## Dartford Community Church operating as River Church UK
Report and Accounts Year ended 31 August 2025
1 Lamb's Passage, London EC1Y 8AB www.stewardship.org.uk
## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH**
## **operating as River Church UK**
## **CHARITY INFORMATION**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **Trustees**
A Morosini T Agbaje (appointed 26 November 2025) D Hall O M Ajala
## **Custodian Trustees**
Church Growth Trust Limited (registered charity number 1138119; from 20 March 2026)
## **Key Staff**
Ian Travers Quinton Handscomb
## **Governing Document**
Declaration of Trust dated June 1986, amended August 2006 and September 2006.
## **Charity Registration Number**
295022
## **Working name**
## **Principal Address & Registered Office**
River Church UK 224 Shepherds Lane Dartford DA1 2PW
## **Independent Examiner**
Nick Spear ACCA Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage London EC1Y 8AB
## **Bankers**
Barclays Bank plc Co-operative Bank plc
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Charity Information|1|
|Trustees' Annual Report|2-4|
|Independent Examiner's Report|5|
|Statement of Financial Activities|6|
|Balance Sheet|7|
|Notes to the Accounts|8-16|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities with Comparatives|17|
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## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK**
## **TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
The trustees have pleasure in submitting the Report and Accounts for the year.
## **Objects of the charity**
The Trust seeks to demonstrate Christian faith by living out authentic church life in Dartford and further afield. The following five values guide the Church:
## 1. Pursuing:
To encounter God’s presence through the Bible, devoted prayer, and Spirit-filled worship.
## 2. Belonging
To ensure our activities help everyone to feel at home with us, wherever they’re from, whatever their background, leading to a church family that reflects the love of God through the rich diversity of our community.
## 3. Serving:
To include in our programme commitments to helping those around us in the church and the wider community.
## 4. Reaching:
To use our resources to broadcast the Gospel: we want everyone to know there’s a Saviour that loves them.
## 5. Restoring:
To apply Jesus’ love, forgiveness, acceptance and grace to bring hope that saves, heals and restores people.
## **Review of activities**
From September 2024 to August 2025, we created opportunities for people to experience the love of God and respond to the Gospel message through our regular Sunday meetings, various mid-week gatherings, special events, and by welcoming new members into the church.
In September 2024, we started a second site in Gravesend to extend our mission into that area with Sunday services at 4pm to be available for local people with commitments in the morning.
We are encouraged that our church membership continues to reflect the broader community. With a diverse formal membership of 233, we saw an increase of 22 members. The highest attendance of 288 was recorded in December 2024 at the Dartford site rising to 370 when adding in the Gravesend site.
As members of the Catalyst family of churches, we participated in their ministry by attending conferences, supporting pastoral visits to overseas workers, and contributing regular financial support to projects both in the UK and globally including support for Christians in difficult circumstances in the
We continued to support the homeless charity - 'the Sanctuary' - in Gravesend, and the UK wide projects Jubilee+ and STEPS.
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## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK**
## **TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **Review of activities (continued)**
Specific Activities of Note:
• December 2024: We supported the AMEN charity through the Christmas Shoebox appeal for Romania. Closer to home we distributed Hampers to a number families in Dartford and Gravesend nominated by two local schools on the basis of pupil premium.
• May 2025: We concluded a safeguarding review focusing on Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks, disclosure logging, policy redrafting, training and communication to all stakeholders. A process is in place to review safeguarding at trustee meetings.
• June 2025: We switched our support from the Dartford Foodbank initiative to the Council social supermarket known as the Dartford Larder. The former closed to become part of the latter.
• The church property at 171 Dartford Road, DA1 3EW (known as The Hub) has been transferred to the Church Growth Trust as Custodian Trustee on 20th March 2026
In planning the activities the Trustees have applied the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
Responsibility for setting policy and for making operating decisions rest with the trustees who meet regularly to monitor the activities of the charity. New trustees are recruited and appointed by the existing trustees.
## **Financial review**
The members of the church have continued to support the work of the church generously.
