(lllrityr¥*ati￿ Nunh8r1184673 (Wand and W*)
YAPTON FREE CHURCH
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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YAPTON FREE CHURCH
LEGAL AND ADMINisfRATNE INFORMATION
Trustees
Mf G Serrrrfnbe
T N Hodson
Mr R Hawk5
ChartEy numbÈr IEi*iMI and Wale5)
1184613
Company nufflb¢r
CE018369
Walbertort Farm
yaptI￿ tsne
Walberton
AnJTrlel
Ereland
BN18 OAS
ori*r Read FCCA ACA
JamesTodd and Co ￿Mited
Lmon House
Drayton Lane
Chichester
England
P020 2EW
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YAPTON FREE CHURCH
CONTEN75
Intlependent examlnerfs report
Ststemert Df finandal aCH￿treS
Balance sheet
Notesto the finBnL7al statemert%
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YAPTON FREE CHURCH
TRusfEES' REpoiif (IP4CLUDING DIREcfoR'S REPORT)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The trL￿eeS pre5eTrttheir annual rewtand fi7Tranual statementststryrar eThled 31 Ma￿h 2025.
The financial swemefits hwe i*en pretwed kn acrowdano with the a￿-oU￿n8 T￿lieS set out in note I to the financial
StrteTDent5 at)d compfy with the char￿$ Eofftiing dcumenL the Comp3nTe5 Act 2006 arKI "Accounting and Rep)rting b¥
Charizle5: 5tatrfflert of Rewnmeoded Pr¥tTce applitablè to charities weparine their ac(x)urrts in aEco¥dance with the
FI￿ncIal ReportinE 5tsndard ap￿1￿ble ITr the VK and Republicof Ireland (FPS 102}" lÈfferti¥e I january 20191.
Obieciives ond xtt¥ilJes
Y3Pton Free ChuTth ao s govemed cons11tu￿ adooed 30 July 2019. tts obiectNesare:
advan￿ the Chrfstian faith in Yapton and in all the￿￿rkI.
elieve petsons in Co[￿ll1￿75 of need or hatdship,the ¥éd those 5uifeNEfrorn slckF*s5, and th¢ distress caused
thereby; and
. PFomote and fv1fi15uth ¢)thertharitsble pU￿benthaL tothe commui¥tyofYapxon. and worldwide.
p￿bIl¢ benefft
ThÈ tThtstees have paid due regard w guidantr issued bythe CharityComn¥ssion de(idln8 aCtNi[￿ the charity should
undert3kÈ.
Reviewof pyblk Lw
The Trustee5 have had due re￿1￿ to the a￿lty C(￿MiSS￿￿% general guidante on pubhc bonefft when reviewing the
Charft*s objecti¥¢5.
The trusiees Strong￿ ￿lieVe that the l￿dIng of SeThI￿ of worship of Grmj aTrJ the Lord Jesus Chrisi, preachirg and
expoundin8 the Word of God, the Bibl< holding dasse5 for the InStr￿tIon of adults and children in thÈ Word of God. and
promding arry oiher activities which will promote the Wklrd of God and leaj P￿p* to faith In the lord Jesus Christ as th@ir
Saviour isfor public benefiL
These conyittions lead people to an ipcreasod love and concem for the welfare Of others, tw)th in the bcal tcommunity attd
beyond,whith tsdemon5tsated by our wide rnngeof actmbes 3nd dubs. and welfare programEne
Sund*4 Meetings
This year again our weekly Sunday meeting5 have been weH attended. erther in Yapton will0￿ Hall or a marquee at the
Riverwood irTr Walbertttn. WibTant WOT5hip. Breat preathirg from YFC Memb￿ or reguLir vi5Ètlng S￿￿erS contribute to a
lively,friendly church atmosphe￿.
Each Sunday, there is kids dub for thildTOI 4nd edery second week a swiol meeting for the teenagers. foltowir4 our
joioed WOTshlp iime.
•Mdaythib
The last week of the big tert arTived at the IfiHa8E Green in Yapton fw ho￿￿￿¥ club. It Vla5 th¢ W year. Fv*lF pmo5.
musi¢ Bible stories, gunge tanks, quiztrs etL for ¢)ver 120 chitdren day. Teenagers and adults worked together o Create
an unfo¢Bettable time *or the chadren. A seniw (lilzens tea. youth actswt￿S.f8￿llyfr1end￿ filrn eveJI￿ and Sund• serwos
were also partthls >rtAU31 wt.
