THE WYKEHAM CENTRE AND CHURCH HOUSE Registered charity, number 291485 Report of the trustees and receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 Pag• Contents Trust8es' annual report Independent examinerfs report Receipts and payments accounts Ststem8nt of assets and liabilits'es Notes to the aixounts
THE WYKEHAM CENTRE AND CHURCH HOUSE Regist8r8d charity, number 291485 Trustees. annual roport for tha yoar endod 31 December 2024 Full name THE WYKEHAM cETrRE AND CHURCH HOUSE Organlsatlon typo Other Registor charity numbor 291485 Prlncipal addross Church House. Market Place, Romford, Esse& RM13AB Trusto•s Rev D J Simpson resigned 10103124 Alex Quinn Johanna van den Beld Hardy appointed 24103r24 Lynne Trew- (co-opted) Linda Rees - {co-OPted) appointed 22102124 Ind•pend•nt examinar Kim Lee A FCMA A, Mawney Accountancy, 1 Beech StreoL Romford, Esse4 RM7 7L GOV•man and managom•nt The charity is controlled by its goveming doGument, a deed of tNst and constitutes an Uninrporated charity. Tha Wykeham centre and church house was established by a trust deed datsd 10 July 1909, which has since been amended by a scheme sealed by order of the Charity Commi&sioners of England & Wales dated 20 June 2007. Appointmont of trusteos. inductfon. and tralning There has been an average of two trnstees throughout the period. Any new appointments are at the reComMendatn of the board. The board meets on a regular basis to enact the wnning of the Charity. The Trustees are the Incumbent of St Edward's Church (while in post) together with the two Churchwardens of said Church. The Churchwdrdens are elected at th8 ChUh APCM each year and they can serve for a maximum of six years. Two trustees, who a members of St. Edward's PCC, were cwpted to support the churchwarden trustees during the period of vacancy. I new trustees are given, in the view of the ard, SLrficient training and have enough knowledge of their specffic field to understand the nature of the charity and fully comply with the charity's current views of ts progression. Objectives and actlviti03 The objects of charity ar8 that its property shall be h8kl and used for the purpose of furth8ring the religious and other charitable work of the Church of England in the ecclesiastical parish of Romford. Public bonofit staterr•nt The Trustees confinn that they have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public befit, 'Charities and Public Ben8frY.
THE WYKEHAM CENTRE AND CHURCH HOUSE Register$ charity. number 291485 Summary of the maln achlov•m•nts during the year During 2024 the Chartty hosted regular Junior Church and Toddler group meetings on behalf of St Edward's Church. A regular youth group was also hosted until Summer 2024 (it is hoped that when St Edwards Church apwints a new incumbent that this will be revived). The Wykeham Hall was used for a few charity events as w811 as being hired out for private use. As part of St Edvrards Church's mtssion to the local communty, the Wykeham Hall was used by The Collier Row & Rornford Foodbank (part of the Trussell Trust network), to host one session a week at no charge. During the year. the Wykeham Hall was also used for Sunday seNces by three separate Church8s. Church House was hired out for use by organisations, including a regular Ukrainian Communty Café and for othar community events. Flnancial R•vi•w FlnanGial position Excluding the Foodbank funds the charity had overall net incoming resources of £39,876 before the transfer to St Edwards PCC, (2023 - £58,356, 0XdIln9 Foodbank resources). RerArve8 Policy The balance of general reseprfes at the end of the year was £30,805, (2023, £41,929). It is the trustee's policy to maintain reserves to finance the next t¥M) months expenditure. Signed on behaFf of the charity's trustee& Signed Johanna van den Beld Hardy, TnBts8 Date
THE WYKEHAM CENTRE AND CHURCH HOUSE Register1 chanty, number 291485 Independent examIneS report to the trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024 I report to the trustees on my WAamination of the ac£ounts of The Wykeham Centre and Church House (the charity) for the year ended 31 December 2024. R•sponsibilltl•s and basis of r•port As the trustees of the charity. you are 5p()nSible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chartties Act 2011 (tthe Act.). I report in respect of my examinat'on of th8 charity's accounts carried out under 58Ction 145 of the 2011 Act and in f2rrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission urKler secllon 145{5)(b) of the Act. Indapendont examln•rfs stst•m•nt I hav8 Completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed Date /20 ZS Kim Lee, FCMA mip, A Mawney Accountancy 18eech Street Romford RM7 7LA
