Sthr¢mvJrt of As9¢ts 4Th1 Liabilities 1192558 TRUSTEFS: JIH Brrr L£slie BrrKk Eileen Kelty Paula14cwman Aarius Schuhz R¢v mic￿1 wak￿ (Chair) IS Butt¢ll Cltye RM17 6UN Jasou Foxwell FCCA FCIE 12 Hilllxiurne R￿d P(w)le BH17 7JB cornerstone CHURCH - 4h,Y July 2024- June 2025 Cornerstone Church, Grays Trustees, Annual Report Report approved ty TAthees on 1tJh Juty 2025 Cornerstone Church Grays is a registered tharity Registered Charity Number 1192558 Regtstered Office: 15. Butteu CloK Grays Essex RM17 6UN Eileen Elizabèth Keuy Jill Brock Karl Francis Newman Lestie John Brock Marius Sdxrttz Michael Roy Walton Paula Ann Newman Comerstone Church. Grays is a Charitsbie Incorporated Ctynisation (CIQ). Comerstone is both a church and a charty. As a church we are led by eiders, as outLined In the B¢ble. As a charlty we are required by to have trus*e& Since the etders are the leaders of the Churc￿ they are also trustees of the chaTtty. Hth¥ever, there are various administrative, financial and legal tssks required of ctrgrÈties. As such some of the trustees kncLude non.eklers to IW spread the load and to oversee important areas of mtnisty. The trustees are free to golwn ￿ d￿rity based on its consiitsjtson arxl the d￿ritsble aims stated in the constitutic From July 2024 to June 2025 tr* Tnjstees met 9 time5 to rnanage the affairs of the thirity. The charitsble members of Comerstone Church. Grays are the elders of the thurch. These membeTS in Line with the Cornerstone's constitution, are able to amend constitutton, if necessary. The charity was fonned on the 27th Nu¥ember, 2020. In the last 12 months Fetix Norman- Wdknams resÈgned as fr(￿ serying as a CP￿rCh elder and trustee (4th October 2024). Les Brock was rtretected for a 2ré tsm) to continue ser¥ing as a thurch eider and trustee14th November 2024). Manus Schuitt was elected to stsrt seThing as a churth ekler and trust•e (13th January 2025). As ststed in cwr Constt'tution our charttsble objecths are the advancement of the Chrlstlan faith and 9Jch ott￿ck￿rI￿b1e pury)oses that put the Chrisdan faith into practtce. As a church we held regular Sundry serAces and MId-¥￿ek bible studles wlth th• aim of H•iping •xlstlng Chrlstians grow In thelr f•tth etptng people th) are Interested, to Inv￿atr the Christian faith for themselves. Achi ments and erlorma including repoi.ting on public ilk'll¢!fit On Sundays we continue to meet Én person at Woods￿9 Academy and on Zoom. We're thankful that indlviduals who might Strugg￿ to j￿1 us in pgrson ar@ able to be included via Zoom. Creche, Sunday School and regular Churth Famlty ￿rKhe5 wwe ab￿ to Contin￿ in the last 12 months. We have had 2 bible study group5 runni￿ for adutts ar￿ a separnte grow for our secondary sd¥xA aged young peo￿. We have continued tQ 5UPPOrt a ministy in Keny4 where Gernid and Louise Mwan91 Icrosslinks Mission Partners) serrfe to train and equip those working with ￿Uth and thildren in Kenyan Anglican churche& We also supp)rted a churth family member ser¥ing on short mission In Benin. We are ￿T￿ndY in the process of supportlng foster children with g¢)od bags with Capstone F05teT Care. We have also supwrted a AME church plant in Brackneu ard Heath Park (East London). We are th¢ process of Setting up a free Home Help Service for OUT local community. Our Sunday Services usually Pthe around 40 Fyle reguiarty worshlppuw together Sunday by Sunday. Final. '.ÉL"4iew We were blessed that receiv￿ a fthv large one-off donations which boosted our income during the year. Our costs were slightly lower than antscipated during the year we underspent in many areas tArt then had over5perK15 related to new tech for Sunday morning gatherings and supwrt of overseas mi5siorL We're so th￿kful that this ￿ar our a￿￿1 income has exceeded our actual exk*ndtture Saving towards staff costs after June 2025 Reserye Saving towards supwt of UK Mlssion £13,610 £11.500 £470 The TFUStees have agreed the bjdget for Juty 2024 to June 2025 based upon: Current regular giving from our cp￿rCh famity, and from outsLde of the church f4mity Funds that have been set asid• to help pay our Pastar. k?(I&:':￿I.Ve5 Pclicy Comerstone Church wui aim to k•ep reser￿ •quivaiant to 3 month's Nnnu)g cost& If atsr reserves fau beiiyw thLs the Trustee$ will review the budget and adjust attordlngly. Cornerstone Church Grays is commttted to the safeguardlng of ali thildren and adulty particularly those with care and support needs and ertsuring their weu-being. We use a Christtan charity. Thityone:eight who are spetsalists In saf8guardlng to support and advise us kn thts area. Our safeguarding polw is available on our wd)site and in paper fonn on request and we ask that au those in our thurch who th wtth chtldren