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Trnstee4 (Chwrch Committee)
Andrew Bethune
Tony Burns
Brend￿ Boyle
Susan Tombs
Celia Jame5
Sylvaim Van de Wey
Eiden Horn¢r
Rest￿0d- 21A>412024
Resi￿ed- 2110412024
ResigttoJ- 2110412024
EleL#ed- 2110412024
ElectrAI- 2110412024
Elected- 2110412024
ElectrAI- 2110412024
Regkniered Ch•rity ￿￿.
1202376
Addresg:
Emmanuel Road
Cambrid8e
CBI IJW
B*Td&ers:
CAF Bank Lirnit¢d
POBOX 389
West Mailing
Kent
M19 4TA
d¢p¢lld¢￿t ExAmlntrs:
Matthew P¢ttyfw FCA
Staffords
Unit l. Cambridge H¢)us¢
Camboro Business Pa
Oakin8ton Road
Girton
Cambridge
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Unithri8n Church Cwnbrid8e CIO is a ebaritabl¢ ineorwat&J or8an1satic￿, re81Stere￿ with the Charity commi￿10n. It
t￿k over the opeAtions and ass￿5 of th¢ M¢moriai Church Iunitsrian) C4mbrid8e. an ¢xc¢pted Charity on JI
December 2023. This Charity w8s by Trnst deed and cOnveyaE￿e dthl 25 M2rch 1928, afftended by
wbsequent conveyance dated 15 Octcèer 1945, attd deeds dated 6 July 1967. 28 December 1987 and 18 September
2002. A new Consti￿tioll was adopted on 24 April 2005. The ChuT¢h Membership Prctedure was Tevisol in April
2017.
Objetts of tbe th*rSty
The Prom￿10t) of re]igico in aecothc* with the of the rrtneral Assembly of Unitsri8n and Free Christi
Cbur¢h¢s, as stated itt its wn5tityuon (publithrAI in th¢ haTrdbt￿k i$8u¢d ￿n(￿lI￿llY to m¢mber ¢owewion$)
R¢vYw Of d¢Y¢lopm¢n4 aftsvitiu #Dd #chievements during th¢ ye4r
The past year has been. l thinK a g(XMf one for us fortwo mtiitsr reasons. The first r￿80￿. in two part5, has an obvious
fetl-g(KMJ factor ab(￿t Èt. But the seumd re850n will not instantly feel 50 80(yJ to rnany peopl4 but when IIM)ked at
propuly. l think 1¢ wtll a150 be seen to be good. So. let's take alook at the first.
Th￿8h(￿rt the year- ewi8lly in th¢ FU￿￿eDiT￿tiOnS gr(￿P (which or*n to any memberof the chltrch vtho
wished tojoin)- we have c4)ntinued carefully to tslk t￿ether abiuL and thth thculate. a shared sd of prinCI￿¢S that
we fed trujy Unde￿inS aod guides ug. These Are now prominendy displayed on ￿r newwebsite and ncrtictknoATds. They
d a& follows".
Within this creativ4 inquirin& fr¢¢ and libera¢iv¢ r¢ligiou$ 8#th*in& we aeek to:
l) Nurture ¢xu8dve$- destring to 8row intothe rn(*t ¢r¢&tiv¢, kxi8bl4 compassionate and aulC￿0M(Ajs indiv1th￿]$ we
can be.
2) Support Ixw neighbc￿rS- an4 in so doin& remembu th&t each Individu￿ we mttt deserves the same love and
3) Build a¢Wper￿Vc 50ciety- b￿aUSe all lives are intertwined. none of u5 ¢xists in isolation. A ￿OF¢ratiVe
society. in which we find solidarity. fdlow$hip and community, lights the way for us all.
4) Find strength in ¢cmmunity- ojr loc41 gathuÉn8 can be a Mi￿r￿(6￿ of the c(wtive gocicty we seek to build
Her4 we 5UPPOrt one another in LY]r journey& sharin8 oJr joys and sorrows as we wth* together tOW8rd$ N better world.

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5) Draw on insi8hts 011 Thtiv4 inquirin% free and libmtive rdiBicw and philosophies- s#kin8 to und¢rstsnd
their ess¢n¢¢ Rnd ideal4 and findin8 Ways to apply these io the moderD wIKld in which we liv¢.
6) Care f(r the worfd 4round us- Cel¢br￿lD8 bein8w of nattwq th¢rishin8 the b¢auty we witn¢55, and sttknngto
repir damage and tread a5 lightly as we ¢4n.
