Cambridgeshire Gospel Partnership
Report and Accounts Year ended 31 August 2024
Cambridgeshire Gospel Partnership
LEGAL & ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE 1 Fitzroy Street Cambridge CB1 1ER GOVERNING DOCUMENT CIO Constitution CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1201540 TRUSTEES RESPONSIBLE FOR Michael Peter Kendall (appointed 01/2023 for 4 years) MANAGING THE CHARITY Christopher Alan Lowe (appointed 01/2023 for 3 years) Claire Rosemary Mason (appointed 01/2023 for 2 years) Thomas Miles Fenning (appointed 01/2023 for 2 years, resigned 07/2024) Jonathan Charles Dymoke Newcombe (appointed 10/2023 for 3 years)
INDEX
Page 1 Legal & Administrative Details Pages 2-3 Trustees' Report Page 4 Receipts and Payments Account Page 5 Statement of Assets & Liabilities Pages 6-7 Notes to the Accounts
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Cambridgeshire Gospel Partnership
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
The Trustees have pleasure in submitting the Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024. The charity was registered on 10/01/2023.
Objects of the charity
For the public benefit, the advancement of the Christian faith by working with church leaders from across the region, under God, to encourage and equip local churches in proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ, training Christian leaders, and strengthening and multiplying bible-centred churches.
Summary of the charity's main activities and achievements
To further the above objects and vision, the charity's main activities and achievements were as follows:
CGP normally runs the following activities during the year:
TEAM Course (Training for East Anglia Ministry): Exists to help train people to pass on the baton of the gospel. The course year started with 25 students and ended with 24 students completing the course. During the year, two students dropped out due to a change in their personal circumstances, and one student joined half way through the year. In comparison to the previous year, the number of students has increased to a normal size.
CWBC: Cambridge Women's Bible Conference. This gathers women from all over East Anglia for an annual regional Bible conference to have women teach, equip and encourage women to live for Jesus. The Cambridge Women’s Bible Conference is organised by an interdenominational group of evangelical women representing a number of churches in and around Cambridge. The Conference is run financially independent from CGP. In Spring 2023, CWBC's topic was "Finding Rest in Christ" and around 280 women joined the conference.
In planning the activities the Trustees have applied the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission.
Financial review
During the financial year 2023-24, the charity received income of £17,970, and incurred expenditure of £16,497. As a result, the cash held by the charity increased by £1,473 to £12,116, all of which is unrestricted and can be used for any charitable purpose.
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Governance
Responsibility for setting policy and for making operating decisions rest with the trustees who meet regularly to monitor the activities of the charity.
Responsibilities of trustees
Charity law requires us as Trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year which record the receipts and payments of the charity for the year.
We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011.
We also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities.
Approval
This report was approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
_________ Chris Lowe
16 May 2025 Date:_____
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Cambridgeshire Gospel Partnership
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
| Notes Income receipts Fee income Teaching income Total receipts Payments 2 3 Total payments Transfers between funds 1 Net movement in funds Cash funds as at last year end Cash funds at this year end A Cash funds at this year end (net) Net of receipts / (payments) before transfers Grants paid in relation to charitable activities undertaken by others Payments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly |
General Designated Funds Funds £ £ 16,740 - 1,230 - 17,970 - 16,497 - - - 16,497 - 16,497 - 1,473 - - - 1,473 - 10,643 - 12,116 - Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted Funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - |
2024 £ 16,740 1,230 17,970 16,497 - 16,497 16,497 1,473 - 1,473 10,643 12,116 |
2023 £ 5,760 230 5,990 9,460 1,000 10,460 10,460 4,470 - - 4,470 - 15,113 10,643 10,643 10,643 |
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Cambridgeshire Gospel Partnership
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
| Notes A Cash funds Cash at bank with immediate access C Liabilities Falling due within one year Fee for Independent Examination Accrued expenses Deferred income (course fees) Total |
General Designated funds funds £ £ 12,116 - 12,116 - - - - - - - - - Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted funds £ - - - - - - - |
2024 £ 12,116 12,116 - - - - - |
2023 £ 10,643 10,643 - - - - - |
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The accounts were approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:
_____Chris Lowe Date:_____16 May 2025
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Cambridgeshire Gospel Partnership
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
1 Accounting policies
The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis and comprise a statement that shows the charity's receipts and payments, a statement that summarises the charity's assets and liabilities and related notes. The accountancy profession have determined that only accounts prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards present a 'true and fair' view and, as these receipts and payments accounts have not (and cannot) be prepared in accordance with accounting standards, these accounts do not present (and are not intended to present) a 'true and fair' view of the charity's financial activities and state of affairs.
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes. Restricted funds are donations which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors; they include donations received from appeals for specific activities or projects.
| 2 Payments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly Employment costs Teaching and speaker fees Hall hire Speaker travel costs Books Administrator costs Advertising Admin costs Independent examination 3 Grants paid in relation to charitable activities undertaken by others Grants for: Eden Baptist Church UK Mission Sussex Gospel Partnership UK Mission |
Unrestricted Fun General funds £ - 7,550 2,550 257 475 3,442 - 2,223 - 16,497 - - - |
ds Designated funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Restricted Funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total 2024 £ - 7,550 2,550 257 475 3,442 - 2,223 - 16,497 - - - |
Total 2023 £ - 4,989 800 243 291 1,763 - 1,373 - 9,459 - 1,000 1,000 |
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Cambridgeshire Gospel Partnership
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
1 Movement of funds
| General funds Designated funds Organ Fund Church Repair Fund Restricted funds Mission Fund Pastoral Care Fund Total funds |
Opening balance £ 10,643 - - - - - - 10,643 |
Receipts £ 17,970 - - - - - - 17,970 |
Payments £ 16,497 - - - - - - - 16,497 - |
Transfers £ - - - - - - - - |
Closing balance £ 12,116 - - - - - - 12,116 |
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