Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 01 July 2024 30 June 2025
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1193861
New Life Church Bishop’s Stortford
Charity's principal address 16 Highfields Saffron Walden Essex Postcode CB10 2AD
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 ** |
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| GaryPattenden | Treasurer | |||
| Anderson Munhoz | Pastor | |||
| Richard Read | Trustee | |||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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| Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address |
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address |
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Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by the existing trustees Trustee selection methods
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Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Religion, Helping the Poor and Homeless and addicted
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
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Church Services, Men’s group, Women’s Group, Prayer group, Helping the poor and addicted and Homeless
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Sunday Services every week, Special Services for Christmas, Easter, Summary of the main Mother’s and Father’s Day. Many people looked after and helped both achievements of the charity spiritually and financially. Mission supported financially, Food bank work, during the year now closed.
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Section E Financial review
We currently look to hold a reserve of £10,000
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially None in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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All funds come in the form of donations from members and business sponsors
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Gary Pattenden Full name(s) Gary Pattenden Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date 6th October 2025
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Charity Name No (if any) New Life Church Bishop's Stortford 1193861 Receipts and payments accounts
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For the period Period start date Period end date To from 7/1/2024 6/30/2025
Section A Receipts and payments
| to the nearest £ A1 Receipts General Giving 39,408 Restricted Giving Gift Aid 18,551 Cash Giving 7,442 Interest Received 591 65,992 - - Sub total - Total receipts 65,992 A3 Payments Band Equipment 2,373 Rent of School 10,753 Gifts to Pastor 5,183 Bank and Legal Fees 79 Café Consumales 1,702 Software Subscriptions 801 Mission Gifts 17,286 Insurance 359 Consumables 2,883 Pastoral Expenses 3,419 Hope Café 250 Advertising 268 Legal and CRB 332 Other Rent 2,615 Charitable Donations 390 Subscriptions 7 Sub total 48,700 - - Sub total - Total payments 48,700 Net of receipts/(payments) 17,292 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end - Cash funds this year end 17,292 Unrestricted funds Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ 33,817 33,817 - - - 33,817 33,817 33,817 - - - 33,817 - - - - Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ 39,408 33,817 18,551 7,442 591 - - - 99,809 - - - 99,809 2,373 10,753 39,000 79 1,702 801 17,286 359 2,883 3,419 250 268 332 2,615 390 7 82,517 - - - 82,517 17,292 - - 17,292 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Details Current Account Mission Account Savings Account Expense Account Barclays Account Details Details Details Details Signature GaryPattenden Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ to nearest £ 13,965 - 3 29,284 - 500 1,017 - 44,769 - Agreement Error OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name GaryPattenden Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
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| GaryPattenden | GaryPattenden | 11th Nov 2025 |
Independant examlner's reporttothe trustees of Naw Llf8 Church Bishop's Stortford I report to the trustees on my examination of the aG¢ounts of New Life Church Bishop's Stortford forthe year ended 30 June 2025 R85ponsibilit18s and basis of report As the charitytrustees of the trust, you are responsible forthe preparation ofthe accounts in accordance with the requirements ofthe charities Act 20111"the act") I report in respect of my examination of the trust's accounts carried out under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carrying out my examin8tion I have followed allthe applicable directions given bythe Charity Commission undersection 145 {51{bl of the act. Independent examiners statoment 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: accounting records were not kept in respect ofthe trust as required by section 130 ofthe act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this respect in order to enable a proper understanding otthe accounts to be reached. Signed: yYL2 Name: David Adams Independent Examinerfor New Life Church Bishop's Stortford 1111112015 Address: 17 Colehills, Clavering, Essex, CB114QY