## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/04/2024 Period start date To 31/03/2025 Period end date Charity name: LIFE Church St Helens CIO**
## **Charity registration number: 192565**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the CIO are to advance the
Christian faith for the public benefit in
accordance with the statement of beliefs and
practices in the Schedule hereto in St Helens,
Merseyside and in such other parts of the
United Kingdom or the world as the charity
trustees may from time to time think fit.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|LIFE Church St Helens CIO helps children,
young adults, elderly people, people with
disabilities, other charities, voluntary groups,
general public, mankind, by promoting and
sharing the Christian faith, by providing
buildings, facilities, open space, by providing
services, advocacy, counselling, advice,
information, sponsorship, research, acting as
a resource; supporting individuals, groups and
organisations, which may include finance;
operating across England and Wales, and also
beyond.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees have had regard to the Guidance
issued by the Charity Commission on public
benefit|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A **|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A **|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The Charity has experienced further delays
due to the effects and impact of Covid
Pandemic, during our formative period.
Applications to Charity Commission, for a
bank account, and to HMRC to register for
Gift Aid, were subject to delays.
Many banks stopped providing charity and/or
community accounts during the Covid
period. A few started accepting applications
again in 2021, but most demanded
attendance in person for ID checks.
Finally, the CIO was able to register with
Virgin Money using remote, digital
identification and verification, in February
2022.
It took a further 7 months to register with
HMRC for Gift Aid, which was eventually
completed on August 15th 2022.
Since then the initial group has changed
somewhat, and for a while it seemed that we
would not be able to arrive at an effective
launch.
New contacts with the AoG Church in
August 2023 did not develop to a point
where LIFE Church St Helens was able to
make a formal launch in the period to 31st
March 2025.
However, the time of writing, the new
relationship with Charis Bible Studies UK,
has led to the launch of a CBS – St Helens
Group, as a new, unincorporated Bible Study
Group from September 2024.
This Group has now developed and has now
been launched, with public services at a
local, hired venue from 1stJune 2025, as
LIFE Church St Helens.
These developments will be reported in full
in 12 months time, when the TAR to March
31st2026 is due.|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**None**|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**None**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**None**|
|Other||**None**|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s financial
positionat the end ofthe period|Para 1.21|**None**|
|Statement explaining the policy for
holding reserves stating why they
are held|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Amount of reservesheld|Para 1.22|**£0**|
|Reasons for holding zero reserves|Para 1.22|**Charity activities began 1st June 2025. **|
|Details of fund materially in deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A **|
|Explanation of any uncertainties
about the charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**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|**None**|
|Investment policy and objectives
including any social investment
policy adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal risks
facing the charity|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A **|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s trusts:|Description of charity’s trusts:||**None**|
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)||Para
1.25|**Charity Commission CIO Template**|
|How is the charity constituted?
(e.g unincorporated association, CIO)||Para
1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods including
details of any constitutional provisions
e.g. election to post or name of any
person or body entitled to appoint one
or more trustees||Para
1.25|Founding Trustees recruited from persons
formerly active with LIFE Church Ministries,
Bradford, but based in St Helens,
Merseyside for several years.
NB: New, experienced Trustees added in
2025 from CBS Wirral – who also lead CBS
St Helens.|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|||where relevant about:|
|Policies and procedures adopted for
the induction and trainingof trustees|Para
1.51||N/A at present|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider network with
which the charity works|Para
1.51||LIFE Church St Helens CIO is an
independent charity and church body,
operating relationally, rather than structurally
– and not financially – with other Churches,
Christian charities and groups, and other
faith/non-faith groups, locally, regionally and
nationallyinthe UKandfurtherafield.|
|Relationship with any related parties|Para
1.51||Relational, for mutual support and
encouragement|
|Other|||**N/A**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|LIFE Church St Helens CIO|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|None|
|Registered charity number|1192565|
|Charity’s principal address|7 Windle Street, St Helens. WA10 2BZ|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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|**Trustee name**|**Office (if**
**any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Brian GeoffreyCraven|Chair||Trustees|
||Max Charlesworth|Trustee||Trustees|
||Pamela MaryCraven|Trustee||Trustees|
||Elisabeth Anna Stewart|Trustee||Trustees|
||Paul AntonyCurtis Rodway|Trustee|23rd March 2025|Trustees|
||Helen Elizabeth Rodway|Trustee|23rdMarch 2025|Trustees|
## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name None**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**||
|---|---|---|
|**None**|||
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**||
|---|---|
|Description of the assets held in this capacity|None|
|Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and|N/A|
|how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects||
|Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets|N/A|
|from the charity’s own assets||
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||
|**None**|||
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
N/A
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A**
**Other optional information N/A**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s**|**trustees**||
|---|---|---|
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date**|
B G Craven|**P Craven**|
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Brian Geoffrey Craven|Pamela Mary Craven|
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Chair|Trustee|
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9thJune 2025|9th June2025|