## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 02/04/2024 Period start date To 01/04/2025 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
telephone helpline for
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 access
to structured 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|**Got ready for our first pilot farm**
**excursion to be on 16.08.25. This meant**
**that we bought a chemical disabled**
**portaloo for the farmland for use by the**
**beneficiaries.**
**Got the sports equipment for the**
**recreational activities together too.**
**Booked the minibus for 16.08.25.**| |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)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 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|**Coop Local Community Fund - gave us**
**£5,500.00 as a grant for us to be able**
**continue with our charitable purposes.**
**Annual summer Fundraising event:**
**Wednesday 10th July 2024 - annual Bake**
**sale on private land outside a**
**convenience store. Raised £74.78, cost**
**of ingredients was minimal.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||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|**We are in profit.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We have running costs.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**See our Accounts for this Period please.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None. We are doing okay now.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**DONATIONS & FUNDRAISING**
**AND 1 ACCEPTED GRANT**
**THIS FINANCIAL YEAR.**| |---|---|---| |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|**THE NEW CHEMICAL DISABLED**
**PORTALOO BEING STOLEN SO**
**CHARITY INSURANCE IS IN PLACE.**
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

||| |---|---|---| |~~t~~
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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)**
You maychoose 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|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**BEDFORD CHRISTIAN CENTRE**
**PEDRO’S PANTRY OF LUTON**| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|CHRIST’S COURTIERS| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|NONE.| |Registered charity number|1202439| |Charity’s principal address|FIRST FLOOR UNIT 2 PACKHORSE INDUSTRIAL
ESTATE, KENSWORTH, BEDFORDSHIRE, LU6 3QL
(BEFORE MAY 2025, IT WAS 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|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| ||SUSAN
ELIZABETH
WILLIAMS||06.03.2024
TO
10.02.2025|ALL TRUSTEES
OF CHRIST’S
COURTIERS
WITH
CHAIRPERSON;
DEEPSHIKHA
PANESER
HAVING THE
CASTING VOTE| |4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20|HARVINDER
PANESER||10.02.2025 TO
PRESENT|ALL TRUSTEES
OF CHRIST’S
COURTIERS
WITH
CHAIRPERSON;
DEEPSHIKHA
PANESER
HAVING THE
CASTING VOTE| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 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 rf 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. Talk Line and Prayer Line numbers allocated and live. Attended many courses like first aid and food hygiene and Fit for Funding, etc. 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** Founder and Trustee **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 1.12.2025 Sign.com Document ID: f6a1415160 - Page 1/7 Charity number 1202439 ## CHRISTS COURTIERS ## Accounts 02/04/2024-01/04/2025 Sign.com Document ID: f6a1415160 - Page 2/7 ## **CHRISTS COURTIERS Contents** ||**Page**| |---|---| |Business information|1| |Approval statement|2| |Profit and loss account|4| |Balance sheet|5| |Notes to the accounts|6| Sign.com Document ID: f6a1415160 - Page 3/7 ## **CHRISTS COURTIERS** ## **Trustees** Ms Deepshikha Paneser Mr Daljit Singh Birring Mrs Harvinder Kaur Paneser Address First Flour Unit 2 Packhorse Industrial Estate Kensworth Bedfordshire LU6 3QL **Bankers** Metro Bank 1 Sign.com Document ID: f6a1415160 - Page 4/7 ## **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 25 November 2025 2 Sign.com Document ID: f6a1415160 - Page 5/7 ## **CHRISTS COURTIERS** ## **Receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 1 April 2025** |Charitable activities
Grant
Total Income
**Expenses**
Car, van and travel expenses
Rent, rates, power and insurance costs
Telephone, fax, stationery and other office costs
Accountancy, legal and other professional fees
Other business expenses
**Profit/(loss)**|**2025**
**£**
560
5,500
6,060
16
188
4,163
300
88
4,755
1,305|**2024**
**£**
1,464
-
-
1,965
300
297
2,562
(1,098)| |---|---|---| 3 Sign.com Document ID: f6a1415160 - Page 6/7 ## **CHRISTS COURTIERS Balance Sheet as at 1 April 2025** |**Notes**
**Current assets**
Trade debtors
Cash in hand
**Current liabilities**
Other liabilities and accruals
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Capital account**
Net profit/(loss)
Money given by Trustee|300
2,878
3,178
300|**2025**
**£**
2,878
2,878
1,305
1,573
2,878|-
733
733
733|**2024**
**£**
-
-
(1,098)
1,098
-| |---|---|---|---|---| Deepshikha Paneser 25/11/2025 4 Sign.com Document ID: f6a1415160 - Page 7/7 ## **CHRISTS COURTIERS Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 1 April 2025** |**1**
**Profit and loss account analysis**
**Charitable activities**
Charitable activities
Grant
**Car, van and travel expenses**
Travel and subsistence
**Rent, rates, power and insurance costs**
Property insurance
**Telephone, fax, stationery and other office costs**
Telephone and internet
Postage
Stationery and printing
Equipment expensed
Charitable activities
Software
**Accountancy, legal and other professional fees**
Accountants fees
**Other business expenses**
Subscriptions|**2025**
**£**
560
5,500
6,060
16
188
531
-
71
1,999
1,152
410
4,163
300
88|**2024**
**£**
1,464
-
-
552
29
88
-
1,089
207
1,965
300
297| |---|---|---| 5