7) Aifirni that there is no fundamental distinction b¢tween the sttcrtd End the se{￿ar- and that all human activitie8-
)litics, econimlly, educ4tiiHJ. &tL labw and even dom¢stic affaits- Gan also be expressions of free rdtgi
The SeC￿d demfflt of the first reawi i¥ thai fdlowittg its introdudion thwing the COVID-19 p4ndernic, the Sunday
ServieL of Mindful Meditstion. Music and Conver$4tim is now our settled way of mefflins together on a Sunday
mornin8. Before 2020 Y￿ Thill remember thai this service in all e￿ntial details, ￿]r evenin8 seThice, and had bee
for the pr¢vious ten years. Naturally. there were some memben of the pre-P￿demtc community, who wished io rwrn
IO OUT old %rvi¢¢ f¢)rnal 8nd I want to note that I fully 8pprecia* that for the5¢ p￿pIethI8 change wa5 not wd¢omoJ.
But l also need to note that all the evid¢nc¢ available to us- 81¢￿￿ both from ongoin& offi¢i81 survry4 out Owtt
(xJaE ex￿lence9- strongly suggests that Mrhilst there really does now seem to be an incfeA8e in iDter¢st in
rdigiou5 and spirityai matlers among the generni powlatiw4 our dd way of doing reli8.ion is simply no longer the way
we c4ti best meet this tntff¢5t and nttd. But what we do know is that meditstion is 50methin8 in￿l￿SiY valued in
trfAh the r¢ll8io￿8 and 8ec4dar s￿ereS. as. too. 15 thou8htful, woul vnitiD8 atsd civilised conver￿1￿ about th¢ k¢y,
existentia] questi¢)n5 that human Itfe continues to pl&cebefore us. Natyrally. there will be other ways of respcfflding
appropriately as a liberal. fr¢¢-rdi8i(K]s community to these but our post-p#ndemic Sunday gatherin
underpinned by OUT geven principle4 is now (￿￿ currenl settlrt collective offer to the city of Cambrid8e.
Tak¢nto8&her, these ttvo things mean we can now ￿Y clearly and succincdy say what ￿r WrnmUTtity stands fot. and
we can 8150 ¢￿fiden1Y offer people a liberal And fretrreli￿ous pra¢tic¢ that is des18n￿ to help u4 in a gen￿Y
dÈ￿lP1in￿ way, to become better, more ¢ffe¢tiv< libenl, free-re1t￿oll$ people playin8 Iwr 0￿. mode8L but still
imF8)rtant part in the life of (xJr City.
ADd now to the thin8that is less obwously 8cod but which, if we fa￿ the challenge re￿In8 c(rfidently dr¥wirt8 Ort the
things I have just reheaTSed. will, in tim4 bjrn ¢Mt to be s￿1.
Thr(MLgh the course of this year we hav¢ b¢en able to See more and more de4r]y that ow buÉlth'n85 are simply no lon8¢T
Jitsble f(r our wmmutiity'5 sma]I shze and modest neu1$ or the ne•Js of the loc￿ commulliry. E5sentiaily, we have two
buildin8$ that are exalxly tht sam< only one of which be used thIou8hoJt the year and rented ￿t. Added to thii
basic problem. th¢ physi￿ wnditi¢)n of ojr building$ (churth h8Jl. o]d manse) is farfrom 8oc4J and 1$ Bettin8 W¢Y5q
the ioofs are at the end of th¢ir lives, th¢re is ￿￿till8 w(¥JJwork everywhere, and the he4tin8 5y$t¢ms and insul￿10￿ of
all the buildings is hop¢l¢$sly bad The cost of putting jum one of these buildiTh8s, Id alone three. into excdlent order is
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This me4rts this yw we have to take someMAJOR dpxisic4Js abwt how we are 80in8 to 80 ab￿rt secwin8 for
selves. aod fc*the locai c4)mmunity, at least one, exc¢llenL sustsin8bl¢ and appropriately wuipped buildin8. The
good newj is that we ¢in DOW see ¢learly that this 1$ the case and that w¢ musl Dow do somdhing about Lt. Doin
something brings with i( of C￿r* risks, but li offers us a positive &t)d ¢T￿1ve way of going forward that ha5 some r¢al
Iw of SUC￿$$. But ￿Vell the state ofthe buildin8s, the lack of wfficient hirers, etc.. doing nothing is now no I￿ger ao
qjtson. All we will be doin8 is ￿terIng a p¢riod of Mana8￿ d￿line.
