SHEPPEY EVANGELICAL CHURCH Charity Number: 1183796 Start of Financial Year.. 151 July 2024 End of Financia5 Year.. 30th June 2025 Goveming Instrument.. CIO Association ConstFlution Correspondence Address: Sheppey Evangelical Church. Warden Bay Road, Leysdown-on-sea. Sheerness, Kent ME12 4NA Bankers." Barclays Bank, Sittingbourne TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 301h JUNE 2025 MISSION STATEMENT Sheppey Evangelical Church exists to worship, grow as disciples and share the good news of Jesus Christ. OBJECTS F THE CIO Sheppey Evangelical Church was founded in the 1980's. Historically Sheppey Evangelical Church was parl of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, (Charity No. 232674), up until it became a CIO in July 2019 (Charity No.1183796). The Trustees are responsible for the legal oversight of Sheppey Evangelical Church. The Church is under the Spiritual oversight of the Pastor, Trevor Jones, and the Church Leadership Team. ACTIVITIES In July and August 2024, the United Beach Mission were once again able to send a full team to Leysdown. SEC provides free accommodation and full use of SEC premises to enable the UBM to work on Leysdown beach with families of holiday makers. In September SEC held a baptism seNice on the beach at Leysdown for a member of the church. This was a great opportunity to witness to a large number of people out enjoying the sun and the sea. Just before Christrnas the church produced a Nativity Seniice which featured a puppet show for the first time. This proved to be very popular and was well attended. In January one of the Leadership Team started running a monthly Men's meeting called Stronger Together. This has consisted of a variety of activities induding food and walks, and has provided an opportunity to offer mutual mental-health support in challenging times. Men from outside the SEC MmUnity have also been taking part. The usual Easter services took place at SEC during April. Once again members of SEC took part in a march of witness carying a large Cross from Eastchurch to
Minster Abbey. There they came together with two other large crosses used as part of a Go¢)d Friday Churches Together in Sheppey church service. Particularly noteworthy was thè open-air sunrise seryice held at the beach on Easter morning followed by cooked breakfast in the church building, leading into a family Easter celebration service. Trevor continued to visit the Island Resid8ntial Home. This has become a special time where Trevor is ablo to share a shori seryice arKI comrnunion with around 10 people in attendan each month. During the year the weekly meetings known as Lrfe Group have continued to flourish taking place in a variety of homes around the Island. In May links were strengthened with other churches on the Island when a nurnber of people from SEC helped oaniSe and participate in a worship service held at Strfxje Crescent Church in Sheerness. SEC was visited on ph and 81h of June by Janet O'shea. the President of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion. She outlined her work with the Sierra Leone Misson during a Beetle Drive evening and then the Sunday service. Altogether a sum of £1000 was raised for the work in Sierra Leone. The Pastor established contact with the Headteacher of St. Clemenys Primary School during the summer tetm in 2025. This is school local to the church and allowed students the opportunity to visit SEC as part of their RE curriculum. During the Spring and Summer of 2025, the Pastor. helped by a few others, successfully had a church clear out and then managed to extend and modemise the krtchen. This was much needed and has been incredibly useful for the orFgoing lrfe of the church. Overall, the year has been a time of real blessing for the church. New visitors are often a feature of Sundays, several of whom have gone on to join the church family. Sharing food and friendship together has become an important part of lrfe at SEC, whether it's Sunday roast at the local pub, BBQ'S in various homes, pizzas at the beginning of midweek worship services or men sharing breakfast on a Saturday morning. Sierra Leone Mission Sheppey Evangelical Church supports financially, in prayer, and with friendship, the woth of the Sierra Leone Mission. The Church continued to raise funds for the orphanage, Medical Centre and schools out there. SEC also organised approximately 60 shoe-bags filled with toys and basic items such as toothbrush and t-shirts, which were sent over to Sierra Leone in time for Christmas. HOW THE CHARITY OPERATES The Charity does not, itself, own any buildings. The Sheppey Evangelical Church building and the local Manse are owned by the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion
Trust (Charity No. 232674) and leased to the Sheppey Evangelical Church at a Peppercom RenL A part-time Pastor is employed for 20 hours per week by Sheppey Evangelical Church. The prevTOUS Pastor and his wife have sole occupalion of the Manse which is on the local estate in Warden Bay. Rent is paid monthly, ar Ihis is divided up between the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion and Shepp8y Evang81ical Church. In addition to the Pastor, the Church has four people on the Leadership Team who are unpaid. All volunteers Nvcyking within the Church programme are DBS checked rf they work vitth children and vulnerable adults. TRUSTEES AND ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE There are CUenty four Trustees, elected by the Church Members. each serving for a renewable temi of three years with no more than one Trustee retiring in any one year. Trustees can serve until they either resign or their temi ends without renewal. The Trustees comprise: Joe Gregory 4hair Janet Foord -Treasurer Peter RJ'ddle- Trustee Trevor Jones - Trustee The Trustees meet a minimum of three times each calendar year. FINANCIAL REVIEW The primary funding SoUrS for Sheppey Evangelical Church are the freewill giving of its members and attendees. Other income comes frorn HMRC Gift Aid tax repayments from UK taxpayers who sign the appropriate Gift Aid commitment. The Charity has restricted funds and unrestricted assets totalling £30827 in the year to 301h June 2025. As income for the financial year exceeded £25000, an Independent Financial Review was carrbed out by Mrs Lucy Canham. She found everything to be accurate and up to date. (see attached report) RESERVES POLICY The Trustees, policy is to ensure that unrestricted reserves are sufficient for three months unrestricted expenditure at current costs. The Trustees will be making efforts during the coming year to maintain this level of unrestricted reserves. Restricted funds are available to cover emergency repairs and fund the upkeep of two buildings, the manse and the Church.
