiththeFinancialReportingStandardapplicableinthe UK
and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
```
## **`OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES`**
## **`Objectives and aims`**
```
TheobjectivesofthecharityaretheadvancementoftheChristianfaithinaccordancewiththebasisoffaith, primarily
butnotexclusivelywithinStreathamandthesurroundingneighbourhood;andsuchothercharitablepurposesasshall, in
the opinion of the charity trustees, put into practice the Christian faith in accordance with the basis of faith.
```
## **`Significant activities`**
```
Streatham Central Church was established to provide a church for the local community in Streatham and is
is continuing as such. It has seen steady growth and progress in teaching, community work and gospel outreach.
```
## **`Public benefit`**
```
Whenplanningouractivitiesfortheyear,thetrusteeshaveconsideredtheguidanceoftheCharityCommission in
relationtoprovidingpublicbenefitand,inparticular,thesupplementaryguidanceoncharitiesfortheadvancement of
religion.
```
## **`FINANCIAL REVIEW`**
## **`Financial position`**
```
Asummaryoftheincomeandexpenditurefortheyearandfinancialpositionattheyearendisprovidedinthe statement
of financial activities and balance sheet which form a part of these accounts.
```
## **`STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT`**
## **`Governing document`**
```
ThecharityisconstitutedasaCharitableIncorporatedOrganisation,governedbytheconstitutionadoptedby its
members on 6th February 2019 and approved by the Charity Commission on the same date.
```
```
Thecharityisgovernedbyitstrusteeswhoareappointedforatermofthreeyearsand,apartfromtheinitial trustees,
are elected by a vote of the existing trustees.
```
## **`REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS`**
## **`Registered Charity number`**
```
1181886
```
## **`Principal address`**
```
45 Pendennis Road
Streatham
London
SW16 2SR
```
## **`Trustees`**
```
P E Duckworth - Chair (appointed 11/1/21)
A D Bushell (resigned 22/7/21)
Rev A C Lyell
C Osborne
M D Watt (appointed 5/7/21)
```
## **`Independent Examiner`**
```
Hartley Fowler LLP
Chartered Accountants
4th Floor Tuition House
27-37 St George's Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4EU
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## **`REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES`**
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021`**
```
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 20 June 2022 and signed on its behalf by:
```
```
P E Duckworth - Trustee
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF
STREATHAM CENTRAL CHURCH
```
## **`Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Streatham Central Church`**
```
IreporttothecharitytrusteesonmyexaminationoftheaccountsofStreathamCentralChurch(theTrust)forthe year
ended 31 August 2021.
```
## **`Responsibilities and basis of report`**
```
AsthecharitytrusteesoftheTrustyouareresponsibleforthepreparationoftheaccountsinaccordancewith the
requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
```
```
IreportinrespectofmyexaminationoftheTrust'saccountscarriedoutundersection145oftheActandincarrying out
myexaminationIhavefollowedallapplicableDirectionsgivenbytheCharityCommissionundersection145(5)(b)of the
Act.
```
## **`Independent examiner's statement`**
```
Ihavecompletedmyexamination.Iconfirmthatnomaterialmattershavecometomyattentioninconnectionwith the
examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
```
`1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or`
`2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or`
`3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.`
```
Ihavenoconcernsandhavecomeacrossnoothermattersinconnectionwiththeexaminationtowhichattention should
be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
```
```
Jonathan Askew
ICAEW
Hartley Fowler LLP
Chartered Accountants
4th Floor Tuition House
```
```
27-37 St George's Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4EU
```
```
24 June 2022
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## **`STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021`**
|`Notes`
**`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS`**
**`FROM`**
`Donations and legacies`
**`Charitable activities`**
`Charitable activities`
**`Total`**
**`EXPENDITURE ON`**
**`Charitable activities`**
`2`
`Administration costs`
`Ministry costs`
`Staff housing costs`
`Other staff costs including`
`salaries and pensions`
`Supporting wider Gospel`
`ministries`
**`Total`**
**`NET`**
**`INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)`**
**`Transfers between funds`**
`9`
**`Net movement in funds`**
**`RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS`**
**`Total funds brought forward`**
**`TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED`**
**`FORWARD`**|`General`
`fund`
`Designated`
`Restricted`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`97,539`
`-`
`9,035`
`380`
`-`
`-`
`97,919`
`-`
`9,035`
`2,548`
`-`
`-`
`18,866`
`-`
`-`
`24,421`
`-`
`-`
`46,811`
`-`
`-`
`20,566`
`-`
`-`
`113,212`
`-`
`-`
`(15,293)`
`-`
`9,035`
`6,052`
`(6,052)`
`-`
`(9,241)`
`(6,052)`
`9,035`
`9,241`
`84,557`
`-`
`-`
`78,505`
