fil CHRIST CPI LTHAM CHRISTCHURCH FELTHAM TRUSTEES REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 ## **Table of Contents** |Reference And Administrative Details Of The Charity, Its Trustees And Advisers|3| |---|---| |Trustees' Report|4| |Structure, Governance and Management|4| |About CCF: Background, Vision and Mission|6| |2025 Objectives|8| |2024 Highlights&Ministries Report|10| |Church Membership|12| |Building Management|12| |CCF Financial Review|15| |Independent Examiners Report|18| |Accounts|19| 2 ## **Reference and Administrative details of the Charity, its Trustees And Advisors** ## **Trustees** Mike Ruddick (appointed May 2022) Barbara Amponsah-Abedi (appointed May 2023) The Venerable Richard Frank (appointed August 2019) The Revd Andrew Watkins (appointed August 2019) Rev'd Martine Oborne (appointed April 2022) Simon Surtees (appointed April 2022) ## **Constitution** Christ Church Feltham (CCF) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). CCF is also recognised legally as a Bishop Mission Order CBMO) in the Church of England. ## **Charity Registered Number** 1184958 ## **Date of Charity Registration** 19th August 2019 ## **Registered Office** Christ Church Feltham Hanworth Road Feltham TW13 SAB ## **Independent Examiner** Costas Loizou Figtree Accountancy Limited ## **Bank Registered Branch** Metro Bank 211-213 High Street Hounslow TW31BL 3 ## **Trustees' Report** The Trustees present their annual report together with the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024. The Trustees confirm that the Annual Report and financial statements of the CIO comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the CIO's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) as amended by Update Bulleting 1 (effective 1 January 2015.) ## **Structure, Governance and Management** ## a. Method of appointment or election of Trustees The management of the charity is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected under the terms of Articles of Association. ## b. Organisational structure and decision making The Trustees meet once as a group annually to ensure compliance with Charitable aims. The day­ today policy and operational decision-making authority are delegated by the CIO trustees to the Church Council, which is a group elected by the members of the CIO. The Church Council meet at least six times during the year to monitor the activities of the charity. ## The members of the Church Council are: - The Rev'd Andrew Watkins (Chair) - Dizzy Watkins (co-opted as Lead Pastor) - Sarah Welch (co-opted as Secretary) - James Trevithick (Treasurer - elected May 2022) - Barbara Amponsah-Abedi (vice-chair, elected May 2023) - Hannah Kilpatrick (elected July 2020) - Michael Ruddick (elected July 2020) - Richard Dinsdale (elected July 2020) - Jonathan Rourke (elected April 2021) - Kayleigh Butler (elected April 2021) - Jamie Glencross (elected May 2022) - Niamh Geoghegan (elected May 2022) - Newsha Nodoost (elected May 2023) - The Rev'd Rudy Tan (member by virtue of title) 4 ## **c. Pay policy for staff** Staff salaries are reviewed and agreed annually by the Church Council. ## d. Risk Management The Members and Church Council have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances of the charity and are satisfied that systems and procedures are in place to mitigate exposure to major risks. ## e. Public Benefit In accordance with our duties as stated in section 17(5) of the Charities Act, we have considered the guidance provided by the Charity Commission in regard to public benefit. This public benefit has been demonstrated by the activities undertaken since inception of the charity outlined in this document. ## f. Safeguarding The Board of Trustees have adopted the Diocese of London's safeguarding policy relating to children, young people and adults at risk. They have appointed Hannah Kilpatrick as the Church Safeguarding Officer. The current and previous Church Safeguarding Officers have always completed the necessary training courses. All safeguarding training is provided by the Diocese, with training requirements for each role specified in the Safeguarding Learning & Development Framework (House of Bishops, 2021). Compliance with this framework has continued to improve across the Church. The Trustees are committed to the principles of best practice in relation to safeguarding and comply with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 in respect of having due regard to House of Bishops' guidance on safeguarding children and adults at risk. The guidance can be read in full on the Church of England official website. Alongside this, the following local policies have been implemented: - Safeguarding Policy Statement: Safeguarding at Christ Church Feltham - Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders at Christ Church Feltham - Photography Policy - Policy for Responding to Domestic Abuse - Social Media Policy Copies of the above policies are available on request via the Church Office. The Safeguarding Policy Statement is available on our website. 