## **ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED**
**31ST JULY 2025**
## **REACH SOUTH**
(Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
## **CHARITY REGISTRATION No: 1196451**
REACH SOUTH (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
## **CONTENTS**
|LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION|3|
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|INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS|4|
|STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES|5|
|STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES|6|
|NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS|7-9|
|TRUSTEES’ REPORT|10-12|
REACH SOUTH (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
## **CHARITY NUMBER**
**CHARITY NUMBER** 1196451 **DATE OF REGISTRATION** 08 November 2021 **START OF FINANCIAL YEAR** 01 August 2024 **END OF FINANCIAL YEAR** 31 July 2025 **TRUSTEES AS AT 31st JULY 2025** J. A. Clifton F. E. O. Saer J. P. Shulver P. J. Bentley-Taylor **LEGAL STATUS** Charitable Incorporated Organisation
## **GOVERNING INSTRUMENT**
CIO Foundation Registered 8th November 2021
## **OBJECTS**
The advancement of the Christian faith in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world as the trustees determine, through the establishment of a partnership of evangelical churches cooperating to plant and resource new churches, recruit and support gospel workers, train members of the churches for ministry, and co-ordinate efforts and expenditure for the furtherance of the gospel by publications, assemblies, courses and otherwise.
## **CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS**
## **PRIMARY BANKERS**
Burgess Road Library Burgess Road Southampton SO16 3HF CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4TA
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER**
Nathan Vogt ACA
REACH soimi
{Charitable Incorporated Organlsatlonl
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS
Report to the trustees/members of Reach South CIO on the accounts for the year ended 31st July 2025 set
out on pa8es 10 to 12.
I report to the trustees on my examlnatlon of the accounts of the above tharlty I'the Trust'l for the year
ended 31 July 2025.
Respon51bllhles and basls of report
As the charlty trustees, you are responsSble for the preparatlon of the accounts In acwrdance with the
requlrements of the Charitles Act 20111.the Arfl,
I report in respert of my examlnatlon of the Trusys accounts carrled out under sectlon 145 of the 2011 Act
and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directlons given by the Charity
Commission under section 14Sl5llbl of the Att.
Independent examlner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection with the examination whlch give5 me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
the accounting records were not kept In accordance wlth sertion 130 of the Charities
Act., or
the accounts dld not accord with the accounting records
I have no concern5 and have come auoss no other matters In connectlon wlth the examination to whlch
attentlon should be drawn in thls report in order to enable a proper understsndlng of the accounts to be
reached.
Signed:
Name:
Nathan Vogt
Date:
12105116
Relevant professional body: Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales
Address: 25 St Matthews Road
Winchester
S022 6BT
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||**STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**||||||||
||**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 25**||||||||
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||||**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**TOTAL FUNDS**|**TOTAL FUNDS**|||
|||**Notes**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**2025**||**2024**||
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|**INCOMING RESOURCES**|||||||||
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||IncomingResources from Generated Funds|**3.1**|96,610|12,940|109,550||17,809||
||IncomingResources from Charitable Activities|**3.2**||15,957|15,957||22,824||
||Other IncomingResources|**3.3**||103|103||31||
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|**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**|||**96,610**|**29,000**|**125,610**||**40,664**||
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|**RESOURCES EXPENDED**|||||||||
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||Charitable Activities|**4.1**|56,241|30,686|86,928||35,791||
||Governance Costs|**4.2**|215|1,380|1,595||1,897||
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|**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**|||**56,456**|**32,067**|**88,523**||**37,688**||
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|**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**|||**40,154**|**(3,067)**|**37,087**|**-**|**2,976**||
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|**TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD**|||**-**|19,473|19,473||16,498||
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|**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|||**40,154**|**16,407**|**56,561**||**19,473**||
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|The funds of Reach South include both unrestricted and restricted funds. Restricted funds relate to monies received for the Hope
Church Chichester church plant. These funds are to be used solely for the establishment and development of that church, including
associated staffing and employment costs. Movements on all reserves and all recognised gains and losses are shown above. All of
the organisation's operations are classed as continuing.|||||||||
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|The notes onpages 7 to 9 formpart of these financial statements.|||||||||
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## REACH SOUTH
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||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||||||
||**AS AT 31 JULY 2025**|||||||
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|||**Restricted**||**Unrestricted**|**TOTAL FUNDS **|**TOTAL FUNDS**||
||**Notes**||**Funds**|**Funds**|**2025**||**2024**|
|**Current Assets**||||||||
||Cash at Bank and in Hand||40,160|16,407|56,567||19,473|
|**Total Current Assets**|||40,160|16,407|56,567||19,473|
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|**Creditors: amounts falling due within oneyear**||||||||
||Pensionspayable||6|-|6||-|
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|**TOTAL LIABILITIES**|||6|-|6||-|
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|**NET ASSETS**|||**40,154**|**16,407**|**56,561**||**19,473**|
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|**Funds of the Charity**||||||||
||General Funds|||16,407|16,407||19,473|
||Restricted Funds||40,154||40,154|||
|**Total Funds**|||**40,154**|**16,407**|**56,561**||**19,473**|
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REACH SOUTH (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025**
## **1. BASIS OF PREPARATION**
## **1.1 Basis of Accounting**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant notes. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP - FRS102) and the Charities Act 2011.
The Charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102 through the objectives as set out in the Trustees' Report.
Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.
## **1.2 Assessment of Going Concern**
Preparation of the accounts is on a going concern basis. The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
The trustees have prepared projections for more than 12 months from the signing of the accounts and are confident that the charity will be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due in the forseeable future
## **2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **2.1 Income**
Income is recognised in the period in which the charity becomes entitled to receipt, the amount receivable can be measured with reasonable certainty, and receipt is probable. For the most part, income is generally recognised when it is received. Income is only deferred when the charity has to fulfil conditions before becoming entitled to it or where the donor has specified that the income is to be expended in a future period.
Recoverable Gift Aid is recognised when the related donation is received. Gift aid that has not been recovered by the Balance Sheet date is included as a debtor.
The Charity relies on volunteers to carry out many of its activities. However, in accordance with the SORP, the value of these services has not been included in these financial statements as they cannot be reliably measured.
## **2.2 Expenditure & Liabilities**
Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources.
Expenditure, including irrecoverable VAT, is recognised when it is incurred or, if earlier, when a legal or constructive obligation for a payment arises provided that it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Governance costs are those costs associated with the governance arrangements which primarily relate to constitutional and statutory requirements and include the strategic planning processes that contribute to the future development of the charity.
Pension contributions are charged to the statement of Financial Activities as they become payable.
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|**3. INCOMING RESOURCES**||||||||
||||**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**TOTAL FUNDS**||**TOTAL FUNDS**|
||||**Funds**|**Funds**|**2025**||**2024**|
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|**3.1 Incoming Resources from Generated Funds**||||||||
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||**Voluntary Income:**|||||||
||Grants & Gifts||96,610|12,940|109,550||17,809|
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||||**96,610**|**12,940**|**109,550**||**17,809**|
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|**3.2 Incoming Resources from Charitable Activities**||||||||
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||**NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**|**NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**|**NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**|||||
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||**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025**|||||||
||BigDayOut||-|3,270|3,270||10,906|
||EquipCourse Fees||-|12,687|12,687||11,918|
||||**-**|**15,957**|**15,957**||**22,824**|
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|**3.3 Other Incoming Resources**||||||||
||Bank & Other Interest||-|103|103||31|
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||||**-**|**103**|**103**||**31**|
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## REACH SOUTH
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025**
||**NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**|**NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**|**NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**|||||
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||**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025**|||||||
|**4. RESOURCES EXPENDED**||||||||
||||**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**TOTAL FUNDS**||**TOTAL FUNDS**|
|||**Notes**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**2025**||**2024**|
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|**4.1 Charitable Activities**||||||||
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||**Ministry Activities**|||||||
||BigDayOut Food and Refreshments||-|3,422|3,422||4,175|
||BigDayOut Children's Ministry|||1,485|1,485||-|
||BigDayOut General Expenses|||878|878||1,768|
||BigDayOut Venue|||2,217|2,217||2,026|
||EquipCoursegeneral expenses|||1,232|1,232||47|
||EquipCourse Speaker expenses|||800|800||2,015|
||EquipCourse staff costs|||17,460|17,460||17,063|
||External Missiongrantsgiven|||-|-||8,500|
