| Trustees' Annual Report | for theperiod | ||||||
| **From ** | Period start date | To | Period end date | ||||
| 1st | October | 2024 | 30th | September | 2025 |
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Churches together in Basildon Other names charity is known by Project 58:7, School Teams Ministry Registered charity number (if any) 267593 Charity's principal address 16 Norsey Close Billericay Essex Postcode CM11 1AP
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any) |
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| Mark Johnathan Barford |
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| David Donoghue | Chair | ||||
| Hilary Nesta Donoghue |
Secretary | ||||
| Thelma Ruth McLaren |
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| Tim Justice | 13thJanuary2025 | ||||
| Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) | |||||
| Name | Dates acted if not for whole year |
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Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Trust
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Elected by Members Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
The Trustees have adopted policies that are relevant to the organisation in key areas e.g. Finance and Safeguarding.
These policies are reviewed regularly.
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
The Charity's objects are to develop the work of the Christian church in Basildon and the surrounding area by the advancement of the Christian religion; relief of poverty, suffering, sickness and distress, the advancement of education and other such activities as charitable and in accordance with English law.
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The main activities of CTB are:
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a) to enable Churches in Basildon to bear a more united witness in the community and to serve it more effectively
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b) to provide a free hot meal and drink throughout the year, 7 days a week and support to any adult in need, rough sleeper or homeless person.
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c) to bring a Christian message to primary schools in Basildon, by attending and running assemblies on termly basis.
We also provide a forum to share and assist other local Christian Summary of the main organisations or activities in the local area, to help the young, old, activities undertaken for the vulnerable and those with financial or other needs. 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)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
We are grateful for the generosity of our supporters and the dedication of our volunteers, who have enabled us to continue and expand our activities this year. There have been only one joint celebrations in the year, where member churches join together for time of worship and a message. Our main activities are centred on the homeless and primary school children.
The support for the homeless (58:7) operates 7 nights a week providing a free hot meal and drink. Guest numbers fluctuate but remain between 10 and 20 a night. The guests bring with them needs varying from genuine homelessness, mental health issues, addictions and simple loneliness. We provided clothes where needed and in the colder months, sleeping bags and tents. The meals are prepared by a team of volunteers, some of whom provide the meals for free, others we pay up to £2 per meal, 2,714 paid meals were provided in the year, slightly less than the previous year. We are grateful to those volunteers who provide the meals free of charge. We are not expecting a reduction in the meals provided, we have however seen the need for our services being required because of the cost of living crisis.
Funding for this project has historically been fundraising through an annual sleep out, but this year we have also applied and received grants for this work, which is used to pay for the meals.
Our school activities through STM are now taking place in 28 schools in the area. This work enables us to reach more than 10,000 children plus teachers each half term with a Christian based message at their assemblies. The work has now extended to supporting some schools with RE lessons, with conversations taking place to extend this into more schools.
We have always supported the Basildon Emergency Night Shelter (BENS) with both financial, volunteer and premises support. The Charity, BBWCVS, that has previously run it has closed and we have been discussing how CTB can help to enable it to continue this year. We have been provided with a grant of £40,000 towards this, although the cost of this year’s project is budget at £70,000. We are finalising arrangements for the operations of BENS to be carried out by ACE Impact a CIC set up by the staff previously at BBWCVS, who have the experience and knowledge to run the project. They will also assist with fundraising. This project ties in with the 58:7 project as they both serve similar communities.
During the year we also explored how CTB could support the local branch of Christians against Poverty, this resulted in a steering group on which CTB are represented running both the Brentwood and Basildon branches with operations run by a Church in Brentwood.
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Section E Financial review
The Trustees review the level of reserves on a quarterly basis to ensure Brief statement of the funds are sufficient for the current activities to continue. charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
The main source of income is from affiliation fees of the member You may choose to include churches and donations from those churches and their members. This is additional information, where normally supplemented with fundraising activities and grants. relevant about:
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the charity’s principal Funds have been sufficient to support the children’s and homeless sources of funds (including ministries. any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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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) David Donoghue Andrew Churchill Andrew Churchill Full name(s) David Donoghue Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Treasurer etc) Date 19/01/26
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Churches together in Basildon
267593
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the period 30th September 1st October 2024 To from 2025
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 1,350 96 1 1,447 - - - 1,447 557 150 1,000 35 1,742 - - - 1,742 - 295 - 2,965 2,670 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ 22,350 8,362 1,924 344 44,813 77,792 - - - 77,792 24,691 4,000 16 577 29,285 - - - 29,285 48,507 - 17,489 65,996 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 1,350 96 22,350 8,362 1,924 344 44,813 - 79,239 - - - 79,239 24,691 4,000 - 557 166 - 577 1,000 - 35 31,026 - - - 31,026 48,212 |
Total funds to the nearest £ 1,350 96 22,350 8,362 1,924 344 44,813 - 79,239 - - - 79,239 24,691 4,000 - 557 166 - 577 1,000 - 35 31,026 - - - 31,026 48,212 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Affiliation fees | 1,350 | 1,500 | ||||
| Offerings | 96 | 379 | ||||
| Donations | 21,470 | |||||
| Fundraising | 9,423 | |||||
| Gift aid | 1 | 3,437 | ||||
| Interest | 175 | |||||
| Grants | 550 | |||||
| Insurance claim | 206 | |||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
1,447 | 37,140 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 37,140 | ||||||
| Salaries and relatedpayments | 22,950 | |||||
| Cooks expenses | 5,226 | |||||
| Storage costs | ||||||
| Insurance | 557 | 557 | ||||
| Safeguarding | 150 | 145 | ||||
| Licenses | 294 | |||||
| Supplies | ||||||
| Donations | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||
| Food bank donations | 2,920 | |||||
| Other | 35 | 1,213 | ||||
| **Sub total ** | 1,742 | 34,305 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 34,305 | ||||||
| - 295 | 48,507 | - | 48,212 |
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| 2,965 | 17,489 | 20,453 | 17,619 | |||
| 2,670 | 65,996 | - | 68,666 | 20,454 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
David Donoghue Signature Andrew Churchill Details Current account Savings account Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 220 1,033 2,450 64,963 - - 2,670 65,996 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Andrew Churchill David Donoghue |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Date of approval |
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| Andrew Churchill | Andrew Churchill | 19/01/2026 | |
| David Donoghue | David Donoghue | 19/01/2026 |
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Churches together in Basildon On accounts for the year 30[th] September 2025 Charity no 267593 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-7
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/ 09 /2023 .
- Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed: J Seager Name: John Seager Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 27, Danbury Down Basildon Essex SS14 2SP
Date: 19/1/26
October 2018
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Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
October 2018
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