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TRUSfEES' REPORT (INCWDING DIRECTOR'S REPORn (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAIICH2025
pha
At the *inning of Apnl. we luan thjr Alph¥coutse of the [akndar￿r. thch rJn untiljuly. Eaeh yearwe three
Alpha course5,' one in spnn& one In s￿￿￿erand ODE Avbjrntt.
Atthe end of November we hosted ow Word and Splrlt C¢Nknre ￿th x**al guest speake[5 Tndud£n8 Ken Gott. S¥etoslav
Petrovand his famllw Theconferen￿￿o5 well attermled and greatty encouwyyto the churth and vi5ttor5 alike.
Trlps
In SEPtember Hugo and Hannek£ van Dr*1 returned to Mongojia wlth a small team. Hanneke liv@d the￿ for years
as a MI￿l0nary. It wa5 great io see thè work continue Lmder the leadership UF maTnty Mpngollan& We were abletD re(onneci
with thedtfferetst projects in Ulan Bator and Khenb and speak in seveTrl (hurch meet1r￿.
In October. several mèmborsof the Yfc JeadeThhiptsarn tra¥elled 10 B8nsko in P4Jl83riafora CTF Icatchthe Flrel ronfefence. It
s beneFicial for our leadership team to meet other sthor leadèrs from CTF. kjme of Ouf team then 8ttendÈd a larse
Bulgarian charJsTnoknc toThferente Én Plovdiv. All reallygood new ￿nn￿￿)ns.
Schooband outr¢ath
Since 1991 we￿e been ￿adIng livety a55ernblies In primary Xhools in ￿ arw. It beEan wth ￿PtOn COE primary s(*ooi in
1991. We now ¥tslt 15 local schools ¢yn a mortthly basi
The YFC youth club ¢rrin￿$ b) be Sk)PEdar arrthg the teeftagets in the vill•. Every Ftfd￿ e￿tIng from 7.30pm tin
S.30pm the OCB 15 a hub of acrivrty, wtb r4JoI tsbles, ttafL tsble te¥)n¢s. bakin& board games etc. ￿ring the evenlng the
yoitlh tonyegatefor 10 mints￿ to listen to a bTref tslk byarte otthe leaders ora vtsting 5pealer. Atime to rfect.
Every Wednesd•y afternoon. YFC rurs 8 fty)tball dub the Villy Green. Thwe a￿ a 14ular 8-10 alld som*inw5 gtr
whocome to enity a 8ood rutFBround stsrneadutt wpeTh]S¥￿.
Evary Wedr￿daY morrxng the OCB ￿ full of rn4wns land some dadsl and their toddler forthe parent and toddkn group. IYS
6￿8t meeting place for fjew pa¢ents. There Is toddler rt thvE ate sn<k5 and music and a happy. triendjy team of
helpers from YFCthat create a hornety eA¥ironment.
Prayer n*ings andhomegyoups
Wè have prtyer meet5nS5 on Tue5dof, Wedntsday and Thursday momine and a Prwr and Prafse evening every second
Tuesdav evening. Church rnember5 are aLso abre to join home youps 7*there they parbopate in Btble swity. fellowship an
wtsr5hip and receive pa5tor41 ca￿.
In 2023 we stsrted CoffefvCon#ect, a 6roup o¥et 65"s. that ￿ry Tuesday morning trom 10. 11 Church member5
and local pe* fffjrn the ￿lIage aitend, playire iThrd oames, coMp[￿nE PLdes and enjtyng a 8ood chat over 6 tea or
rinan¢iaF
It ts the wlicy ofthe Yaprpn FreE Churth to rnainiain wiyestrkt￿￿Nx¥ whKh *e f￿e reser￿ of the ¢harity. ata level whlch
provldes suffioent f￿ndS to co¥er three month5 mana8omen¢ 3dmini5trahon and supwn cc6ts, and which a150 enable ihe
Church to provide support to tho* in need* indudins M￿S1Onary scKietles and orpnisations 3s and when such need arises.
