Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 01/01/2024 To 31/12/2024
Charity name: The Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Ipswich Church
Charity registration number: 1184609
Objectives and Activities
The Potter’s House is a Christian organisation dedicated to the service of God and sharing the love of Jesus with the community around us.
Public meetings are held to encourage attendees in their Christian faith and providing invaluable social contact.
Achievements and Performance
Potters House Ipswich registered as a CIO 1184609 on 25 July 2019, previously operating as Registered Charity 1153363.
The church continues to provide a haven for church members and visitors, while encouraging them in their Christian faith and providing friendship and emotional support.
Financial Review
Our congregation has continued to give faithfully and were able to assist the Norwich church in supporting a new church in Vietnam. The current and savings accounts remain at a healthy level.
Structure, Governance and Management
The Potters House Ipswich is governed by the Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, dated 10 March 2019.
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | The Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Ipswich Church |
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| Other name the charity uses | PottersHouse,Ipswich |
| Registered charity number | 1184609 |
| Charity’s principal address | The Meeting Place Community Centre Limerick Close Ipswich IP1 5LR |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Hixson | Chair | |||
| Ruth Hixson | Secretary | |||
| Travis Long | ||||
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
| Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
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| Eddie Hixson | ||
Chair |
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| 19/10/25 | ||
| 19/10/25 |
| No (if any) | ||
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| 1184609 Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Ipswich |
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | |
| For the period from |
01/01/2024 31/12/2024 To |
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 17,670 89 - - - - - - 17,759 - - - 17,759 6,163 8,300 286 600 199 389 418 2,298 614 19,267 - - |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 17,670 89 - - - - - - 17,759 - - - 17,759 6,163 8,300 286 600 199 389 418 2,298 614 19,267 - - |
Last year to the nearest £ |
| Offerings | 17,670 | 21,327 | |||
| Interest | 89 | 1 | |||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
17,759 | 21,328 | |||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | |||||
| - | - | ||||
| Sub total | - | - | |||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 21,328 | |||||
BuildingRent |
6,163 | 5,138 | |||
| Donations | 8,300 | 8,960 | |||
| Books | 286 | 90 | |||
| Conferences | 600 | 913 | |||
| Equipment Purchases & Repair | 199 | 80 | |||
| Insurance | 389 | 378 | |||
| Printing& Advertising | 418 | 153 | |||
| Events | 2,298 | ||||
| Runningcosts | 614 | 764 | |||
| 19,267 | 16,476 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| - | |||||
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
26/10/2025
| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total payments | 19,267 | - | - | 19,267 | 16,476 | ||||||
| Net of receipts/(payments) | - 1,508 | - | - | - 1,508 | 4,852 | ||||||
| A5 | Transfers between funds | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| A6 | Cash funds last year end | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Cash funds this year end | - 1,508 | - | - | - 1,508 | 4,852 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
26/10/2025
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |
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| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B3 Investment assets |
Savings Details Current Account Petty cash Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 917 6,228 11 7,156 Agreement Error Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| OK | ||||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
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| - | ||||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | - | |||
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| - | - |
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
26/10/2025
3
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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| Fund to which | Amount due | When due | |||||||
| Details | liability relates | (optional) | (optional) | ||||||
| None | - | ||||||||
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| Signature | Name | Date of approval |
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| Ruth | Hixson | 19/10/2025 | |||||||
CCXX R4 accounts (SS)
26/10/2025
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