During the year income increased by £29,568 to £357,981, and expenditure increased by £4,809 to £328,994. As a result the charity has reported an operating surplus of £28,987 (2024: £4,228). In addition, the trustees have recognised an increase in the valuation of the charity's property by £90,000, resulting in an overall surplus for the year of £118,987 and the charity's net assets have increased by this amount to £530,441, all of which is unrestricted. Net assets comprised tangible fixed assets of £258,340 (represented mainly by a church building), cash of £278,880 less other net current liabilities of £6,780.
From the charity's surplus for the year, the trustees have transferred £5,500 into a designated Mission Support Fund to recognise unexpended and uncommitted external giving at the balance sheet date. These funds were largely expended shortly after the commencement of the 2025-2026 financial year.
The Trustees are confident that charity can continue operating for the next 12 months.
## **Reserves policy**
The Board of Trustees have set a policy of retaining reserves sufficient for the foreseeable needs of the Church. Specific amounts are set aside to meet normal costs for up to twelve months of the level of committed expenditure over guaranteed income. At the balance sheet date, this requirement was assessed by the trustees as £120,000. At the year end, the charity held unrestricted cash of £278,800 and the charity is complying with its reserves policy.
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## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK**
## **TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **Key risks and uncertainties**
The charity is exposed to various risks - be they operational, financial or reputational. The trustees review the charity's activities regularly to identify significant risks and, where possible, they take appropriate measures to mitigate those risks.
## **Responsibilities of trustees under charity law**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charity as at the balance sheet date and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including income and expenditure, for the financial year. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
1. select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
2. observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
3. make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
4. state whether the applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material
departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
5. prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **Approval**
This report was approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:
A. Morosini A. Morosini (Jun 24, 2026 16:50:17 GMT+1)
_____________________________________ A. MOROSINI, CHAIR OF TRUSTEES
Jun 24, 2026 Date: _________________________
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF**
## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK ('the Charity')**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 August 2025 on pages 6 to 17 following, which have been prepared on the basis of the accounting policies set out on pages 8 to 10.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
Since the Charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
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; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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.
## Nick Spear
Nick Spear (Jun 25, 2026 09:13:15 GMT+1)
Nick Spear ACCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage London EC1Y 8AB
Date: Jun 25, 2026
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## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
|Note
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
3
Charitable activities
4
Investments
5
**Total income and endowments**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Charitable activities
6
**Total expenditure**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Transfers between funds**
13
Gains/(losses) on revaluation of fixed assets
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**
13|Unrestricted
Funds
£
350,047
5,250
2,684
357,981
327,888
327,888
30,093
(195)
90,000
119,898
410,542
530,441|Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
1,106
1,106
(1,106)
195
-
(911)
911
-|Total
Funds
2025
£
350,047
5,250
2,684
357,981
328,994
328,994
28,987
-
90,000
118,987
411,453
530,441|Total
Funds
2024
£
323,633
2,677
2,104|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||328,413|
|||||324,185|
|||||324,185|
|||||4,228
-
-|
|||||4,228
407,225|
|||||411,453|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
All income and expenditure derive from continuing operations.
The notes on page 8-16 form part of these accounts.
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## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
## **AS AT 31 AUGUST 2025**
|Note
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
8
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
9
Cash at bank and in hand
10
**CREDITORS: Amounts falling**
**due within one year**
11
**Net current assets / (liabilities)**
**TOTAL NET ASSETS**
**FUND BALANCES**
13
Unrestricted Funds
General funds
Designated funds
Restricted Funds|Unrestricted
Funds
£
258,340
258,340
6,742
278,880
285,622
(13,522)
272,100
530,441
524,941
5,500
530,441
-
530,441|Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|Total
Funds
2025
£
258,340
258,340
6,742
278,880
285,622
(13,522)
272,100
530,441
524,941
5,500
530,441
-
530,441|Total
Funds
2024
£
171,298|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||171,298|
|||||10,956
246,427|
|||||257,383
(17,227)|
|||||240,155|
||||||
|||||411,453|
|||||410,542
-|
|||||410,542
911|
|||||411,453|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and were signed on its behalf by:
## A. Morosini
A. Morosini (Jun 24, 2026 16:50:17 GMT+1)
---------------------------------------
A. MOROSINI, CHAIR OF TRUSTEES
Jun 24, 2026 Date: ___________________
Charity number: 295022
The notes on page 8-16 form part of these accounts.