||Reach South Travel expenses|||269|269||48|
||Reach South other expenses|||2,863|2,863||90|
||Chichester Staff Costs(Accom,Pension,Salary,travel)||45,425||45,425|||
||Chichester Equipment||8,151||8,151|||
||Chichester SundayMinistry (Refreshments,Children,Training)||635||635|||
||Chichester Venue costs||994||994|||
||Chichester Office costs||1,036||1,036
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||**Administrative Costs**||||-|||
||Bank fees||-|60|60||60|
||||**56,241**|**30,686**|**86,928**||**35,791**|
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|**4.2 Governance Costs**||||||||
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||Insurance||215|189|404|||
||Advertising& Marketing|||812|812||1,470|
||Accountancyfees|||379|379||427|
||||**215**|**1,380**|**1,595**||**1,897**|
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|**5. DETAILS OF CERTAIN LINES OF EXPENDITURE**||||||||
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|**5.1 Trustee Expenses & Remuneration**||||||||
||||||**2025**||**2024**|
||Number of trustees who werepaid expenses||||1||1|
||Nature of the expenses||||Reimbursement
of travel
expenses|Reimbursement
of travel
expenses
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||Total amount paid||||**79**
**£**||**48**
**£**|
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|**5.2 Related Party Transactions**||||||||
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|No other trustees received any remuneration or benefits in kind during the financial year.||||||||
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## **Reach South Trustees Report 2024-2025**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
The purposes of Reach South are:
The advancement of the Chris�an faith in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world as the trustees determine, through the establishment of a partnership of evangelical churches coopera�ng to plant and resource new churches, recruit and support gospel workers, train members of the churches for ministry, and co-ordinate efforts and expenditure for the furtherance of the gospel by publica�ons, assemblies, courses and otherwise.
When planning and reviewing the objec�ves of the ac�vi�es of the Church, due considera�on has been given to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and, in par�cular, the specific guidance on chari�es for the advancement of religion.
The charity set out to encourage and equip those leading and a�ending the churches that make up Reach South. For this repor�ng period (August 2024 to July 2025) the member churches were Christ Church Southampton, Cornerstone Church Portsmouth, Redeemer Winchester, Trinity Church Salisbury and Hope Church Chichester. Encouragement and equipping happened through:
- Monthly meetings between the pastors of the member churches
- Training events for all those who attend the member churches
- An annual celebration event for all those attending the member churches
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
## **Hope Church Chichester:**
In the previous repor�ng period, the trustees commi�ed to plan�ng a church in Chichester and appointed Chris Fry to lead the church plant. Chris Fry started working for Reach South in November 2024. He moved into Chichester in November 2024 and began the process of building a team and raising funds for the new church. A launch team slowly formed together and started mee�ng midweek in the spring of 2025. They decided upon a name for the church (Hope Church) and began mee�ng on Sundays in June 2025. By the end of the repor�ng period, the church had seen a number of new people join and was in a healthy posi�on by the end of the summer.
## **Monthly Mee�ngs For Church Leaders:**
Each month, the pastors of the member churches met to provide updates on each church as well as offering support and advice to one another. Chris Fry (pastor of Hope Church Chichester), joined the mee�ngs from November 2024. During the mee�ngs the five pastors were able to discuss ma�ers pertaining to their churches; offer one another encouragement, wisdom and prayer; and plan future Reach South ini�a�ves.
## **The Equip Course:**
The Equip Course (started by Reach South in September 2022), con�nued into its fourth year. The Course is run over two years, although not all par�cipants will stay for both years. The number of par�cipants over the repor�ng period was 20.
In addi�on to the Tuesday course, a number of Equip for All days were opened up to anyone. The days covered various theoligcal and prac�cal subjects related to the Chris�an faith. They were well a�ended by people from member churches increased the ability of Reach South to provide training.
