## **THE BEACONSFIELD CHURCHES CHRISTIAN TRUST**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] MARCH 2024**
## **Constitution**
The trust was established by a Deed of Trust dated 15[th] February 1980. It was registered with the Charity Commission on 9[th] June 1980 – No. 279776. It was amended by a Variation of Trust Deed dated 8[th] June 2015 and further Variation of Trust Deed dated 5[th] January 2018.
## **Registered Address**
Denmill, 12 Reynolds Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks. HP9 2NJ
## **Trustees**
The Trustees during the year were:-
Date of appointment Tom Holyer 25[th] October 2018 Tom Johnson 25[th] October 2018
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## **Officers**
Tom Holyer Chairman John Posgate Secretary and Treasurer
## **Bankers**
Barclays Bank Plc.
## **Solicitors**
Fairchild Dobbs & Co., Oak House, Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks.SL9 8BR
## **Independent Examine**
Mr Donald Fraser, Kirren House, 8 Blyton Close, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. HP9 2LX.
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
Governing document
The Trust was established by a Deed of Trust dated 15[th] February 1980 and amended by Deed of Variation dated 8[th] June 2015 a further Deed of Variation dated 5[th] January 2018.
Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees
The general management and control of the Trust is vested in the Trustees who are appointed from the following people:
## The Existing Trustees
Providing always that there are no more than four trustees at any time and no fewer than two.
## Risk Management
Appropriate financial controls have been in place for many years to minimise the risk of misappropriation of Charity assets.
## Organisation structure
The charity’s trustees and officers shall meet twice a year and obtain written reports on the status of each project.
The Trustees are responsible for the strategic direction and policy of the charity.
## **Objectives and Activities**
The object of the Trust is to promote the Christian religion and to express it in care for the community through social action in the United Kingdom and abroad.
The Trust pursues this object by instituting various projects, some of which have now become self-administered and are therefore no longer projects of the Trust. A SubCommittee is appointed for each project and is responsible for the financing and administration of their project.
## **Achievement and Performance**
The Charity continues to administer Sharon International Ministries
## Ongoing project
Sharon International Ministries – The Sub-Committee consists of Tom Holyer, Tom Johnson and Lorraine Johnson.
The project is run in India by a group of medical doctors who provide free healthcare to the poor in their area. The Holyers became involved in Beaconsfield in 2006 when they first met Doctor Sam Karra, who is the inspiration behind the school. This was adopted as a project on 25[th] September 2008.
It has since been extended to build a school in Gunter region of Andhra Pradesh. There are now 928 pupils at the school, 46 pupils took the school leaving Certificate, 94% passed in the First Class category and 6% in the Second Class Category.
## **Financial Review**
Review of the Charity’s financial position.
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Copies of the accounts for the year ended 31[st] March 2024 are attached, at which date the Trust had “free assets” of £401. Restricted Funds totalled £132,731 compared with £7,568 in the previous year.
## Principal financial management policies.
The Charity exists to fund the financial requirements of the various projects. With regards to Reserves Policy it is the responsibility of the Sub-Committees of each project to maintain adequate reserves. It is considered that such reserves should not be less than six months normal running costs.
Investment policy.
During the year the Indian Government stopped foreign currency crediting charities in India. The Trustees have re-applied and hope to get permission to change this shortly. In the meantime funds are being retained until this permission is granted.
## **Plans for future periods**
The Trustees propose to continue to raise funds for the project in India.
## **Statement of Trustees’ Responsibility in respect of the financial statements**
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial period which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Trust and of the financial activities of the Trust for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Trust will continue in business.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Trust and which enables them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Trust and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities
## **Trustees and Committee Members**
The Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out at the beginning of the Trustees’ Report.
In accordance with charity law we certify that:
So far as we are aware, there is no relevant information of which the Trust’s Independent Examiner is unaware; and
As the Trustees of the Trust we have taken all the steps that we ought to have taken in order to make ourselves aware of any relevant information and to establish that the charity’s Independent Examiner is aware of that information.
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## **Independent Examiner**
A resolution to reappoint Mr Donald Fraser of Kirren House, 8 Blyton Close, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. HP9 2LX as Independent Examiner will be proposed at the forthcoming annual general meeting.
On behalf of the Trustees on 23rd July 2024
Tom Holyer
Trustee
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|CURRENT ASSETS
Cash at Bank and in Hand
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL NET ASSETS|**BEACONSFIELD CHURCHES CHRISTIAN TRUST**
**BALANCE SHEET**
**AS AT 31ST MARCH 2023**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
Sharon
£
£
401
132,731
£401
£132,731
£401
£132,731|Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
£
£
133,532
7,969|
|---|---|---|
|||£133,532
£7,969|
|||£133,532
£7,969|
The attached notes form part of these Accounts
Tom Johnson Trustee Approved on 23rd July 2024 Tom Holyer Trustee
## **BEACONSFIELD CHURCHES CHRISTIAN TRUST NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024**
## 1. Accounting Policies
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
|2. Voluntary Income
Donations from Churches and individuals
Gift Aid Tax Recovery
3. Activities for Generating Funds
Proceeds of lunches, concerts and
card sales.