5 ## **About CCF: Background, Vision and Mission** ## **Background** In Christmas 2018, at the invitation of the Bishop of Kensington, the Reverend Andy and Reverend Dizzy Watkins reopened and planted a new congregation into Christ Church Feltham, as an ecumenical partnership with the Methodist Church. Christ Church Feltham is a Methodist Church within the Feltham and Staines circuit, which sits within the parish of St Dunstan's Church Feltham. Historically the parish of St Dunstan's was two parishes - the Parish of St Catherine's being the parish church closest to where Christ Church is situated. When St Catherine's was closed and sold in the late 1970s, St Catherine's parish was absorbed by St Dunstan's, making the new parish population of St Dunstan's well over 40,000 and growing - until recently, it was the largest parish in the Kensington Area. Since planting in 2018, more accommodation has built in Feltham, in order to house in excess of 10,000 additional people. In December 2018, Christ Church Feltham began as a new worshipping community and in August 2019, Christchurch Feltham became a registered Charity (CIO). CCF now ministers in partnership with the Methodist Church and St Dunstan's CofE church to reach the ever-growing population of Feltham with the gospel of Jesus Christ. ## **VISION of CCF** The Vision of Christ Church Feltham is to see 'The Church on fire and Feltham alive.' This vision has emerged in three ways: 1. In Acts, we read what happens to the known world when the church is set on fire by the Holy Spirit. The people are blessed, people repent of their sin and come to faith (Acts 2: the sick are healed, and poverty is eradicated.) In short, the city comes alive. Our prayer is that God would set His church on fire and bring life to Feltham through it. 2. A series of prophetic words from many different people describing how they saw Christ Church 'on fire' and how that fire spread like a wildfire across Feltham - bringing life to its people. 3. A growing sense among many churches in the UK who are sensing a similar vision to ours and that maybe God is letting us know what he is about to do. We want to be a part of that! An important thing to note about this vision is that our longing is for 'the' Church to be set on fire not just our church. Our vision will not be realised until we see all of God's Church in Feltham and surrounding areas on fire and all of Feltham alive. 6 ## **MISSION of CCF** We believe that if we are to see the Church on fire and Feltham alive, we need to do three things - love Feltham, make disciples and build up the Church. ## Love Feltham Paul writes in 1 Thessalonians 2:7-8 "Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, 8 so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well." Our heart is to be a church that loves Feltham so much that we cannot help but share Jesus and our lives with its people. We want to hear where the community aches and respond in love. We want to have a reputation in Feltham for being a church that loves its town. ## **Make Disciples** > Paul then writes in 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 "11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory." We want making disciples to be the key priority in all we do. We want to be teaching people who Jesus is and how to be like Him. We want to be a church that shows love to its town by giving every person an opportunity to follow Jesus. We will then make it a priority to help people continue to grow in their faith. 'Love Feltham and Make Disciples' will be the lens by which we determine what activities and ministries we do as a church. If a missional idea only meets one of the above criteria, then we will work with the person/team to come up with a strategy that will satisfy the other - if that can't be done, then we may have to say we won't be doing it as a church. ## Build up the Church In John 17 - Jesus prays the following prayer - 'I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.' The essence of Jesus' prayer is for unity in the Church. We want to do all we can to answer Jesus' prayer by being a church that is for the local churches in Feltham. Wherever possible we want to be a church that works to promote unity. To that end we will make it our business to pray together, work together and encourage one another all while avoiding competition and division. Our prayer is that as we do that, we'd see ALL the churches in Feltham grow! 7 ## **2025 Objectives** For 2025, our objectives remain the same as 2024. CCF has grouped its objective under three headings. ## **Growing Younger** According to CofE statistics CCF, with a youth and children's ministry of approx. 