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## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **1 Statutory Information**
The charity is trust registered with the Charity Commission in England & Wales. The charity's registered number and principal address can be found on the Charity Information page.
## **2 Accounting Policies**
These financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, under the historical cost convention.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the "Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) ("the Charities SORP"), with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland ("FRS 102") and with the Charities Act 2011. The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity as set out in FRS 102.
The Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 (the '2008 Regulations') requires charities to prepare their accounts in accordance with 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005' but this accounting standard has since been withdrawn and has been replaced by the Charities SORP mentioned in the preceding paragraph. The charity has prepared these financial statements in accordance with the new Charities SORP; this departure from the 2008 Regulations is believed to be necessary for these financial statements to give a 'true and fair view'.
The principles adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below.
## a) Going concern
- The trustees have assessed whether the use of the going concern basis is appropriate and have considered possible events or conditions that might cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern. The trustees have made this assessment for a period of at least one year from the date of approval of the financial statements. In particular the trustees have considered the charity's forecasts and projections and the possible implications should projected income and / or expenditure vary unexpectedly. The trustees have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. The charity therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.
- b) Income
Income including investment income is recognised in the period in which the charity becomes entitled to receipt, the amount receivable can be measured with reasonable certainty, and receipt is probable. For the most part, income is generally recognised when it is received. Income is only deferred when the charity has to fulfil conditions before becoming entitled to it or where the donor has specified that the income is to be expended in a future period.
Income from donations and legacies includes:
- i) Recoverable gift aid. This is recognised when the related donation is received. Gift aid that has not been recovered by the balance sheet date is included as a debtor.
- ii) Donated facilities, services and goods. Goods donated for distribution to beneficiaries are recognised as income when receivable at fair value (being an estimate of the amount it would cost to purchase those items). Facilities, services and goods donated for the charity's own use are recognised as income when receivable at their value to the charity.
The charity relies on volunteers to carry out many of its activities. However, in accordance with the SORP, the value of these services has not been included in these financial statements as they cannot be reliably measured.
When donated goods, services and facilities are distributed or consumed, an expense in respect of those items is included in the Statement of Financial Activities. At the year end any goods that have not been distributed or consumed are recognised as stock; donated fixed assets are capitalised.
- iii) Legacies. Income from legacies is recognised when a distribution is received from the estate or, if earlier, when the charity has been notified that a distribution will be made and the amount receivable can be measured reliably.
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## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **2 Accounting Policies (continued)**
Income from charitable activities represents income receivable from goods, services and facilities supplied in furtherance of the charity's charitable objects. It includes income from church retreats and other events and courses.
Investment income represents income generated by the charity's assets and includes income from bank interest.
## c) Expenditure
Expenditure, including irrecoverable VAT, is recognised when it is incurred or, if earlier, when a legal or constructive obligation for a payment arises provided that it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
The charity makes grants to other institutions and individuals to further its charitable objectives. Grants payable are recognised as constructive obligations arise, which is generally when the charity expresses a commitment to the recipient that can be measured reliably and then only to the extent that any conditions associated with the grant are outside of the control of the charity.
The cost of raising funds is not significant and has not been separately disclosed.
Governance costs, which are included in expenditure on charitable activities but are identified separately in the notes to the accounts, includes costs associated with the independent examination of the financial statements, compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements and any other expenditure incurred on the strategic management of the charity.
## d) Fund accounting
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes. Restricted funds are donations which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors; they include donations received from appeals for specific activities or projects. Endowment funds are donations that are retained as capital in accordance with the donor's wishes. The nature of the restriction determines whether the endowments represent permanent endowments or expendable endowments.
