Cornerstone Church Trustees Annual Report 2024 - 2025 25th June 2026
Aims
Our aim continues to be to reach the surrounding area with the Gospel. Our building is safe, warm and comfortable and we invite people each week to meet with us to worship and pray together. There are different activities each week which we run from our building for this to take place. We continue to try to reach and develop people’s knowledge of Jesus.
Activities
Each Sunday we have Family Church at 10am. This service includes a Creche, Sunday School for younger children and a study group for teenagers. We have various toys and games available for children to play together in a safe and welcoming environment.
On the 4th Sunday of each month we have a Breaking of Bread Service from 11.30 - 12noon. Every Thursday at 10am we have a ‘Coffee and Cake’ outreach (Term Time Only). This gives the opportunity for our local community to come along and enjoy a warm drink and various cakes and snacks together. Every Thursday at 7.30pm (Term Time Only) We have our Prayer and Bible Study meeting.
Future Plans
Every month we have a ‘special activity’ which allows us to invite people from our local area to join us and enjoy some time together. These include quizzes, trips, walks, fun and games and more.
We have plans this year to start a youth outreach each week and a toddler group for pre-school children. We have been able to help our local care home this year with various fund raising activities and we are looking forward to being able to grow our relationship with them this coming year.
Finances
Our total receipts were £26,771.13. Our total spend was £30,569.48.
All of this was used for the rental of our building and for the continuing outreach in Dinnington and Laughton Common.
This is the first year we have needed to have our accounts verified and as recommended in our Independent Account Examination Report the details are below:
Although our finances appear to be in a deficit, it is because a payment for the building rental and services was made for the last financial year in this financial year's records. Our opening balance as at 1st October 2024 was £8129.26 which covered the rent and service invoices owing from the previous financial year which amounted to £7125.00. Our rented building has a new landlord and because of this the rental payment dates were moved around whilst the selling process was being finalised. There is a positive bank balance and the deficit is explained as above.
As a church we do not take a ‘cash collection’ in any of our services. Our church activities, outreach and donations are all supported by the donations of our church members - this is primarily done electronically through online banking. Occasionally cash is put into a tin on our coffee bar for anyone that would like to help with the purchase of food and drink. As recommended we will now be implementing a petty cash system and receipts book for any cash purchases so as to keep track and provide evidence should the need arise.
As recommended a working document showing all our financial practices and procedures has been drawn up and is available to anyone should they ask to see it.
We are looking forward to growing our outreach and activities even further throughout this next year. We continue to grow our activities and plans for each month and we are looking forward to further making the Gospel known and working in our community.
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Sectlon A Independent Examlner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of On accounts for the year ended tr 20ZS- Charity no (if any) Set out on pages Ih I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basls of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualificatAon(s) or body (if any): n/0 LTtlw tKGW CL(JF LILJ l . Address: t(ol IER October 2018