35 young people, finds itself in the top 3% of CofE churches across the UK. This isn't something to be celebrated - this is a shocking statistic about the low number of young people in our churches. Despite this statistic, we've heard stories of young people seeking out faith and turning up in churches. We are praying that as they begin turning up to church, we will be ready to receive them - here's how... - a. Create a space for young people to belong and contribute that meets on Sunday mornings (younger youth 11-14s), Sunday evenings (14-18s) and regular Friday evening socials (11-18yrs) - b. Begin termly 'youth services' where young people take over the morning service! - c. Build, train and release a Youth and Kids team. - d. Release the young people to shape the evening service so it becomes a space where - young people can serve and use their gifts. - e. Recruit a youth worker. ## **Growing Deeper** We want to be a formational church, that is a place where people know Jesus and become like Jesus and ultimately do what he did. To do this we need a create a space where we can deepen our relationships with God and with each other - here's how we will achieve this - a. Prioritise corporate prayer. The Furnace has been our weekly prayer meeting since planting in 2018, with the emergence of an evening service, our weekly prayer meeting moved to Wednesday mornings on Zoom. By the end of 2025, we hope to have 15 regular attendees of our prayer meetings. - b. Prioritise Small Group life - this is the key way for discipleship and friendship to deepen outside of Sundays. By the end of 2025 we want to have 7 flourishing small groups, that is being overseen and pastored by a member of staff. - c. Invest in our morning and evening services. We want to see more people across all ages and stages to encounter God, and deepen their faith. - d. Grow our Sunday services. See 120 regular adults attending our Sunday gatherings. - e. Hold another CCF Weekend In and take a group to Focus - both of these events provide space for the deepening of our relationships with each other and with God. - f. Grow our Iranian Fellowship. Throughout 2025 we want to see how Iranian ministry grow. We want to see their Thursday fellowship create a space for deeper relationship with God and each other and we want help integrate them into our Sunday gatherings, more and more. 8 ## **Growing Wider (or Bursting out!)** Christ Church has always been known for its Love Feltham slogan. We want to build on this in 2025. We want Feltham to know, that it's church, loves it. Here's how we plan to show love to our town. - a. Thoughtful Invitations to church and to explore faith at Christmas and Easter time as well as through our midweek activities (like stay and play) - b. Continue to run the Alpha course to provide a space for congregation members to invite their friends to church. - c. Strengthen our relationships with Derwent Lodge, Feltham Young Offenders and local high schools (Springwest Academy and Reach Academy) and create opportunities for congregation members to do ministry within. - d. By the end of 2025, be in a position where we are doing Termly 'Love Feltham' initiatives. Build a team who plans these initiatives. - e. Build on the success of Stay and Play and Super Saturday - create clear pathway to church and exploring faith. 