## **CROSS-ROAD CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST**
## **REGISTERED CHARITY No: 263912**
**ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2022**
## **CROSS-ROAD CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST**
|INDEX||
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|Receipts & Payments - Summary|1|
|Summary of Receipts|2|
|Summary of Payments|3|
|Statement of Assets & Liabilities|4|
|Notes to the Accounts|5|
|Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities|6|
|Independent Examiner's Report|7|
|Trustees Report||
## **CROSS-ROAD CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT - SUMMARY YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2022**
|Receipts
(page 2)
Payments (page 3)
Excess / (deficit) of receipts over payments
Funds transfer
Funds brought forward 1 May 2021
Funds carried forward 30 April 2022|**2022**
**2021**
**Restricted Unrestricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
8,932
76,844
85,776
89,634
6,957
76,448
83,405
82,264
1,975
396
2,371
7,370
600
(600)
-
-
9,701
23,942
33,643
26,273
12,276
£
23,738
£
36,014
£
33,643
£|
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## **CROSS-ROAD CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST**
## **SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2022**
|**Donations, legacies and other similar receipts**
General offerings, regular gifts & tithes
Gift Aid donations
ACTS donations
ACTS gift aided donations
Living Well donations
Hall use donations
Income tax repayments
Other gifts and donations
Love offerings
**Operating activities to further charity's objects**
Sundry receipts and contributions
Mission appeals & donations
Youth Department sundry income
Youth trips
**Investment income receipts**
Bank interest
**Total receipts**|**2022**
**2021**
**Restricted Unrestricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
25,936
25,936
29,846
-
37,995
37,995
37,123
3,395
-
3,395
3,309
4,650
-
4,650
3,270
-
-
-
-
-
1,210
1,210
1,000
887
9,178
10,065
10,127
2,060
2,060
4,478
-
-
-
-
8,932
76,379
85,311
89,153
-
465
465
481
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
465
465
481
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,932
£
76,844
£
85,776
£
89,634
£|
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## **CROSS-ROAD CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST**
## **SUMMARY OF PAYMENTS YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2022**
|**Payments**
**Staffing costs**
Pastor's & youth leader's salaries (incl NI)
Training
**Property expenses**
Light & heat
Cleaner's wages and materials
Insurance
Water
Property repairs
No. 1 expenses
**Grants paid**
Missionaries & outreach
Charitable donations
Love gifts
Christmas gifts
ACTS payments
**Charitable activities**
Sunday school & youth expenses
Conferences and courses
Church outing and catering
Pastoral care
Living Well expenses
**Management & Administration**
Printing, stationery, postage etc
Books, leaflets, tapes, DVDs etc
Telephone
Equipment repairs & maintenance
Licence & subscriptions
Professional fees
Bank charges & sundries
Publicity
Travel expenses
**Sub-total**
**Capital expenditure**
Fixed assets: equipment
: building improvements
**Total payments**|**2022**
**2021**
**Restricted Unrestricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
44,748
44,748
46,163
-
50
50
300
-
44,798
44,798
46,463
-
3,138
3,138
1,533
-
1,310
1,310
2,282
-
2,169
2,169
2,244
-
343
343
693
8,600
8,600
2,996
-
2,706
2,706
-
-
18,266
18,266
9,748
-
9,314
9,314
11,450
10
10
100
-
500
500
-
250
250
825
5,828
-
5,828
5,777
5,828
10,074
15,902
18,152
-
120
120
201
-
322
322
-
-
410
410
-
-
-
112
1,100
-
1,100
900
1,100
852
1,952
1,213
-
26
26
40
-
85
85
29
-
683
683
644
-
-
-
510
-
599
599
560
-
348
348
746
29
84
113
-
-
-
-
99
-
633
633
-
29
2,458
2,487
2,628
6,957
76,448
83,405
78,204
-
-
4,060
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,060
6,957
£
76,448
£
83,405
£
82,264
£|
|---|---|
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## **CROSS-ROAD CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2022**
|**Fixed Assets**
Land & Buildings
(Buildings insured for £500,000: Plot
value at £83,000)
Furniture and equipment (at written down value)
**Current Assets**
Debtors
Cash at bank:
general account
youth
ACTS account
Cash float
**Total assets**
**Liabilities**
Suppliers accounts & accruals
**Total liabilities**
**Designated donations held at 30 April 2022 as**
ACTS fund
Specific Gifts fund
Living Well fund
Signed………………………………….
