## Whybridge Christian Fellowship Church
Report and Accounts Year ended 31st December 2023
1 Lamb's Passage, London EC1Y 8AB www.stewardship.org.uk
## **WHYBRIDGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH**
## **LEGAL & ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE|ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE|141 Rainham Road|
|---|---|---|
|||Rainham|
|||Essex|
|||RM13 7RB|
|GOVERNING DOCUMENT||CIO Association Registered 02 July 2019|
|CHARITY REGISTRATION|NUMBER|1184220|
|CHURCH LEADERS||P Barker|
|||L Shu|
|||E Danquah|
|||F Ambe|
|||R Odusote|
|BANKERS||Barclays Bank plc|
|ACCOUNTANTS||Stewardship|
|||1 Lamb's Passage|
|||London|
|||EC1Y 8AB|
||**INDEX**||
|Page 1|Legal & Administrative Details||
|Pages 2 - 3|Trustees' Report||
|Page 4|Accountants' Report||
|Page 5|Receipts and Payments Account||
|Page 6|Statement|of Assets & Liabilities|
|Pages 7 - 8|Notes to the Accounts||
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## **WHYBRIDGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
The Trustees have pleasure in submitting the Report and Accounts for the period ended 31 December 2023.
## **Objects of the charity**
The charity, which is a church, is governed by a constitution and is constituted as a charitable incorporated organisation. The charity's principal objects, as set out in its governing document, are:
a) to advance the Christian faith primarily, but not exclusively within Rainham, Essex and the surrounding neighbourhood
b) to put into practice the Christian faith including but not limited to: the prevention and relief of need, hardship and sickness; the advancement of education; and the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals with the object of improving their conditions of life.
## **Summary of the charity's main activities and achievements**
To further the above objects and vision, the charity's main activities and achievements during the period when it was operational as a Trust were as follows:
To hold regular meetings for the furtherance of the Christian faith and the community of believers who worship at Whybridge.
To allow other associations to use the building for the benefit of local people.
To use digital media and our website to spread our work locally and worldwide and to provide details of other Christian organisation for the benefit of others
During 2023 the church Sunday morning service was able to take place every Sunday.
One flower arranging group continued to meet on Wednesday once a month.
We continued to maintain our church website Whybridgecfchurch.org from which people make contact with us resulting in some have joined the church. We maintain our links to various Christian charities to assist our influence being worldwide. We upload our Sunday Sermons on the website for people to listen to worldwide and we receive knowledge of people from other nations taking the opportunity to listen to our ministry.
We continued to maintain our WhatsApp group where our Sunday ministry is uploaded to enable continued fellowship for people both members of the church and other supporters outside the church.
We maintain our Tuesday meeting for coffee, prayer, chat and bible study. Study sheets are prepared on a monthly basis so people can take them home and complete answers to all the questions so we can discuss them when we meet.
We maintain our Friday evening prayer meeting.
We continued our Sunday School and were encouraged by sustained numbers.
Our Trustee and church member commenced working for a Christian Charity Lifeline working in coordination with social services. She began a weekly coffee morning at Whybridge to assist parents with concerns over their children
On 24[th] September we held our annual Harvest Festival and celebration tea where Keith White of Mill Grove Christian children’s home preached. On Tuesday a group took the harvest produce to Mill Grove (as is our usual custom).
In planning the activities the Trustees have applied the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission.
## **Financial review**
During this year the charity received £20,185 income (2022: £23,723). The expenditure for the year was £16,346 (2022: £34,004) which resulted in a surplus for the year of £3,839 (2022 Deficit £10,281). At the end of the year, the funds held by the charity were £91,477 (2022: £87,638) of which £NIL (2022: £26) were restricted in purpose.
## **Reserves policy**
The trustees have determined that the charity should aim to hold unrestricted cash of no less than £5,000 (which equates to about 2 months' of unrestricted expenditure) so that the charity could continue to operate should income and / or expenditure vary adversely. At the year end, the charity held unrestricted cash of £91,477 and therefore charity is complying with its reserves policy as well as holding additional funds for future mission.
## **Responsibilities of trustees**
Charity law requires us as Trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year which record the receipts and payments of the charity for the year.
We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011.
We also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities.
## **Approval**
This report was approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:
## P Barker
………………………………………………………..
P Barker
Date: 2 July 2024
## **ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF**
## **WHYBRIDGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH**
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Charities Act 2011, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Whybridge Christian Fellowship Church for the year ended 31st December 2023 as set out on pages 5 to 8 from the accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.
This report is made solely to the Trustees of the charity, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of the charity and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Trustees of the charity. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and its Trustees as a body for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that the charity has kept adequate records and to prepare statutory accounts that meet the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 for the charity. You consider that the charity is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year and is eligible to prepare ‘Receipts and Payments’ accounts.
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or review of the accounts of the charity. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory accounts.
