Charity registration number- 1206327 The Gospel Church, Marchwood Annual report and financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025
The Gospel Church, Marchwood Reference and Administrative Details Charity Nama The Gospel Church. Marchwood Charity Number 1206327 HMRC Charities Ref. ZD35784 Account Number.. 0143625731 Tru8tee8 rimothy Drake Dr Alan Glaze Oliver Milton Elizabeth Prest Sécrétary Tim Drake Treasurer Alan Glaze Registerod Office & Prlnclpal Address The Gospel Church Long Lane Marchwood Southampton S040 4WR Indapendent examiner Stephen Fordham Bankers HSBC
The Gospel Church, MarGhwood Contents Page Trustees, Report Independent Examiners Report Receipts and Payments Account Statement of Assets and Liabilities
The Gospel Church, Marchwood Trustees, Report For the year ended 31 December 2025 The Trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 Structure, governance and management The church was constituted as a charitable incorporated organisation registered wtth the Charites Commission in England and Wales on 21 Dember 2023 under charity number 1206327. It is governed by a CIO - Association goveming document. The trustees are appointed or reappointed by the members at the Annual General Meeting. Trustees who are not members of the church may be appointed as trustees provided that they acpt the Basis of Faith and Statement of PractIS, however the number of non-member trustees must not exed 113 of the totsl number of trustees. The ministries of the Church are overseen by its Trustees, and are carried forward both by the congregation, regular attendees and by the extensive Involvement of visiting speakers and other Christian groups. This pattern is seen in all areas of the life of the Church Objectives and activities The objectives of the church as sel out in the constitution are.. To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the Basis of Faith and Statement of PraCtIS appearing in schedules 1 & 2 in the UK and worldwide by.. 1. the provision of Christian messages of an evangelistic and teaching nature, in particular but not exclusively, via the internet, lectures, producing andlor distributing literature on the Christian faith., 2. the provision of a pla of worship in particular but not exclusively by the provision and maintenance of a building{s) used for the practice of the Christian faith, through the holding of meetings for prayer andlorworship, public celebration of religious festivals, conducting religious ceremonies. 3. the provision of missionary and outreach work in particular but not exclusively through the provision of spiritual andlor pastoral welfare and support. the provision of grants to Christian missionaries andlor organisations, the provision of cultural and community aGtivities The main activities of the church are as follows: The Church is committed to reaching. teaching. discipling and training Christians to carry out Gospel ministry in Marchwood an(J further afield. The GhuiGh welGomes members and attendees from all backgrounds and actively seeks to invite members of both the Church and the local community to benefit from its ministries, offering spirttual and pastoral support to members of the congregation and the wider communty Vvhen planning and reviewing the objectives of the activities of the Church, due consideration has been given to the Charity Commission's general guidan on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidan on charities for the advanGement of religion. In particular, the church sets out to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our church in their local communities. Page 11
The Gospel Church, Marchwood Trustees, Report For the year ended 31 December 2025 The church holds services every Sunday morning with a creche and activities for children available. During school term time we meet at the local Infant School and at our church building in the school holidays. Communion is normally held as parl of the service on the fourth Sunday of the month, and on the seGond Sunday of the monlh in the evening. Prayer meetings are held twice weekly on Mondays & Thursdays via Zoom and in person on Sunday evenings once a month. We also hold regular Bible study groups (house-groups) twice a week, with both groups coming together, during British summertime once a month, for a more focused talk from other Christian charities, both in the UK and abroad. The church also arranges church Awaydays" andlor Weekend retreats where members of the congregation can study the Bible in more detail whilst socialising with fellow Christians have also been afforded an opportunity to provide a monthly service to a local care home with a short Bible message and Christian songs. The church runs a number