## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period** ## **From:** 1[st] April 2024 **Period start date To:** 31[st] March 2025 **Period end date** **Charity name:** The Gospel Oak Project CIO **Charity registration number:** 1188761 ## **Company number: N/A** ## **Objectives and activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote social inclusion for the public
beneft, primarily (but not exclusively) among
people residing in the area of Hall Green
Birmingham and surrounding areas known as
gospel oak, by preventng people from becoming
socially excluded, relieving the needs of those
people who are socially excluded and assistng
them to integrate into society. For the purpose
of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means being
excluded from society, or part of society, as a
result of being a member of a socially and
economicallydeprived community.| |Summary of the main actvites
in relaton to those purposes
for the public beneft, in
partcular, the actvites,
projects or services identfed in
the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|During the year the Charity has worked with
Target Newsleter for preschool aged children to
help reduce isolaton that parents with children
of this age group can be feeling.
No grants have been applied for this year.| |Statement confrming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
beneft|Para 1.18|The trustees have complied with the duty in
secton 4 of the Charites Act 2011 to have
due regard to public beneft guidance
published by the Commission.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The Gospel Oak Project CIO makes no grants**.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|The Gospel Oak Project CIO mission statement is
to invest in our local community. All the
Charity’s actvites are aimed at improving the
life expectatons and reducing isolaton in the
local area.| |Contributon made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The Gospel Oak Project CIOgovernance is
solely run by volunteers who show
commitment to achieving the objectives
set out for the Charity.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and performance** |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identfying the diference the
charity’s work has made to the
circumstances of its
benefciaries and any wider
benefts to society as a whole.|Para 1.20|Much of the year was spent helping parents of
preschool age children through Target
Newsleter.|| |---|---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectves set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
actvites against objectves set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectves|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial review** |Review of the charity’s fnancial
positon at the end of the
period|Para 1.21|The charity had restricted reserves of £101 at
the end of the year. This is sufcient to meet
our funded commitments. Other grants have
been awarded which will enable the Charity to
contnue to serve our community.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves statng why
they are held|Para 1.22|The trustees do not have a reserves
policy
but have agreed that any monies left are
carried forward to be used to help
continue
to involved the local community in the
activities of The GospelOak ProjectCIO.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£101| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
defcit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanaton of any
uncertaintes about the charity
contnuingas agoingconcern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal sources
of funds (including any
fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charity’s principle source of funding has
been donatons| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectves including any social
investment policy adopted|Para 1.46|N/A| |A descripton of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|N/A| ## **Structure, governance and management** |Descripton of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document:
for example, trust deed,
memorandum and artcles of
associaton etc|Para 1.25|Consttuton| |How is the charity consttuted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated associaton,
CIO|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selecton methods
including details of any
consttutonal provisions e.g.
electon to post or name of any
person or body enttled to
appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Apart from the frst charity trustees, every
trustee must be appointed (for a term of 1
year) by a resoluton passed at a properly
convened meetng of the charity trustees.| |||| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the inducton and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|For inducton of new trustees:
These are given required guidance informaton
from charity commission website for being a
trustee. Also given and made aware of
Gospel Oak Community Forum CIO’s consttuton
andpolicies.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisatonal
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works|Para 1.51|Gospel Oak Project CIO’s registered Ofce is
St Michael’s Church
17 Redstone Farm Rd
Hall Green
Birmingham
B28 9NU| |Relatonship with any related
partes|Para 1.51|Gospel Oak Project CIO works with our partners
including:
The PCC of St Michael’s Church Hall
Green, and Target Newsleter| |Other||| ## **Reference and administrative details** |Charityname|Gospel Oak CommunityForum CIO| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|N/A| |Registered charitynumber|1188761| |Charity’s principal address|St Michael’s Church 17 Redstone Farm Rd
Birmingham
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**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**enttled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Ian Crockford|Chair of Trustees||PCC of St Michael’s Hall Green| ||Judith Clarke|Trustee||PCC of St Michael’s Hall Green| ||Ann Holloway|Trustee||PCC of St Michael’s Hall Green| ||Janet Herbert|Trustee||PCC of St Michael’s Hall Green| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity. **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **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 company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Ian David Crockford **Position (for example Secretary,** Chair of Trustees **Chair, etc) Date** 14[th] September 2025 ## **The Gospel Oak Project CIO** ## **Annual Accounts** ## **31[st] March 2025** Charity Number 1188761 ## Registered Office: St Michael’s Church 17 Redstone Farm Rd, Birmingham, B28 9NU ## Accounts Gospel Oak Community Forum CIO Charity Number 1188761 Income Expenditure **Balance 1[st] April 2022 £260** Donations £0 Target Newsletter £150.00 Balance end of year £110 ## **Auditors Report** The accounts were checked by the PCC of St Michael’s Church Hall Green as the sponsoring body and approved at the Annual Meeting on 20[th] November 2023 Church Wardens and PCC Members Monday 20[th] November 2023 Accounts agreed by the Trustee’s at the meeting held on 14[th] September and signed by Name……Ian Crockford…….………………. Position …….. Chair …………………………. Signed………………………………………….. Date………14[th] September 2025…………………….. ## **The Gospel Oak Project CIO Annual Accounts** **31[st] March 2025** Registered Number: **:** 1188761 ## Registered Office: St Michael’s Church Centre 17 Redstone Farm Rd Birmingham B28 9NU ## **The Gospel Oak Project CIO** ## **Trustees Report 1[st] April 2024 to 31 March 2025** The charity has supported for parents and carers of pre school children in the local area. ## **Grant Report** No grants were received in the last financial year. ## **Accounts** 1[st] April 2024 to 31[st] March 2025 ||Income|Expenditure| |---|---|---| |Balance 1stApril 2025|£101|| |Donatons|£50|| |||| |Cost of support||£50| |Totals|£151|£50| |||| |||| |||| |Balance 31stMarch 2025|£101|| For the financial year 1/04/24 to 31/03/25 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. No members have required the company to obtain an audit of the accounts for the year in question accordance with section 475 of Companies Act 2006 The Trustee’s acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts. These accounts have been prepared in with the mirco-entities provisions and gave been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies in the small regime Accounts agreed by the Trustee’s at the meeting held on 10[th] September 2025 and signed by ## Ian Crockford Name…………………………………………. Position …….. Chair Signed………………………………………….. 14[th] September 2025 Date……………………………………………..