## **Anchor Community Church - Annual report 2023-2024**
## **Registration number: 1196204**
## **Address**
26 Quob Lane, West End, Southampton, Hampshire SO30 3HN
**Trustees:** (Lead)Benjamin Davies Nicola (Nicky) Davies Brian Gale Louisa Petley
The 4 trustees meet at least 4 times a year. We started with these original trustees and as yet have not appointed any extra trustees but should the time come through trustees stepping down or dying then the existing trustees would discuss appropriate candidates and take a vote.
## **Activities that have taken place through the year:**
Sunday services weekly, Anchor Youth Club for 8-16yr olds fortnightly, Anchor Explorers (Bible study group for 8yrs +) monthly, Messy Church (alternative church services for young families)monthly, Alpha course once a year, Anchor Connect (Bible study group)fortnightly, The church runs a weekly coffee morning as a point of contact for people that want company and a warm space to meet and chat with refreshments.
The church also supports a local Ukranian family who help run Ukranian activity days and a Ukranian church service weekly. Vasyl Malofieiev has now been recognised as a Pastor of the Ukranian church that meets at Anchor Community Church each Sunday afternoon at 3pm.
The church is part of the local Churches Together hub for HEWEB (Hedge End, West End, Botley) and as part of this helps to run a Holiday Bible Club each year.
The church facilitates other Christian groups to meet on its premises including Zion Projects and SHOW (South Hants Origins Workshop)
## **Objectives in the year:**
To continue to outreach to young families and share the Gospel message
To develop the musical skills of the Worship Band to help facilitate worship for others To run the Alpha course annually to help people discover more about faith and Christianity To continue to encourage youth activities to support young people discovering their faith To refurbish the upstairs room for Anchor Kids on a Sunday morning
To help lead HEWEB Holiday Bible Club to reach children across the area with the Gospel message
## **Achievements:**
Alpha course – 10 attendees at our last course some of who have gone on to meet fortnightly at our Connect group.
Anchor Youth Club – 20 attendees regularly Anchor Explorers – 8 attendees Anchor Connect – up to 10 attendees
Messy Church – up to 4 families who attend not always regularly School of the Sword – up to 8 attendees Sunday services attendance – 40 regular attendees Coffee morning – between 15-20 attendees
All these activities are bringing people together to fellowship, to share thoughts and opinions and to increase their understanding of the Christian faith. This then helps people in their daily lives to be more positive and to not be lonely but to build lasting and meaningful friendships.
Registered
number:
CE026942
**ANCHOR
COMMUNITY
CHURCH DIRECTOR'S
REPORT
AND UNAUDITED
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS FOR
THE
YEAR
ENDED
31
MARCH
2024**
Berrywood
Accountants The
New
Studio Wintershill
Farm Wintershill,
Durley Hampshire SO32
2AH
## **Anchor
Community
Church Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|CompanyInformation|1|
|Director'sReport|2|
|Accountant'sReport|3|
|IncomeandExpenditureAccount|4|
|BalanceSheet|5|
|NotestotheFinancialStatements|6—7|
|Thefollowingpagesdonotformpartofthestatutoryaccounts:||
|DetailedIncomeandExpenditureAccount|8|
**Anchor
Community
Church Company
Information For
The
Year
Ended
31
March
2024**
|**CompanyNumber**|CE026942|
|---|---|
|**RegisteredOffice**|26QuobLane|
||WestEnd|
||Southampton|
||SO303HN|
|**Accountants**|BerrywoodAccountants|
||TheNewStudio|
||WintershillFarm|
||Wintershill,Durley|
||Hampshire|
||SO322AH|
Page
1
## **Anchor
Community
Church Company
No.
CE026942 Director's
Report
For
The
Year
Ended
31
March
2024**
The
director
presents
his
report
and
the
financial
statements
for
the
year
ended
31
March
2024.
## **Directors**
The
director
who
held
office
during
the
year
were
as
follows:
## **Statement
of
Director's
Responsibilities**
The
director
is
responsible
for
preparing
the
Director's
Report
and
the
financial
statements
in
accordance
with
applicable
law and
regulations.
Company
law
requires
the
director
to
prepare
financial
statements
for
each
financial
year.
Under
that
law
the
director
has elected
to
prepare
the
financial
statements
in
accordance
with
United
Kingdom
Generally
Accepted
Accounting
Practice (United
Kingdom
Accounting
Standards
and
applicable
law).