4. Charitable Activities
Remittances to Centres
Costs of performers
5. Other resources expended
Bank charges|2024
Restricted
Funds
Sharon
£
154,635
2,763
£157,398
£1,526
£33,450
£312|2023
Restricted
Funds
Sharon
£
22,078
2,504|
|---|---|---|
|||£24,582|
|||£410|
|||£21,500|
|||£42|
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## BEACONSFIELD CHURCHES CHRISTIAN TRUST
## TRUSTEES REPORT
## AND
## ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
## **BEACONSFIELD CHURCHES CHRISTIAN TRUST INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES**
I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31st March 2024, which are set out on pages 1 to 3.
## Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011Act); 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 section145(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 general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of 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 my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with sections 130 of the 2011 Act and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met, or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Mr Donald Fraser FCA
Kirren House
8 Blyton Close Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire HP9 2LX
Dated 12th August 2024
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||||**BEACONSFIELD CHURCHES CHRISTIAN TRUST**|**BEACONSFIELD CHURCHES CHRISTIAN TRUST**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**|||
||||**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024**|||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|
||||Sharon|2024|2023|
||Note|£|£|£|£|
|INCOMING RESOURCES||||||
|Voluntary Income|2|0|157,398|157,398|24,582|
|Activities for generating||||||
|funds|3|0|1,526|1,526|410|
|Total Incoming Resources||0|158,924|158,924|24,992|
|RESOURCES EXPENDED||||||
|Charitable Activities|4|0|33,450|33,450|21,500|
|Other Resources||||||
|Expended|5|0|312|312|42|
|Total Resources Expended||0|33,762|33,762|21,542|
|NET INCOMING/||||||
|(OUTGOING) RESOURCES||0|125,162|125,162|3,450|
|BALANCES BROUGHT||||||
|FORWARD||401|7,568|7,969|4,519|
|||401|132,730|133,131|7,969|
|BALANCES CARRIED||||||
|FORWARD||£401|£132,730|£133,131|£7,969|
|CURRENT ASSETS
Cash at Bank and in Hand
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL NET ASSETS|**BEACONSFIELD CHURCHES CHRISTIAN TRUST**
**BALANCE SHEET**
**AS AT 31ST MARCH 2023**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
Sharon
£
£
401
132,731
£401
£132,731
£401
£132,731|Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
£
£
133,532
7,969|
|---|---|---|
|||£133,532
£7,969|
|||£133,532
£7,969|
The attached notes form part of these Accounts
Tom Johnson Trustee Approved on 23rd July 2024 Tom Holyer Trustee
## **BEACONSFIELD CHURCHES CHRISTIAN TRUST NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024**
## 1. Accounting Policies
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
|2. Voluntary Income
Donations from Churches and individuals
Gift Aid Tax Recovery
3. Activities for Generating Funds
Proceeds of lunches, concerts and
card sales.
4. Charitable Activities
Remittances to Centres
Costs of performers
5. Other resources expended
Bank charges|2024
Restricted
Funds
Sharon
£
154,635
2,763
£157,398
£1,526
£33,450
£312|2023
Restricted
Funds
Sharon
£
22,078
2,504|
|---|---|---|
|||£24,582|
|||£410|
|||£21,500|
|||£42|
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## BEACONSFIELD CHURCHES CHRISTIAN TRUST
## TRUSTEES REPORT
## AND
## ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
## **BEACONSFIELD CHURCHES CHRISTIAN TRUST INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES**
I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31st March 2024, which are set out on pages 1 to 3.
## Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011Act); 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 section145(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 general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of 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 my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with sections 130 of the 2011 Act and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met, or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Mr Donald Fraser FCA
Kirren House
8 Blyton Close Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire HP9 2LX
Dated 12th August 2024
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||||**BEACONSFIELD CHURCHES CHRISTIAN TRUST**|**BEACONSFIELD CHURCHES CHRISTIAN TRUST**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**|||
||||**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024**|||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|
||||Sharon|2024|2023|
||Note|£|£|£|£|
|INCOMING RESOURCES||||||
|Voluntary Income|2|0|157,398|157,398|24,582|
|Activities for generating||||||
|funds|3|0|1,526|1,526|410|
|Total Incoming Resources||0|158,924|158,924|24,992|
|RESOURCES EXPENDED||||||
|Charitable Activities|4|0|33,450|33,450|21,500|
|Other Resources||||||
|Expended|5|0|312|312|42|
|Total Resources Expended||0|33,762|33,762|21,542|
|NET INCOMING/||||||
|(OUTGOING) RESOURCES||0|125,162|125,162|3,450|
|BALANCES BROUGHT||||||
|FORWARD||401|7,568|7,969|4,519|
|||401|132,730|133,131|7,969|
|BALANCES CARRIED||||||
|FORWARD||£401|£132,730|£133,131|£7,969|