PUBLIC BENEFIT The Trustees agree that the work of the Church is in lin8 with the Charty Commissions. guidance on public benefit. Sheppey Evangelical Church is passionate about being a church filled to overflowing with the love of God, as seen through the life, death and resurrection of His Son Jesus. We are a church that encounters God together in our Spirit-led worship and try to live in a way which demonstrates the love of Jesus in our neighbourhood. The mission of Sheppey Evangelical Church is to glorify God through obedience to Jesus Christ. He has commanded us to believe in Him and love one another as He loved us. Sheppey Evangelical Church is a family of Christians in and around L8ysdown-on- Sea, but many travel from other parts of the Isle of Sheppey and Sittingbourne. The church is also visited by a number of holiday makers each year, sorne of whom regard SEC as their second thurch. STATEMENT OF FAITH Sheppey Evangelical Church is part of the Countess of Huntingdon Connexion. This was founded by Lady Selina, Countess of Huntingdon. during a season of revival that saw a dramatbc expansion of Gospel influence that transformed society on both sides of the Atlantic. The Countess welcomed all who would make the proclamation of their love for Jesus their priority and we are proud to remain in that tradition. Sheppey Evangelical Church is an active member of Churches Together In Sheppey. a support network of Christian churches on the Island who meet together 4 or 5 times a year for combined Christian services. Signed on behalf of the Trustees ...... ,,11/204
CHARITY COMMIS510 FOR ENSLANO ANO WAtE Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For thè p•rlod To 0110712024 Section A Receipt5 and pa ments Unr•$tricted nds to th• th•arvit Re5trictÈd lundty Endowment fvnth Total lunds Last ye3r lo th• n$1£ )th• ne•mst£ A1R Is 14.765 15,482 297 8.852 B¥nk IDbKSt HNIRC Gft 515 6.160 GTantsfrW COH Sub totsl(Gmss N)come 21.748 ARJ J2267 Sub total 32267 21,748 A3 Paymtnts 15.900 520 1.117 4.009 918 15JIKI 14205 1.117 3.688 4A25 274 1397 918 21Q 835 460 Sub tO¢al 24,134 24.134 25. A4 Assèt and inv*skn¢nt purchases,1see table) Sub totsi 24,134 24134 25.809 Net offrnPpayMents) 8,133 4,061 A6 Cash lunds last year ond Cash funds this year end 8.133 133 4.061
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrstri¢t•d h4nds nwret£ Restricled fvnd5 trn••Yesl£ funds èwest£ CatÈuorie$ Bl Cash funds Inwt 8ctyiJThl 2.0fj7 toun 12.015 1174$ rotd cash funds 14.OB2 16,7AS R•strict•d fvnd Endovm)•nt lund5 kn neaml£ r)pt2il Fundtowh Details Detsils B4 Assets retained for the ctwity's own use Fund to whi¢h rvlths Ivhen duo tional 85 Liablllties Sned byone QT hvo trusteesoTr behalf of all the truaees Signoture Piint Name Date of ov81 CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 20412026
Sheppey Evangelical Church INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT June 2025 l am pleased to report to TTustees of Sheppey Evangelical (huTch that I have completed my intemal audit on the chariVs records for year ending 30 June 2025 and have been able to complete the Annual Internal Audit ReporL Trustees should be aware that the audFt tests that l undertook during the audit cannot be relied on to identify the occasion31 omission or insignificant error, nor to disclose breaches of trust or statute, neglect or fraud which may have taken place whith it is the responsibility oftheTN5tees. As a sUIt of my audit and my discussions with Janet Foord. I was happy to conclude that there was no further questions. I would like to take this opportunity to thankjanet Foord for the assistance given to me in the conduct of the audit that took place on 22 April 2026. FINDINGS THIS VISIT: During the audit I carried out I concentrated on the opening and dosing bank statements corresponding back to the receipts & payments report and having access to the day to day transactions. I found all the financial records to be accurate and up to date. I found nothing in the minutes to indicate any issues around legal obligations. I have nothing further to report. Mrs Lucy Canham Independent Intemal Auditor 22 Aprll 2026