Under
company
law
the
director
must
not
approve
the
financial statements
unless
they
are
satisfied
that
they
give
a
true
and
fair
view
of
the
state
of
affairs
of
the
company
and
of
the surplus
or
deficit
of
the
company
for
that
period.
In
preparing
the
financial
statements
the
director
is
required
to:
- select
suitable
accounting
policies
and
then
apply
them
consistently;
- make
judgments
and
accounting
estimates
that
are
reasonable
and
prudent;
- prepare
the
financial
statements
on
the
going
concern
basis
unless
it
is
inappropriate
to
presume
that
the
company will
continue
in
business.
The
director
is
responsible
for
keeping
adequate
accounting
records
that
are
sufficient
to
show
and
explain
the
company's transactions
and
disclose
with
reasonable
accuracy
at
any
time
the
financial
position
of
the
company
and
enable
them
to ensure
that
the
financial
statements
comply
with
the
Companies
Act
2006.
He
is
also
responsible
for
safeguarding
the
assets of
the
company
and
hence
for
taking
reasonable
steps
for
the
prevention
and
detection
of
fraud
and
other
irregularities.
The
director
is
responsible
for
the
maintenance
and
integrity
of
the
corporate
and
financial
information
included
on
the company's
website.
Legislation
in
the
United
Kingdom
governing
the
preparation
and
dissemination
of
financial
statements may
differ
from
legislation
in
other
jurisdictions.
## **Small
Company
Rules**
This
report
has
been
prepared
in
accordance
with
the
special
provisions
relating
to
companies
subject
to
the
small
companies regime
within
Part
15
of
the
Companies
Act
2006.
By
order
of
the
board
28/01/2025
Page
2
## **Anchor
Community
Church Accountant's
Report For
The
Year
Ended
31
March
2024**
In
accordance
with
the
engagement
letter
dated
,
and
in
order
to
assist
you
to
fulfil
your
duties
under
the
Companies
Act 2006,
we
have
compiled
the
financial
statements
of
the
company
from
the
accounting
records
and
information
and explanations
you
have
given
to
us.
This
report
is
made
to
the
director
in
accordance
with
the
terms
of
our
engagement.
Our
work
has
been
undertaken
to prepare
for
approval
by
the
director
the
financial
statements
that
we
have
been
engaged
to
compile,
to
report
to
the
director that
we
have
done
so,
and
to
state
those
matters
that
we
have
agreed
to
state
to
them
in
this
report
and
for
no
other purpose.
To
the
fullest
extent
permitted
by
law,
we
do
not
accept
or
assume
responsibility
to
anyone
other
than
the
Company and
the
Company's
director
for
our
work
or
for
this
report.
You
have
acknowledged
on
the
balance
sheet
as
at
year
ended
31
March
2024
your
duty
to
ensure
that
the
company
has kept
proper
accounting
records
and
to
prepare
financial
statements
that
give
a
true
and
fair
view
under
the
Companies
Act 2006.
You
consider
that
the
company
is
exempt
from
the
statutory
requirement
for
an
audit
for
the
year.
We
have
not
been
instructed
to
carry
out
an
audit
of
the
financial
statements.
For
this
reason,
we
have
not
verified
the accuracy
or
completeness
of
the
accounting
records
or
information
and
explanations
you
have
given
to
us
and
we
do
not, therefore,
express
any
opinion
on
the
financial
statements.
Signed
## 28/01/2025
Berrywood
Accountants The
New
Studio Wintershill
Farm Wintershill,
Durley Hampshire SO32
2AH
Page
3
## **Anchor
Community
Church Income
and
Expenditure
Account For
The
Year
Ended
31
March
2024**
|**Notes**
**TURNOVER**
Costofsales
**GROSSSURPLUS**
Administrativeexpenses
**OPERATING(DEFICIT)/SURPLUSAND**
**(DEFICIT)/SURPLUSFORTHEFINANCIALYEAR**|**31March**
**2024**
**£**
28,441
(3,722)
24,719
(27,431)
(2,712)|**31March**
**2023**
**£**
40,838
(1,276)|
|---|---|---|
|||39,562
(16,446)|
|||23,116|
The
notes
on
pages
6
to
7
form
part
of
these
financial
statements.