9 ## **2024 Highlights & Ministries Report** ## **2024 Highlights** The CCF Staff Team The CCF staff team is made up of paid and unpaid staff members. Much of what was achieved in 2024 is down to the hard work of the staff and their associated volunteer teams. Our staff team for 2024 was as follows: Rev'd Andy Watkins - Lead Pastor Rev'd Dizzy Watkins - Lead Pastor (unpaid) Sarah Welch - Operations Manager Rev'd Rudy Tan - Curate Teri-Anne Cavanagh - Ordinand (left the team in July 2024) Rosie Gordon-Smith - Kids Pastor (Part-time) Gemma Hill - ordinand (began September 2024) ## Stay and Play Stay and Play has again been one of the most encouraging ministries at CCF during 2024. We regularly see over 40 parents coming along with their children, many of whom say that it is the best parent and toddler group in the area. Stay and Play is run by Rosie and Dizzy who have done an amazing job building this community! ## CCKids Over 2024, our CCKids has continued to grow. We regularly have around 25-30 kids in attendance. Rosie Gordon-Smith has recruited, trained and deployed an incredible team of volunteers so that Sunday Kids Church and one of events. ## CCYouth During 2024, we've seen youth continue to grow. Each Sunday we regularly have up to 15 teenagers in attendance. This growth has meant we've need to split the group into older and younger youth - especially during small group discussion. The youth team, made up of volunteers continues to pastor the youth so well. To them we are so grateful! ## Iranian Fellowship 2022 saw our Farsi speaking community grow quickly, this continued in 2023 and in 2024 this has continued as more asylum seekers have joined our congregation. Rudy Tan has continued to lead a 10 Farsi speaking Fellowship on Thursday afternoons where members of the Iranian community cook together (CCF provides the ingredients), eat together and then have a bible study together. In 2024, a further 40 people were baptised, up 35 from the previous year! ## Super Saturday(s) Super Saturdays have continued to be a major success at CCF. It seems that every time we open the door for a Super Saturday that community floods in! In 2024 we hosted 3 super Saturdays and each time we saw over 80 adults plus children join us for games, crafts, and food! Massive thank you to Rosie for all she has done to organise these events. ## Date Night In 2024 we continued our termly 'date night' ministry. During a date night, we invite couples (married or those in long time relationships) to come along, eat a great meal and invest some time in their relationship. Throughout the year we are received a lot of positive feedback. ## Christmas and Easter 2024 Christmas and Easter continue to be times in the year where we see a large increase of people coming to our services. Preceding both Easter and Christmas services we were able to take a team up to the high street in Feltham to invite people to our services. We were able to invite people from our stay and play and super Saturday ministries as well and for the first time, a few came! ## Alpha In 2024 we trialled running an alpha course on Tuesday mornings. We invited those who came along to the our Wednesday Stay and Play group and amazingly 7 parents joined the course. 3 of those have joined our Sunday services! The course was run by the staff team, which was a really great thing for us to do together! ## Ordinand and Curates During 2024 we had three ordinands (Dizzy Watkins, Teri-Anne Cavanagh and Gemma Hill) and one curate (Rudy Tan). CCF continues to be a place where vocations are explored, training occurs and ministers are sent out into their various callings. In July, Teri-Anne was ordained Deacon and left CCF to serve her curacy at St Mary's Hampton and in September, Gemma Hill joined the CCF team as an ordinand. 11 ## **2024 MINISTRIES** ## CCKids CCkids is overseen by our Kids Pastor, Rosie Gordon-Smith. During 2024 we were able to run Kids Church each Sunday during Sunday Services. The kids ministry has continued to grow through out 2024, with up to 30 children coming along each week, for this, we thank God. ## CCYouth CCYouth has begun to grow over 2024. On a Sunday Morning we will regularly see up to 15 teenagers. Throughout the year we have also run socials. This is something we want to build on throughout 2025. ## Sunday Gatherings In 2024 we continued to gather in person, with kids and youth groups every Sunday. ## Prayer During 2024 our weekly prayer meeting was moved online. It occurs every Wednesday morning at 7am for 30 minutes. The prayer meeting continues to be called the Furnace. It is called the Furnace because if we want to be a church on fire then we believe we need to become a furnace of prayer and worship! On average 6 log on each week to pray for Feltham and for the Church and beyond. ## Alpha In 2024 CCF ran alpha twice, a course designed to help people explore the Christian faith. ## Iranian Fellowship In 2022 we established an Iranian Fellowship, made up of Iranian Asylum Seekers who have been housed in Feltham. This group has continued to flourish in 2023 and again in 2024. This group is growing community that week eats together, studies the bible in small groups under the leadership of Rev'd Rudy Tan. ## Church Membership At the end of 2024 Christ Church Feltham had 45 adults officially signed on the electoral roll, in addition to a number of regular members who did not sign forms. 