
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From:** 05/04/23 **Period start date To:** 04/04/24 **Period end date** 

**Charity name:** SOUTH WEST SCHOOL OF WORSHIP 

**Charity registration number:** 1184988 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes<br>of the charity as set out in<br>its governing document|Para 1.17|South West School of Worship resources,<br>trains and equips local churches and their<br>worship teams. We provide in person<br>teaching and training, webinar training and<br>we resource worship gatherings to build,<br>inspire and encourage other members of<br>the church body.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to<br>those purposes for the<br>public benefit, in<br>particular, the activities,<br>projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|During this period, we completed our 9<br>month course, which included an online<br>webinar and a training day in Plymouth.<br>Three worship nights were hosted in St<br>Austell with an opportunity for those<br>involved in worship ministry in their<br>church to network with others<br>beforehand.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the<br>Charity Commission on<br>public benefit|Para 1.18|Yes our trustees have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Not applicable Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Not applicable Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment 



Not applicable Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Not applicable Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the<br>charity, identifying the<br>difference the charity’s<br>work has made to the<br>circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any<br>wider benefits to society<br>as a whole.|Para 1.20|15 students completed our 9-month<br>course in May 2023. The course<br>consisted of 4 training days, 2<br>webinars, and 2 group coaching<br>sessions. The course gave the students<br>additional knowledge, skills and tools to<br>help them enhance and develop the<br>musicianship of their teams and the<br>worshipping culture in their churches.<br>The 3 worship nights saw over 200<br>people attend to spend time<br>encountering God’s presence. The<br>night was hosted and led by the School<br>of Worship team. 40 people attended<br>the pre-event networking sessions<br>where there was mutual<br>encouragement via group discussion<br>and prayer.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of Para 1.41 fundraising activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives 



Other

## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the<br>end of the period|Para 1.21|Income: £31<br>Expenditure: £2,991|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The only money held is what we have<br>remaining in the account after all the costs<br>of running the school of worship have<br>been deducted. The remaining balance will<br>be utilised and saved for future investment<br>in the school’s vision and values.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£1,601|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable|
|Details of fund materially<br>in deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a<br>going concern|Para 1.23|Not applicable|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds<br>(including any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the<br>principal risks facing the<br>charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing<br>document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25||
|<br>How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The charity is a CIO|
|<br>Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions<br>e.g. election to post or<br>name of any person or<br>body entitled to appoint<br>one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees were formed out of a group of<br>individuals who had come together around<br>a shared vision to see local church<br>worship teams resourced, enabled and<br>trained. This group became the trustees of<br>the School of  Worship and one trustee<br>resigned this year.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s<br>organisational structure<br>and any wider network<br>with which the charity<br>works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
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## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|South West School of Worship|
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|<br>Other name the charity<br>uses||
|Registered charity number|1184988|





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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**<br>**Nam**<br>**e of**<br>**pers**<br>**on**<br>**(or**<br>**bod**<br>**y)**<br>**entit**<br>**led**<br>**to**<br>**app**<br>**oint**<br>**trust**<br>**ee**<br>**(if**<br>**any)**|
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||Lara Moore|Director||
||Josiah Gillespie|||
||Nikki Carter|||
||Arthur Moore|||
||John Gillespie|||
||John Hudson||April - July2023|
||Esther Cole|||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Lara Moore 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Dates acted if not for whole year** 

**Trustee name** 



**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** Arthur Moore **Full name(s)** Lara Moore **Position (eg Secretary,** Director Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 27/8/25 



**South West School of Worship No (if any)** 


**Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 4/5/2023 4/4/2024 **To from** 

**CC16a** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
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|**to the nearest      £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>Eventbrite<br>**29**<br>Eventbrite<br>**2**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**31**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**_Total receipts_                         31**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>Wix Monthly Fee<br>**5**<br>WRS Insurance Brokers<br>**309**<br>Printing (Edyvean)<br>**36**<br>Creation Fest<br>**200**<br>Creation Fest<br>**510**<br>Reimbursing expenses<br>**42**<br>Morrisons<br>**20**<br>Admin Fees (Lara Moore)<br>**228**<br>Wix Monthly Fee<br>**5**<br>Morrisons<br>**83**<br>Morrisons<br>**81**<br>Papa Johns<br>**59**<br>Morrisons<br>**3**<br>Tamar Bridge<br>**3**<br>Wix Payment<br>**67**<br>Guest Fees (Nick Herbert)<br>**200**<br>Reimbursing expenses<br>**40**<br>Reimbursing expenses<br>**386**<br>Admin Fees (Lara Moore)<br>**288**<br>Dominos Pizza<br>**58**<br>Poundland<br>**11**<br>Dominos Pizza<br>**51**<br>Shell Caradon<br>**28**<br>Wix Monthly Fee<br>**5**<br>Wix Monthly Fee<br>**5**<br>Wholesale Sweets<br>**23**<br>Wix Monthly Fee<br>**5**<br>Wix Monthly Fee<br>**5**<br>Wix Monthly Fee<br>**5**<br>Wix Monthly Fee<br>**5**<br>Wix Monthly Fee<br>**5**<br>Wix Monthly Fee<br>**5**<br>Wix Monthly Fee<br>**5**<br>Wix Monthly Fee<br>**5**<br>Wix Payment<br>**158**<br>Wix Monthly Fee<br>**5**<br>Wix Payment<br>**40**<br>**_Sub total_                        2,991**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**29**<br>**2**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**31**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**31**<br>**5**<br>**309**<br>**36**<br>**200**<br>**510**<br>**42**<br>**20**<br>**228**<br>**5**<br>**83**<br>**81**<br>**59**<br>**3**<br>**3**<br>**67**<br>**200**<br>**40**<br>**386**<br>**288**<br>**58**<br>**11**<br>**51**<br>**28**<br>**5**<br>**5**<br>**23**<br>**5**<br>**5**<br>**5**<br>**5**<br>**5**<br>**5**<br>**5**<br>**5**<br>**158**<br>**5**<br>**40**<br>**2,991**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||
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|**_Total payments_ **||**2,991**||**-**||**-**||**2,991**|||**-**||
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**-                  2,960**||**-**||**-**||**-                  2,960**||**-**|||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**4,561**||**-**||**-**||**4,561**||**-**|||
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**1,601**||**-**||**-**||**1,601**||**-**|||





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**Details**<br>Ending Bank balance<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>**J.MOORE**<br>**L.MOORE**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**1,601**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,601**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>**ARTHUR MOORE**<br>**LARA MOORE**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
||**J.MOORE**|**ARTHUR MOORE**|**12.3.26**|
||**L.MOORE**|**LARA MOORE**|**12.3.26**|



