## Revelation Church Manchester Report and Accounts Year ended 31 August 2025 1 Lamb's Passage, London EC1Y 8AB www.stewardship.org.uk ## **REVELATION CHURCH MANCHESTER** ## **LEGAL & ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025** ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE 32 Morrell Road Manchester M22 4WH GOVERNING DOCUMENT CIO Constitution dated October 2020 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1191914 TRUSTEES RESPONSIBLE FOR Matthew Berry (appointed May 2025) MANAGING THE CHARITY Robin Cox Alexander Parr (appointed November 2024) Leigh Tarver (resigned December 2025) BANKERS Co-operative bank INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Jaimée Young Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB ## **INDEX** Page 1 Pages 2-5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Pages 9-10 Legal & Administrative Details Trustees' Report Independent Examiner's Report Receipts and Payments Account Statement of Assets & Liabilities Notes to the Accounts Page 1 ## **Revelation Church Manchester** Trustees’ Annual Report, 1st September 2024 - 31st August 2025 ## **Year in Review** Following the refocusing of our mission towards Moss Side during 2023/24, this year we have taken significant steps to strengthen our outreach within the local community. We hosted a free Family Funday, which was well attended and greatly enjoyed by local residents. Alongside our Christmas outreach activities, these initiatives have helped us establish a growing reputation as a church committed to serving and loving the community. These early steps have been encouraging, and we are already planning how we can improve and build on them in future years as we continue to seek the transformational power of God’s Kingdom in Moss Side. Our weekly Sunday gatherings remain at the heart of church life and these continued to grow and flourish throughout 2024/25. We are made up of people from many nations, backgrounds and stages of life, yet continue to enjoy a strong sense of community together. During the year, average attendance increased to approximately **150** adults and **25** children and young people under the age of 18. As the church has grown, we have sought to create space for further growth and to welcome new people more effectively. Therefore, from September 2025, we will move from one Sunday morning service to two services. We believe this will help newcomers connect more easily and find community within the church family. ## **Family Funday & Christmas Outreach** Last year we launched a renewed vision for the church: to be _in_ the city and _for_ the city. During 2024/25, we took the first practical steps towards serving and loving Moss Side, the area in which the church is based. In June, we hosted a large Family Funday in the park adjacent to our church venue. The event was completely free and included Caribbean food provided by local caterers, a coffee van, sweets, candyfloss, a bouncy castle, crafts, sports activities, games, music and dance. We estimate that we: - Welcomed approximately **100** people from the local community. - Served around **150** meals, hot drinks and bags of sweets. - Generated follow-up conversations with over **30** people who expressed interest in the church. Page 2 - Involved **80** volunteers from Revelation Church. Including promotion before the event, this represented over **130** volunteer hours. Such was the success of the Funday that many locals were asking when the event would be held again. Plans are already underway to make it an annual event. Recognising the large number of families within Moss Side, we also adapted our primary Christmas outreach activity to a Family Carols service. We partnered once again with the Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse at their annual Winter Fayre and invited attendees to the service. More than **200** people attended the Christmas event, including an estimated **30–40** residents from the local Moss Side community. In addition, we continued organising litter picks, prayer walks and other outreach initiatives throughout the year, helping to encourage and equip the church in its mission to reach the local area. ## **Cyprus Missions Trip** In June, we sent a short-term mission team to support Grace Church Larnaca in Cyprus. Grace Church is part of the wider Grace Connection family of churches, and the trip was organised in partnership with other Grace Connection churches across the UK. Two members of Revelation Church participated in the 11-day trip, engaging in outreach activities in Larnaca and providing practical support and encouragement to the local church. ## **Equipping and Training** To support our mission in Moss Side, we placed a greater emphasis on training and equipping the church during 2024/25. In November, we hosted a "How to Talk About Jesus" training day to help church members grow in confidence when sharing the Christian faith in everyday life. We also ran a series