`9,035`|`2021`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`106,574`
`380`
`106,954`
`2,548`
`18,866`
`24,421`
`46,811`
`20,566`
`113,212`
`(6,258)`
`-`
`(6,258)`
`93,798`
`87,540`|`2020`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`120,174`
`1,502`|
|---|---|---|---|
||||`121,676`
`11,271`
`20,134`
`21,905`
`49,480`
`6,304`|
||||`109,094`|
||||`12,582`
`-`|
||||`12,582`
`81,216`|
||||`93,798`|
```
The notes form part of these financial statements
```
```
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## **`STREATHAM CENTRAL CHURCH`**
## **`BALANCE SHEET`**
## **`31 AUGUST 2021`**
|`Notes`
**`CURRENT ASSETS`**
`Debtors`
`7`
`Cash at bank`
**`CREDITORS`**
`Amounts falling due within one`
`year`
`8`
**`NET CURRENT ASSETS`**
**`TOTAL ASSETS LESS`**
**`CURRENT LIABILITIES`**
**`NET ASSETS`**
**`FUNDS`**
`9`
`Unrestricted funds`
`Restricted funds`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`General`
`fund`
`Designated`
`Restricted`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`10,384`
`236`
`9,035`
`-`
`78,269`
`-`
`10,384`
`78,505`
`9,035`
`(10,384)`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`78,505`
`9,035`
`-`
`78,505`
`9,035`
`-`
`78,505`
`9,035`|`2021`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`19,655`
`78,269`
`97,924`
`(10,384)`
`87,540`
`87,540`
`87,540`
`78,505`
`9,035`
`87,540`|`2020`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`19,158`
`86,807`
`105,965`
`(12,167)`
`93,798`
`93,798`
`93,798`
`93,798`
`-`
`93,798`|
|---|---|---|---|
```
ThefinancialstatementswereapprovedbytheBoardofTrusteesandauthorisedforissueon20June2022and were
signed on its behalf by:
```
```
P E Duckworth - Trustee
```
```
The notes form part of these financial statements
```
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```
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021
```
## **`1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES`**
## **`Basis of preparing the financial statements`**
```
Thefinancialstatementsofthecharity,whichisapublicbenefitentityunderFRS102,havebeenprepared in
accordancewiththeCharitiesSORP(FRS102)'AccountingandReportingbyCharities:Statement of
RecommendedPracticeapplicabletocharitiespreparingtheiraccountsinaccordancewiththeFinancial Reporting
StandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland(FRS102)(effective1January2019)',Financial Reporting
Standard102'TheFinancialReportingStandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland'andthe Charities
Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
```
## **`Income`**
```
AllincomeisrecognisedintheStatementofFinancialActivitiesoncethecharityhasentitlementtothefunds,it is
probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
```
## **`Expenditure`**
```
Liabilitiesarerecognisedasexpenditureassoonasthereisalegalorconstructiveobligationcommitting the
charitytothatexpenditure,itisprobablethatatransferofeconomicbenefitswillberequiredinsettlement and
theamountoftheobligationcanbemeasuredreliably.Expenditureisaccountedforonanaccrualsbasisand has
beenclassifiedunderheadingsthataggregateallcostrelatedtothecategory.Wherecostscannotbe directly
attributedtoparticularheadingstheyhavebeenallocatedtoactivitiesonabasisconsistentwiththeuse of
resources.
```
## **`Taxation`**
```
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
```
## **`Fund accounting`**
```
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
```
```
Restrictedfundscanonlybeusedforparticularrestrictedpurposeswithintheobjectsofthecharity. Restrictions
arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
```
```
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
```
## **`Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits`**
```
Thecharityoperatesadefinedcontributionpensionscheme.Contributionspayabletothecharity's pension
scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
```
## **`2. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS`**
|`Administration costs`
`Ministry costs`
`Staff housing costs`
`Other staff costs including salaries and`
`pensions`
`Supporting wider Gospel ministries`|`Support`
`Direct`
`costs (see`
`Costs`
`note 3)`
`£`
`£`
`748`
`1,800`
`18,866`
`-`
`24,421`
`-`
`46,811`
`-`
`20,566`
`-`
`111,412`
`1,800`|`Totals`
`£`
`2,548`
`18,866`
`24,421`
`46,811`
`20,566`|
|---|---|---|
|||`113,212`|
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021
```
## **`3. SUPPORT COSTS`**
|**`SUPPORT COSTS`**||
|---|---|
||`Governance`|
||`costs`|
||`£`|
|`Administration costs`|`1,800`|
```
Includedingovernancecostsarefees(excludingirrecoverableVAT)of£1,500(2020-£1,500)for the
independentexaminationandpreparationofthefinancialstatements.Theexaminerwaspaidanadditional £280
(2020£379)forotheraccountingservices(excludingirrecoverableVAT),thesecostsbeingincluded in
administrative costs.
```
## **`4. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS`**
```
TheRevACLyell(thePastor,whoisalsoatrusteeofthecharity)receivedasalaryof£25,875(2020- £25,875)
togetherwithpensioncontributionsof£6,000(2020-£6,000)intheperiodandaccomodationwasprovided for
him at a cost of £24,420 (2020 - £21,905).
```
```
Such payments are permitted under the constitution of the charity.
```
```
No remuneration was paid to him in relation to his role as a trustee.
