## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From Period start date July 2024 To March 2025 Period end date Charity name: Cornerstone Discipleship Church Taunton**
## **Charity registration number: 1209055**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the Christian faith, in
accordance with the statement of faith
as stated by the Evangelical Alliance, in
Taunton, Somerset, and in any other
parts of the United Kingdom or the
world as the Trustees see fit, and to
fulfil such other purposes which are
exclusively charitable according to the
law of England and Wales and are
connected with the charitable works of
the CIO.
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: to relieve
sickness and financial hardship and to
promote and preserve good health by
the provision of funds, goods or
services of any kind, including through
the provision of counselling and
support in Taunton, somerset, and in
any other parts of the United Kingdom
or the world as the Trustees see fit.|
|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|The church meets together for a family
service on a Sunday afternoon, with a
fellowship meal afterwards. Visitors are
very welcome to attend all of our
services, regardless of their
background. Home groups operate
during the week. The church does not
have a building at present, but rents a
building St Michael’s Church in
Galmington, Taunton.|
Para 1.18
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit
In planning the charity’s activities, the Trustees and Elders have paid due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The Trustees acknowledge the
contribution of volunteers in running
the church. Without their contribution
very little would get done. We
especially would like to recognise the
efforts of those involved with pastoral
care and administration.|
|Other||The Trustees currently do not have any
induction or training upon appointment,
however the need for this is still under review.
Cornerstone has a team of Leaders who carry
out most of the administrative and practical
tasks. During this period there were three
Elders (increased to five in January 2026), who
oversee the pastoral side of the church. The
Church is part of the Ground Level network of
Churches in the UK. The church is not formally
linked to other charities, but is part of the B1
groupof like-minded churches in Taunton.|
## 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 church meets weekly Sunday
afternoon at 1500 for a family service,
with a monthly communion, which has
had an attendance of typically around
40 people, including a good number of
children. Many migrant workers have
found a home in the church with up to
ten nationalities represented. A
fellowship meal is served after the
main meeting. We have continued to
livestream our services on YouTube for
those who are unable to attend in
person, due to illness or other
circumstances, enabling them to still
participate in the life of the church.
Home groups meet during the week in
the local area, and these are attended
by a good number of church members.
Children’s and youth events take place
during the week, mainly for the
children of church members. The
church runs early morning online
prayer meetings on Wednesday, Friday
and Sunday. Other special meetings or
conference are organised by church
leaders for the benefit of church
attendees.
In addition to supporting a number of
local and international mission
organisations, the church supports a
child education sponsorship scheme
called ACTS (Agape Children's Trust
Sponsorship) in conjunction with Cross-
road Christian Centre Trust in England,
and Agape Brethren Church, San
Nicholas, in the Philippines.|
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
Other
## Financial Review
|Financial Review|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|During this period of activity the
Cornerstone received a total of £22,989 in
voluntary donations. This is broken down
into £13,708 offerings and £6613 of Gift aid
donations. During this period Cornerstone
supported the work of ACTS in the
Philippines through Cross-road Christian
Centre Trust of which members contributed
£717 towards (£5 gift aided). The Church
also began working towards its goal of
having its own place of worship. In this a
further £1051 of Gift aided donations was
made along with a furth £65 of donations.
The Churches outgoings focused around,
Charitable activities including costs to
support attending the main summer
conference in Lincoln and the costs around
offering fellowship meals to the Church.
Management and Administration covering
costs of subscriptions, insurance fees along
with the rent for hiring the building
contributed to the outgoings.