Rttwusin8 thi& y(w tru5ttts have be¢Th Working dili8¢ndy over th¢ past year so as tobe in a FK)sitioTh durin8 the
comingyear ￿ present loy(￿ a properly costed and researched plan showin8 Wh￿ we can genuinely do with c
I￿lIding$. At that winL 8oJnetime thts eornirt8 ye4r, it be up to as church members ￿ d￿lde what is to be
ch a project will, inevÈtably, brinB with Trt a certain and a r￿sIderable arncrtmt of dtsnjption to our
fonnerways of doing thin8& Bu¢ Thith our principles of livin8 dear]y in sighl and a secure liber￿. free-reli￿Oll1
dis¢iplin¢ in play, the stron8 mirtivAtin8 REASON for undertakin8 thÉ5 pr¢¥ttt sh(xdd also be absdutely clear to u%
namely. the opporbjnity to 8iftboth oJfsdves and our city with a secure. beautiM hom¢for libera], fre¢-reli8Éon that is
itAble for (Xlr own times and necds. In other word4 we will be responsibly carrying forward the proj￿Ibesun by our
¢hurch's f(XLDdern irt 1904.
I cornm¢nd th¢ pmjKt Io y(XL.
Andrew Browo Nfjnister. Cam￿]dge UDitsTian Church

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Revlew of developmeD& ACtfvitle5 achitvewents duriDg th¢ y¢4r (conL)
Y(w ttustee¥ Sylvain Van de Weyer, Sue Tombs, Elden Horn￿ and Cdia James have met nine times sio¢e the 2024
AGK with Andrew Browi and Courth¢y van de Wey¢r in attgnd￿¢e. Courtth¢y vart de Weyer has especially &ssisttyJ
4 with the wtrk toward8 the Plannin8 ApplIc￿lOn.
Trustee$ hav¢ ¢rnpl0Y￿ Thoma5 Carlile a5 Church Admitiistr&tor on a w lime basi$. Thomas has made a 8rut
diff¢rence to the workload of Sue and Sylvgin in the day-to4ay oversi8btof out finan¢e$. He r¢poTts to Tr￿te¢S ¥nd
ives cw minute5.
Vhile we appreciat¢ that many major aspKts of th¢ buildin84 such the roof5 and windows of the Chu￿h. Hdl. the
Common room are dl at the very eod of their walerti￿t lif¢ that th¢Man5e is uDinhabitsble, we Ire making we
that runntn8 repiirs are done asthey are needed. and that rwlar maint¢nan¢¢ 1$ keptup thr(￿gh the yw Annual
maintenance chth have been caTried out on the 8Utomaiic d¢y)r& boil￿, r￿f 8Utter8 and fi￿ extinguish￿ the Pl￿0$
h8Y¢ be¢n tun¢d. Ail utility bills And inwrance wli¢ies are up to date.
Durin8 the cold mThJths of the year, we have again used the H4EI inste4d of the Church for i)ur SuDdAy Services". this is
to 58ve OD h￿In8 COSt5, as the Hail he￿itt8 18 more ttoncxnical and is i￿em11ttentlY heai&l for hirers. The remotely
controlleA Nest System ha8 been a Breat hdp with thi&, thou8h it s(xn¢tim¢s 8¢ts WnfU8¢￿ such ay wh¢n 1STets tum off
indiNidual radiators.
We continue to rent 30 New Squ￿¢ as a Manse for the ￿nIster a￿1 hi5 Thryf4 while the origina] Martse is uninhabitable
and while th¢ plans for#tt¢ndsn8 to aEI the buildings on c￿r site are ongcAng. Tmstees have explored many possible
ways forward to 8af¢8uard and d¢v¢lop ourbuildin8s have ftiways taken advice from profe5sional& arcbitKts and
Huitsge advisot4 looking at what has been achieved elsewhu¢ TnESt¢es have receiveAI cA)stings for all ideas aod have
narrowed th¢ p0$6ible wwys forward ttF one much prefe¥red (w"on and the Archit￿ts. detsiled plans have been sent off
to th¢ Planning Departsnent for comrnent an￿ hopefidly, approval. As sc¥)n as Trustees kmw th¢ d￿l$l{￿l of the
Planners. they will brin8 the d¢tsils lo th¢ Congregation at an Extrn(xdinary Genera] Merfin8 for theiT inst*aio
and w¢ Shall be able to decide bow we wantto tske iyjr Church estate forward into the fuwre.
We have wel¢￿Ied Lizzie Kin8Ston itsto CKMnmunity over the past few months. LI￿1¢ is b¢in8 m¢DttMryE by Attdrew
Brown while she trains for the Ministy. aThd we have been one of her plac£mettts. Li￿le has attended some of our
IDdividuais have oc¢￿]0n41jY contributed a for th¢ Day during OW rn¢)rniD8 suvi¢e aftd more corttributions ue
alway$ wdcome.
rd8rianna Tr￿ch￿l has provided the music for u5 and has put tO8¢th¢r a 5m411 ¢hoir which ocusionaily sings at Services.