## Stewardship
Stewardship 1 Lamb’s Passage London EC1Y 8AB
Dated: 3 July 2024
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## **WHYBRIDGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|Notes
**_Income receipts_**
Donations, legacies and grants
Gift aid receipts
Rental Income
Flower Club
Other
Bank Interest
**_Total receipts_**
**_Payments_**
2
**_Total payments_**
Transfers between funds
**Net movement in funds**
Funds Brought forward
4
**Cash funds at this year end**
A
Net of receipts / (payments) before
transfers
Payments in relation to charitable
activities|General
Designated
Funds
Funds
£
£
15,151
-
331
-
3,534
-
240
-
215
-
715
-
20,185
-
16,155
-
16,155
-
4,030
-
(165)
3,865
-
12,647
74,965
16,512
74,965
Unrestricted|Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
191
191
(191)
165
(26)
26
-|2023
£
15,151
331
3,534
240
215
715
20,185
16,346
16,346
3,839
-
3,839
87,638
91,477|2022
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||13,958
3,846
5,190
450
207
73|
|||||23,723|
|||||34,004|
|||||34,004|
|||||(10,281)
-|
|||||(10,281)
97,919|
|||||87,638|
The notes on pages 7 - 8 form part of these accounts.
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## **WHYBRIDGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|Notes
**A**
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank with immediate access
Cash Float
**B**
**Other monetary assets**
Gift aid due to charity
Other debtors
**C**
**Liabilities**
Fee for Independent Examination
Accrued expenses
Payment to former pastor
**D**
**Assets retained for charity's own use**
_*_
Freehold Church Building
_*_
Freehold Manse
Equipment|General
funds
£
16,189
323
**16,512**
366
-
**366**
840
2,576
-
**3,416**
Unrestricted|Designated
funds
£
74,965
-
**74,965**
-
**-**
-
-
-
**-**|Restricted
funds
£
-
-
**-**
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
**-**|2023
£
91,154
323
**91,477**
366
-
**366**
840
2,576
-
**3,416**|2022
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||87,338
300|
||||||**87,638**|
||||||331
348|
||||||**679**
|
||||||960
709
1,500|
||||||**3,169**
|
||||||Current
value
2023
£|
||||||558,107
473,811|
||||||53,122|
|||||||
||||||1,085,040|
* The trustees have used insurance values as an approximation for current values; insurance values may differ materially from current values.
## **E Guarantees and secured debts**
The charity has not given any guarantees and has not provided its assets as security for any liabilities.
Except where indicated from the statement of receipts and payments or above, all the assets and liabilities are in respect of the charity’s unrestricted funds
The accounts were approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf
by
## P Barker
date
## 2 July 2024
--------------------------------------------------------
P Barker
The notes on pages 7 - 8 form part of these accounts.
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## **WHYBRIDGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **1 Accounting policies**
The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis and comprise a statement that shows the charity's receipts and payments, a statement that summarises the charity's assets and liabilities and related notes. The accountancy profession have determined that only accounts prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards present a 'true and fair' view and, as these receipts and payments accounts have not (and cannot) be prepared in accordance with accounting standards, these accounts do not present (and are not intended to present) a 'true and fair' view of the charity's financial activities and state of affairs.
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Restricted funds are donations which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors; they include donations received from appeals for specific activities or projects.
|Unrestricted Funds
General
Restricted
funds
Funds
£
£
**ments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly**|Unrestricted Funds
General
Restricted
funds
Funds
£
£
**ments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly**|Unrestricted Funds
General
Restricted
funds
Funds
£
£
**ments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly**|Total
2023
£|Total
2022
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
|
Employment Costs
Church & Manse Utilities (inc Council Tax)
Insurance
Support services
Ministry activities
Maintenance of Church Grounds
Maintenance of buildings & equipment
Benevolent Fund
Independent examination
Grants Paid to Charitable Organisations
Legal Costs
Equipment
Other costs|
1,500
6,111
1,835
568
140
-
2,272
-
960
320
-
473
1,977
16,155|-
-
-
-
-
-
-
191
-
-
-
-
-
191|1,500
6,111
1,835
568
140
-
2,272
191
960
320
-
473
1,977
16,346
|17,550
5,837
1,286
1,047
350
2,021
574
330
900
310
330
2,554
915|
|||||34,004|
## **2 Payments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly**
|**3**
**Grants paid in relation to charitable activities undertaken by others**
Grants for:
Overseas mission
-
Relief of poverty
320
320|-
-
-|-
320
320|-
310|
|---|---|---|---|
||||310|
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## **WHYBRIDGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **4 Movement of funds**
|Unrestricted Fund
General Fund
Designated Fund
Projects Fund
Restricted Fund
Benevolent Fund
Total Funds|Balance
at 1.1.2023
£
12,647
12,647
74,965
74,965
26
26
87,638|Receipts
£
20,186
20,186
-
-
-
-
20,186|Payments
£
(16,155)
(16,155)
-
-
(191)
(191)
(16,346)|Transfers
£
(165)
(165)
-
165
165
-|Balance
at 31.12.2023
£
16,512|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||16,512|
||||||74,965|
||||||74,965|
||||||-|
||||||-|
|||||||
||||||91,477|
The Benevolent Fund was created to give gifts to individuals in need. The transfer from the General fund is to support payments made from this fund during 2023.
The Projects Fund was created by the Trustees to designate funds received from the Fellowship Property Trust during
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