12 ## **Building Management** ## **Maintenance** The last Quinquennial assessment took place in during 2024. The full report can be accessed upon request to the CCF Operations Manager. Other building/maintenance points to note: - General maintenance has been carried out around the building, garden and side alleys when needed to keep the premises a safe and viable space for working, running ministry and community activities and hiring. - The heating system within the church experienced issues. A plumber came and worked on the boilers and thermostats to get this back up and running. ## **Lettings** We let the premises of Christ Church to a diverse range of community groups in 2021 and relationships continued to develop with each one:• Slimming World - Dansicality - Soundsteps - Feltham History Group - Townswomen Guild - LVA (partners of Christ Church) - Bedfont Stoneywall Coop ## **Church Renovation** It is our intention to fully refurbish the building in the next 2-3 years. We hope this will include: - Landscaping the forecourt to improve Health & Safety for all users - Restoring the main church hall to its former quality - including removing the ceilings and exposing the original rafters. - Renovating the gallery to create an innovative shared community office space. - Refurbishing all bathrooms including repairing wall surfaces and replacing fittings - Repairing the stage area. - Painting and decorating throughout. - Adding appropriate storage throughout, fit for the needs of the church. - Creating a community cafe and kids soft play to serve the local community and generate income. 13 - Installing an improved and fully integrated heating system. - Enhancing the security of the building by changing all locks These plans are subject to funding and permission from the Methodist Church. Approved by the Trustees and signed on its behalf by Revd Andrew G D Watkins Chairman and Vicar of Christ Church Feltham Date: 7[th] October 2025 14 ## **CCF Financial Review** ## 2023 Closing Summary At year-end 2023, CCF held funds totalling £95,232. Of this, £70,540 was unrestricted, the remainder being restricted predominantly for our Asylum Seeker ministry. ## 2024 Summary Throughout 2024, the number of monthly contributors reduced from 28 to 26, with income from donations averaging £6.9k which is a marginal increase from £6.8k in 2023. This reduction in donors is marginal and is due to a couple of members moving out of the area. It is encouraging that giving has remained constant despite this, however, we are striving to move in a positive direction particular given the increase in membership. Income received in 2024 totalled £139,556. Expenditure for the same period came to E 162,840. Despite inflations this expenditure is a reduction of £ 2k on 2023. In previous years CCF has maintained a designated fund for missional use. This fund had not been utilised and it was agreed by the Church Council, with my strong approval, to un-designate the £20k in the fund in 2024. The Church Council agreed our primary financial goal was to achieve stability to serve the missional purpose of CCF and so released the funds to do this. In discussion with the London Diocese, the Trustees agreed a payment of £20k towards the Common Fund against a Parish Standard Cost (PSC) of £91k. This was paid on a monthly basis. The Diocese has challenged CCF to meet our Clergy stipendiary and housing PSC with our Common Fund payments by the end of 2026. At the current rate this is not achievable and the Diocese is updated of this position regularly. That said, we are maintaining our goal of increasing our contribution year on year. The Trustees continue to exercise careful stewardship in respect of General Fund expenditure but endorse the ministry-led budget and believe it reflects the strategic vision of CCF. We are grateful for the continuing generosity of the congregation, and welcome the teaching of the Lead Pastors, encouraging congregation members to regularly review the giving of their 'time, talents and treasure'. We believe in a faithful God and are confident of His continued provision to provide the resources to finance His work in Feltham. 