The fedurtion of incom@, refknts.vè of the CUfFent emnomfc climate. ha5 meant that the leyel OF ruerves are below what the
Tntstées would pref£r at present an(f the situation is boing kèpt under reRular revie￿ The budset for 2024125 jncludp5 3
contriburioft to a geTreral rese[¥efu￿j of £1,[1￿ e3th ￿endar morkth.
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YAPTON FREE CHURCH
TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCWDIN6 DIRECTOR'S REPORT) (CONTINUED}
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
k mana8ement
The Tnjstees have e¥amined the major strate8k. buslness and 0￿ratiOnal rfsks whkh the thafity faces and u)Thfirm that
SWerns have been estsblished to enablè re8ular rewjrts to be prc#YLKed. and raised * OUF re8uolr rneetin84 $0 that
necessary step5 can betak¢n on a tim* b45ts to lessen these rfsks.
The tru5t¢e5, who are atso the d1recto￿ fot the wrrAJSe olc(xnpary lty and who sen￿1 durtnB thè wr and up to thè date
of sl8nature of the ftnanaal Statements￿re.
hAr G S•rEombe
Mr N Hcpjson
Mr R Hawk5
Reernitrrenl and •ppolntment oltrwt••s
Appointrnent of Truma￿ ¢$ 8o¥*med ￿ the Triisr Deed of the charlty. The 8oJrd of Trv5tees IJ Juthorised to appolrt new
TrL*Stees to fill Va￿ncle5 arisin8 during theyear as a reSukglrest￿n tyt*ath of an emlthngtruttee.
Thetrustees, ieport was approwd bythe Boa￿ olTruoees.
Mr G Sercomb•
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YAPTON FREE CHURCH
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF YApfoN FREE CHURCH
I report to the trtsstees on nw ey3mFnat*)n of the fina￿d￿ stst•nents of YaptDn FTe• Chvrth (the tharftyl for the year endeil
31 March 2025.
As the trustees ofthe charfty land also d1￿Ctorsftrthe purposes of (￿rrf￿V lawl. you are ￿spOnsIble for the prep8rntlgn
oftheflnanual statements in acCo￿￿1th the requlrEmentsaf the CompaniesArt 20L
H•vlnz satlsfted m￿E￿I that the finandal statements rf the ¢h•rfty a￿ I￿t T•quFred to be a4thd unthr Part 16 of the
Companles Art 2(1)6 al￿ are eli8ible fry Inde￿ndent e>zmlnatitin. I rep)rt In respec¢ of my waMin￿10n of the charitfs
finantlal sktements Carr￿ out undv strtlon 145 of the Charths Act 2011. In carryir48 04rt my examlnathm I followed
th• DlrertlOnsg￿eTh by the Charlty Comml4on under gecrion 14515Mbl of the Charities Act 2011.
1ndeplnd•rt•￿￿1fi*#•1*t4rntrt
I have completed my examinaioon. I confimi that rm) m•t*rs ha* ￿rne to my attentlon In conneLtion wtth the éxamlnation
glvlnR me causeto believe that in any materSal respect:
accountin8 records were not ￿pt In resr*tt of the d￿rffy as reqi4red bysertlon 386 ofthe CwaTr5es Act 2W6.
the flnanclal statements do not accwd w￿h thos8 T9cords.' or
the flnancial statements do not comply wlth the a¢¢ouniire Yequirefflents of section 396 of the Companies Aci 2
olher thon any requlrÈment that the fina￿la1 statements a thje and falr wtdch k not a m*t•r CaAsbd¢red
part of an independentenrninaiion,. or
the financlal staternems have not beert p￿Pared In accordante wtth the rnmhots and prindples of the Statement of
ftecommended Prattl￿ for ￿)n￿n% and rew¢rng tharittes appllr4blè to charitles prÈp¥rfnN thèlr fin4nelal
ststemerts In #eco￿aN¢e withthe Fin•ndal RerK*tln8 Stsndard aWIc4ble In th• UK •nd R•pt4bltc L%f 1rd￿d IFR$ 1021.
I havè no concerns and come %ross no ¢)ther matters in tonneLtlon wlth the e￿mInakn to whkh attent*?n Should b•
drawn in thls report in orderto enable a Proper uThJerstsndkn8 otthe finandal statements to be reached.