Several of u$ hav¢ workryl to utlderstand how to W up the IT f(K the best expuience fcff those attending our s¢Tri¢¢ viY4
z(￿). We became aware of all the th￿ShI that this and thank Jwui for her photW4phi¢ record of h<)w it
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Jacqui and Sue have orgatt1￿1 and ovvs¢en a rota forcov*in8 the SeThices of hfjndfuj Meditstion while Andr¢w is
his Sabbatical leave durin8 April and May. and we thank th0￿ who will play & W in them. Some provision f
PasLoral care is in plact.
The Carol Servic¢ was held on 22nd December- organisd by MaTianna ￿¢belI and Andrew Bethune. LizaeKingstthJ
was tsble to attend *ith hw husband and two girls and a friend of MarianDa's also brimwhi his two 3 chiltren. thty were
ail invo]ved in makin8 rnU5ic with hand bells.
CIMnmwiil￿ S¢FvI￿ were Jlso Lxlebrnt￿l 4t FAst¢r, P*lle£ostand Christtnas Eve.
e of Chori
Unitarian Churth Cambridge CIO was r¢8i5t¢r¢d with the Chatity Commission on 17 March 2023 but the tha08¢ of
ownership of the church PToperry has not yd been reg2SteteAI with th¢ Land Re8iStry. This is b￿se the original
application was incorre£tly submitted by ojr Iwwyer. who died duTing the pr(ws and the Law Firni who took over hi$
c&8eload was nirt proiGtive on our Eccount so that the application lapsed. Truste¢s have ¢nga8d 8noth¢T L4w Firn
Ashton4 and Sue Tombs ha5 done the pap&wotkio enable the old Tnths on the application to SI￿ their
agreement to our cl￿8¢ to a CIO.. this was done on Mwch 18th, when two LiinEnt Tnjstees Si￿ed the new applI￿tiOn
f￿thetrd￿sFer0f ￿ cthurch e5tdte to the CIO and Asht￿.$ IMM￿latelY submitted thatto the Land R4istry. Workwill
ned to be done to lay dowll the otd charity.
We have wnunued our sharvj lunthe5 after ¢i>ffee ort the fi￿1 Sundays of each month.
Aftu coffee on the sec4Jnd Sundays of the when we c4n. some of us have met lo continue the w(Yk of tillning our
old kneelers it)to Cushions.
Marianna Mich¢ll laun¢hed a monthly P(w Gr(NJp last summer. whith now indud¢swrit¢TS in a]1 geDres, meeting on
the 1aM W>thesday of th¢ moDth in the Common Room at 2 for 2.1Spm.
Asha Madhh nn 8 Self Compassion ¢￿aT$¢.
Celia James three Sandplay event$.
Two church munbus died IhLrin8 the yeRT and two new membersjoined.
There were 27 SI￿)ed￿Jp Ything members at the end of 2024.
Cknst's lie¢es Residents, AS￿l8tion have hdd meetin8s in the Church.
The churd) also hosts wexkly sessions f￿ Atctholi¢s AnrnyrniNJs, as well &5 a variw of ¢¥trarycurri¢ular aaivities and
rneetin8S.
The S(Kiai mentoring Grwp. which meets in the CommoD-fiKXD and Hail on Fridays between 12 and 4pm. it is
8ath¢rin8 stren￿h and is much appre¢iatsJ.
Church Policy do¢llm¢nts ar¢ displayed on the church websits and revie¥ved annU￿ly.
Andr¢w Brovrn h&8 been hogtin8Z(M)m Sessions for Seiumeditstion follow￿ by Conversation on 8lttrn&te Thursdayg,
atwidd by porticipants both in the UK and abroad.. weeks one three at 7..30 pm weeks two and four at 10..30
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life of the Churth
Thts group h8s met four times in the last year. on zoom Its main bcty Of work has been to redesi8n the Churdj
Website, to make it more &ttractiv¢ user friendly and infirnative of wr range of spiritual and s(Ki8] engagemettts. ltt
ffijtt￿¢ we plan that the 8roup will m¢¢t three tsrnes i ye￿. We thank Clare Sc*Jthall fcff having led us through that pirf¢
wort whicb we called Future Directiffls. ￿ (Mjrnext meeting￿ 8hall decid¢ how best to organige ojrgdves forthe
eA)mknB year.