15 ## Reserves policy The CCF policy is to hold only sufficient reserves to enable it to meet outgoings on a day-to-day basis, relying on the faithfulness of God to provide for our financial needs. It is the aim of the Trustees to hold free reserves equivalent to twelve weeks of unrestricted outgoings. The 2025 budget was prepared with this in mind and the finance team meet regularly to understand where we sit relative to the budget to ensure we never go below this threshold in our bank account. At the end of 2024 the level of free reserves stood at £56k which represents over 4 months of unrestricted expenditure. This is less than the number of months free reserves at the close of 2023. ## Financial Management CCF has aimed to improve its financial management processes each year in part due to maintaining integrity in stewarding resources granted to it and due to being aware of its fairly fragile financial position. Our process consists of monthly financial one-pagers circulated to the Church Council, a Budget-vs-Spend tracker shared with the staff team and a suite of detailed reports covering multiple metric such as regular giving and budget-vs-actuals. Progress this year has been made with managing restricted funds on our accounting software. Next year we are looking to improve cash management of the Asylum Seeker ministry and update the Finance Policy to better serve as a guide int his area. ## The Trustees' responsibilities in relation to the financial statements Charity law requires the Board of Trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year, which give a true and fair view of the state of the charity and of its income and expenditure for the year. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to: - Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; - Make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - State whether the applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the accounts; - Prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue to operate. The Board of Trustees is responsible for keeping adequate accounting records which disclose, with reasonable accuracy at any time, the financial position of the charity and enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with applicable accounting statements and statements of recommended 16 practice and the regulations made under the Charities Act 2011. The Board is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and for taking reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities. 17 ## **Independent examiner’s report to the Trustees of Christchurch Feltham** I report on the financial statements of the charity for the period ended 31st December 2024. which are set out on pages 19 to 24. ## **Respective responsibilities for the Trustees and the examiner** The Charity's Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Trustees considers that an audit is not required for this year under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) but that an independent examination is needed. I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. It is my responsibility to: - 1 examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 act; - 2 to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) 2011 Act; - 3 to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner's report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. The procedures undertaken do no provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. ## **Independent examiner's statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: (1) Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the requirements of the Act and the Regulations and the 2011 Act have not been met; or (2) To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Date 09/09/2025 Costas Loizou ACMA CGMA Figtree Accountancy Limited 25 Claremont Avenue Sunbury-On-Thames Middlesex TW16 5LX 18 Christ Church, Feltham Registered charity number: 1184958 Annual report and accounts **Statement of Financial Activities** **for the year ended 31 December 2024** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Year ended 31 December 2024 Year ended 31 December 2023
Restricted Unrestricted Total Restricted Unrestricted Total
Funds Funds Funds Funds Funds Funds
£ £ £ £ £ £
INCOME FROM:
Donations and legacies
One off and regular donations 340 82,548 82,888 7,001 75,073 82,074
Gift aid recoverable - 17,972 17,972 - 19,656 19,656
340 100,521 100,861 7,001 94,729 101,730
Grants from trusts 21,515 - 21,515 34,403 - 34,403
Fundraising activities (incl rental income) - 13,106 13,106 - 13,377 13,377
Diocesan fees and other income - 3,848 3,848 - 3,370 3,370
Investment income - interest - 227 227 - 277 277
TOTAL INCOME 21,855 117,701 139,556 41,404 111,753 153,157
EXPENDITURE ON:
Common Fund/Methodist share - 20,000 20,000 - 17,070 17,070
Charitable activities