ONwrR¢ad FCCAACA
James Todd & Co Llm
Drayton Mouse
Or4Vton Lane
Chl¢he5ter
West Sussex
P020 2EW
En813nd
0310212026
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YAPTON FREE CHURCH
STATEMENT OF FINANaAL AcllviTIES
INCWDING INCOME AND EXPENDrfuRE AccouKr
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Js
2024
20Z4
In¢ome frorn:
Donations and le8adÈS
Inv95Ments
155.235
18.481
31
173.716
113
448
14
14A71
135,919
23
Totsl lficom
155,317
18,512
173
121,462
14.480
135,942
Expendlture Dn:
Charlt4ble activlt
136.342
20,160
156.502
111545
13.340
125.885
T•l•l •xp¢nditiir•
136.342
20.160
156502
112,$45
13,340
125.885
P4•t IhcTh)*ll•Kp￿dh￿rn)
18.975
11.6481
17327
8,917
1,140
10,057
Transfer5 between funds
ILZ(Y)I
901
N¢t m¢>¥•m•nt In funts
17.775
17.327
8￿16
1041
ION57
Roconcllb•tlon otluftds:
Fund b¥lances at l Aprfl 2024
24.960
ILI54
36.114
16.944
9.113
26,057
bala￿•131 Marth 2025
41ns
io.
S3,441
24,960
IL154
36,114
The ststement of flnonci•l •tti¥itKs indudes all pins and 105E•5 Mtoanlsed ln thé )vr. AJI intome and expeTh4lbxe derive
from continuln8actMtle&
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BAIANCE SHEEr
ASAT31 MARCH 2025
Tan&ble assets
6.146
7,5
Debt0¥5
Cash 8t bankand in hand
12.145
42.761
22,789
19.CX)9
41,798
its.ig41
17.6111
47.29S
28.614
53.441
36.114
Thefvnds ofthètharliy
Restrirtod incomefunds
Unrestricted iuntts
10.7C6
42.735
ii.
Z4.960
53,441
36.114
ThÉ ccKnDany is Èntitled to the exemptth from thé audii roqusremènt rontainEd in s¥tion 477 ofll* Cornp4rHesA¢t 2006,
the year ended 31 March 21)25.
The d£rector atkntswled8es his re5p)nsibiltties for£omptyinE with the re9tyrnn*)ts otthe Compante5 2CK6 wrth respect to
attounting recordsand the prEpaMb)n Offi￿a￿￿1 Sta*￿￿&
The membe¥s h*p TN>t ¥eqUi￿1 the cornpany to obkin an aydtt of it5 hwLial Stater￿ for the year in q1￿$tion In
accordance Yith 5ettton 47&
Thesefinandal 5taternenES INive been prepa￿1 in aCcNdan￿ tyTrM"strJns ap￿iCab￿tO compafiiè5 subject to thè small
companies rwme.
The financial 51atements¥fft appTry4gJ bythetntsteeson....... .._..
MI G Sercombe
Cornpanyregistratton numberCE018369 IEnRLand Vlales)
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NOTES TO THE FINANaAL sfATEMEP¥fS (COKtINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
general
Donatlons and grfts
Other
136,408
18327
15.887
2594
152295
21.421
155235
18,481
173.716
Totsl
nts
Donat(ons and ￿ft5
OtheF
113,4M6
22.4n
20,610
1,$63
121.448
14.471
135.919
Indudestotal GiftAid redaimed OF £2L421 {2024- £Z2.0551.
