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2023-04-30-accounts

CROSS-ROAD CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST

REGISTERED CHARITY No: 263912

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2023

CROSS-ROAD CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST

INDEX
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 2023

Receipts
(page 2)
Payments (page 3)
Excess / (deficit) of receipts over payments
Funds brought forward 1 May 2022
Funds carried forward 30 April 2023		 2023
2022
Restricted Unrestricted
Total
Total
£
£
£
£
7,665
95,147
102,812
85,776
12,084
73,401
85,485
83,405
(4,419)
21,746
17,327
2,371
600
(600)
-
-
12,276
23,738
36,014
33,643
8,457
£
44,884
£
53,341
£
36,014
£

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CROSS-ROAD CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST

SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2023

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		 2023
2022
Restricted Unrestricted
Total
Total
£
£
£
£
-
20,991
20,991
25,936
-
33,306
33,306
37,995
3,686
-
3,686
3,395
2,835
-
2,835
4,650
-
-
-
-
-
2,263
2,263
1,210
1,144
9,215
10,359
10,065
323
323
2,060
-
29,015
29,015
-
7,665
95,113
102,778
85,311
-
34
34
465
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
34
34
465
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7,665
£
95,147
£
102,812
£
85,776
£

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CROSS-ROAD CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST

SUMMARY OF PAYMENTS YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2023

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		 2023
2022
Restricted Unrestricted
Total
Total
£
£
£
£
-
46,462
46,462
44,748
-
518
518
50
-
46,980
46,980
44,798
-
5,334
5,334
3,138
-
1,359
1,359
1,310
-
2,271
2,271
2,169
-
1,580
1,580
343
743
743
8,600
-
1,156
1,156
2,706
-
12,443
12,443
18,266
-
9,246
9,246
9,314
-
-
10
-
200
200
500
250
250
250
12,021
-
12,021
5,828
12,021
9,696
21,717
15,902
-
444
444
120
-
-
-
322
-
688
688
410
-
-
-
-
-
1,100
-
1,132
1,132
1,952
-
22
22
26
-
14
14
85
-
955
955
683
-
-
-
-
-
825
825
599
-
497
497
348
63
198
261
113
-
-
-
-
-
639
639
633
63
3,150
3,213
2,487
12,084
73,401
85,485
83,405
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,084
£
73,401
£
85,485
£
83,405
£

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CROSS44OAD CHRISTrAN CENTRE TRUST STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILMES YEAR ENOED 30 APRIL 2023 2023 2022 Flx•d Ass•ts Land & Buildings IBiJildin9s insured £5cKj.￿).. Flol value at £83,000) Fumilur8 and equipment lat ¥rritt8n value) 353.(iK) 3,950 Cvrrnnt Assets Debtors Cash at bank.. Genwal acwjnt Y(th aco)unt ACTS acc(NJnt 39.280 5.596 8.457 18.279 5.451 12.276 Cash floal Total as5•ts £ 413.156 £ Y38.054 Llablllties Suppliers actounts & actnjals Total Ilablllv Designated donallons held at 30 AwS12023 as R•strlctod Funds In General Account ACTS fund Spectfic Gifts fuThY ving Well fund 8.457 12.276 8.457 £ 12,276 &wed.........

CROSS-ROAD CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2023

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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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:

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 2023 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:

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:

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

30/01/2024 Signed……………………………… Date ........................ Adrian Harris FCCA

Rosy Jeffery Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants Unit 11 Hunthay Business Park Axminster Devon EX13 5RJ

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Trustees' Annual Re ort for the eriod p p

Period start date Period start date Period end date
From 01 May 2022 To 30 April 2023

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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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Miss Rosemary
Anne Giles
Mr Andrew Mark
Sibley		 Chair
Mr Graham
Richard Knight		 Treasurer
Mr Jonathan Paul
Sibley
Dr Jibu Varghese
Mr David Andrew
John Shackleton

March 2012

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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 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company) New Trustees appointed by existing Trustees on a majority vote Trustee selection methods

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;

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Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

  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.

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.

Summary of the main Home groups operate during the week. activities undertaken for the The buildings used by the charity are made available to Age UK Devon, public benefit in relation to Seaton Foodbank, Seaton Guides, and Seaton Over 50’s Group during these objects (include within the week. this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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 pastoral care and administration.

The Trustees no longer deem it necessary to look to provide a residence for a warden as there is no need for this post. The Centre is looked after by the Deacons and is cleaned weekly by a cleaner.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The church meets on Sunday mornings at 10.40am for a family service with communion, which has had an attendance of around 50 people this year. This is preceded by a prayer meeting at 9.45am, and refreshments are served between the two meetings.

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 be a part of the life of the church.

Following the lifting of coronavirus restrictions, in-person home groups restarted this year, and these are attended by a good number of church members.

In the summer holiday we ran a week-long holiday club for children aged 7 – 11, which was the first in-person youthwork that had been done since the onset of the pandemic. An average of 16 children attended the summer week, and we were helped by a team of volunteers from the other churches in Seaton. Following the success of the holiday club, we restarted Kids Club in September 2022. Kids Club is held on a Monday evening during term time for children in school years 3-6. The fun-filled sessions include craft and games, but also have a Christian message. Most of the children who attend are from outside of the church.

The church has been given the use of a second property in Seaton, known as Number One, by the Trustees of a Brethren chapel. We run 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. The Loft is attended by between 10 and 20 people on Sunday mornings.

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.

Age UK Devon also use Number One for their Wednesday morning Coffee Mornings, and their Thursday afternoon Knit and Natter sessions.

In October 2022 we started a coffee morning at Crossroad on Tuesdays, providing a warm space for people struggling with the cost of living crisis, and a good opportunity for friendships to develop between church members and people from the community.

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.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Crossroad does not have any investments but the Trustees have asked the Treasurer to keep enough money in the General account to cover three months of typical expenditure.

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Details of any funds materially None in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Crossroad Christian Centre relies entirely upon voluntary donations made by its members and the reclamation of tax through the Gift Aid scheme for its funding.

The income is sufficient to employ a Pastor for 40 hours per week and an Administrator for 18 hours per week.

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 2024 27[th] February 2024

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