The Church is focused on supporting the
poor and the needy and payments were
made to a local charity helping the
homeless in Taunton alongside payments
sent to Crossroads to support the ACTS
ministry in providing education for children
in the Philippines.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held to cover ongoing costs
such as rent, annual subscriptions,
insurance costs and the day to day running
costs of the charity. Further reserves are
held toward the building fund with the aim
of setting up a separate account for this in
the coming year.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£10,886|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
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You may choose to include further statements|Additional information (optional)
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The main funding comes via a volountary
offering held on a Sunday afternoon as part
of the main service|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|The church does not have any
investments but the Trustees has
started a building fund.|
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|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The Trustees consider the major risks
to be Health and Safety and Child
Protection. Health and Safety is kept
under constant review by the Trustees
and there is a Safeguarding Policy in
place. All individuals working with
children or vulnerable adults have to
undergo a DBS check.|
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## Structure, Governance and Management
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trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO - FOUNDATION|
|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|New Trustees appointed by existing Trustees
on a majority vote|
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|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|Cornerstone Discipleship Church Taunton|
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|Other name the charity uses|Cornerstone Discipleship Church, CDC|
|Registered charity number|**1209055**|
|Charity’s principal address|7 Pomona Close
Rumwell
TAUNTON
Somerset
TA4 1FT|
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||Andrew Sibley||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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## **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**
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**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||||||
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**CORNERSTONE DISCIPLESHIP CHURCH TAUNTON**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT - SUMMARY YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|Receipts (page 2)
Payments (page 3)
Excess / (deficit) of receipts over payments
Funds transfer
Funds brought forward 1 July 2024
Funds carried forward 31 March 2025|**2025**
**Restricted**
**Unrestricted**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
1,868 21,121 22,989
587 10,235 10,822|
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||1,281 10,886 12,167
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- - -|
||£ 1,281 £ 10,886 £ 12,167|
**CORNERSTONE DISCIPLESHIP CHURCH TAUNTON**
## **SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**Donations, legacies and other similar receipts**
Offerings and regular gifts
Gift Aid donations
Income tax repayments
ACTS donations
ACTS Gift Aided donations
Building donations
Building Gift Aided donations
**Operating activities to further charity's objects**
Appeals and love offerings
Sundry income
**Investment income receipts**
Bank interest
**Total receipts**|**2025**
**Restricted Unrestricted**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
- 13,708 13,708
- 6,613 6,613
- - -
717 - 717
35 - 35
65 - 65
1,051 - 1,051|
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||1,868 20,321 22,189|
||- 595 595
- 205 205|
||- 800 800|
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||**£ 1,868 £ 21,121 £ 22,989**|
**CORNERSTONE DISCIPLESHIP CHURCH TAUNTON**
## **SUMMARY OF PAYMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**Staffing costs**
Staff salaries (including NI)
**Property expenses**
Rent
**Grants paid**
Mission and outreach
Love gifts
ACTS expenditure
**Charitable activities**
Preaching expenses
Sunday school expenses
Youth expenses
Catering
Conferences
**Management & Administration**
Subscriptions and insurance
Publicity and stationery
Books and tracts
Professional fees
Bank charges
Sundry expenses
**Sub-total**
**Capital expenditure**
Building expenditure
**Total payments**
Fixed assets: equipment|**2025**
**Restricted Unrestricted**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
- - -|
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||- 2,212 2,212|
||- 2,212 2,212|
||- 1,365 1,365
- 1,011 1,011
587 - 587|
||587 2,376 2,963|
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- 42 42
- 364 364
- 1,039 1,039
- 1,070 1,070|
||- 2,515 2,515|
||- 1,255 1,255
- 99 99
- - -
- 838 838
- 2 2
- 3 3|
||- 2,197 2,197|
||587 9,300 9,887|
||- 935 935
- - -|
||- 935 935|
||**£ 587 £ 10,235 £ 10,822**|
## **CORNERSTONE DISCIPLESHIP CHURCH TAUNTON**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**Fixed Assets**
Land & Buildings
Furniture and equipment (at written down value)
**Current Assets**
Debtors
Cash at bank:
Cash float
**Total assets**
**Liabilities**
Suppliers accounts & accruals
**Total liabilities**
General account|**2025**
**£**
**£**
-
701
1,925
12,167
-
12,167
£ 14,793
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£ -|**2025**
**£**
**£**
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701
1,925
12,167
-
12,167
£ 14,793
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£ -|
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£ -|
## **Designated donations held at 31 March 2025 as Restricted Funds in bank accou**
|ACTS fund
Building fund
Signed……………………………………..
Signed…………~~……~~……………………..|165
1,116|
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