Celia JArne8 #nd Sue Tombs
Rtyk
The t￿$t￿￿ hav¢ identified rnai￿ risks to which the clmrity is exposed and miewed and implemented syst¢m5 to
mitigate these risks.
StatemeDt of Trnstees, RespoDsibilitie*
Law applicable to chatities in EA￿alld at)d Wales rquires thetrustees to pr¢pw¢ finan¢ial staternents for each financi
year which 8ive a tw¢ and fair vi¢w of th¢ th4rity'$ finan¢iai Activities thjftng the year and of its finan¢ial t￿ttiOn at the
d of theye4r. Jn prewin8 financial stat¢m¢nts ￿Viti8 4 true and fiirview, the tmste¢s are requir&J to..
select suitable accau)tin8 polici¢s and th¢n 4)ply them ¢onsistendy"
makejudgements and estimate5 that ar¢ reag)nthle and prud￿.
• stAte wthetherapplicable Aca)untirtg Standards and Statements of ReciMnm¢nded Practice have beth followe
bje£t to any departures disdosed and explaind in th¢ financial statements;
prepa￿ the financial statements on an IMJ80ing concern basis unless it is inapproprial¢ to presurne that the
cIMrity will c4)MiTwe in owation.
The trusttts are rejponshble for ke£pin8 proper accounting rtcords whtth disdos¢ wtth Trasonable ￿¢￿raCY the
financial position of the Chwity and which enable them to ensure that the financiai statements wmply with the Cknities
A¢t 1993. They are Also respc￿Sible for safe8uaTdin8 th¢ assets of the ch*yty 8nd henct fcf taknng re4sonable sw5 for
the pt¢v¢ntion #nd dete¢¢ion of fraud and crther irregularities.
Approved by the TnJste¢s ( O
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I TWI on the aC￿￿ts foT the year ended 31 D￿￿mber 2024 set (yjt on pages nine to •gh1￿.
R¢8p¢rtive rupoDgibHitieJ of trnstees and examiner
The Ctwity's trnstees are rest￿sIble for th¢ preparation of the accwnts. The Charity's tnjstees consider that 8n audit is
r￿t tequired for this year under 5e¢tion 14412) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and th2t gn Indep¢nd¢nt
Examination 15 required.
Havin8 5ati8fRed mys¢lf that the ¢hwity is not subjox w audit and 1$ eli8ible for indewdent examinatio￿ it is My
r&8pmsibility to..
arnine th¢ accounts under seaion 145 of the 2011 Act.
to follow the procedures laid dowm th¢ Gener41 DIr￿￿On$ BiY¢n by the Charity Commissioners {￿der
I￿1[0￿ 145(5Mb) of the 2011 Act). and
to stste whether partiaJar matters h&ve come to my attention.
B*Jti IndeptDdent Exarni4erfJ Report
My examination carried oui ID a¢¢ordance with the gettenl di￿lOn& 8tve4J by the Chwity Commission. An
examin4ti¢)n indudes a review of the a¢c(Kuhin8 iecords kept by the Charity and a cornparis￿ of the ￿counts ptesented
with those records. It also includes crnsideratiffi of any unus￿1 it¢m$ or di￿10$ur¢S in the ac¢c￿￿ and seekin8
explanations from you as 1ry5tee5 concenung any wch mattus. The procedures undertoke# do not provide all th¢
evidenee that w(x]]d be rwuired a fvll audiL and consequetrtly no opinion is 8tven as to whdherthe acc4R￿ts presujt
a and fair and the re￿)rt is limited to those matters 5¢t wt in the statements below.
JnthpeDdent Examittr'j itstetht#t
In connection with my ex8minatioT4 no rnatter has come to my att¢nti￿'.
(l) which 8ives m¢ re4sonabl¢ caus¢ to bdieve that in any mawial respect the requiremet
• io keep accowitit)g records in ac¢orth¢e with section 130 of th¢ 2011 Act; 4nd
. to prepare acc(xints which aecord the accounting rwds and to wnply with the requirernrnts of the Act
d with the methods and pri￿lpleS of the Accwt)ling Reporting by Ch8rititg". Statement of
Recommended Prauice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in acc4)Tdance with the Financial
R¢wting Stondard applicable to the UK and Republic of Ir¢14nd IFRS 102X¢ffKtive l Januhry 2015)
hav¢ not b¢en m¢L or
(2) to whicl in my ￿illiOn. attention sh¢xdd be dra￿t in order io enable a proper understandin8 of the 4¢¢(xu
io be re￿h¢d.
Dat¢..