## e) Tangible fixed assets
Items purchased or donated for the charity's own use are capitalised when the cost of purchased items, or the fair value of donated items, is more than £1,000 and the item is expected to benefit the charity over more than one accounting period. Depreciation is charged on a straight line basis so as to write down the value of each asset to its estimated residual value (if any) over its expected useful economic life. To achieve this objective the following rates of depreciation are charged:
|Freehold land|Is not depreciated (because it is not consumed by use)|
|---|---|
|Freehold buildings|Is not depreciated (because it is maintained to a high standard)|
|Equipment|Over 4 years|
The carrying values of tangible fixed assets are reviewed for impairment in periods when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable.
## f) Pension scheme arrangements
The charity operates defined contribution pension schemes for its employees. Obligations for contributions to these schemes are recognised as an expense when the liability arises. The assets of these schemes are held separately from those of the charity in independently administered funds.
## g) Taxation
The charity has taken advantage of the various reliefs from taxation available to charities and no tax is payable on the charity's income.
## h) Financial instruments
The charity's financial assets and financial liabilities all qualify as basic financial instruments, as defined by FRS102. Except for loans, creditors and debtors are measured at their expected settlement value (normally the amount of cash that the charity expects to pay or receive). The charity recognises liabilities for the principal of those loans that remains outstanding at the year end (i.e. the liabilities exclude any interest chargeable on the loans in future years).
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## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **2 Accounting Policies (continued)**
## i) Exemption from preparing a cashflow statement
The charity has taken advantage of an exemption conferred by the Charities SORP and has not prepared a cash flow statement.
## j) Critical accounting estimates and areas of judgement
The trustees do not consider that there are any material sources of estimation or uncertainty at the balance sheet date that could result in a material adjustment to the carrying values of assets and liabilities in the next reporting period.
## **3 Donations and legacies**
|Donations of cash and similar
Donations in kind (note 3a)
Income tax recoverable
**a**
Donations in kind comprise:
Goods donated for:
Distribution via the Harbour/Feast initiative
**4**
**Income from charitable activities**
Church events
Other income
**5**
**Investment income**
Bank interest|2025
£
288,058
-
61,990
350,047
2025
£
-
-
2025
£
4,975
275
5,250
2025
£
2,684
2,684|2024
£
273,668
230
49,734|
|---|---|---|
|||323,633|
|||2024
£
230|
|||230|
|||2024
£
2,677
-|
|||2,677|
|||2024
£
2,104|
|||2,104|
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## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **6 Charitable expenditure**
|**a**
**Costs incurred directly on specific activities**
Employment costs
Staff expenses
Ministry costs
Rent and maintenance
Utilities
Conferences and training
Equipment
Harbour and Feast project
Event expenses
Congregational & Volunteer Thank You Gifts
Grants payable (note 6c)
**b**
**Costs incurred on support & administration**
Governance costs
Professional fees
Insurance
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
Other administrative expenses
**Total expenditure**|2025
£
207,638
13,906
22,133
27,853
2,926
4,755
3,904
-
7,761
1,082
291,957
16,126
308,083
3,450
6,693
1,442
5,233
4,092
20,910
328,994|2024
£
185,095
8,097
18,521
19,544
2,953
6,170
12,272
20,009
8,568
1,110|
|---|---|---|
|||282,338
21,602|
|||303,940|
|||3,300
6,254
1,190
5,499
4,002|
|||20,245|
|||324,185|
The fee payable to the independent examiner for preparing and examining the accounts was £3,450 (2024: £3,300). This is included under Governance costs. In addition, the charity paid £220 (2024: £210) to Stewardship for consultancy services.
