## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 4 July 2024 Period start date to 31 January 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Ark Church Cardiff** ## **Charity registration number: 1208970** ## **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 faith for the**
**public benefit and provide relief and**
**assistance to people in need.**| |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|**Weekly meetings for prayer, teaching,**
**and pastoral support. We have had a**
**specific focus on meeting the needs of**
**those in local hostels who are seeking**
**to find a home and residency in the UK.**
**We have had a specific focus on**
**supporting students new to the cities**
**Universities.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We confirm we have regard to these.**| ## **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|**The charity has helped over a dozen**
**people who are seeking residency in the**
**UK and/or have been homeless and in**
**city hostels by providing advice, ‘warm**
**spaces’ during the week and faith**
**support.**
**The charity has helped students settle in**
**the city and provided advice, advocacy/**
**friendship/support in**
**health/educational/wellbeing matters.**
**The charity has engaged with the local**
**community with seasonal events e.g. at**
**Christmas. We run a weekly children’s**
**group.**
**We have provided grants to groups in**
**the UK and overseas to alleviate need.**| ## **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|**The charity has no debts and modest**
**assets.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity holds modest reserves to**
**accommodate fluctuations in monthly**
**income and sustain commitment to**
**regular monthly outgoings. There are no**
**restricted funds.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**2,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**none**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |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|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**There are four trustees**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Foundation model constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |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|**As set out in the constitution 9.2.a.b.c.d**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose 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|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Ark Church Cardiff| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1208970| |Charity’s principal address|28 North Rise, Cardiff, CF14 0RN| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Joanna Chung|||| ||Ruth Everson|||| ||David Parfitt|||| ||Charlie Spring|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** David Parfitt Charlie Spring Joanna Chung Ruth Everson **Full name(s)** David Parfitt Charlie Spring Joanna Chung Ruth Everson **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 28 July 2025 |**Charity Name**|||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Ark Church Cardiff**|||**12008970**||| |**Receipts and payments accounts**|||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
04/07/2024|**To**|Period end date
31/01/2025||| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**20,044**
**3,755**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,799**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,799**
**3,142**
**11,864**
**1,888**
**2,608**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**19,502**
**233**
**-**
**233**
**19,735**
**4,064**
**-**
**-**
**4,064**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**20,044**
**3,755**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,799**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,799**
**3,142**
**11,864**
**1,888**
**2,608**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**19,502**
**233**
**-**
**233**
**19,735**

**4,064**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**20,044**
**3,755**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,799**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,799**
**3,142**
**11,864**
**1,888**
**2,608**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**19,502**
**233**
**-**
**233**
**19,735**

**4,064**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |VoluntaryReciepts|**20,044**|||||**-**| |Gift aid|**3,755**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**23,799**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |
Room hire|**3,142**|||||**-**| |Salarycosts|**11,864**|||||**-**| |Donations/grants|**1,888**|||||**-**| |Cost of the charities activities|**2,608**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**19,502**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**||||||| |**,**
**Assets**|**233**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**233**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**4,064**|**-**|**-**|
**4,064**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**4,064**|**-**|**-**|**4,064**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 31/07/2025 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
None
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
None
All cash
**Details**
**Details**
Speaker stand
Hot plate for catering
**Details**
None
_Joanna Chung_
Signature
David Parfitt|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**6,205**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,205**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
General
**160**
General
**73**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
David Parfitt
Joanna Chung|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**100**| ||||**35**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||David Parfitt|David Parfitt|28/07/2025| ||_Joanna Chung_|Joanna Chung|**28/07/2025**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 31/07/2025 2