## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 16 March 2023 Period start date To 30 November 2023 Period end date** **Charity name: Discovery Church Swindon Central Charity registration number:1202360** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objects of the CIO is to advance the**
**Christian faith in accordance with the**
**statement of faith and practices**
**primarily, but not exclusively, within**
**Swindon and surrounding areas and**
**such other charitable purposes as shall,**
**in the opinion of the charity trustees,**
**put into practice the Christian faith in**
**accordance with the statement of faith**
**which are exclusively charitable**
**according to the law of England and**
**Wales and are connected with the**
**charity work of the charity.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Regular services of worship, preaching**
**and expounding the Holy Bible.**
**Activities within the local communities**
**that promote cohesion and family unity,**
**e.g. Parent and Toddlers, youth events**
**and ESOL courses. In addition to this**
**we have organised several community**
**services and lunches particularly as a**
**welcome church for those asylum**
**seekers and refuges.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have paid due regard to the**
**Charity Commission's guidance on**
**public benefit in deciding what activities**
**the charity should undertake. The**
**trustees consider that they have acted**
**in the public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We do not offer grants to other bodies**
**or individuals, but we do try to support**
**the pastoral work of other churches in**
**our town and abroad.**| |||| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Our volunteers engage fully in enabling**
**us to fulfil the purposes of the charity,**
**for example many help as befrienders**
**via our mothers and toddlers,**
**welcoming church, esol classes.**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**During this short period we are**
**reporting for the Church has seen**
**modest growth in its numbers. We have**
**helped a number of families through our**
**partnership with Welcoming Churches**
**UK and in the Swindon Community. We**
**have also been at the forefront of**
**initiatives under the Good News for**
**Swindon network promoting the**
**working together of Christian Churches**
**in the town to worship together, co-**
**operate on serving the great town of**
**Swindon and its people with social**
**action projects that include areas such**
**as youth ministry, homeless shelters,**
**food banks, asylum seekers and tthose**
**that live around our area etc. Our**
**church continues to meet regularly**
**every Sunday for main services and**
**Tuesday for Prayer. In addition we have**
**a thriving youth work on a Friday and an**
**outreach for mothers and toddlers on a**
**Wednesday as well as children work on**
**Saturday alongside English classes for**
**speakers of other languages. This**
**period of time has seen our church**
**establish itself as a separate entity with**
**a strong Leadership team made of three**
**key leaders and their wives as well as a**
**wider group of co-workers.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Very little to report due to short period**
**this covers but church continues**
**actively to serve its congregation and**
**the community around the area we**
**serve.**| |---|---|---| |||| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Total funds at 30 November 2023 were**
**£75,300**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We have inherited part of the reserve**
**from the dissolution of the old charity**
**however the church is trying to raise**
**funds to be able to support the**
**refurbishment of it buildings to support**
**the activities of the charity and the**
**ability to very soon be able to employ**
**part time staff in areas of pastoral**
**ministry, administrator and treasures.**
**For this reason we will be holding**
**£30,000 in reserve for staff salaries and**
**hold a development fund aimed at**
**supporting our work of renovating our**
**main building.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Total funds at 30 November 2023 were**
**£75,300**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **Almost all of our funding comes from the members of the church.** The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**The Trustees are selected on the basis**
**of their Christian faith and maturity as**
**well as their management skills.**
**Discovery Church Swindon Central is an**
**independent church working closely**
**with a Network of Churches in Swindon**
**are called Good News For Swindon. We**
**retain however the same practices**
**locally that have always governed our**
**charity. The chairman of the charity is**
**the senior minister, but he may delegate**
**that responsibility with the permission**
**of the other trustees. The senior**
**minister is responsible for leading the**
**charity overall, and local church is run**
**by a minister appointed to that role. The**
**church is governed practically and**
**financially by the Church Council who**
**are the trustees/members of the charity**
**and proposed and chosen by the**
**members in close working with chair**
**and other church leaders.