2024-12-31-accounts

GRACE FELLOWSHIP NEW MALDEN

Charity Registration Number: 1206535

Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts

For the period ended 31 December 2024

GRACE FELLOWSHIP NEW MALDEN

Annual Report and Accounts 2024 Contents

	Page
Legal & Administrative Information	2
Annual Report of the Trustees	3
Independent Examiner’s Report	5
Receipts & Payments Account	6
Statement of Assets & Liabilities	7

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GRACE FELLOWSHIP NEW MALDEN

Legal & Administrative Information For the year ended 31 December 2024

Charity Name	Grace Fellowship New Malden
Principal Address	47 Westbury Road, New Malden, KT3 5AS
Charity Registration	1206535. The charity was registered with the Charity Commission on 15 January 2024
The Governing Document	CIO Foundation.
Objects	The purposes of the Charity are:
	1. the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the basis of faith,		primarily,
	but not exclusively, within New Malden and the surrounding neighbourhood.
	2. and such other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the charity Trustees, put
	into practice the Christian faith in accordance with the basis of faith, including but not
	limited to:
	A. the prevention and relief of need, hardship and sickness;
	B. the advancement of education;
	C. and the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or
	other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by
	reason of their youth, age infirmity or disability, financial hardship		or social
	circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life;	and
	D. provided that the advancement of such purposes must be undertaken in a
	manner that is consistent with the doctrinal distinctives, and ethical statements
	as may be adopted and amended by the Charity from time to time.
Trustees	The Trustees who served during the year or who were serving at the date of this report were:
	Timothy Robert Thornborough (Chair) (appointed 15 January 2024)
	Sheena Ann Osborn (appointed 15 January 2024)
	Ian Hugh Arthur Angell (appointed 15 January 2024)
	James David Winn Stileman (appointed 15 January 2024)
Bankers	CAFBank
	25 Kings Hill Avenue,
	Kings Hill,
	West Malling,
	Kent, ME19 4JQ
Independent Examiner	John Helm ACA
	Tandem Accounting Limited
	17 Heathville Road
	London N19 3AL

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GRACE FELLOWSHIP NEW MALDEN

Report of the Trustees For the year ended 31 December 2024

The Trustees submit their annual report and accounts of Grace Fellowship New Malden (“the Charity”) for the year ended 31 December 2024. The legal and administrative information set out earlier in this document forms part of this report. These accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis with a statement of assets and liabilities.

1. Structure and Governance

The charity is established by constitution as a Foundation CIO which was registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales on 15[th] January 2024. This is the charity’s first set of accounts.

Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. Apart from the first charity trustees, charity trustees shall be appointed for an initial period of five years and shall thereafter retire as a charity trustee. Every charity trustee shall be required to affirm in writing, at least once in each calendar year, his or her continued acceptance of, and commitment to live in accordance with, the Basis of Faith.

2. Activities

Key Activities

The charity advances the Christian faith through organising and hosting groups, events and courses to enable people to know more about the Christian faith, to spread the good news about Jesus, and to meet needs in the community in and around New Malden.

Public Benefit

The Trustees have regard to the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance would be relevant.

3. Achievements and Performance

The charity was established in January 2024. This year the charity has been putting on a Free English class once a week for anyone wanting to improve their English-speaking skills, catering for beginners to advanced level. This included a Christmas event with carols and a short Christian talk, which was well attended. There were also 2 evening events for Christians in New Malden to understand the Muslim faith and culture and learn how to build relationships and share our faith with Muslims in the community. A donation was made towards a car for a missionary family in need who had previously worked locally and are currently working in Mexico with the missionary organisation SIM.

4. Financial Review

A large donation was received from Emmanuel Church Wimbledon in July 2024 consisting of money that they had been holding for the charity for the past couple of years from many supporters. The charity has started to spend this money on the activities outlined above. At 31 December 2024 the Charity had free reserves of £65,284 (2023: £nil).

Policy on Reserves

The charity is currently holding a large amount of money that has been built up over the last few years. Now that the charity has been formally established, the Trustees expect to gradually reduce the reserves by spending between £5,000 and £10,000 per annum over the next few years.

5. Responsibilities of Trustees for the Accounts

Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare accounts for each accounting year which record the receipts and payments of the charity for the year. The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. The Trustees also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities.

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GRACE FELLOWSHIP NEW MALDEN

Report of the Trustees For the year ended 31 December 2024

6. Responsibilities of Trustees for the Accounts

The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above on 15 September 2025 and it was signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees by:

James David Winn Stileman Trustee

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GRACE FELLOWSHIP NEW MALDEN

Report of the Independent Examiner to the trustees of Grace Fellowship New Malden

I report on the accounts of Grace Fellowship New Malden for the year ended 31 December 2024, set out on pages 6 to 7.

This report is made solely to the Trustees in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act). My independent examination has been undertaken so that I might state to the Trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an independent examiner’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by the law, I do not accept responsibility to anyone other than the Trustees for my independent examination, for this report, or the opinions I have formed.

RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER

The Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this period (under section 144(2) of the Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

• Examine the accounts (under section 145 of the Act);

• To follow the procedures laid down in the General Direction given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Act); and

• To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S STATEMENT

My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S STATEMENT

In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

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.

John Helm ACA 15 September 2025

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GRACE FELLOWSHIP NEW MALDEN

Receipts & Payments Account For the year ended 31 December 2024

Receipts Voluntary donations Bank interest Total receipts Payments Free English classes Islam evening Grants and donations paid Bank fees Total Payments Net of receipts/ (payments) Total cash funds brought forward Total cash funds caried forward	Total 2024 £ 71,246 66
	71,312
	1,425 568 4,000 35
	6,028
	65,284 -
	65,284

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GRACE FELLOWSHIP NEW MALDEN

Statement of Assets & Liabilities As at 31 December 2024

Assets Cash At Bank and in Hand Liabilities Total Assets Less Liabilities	Total 2024 £ 65,284
	65,284 660
	64,624

Note

The trustees confirm, in accordance with the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2012, that at the year end the CIO did not have any outstanding guarantees to third parties nor any debts secured on the assets of the CIO.

Approved by the Trustees on 15 September 2025 and signed on their behalf by:

James David Winn Stileman Trustee

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