M8ttbewPrttif¢rFCA
Staffords
Charter&l ACC￿nI9nts
Unit l. Cambtidge H(￿se
CambLYo Business Park
Oakington Girton
Cambridge CB3 QQH
Unit￿1 Kin8dom

HIRCH
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Not¢
Unrestricted R¢stri¢ted
funds
Totsl
To
INCOME FROM
Don￿lon$ and Lx84oies
Don￿lon from predese￿r chuity
Othertradtn8 athivtties
Inv¢5tments
23.295
23,295
3.701.544
21.677
21.677
TOTAL
Raising fi]nds
Cknitable 4clivitie3
(Gainyloss on disposal of fixeAJ assets
(Gainjaoss on reV￿Uation of investrnents
133.193
133,193
TOTAL
ET ￿COmE
13.805
13,805
3.701.544
TrANsFE1￿ BETWEEN FUNDS
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
3 701544
TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD
3 684 358
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
3 698 163
3 715 349
3 701 544
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
All in¢ome and expendlture h&s Arisen from contiTwill8 activiti¢B.

10
N£rte
FIXED ASSETS
T4n8ible Awts
Investmerrts
2.631.423
907 756
2.637.069
839 198
3.476.867
3,539,179
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
Cash at bank and in Iwid
5,779
6,569
180.120
228.798
CREDfroKs: Awowits falliThg due iYithiD
0￿e yur
176 170
224 677
TOTAL A&SETS LESS CURRENT LIAB]LrrtEs
49 3 701544
Restric￿ in¢4)me fimds
UnrestriLMed fimds
17,186
3 698 163
17,186
3 684 358
3 715349
3 701544
Th¢ accixmts were &pp[oV￿ by the t￿￿tee5 on IQ
2•a￿ si￿￿ on behalf of th¢ rjwrth wmmittee by
.. TreasuTer
Chairma

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Utiitarian Church Cambrid8¢ CIO 1$ a rwster¢d charity. with c￿lty mm?ber 1202376
I ACCOUNTING POLECtES
The financial statements have been prepued in aCCord￿te with the Ctwrities SORP (FRS 102)
'Accounting and Reponing by Ch&]ities'. Statement of Recommended PTadice ttpplicable lo chaTiti¢s
prepating their aCC￿nts in accordance ￿7th the FinaDcfftai Keponin8 Statthrds applicabl¢ in the UK and
iiepublic of Ireland (FRS 102XeffectiYe 15anuary 2015),, FIn￿ela1 Reportsn8 Stsndard R02 The
FIn￿Gi￿l ReDorfinH Standard 8pplithle in th¢ UK and R¢publi¢ of Irdand. and the Charities Act 2011.
The financial statements haye been Prepared under the historicai cost conventi(M4 except vknere as ID
previous years historic fix&i assets hav¢ b¢¢rt r¢vaJwl to their r¢pla¢ement buildin8 Cost. Revaluation
of the Church aThJ Hhll is Undertak￿ aRtll]aily by the church's Insu￿$.
The ¢haTity is a publi¢ b¢n¢fit entity.
The Trustee5 considw that there ar¢ no m*eriai uncenainties about the Ch￿Ity'S ability to contitw¢ as a
SignifK*n¢ judgemeots
Apart from those judgements involving estimations, the mana8emellt h&% not made anyjud8emenls in the
pr(Kess of applyin8 th¢ ¢Thtity'$ acwwrtin8 policies that have si￿)Ificant effect on the arn¢xmts rwnised
in th¢ a￿OUnt$. There ar¢ no key assumptions ¢on¢erntnB the fiffure ￿ other kty soJrc¢s or estimatii>n
uncertainty at th¢ reportitlg date thai hav¢ siwjificattt risk of cwsing & m￿er1￿1 adjusts))ent to the ¢awiD8
amounts of assets and liabilities within the rewLin* p*iod.
Firt*neial reporting it#tsdard 102- reduced diidosure utmptk)￿1
The charity taken advantage of the following dixlosure exemption in Preparing these financial
statemenw ￿ p￿Itt￿ by FRS 102 The Finattcia] Rwtittg Ststtdard •pplic&ble in the UK and Republi
of Irel￿,.
the rty4uirements of Section 7 Ststement of Cash Flows.
Rejourcu Ezpend•J
Expenditure is &¢C4YJThted for on an accn￿[S basig and ha5 been classifigj under headin8s that a88re8at¢ all
cost related to the category. Wher¢ costs cannot be diredly attsibuted ￿ partiwlar h¢adin86 they have
bttn allo¢atd to activities OD a ba515 consistent with the use of resources.
lffj¢omin8 Rtjoure
A]1 income is recowiwj in the Statement of Financiaj A¢tivitse8 0￿e th¢ thwlity ha5 entid¢menito the
fimd& itis probable that the income will be received and the amount call be measured reliably.