THE WYKEHAM CENTRE AND CHURCH HOUSE RegFSter•J charity, number 291485 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31 December 2024 Totsl nts rvt•l Ivnds RECEIPTS Charitabl• a¢livill natlon$ Gift ald i)n donatIc$ Grants Othgr trvjmo 26,507 1,2C8 8,250 714 600 OthortradlTrJ actlvmi Lettings income Car p8Jlf fvgs Dewslt aGcount interest 87,349 4,59) 14 87,349 4.590 14 88.257 215 11 TOTAL RECEIPTS PAYMENTS Charltsbl• actlvltt t)onations to related paty Foodbank gXP8ndlture Insurance Electriclty. ga$ & vrater ReFJ9irs & maintenace Cleaning & $18 dispwl Independent gxamnalion Logal fe88 51,CKKI 51,000 47,8iX) 7,079 3.710 12,015 10289 3,627 11.695 11,695 5,601 s,1 980 2,325 2R25 100 164 Bank ch8rges Sundry costs 64 298 103 155 0th0r Tradlw aclivilios Coffee Shcp wAnd[lure Car park 522 522 353 353 Foothnk fvnds pald to Church TOTAL PAYPAENTS EXCESS OF RECEipfs OVER PAYMEPnS Tr8n8fgrs beknn 11,124 11,124 10,887 Not nMwgrT*nt in furKIs 11.124 11.124 10.887 CASH AT BANK & CCLAAT lstJANVARY CASH AT BANK & CCLAAT 31¥t DECEMBER
THE WYKEHAM CENTRE AND CHURCH HOUSE Registar8d Charity, number 291485 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILrrES as at 31 December 2024 Total Total nd 11M2RQ24 3111212ir23 CASH FUNDS Bank baance CCLA Deposlt funds 30.521 30.521 41.660 270 30,805 30,805 41.930 AMOUNTS DUE TO CHARrfY AT END OF YEAR Parknng f8e$ Hall Booklngs Letting foes - NurserylAfterschool 610 1.280 610 1.280 375 7,750 AMOUNTS OWED AT END OF YEAR AUnts and Independent Examination Utilities Wa%te disposal Repairs and maint8nani 2,751 2,751 2.951 3.431 4,524 ASSETS REfAINED FOR CHARITYS OWN USE The WW(8ham cent and Church House (insured value) £2,7,103 Payments for goods or services purchased, or invoices for goods or seNces delivered, which are issued prior to the end of the financial year or relate to the financial year but not appearing in the end of financial year bank statement are listed above. The amount cmed for llItieS includes an estimate for the Decemb8r Gas bill based on the November usage as wt had not been rece5ved at th8 time of finalising the accounts. Wykeham Centre and Church House is valued at £2,760,103 b8ing the fair value for insurance purposes. This is considered to be the [St appropriat8 basis of valuation by the Trustees. Thes8 finanrAal statements a accepted on behalf of the charity ty. Sign8d Johanna van den Beld Hardy, Trustee Dated
THE WYKEHAM CENTRE AND CHURCH HOUSE Registered charity, number 291485 Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 l. Basls of proparatlon The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 Section 133, using the Receipts and Payments ba8is available to small charities and the charity's own Simple Accounts SpreadsheeL Receipts and payments accounts contsin a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the 8nd of the period. 2. Other tradlng activities Lettings incom8 comprises of amounts received from Little Marf(et Nursery and After School Club and users of the Wykeharn Centre and Church house. 3. Funds analysis EAp•ndlthre Tmsf•ra Othfrr gains & IDss•s Bal ¢Th¥d 3111212024 01101r2024 UNRESTRICTED FUND8 General fund 41,929 41,929 92,553 92,553 103,677 103,677 30,805 30,805 Totsl Funds 41,929 41.929 103,677 103,677 92.553 30.805 4. Salarios & Professional F5 No trustee rec8iV8s any payments for th8 P¥ervices they provide to the charity. S. Trust•es' r•muneration Trustees received no expenses, remunèration or beneffts in this period. financial year bank ststement is reported as amounts (wed to and from charity. The insuranc8 policy includes truste8s' indemnty insurance for the sum of £1 CK),000. 6. Roimbur8em•nt of Out-of-Pockot Exponsos Out-of-pocket expenses incurred necessarily, reasonably, and incidentalty in the course th8 charity's activities are reimbursed at cost. No Trustees received any reimburs6ment of out-of-pocket expenses in the financial year.
THE WYKEHAM CENTRE AND CHURCH HOUSE Registered charity. number 291485 7. Ralated party tran$actlon8 The PCC of St Edward the Conf6ssor is a connected chality which produces tts own annual accounts. Donations totalling £51,000 were made to St Edwards PCC in the year (2023, £40.000). 8. Rounding Discrepancies All amounts are recorded to the penny, but in these accounts are shown as digttally rounded to the nearest pound. This can Lwsionally result in a totsl not being the sum of its constituent arnounts. All individual amounts, and their totsls, are nevertheless correcL