Church ministry direct costs 9,069 11,594 20,663 13,665 14,898 28,563
Staff and clergy costs 46,681 46,681 20,403 55,050 75,454
Buildings running costs 21,515 27,944 49,459 - 26,915 26,915
Other support and administration - 24,843 24,843 - 14,971 14,971
Depreciation - 1,194 1,194 - 1,752 1,752
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 30,584 132,256 162,840 34,068 130,656 164,724
Net income/(expenditure) (8,729) (14,555) (23,284) 7,336 (18,903) (11,567)
Gross transfers between funds - - - (991) 991 -
Net movement in funds (8,729) (14,555) (23,284) 6,345 (17,912) (11,567)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 24,692 70,540 95,232 18,347 88,452 106,799
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 15,963 55,985 71,948 24,692 70,540 95,232
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities. 19 Christ Church, Feltham Registered charity number: 1184958 Annual report and accounts **Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023** **----- Start of picture text -----**
2024 2023
Notes £ £ £ £
Tangible Fixed assets 1 0 1,194
Current assets
Prepayments and accrued income 2 9,345 12,025
Cash at bank and in hand 69,048 88,351
78,393 100,376
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 3 (6,446) (6,335)
Net current assets 71,948 94,042
Total assets less current liabilities 71,948 95,235
Net assets 71,948 95,235
Reserves 7
Unrestricted funds:
General funds 55,985 69,347
Fixed asset reserve 0 1,194
55,985 70,540
Restricted funds 15,963 24,692
71,948 95,231
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The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 102 and the Statement of Recommended Practice "Accounting and Reporting by Charities". These accounts were approved by the church council on 25/08/2025 and are signed on the trustees behalves by: …………………………………………… ……………………………… ………….. Rev A Watkins _Chairman_ James Trevithick _Treasurer_ 20 ## **Christ Church Feltham Notes to the accounts For the year ended 31st December 2024** ## **1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## **Basis of preparation** The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP(FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011. Christ Church Feltham meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the charity will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The trustees are confident that with the continued support of the congregation, and appropriate management of expenditure, the church is a going concern and will continue to be financially viable during the current cost of living crisis. ## **Funds** General funds represent the funds of the charity that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the church. Restricted funds are those donated for specific purposes. ## **Income** ## _Voluntary income and capital sources_ Donations and other income are recognised when received and an estimate of income tax recoverable is recognised when the related donations are recognised. Grants and legacies to the Trust are accounted for as soon as the church is notified of its legal entitlement, the amount due is quantifiable and its ultimate receipt by the church is probable. ## **Fixed assets** Additions and improvements to the newly acquired church premises are written off as incurred. Only items costing £500 or above are capitalised. Fixed assets are depreciated on a straight line basis as follows: Furniture for church: 5 years Other plant and machinery: 3 years Computer and worship equipment: 3 years ## **Current assets** Amounts owing to the church at 31 December in respect of fees, rents or other income such as gift aid are shown as debtors less provision for amounts that may prove uncollectable. 21 |**2 Tangible fixed assets**
**Cost or valuation**
At beginning of year
Additions 2024
Disposals
At end of year
**Depreciation**
At beginning of year
Charged in 2024
At end of year
**Net book value**
**At 31 December 2024**
At 31 December 2023
**3 Debtors**
Income tax recoverable
Prepayments and accrued income
**4 Creditors due within one year**
Social security and other taxes
Accruals|**Plant and**
**equipment**
**£**
**27,718**
**-**
**-**
**27,718**
**26,524**
**1,194**
**27,718**
**-**
1,194
**2024**
**£**
**4,200**
**5,145**
**9,345**
**2024**
**£**
**-**
**6,446**
**6,446**|**Total**
**£**
**27,718**
**-**
**-**
**27,718**
**26,524**
**1,194**
**27,718**
**-**
1,194
**2023**
**£**
6,582
5,444
12,026
**2023**
**£**
-
6,335
