Charty R•gl•trthn No. 1112303
GORDON ROAD EVANGELICAL CHURCH
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Caladine
Chortered Cerlified Accountanls

GORDON ROAD EVANGELICAL CHURCH
CONTENTS
Report to the Churth C￿￿mIl
Inde￿ndent Examlners Rwt
Slthnert ofAssets aThd Lkbllllles Note8 kn ￿#￿nts

GORDON ROAD EVANGELICAL CHURCH
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REPORT OF THE CHURCH COMMITTEE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2023
Th• Church Crxnmillee have F4ea5ure In thdr ReP￿t and Iho annual financlal Jt8tements
fix the yewwded 31 Oec•nber 2023.
The Church regISte￿d a5 a Charity on 4 March 2019. The Church's Govemlng Do￿rnent slates that
e charty Is e$￿Il$heA1 for the advancement of the Chrithn reh9￿ as revealed In the Staternent
of Faith contained ¥￿thin the Goveming D￿rnenr.
As such, the Churti Is only invofved In ono xb¥ty, the thwicement rf the rellgicffi.
Thwelore, In Ihe context of the SORP FRS 1￿ Yequirement to anaty3e fyur88 over acl¥ltk•s.
prqeGls or ser¥kes. Ihè Churth's Flnwdal statern￿ refiecaiust thls slngle xli¥tty.
During 2023 the Church held ifs usual rnomi￿ and ebwlng servtes ￿thITr the Church kxjildlng. We
also streamed both servw on Sern￿n AudK) Wrth many peopbe from different parts of the worfd
tuning In to wat(*. (￿r wayer meets)gs contrued b) tske p*8 in thè Church on Thursday evenings
and *so Zoom for those who rnnncrt al￿d in par8￿. We have encouraged vith some
increased num1￿￿ during the yew.
The Church ¢￿tinUeS to supwrt if$ ChrL811•) MIsSK￿ dwtses Ind￿￿￿ Cwe Sri Lanka and Open Alr
MiSsk￿.
Publlc benofft &
The Chanty h8$ provtded pubfic benefft by athering è) ts ot4eth¥es and ¢w￿n9 (Art Iho
rele￿ed to in this Re￿￿ The advancernent of the ChD$ti￿ Telyion in axonlarKe Yh7th the Churth'j
Goveming Document brings wimanty spirrlu81 beneffts but *so Moral and ones. Fry rnany.
attending for Christsan *rrship and the varicAts nwetiNJs organi5ed by Ihe Church wlll have
etemal benefft through the sawion of thw souls, is an immeasurably greater bEnefit Ihan
anything that ¢w be gi¥en in this *Y)rfd. In •ldllkn, h* arKI en￿￿Tage￿￿t for daHy IMrwJ *ill be of
grnat spirknal benefft too.
We (xn measure impact by Ihe many arKI varkd exF*essions of thankfu1r￿S that receive,
sometimes telllrwJ of a person ¥tho has been saved through hearing th? preaching and attending the
various rneelings opwated ty Ihe Church. H￿￿￿, eternty and the day of ludgement V•ill reveal
the true benefil wd Impact ofthe Church*
Fhianclal
The Church received c&h re(*lpts ar￿Untrig to £52.581 {2022: £55.4131 and m*le cash payments of
£28,588 (2(r22: £15.2251, re￿rd￿)g w overall cash surplus of £25,993 {2022'. surplus of £40.188)
during the year. At 31 Decembef 2023 cash funds *nOun￿ ts) £151,207 (2(Y22: £125.214).
prlncipal Sources of fundlry Is member8 *AtKJ gernrrwsty gMI lo SUN￿rt the of tt
Church in 8e8ktng to meet Its chartl*Ae o¥eclvei.
Our current reseNe• policy 18 to hold un￿tr￿ted reser￿ that are at least equal to three months
cpernlk+nal eXw)dI￿r•. Wo thank God that (￿r ￿￿ent lavel of resepm are hlgher than th18.