John Taylor con�nued to oversee the running of the course on behalf of Reach South. The teaching was provided by a wide variety of lecturers including John Taylor, individuals from Reach South churches, and some from other churches in the region.
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The majority of the par�cipants came from those who a�ended churches within the Reach South network, but some came from outside of the Reach South network. The Trustees are keen to increase the reach of the Equip Course.
## The aim of the course is: **“to equip Chris�ans of all ages from different church backgrounds from across the south coast to be�er understand, live out and teach God’s Word in whatever se�ng they find themselves.”** The trustees are sa�sfied that the course is accomplishing its aim.
## **Annual Big Day Out:**
Each year, all those who a�end the member churches, gather for the Big Day Out (BDO). The BDO is a day of celebra�on and equipping. In 2025, the BDO took place on Sunday 8 June. Over 650 a�ended and enjoyed teaching sessions by from Adrian Reynolds who works for the FIEC network of churches. Alongside the main adult sessions, there was a whole programme for children aged 0-18 and an all-age concert in the a�ernoon.
## **Mutual Support** :
One of the ways member churches express their support of each other is through an annual ‘pulpit’ swap. A pastor from each member church preaches in a different member church. The pulpit swap happened in February 2025 and was well received by each church.
## **Youth Weekend Away:**
In November 2024, 14-18yr olds from three of the Reach South Churches had a weekend away in the New Forest. 35 a�ended with 15 leaders and they enjoyed games, ac�vi�es and teaching on What Is The Gospel.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
Reach South as a legal en�ty is a Charitable Incorporated Organisa�on. It is governed by a cons�tu�on dated 16 September 2021. Registered Charity status was granted on 8 November 2021 under Registra�on Number 1196451. The Charity is governed by a board of Trustees who also cons�tute the members of the Charity. They meet regularly (normally monthly) to set policy and review the ac�vi�es of Reach South.
Trustees are nominated and appointed by exis�ng trustees when they have sa�sfied themselves of the need of further trustees and the qualifica�ons – spiritual and otherwise – of the person proposed for the role.
All trustees serve without remunera�on in their capacity as Trustees.
## **FINANCE**
Total receipts over the repor�ng period (1 August 2024 – 31 July 2025) amounted to £125,610 over the year. Total outgoings were £88,523 The balances carried forward into August 2025 totalled £56,561.
There was an increase in receipts and outgoings over the period due to the ac�vies of Hope Church Chichester (HCC). During the repor�ng period, Reach South received gi�s for HCC totalling £96,610. Those funds were used to pay employment costs and other costs related to se�ng up and running HCC. Those outgoings totalled £56,456.
A full financial report is appended.
The other sources of income for the charity were grants and gi�s from member churches and other givers towards the general running of the charity totalling £12,940 and through charitable ac�vites (predominantly course fees from the Equip Course) totalling £15,957.
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Apart from expenditure on HCC, the majority of outgoings over the year were spent on The Equip Course (£19,492). Most of that expenditure covered the salary of the course director who was seconded from Christ Church Southampton for 2 days a week.
A reserves policy exists whereby – in normal circumstances – cash reserves should be retained amoun�ng to 3 months basic opera�ng costs (such costs being es�mated at a nominal 80% of the full current-year charity budget.) In the repor�ng period this target was met.
It is an�cipated that in the financial year (2025-2026) both incomings and outgoings will con�nue to be impacted by the ac�vi�es of HCC. The trustees an�cipate that HCC will move towards becoming an independent charity within the next two years.
## **RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEES**
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accoun�ng Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accoun�ng Prac�ce).
The law applicable to chari�es in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the incoming resources and applica�on of resources of the Charity for that period. In preparing the financial statements the Trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the Charity will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accoun�ng records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any �me the financial posi�on of the Charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Chari�es Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regula�ons 2008 and the provisions of the governing document.
They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the preven�on and detec�on of fraud and other irregulari�es.
The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial informa�on included on the charity’s websites. Legisla�on in the United Kingdom governing the prepara�on and dissemina�on of financial statements may differ from legisla�on in other jurisdic�ons.
This report was approved by the Trustees of Reach South on 23[rd] April 2026 and signed on their behalf by:
J. A. Cli�on (Trustee of Reach South CIO)
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