6,335| |---|---|---| Remuneration of independent examiner included in accruals amounts to £1,000 (2023: £900) **5 Staff numbers and costs** The average number of staff (full time equivalent but excluding those within the diocesan stipend) employed by Christ Church Feltham were: |Clergy
Lay ministers
Administration
Childrens worker
Total|**2024**
0
0
1.1
0.6
1.7|**2023**
0
0.3
1.1
0.6
2.0| |---|---|---| 2024: 1 part time children's worker, 1 part time bookkeeper, 1 full time administrator. No paid ordinands. 2023: 1 part-time ordinand. 1 administrator. No employee was paid more than £60,000. The costs of employing staff contracted to Christ Church Feltham were: |Salaries and wages
National Insurance
Pension|**2024**
**£**
44,910
-
1,771
46,681|**2023**
**£**
50,267
-
1,898
52,165| |---|---|---| ## **Pension contributions** The Church participates in the Pension Builder Scheme section of the Church Workers Pension Fund for its staff. The scheme is administered by the Church of England Pensions Board. The pension cost charge representes contributions payable by the church to the funds. 22 ## **6 Related Party Disclosures** Child care costs totalling £1,647 (2023: £1,480) were paid to the Watkins during the year. The Revd Andrew Watkins is a trustee of the CIO. No other CIO trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from their association with the church. Total giving from CIO trustees amounted to £11,238 (2023: £12,000). ## **7 Commitments** There are no payments due under non-cancellable operating leases expiring within two to five years. ## **8 Movement in funds** |**8 Movement in funds**|**8 Movement in funds**||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted funds
General funds
Designated funds
Fixed asset reserve
Total
Restricted funds
Alpha
Accommodation grant
Focus
Thriving Communities Fund
Asylum seeker/Refugee proje
Anchor/Souter/LCRF
**Total funds**
Unrestricted funds
General funds
Designated funds
Fixed asset reserve
Total
Restricted funds
Alpha
Accommodation grant
Focus
Thriving Communities
Anchor/Souter/LCRF
Refugee project
**Total funds**||Balance at 1
January 2024
£
49,053
20,294
1,194
70,541
-
-
-
13,188
11,503
24,691
95,232
Balance at 1
January 2023
£
66,501
20,111
1,840
88,452
340
-
-
2,500
-
15,507
18,347
**106,799**||Income
£
117,518
183
-||Expenditure
£
132,256
-
-
132,256
340
21,515
-
-
2,500
6,230
30,585
**162,840**
Expenditure
£
130,655
-
-
130,655
840
20,403
2,009
1,000
1,997
7,819
34,069
**164,724**|Transfers
between funds
£
21,671
(20,477)
(1,194)
-
-
-
-
-
1,110
(1,110)
-
-
Transfers
between funds
£
1,637
-
(646)
991
-
-
(991)
(2,500)
-
2,500
-
991
-|**Balance as at 31**
**December 2024**
£
**55,986**
**-**
**-**|| |||||117,701
340
21,515
-
-
-
-
21,855
**139,556**
Income
£
111,570
183
-
111,753
500
20,403
3,000
1,000
13,500
3,001
41,404
**153,157**|||||**55,986**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,798**
**4,163**| ||||||||||**15,962**
**71,948**| ||||||||||**Balance as at 31**
**December 2023**
£
**49,053**
**20,294**
**1,194**| ||||||||||**70,541**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,503**
**13,188**| ||||||||||**24,691**
**95,232**| 23 ## **8 Movement in funds (continued)** ## **Unrestricted funds** Unrestricted funds comprise those funds over which there are no restrictions of their use. The trustees had in previous years designated funds for mission projects. In 2024 the Trustees agreed to rescind the designation and therefore now hold no designated fund. The fixed asset reserve represents the net book value of fixed assets which have been funded by unrestricted funds. ## **Restricted funds** Accommodation grant – Church Revitalisation Trust to support a Curate's living expenses. The Focus grant in 2023 was not fully expended and the balance of £991 was transferred to unrestricted funds with permission of the donor. Asylum seeker/Refugee project – Initiative to provide food and a restorative space for the asylum seeker community. The Community Essential Needs fund (now the Thriving Communities Fund) of £2,500 that was transferred in to this project in 2022 was transferred into the Asylum Seekers/Refugee fund in 2023. Anchor/Souter/LCRF grants - Grants for the Asylum Seeker ministry with conditions regarding use on utility bills, food and kitchenware |**9 Analysis of net assets between funds**
**2023**
Fixed assets
Cash at bank in hand
Net current assets
**2024**
Fixed assets
Cash at bank in hand
Net current assets||Restricted
£
-
15,962
-
**15,962**
-
15,963
-
**15,963**||Unrestricted
£
-
72,389
5,690
**78,080**
-
53,085
2,899
**55,984**||Total
£
-
88,351
5,690| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||**94,042**| |||||||| |||||||-
69,048
2,899| |||||||**71,947**| 24