**REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: CE032896 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1203886** Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 for Life of Christ Church Life of Christ Church Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 ||Page| |---|---| |Report of the Trustees|1| |Independent Examiner's Report|2| |Statement of Financial Activities|3| |Balance Sheet|4 to 5| |Notes to the Financial Statements|6 to 11| |Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|12 to 13| Life of Christ Church ## Report of the Trustees ## for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities' issued in March 2005. ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number** CE032896 (England and Wales) ## **Registered Charity number** 1203886 ## **Registered office** 104 Chace Avenue Coventry CV3 3JG ## **Trustees** Cheuk Yan Ho Trustee Yi Wah Chan Trustee Pak Lun Leung Trustee ## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document** The charity is controlled by its governing document, and constitutes a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, as defined by the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act). ## **Risk management** The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. Approved by order of the board of trustees on 1 July 2025 and signed on its behalf by: Pak Lun Leung - Trustee Page 1 Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Life of Christ Church I report on the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages three to eleven. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity's trustees (and also the directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, I have examined your charity's accounts as required under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. My role is to state whether any material matters have come to my attention giving me cause to believe: 1. that accounting records were not kept as required by section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; or 2. that the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. that the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland; or 4. that there is further information needed for a proper understanding of the accounts. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination and have no concerns in respect of the matters (1) to (4) listed above and, in connection with following the Directions of the Charity Commission I have found no matters that require drawing to your attention. Sajjad Jaffer FCCA Harris Accountancy Services Ltd Cobalt Square, 83 Hagley Road Birmingham B16 8QG 1 July 2025 Page 2 Life of Christ Church ## Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 |Year Ended
31.3.25
Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Incoming resources from generated**
**funds**
Voluntary income
2
7,541
Investment income
3
16,506
**Total incoming resources**
24,047
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**Charitable activities**
4
Charitable costs
45,632
**Other resources expended**
18,821
**Total resources expended**
64,453
**NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING)**
**RESOURCES**
(40,406)
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
**Total funds brought forward**
891,141
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
850,735|Period
20.12.22
to
31.3.24
Total
funds
£
887,622
5,913
893,535
-
2,394
2,394
891,141
-
891,141| |---|---| The notes form part of these financial statements Page 3 Life of Christ Church ## Balance Sheet At 31 March 2025 |31.3.25
Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
9
16,927
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at bank
835,510
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
10
(1,702)
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
833,808
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
850,735
**NET ASSETS**
850,735
**FUNDS**
11
Unrestricted funds
850,735
**TOTAL FUNDS**
850,735|31.3.24
Total
funds
£
-
893,535
(2,394)
891,141
891,141
891,141
891,141
891,141| |---|---| The notes form part of these financial statements Page 4 continued... Life of Christ Church ## Balance Sheet - continued At 31 March 2025 The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for - (a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and - (b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to charitable small companies and with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective January 2015). The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 1 July 2025 and were signed on its behalf by: Pak Lun Leung -Trustee The notes form part of these financial statements Page 5 Life of Christ Church ## Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 ## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## **Accounting convention** The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008), the Companies Act 2006 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities. ## **Incoming resources** All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. ## **Resources expended** Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. ## **Tangible fixed assets** Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. Plant and machinery etc - 25% on reducing balance ## **Taxation** The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities. ## **Fund accounting** Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. ## **Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits** The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate. Page 6 Life of Christ Church ## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued ## for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 ## **2. VOLUNTARY INCOME** |Page 7
