## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 1[st] April 2024 31[st] March 2025
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Acoustic 84 Communities **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1201559 **Charity's principal address** 8 Mulberry Gardens Charlton Down DORCHESTER **Postcode DT2 9FJ**
Acoustic 84 Communities
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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||Caroline Couzens|Trustee|||
||Christine Leach|Trustee|||
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||KayElliott|Trustee|||
||Peter House|Trustee(Treasurer)|||
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **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**
CIO Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association registered January 2023 How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Trustees board Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
We have developed the following policies: Safeguarding:
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
We are developing a Safeguarding policy. All trustees have undergone safeguarding training provided by Baptist Union of Great Britain level 3. T Finance control:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
We have a finance committee of Trustees who hold regular meetings to approve and review the payment of fees, grant payments and other expenditure.
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
We have regular Trustee meetings to determine direction and evaluate progress.
- relationship with any related parties;
- In addition to the Baptist Union of Great Britain we associate with
- • trustees’ consideration of Threshold network in Lincoln, Poole Missional Communities, Southern major risks and the system Counties Baptist Association, Rural Ministries and Dorset Pioneer and procedures to manage Network. them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
To see a Christian light in every place and space in Dorset.
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
Acoustic84 communities equips people to missionally listen in their context. Supports the creation of Christian communities through boats and harbours. All with the desire to see Gods Kingdom.
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Regular meetings of small groups of Christians (Boats) for encouragement, prayer, Bible study and general sharing of life together. Monthly meetings of clusters of Boats (Harbours) for worship, teaching, Bible study.
Annual meetings with associated groups.
Trustees are aware of the guidance on public benefit and have taken this into consideration when making decisions.
**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)**
Acoustic 84 pays fees and expenses for teaching, guidance, and pastoral care.
It also provides grants and expenses for individuals who attend conferences to support their role as missional listeners and leadership of boats.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
Each boat relies on the voluntary support of its members to organise meetings, encourage each other to listen and respond to the “cry” of the community.
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Consolidation of boats in Charlton Down and Poundbury. **Summary of the main achievements of the charity** Baptising new members. **during the year** We continue to support a Missional Listener in Weymouth We continue our association with Stoborough Baptist and Parkstone Baptist churches. We are looking to the formation of new boats. We continue to with the Expanding Threshold Network in Lincolnshire and beyond.
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## **Section E Financial review**
N/A **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially** N/A **in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)**
- Principal sources of income are in the form of grants from:
- You **may choose** to include additional information, where Southern Counties Baptist association,
- relevant about: • the charity’s principal Rural ministries. sources of funds (including any fundraising); In addition, we receive donations from individuals.
- • how expenditure has supported the key objectives Expenditure has supported the objectives and achievements.
- 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) Full name(s)** Christopher Charles Leach **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee (secretary) **etc)**
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**CC return 2024/2025 Receipts**
|Grants|18769|
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|Donations|3900|
|Total|22669|
|**Payments**||
|Fees|14966|
|Expenses|4238|
|Total|19204|
|Net|3465|
|funds b/fwd|2645|
|Bal YE|6110|