of theology sessions led by an external speaker, helping deepen our understanding of God and encouraging us to live faithfully as followers of Jesus. ## **Mobilising Our Community to Serve** We encourage members of our church family to serve regularly. During 2024/25, we estimate that approximately **3,300** volunteer hours were contributed on Sundays alone by around **110** volunteers in support of our ongoing mission and ministry. In addition, we estimate that a further **3,900** volunteer hours were contributed outside Sunday activities, together with Page 3 approximately **560** hours dedicated specifically to outreach initiatives, including the Family Funday. ## **Strengthening Teams** Our staff team has continued to grow as we seek to serve both our church family and the local community more effectively. By the end of 2024/25, our paid staff team had increased by two positions, comprising one part-time and one full-time role. These appointments have strengthened our capacity in communications, worship, events planning, safeguarding and children's ministry. At the beginning of the year, two volunteer staff members each served one day per week, with one subsequently moving into a full-time paid position. In addition, one volunteer participated in our One Thing discipleship year, contributing two days per week of service to the church. The appointment of two new members to our leadership team during the year brought additional wisdom and diversity of experience. The trustee board was also strengthened through the appointment of two new trustees, including one with significant safeguarding expertise. ## **Financial Review** The church's financial position as of 31st August 2025 remained strong. Income received into the General Fund increased to **£212,812** during 2024/25 (2023/24: £147,415), representing an increase of over **£65,000** . The majority of income continued to be generated through member giving and associated Gift Aid claims. During the year, some of the restricted funds raised through the previous year's offering were utilised. However, sufficient funds remain available to support the 2025/26 Family Funday and other planned outreach activities. During the year 2024/25, the trustees determined that the charity should maintain unrestricted cash reserves of no less than £33,200, equivalent to approximately three months of budgeted expenditure. This reserve level was intended to ensure the charity could continue operating effectively should income decrease or expenditure increase unexpectedly. The reserves policy was increased to £53,000 after the year end due to an increase in budgeted expenditure. Page 4 At the year end, unrestricted cash reserves totalled **£104,762** , significantly exceeding the minimum reserve requirement. These surplus funds are being retained to enable future investment opportunities that align with the charity's charitable purposes. In planning the activities, the Trustees have applied the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission. ## **Responsibilities of Trustees** Charity law requires us as Trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year which record the receipts and payments of the charity for the year. We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. We also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities. ## **Approval** This report was approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by: ## Robin Cox Robin Cox (Jun 24, 2026 22:21:45 GMT+1) ___________________________ Robin Cox ## Jun 24, 2026 Date:_______________________ Page 5 ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT** ## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF** ## **REVELATION CHURCH MANCHESTER** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Revelation Church Manchester ('the charity') for the year ended 31 August 2025 on pages 7 to 10 following. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns 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. ## J. Young J. Young (Jun 29, 2026 14:07:07 GMT+1) Jaimée Young Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB Date: Jun 29, 2026 Page 6 ## **REVELATION CHURCH MANCHESTER** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025** |Notes
**_Income receipts_**
Donations
Gift aid receipts
Charitable events and activities
Other
**_Total receipts_**
**_Payments_**
2
3
**_Total payments_**
Transfers between funds
6
**Net movement in funds**
Cash funds as at last year end
**Cash funds at this year end**
A
Net of receipts / (payments) before
Grants
paid
in
relation
to
charitable
activities undertaken by others
Payments
in
relation
to
charitable
activities undertaken directly|General
Designated
Funds
Funds
£
£
172,511
-
39,296
-
805
-
200
-
212,812
-
159,330
-
11,967
-
171,297
-
41,515
-
-
-
41,515
-
63,247
-
104,762
-
Unrestricted Funds|Restricted
Funds
£
245
3,523
-
-
3,768
3,075
3,525
6,600
(2,832)
-
(2,832)
8,439
5,607|2025
£
172,756
42,819
805
200
216,580
162,405