Gifts
Donations
**3.**
**INVESTMENT INCOME**
Deposit account interest
**4.**
**CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**
Charitable costs
**5.**
**SUPPORT COSTS**
Management
£
Other resources expended
440
Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:
Insurance
Telephone
Rent
Sundries
Carried forward|Year Ended
31.3.25
£
-
7,541
7,541
Year Ended
31.3.25
£
16,506
Direct costs
£
45,632
Other
Other 4
£
£
12,089
1,716
Year Ended
31.3.25
Other
resources
expended
£
245
195
1,538
79
2,057|Period
20.12.22
to
31.3.24
£
-
887,622
887,622
Period
20.12.22
to
31.3.24
£
5,913
Totals
£
45,632
Totals
£
14,245
Period
20.12.22
to
31.3.24
Total
activities
£
-
-
-
-
-| |---|---|---| Life of Christ Church ## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 ## **5. SUPPORT COSTS - continued** |||Period| |---|---|---| |||20.12.22| ||Year Ended|to| ||31.3.25|31.3.24| ||Other|| ||resources|Total| ||expended|activities| ||£|£| |Brought forward|2,057|-| |Professional Services|3,161|-| |Depreciation of tangible fixed assets|5,642|-| |Impairment losses for tangible fixed assets|1,669|-| |Accountancy|1,716|2,394| ||14,245|2,394| ## **6. NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING) RESOURCES** Net resources are stated after charging/(crediting): |||Period| |---|---|---| |||20.12.22| ||Year Ended|to| ||31.3.25|31.3.24| ||£|£| |Depreciation - owned assets|5,642|-| |Other pension costs|1,037|-| ## **7. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS** There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the period ended 31 March 2024. ## **Trustees' expenses** There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the period ended 31 March 2024. Page 8 Life of Christ Church ## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued ## for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 ## **8. STAFF COSTS** |||||Period| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||20.12.22| |||Year Ended||to| |||31.3.25||31.3.24| |||£||£| ||Wages and salaries|41,700||-| ||Other pension costs|1,037||-| |||42,737||-| ||The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:|||| |||||Period| |||||20.12.22| |||Year Ended||to| |||31.3.25||31.3.24| ||||2|-| ||No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.|||| |**9.**|**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**|||| |||||Plant and| |||||machinery| |||||etc| |||||£| ||**COST**|||| ||Additions|||30,368| ||Disposals|||(7,799)| ||At 31 March 2025|||22,569| ||**DEPRECIATION**|||| ||Charge for year|||5,642| ||**NET BOOK VALUE**|||| ||At 31 March 2025|||16,927| ||At 31 March 2024|||-| Page 9 Life of Christ Church ## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 ## **10. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR** ||||31.3.25|31.3.24| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||£|£| ||Other creditors||202|-| ||Accrued expenses||1,500|2,394| ||||1,702|2,394| |**11.**|**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**|||| ||||Net|| ||||movement|| |||At 1.4.24|in funds|At 31.3.25| |||£|£|£| ||**Unrestricted funds**|||| ||General fund|891,141|(40,406)|850,735| ||**TOTAL FUNDS**|891,141|(40,406)|850,735| ||Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:|||| |||Incoming|Resources|Movement| |||resources|expended|in funds| |||£|£|£| ||**Unrestricted funds**|||| ||General fund|24,047|(64,453)|(40,406)| ||**TOTAL FUNDS**|24,047|(64,453)|(40,406)| ||**Comparatives for movement in funds**|||| ||||Net|| ||||movement|| ||||in funds|At 31.3.24| ||||£|£| ||**Unrestricted Funds**|||| ||General fund||891,141|891,141| ||**TOTAL FUNDS**||891,141|891,141| Page 10 Life of Christ Church ## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued ## for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 ## **11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued** Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: ||Incoming|Resources|Movement| |---|---|---|---| ||resources|expended|in funds| ||£|£|£| |**Unrestricted funds**|||| |General fund|893,535|(2,394)|891,141| |**TOTAL FUNDS**|893,535|(2,394)|891,141| Page 11 Life of Christ Church ## Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 |Year Ended
31.3.25
£
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Voluntary income**
Gifts
-
Donations
7,541
7,541
**Investment income**
Deposit account interest
16,506
**Total incoming resources**
24,047
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**Charitable activities**
Wages
41,700
Pensions
1,037
Postage and stationery
206
Donations paid
1,012
Activity costs
733
Other direct costs
291
Subsistence
347
Travelling
306
45,632
**Other resources expended**
Motor Expenses
4,576
**Support costs**
**Management**
Insurance
245
Telephone
195
440
**Other**
Rent
1,538
Sundries
79
Professional fees
3,161
Motor vehicles
5,642
Carried forward
10,420|Period
20.12.22
to
31.3.24
£
-
887,622
887,622
5,913
893,535
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-| |---|---| This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements Page 12 Life of Christ Church ## Detailed Statement of Financial Activities ## for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 |Year Ended
31.3.25
£
**Other**
Brought forward
10,420
Impairment losses for tangible fixed assets
1,669
12,089
**Other 4**
Accountancy fees
1,716
**Total resources expended**
64,453
**Net (expenditure)/income**
(40,406)|Period
20.12.22
to
31.3.24
£
-
-
-
2,394
2,394
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