```
```
No other trustees received remuneration or benefits in kind from the charity.
```
## **`Trustees' expenses`**
```
Therewerenotrustees'expensespaidfortheyearended31August2021norfortheyear ended
31 August 2020.
```
## **`5. STAFF COSTS`**
```
No staff received remuneration in excess of £60,000 in the period,
```
```
The average number of employees during the period was 2 (2020 - 2).
```
## **`6. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`**
|**`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM`**
`Donations and legacies`
**`Charitable activities`**
`Charitable activities`
**`Total`**
**`EXPENDITURE ON`**
**`Charitable activities`**
`Administration costs`
`Ministry costs`
`Staff housing costs`
`Other staff costs including salaries and`
`pensions`
`Supporting wider Gospel ministries`
**`Total`**|`General`
`fund`
`Designated`
`Restricted`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`118,974`
`-`
`1,200`
`1,502`
`-`
`-`
`120,476`
`-`
`1,200`
`11,271`
`-`
`-`
`20,134`
`-`
`-`
`21,905`
`-`
`-`
`48,280`
`-`
`1,200`
`6,304`
`-`
`-`
`107,894`
`-`
`1,200`|`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`120,174`
`1,502`|
|---|---|---|
|||`121,676`
`11,271`
`20,134`
`21,905`
`49,480`
`6,304`|
|||`109,094`|
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```
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021
```
## **`NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`**
|**`6.`**|**`COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued`**|**`COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued`**|**`COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued`**|**`COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued`**|**`COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued`**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||`General`||||`Total`|
|||`fund`|`Designated`||`Restricted`|`funds`|
|||`£`|`£`||`£`|`£`|
||**`NET INCOME`**|`12,582`||`-`|`-`|`12,582`|
||**`RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS`**||||||
||**`Total funds brought forward`**|`(3,341)`|`84,557`||`-`|`81,216`|
||**`TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD`**|`9,241`|`84,557`||`-`|`93,798`|
|**`7.`**|**`DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR`**||||||
||||||`2021`|`2020`|
||||||`£`|`£`|
||`Prepayments and accrued income`||||`19,655`|`19,158`|
|**`8.`**|**`CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR`**||||||
||||||`2021`|`2020`|
||||||`£`|`£`|
||`Taxation and social security`||||`805`|`632`|
||`Other creditors`||||`9,579`|`11,535`|
||||||`10,384`|`12,167`|
|**`9.`**|**`MOVEMENT IN FUNDS`**||||||
||||`Net`||`Transfers`||
||||`movement`||`between`|`At`|
|||`At 1/9/20`|`in funds`||`funds`|`31/8/21`|
|||`£`|`£`||`£`|`£`|
||**`Unrestricted funds`**||||||
||`General fund`|`9,241`|`(15,293)`||`6,052`|`-`|
||`Planting contributions`|`84,557`|`-`||`(6,052)`|`78,505`|
|||`93,798`|`(15,293)`||`-`|`78,505`|
||**`Restricted funds`**||||||
||`Restricted income - general`|`-`|`9,035`||`-`|`9,035`|
||**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`93,798`|`(6,258)`||`-`|`87,540`|
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021
```
## **`9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued`**
```
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
```
|`Incoming`|`Resources`|`Movement`|
|---|---|---|
|`resources`|`expended`|`in funds`|
|`£`|`£`|`£`|
|**`Unrestricted funds`**|||
|`General fund`
`97,919`|`(113,212)`|`(15,293)`|
|**`Restricted funds`**|||
|`Restricted income - general`
`9,035`|`-`|`9,035`|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS`**
`106,954`|`(113,212)`|`(6,258)`|
|**`Comparatives for movement in funds`**|||
||`Net`||
||`movement`|`At`|
|`At 1/9/19`|`in funds`|`31/8/20`|
|`£`|`£`|`£`|
|**`Unrestricted funds`**|||
|`General fund`
`(3,341)`|`12,582`|`9,241`|
|`Planting contributions`
`84,557`|`-`|`84,557`|
|`81,216`|`12,582`|`93,798`|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS`**
`81,216`|`12,582`|`93,798`|
|`Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:`|||
|`Incoming`|`Resources`|`Movement`|
|`resources`|`expended`|`in funds`|
|`£`|`£`|`£`|
|**`Unrestricted funds`**|||
|`General fund`
`120,476`|`(107,894)`|`12,582`|
|**`Restricted funds`**|||
|`Restricted income - general`
`1,200`|`(1,200)`|`-`|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS`**
`121,676`|`(109,094)`|`12,582`|
```
Contributionsreceivedtoassistwiththeestablishmentofthechurchhavebeencreditedtoaseparate designated
(Plantingcontributions)reservewhichwillnowbeusedaspartofthedaytodayrunningofthechurch as
established.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021
```
## **`10. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES`**
```
Exceptasnotedaboveinrelationtotrusteeremunerationandbenefitstherewerenorelatedparty transactions
for the year ended 31 August 2021 nor for the period ended 31 August 2020.
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