## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 July 2024 30 June 2025 **From** **To** ## 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** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||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** March **2012** **TAR** 1 |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **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 - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - 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** March **2012** **TAR** 2 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)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 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. March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **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)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: All funds come in the form of donations from members and business sponsors - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - 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 March **2012** **TAR** 5 **Charity Name No (if any) New Life Church Bishop's Stortford 1193861 Receipts and payments accounts** ## **CC16a** **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**
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**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 48,700**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 17,292**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
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**A6 Cash funds last year end**
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**_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**
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**-**
**-**
**33,817**
**33,817**
**33,817**
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**-**
**-**
**33,817**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**39,408**
**33,817**
**18,551**
**7,442**
**591**
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**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**
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**82,517**
**17,292**
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**17,292**|**Last year**
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**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**
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**3**
**29,284**
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**500**
**1,017**
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**44,769**
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Agreement Error
OK
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Print Name
GaryPattenden
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**Amount due**
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**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||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