## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 22.03.2023 Period start date To 01.04.2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: CHRIST’S COURTIERS**
## **Charity registration number: 1202439**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|!
To advance the Christian
religion by providing a
t e l e p h o n e h e l p l i n e f o r
Christian prayer and by
o"ering access to Christian
literature resources including
through a website; To relieve
the charitable needs of
people who for reasons of
age, ill health or social or
economic disadvantage are
socially isolated, by providing
a telephone helpline and
a c c e s s t o s t r u c t u r e d
opportunities for social
interaction and shared
recreational activities.|
|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|!
Associated from the outset
with Bedford Christian Centre
for signposting to them
involving anything to do with
C h r i s t i a n f a i t h s h o u l d
benefciaries request so.
!
Spreading the word about our
charity verbally in order to
help with Networking.
!
P r e p a r e d a r t w o r k f o r
advertising, marketing &
promotion including business
cards.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes, the Trustees have had regard to**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit i.e.**
**helping beneficiaries.**|
|---|---|---|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 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|Annual summer Fundraising
event: Saturday 19th August 2023
- annual Bake sale on private land
outside a convenience store.
R a i s e d £ 1 0 3 . 7 0 , c o s t o f
ingredients was minimal.
Other fundraising was attempted
with stuf donated and Light Sale
(on 24.09.23) and samosa sales
(on 29.10.23 & 30.10.23) were
productive yet Bric a Brac sale (on
19.12.23) wasn’t.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|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|**Breaking even.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**None.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**About £300.00**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Trustee Founder; Ms Paneser had
to use her personal money to pay
some bills including Talk Line and
Prayer Line invoices each month
as well as Accountant fee of
£300.00 as there were no
accepted grant applications for
frst Accounting year 22.03.23 to
1.4.24 and in order to stay on top
of things. Owed to Trustee; Ms
Paneser in the future when charity
takes of and detailed in the
Accounts.|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**DONATIONS & FUNDRAISING AS NO**
**ACCEPTED GRANTS THIS FINANCIAL**
**YEAR.**
Quite a few donations received
from church acquaintances.|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
||A description of the principal
risks facing the charity
Para 1.46
Safeguarding a priority so
subscription costs to Thirty One
Eight for use of their services and
many DBS checks done as well
for Trustees and volunteers.
Other|
|---|---|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CONSTITUTION**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CHARITABLE INCORPORATED**
**ORGANISATION**|
|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|Trustees are recruited by placing
adverts online like Reach
Volunteering, Charity Job, etc.
Interviews held over the telephone
and then meeting in person
should all go well. Enhanced DBS
checks done carried out using
Thirty One Eight’s resources
before joining the board. Bank
mandate changed with new
Trustee going to the bank with the
Founder.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|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||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**BEDFORD CHRISTIAN CENTRE**|
|Other|||
**Reference and Administrative details**
||Charity name
CHRIST’S COURTIERS
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number
1202439
Charity’s principal address
33 LAUNTON CLOSE, LUTON, LU3 4BF|
|---|---|
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11|MR BIRRING|||ALL TRUSTEES OF
CHRIST’S
COURTIERS WITH
CHAIRPERSON;
DEEPSHIKHA
PANESER HAVING
THE CASTING VOTE|
||DEEPSHIKHA
PANESER|||ALL TRUSTEES OF
CHRIST’S
COURTIERS WITH
CHAIRPERSON;
DEEPSHIKHA
PANESER HAVING
THE CASTING VOTE|
||VICTORIA
VINCENT||22.03.2023 TO
04.09.2023|ALL TRUSTEES OF
CHRIST’S
COURTIERS WITH
CHAIRPERSON;
DEEPSHIKHA
PANESER HAVING
THE CASTING VOTE|
||MICHAEL
JEREMIAH
HICKEY||04.09.2023 TO
08.02.2024|ALL TRUSTEES OF
CHRIST’S
COURTIERS WITH
CHAIRPERSON;
DEEPSHIKHA
PANESER HAVING
THE CASTING VOTE|
||DARREN
DANIEL
SMALL||08.02.2024 TO
06.03.2024|ALL TRUSTEES OF
CHRIST’S
COURTIERS WITH
CHAIRPERSON;
DEEPSHIKHA
PANESER HAVING
THE CASTING VOTE|
||SUSAN
ELIZABETH
WILLIAMS||06.03.2024 TO
01.04.2024 (AND
TO PRESENT)|ALL TRUSTEES OF
CHRIST’S
COURTIERS WITH
CHAIRPERSON;
DEEPSHIKHA
PANESER HAVING
THE CASTING VOTE|
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12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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**
Minutes of all Meetings always written up after meetings - full Minutes filed away. A lot of administrative things to deal with so slowly to start and also no funding. Talk Line and Prayer Line numbers allocated however, no one to man the lines so slow going. A lot of free courses were booked for the next financial Accounting year. All Funds raised were used solely for the purposes of prospering the charity in accordance with all guidelines issued by the Charity Commission and also from guidance from our Accountant.
## **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)** DEEPSHIKHA PANESER
**Position (eg** CHAIR **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 17.01.2025
Charity number 1202439
CHRISTS COURTIERS
Accounts
22/03/2023-01/04/2024
## **CHRISTS COURTIERS Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Business information|1|
|Approval statement|2|
|Profit and loss account|4|
|Balance sheet|5|
|Notes to the accounts|6|
## **CHRISTS COURTIERS**
## **Trustees**
Ms Deepshikha Paneser Mr Daljit Singh Birring Ms SUSAN ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
**Bankers** Metro Bank
1
## **CHRISTS COURTIERS**
## **Approval statement**
I approve the accounts which comprise of the Receipts and payments accounts, the Balance Sheet and the related notes. I acknowledge my responsibility for the charity accounts, including the appropriateness of the applicable financial reporting framework as set out in note 1, and for providing with all information and explanations necessary for their compilation.
Deepshikha Paneser
23 December 2024
2
## **CHRISTS COURTIERS Receipts and payments accounts for the period from 22 March 2023 to 1 April 2024**
|**Sales**
**Expenses**
Telephone, fax, stationery and other office costs
Accountancy, legal and other professional fees
Other business expenses
**Loss**|**2024**
**£**
1,464
1,965
300
297
2,562
(1,098)|
|---|---|
3
## **CHRISTS COURTIERS Balance Sheet as at 1 April 2024**
|**Notes**
**Current assets**
Cash in hand
**Current liabilities**
Other liabilities and accruals
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Capital account**
Net loss
Money given by Trustee
Deepshikha Paneser
Date : 23/12/2024|733
733|**2024**
**£**
-
-
(1,098)
1,098
-|
|---|---|---|
4
**CHRISTS COURTIERS Notes to the Accounts for the period from 22 March 2023 to 1 April 2024**
|**1**
**Profit and loss account analysis**
**Charitable activities**
Charitable activities
**Telephone, fax, stationery and other office costs**
Telephone and internet
Postage
Stationery and printing
Charitable activities
Software
**Accountancy, legal and other professional fees**
Accountants fees
**Other business expenses**
Subscriptions|**2024**
**£**
1,464
552
29
88
1,089
207
1,965
300
297|
|---|---|
5
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