funds
furrts
2024
2024
Inte￿st receryable
31
14
23
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YAPTON FREE CHURCH
NOTE5 TO THE FINANaAL ￿ATEmENts (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YE4R ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
rharttrb
ZQ25
2024
tfts
Salaries and national insurdnte
Youth and chlldren5' tAryxk
Mi5cellarwus tvsts
33,348
37.ysg
4,787
18,435
32.620
5,272
140
76m3
56,467
Support
Govern3ncÈ
75,544
4.935
64,243
5,175
156.50Z
125,885
Analpi$ byfund
Unre5tritted funds- 8enÈraJ
Restritted fvnd5
136,342
20,160
112,545
13.340
Is6￿02
125,885
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YAPTON FREE CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANaAL SYATEMENTS (coKllNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH2025
11 Tath f￿￿d assÈts
At l AprlS 2024
Addttion5
18.075
225
2.191
20,266
225
At 31 March 2025
3(0
2.191
20.491
At l Aprll 2024
Dep￿lation ¢harged rn theyear
12,730
36
219
12,766
1579
At 31 Matth 2025
14,C
14.345
Caryingamount
At 31 March 202S
4,210
1.936
6.146
At 31 March 2Q24
2.155
12 Debtors
AMOU￿ fl￿￿d￿t￿lth1n￿e1tar
2025
Other debto
Prepaymentsand 3ccrued inccffie
IL811
22A73
316
12,145
22,789
Credltor&' ￿n￿U￿1$fal*due wlthkn one
2024
Othertaxation and social secufFty
Trade credlto
Othercreditors
Ac¢ruaJsand detErred lrtome
3.655
136
3,251
7,39$
2,538
3378
7.611
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKrs IcotinNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2024
Charge to prDfftor105s in ￿ ofdefined corrtrtbuts"oftthmes
2.512
2.182
The Charity operates a defined comributitin pers￿ scheme for all quafifyln8 ￿p1(ty*S. Tl* assets of the scheme are
held ￿parate￿ from th0￿ of thechw in an Jndependentty admiftisiefed fund.
15 Restritt￿ fvTr45
The restricted funds of the charity C(ryri5ethe UneX&￿ded balance5 of donations and Brants held on trust subject to
specific condltlons bydonots asto hfjw rnaybeused.
At i Apii121U4
Resourtts Tran5f•ts At 31 March
2025
Voke'5 fund
Nepal fund
SFH Africa fund
Mongolia luryj
I￿.050}
12.8301
12LKI
5,068
2,021
3,114
503
1.087
4.980
192
3,164
2.434
311
li.￿4
18512
I20.1￿>
1,2ff¢
10.706
Ati Awi121123
IKryninE Reywrtr5 TMtsfeTr At 31 MAYeh
ZOZ4
Voke'5 fvnd
Nepal fund
5FH Africa fund
Mongolia fund
1.746
9.639
¥6
1385
L20J
4,295
1,687
4,980
192
7359
14.4651
15851
12991
9.113
14.4
113,3401
IL154
VokÈ's fund
Specific 8lwn8towards the7•nTk in FrarKeof SVoke3nd CVok£.
al fund
Specific si¥ingtowanlsoverseas Chr￿tIan mÈ55ion in NepaL
SFH Africa fund
Speafic gNing towards thPFseas Christian *rMkln &JuthAfrfca.
MO
olla fuf
Spetific givin8towdrtsoverse2s Chrfstian WOFk in kngolla.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENT5 (CONTINUED)
FOR ThIE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH2025
UnrestrfcW fund5
The unrestricted fun¢Js ofthe charriy compn.se the 4mexpended balance5 of donthn5 and 8rants which ate not subje
tD spedr￿ condliions bydonoF5 and 8taiitors a5 to howtlw be used. Tlw Ind￿ de5iRnateé fvnds which hwe
been Set aside thrtof unre$tr[rt￿ fIJr￿S bythe trust*s purpow.
At31 March
202S
General fuTrJs
155.317
1136342}
li.2￿)
42.735
At l Awl 2023 R¢sour¢e% Transfets At31 MaTtt*
2024
Generdlfvnds
16344
1145451
fvii
24.9E4J
Totsl
2025
At31 Mar¢h ZQZ5:
Tangtblo assets
currentas5etsilliabiliii&sl
6.146
36589
6.146
47,295
10,706
42.735
10,7(
53,441
Totsl
funds
2024
At 31 MJr¢h 2024:
Tanglble assets
Curr•rta&￿s1{IfiabIjltlèSI
7,SC
28.614
17A60
11,1
ii,
36,114
Ther@ were no JJ(sd05able related p4rtytsa￿aQbrts thringtt* Far (2024- n￿1. ￿de fFDm that Menti￿e￿ in 8
concernrn8 remuneMK¥n of Trustee5.
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