2025-12-31-accounts

Trustees Annual Report for 2025 (1 January 2025 - 31 December 2025)

Charity Name The York Street Gospel Hall Trust

Charity Registration Number 221806

Governing Document

The York Street Gospel Hall Trust Deed Poll and Declaration of Trust.

Trustees York Street:-

David West Paul Bannister (Chair) Sean-Cian O’Hara Nathan Surrell Frank Proudlock

Braunstone:-

Dennis Hartshorn Charles Binyon Mark Timms Brian Truslove Michael Hartshorn Guy Ainsworth

Goodwood:-

Geoffrey Smith Anthony Groom (Secretary and Treasurer) Christopher Obern Stephen McCarthy

Trust Property

The Trust owns York Street Gospel Hall, Braunstone Avenue Hall and Goodwood Evangelical Church

Charity Commission contact

Anthony Groom

40 Westmeath Avenue Leicester LE5 6SR

Bank

Lloyds Bank plc

Independent Examiner of accounts

Heather Wells MIAB

1. Purpose/Object

The York Street Gospel Hall Trust is responsible for maintaining the three church buildings used by the church members at York Street, Braunstone and Goodwood. Each church operates independently, although use of the buildings is governed by the York Street Trust Deed.

1. Organisation

There are Trustees from each of the three churches on the Trust. Currently five from York Street, six from Braunstone and four from Goodwood. The Chair, Treasurer and Secretary are appointed at the annual general meeting, normally held in February or March.

An interim meeting is held in September/October.

None of the trustees receive any remuneration from the Trust.

3.

Public Benefit Statement and Trust Activities

The church buildings are maintained in good repair in order that the individual churches can use each building to benefit their local communities through a range of activities each week.

4. Financial Position

Financially the Trust continues to have sufficient funds in reserve to cover any unexpected expenditure.

Each of the individual buildings are insured and the policies have been renewed to an adequate level of cover.

With the current level of reserve funds and the ongoing donations given by the respective Church groups, it is the expectation of the Trustees that the Trust will continue to be financially secure and able to maintain the properties in a proper manner.

1. Future Developments

External decorating at York Street is planned for 2026. Movement of the Braunstone building is being monitored.

The cause of the movement in the rear hall at Goodwood has been identified by a Structural Engineer as being due to the Eucalyptus tree in the garden behind the building.

Leicester City Council have been contacted. A resolution has not as yet been achieved.

General maintenance work at each building is carried out as and when needed to keep the buildings in good repair.

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES c1￿￿ty Nam• No (IAy) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For th• p•riod To 01-Jw 31-Dx.25 Section A Receipts and payments Total fvnd• A1 R•c•l DonmYork StreEI GLW Hal Donatsoro ￿rAknneA¥e Hal Bank Int￿eNt 11651 48•1 4148 Chiba8AwJ FtyJnd)n 111•8 Sub totsl(Gnxss Incw￿ for ARJ 341 1.162 Sub lotal 1$201 A3Pa 32• 10$ 25% conknbJbon Brnun•ton• 11 041 ack knra front wth G00th￿)00 Irrnurnnc• Yort Sts•el 18J4 7ZI HMRC TrA Rthiwn pNds Sub total 19.189 052 M741 purc￿￿. Iwi tsbl•l Sub toi•l 19.689 4741 Net OfrKelpts/(p•ym￿ts) A6 Cash lund¥ lajt y*4r ond Cash funds this ￿ end CCXX R1 (SSI 37223 3,91 4122

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unfestrictod funds Restricted funds Endowment fvnd Categories ttsils 3.913 24•1 Tol•l cash funds 33.735 3.913 funds fund Det841s Details IDf*thl DÈt3115 charlty'• ovm u Details BS Uablllll•8 boha1fofallthèlr￿95 CCXX R2 aG¢ounts IS•

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report tr• the tJust The York Street G( Hall Trust On accounts for the year Charlty no lrfanyl 221806 Srt oirt on pagas 1&2 I report to the trustees on my examinalion of the accounts of the aLw)ve chwity (Ihe Trusf) f(K the year en￿ 3111212025. Re$ponslbilltlos ind basls of report As the chanty's trustees. y)nneclion ￿ the examinth'onts￿th ') which w¥es me cwse to b&￿va that in. any nenal spect.. the accounlirwJ rKrt keFrt in ￿)r￿arth with section 130 of the Chafities Ad.. or the aco)unts dKI Thyl aLxx>rd ¥￿th the a(fA)unting records: or the aco)unts dKI n¢A c4)mply wrth the aPty￿able requiremènts concerning Ihe fcKm aThJ c4)ntent d wJ)unts set rjjt in the Charities {A¢counts and Rewxts) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the ac£ounts gNe a Irue and f&'rf view which is not a matter considered as part crf an irKlepth￿nI exwnination. I have no concems and hrn (j)ft￿ ￿$9 no other matters in conne¢Xion wtth the examinati￿ to whiL attention should be drawn in this report in order to ena1￿ a proper understarKIKy of the acrx)unts to be rexhed. ' Ple49se (blete Ihe bKxits in the brad(ets rfthey do not apply. Slgned: N•me". L41 $5 14tritsZ (VEL￿£ I￿¥￿￿￿76 o" tsccoLAvYAvrf Relevant professlonal qualificationls) or body Ilf any): Address: IER Oct 2018

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