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**In October 2022 the church started as**
**independent church from the old charity**
**which split into two. Each one now**
**being an independent CIO. It is managed**
**practically and financially by Discovery**
**Church Swindon Central leadership and**
**team and Church council made of three**
**members.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**Good News for Swindon is a relational**
**network of church and Christian**
**organisational leaders who operate in**
**the town of Swindon. We are a core part**
**of this network.**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|**Discovery Church Swindon Central**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1202360| |Charity’s principal address|Discovery Church
1 Lagos Street
SWINDON
SN1 2BU| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Gentian Mullaliu|Chair||| ||James Howard-Smith|||| ||Paul Thomas Denyer|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Gentian Mullaliu **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman **Chair, etc) Date** 27/09/24 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Discovery Church Swindon Central **On accounts for the** 30 November 2023 **Charity no** 1202360 **period ended (if any) Set out on pages** 3 to 4 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the period ended **30/11/2023** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Signed: Date:** 27/09/2024 **Name:** James Gare **Relevant professional** FCA **qualification(s) or body (if any):** Monahans, Hermes House, Fire Fly Avenue, Swindon SN2 2GA **Address:** **October 2018** **IER** 1 **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight 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** . **October 2018** **IER** 2 **Charity Name No (if any) Discovery Church Swindon Central 1202360 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 16-Mar-23 30-Nov-23 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**29,144**
**3,900**
**82**
**-**
**56,558**
**-**
**-**
**89,684**
**5,130**
**-**
**5,130**
**94,814**
**1,556**
**40**
**2,391**
**2,320**
**785**
**865**
**121**
**2,750**
**140**
**77**
**125**
**809**
**610**
**150**
**-**
**12,739**
**6,775**
**-**
**6,775**
**19,514**
**75,300**
**-**
**-**
**75,300**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**29,144**
**3,900**
**82**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**56,558**
**-**
**-**
**89,684**
**5,130**
**-**
**5,130**
**94,814**
**1,556**
**40**
**2,391**
**2,320**
**785**
**865**
**121**
**2,750**
**140**
**77**
**125**
**809**
**610**
**150**
**-**
**12,739**
**6,775**
**-**
**6,775**
**19,514**
**75,300**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**29,144**
**3,900**
**82**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**56,558**
**-**
**-**
**89,684**
**5,130**
**-**
**5,130**
**94,814**
**1,556**
**40**
**2,391**
**2,320**
**785**
**865**
**121**
**2,750**
**140**
**77**
**125**
**809**
**610**
**150**
**-**
**12,739**
**6,775**
**-**
**6,775**
**19,514**
**75,300**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations|**29,144**|||||**-**| |Rent|**3,900**|||||| |Bank interest|**82**|||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |Transfer from DiscoveryChurch Swindon|**56,558**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**89,684**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| |Loan repayments from Discovery Chruch
Wroughton|**5,130**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**5,130**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |Insuance|**1,556**|||||**-**| |Bank charges|**40**|||||**-**| |Repairs|**2,391**|||||**-**| |Light,heat,water and internet|**2,320**|||||**-**| |Cleaningand waste disposal|**785**|||||**-**| |Printing|**865**|||||**-**| |Courses|**121**|||||**-**| |Pastergift|**2,750**|||||| |Subscription|**140**|||||| |Wages|**77**|||||| |Books|**125**|||||| |Food, picnic and coronation celebration
costs|**809**|||||| |Legal fees|**610**|||||| |Sundry|**150**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**12,739**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| |Loan to DiscoveryChurch Wroughton|**6,775**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**6,775**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |||||**75,300**||**-**| |||||**-**||**-**| |||||**-**||**-**| |||||**75,300**||**-**| |||||||27/09/2024| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
page 4
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
CAF bank
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Loan due from Discovery Chruch
~~Wroughton~~
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**75,300**
**-**
**-**
**75,300**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1,644**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Gentian Mullaliu|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Gentian Mullaliu|27/09/2024| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 27/09/2024