activities during the week from the church building.. Tots. Tales and Tunes meets weekly, during term time, and is for pre-school children, toddlers and babies, with their carers. The sessions are free and last about I hour. Each session includes time to play with toys, craft activities, refreshments and snaGks, age-appropriate Bible stories and fun songs, and opportunities to make new friends. Beans Club meets weekly during term time and is designed for families with children and teenagers of school age and provides a range of activities alongside our spiritually themed evenings, ending with a free meal which normally includes beans. Connect is a free café run from the church building offering a rage of hot drinks and cakes on a weekly basis, and lunches on an ad hoc basis. It offers an opportunity for the community to gather to talk or complete a jigsaw. Just Eve group is for ladies in the area. The group meets bi-monthly for a range of activities, and the occasional excursion. Its aims are to involve women who currently attend the Gospel Church but also to encourage non-christian friends and acquaintances lo join in the social activities. Men's Breakfast meets bi-monthly on a Saturday in the church building to enjoy a full English breakfast followed by a short Christian message. Its aims are to involve men who currently attend the Gospel Church as well as local Christians from other churches but also to encourage non- Christian friends and acquaintances to attend. Games Café a social outreach playing a range of different board games meeting monthly on a Saturday night. Page 12
The Gospel Church, Marchwood Trustees, Report For the year ended 31 December 2025 Achievements and perforniance Our Sunday morning services have a regular attendan. Without a Pastor, we are aided in our seNices by speakers from the local area, along with people representing Christian organisations we donate to. Christmas time presented us with lots of opportunities for Christmas services, jointly with the other churches in the village. and carols by candlelight. The joint Servi was a collaborative village effort with St John's hosting. with substantial input from the Gospel Church. The service included live farm animals, actors, even a burger bar, and was very well attended by people across the village. Carols by Candlelight was held at the Gospel Church with over 50 people choosing to come and worship with us and stay on for refreshments afterwards. We held a short service on Christmas Day which gave people an opportunity to remind themselves of the reason for Christmas. Our monthly services at Oaklands Rest Home continued throughout this year. Oaklands is a residential and dementia care home. It has been encouraging to see the lounge packed full of residents with members of staff either staying or popping their head round the open door. The residents are keen to join in the singing. especially the action songs, prayers and quizzes. A short Bible message is shared with them and it is clear that most of them really appreciate the Christian input. The two house-groups, whilst separate entities. continue to grow, wtth regular attendan of 7 - 12 people. In the joint house-group we had 6 sessions enabling us to gain a greater understanding of what was happening in our local area, but also with link-ups with Christian charities we support. Towards the end of the year we started a new programme of study. 'Growing on the Frontline,, aimed at supporting our outreach to friends and colleagues. Many of us attended 8 Church awayday at Minslead Lodge where we enjoyed the teaching of Gerarde and Alison Perry from Navigators. We continue to record our services and upload them onto YouTube, aCsSed via our church website and emailed links. We have been encouraged by the number of views we have with an average of 18, in the UK and abroad. with our Carols by Candlelight service as especially popular with many more viewers online. As part of our commLJnity outreach, we hosted an Easter aftemoon family activity time at the church which resulted in lots of cake being eaten and many Easter eggs being given out. At Christmas we invited people from the various activities to join us for a Family Games. We put on a Basic First Aid training course for members with many invited from outside the church. The church continues to supply and maintain a registered public defibrillator attached to the outside of the Church. Connect has a regular attendance of about 15 people which has grown in the later part of the year to over 20. Tots, Tales and Tunes can fluctuate in attendan as children move on into nursery and school. We are thrilled that some of the families have cotne along to other church events and to Sunday services.