## **c Grants payable**
|Grants for UK and overseas mission
Grants for the relief of poverty
The comparatives for the previous year are as follows:
Grants for UK and overseas mission
Grants for the relief of poverty|Institutions
£
7,980
1,040
9,020
Institutions
£
9,062
4,090
13,152|Individuals
£
6,000
1,106
7,106
Individuals
£
6,200
2,250
8,450|2025
£
13,980
2,146|
|---|---|---|---|
||||16,126|
||||2024
£
15,262
6,340|
||||21,602|
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## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **6 Charitable expenditure (continued)**
The charity's principal grants to institutions comprised:
|charity's principal grants to institutions comprised:|||
|---|---|---|
|Catalyst Network
Dartford Foodbank
STEPS Global
Gravesham Foodbank
Gravesham Sanctuary
Grants to institutions for less than £1,000 each|2025
£
6,000
-
-
-
-
3,020
9,020|2024
£
6,000
2,000
1,710
1,000
1,000
1,442|
|||13,152|
## **7 Analysis of staff costs, the cost of key management personnel and trustee remuneration**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was 6.0 (2024: 6.3). Most of the charity's activities are carried out by volunteers.
No staff received salaries at a rate of more than £60,000 per annum.
The charity's key management comprise the trustees and the key staff named on the Charity Information page. During the year key management received employment benefits totalling £120,756 (2024: £111,885).
No trustees received employment benefits in either the current or preceding year.
## **8 Tangible fixed assets**
|Valuation
At 1 September 2024
Additions
Gains / (losses) on revaluation
At 31 August 2025
Accumulated depreciation
At 1 September 2024
Charge for the year
At 31 August 2025
Net book value
At 31 August 2025
At 31 August 2024|Freehold
Property
£
160,000
-
90,000
250,000
-
-
-
250,000
160,000|Fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
£
27,374
2,276
-
29,650
16,076
5,233
21,309
8,340
11,298|Total
2025
£
187,374
2,276
90,000|
|---|---|---|---|
||||279,650|
||||16,076
5,233|
||||21,309|
||||258,340|
||||171,298|
The freehold property has been revalued by the trustees on the basis of their opinion of the current market value, which has been assessed using market evidence and knowledge of current market conditions.
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## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **9 Debtors: falling due within one year**
|Gift aid recoverable
Prepayments and accrued income
Other debtors
**h at Bank and in Hand**
Cash at bank with immediate access
**itors: liabilities falling due within one year**
Taxation and social security
Other creditors
Accruals|2025
£
5,017
1,725
-
6,742
2025
£
278,880
278,880
2025
£
2,845
7,226
3,450
13,522|2024
£
9,031
-
1,925|
|---|---|---|
|||10,956|
|||2024
£
246,427|
|||246,427|
|||2024
£
3,257
10,670
3,300|
|||17,227|
## **10 Cash at Bank and in Hand**
## **11 Creditors: liabilities falling due within one year**
## **12 Pension commitments**
During the year employer’s pension contributions totalling £5,604 (2024: £4,878) were payable to defined contribution personal pension schemes. Pension contributions of £1,121 were owing at the balance sheet date (2024: £969).
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## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **13 Funds**
During the year the movements in the charity's funds were as follows:
|_Designated Funds_
Mission Support
_General Unrestricted Funds_
Total Unrestricted Funds
_Restricted Funds_
Hardship
Aggregate of funds|Opening
balance
2025
£
-
-
410,542
410,542
911
911
411,453|Incoming
resources
2025
£
-
-
357,981
357,981
-
-
357,981|Outgoing
resources
2025
£
-
-
(327,888)
(327,888)
(1,106)
(1,106)
(328,994)|Transfers
in the year
2025
£
5,500
5,500
(5,695)
(195)
195
195
-|Gains and
losses
2025
£
-
-
90,000
90,000
-
-
90,000|Closing
balance
2025
£
5,500|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||5,500
524,941|
|||||||530,441|
|||||||-|
|||||||-|
|||||||530,441|
## **Analysis of net assets by fund**
The assets and liabilities of the various funds were as follows:
|**ysis of net assets by fund**
assets and liabilities of the various funds were as follows:||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Tangible fixed assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors falling due within one year|General
Designated
funds
funds
£
£
258,340
-
6,742
-
273,380
5,500
(13,522)
-
524,941
5,500
Unrestricted Funds|Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-|2025
£
258,340
6,742
278,880
(13,522)|
||||530,441|
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## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **13 Funds (continued)**