GORDON ROAD EVANGELICAL CHURCH
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REPORT OF THE CHURCH COMMirrEE (copillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
rch offlc•rn
The Church Officers 8wved dull￿ tr* ￿￿8...
Mrs M Tyler
Mr G Donatd8on
Mr M Tyler
Trea8urer
Elder and Secre
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Mr C Leyshon
Ind• •nd•nt Examln
The Church Independent 55 C J FCA FCCA Caladlne Lrmrted, Chanty
On behafi of tho Church
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Gordon Ro•J
Hailsham
East Sussex
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GORDON ROAD EVANGELICAL CHURCH
INDEPENDEKf EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF GORDON ROAD
EVANGELICAL CHURCH
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2023
I reFwJt io the dwrlty trustees my examinab'¢)n of the a¢￿Unts of GrKth) Road EvJylical church
Charw) ts the year ended 31 Decemb¥2023, are set tyjt on wes 4 to S.
RMpon•lbllltl•8 and b•818 of rnport
As Ihe trustee8 of tre Chaflty >•)U ore ￿s￿￿s￿le ts the of the accounts in aC￿rd￿¢0 wllh the
reqUirem￿ts of the Chamies kt 20111Ihe Acr).
I report in respect of my examlnatkm of the Chwws a(xwnts cThd out under s•*n 145 of Iho 2011 P
ond In catyng (xrt my examination I have folki*ed all the applK¥bl8 Direckns glven by ￿ Charity
Commi￿lon under Secti￿ 145(5Xb) of Ihe Act
Indep￿d•nt •xarnlnoes •tat•m
I have compknted my examin*1￿. I corrflnn that fflatsrol rnatters have ts) my attentlon n c4)Mectloft
th the examination glving cause to be[￿e that in wy m*ial respect
(1) accountirq rec(xds not kept in re$￿t￿the Ch* as required by 8ecliryi 130 of the or
(2) the accounts do rK* xcord those recuts.
(3) the accounts do not *ith the a￿￿table requirements cryKernlry im fcffii content ol
a￿Ounts set out in the Chaiilie6 (fva*unts and Repc*ts) Regulations 2Q08 other than any
requirement that the acc￿nts gi¥e a ￿Ye ¥KI fair FS nrA a rn8￿r cutsklered as part of an
I have no o)n¢xms and have clyne xrnss no otrw matters in conrethn With the examlnation to TAfilch
attention sho￿d bè drawn in this reF#Yt in (Ydér kn enable a underslanding of the accounts to be
C J Dadjwdl FCA FCCA DChA
Caladine Limited
Chartered Cerbfiad
Chanty Hou8e, 22 UPPert￿ Rood
Easlbfft. BN21 18F
Date: 28th October 2024

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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT- GENERAL FUND
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2023
2022
RECEIPT
Offerings
Legacy
Gift aid repaymènts
Interest received
25,042
21.379
4.122
2.038
21.455
33.800
158
52.581
55.413
PAYME
Gifts to mission a￿¢
Speakers fees
Semion audto expens
Social
Cleanlng
Repairs and maintsnwce
Insurance
Rates and utilities
Ladtes fellowship
Gifts and donati
Websile
Telephone, Intemet and IT
untsncy and Independent exwntr
Bank charges
Mis¢ellaneou8
10.147
7.070
2.240
5,969
492
42
1.>27
1.074
1.087
3.013
1.005
1,669
175
385
175
811
750
101
In
559
683
792
232
Total paymen18
26.588
15,225
Nat ￿￿IPts l (p•ym•nts)
Cash fvnds brought forward 1 January 2023
Cmh fund4 c•rrf•d forw•rd 31 D•e•mbor 2023
25.993
40.188
125,214
85.026
151,207
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STATEMENT OF ASSEfs AND LIABIUTIES
AS A T 31 DECEMBER 2023
22
NEfARY ASSErs
Cash at B￿k- HSBC
Cash Baances
151.
125,071
143
143
151.207
125,214
DEBTORS
Gift Ad claim a￿Ued
4,122
UABIUTIE8
792
Approved on ljehaif of Ihe Tntstee&"
Mrs M Tl*r
Tr•Mur•r
Eld•r
Data: £¢+1 IDI toL¢K .
NOTES TO THE AccouKrs
The Finandal Stalements have been wepwal on • re¢*pts and payments basis in *X0rd￿Ce ￿1th
Sectim 133 of the Chaftties Pd 2011.
Mr G Donald8on received weathlrvd fees tolalliThJ £670 (21Y22: £960)