## 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 Page 1 ## **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. Page 2 ## **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:_______________________ Page 3 ## **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**| |---|---|---|---|---| Page 4 ## **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**
-
-
-
**-**
-| |---|---|---|---|---| The accounts were approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by: ___________________________________Chris Lowe Date:_______________________16 May 2025 Page 5 ## **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| |---|---|---|---|---|---| Page 6 ## **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| |---|---|---|---|---|---| Page 7