## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 01 2024 31 12 2024
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1202326
Holy River Community
**Charity's principal address** 2 Elm Park Road
Pinner **Postcode HA5 3LA**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Danut Daniel Martin 13/06/2024
2 Leontin Groza
Mihail Beniamin
3
Ureche
4 Sebastian Ioan Balan
Emanuel Iulian
5
Condurache
6 Nicusor Mirza
Dragos Andrei
7
Munteanu
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
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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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**TAR**
1
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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Type of adviser Name Address
Accountant Acumen London 107 Burdett Road, London E3 4JN
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Trust
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
By Appointment
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
To promote the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faith, primarily within London and its surrounding areas, but not exclusively.
To pursue other charitable objectives, as determined by the charity trustees, that facilitate the practice of the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faith. These may include, but are not
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## limited to:
- The prevention and relief of need, hardship, and sickness.
- The advancement of education.
- The provision of facilities for social welfare, recreation, or other leisure activities for individuals in need due to youth, age, infirmity, disability, financial hardship, or social circumstances, with the aim of improving their quality of life.
Such activities must be conducted in a manner consistent with the church’s doctrinal principles and ethical statements, which may be amended from time to time by the church.
The church actively engages in a range of activities aimed at promoting the Christian faith and supporting the community in accordance with its charitable objects. These activities include organizing worship services, faith-based outreach programs, educational initiatives, and social welfare projects. The church also provides facilities and support for individuals facing hardship due to age, infirmity, disability, or social circumstances, thereby contributing to their well-being and quality of life.
**Summary of the main** The trustees confirm that they have had due regard to the **activities undertaken for the** guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit in **public benefit in relation to** planning and executing these activities. All initiatives are designed **these objects (include within** to deliver tangible benefits to the community, ensuring that **this section the statutory** resources are used effectively and ethically to serve the needs of **declaration that trustees have** those in need and to promote the church’s religious and charitable **had regard to the guidance** objectives. **issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and performance
|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|During the year, the Church successfully advanced its mission
through a variety of impactful activities. These included the
organization of regular worship services, community outreach
programs, and educational initiatives that reached a broad
segment of the local population. The Church also expanded its
social welfare activities, providing essential support and facilities to
individuals facing hardship, age-related issues, or disability,
thereby improving their quality of life.
Additionally, the Church strengthened its partnerships within the
community and enhanced its facilities to better serve the needs of
those it supports. The trustees are pleased to report that these
efforts have contributed significantly to the spiritual, social, and
emotional well-being of the community, fulfilling the charity’s
objectives and demonstrating its ongoing commitment to public
benefit.|
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## **Section E Financial review**
The church maintains a policy of holding appropriate reserves to ensure **Brief statement of the** financial stability and to support the ongoing delivery of its charitable **charity’s policy on reserves** activities. Reserves are managed prudently to cover unforeseen contingencies, future projects, and operational costs. The trustees review the level of reserves regularly to ensure they are sufficient to meet the church’s commitments and strategic objectives, while also ensuring that funds are used effectively to serve the community and advance the church’s mission.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives 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)** Danut Daniel Martin
**Full name(s)** Danut Daniel Martin
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chairman **etc) Date** 26/09/2025
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## **HOLY RIVER COMMUNITY**
## **STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEC 2024**
## **HOLY RIVER COMMUNITY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEC 2024**
|**NOTE**
**INCOME**
Income from Donors
3a
Other Voluntary Income
3b
Income from Charities & Ancillary Trading
3c
Income from Weddings & Funerals
Income from Investments
3d
**TOTAL INCOME**
**EXPENDITURE**
Grants
4a
Activities directly relating to the work of
theChurch
4b
Church Management and Administration
4c
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**
**NET INCOME (-EXPENDITURE) FOR THE YEAR**
**Balance at1stApril 2024**
**Balance at 31st March 2025**|**UNRESTRICTED**
**FUNDS**
94,133
£
94,133
10,921
74,220
4,590
£
89,732
4,401
£
4,401|**UNRESTRICTED**
**FUNDS**
94,133
£
94,133
10,921
74,220
4,590
£
89,732
4,401
£
4,401|**RESTRICTED**
**FUNDS**
**TOTAL**
94,133
£
£
94,133
10,921
74,220
4,590
£
89,732
4,401
£
4,401|**TOTAL**
94,133
94,133|
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||£
£||||
|||
||10,921
74,220
4,590|
|||||4,401|
|||£||4,401|
The notes on pages 3 to 7 form part of these accounts
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## **HOLY RIVER COMMUNITY**
|**BALANCE SHEET**
**ASAT 31 DEC 2024**
**NOTE**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
5
Bank and Cash accounts
6
**LESS: CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
7
**REPRESENTED BY:**
**FUNDS**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Approved by the Holy River Community on
and signed on its behalf ,by Revd. Danut Daniel Martin||**2024**
£
4,401
4,401
4,401
4,401
4,401
…………………………
………………………|**2023**
£
910
910
360
£
550
550
£
550
…………..
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||£|||
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||£|||
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The notes on pages 3 to 7 form part of these accounts.
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**HOLY RIVER COMMUNITY NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEC 2024**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
The Accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations SORP 2015 together with applicable accounting standards and the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice.