Page
4
## **Anchor
Community
Church Balance
Sheet As
At
31
March
2024**
|**Notes**
**FIXEDASSETS**
TangibleAssets
**4**
**CURRENTASSETS**
Cashatbankandinhand
**Creditors:AmountsFallingDueWithin**
**OneYear**
**5**
**NETCURRENTASSETS(LIABILITIES)**
**TOTALASSETSLESSCURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**NETASSETS**
IncomeandExpenditureAccount
**MEMBERS'FUNDS**|**31March2024**
**£**
**£**
18,433
18,433
4,218
4,218
(2,247)
1,971
20,404
20,404
20,404
20,404|**31March2024**
**£**
**£**
18,433
18,433
4,218
4,218
(2,247)
1,971
20,404
20,404
20,404
20,404|**31March2023**
**£**
**£**
‑
‑
25,323
25,323
(2,207)
23,116
23,116
23,116
23,116
23,116|**31March2023**
**£**
**£**
‑
‑
25,323
25,323
(2,207)
23,116
23,116
23,116
23,116
23,116|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||18,433
1,971||‑
23,116|
||4,218
(2,247)||25,323
(2,207)||
||||||
|||20,404||23,116|
|||20,404||23,116|
|||20,404||23,116|
|||20,404||23,116|
For
the
year
ending
31
March
2024
the
company
was
entitled
to
exemption
from
audit
under
section
477
of
the
Companies Act
2006
relating
to
small
companies.
The
member
has
not
required
the
company
to
obtain
an
audit
in
accordance
with
section
476
of
the
Companies
Act
2006.
The
director
acknowledges
his
responsibilities
for
complying
with
the
requirements
of
the
Act
with
respect
to
accounting records
and
the
preparation
of
accounts.
These
accounts
have
been
prepared
in
accordance
with
the
provisions
applicable
to
companies
subject
to
the
small
companies regime.
On
behalf
of
the
board
28/01/2025
The
notes
on
pages
6
to
7
form
part
of
these
financial
statements.
Page
5
**Anchor
Community
Church Notes
to
the
Financial
Statements For
The
Year
Ended
31
March
2024**
## 1. **General
Information**
Anchor
Community
Church
is
a
private
company,
limited
by
guarantee,
incorporated
in
England
&
Wales,
registered
number CE026942.
The
registered
office
is
26
Quob
Lane,
West
End,
Southampton,
SO30
3HN.
## 2. **Accounting
Policies**
## 2.1. **Basis
of
Preparation
of
Financial
Statements**
The
financial
statements
have
been
prepared
under
the
historical
cost
convention
and
in
accordance
with
Financial Reporting
Standard
102
section
1A
Small
Entities
"The
Financial
Reporting
Standard
applicable
in
the
UK
and
Republic of
Ireland"
and
the
Companies
Act
2006.
## 2.2. **Turnover**
Turnover
is
measured
at
the
fair
value
of
the
consideration
received
or
receivable,
net
of
discounts
and
value
added taxes.
Turnover
includes
revenue
earned
from
the
sale
of
goods
and
from
the
rendering
of
services.
Turnover
is reduced
for
estimated
customer
returns,
rebates
and
other
similar
allowances.
## **Sale
of
goods**
Turnover
from
the
sale
of
goods
is
recognised
when
the
significant
risks
and
rewards
of
ownership
of
the
goods
has transferred
to
the
buyer.
This
is
usually
at
the
point
that
the
customer
has
signed
for
the
delivery
of
the
goods.
## **Rendering
of
services**
Turnover
from
the
rendering
of
services
is
recognised
by
reference
to
the
stage
of
completion
of
the
contract.
The stage
of
completion
of
a
contract
is
measured
by
comparing
the
costs
incurred
for
work
performed
to
date
to
the
total estimated
contract
costs.
Turnover
is
only
recognised
to
the
extent
of
recoverable
expenses
when
the
outcome
of
a contract
cannot
be
estimated
reliably.
## 2.3. **Tangible
Fixed
Assets
and
Depreciation**
Tangible
fixed
assets
are
measured
at
cost
less
accumulated
depreciation
and
any
accumulated
impairment
losses. Depreciation
is
provided
at
rates
calculated
to
write
off
the
cost
of
the
fixed
assets,
less
their
estimated
residual
value, over
their
expected
useful
lives
on
the
following
bases:
## 3. **Average
Number
of
Employees**
Average
number
of
employees,
including
directors,
during
the
year
was:
NIL
(2023:
NIL)
## 4. **Tangible
Assets**
|**Cost**
Asat1April2023
Additions
Asat31March2024
**Depreciation**
Asat1April2023
Providedduringtheperiod
Asat31March2024
**NetBookValue**
Asat31March2024
Asat1April2023|**Computer**
**Equipment**
**£**
‑
27,650|
|---|---|
||27,650|
||‑
9,217|
||9,217|
||18,433|
||‑|
Page
6
## **Anchor
Community
Church Notes
to
the
Financial
Statements
(continued) For
The
Year
Ended
31
March
2024**
## 5. **Creditors:
Amounts
Falling
Due
Within
One
Year**
|.