15,492
177,897
38,683
-
38,683
71,686
110,369|2024
£| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||139,674
19,438
1,290
640| |||||161,042| |||||129,212
10,560| |||||139,772| |||||21,269
-| |||||21,269
50,416| |||||71,686| The notes on pages 9 - 10 form part of these accounts. Page 7 ## **REVELATION CHURCH MANCHESTER** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** ## **AS AT THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025** ||||Unrestricted|Funds||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||General|Designated||Restricted||| ||||funds|funds||funds|2025|2024| |||Notes|£||£|£|£|£| |**A **|**Cash funds**|||||||| ||Cash at bank with immediate access||104,762||-|5,607|110,369|71,686| ||||104,762||-|5,607|110,369|71,686| |**B **|**Other monetary assets**|||||||| ||Gift aid due to charity||17,869||-|15|17,884|21,168| ||||17,869||-|15|17,884|21,168| |**C **|**Liabilities**|||||||| ||**Falling due within one year**|||||||| ||Agency funds balance||-||-|-|-|20| ||Pension||709||-|-|709|490| ||Accrued expenses||747||-|-|747|-| ||Fee for Independent Examination||1,680||-|-|1,680|1,140| ||||3,136||-|-|3,136|1,650| |**D **|**Assets retained for charity's own use**|||||||| |||||||Fund to|Value|Value| |||||||which asset|2025|2024| |||||||belongs|£|£| ||Contents and equipment|||||General|38,900|30,945| ||||||||38,900|30,945| Current values have been estimated by the trustees, based on purchase price of equipment. ## **E Guarantees and secured debts** The charity has not given any guarantees and has not provided its assets as security for any liabilities. The accounts were approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by: Robin Cox Robin Cox (Jun 24, 2026 22:21:45 GMT+1) ___________________________________Robin Cox Jun 24, 2026 Date:_______________________ The notes on pages 9 - 10 form part of these accounts. Page 8 ## **REVELATION CHURCH MANCHESTER** ## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025** ## **1 Accounting policies** The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis and comprise a statement that shows the charity's receipts and payments, a statement that summarises the charity's assets and liabilities and related notes. The accountancy profession have determined that only accounts prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards present a 'true and fair' view and, as these receipts and payments accounts have not (and cannot) be prepared in accordance with accounting standards, these accounts do not present (and are not intended to present) a 'true and fair' view of the charity's financial activities and state of affairs. General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes. Restricted funds are donations which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors; they include donations received from appeals for specific activities or projects. |**2**
**Payments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly**
Employment costs
Note 4
Staff training and expenses
Venue hire
Repairs, maintenance and equipment
Ministry expenses
Insurance
Legal and professional fees
Administration and support
Other costs
**3**
**Grants paid in relation to charitable activities undertaken by others**
Grants for:
Grace Church Nottingham [Grace Connection]
Kings Church Birmingham [Grace Connection]
The Boaz Trust
Barnabus (Manchester)
Bridging the gap (Manchester)
Gifts under £1k to organisations
Grants to individuals||Unrestricte|Designated
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
d Funds|Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
3,075
-
-
-
-
3,075
-
-
-
-
2,400
1,125
-
3,525|2025
£
106,290
2,680
17,201
3,798
14,239
818
9,551
7,184
643
162,405
5,000
5,000
-
960
2,400
1,125
1,007
15,492|2024
£| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||82,821
2,598
14,421
3,776
15,150
725
1,422
7,955
344| |||||||129,212| |||||||4,800
-
2,400
3,360
-
-
-| |||||||10,560| ## **4 Transactions with related parties** No payments were made to trustees or persons related to them, except for reimbursement of expenses paid out on behalf of the charity. Page 9 ## **REVELATION CHURCH MANCHESTER** ## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025** - **5 Acting as agent** During the year, the charity received £1,500 [2024: £1,360] for appeals which were solely supported by church members to help other members in need. This income was received as agent; the receipts and subsequent payments, are excluded from the Receipts and Payments account. |**6**
**Movement of funds**
General funds
Restricted funds
Vision 2024
Total funds|Opening
balance
£
63,247
8,439
8,439
71,686|Receipts
£
212,812
3,768
3,768
216,580|Payments
£
(171,297)
(6,600)
(6,600)
(177,897)|Transfers
£
-
-
-
-|Closing
balance
£
104,762
5,607| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||5,607| ||||||110,369| The Vision 2024 Fund was set up to provide resources for our outreach mission including grants to other ministries across Manchester. Page 10