## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 6[th] Sept 2024 Period start date To 31[st] March 2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Emmanuel Church Loxwood**
## **Charity registration number: 1209920**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The Object of the CIO is, for the public**
**benefit, the advancement of the**
**Christian faith in Loxwood in particular**
**(but without limitation) by providing**
**worship, prayer and Christian teaching.**|
|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|**Emmanuel Church Loxwood provides a**
**place of worship, advances the**
**Christian faith, provides pastoral care &**
**outreach together with missionary &**
**evangelical activities.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees adhere to the guidance issued**
**by the Charity Commission on public**
**benefit**|
## **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||
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|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|**1) Worship, teaching & pastoral**
**care:**
**We have provided various types of**
**service during which we worship, pray,**
**enjoy Bible teaching followed by coffee**
**and refreshments together.**
**10:30am every Sunday morning for main**
**worship. Average attendance is approx.**
**25**
**On Tuesday mornings from 10:30am to**
**12:30pm, we have met at the chapel for**
**an informal time to share together, learn**
**together, pray together and grow**
**together as followers of Jesus.**
**Attendance has reached as many as 17.**
**On Thursday mornings the chapel has**
**been open to all the community for our**
**“Knit and Knatter” group, to enjoy a**
**chat, enjoy craft activities and cakes and**
**drinks. This is a befriending opportunity**
**with no formal Christian teaching.**
**We have provided Adhoc support to the**
**local Samaritan food bank and have**
**allowed selected local Christian and**
**secular organisations to use the church**
**(eg Bible teaching seminars and the**
**local Bee Keepers Association). In**
**addition, the CIO supported the local**
**fete committee in the provision of car**
**parking without which the event could**
**not occur. Proceeds of the fete go to the**
**local school**
**2) Outreach, missionary &**
**evangelical activities**
**The church has financially supported**
**several overseas missions/missionaries**
**by monthly transfer and has done so for**
**many years. These include:**
**- £125/mth: The Wheatley family serving**
**in Malawi under the charity Serving In**
**Mission (SIM), Mrs Wheatley is a local**
**lady;**
**- £100/mth: The Grassroots Trust a**
**charity that ’exists to relieve poverty**
**wherever we can and tell people about**
**Jesus through word and deed’;**
**- £25/mth: Global Care who support**|
**children in poverty; and - £100/mth The Bread Trust a charity that ‘works in strategic partnerships with churches in Ukraine and Zambia to provide practical support for the poorest of communities’. All the above typically receive additional one off sums as the Trustees and Spiritual leadership see fit.**
## **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|**At 6th September 2024, when the charity**
**was registered by the commission, its**
**cash reserves were £43,521. To year end**
**31st March 2025 income was £9,222**
**expenditure was £11,692 resulting in**
**cash funds at year end of £41,051.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Charity holds reserves for**
**significant expenditure projects and**
**maintenance. For example connection**
**to the mains drainage project which is**
**currently being investigated. Spend is**
**discussed and agreed by the Trustees.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£41,051**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust deed**|
|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|**Apart from the first Charity Trustees,**
**every Charity Trustee is appointed by**
**a resolution passed at a properly**
**convened meeting of the Charity**
**Trustees.**
**No external body is entitled to appoint**
**Trustees**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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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|**Emmanuel Church Loxwood**|
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|Other name the charity uses|**Emmanuel Fellowship Loxwood**|
|Registered charity number|**1209920**|
|Charity’s principal address|**Emmanuel Church Loxwood**
**Spy lane**
**Loxwood**
**Billingshurst**
**West Sussex. RH14 0SQ**|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Thomas Beckett|Trustee, Chair|||
||Stephen Douglas|Trustee, Secretary|||
||Raymond Noakes|Trustee|||
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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 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) Full name(s)** Stephen Douglas
**Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
||**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Number**|**Charity Number**||
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||**Emmanuel Church Loxwood**|||||**1209920**|||
||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||
||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date||**To**||Period end date||
||||6 September 2024||||31 March 2025||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||
||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||
|**_Collections & Giving_**|**8,316**||**-**||**-**||**8,316**||
|**_Knit and Knatter_**|**60**||**-**||**-**||**60**||
|**_Use of Chapel Facilities_**|**450**||**-**||**-**||**450**||
|**_Misc Receipts_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Bank Interest_**|**396**||**-**||**-**||**396**||
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||**-**||**-**||||
||||**-**||**-**||||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR) _|
**9,222**||**-**||**-**||**9,222**||
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||
||||**- 0**||**- 0**||||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**|
**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
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|**_Total receipts_ **|
**9,222**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**9,222**||
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|**A3 Payments**|||||||||
|Giving|**3,395**||**-**||**-**||**3,395**||
|Outreach|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|General Activities|**867**||**-**||**-**||**867**||
|Legal|**3,543**||**-**||**-**||**3,543**||
|Sundries|**41**||**-**||**-**||**41**||
|Maintenance and Cleaninbg|**3,846**||**-**||**-**||**3,846**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|
**11,692**||**-**||**-**||**11,692**||
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases,(see table)**|||||||||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|
**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
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|**_Totalpayments_ **|
**11,692**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**11,692**||
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|**-**
**2,470**||**-**||**-**||**-**
**2,470**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**43,521**||**-**||**-**||**43,521**||
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_ **|
**41,051**||**-**||**-**||**41,051**||
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||||||||
|**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||
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|**B1 Cash funds**|HSBC Bank Accounts||||**40,914**||**-**||
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||**_Total cash funds_**||||**40,914**||**-**||
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||||Agreement Error||||
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**funds**||**Restricted funds**||
||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|Lawn Mower||||**1,500**||**-**||
||Audio Visual Equipment||||**2,500**||**-**||
||Key Board||||**3,000**||**-**||
||Kitchen Utensils||||**200**||**-**||
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**||
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||
|**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||
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**CC16a Last year to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 - - - - Endowment funds to nearest £ - -**
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**-** OK **Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)**
Date of approval
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