## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 February 2025 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 teaching,**
**encouragement, prayer, pastoral**
**support and to build community. We**
**have worked 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 growing 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 students settle in**
**the city and provided advice, advocacy/**
**friendship/support in the areas of**
**health/educational/wellbeing and**
**finances. We also hold a weekly meeting**
**for students which has grown this year.**
**The charity has engaged with the local**
**community with seasonal events e.g. at**
**Christmas craft/carols/food. We run a**
**weekly children’s group.**
**We have provided grants to groups in**
**the UK and overseas in line with our**
**objects.**
**The charity has helped people who are**
**seeking residency in the UK and/or have**
**been homeless by providing**
**advice/advocacy and community.**| ## **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|| |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:||**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(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Joanna Chung|Treasurer||| ||Ruth Everson||To 26 Nov 2025|| ||David Parfitt|Chairman||| ||Charlie Spring||To 10 Jan 2026|| ||Ruth Wood||From 2 Dec 2025|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 Ruth Wood Joanna Chung **Full name(s)** David Parfitt Ruth Wood Joanna Chung **Position (eg Secretary,** D Parfitt Chairman **Chair, etc)** J Chung Treasurer **Date** 5 April 2026 ||**Charity Name**

**Ark Church Cardiff**
|**Charity Name**

**Ark Church Cardiff**
|**Charity Name**

**Ark Church Cardiff**
|**No (if any)**
**1208970**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
2/1/2025|**To**|Period end date
1/31/2026| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
VoluntaryReciepts
**37,759**
Gift aid
**7,357**
Interest
**30**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,146**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 45,146**
**A3 Payments**
Room hire
**5,603**
Stipend Costs
**27,398**
Donations/grants
**5,451**
Cost of the charities activities
**5,031**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 43,483**
**Assets**
**262**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 262**
**_Total payments_ 43,745**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 1,401**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 1,401**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**37,759**
**7,357**
**30**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,146**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,146**
**5,603**
**27,398**
**5,451**
**5,031**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**43,483**
**262**
**-**
**262**
**43,745**
**1,401**
**-**
**-**
**1,401**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**37,759**|**-**| ||||**7,357**|**-**| ||||**30**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**45,146**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**45,146**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**5,603**|**-**| ||||**27,398**|**-**| ||||**5,451**|**-**| ||||**5,031**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**43,483**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**262**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**262**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**43,745**|**-**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1,401**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**1,401**|**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
All cash
**Details**
None
**Details**
None
**Details**
Banner
Reading stand
**Details**
None
Signature
David Parftt
Joanna Chung
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**7,607**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,607**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
General
**228**
General
**34**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
David Parfitt
Joanna Chung
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||**10**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||David Parftt|David Parfitt|4/5/2026| ||Joanna Chung|Joanna Chung|**4/5/2026**| Independent Exarnination Report to the Trust¢es of At* Churth CordtFf Report on the Accounts We hove examined the Accounls of Ark Church Cardiff for the year ended 21 Jonuory 2026, whith comprise Ihe Reteip15 and Paymenls Account. Re$p8dwo Re$pon$ibi1th85 of tho Trusla* and the Independentr E%arniner The Trustees ore responsible lor the preporalion of the AttOunt5 tsnd for enwring thot they tomply the Church's constitution und applicoble occounting principles. Our responsibility is lo report on Ihe Accounts, based on Our review. Bosis of Report Our work w05 conduded in accordance with the terms Q@reed ond involved a reyiew ol the Accounting record5 ond inlorrnotioD provided by the Trustees. A review is Sub￿antI011Y less in scope than an oudil and does not provide ossDron¢e thol we would become ttwore ol tsll %ignifi¢onl mtsNers Ihot might be identified in on oudit. Accordingly, we do not exp￿55 an uudit opinion on these Accounts. Conclusion I haye completed my examination. I confirm that no significant matters have come to my attention in Connedion with IhÈ exomintslion gi￿n￿ tne cou5e lo believe Ihol in ony 51gnificanl respect-. l. Accounting record5 were not kept in respecl of the Charity,. or 2. the Account5 do not accord with those records,. or 3. the Accounls ore not prepored In occerdonce With Ihe Church's canstilulitsn I hove no concerni ond have come ocross no other motrers in ¢onnedion wilh the exominolion to which ottenlion should be drown in this report in orderto enable a propèr under51onding of the AEcoun15 to be reached. Trtscey Metcalfe Greet) & Co Chortered Certified Accountun15 Pembroke House Llttnlornom Park Way Cwmbron Torfoen NP44 3AU 6. May 2026