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R¢8ourceJ from Domryucbaoge trnnsaclioDS
The Ch￿tty has benefited from the eontribution of time by unpid 8ener81 vol￿te#s. No value has been
T￿￿1$¢d in the a¢coth)ts in rdation to this.
Pensioffj C•Mts
The Charity makes CQtttributiOTL8 to the Ministers, Pensi¢)n Fund, A defined benefit wh¢rne at & rat¢ of I IYr*
of the sum of Stiprnd and Manse allowance per annum.
T•DgilJlt Fixed Assets ¥And Depreti*t60
No depreciation has been chuged on fre¢hold land and prop¢rty wnrx the trL8tK8 wnsid¢r any suth
charge to be in)m8￿&1. The longiem) useful estimat&J life of these assets is more than 50 yevs.
Fixturts and fittin85
- 2(Ph on a stiai8ht line basis
Invejtmtnts
list￿ investments are initially recogllised at COs18nd are revalved to open mats vatue atthe elld of each
accounting peri(xl
Debtovs
Trade other debtors are r¢co8rused at the 5ettlem¢nt affj￿ryt due after any trade discount offered.
Prepaymeots are Valu￿ ￿ the amoutkt prepaid after taking accoum of any trnde th"scounts offered.
C￿b It b*nk #ttd in
Cash at bank and in hand indudes wh and short t¢rn higbly liquid inv¢sbnents with a short matiwity
of tlr¢e months or less from the date of acquisition or 0￿ing of the deposit or sirnilar account.
Creditorj
Creditors are re£ognised when the Charity has a pre5em obligation Tewlting from a past event thai will
pr(A)ably result in the trnnsfer of fimd8 lo a third party and the amount due tts 8ettle the d)li8ation can be
mewrd or estimatd reliably. Cwjitors aThJ provisions are normally re¢wis•J at thaT settlement
amwrt afier allowinA for any trade dIsC(￿ts due.
Uwestrithd fi￿d$ can be u5>J in acc(JTdance with the thaTitable (t*jeaiv¢s at thc di5cfdioD of the twstees.
Re5trirted fimds can only be used for particular restrs¢ted PUTposes within the obje<ts of the charity.
Restridion$ arise when specified by the donor or whet) funds are raised for particular restri¢ted PUTposes.
Further eiplattatton of the natute purpose of e&ch fund is induded ill the note5 to the filwiciat

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31D
ER2024
2 SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR IS AFfER CHARGING:
Independent Examitiefs fee
3 INCOME
2024
202
Utsrestri¢ted Restricted
Subscriptions
Offertory
11,714
11,714
2,927
8,594
2.927
8,594
60
Collection5 & Appeals
Oiher tr*ding xthii¢ie5
Ifire & Rent
21.677
Entere$t & Dividends Earned
fjoisters Brn¢Yolerrt Fuy)d
33,468
33,468
TOTAL

4 EXPENDTllTRE ON
Utirestricted Restricted
Totsl
Ch*ritabJe Actfvltlej
WORSHIP COSTS
nistsvs #tpend
Fkntii8teVs N.1. & p¢n8ion
fjnistetrs expenges
Musicians
35.231
4.594
773
360
35,23 1
4.594
773
360
ESTABLISHMENT COSTS
Utilities & locat t&Kes
Depreciati¢)n of fixttTh & fittings
Insur8n¢e
Repair4 lien¢wal& S¢ryicin& PurdJas¢s
16.922
6.246
2.895
2,688
17.731
16.922
2.895
2,688
17.731
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Grnernl Aswnbly I
Subgcriptions & Donations
1.015
738
1,015
738
fjniste¢s discretionary
MANAGEMwf AND AD￿￿[STRATIoN
Printin& Posts8¢ & Publicity
Te]ephone
R¢nt- T¢mporary Manse
lalies
loquirer, Bookstall & Music
Professiot)al Fees
365
2,(M)I
31.850
6.784
509
365
ICK)i
31.650
6.784
509
133 193
133 193
TOTAL
133 193

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5 TANGIBLE FL￿D ASSETS
Freel￿d
Ff￿hold
Church & 5 Emmanud FixThw¢s and
fittin8S
Total
Cost or Valu¥Atio
At l Jarnwy 2024
Addition5
Diwals
1,965,567
650.(K))
44.211
2.659,778
At 31 December 2￿24
1965 567
2 659 778
Depreciation
At l January 2￿24
Char8¢ for year
22.109
22,109
At 31 De¢embw 2024
Net Book Val
At 31 December 2¢y24
1965 567
2631423
At 31 December 2023
1965 567
2 637 669
Frtehojd pr•￿- W￿￿¢10￿
The revaluation of the Church and Hall is based ￿ the iebuild value ofthe prwhes du¢ to th¢ nwr¢
of the propety, it is dkfficult to thtsin a reliable market va]ue.