Signed………………………………….|**2022**
**2021**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
353,000
353,000
3,950
5,267
5,098
4,396
18,279
20,145
5,451
4,889
12,276
8,601
-
-
36,006
33,635
398,054
£
396,298
£
-
-
-
£
-
£
**Restricted Funds in General Account**
12,276
8,601
-
1,100
12,276
£
9,701
£
Date………………………
Date………………………
27/02/2023
27/02/2023|
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## **CROSS-ROAD CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2022**
Accounting Policies
1. Basis of Accounting
The accounts are prepared under the Historical Cost Convention, on the Receipts and Payments basis. The accounts are prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice for registered charities.
2. Income is accounted for when it is received. Expenditure is accounted for when it is paid. Any accruals of income or expenditure are not accounted for in the receipts and payments account, but they are shown in the statement of assets and liabilities.
- 3 Fixtures and fittings are depreciated over their estimated useful life at 25% reducing balance.
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## **CROSS-ROAD CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST**
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES**
Charity Law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which properly present the charity's receipts and payments for the year and adequately distinguish any material special trust or other restricted fund of the charity. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to:
- a. select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- b. make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- c. state whether the policies adopted are in accordance with the appropriate SORP on Accounting by Charities and the Accounting Regulations and with applicable accounting standards, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose, with reasonable accuracy at any time, the financial position of the charity, and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with applicable Accounting Standards and Statements of Recommended Practice and the regulations of the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud or other irregularities.
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## **CROSS-ROAD CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES**
This report on the accounts of the Cross-Road Christian Centre Trust for the year ended 30 April 2022 which are set out on pages 1 to 5, is in respect of an examination carried out under the Charities Act 2011.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
As the trustees of the Cross-Road Christian Centre Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission
- under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. That examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Cross-Road Christian Centre Trust and a comparison of the accounts with those records. It also includes considering any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section130 of the 2011 Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
Signed……………………………… Date 14/02/2023 Adrian Harris FCCA
Rosy Jeffery Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants Unit 11 Hunthay Business Park Axminster Devon EX13 5RJ
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## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
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|**From**|**01**|**May**|**2021**|**To**|**30**|**April**|**2022**|
Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Cross-road Christian Centre Trust
Crossroad Christian Centre **Other names charity is known by** Crossroad Christian Fellowship Crossroad Church
**Registered charity number (if any)** 263912
**Charity's principal address** Crossroad Christian Centre Homer Lane Seaton, Devon **Postcode** EX12 2ES
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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Anne Giles||||
||Mr Andrew Mark
Sibley|Chair|||
||Mr Graham
Richard Knight|Treasurer|||
||Mr Jonathan Paul
Sibley||||
||Dr Jibu Varghese||||
||Mr David Andrew
John Shackleton||||
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Jon Sibley (Pastor)
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Trust Deed dated the twelfth of July 1971 Trust
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
New Trustees appointed by existing Trustees on a majority vote Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
The Trustees currently do not have any induction or training upon You **may choose** to include appointment, however the need for this is still under review. additional information, where relevant, about: Crossroad has a team of Deacons who carry out most of the administrative and practical tasks. There are four Elders, including the Pastor, who policies and procedures oversee the pastoral side of the church. adopted for the induction and Crossroad has no official links with any other charities but it is a key training of trustees;
- Crossroad has no official links with any other charities but it is a key
- training of trustees; member of Christians Together in Seaton and District and has informal links
- the charity’s organisational with a number of similar churches in the locality. structure and any wider The Trustees consider the major risks to be Health and Safety and Child
- network with which the charity Protection. Health and Safety is kept under constant review by the Trustees
- works;
- The Trustees consider the major risks to be Health and Safety and Child
- network with which the charity Protection. Health and Safety is kept under constant review by the Trustees
- works; and there is a Safeguarding Policy in place. All individuals working with
- relationship with any related children or vulnerable adults have to undergo a DBS check. parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
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## **Section C Objectives and activities**
|**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects (include within**
**this section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public**
**benefit)**|1.
To teach and commend the gospel of Jesus Christ (consistently with
the basis of faith set forth in the second schedule of the Declaration
of Trust) to people of all ages and outlooks resident in the
neighbourhood of Seaton aforesaid particularly people who do not
ordinarily go to church; and to do so by holding informal services,
discussions and meetings for prayer and Bible study and by providing
suitable Christian literature and by other means consistent with a
body established exclusively for charitable purposes. (For further
details see clause 1 of the Declaration of Trust).
2.