## **FUNDS**
General funds represent the funds of the HRC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the HRC. Funds designated for a particular purpose by the HRC are also unrestricted.
## **INCOMING RESOURCES**
## **Voluntary Income and Capital Sources**
Collections are recognised when received by or on behalf of the HRC.
Planned giving receivable under covenant is recognised only when received.
Income tax recoverable on covenants or gift aid donations is included when the income is recognised.
Grants and legacies to the HRC are accounted for as soon as the HRC is notified of its legal entitlement and the amount due.
Funds raised by the Garden Day, BBQ, Village Show, Quiz Night and similar events are accounted for gross.
## **Other Ordinary Income**
Rental income from the letting of the church premises is recognised when the rental is due.
## **Income from Investments**
Dividends and interest are accounted for when received.
## **RESOURCES USED**
## **Grants**
Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over or when awarded.
## **Activities directly related to the work of the Church**
The Diocesan quota is accounted for when payable. Any quota unpaid at the yearend is provided for in these accounts as an operational (though not a legal) liability and is shown as a creditor in the Balance Sheet.
**HOLY RIVER COMMUNITY NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEC 2024**
## **2. FIXED ASSETS**
## **Consecrated land and building sand moveable church furnishings**
Consecrated and benefice property is excluded from the accounts by section 10(2)(b) of the Charities Act 2011.
No value is placed on moveable church furnishing held by the churchwardens on special trust for the HRC and which require a faculty for disposal since the HRC considers this to be inalienable property. All expenditure incurred during the year on consecrated or benefice buildings and moveable church furnishings, whether maintenance or improvement, is written off as expenditure in the Accounts.
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## **HOLY RIVER COMMUNITY NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEC 2024**
||**UNRESTRICTED**|**UNRESTRICTED**|**UNRESTRICTED**|**RESTRICTED**|**RESTRICTED**|**TOTAL **|**TOTAL **|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**FUNDS**|||**FUNDS**|||
|||£|||£|||
|**3.INCOME**||||||||
|**a) Incoming Resources from Donors**||||||||
|**Collections,Covenants and GiftAid**||94,133|||||94,133|
|**Income Tax Refundable**||||||||
|||94,133|||||94,133|
|**b) Other Voluntary Incoming**||||||||
|**Resources Donations/Grants**|||||-|||
|**Fund Raising Events**|||||-|||
|**Church Yard**||||||||
||||||-|||
|**c)Income from Charitable and Ancillary**||||||||
|**Trading & Weddings and Funerals**||||||||
|**Weddings & Funerals**||||||-||
|**Villager Magazine**||||||||
|||||||||
|**d)Income from Investments**||||||||
|**Dividends and Interest**||||||||
|||||||||
|**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**|£94,133|||£||£ 94,133||
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**HOLY RIVER COMMUNITY NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEC 2024**
|**4.EXPENDITURE**
**a)Grants**
Donations made
10,921
10,921
**b)Activities Directly Relating totheWork of the**
**Church**
Pastor
1,930
Clergy Expenses
32,603
Church Running expenses
28,428
Church Maintenance
1,268
9,559
Travel & Meeting
Insurances
433
74,220
c)**Church Management and Administration**
Printing and Stationery
Accountancy Expenses
Licenses
4,590
**TOTAL RESOURCES USED**
£
89,732
£
**UNRESTRICTED**
**FUNDS**
£
3,330
1,260|-
-
**RESTRICTED**
**FUNDS**
£|10,921
10,921
1,930
32,603
28,428
1,268
9,559
433
74,220
4,590
89,732
**TOTAL **
3,330
1,260|**TOTAL **|
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-
£|||
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## **HOLY RIVER COMMUNITY**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEC 2024**
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2024 2023
5. DEBTORS
Income Tax Recoverable - -
6. BANK BALANCES
Unrestricted Funds:-
Natwest Current account 2,364 910
Total unrestricted funds 2,364 910
Restricted Funds:-
- -
Total restricted funds
7. CREDITORS
-
amounts falling due within one year
Unpaid Accountancy Fees 360
332333
360
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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
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Report to the Tower Hamlets Youth League United
trustees/directors/
members of
On accounts for the year 31/12/2024
ended
Charity no.: 1202326 Company no.:
Set out on pages 1-4
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||I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the|
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||Church for the year ended**31 / 12 / 2024**.|
|**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 Companies Act 2006|
||(“the 2006 Act”).|
||Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required|
||to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for|
||independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your|
||charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011|
||(“the 2011 Act”). In carrying out my examination, I have followed the|
||Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the|
||2011 Act.|
||The Church’s gross income is £94133 and I am qualified to undertake the|
|**Independent**|examination by being a qualified member of ACCA. Delete.|
|**examiner's statement**||
||I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have|
||come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me|
||cause to believe that:|
||• accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the|
||Companies Act 2006; or|
||• the accounts do not accord with such records; or|
||• the accounts do not comply with relevant accounting requirements under|
||section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 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; or|
||•the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities|
||SORP (FRS102).|
||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.|
**Signed:** Md Wasiul Islam **Date:** 26/09/2025
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**Name:**
Md Wasiul Islam
**Relevant professional qualification(s) or body**
ACCA
**(if any):**
**Address:** 107 Burdett Road London E3 4JN
## **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 disclose** .
N/A
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