In the previous year the movements in the charity's funds were as follows:
|_General Unrestricted Funds_
Total Unrestricted Funds
_Restricted Funds_
Hardship
Harbour/Feast
Foodbank
Aggregate of funds|Opening
balance
2024
£
404,064
404,064
3,161
-
-
3,161
407,225|Incoming
resources
2024
£
318,453
318,453
-
9,611
350
9,961
328,413|Outgoing
resources
2024
£
(299,927)
(299,927)
(2,250)
(20,009)
(2,000)
(24,259)
(324,185)|Transfers
in the year
2024
£
(12,048)
(12,048)
-
10,398
1,650
12,048
-|Gains and
losses
2024
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|Closing
balance
2024
£
410,542|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||410,542|
|||||||911
-
-|
|||||||911|
|||||||411,453|
## **Analysis of net assets by fund**
In the previous year, the assets and liabilities of the various funds were as follows:
|Tangible fixed assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors falling due within one year|General
Designated
funds
funds
£
£
171,298
-
10,956
-
245,516
-
(17,227)
-
410,542
-
Unrestricted Funds|Restricted
funds
£
-
-
911
-
911|2024
£
171,298
10,956
246,427
(17,227)|
|---|---|---|---|
||||411,453|
The **Mission Support** fund was created to set aside the church's commitment to support additional mission causes from the surplus for the financial year.
The **Hardship** fund was created by donations received to support of people known to the church who are experiencing considerable financial hardship
The **Harbour/Feast** fund was created from donations received to help open and run a temporary drop in centre in Gravesend and to provide Christmas hampers to families in need
The **Foodbank** fund was created by donations received to help support the Dartford Foodbank, principally through grant making.
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## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **14 Transactions with related parties**
During the year the charity:
- a) received donations totalling £39,708 (2024: £40,279) from related parties (which includes trustees, any other members of key management and anyone closely connected to them).
- b) paid no expenses (2024: £nil) to or for trustees for carrying out duties associated with being trustees; reimbursements for expenses incurred when acting as agent for the charity or incurred when undertaking employment duties not connected with serving as a trustee are not included in this disclosure.
During the year the charity also made the following payments to, or for, related parties:
- a) Emma Handscomb, who is closely related to Quinton Handscomb, who is a member of key management, received employment benefits totalling £21,411 (2024: £19,145) for serving in a worship and communications role.
Except as disclosed in note 7 'Analysis of staff costs', there have been no other transactions with related parties during the year.
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## **DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH operating as River Church UK**
## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES WITH COMPARATIVES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
|Note
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
3
Charitable activities
4
Investments
5
**Total income and endowments**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Charitable activities:
6
**Total Expenditure**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Transfers between funds**
13
**Other recognised gains/(losses):**
Gains/(losses) on revaluation of fixed assets
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**
13||General
2025
£
350,047
5,250
2,684
357,981
327,888
327,888
30,093
(5,695)
24,398
90,000
114,398
410,542
524,941
Unrestric|Unrestric|Designated
2025
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,500
5,500
-
5,500
-
5,500
ted funds|Restricted
2025
£
-
-
-
-
1,106
1,106
(1,106)
195
(911)
-
(911)
911
-|Total
2025
£
350,047
5,250
2,684
357,981
328,994
328,994
28,987
-
28,987
90,000
118,987
411,453
530,441|||General
2024
£
313,672
2,677
2,104
318,453
299,927
299,927
18,526
(12,048)
6,478
-
6,478
404,064
410,542
Unrestric|Unrestric|Designated
2024
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ted funds|Restricted
2024
£
9,961
-
-
9,961
24,259
24,259
(14,298)
12,048
(2,250)
-
(2,250)
3,161
911|Total
2024
£
323,633
2,677
2,104
328,413
324,185
324,185
4,228
-
4,228
-
4,228
407,225
411,453|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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## River Church UK (295022): Final Accounts 2026
## Final Audit Report 2026-06-25
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