To demonstrate the relevance of the Christian faith to modern living
by promoting and encouraging, in a Christian spirit, community
enterprises appropriate to the different age-groups.
3.
To provide a residence for a warden appointed by the Trustees to
supervise the Centre and to conduct such activities as aforesaid.|
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||In planning the charity’s activities, the Trustees and Elders have paid due
regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. These
activities are summarised below and expanded upon in section D.
The church meets together for a family service on a Sunday morning.
Visitors are very welcome to attend all of our services, regardless of their
background.
Home groups operate during the week.
The buildings used by the charity are made available to Age UK Devon,
Seaton Foodbank, Seaton Guides, and Seaton Over 50’s Group during
the week.
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have
affected the activities that the church can conduct. The changes made by
the charity in response to the pandemic are detailed in section D.|
|**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**|**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**|
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||As a Christian organisation the church gives gifts to other Christian|
||organisations and individuals at the discretion of the Deacons, Elders and|
||Trustees.|
|You**may choose**to include
further statements, where
relevant, about:|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|
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policy on grantmaking;|pastoral care and administration.|
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policy programme related|The Trustees no longer deem it necessary to look to provide a residence|
|investment;|for a warden as there is no need for this post. The Centre is looked after|
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contribution made by|by the Deacons and is cleaned weekly by a cleaner.|
|volunteers.||
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
The church leadership carried out a coronavirus risk assessment to ensure that people attending a service at Crossroad were able to do so safely. People were asked to sit in family groups or bubbles, spaced appropriately from other bubbles. Hand sanitizer was made available throughout the building, and doors and windows were opened to ensure adequate ventilation. In addition, following government guidance, only the worship leader sang during the time of worship. During the year, as government guidance was lifted, congregational singing resumed although people were still encouraged to wear masks whilst in the building. Tables were introduced to our main hall to make the space more welcoming whilst helping to keep people appropriately spaced. The services were livestreamed to enable those who were shielding, or who did not feel comfortable attending in person, to still be a part of the life of the church. Due to the coronavirus restrictions we were not able to operate much of our children’s and youth work. The exception to this was our Youth Home Group which continued to run over Zoom. A Zoom home group was organised during the week, and this was attended by a good number of church members, and a Zoom communion service was held on a Sunday evening for much of the year. In the latter portion of the year, in-person home groups were able to resume. The church has been given the use of a second property in Seaton, known as Number One, by the Trustees of a Brethren chapel. In September 2021 we started a second fellowship at Number One, called The Loft, for those with creative talents but who would struggle to discover Christianity and grow spiritually within the format of a regular church service. Three members of Crossroad were commissioned to start The Loft and it is now attended by around 12 people. Number One is also home to Seaton Foodbank whose purpose is to give food to those who have fallen into poverty and cannot afford to buy their own food. It distributes food to those in temporary crisis and works with those who are experiencing long-term problems to enable them to get back on their feet financially. Seaton Foodbank is a ministry of Christians Together in Seaton and is run by volunteers from the local churches, including Crossroad. Following the lifting of coronavirus restrictions, Age UK were able to start using Number One again for a coffee morning on Wednesdays and a Knit and Natter session on Thursdays. In addition to supporting a number of local and international mission organisations, the church runs a child education sponsorship scheme called ACTS (Agape Children's Trust Sponsorship) in conjunction with Agape Brethren Church, San Nicholas, in the Philippines. Over this year the number of children being sponsored remained constant at around 40 children. The church is also involved with an initiative called Living Well. This is run by a couple that attend Crossroad, and the church administers the funds for the project. Through an online portal, Living Well provides support and resources for many hundreds of families of those affected by alcoholism. The church collected Easter eggs which were then distributed to the local GP surgeries and other key workers in order to show our appreciation for their hard work during the pandemic.
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## **Section E Financial review**
Crossroad does not have any investments but the Trustees have asked **Brief statement of the** the Treasurer to keep enough money in the General account to cover **charity’s policy on reserves** three months of typical expenditure. **Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
Crossroad Christian Centre relies entirely upon voluntary donations made You **may choose** to include by its members and the reclamation of tax through the Gift Aid scheme for additional information, where its funding. relevant about:
- the charity’s principal The income is sufficient to employ a Pastor for 40 hours per week and an Administrator for 18 hours per week.
- sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
## **Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Mr Andrew Mark Sibley Mr Graham Richard Knight **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc)**[ Chair of Trustees] **Date** 27[th] February 2023 27[th] February 2023
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