**Creditors:AmountsFallingDueWithinOneYear**|||
|---|---|---|
|Tradecreditors
Bankloansandoverdrafts
Accrualsanddeferredincome|**31March**
**2024**
**£**
(1)
2,028
220
2,247|**31March**
**2023**
**£**
(1)
2,028
180|
|||2,207|
## 6. **Company
limited
by
guarantee**
The
company
is
limited
by
guarantee
and
has
no
share
capital.
Every
member
of
the
company
undertakes
to
contribute
to
the
assets
of
the
company,
in
the
event
of
a
winding
up,
such
an amount
as
may
be
required
not
exceeding
£1.
Page
7
## **Anchor
Community
Church Detailed
Income
and
Expenditure
Account For
The
Year
Ended
31
March
2024**
|**TURNOVER**
Income
**COSTOFSALES**
Resources‑MessyChurch
AdministrationCharges‑YouthGroup
Bakingingredients‑YouthGroup
TuckShop‑YouthGroup
**GROSSSURPLUS**
**AdministrativeExpenses**
Games
Stafftraining
Healthandsafetycosts
Catering
Furnishings
Cleaning
KitchenEquipment
Hireandleasingofmotorvehicles
ComputerandITconsumables
Maintenance
Insurance
Printing,postageandstationery
YouthClub
Photocopying
ChurchResources
Advertisingandmarketingcosts
Literature
Websitecosts
Accountancyfees
Legalfees
MinisterialGifts
SocialEvents
Outreach
IndividualFamilySupport
Anchor
Subscriptions
Bankcharges
Charitabledonations
Depreciationofcomputerequipment
**OPERATING(DEFICIT)/SURPLUSAND**
**(DEFICIT)/SURPLUSFORTHEFINANCIALYEAR**|**31March2024**
**£**
**£**
28,441
3,657
‑
39
26
(3,722)
24,719
216
‑
47
1,169
173
123
498
631
2,092
1,567
523
105
4,484
459
382
‑
344
‑
220
1,036
1,220
195
63
‑
‑
387
101
2,179
9,217
(27,431)
(2,712)|**31March2024**
**£**
**£**
28,441
3,657
‑
39
26
(3,722)
24,719
216
‑
47
1,169
173
123
498
631
2,092
1,567
523
105
4,484
459
382
‑
344
‑
220
1,036
1,220
195
63
‑
‑
387
101
2,179
9,217
(27,431)
(2,712)|**31March2023**
**£**
**£**
40,838
1,137
46
69
24
(1,276)
39,562
96
461
654
904
104
117
348
‑
1,172
481
599
100
8
304
161
4,353
100
150
180
900
1,309
105
555
110
149
1,085
119
1,822
‑
(16,446)
23,116|**31March2023**
**£**
**£**
40,838
1,137
46
69
24
(1,276)
39,562
96
461
654
904
104
117
348
‑
1,172
481
599
100
8
304
161
4,353
100
150
180
900
1,309
105
555
110
149
1,085
119
1,822
‑
(16,446)
23,116|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||216
‑
47
1,169
173
123
498
631
2,092
1,567
523
105
4,484
459
382
‑
344
‑
220
1,036
1,220
195
63
‑
‑
387
101
2,179
9,217||96
461
654
904
104
117
348
‑
1,172
481
599
100
8
304
161
4,353
100
150
180
900
1,309
105
555
110
149
1,085
119
1,822
‑||
|||24,719
(27,431)||39,562
(16,446)|
||||||
|||(2,712)||23,116|
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8
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees** Charity Name Anchor Community Church
**On accounts for the year** 31[st] March 2024 **Charity no** 1196204 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 4-8 of the financial accounts non charity format (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2024 **D / MM / YYYY** .
**Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’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 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 (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed:** T J Phillips **Date:** 29.01.25 **Name:** Teresa Phillips **Relevant professional** CIOT **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** The New Studio, Wintershill Farm, Wintershill, Durley, SO32 2AH
1
**Oct 2018**
**IER**
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to** NONE **disclose** .
2
**Oct 2018**
**IER**