## **WELLSPRING OF GRACE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL**
Charity number 1202793
## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT**
**For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **1. Reference and Administrative Details**
|**1. Reference and Administratve Details**||
|---|---|
|**Charity name**|Wellspring of Grace Church International|
|**Registered charity number**|1202793|
|**Legal structure**|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) – Foundation
model|
|**Governing document**|CIO Foundation Constitution dated 11 April 2023|
|**Principal office**|England|
|**Financial year**|1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025|
## **2. Structure, Governance and Management**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed by its Foundation Constitution. The trustees are responsible for the general control and management of the charity. Under the constitution, there must be at least three and no more than four charity trustees. Apart from the first trustees, trustees are appointed for a three-year term by resolution at a properly convened meeting of the trustees, with regard to the skills, knowledge and experience required for the effective administration of the CIO.
The trustees who served during 2025 were Samson Uhunoma, Ruth Uhunoma, Joy Eguakun and Kudakwashe Muduma.
## **3. Objectives and Activities**
The charity’s object is the advancement of the Christian faith and the education of Christian principles for the public benefit of the community in accordance with its statement of faith throughout England and Wales, through weekly prayer meetings, fellowship gatherings, mid-week study, religious education, raising awareness of Christian beliefs and practices, Christian festivals, events and conferences, outreach and pastoral care.
The charity’s established programme includes public worship, Bible teaching and study, prayer meetings, children’s and other ministry activities, pastoral care, evangelism and outreach, and the use of written, digital and social-media resources to communicate Christian teaching. The charity operates an open-door approach to its services and activities.
## **4. Achievements and Performance**
During 2025 the charity continued to apply its resources to the advancement of its Christian ministry and the support of church activities. The financial records evidence expenditure on premises used for church activities, website and IT provision, ministry and communion materials, printing and publicity, software and subscriptions, member welfare, events/member support and church transport.
During 2025 the church provided Sunday worship and Christian teaching, mid-week Bible study and prayer meetings, pastoral support and opportunities for outreach. Children and young people’s ministry, volunteer participation, and communication through online and printed resources also formed part of the charity’s activities during the year.
The charity also provided practical support connected with its ministry. The reconciled records include member welfare expenditure and a contribution towards fuel used to transport church members to and from Sunday services.
Wellspring of Grace Church International | Trustees’ Annual Report 2025
## **5. Public Benefit**
The trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when exercising powers and duties to which that guidance is relevant. The charity seeks to provide public benefit by making Christian worship, teaching and pastoral support accessible to members of the public, advancing understanding of Christian belief and practice, and providing outreach and practical support within the community. Its services are intended to be welcoming and accessible and are not restricted solely to existing adherents of the Christian faith.
## **6. Financial Review**
The accounts for the year have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis. Total cash receipts were £10,456.06 and total cash payments were £5,151.43, producing an excess of receipts over payments of £5,304.63. The charity’s bank balance increased from £7,644.51 at the start of the year to £12,949.14 at 31 December 2025.
All funds held and receipts received during the year were unrestricted. The charity held no restricted or endowment funds and had no outstanding liabilities, guarantees or secured debt at the year end.
## **7. Reserves Policy**
At 31 December 2025 the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £12,949.14. The trustees seek to retain sufficient unrestricted reserves to support continuity of worship and ministry activities and to meet foreseeable operating costs. The trustees will keep the level of reserves under review in light of the charity’s commitments, plans and income.
## **8. Plans for Future Periods**
The charity intends to continue advancing its objects through worship, Christian teaching, prayer, pastoral care, outreach and community-facing ministry. Future activities and any expansion will remain subject to trustee approval, available resources and the charity’s governing document.
## **9. Trustee Responsibilities and Approval**
The trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records and for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and accounts in accordance with the charity’s governing document and applicable charity law. This report was approved by the trustees on 26 August 2026 and is signed on their behalf.
|**Approved by the trustees on**|26 August 2026|
|---|---|
|**Signed on behalf of the trustees by**|S.U_______________________|
|**Name**|Samson Uhunoma|
|**Position**|Chairman|
Wellspring of Grace Church International | Trustees’ Annual Report 2025
## **WELLSPRING OF GRACE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL**
Charity number 1202793
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS**
**For the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **1. Receipts and Payments Account**
|**Receipts**|**Unrestricted funds £**|
|---|---|
|Donations and offerings|10,230|
|Refunds / reimbursements|226|
|**Total receipts**|**10,456**|
|**Payments**|**Unrestricted funds £**|
|---|---|
|Premises rent|3,060|
|IT / website|1,032|
|Ministry materials / communion|157|
|Printing / publicity|110|
|Refunded / returned purchases|84|
|Professional fees|350|
|Bank charges|37|
|Software / subscriptions|150|
|Member welfare|35|
|Refunded / accidental expenditure|57|
|Events / member support|59|
|Church transport / ministry travel|20|
|
**Total payments**|**5,151**|
|**Excess of receipts over payments**|**5,305**|
## **2. Statement of Cash Funds**
|**Cash funds**|**Unrestricted funds £**|
|---|---|
|Opening bank balance|7,645|
|Excess of receipts over payments|5,305|
|**Closing bank balance at 31 December 2025**|**12,949**|
## **3. Statement of Assets and Liabilities**
**Cash at bank:** £12,949 (unrestricted funds), agreeing to the Lloyds Bank balance at 31 December 2025.
## **Other monetary assets / investment assets / fixed assets: None.**
## **Liabilities, guarantees and secured debt: None.**
Wellspring of Grace Church International | Annual Accounts 2025
## **4. Notes to the Accounts**
**Basis of preparation. These accounts have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis from the charity's reconciled cash records for the year ended 31 December 2025. Amounts in the formal account are rounded to the nearest pound.**
**Governing document and charitable object.** Wellspring of Grace Church International is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed by a CIO Foundation Constitution dated 11 April 2023. Its object is the advancement of the Christian faith and the education of Christian principles for the public benefit of the community throughout England and Wales through prayer meetings, fellowship gatherings, mid-week study, religious education, Christian festivals, events and conferences, outreach and pastoral care.
## **Funds. All funds held and receipts received during the year were unrestricted. The charity held no restricted or endowment funds.**
**Refunds and reimbursements.** Cash refunds and reimbursements are shown separately so that the accounts remain traceable to the bank record. The underlying reconciliation identifies refunded or accidental purchases separately from ordinary charitable spending.
**Communion supplies.** Payments of £38.87 and £45.52 in February 2025 were identified as communion-related ministry expenditure.
**Church transport.** The £20.01 petrol payment at year end was a contribution towards fuel used to transport church members to and from Sunday services.
**Bank reconciliation.** The underlying accounting records reconcile exactly: opening bank balance £7,644.51 plus receipts £10,456.06 less payments £5,151.43 equals closing bank balance £12,949.14.
## **5. Trustee Approval**
The trustees are responsible for the preparation and accuracy of these accounts. These accounts were approved by the trustees on the date stated below.
|**Approved by the trustees on**|26 August 2026|
|---|---|
|**Signed on behalf of the trustees by**|_____S.U_______________________|
|**Name**|_____Samson Uhunoma ____________________|
|**Position**|______Chairman ______________________|
**The underlying reconciled accounting records retain pence and transaction-level explanations. These accounts are presented to the nearest pound.**
Wellspring of Grace Church International | Annual Accounts 2025