The Gospel Church, Marchwood Trustees, Report For the year ended 31 December 2025 Beans Club numbers and age range fluctuate but we do have a small core of people who regularly attend.. Just Eve has varying attendance depending on the activity. We were thrilled to have many ladies join us for an afternoon tea and outing to the New Forest, and the Christmas party at the end of the year. The Men's Breakfast regularty attracts between 15 19 men and ends with a short spiritual thought for the day. The Games Café numbers remain low, but we have faith to believe it will grow and believe that this group does provide vital encouragement for those who do Come. Financial review The unrestricted reseNes as at 31 December 2025 were £94,082.22 represented by the amounts held at Bank. The designated reserves were £15,000 for emergency building repairs and £49,000 for future financing of officer salaries. Re8erves policy The church policy is to hold in general reserves amounts sufficienl to Cover the day to day expenditure up to a maximum of one yeals annual expenditure excluding sums paid for the salaries of officers, any amounts in excess of this are held in the following designated funds:_ £15,000 in a designated fund for emergency building repairs, with the amounts in excess of the total of the emergency building repairs reseNe and the general reseNes held in a designated fund to assist with the future financing of officer salaries. Going Concern In the opinion of the trustees, the Charty is a going concem as it is able to meet its liabilities as they fall due. Approved by the Trustees on 8th March 2026 and signed on their behalf by.. Name Timothy Drake Oliver Milton Signed Position Secretary Trustee Page 14
The Gospel Church, Marchwood Statement of Assets and Liabilities As at 31 December 2025 I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts (which include the Receipts and P8yments Account and Statement ofAssets and Liabilities) of The Gospel Church, Marchwood (the CIO) for the year ended 31 December 2025. This report is made solely to the charity Trustees, as a body, in accordance with Regulation 31 of the Charilies (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the charity's Trustees Ihose matters l am required to state to them un and independent examiner's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity's Trustees as a body, for my work, for this report, or for the statement I have made. Responsibilities and basig of report As the charity Trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan with the requirements of Ihe Charities Act 2011 1.the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5}(b) of the Act. Independent examiner's ststement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act., or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed.. Name.. Stephen Fordham No 04741721contact ID 1-LGQ5.' Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Address. 55, Calshot Close, Southampton S045 1 BP Date..
The Gospel Church, Marchwood Statement of Assets and Liabilities As at 31 December 2025 Unrestricted Restricted Funds Fund$ Total PerSod to 2025 2024 Receipts Donation from the Gospel Church, mahwoOd CUA Offerinqs Ilarqelsmall cash, chequesl Gift Al(i Gift Aid Tax Refund Other income Church weekend Inlefesl 73,126.27 4487.33 26390.00 6250.05 1047.00 0.00 1293.90 4487.33 26390.00 6250.05 1147.00 0.00 1293.90 5656.29 25430.00 6534.77 783 40 3536.00 1290.88 100.00 39.468.27 IoD.00 39,568.27 116,357.61 Payments Bank Charges BT Church 8uildin9 Church awayday Disposables Donations Equipment Insurance Ladies Lileralu Messy Church Pulpit Refreshments School Hire Subscriptions Sundrie$ Training Ulililies {gas & Electricity) Water Youth 75.89 404 79 4000.74 739.00 393.28 9535.00 905.60 1253.97 303.89 358.51 229.51 2790.00 672.12 5205.gYI 1602.94 282.89 250.00 1483.90 26.20 55.48 75.89 404.79 4000.74 739.00 393.28 9535.00 905.60 1253.97 303.89 358.51 229.51 2790.00 672.12 5205.90 1602.94 282.89 250.00 1483 90 26.20 55.48 107.20 430.52 1447,51 3788.95 40.30 9228.39 362.57 1323,13 158.92 297.84 288.55 2470.00 835.22 5135.55 2053.32 47.48 200.00 2550.04 258 44 150 12 30.569.61 30.569.61 31.174.05 NB Restricled funds £100.OO'. donated by local Fijian Church spe¢rfically for a community luncheon. Page 16
The Gospel Church, Marchwood Statement of Assets and Liabilities As at 31 December 2025 Unregtrieted Designated Restricted funds funds funds Total 2025 2024 Not recelpts I Ipaymontsl 8,898.66 100.00 8998.66 85,183.56 Transfers between funds Cash funds at 31 al December 2024 (29,000.001 50,183.56 29,000.00 35,000,00 85,183.56 Cash funds at 31*t D•¢•mber 2025 30,082.22 64,000.00 100.00 94,182.22 85,183.56 Unre8trlcted De81gnattd Restrl¢tod Fundg fund# fund8 Total 2025 2024 Cash Fund• Cash Balances HSBC Community Account HSBC Business Money Manager 246.46 7,485.54 loo.00 346.46 133.25 7,485.54 12,993.98 86,350.22 72,056.33 22,350.22 64,000 Total ca8h fund6 30,082.22 64 000.00 100.00 94,182.22 85,183.56 Other monetary a8sets Nil Total other monetary a88et8 Nll Llabllltlo8 Total Ilabiliti¢3 Nll Assets retalned for the charity's own uso Buildings OlherA8sets Fund Unrestricted Unre51riclecJ Long lane, Marchwood 175,000 00 10,295.00 All assets are valued at initial purchase cost