Cost or VA1￿¢10D
O￿lD8 cost
ditions
Di8fMnais
Re¥￿ultiOn
839,198
7 DEBTORS
AcciNJnts Rec*vable
Prepayments & Accrued It￿orne
Other Debtors
lliclaim th
425
2.402
206
2.603

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8 CREDrroRS
her creditors itKludin8 t8xatioft & joc1￿ sets￿lty
Ac¢ntals
139
9 FUNDS
Balance
brou*t
Incomin8 Resources Gainlloss on
forward re8ourc¢$ ¢xpend¢d rev4luation Transfers Balance cjf
￿eller￿ Fund
FIX￿ Assd Fund
Buildin8 Fund
Fieldhowe Fund
F￿nist&S Bettevolent
Fund
926.244
2,637,669
50.((KI
20.(K)O
78.440 ( 133.193)
68.538
6346
946.295
6,246) 1631.423
50,C(K)
20.(KM)
445
50,(K*)
445
50,(KM)
Ministry Devdopme
Fund
Totsl fi￿d9
78 440 68 558
133 193
3 715 349
BuildiD8 F￿d..
iddhouse Fund
Funds desi￿at￿ for the repairs and D)8intenance of the Church and Hall.
The FieJdho￿8t F￿d set up to hold legacy from Shirley Fiddh￿￿5¢
8 lon8 StatLdin8 tnembei and offkcer of the cburcl whith was int¢nd¢d
for the germl Fwose of the chwch
This wmprises donation5 tobe ajloctaed at the discretion of the minister
Funds deJignateAI to cover aDy emergw eo$ts thxt may be incuryoj.
nisty D¢vel(yment FuDd.. This fijod is altonymc￿5 donations for supporting mini5ty cosls Ibut not
8eneral buildin8 running Costs)
nist¢4s B¢nevolent Fund
The trafisfets b&wwJ funds r¢fi￿t ￿jU¢$m¢jTrts in respK¢ of fixed asxts.
10 ANALYSIS OF FUNDS BY ASSET TYPE
fuDd$
Tangble Fixtyj Assets
Fixd Asset InVeSt￿￿ntS
Current Assets
Cr¢ditths." within on¢ ye4r
2,631,423
886,987
183,703
2,631,423
886.987
200,889
17,186
3 698 163
3 715 349

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11 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS & TRUSTEES. EXPENSES
Durin8the ywthe chur¢h paid Genernl A&8embly subscriptions and meeting costs of £1,015
(2023". £NIL). The British athd Forei8n Unilarian Churth A&qoci8tion 18 & Cust(xli8n TtMLgtee of the cbarity.
tkning the year trustees donated atothl of £4,937 to th¢ ch*ity (2023." £NIL).
12 ANALYSIS OF sfAFF COSTS AND TRUSTEE REMUN￿TIoN AND EXPENSES
2024
2023
Wages and salwi¢5
Pension costs
43.827
The average monthly number of employees during the ye4r WAS u follows..
Minister
Administrator
No employees reKeiwJ emoluments in excess of £60.1)IX). P¢nsion c4>sts are 8IIoc4ted to activities in lin¢
with the stJffin8 incurred alkd ate wholly ch￿d to unre8tri¢¢¢d fiand$.
The charity trns*e5 ￿tre not paid or reuived any other knefits from employment with th¢ cljarity in the
year (2023. £NIL).

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13 COMPARATIVLS FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIALAcrivmKs
Unrestii(*ed Restrid¢d
funds
Total
fijllds
INCOME AND ENDOWMENfs FROM
DOn￿lon1 and Le￿Ie5
Donation from prede9ewr dllrity
Othertradin8 arttvities
Investments
3.684.358
17,186
3,701.544
TOTAL
3,684.358
17.186
3.701.544
EXPENDTfuRE O
RaisinB fvnds
Ch8ritabl¢ activities
(Gain)Aoss on disposal of fixed &8sets
(GaÉllNloss on revaluation of inv¢sthJet)ts
TOTAL
NET INCOME
3,&d4,358
17.186
3.701,544
TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
3.684.358
17,186
3,701,544
TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARI)
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIKD FORWARD
3 684358
3 701 $44